EMT Practice Test

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Question1: A firewall administrator is implementing a rule that directs HTTP traffic to an internal server listening on a non-standard socket. Which of the following types of rules is the administrator implementing?

Question2: A network technician is performing a firmware upgrade on a switch. The firmware needs to be downloaded to the device. Which of the following methods should the technician use to retrieve the updated firmware?

Question3: Which of the following provides the ability to deploy consistent access point configurations from a central location?

Question4: The Chief Executive Officer's (CEO's) tablet cannot connect to the wireless network from the corner office. A network technician verified the tablet can connect to the wireless network in other areas of the building. The distance between the office and the 802.11ac WAP is 150ft (46m), and there are a few cubicles in between.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the tablet not connecting?

Question5: A network technician discovers there is no connectivity on a T1 line even though the cable connection appears to be in place. The router shows there is no active connection on the port. The issue is occurring between the demarcation point and the router port. The router cable tests fine and is terminated at the demarcation panel.
Which of the following tools should be used to fix the issue?

Question6: A technician attempts to replace a switch with a new one of similar model from the same vendor. When the technician moves the fiber and SFP plug, the switch does not completely boot up. Considering that the config files are the same, which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the failure?

Question7: A system administrator receives reports from users of odd behavior in regard to a recently installed server.
While reviewing the server network configuration, the systems administrator does both a forward and a reverse DNS lookup on the host, along with the network adapter configuration.

Which of the following is the problem identified in the output above?

Question8: A user no longer has access to network resources after a recent office move, but all other users in the building are able to connect at 100MB connections. After further investigation, a network technician notices the following information:

Which of the following is causing the network connection issues?

Question9: A network technician has discovered a rogue access point under an empty cubicle desk. Which of the following should the technician perform to ensure another cannot be placed on the network?

Question10: An office user cannot access local network drives but has full access to the Internet. A technician troubleshoots the issue and observes the following output of the ipconfig command:

Which of the following would MOST likely allow the network drives to be accessed?

Question11: You have been tasked with testing a CAT5e cable. A summary of the test results can be found on the screen.
Instructions
Step 1: Select the tool that was used to create the cable test results.
Step 2: Interpret the test results and select the option that explains the results. After you are done with your analysis, click the 'Submit' button.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

Question12: A network administrator would like to collect information from several networking devices using SNMP.
Which of the following SNMP options should a network administrator use to ensure the data transferred is confidential?

Question13: Which of the following relies on metrics such as total number of connections or CPU'RAM usage to help maintain performance and availability?

Question14: While reviewing switch logs, a network analyst notices many failed logon attempts followed by a successful logon from an unknown IP address. Which of the following hardening techniques should be utilized to prevent unauthorized access?

Question15: Which of the following networking devices operates at Layer1?

Question16: A network technician is troubleshooting a PC that cannot access the Internet. However, the PC responds to ICMP echo requests from the same subnet. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the PC cannot communicate externally?

Question17: A network administrator needs to be able to burst datacenter capacity during peak times, but does not want to pay for on-premises hardware that is not used during off-peak times. Which of the following would aid in this scenario?

Question18: As part of a transition from a static to a dynamic routing protocol on an organization's internal network, the routing protocol must support IPv4 and VLSM. Based on those requirements, which of the following should the network administrator use? (Choose two.)

Question19: A company has just installed a new cloud VoIP solution, however, users occasionally report poor call quality or dead air being present. Which of the following describes the NEXT troubleshooting step the technician should take?

Question20: A utility company has installed a wireless device at a residence that allows the company to view power consumption online. The resident reports the 802.11ac home wireless intermittently loses connectivity for about 15 minutes twice a day.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Question21: Which of the following is a vulnerable system designed to detect and log unauthorized access?

Question22: Which of the following operate only within the UDP protocol?

Question23: An on-site systems administrator is attempting to log in to several workstations remotely to apply patches. One of the systems on the network is refusing the connection. The administrator is able to log in locally and apply patches. Which of the following should the administrator perform to allow for remote administration?

Question24: A network technician is segmenting network traffic into various broadcast domains. Which of the following should the network technician utilize?

Question25: A network technician is setting up a new web server on the company network. One of the requirements for the web server is to ensure the end users can securely authenticate to the application to perform their job duties.
Which of the following ports should the network technician request from the firewall team to comply with this requirement?

Question26: A network technician needs to upgrade a production Windows server to the latest service pack. In which of the following should the work plan and recovery procedure be documented?

Question27: A network manager is drafting a document mat outlines what employees can and cannot do when using personal tablets that are connected to the network. Which of the following is the manager drafting?

Question28: A network engineer is surveying the existing wireless infrastructure to propose additional changes to increase throughput The SSID is already on an uncongested 5GHz frequency Which of the following should the engineer configure?

Question29: A new printer was assigned a static IP address within the DHCP scope of a QA subnet. There are 243 workstations on the LAN five servers, and four existing printers on the network The network administrator configured the network with the following parameters
192.168.51 -192 168.5 5 static IPs assigned to servers
192.168.5.6 -192 168.5 250 DHCP scope for workstations
192.168.5.251 -192.168.5 254 static IPs assigned to printers
Which of the following should the network administrator perform to minimize the disruption to the users and keep the LAN secure while setting up the new printer?

Question30: A network engineer is designing a new IDF in an old building. The engineer determines the equipment will fit in a two-post rack, and there is power available for this equipment. Which of the following would be the FIRST issue to remediate?

Question31: A network technician is installing a new network switch in the MDF. The technician is using fiber to connect the switch back to the core. Which of the following transceiver types should the technician use?

Question32: Which of the following describes the function of Layer 3 of the OSI model?

Question33: A technician has installed a Linux server in the tax office. The server can access most of the resources on the network, but it cannot connect to another server that has a share for backup. The technician learns that the target server is on a different subnet. Which of the following tools should the technician use to ensure the Linux server can reach the backup location?

Question34: A company needs to implement a fault-tolerant server configuration after the failure of its database server. The company decides to implement load-balancing redundant servers. Which of the following should be used for file storage for the servers?

Question35: A technician wants to have the ability to transfer files from home to the company's network on a regular basis.
Which of the following is a remote access protocol the technician can utilize to bypass interactive user authentication by using a list of known host public keys?

Question36: A few weeks after starting a new position, Joe, a junior network administrator, receives a call from an internal number asking for his username and password to update some records. Joe realizes this may be a type of attack on the network, since he has full access to network resources. Which of the following attacks is described?

Question37: A network administrator has configured the network on each floor of a four-story building to have the following different subnets: 10.0.10.0/24, 127.0.0.0/24, 172.16.0.0/24, and 192.168.255.0/24. After implementing these networks, the administrator realizes there has been a mistake. Which of the following BEST describes the mistake?

Question38: A company finds that many desktops are being reported as missing or lost. Which of the following would BEST assist in recovering these devices?

Question39: A wireless technician needs to deploy a single 802.11 standard that supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies with up to 40MHz channel widths. Which of the following wireless standards should the technician configure?

Question40: Users are reporting issues with slow connection speeds and a loss of connectivity on the newly installed wireless network. The issues are intermittent but seem to occur most often around midday. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Question41: A network extension needs to be run to a location 500ft (152m) from the nearest switch. Which of the following solutions would work BEST? (Select TWO).

Question42: Which of the following DNS record types allows IPv6 records to be resolved to DNS names?

Question43: A network technician is building a network for a small office. The office currently has cable TV and now requires access to the Internet without adding any cabling other than what is already in place. Which of the following solutions should the technician install to meet these requirements?

Question44: A developer has asked a network engineer for a small network segment of five computers connected via a Layer 1 device, configured in a star topology, and segregated from the corporate network. Which of the following would BEST fulfill the developer's request?

Question45: A user is reporting poor network performance A network technician starts by looking at port statistics on that user's connected switchport. The technician notices there is a high level of collisions on the port. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Question46: Which of the following provides information about how often some devices fail so the IT department can take proactive measures?

Question47: Which of the following should be performed on a regular basis to prevent unauthorized access to a company network? (Choose two.)

Question48: A network administrator has had difficulty keeping track of IP address assignments on networking devices and clients recently. Which of the following is the BEST technology to aid in this scenario?

Question49: Which of the following should be configured on the network to achieve performance for the FCoE storage traffic?

Question50: Joe, an employee at a large regional bank, wants to receive company email on his personal smartphone and tablet. To authenticate on the mail server, he must first install a custom security application on those mobile devices. Which of the following policies would BEST enforce this requirement?

Question51: An administrator wants to implement an additional authentication factor to the remote SSH servers. Which of the following accomplishes this goal with the principle of "something you have"?

Question52: A home user has purchased a new smart TV to stream online video services. The smart TV is unable to connect to the wireless network after several attempts. After returning from vacation, the home user tries again and can connect the TV to the wireless network. However, the user notices a laptop is no longer able to connect to the network. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Question53: A network engineer is trying to determine where to place a firewall based on the flow of traffic. Which of the following types of documentation would assist the engineer in doing this?

Question54: A technician is required to install a new DOCSIS-based Internet connection. Which of the following medium types does this use?

Question55: An analyst is developing a proof of concept of a wireless-based attack as part of a penetration test against an organization's network. As part of the attack, the analyst launches a fake access point matching the SSID of the organization's guest access network. When a user connects to the fake access point, the analyst allows the traffic to flow through the access point to the legitimate site while the data traversing the network is logged for latest analysis and exploitation. Which of the following attacks has the analyst successfully performed in this scenario?

Question56: Which of the following would block access to an untagged port when connected to a Layer 2 device?

Question57: A network technician is working on a proposal for email migration from an on-premises email system to a vendor-hosted email in the cloud. The technician needs to explain to management what type of cloud model will be utilized with the cloud-hosted email. Which of the following cloud models should the technician identify in the proposal?

Question58: Which of the following is a purpose of a syslog server?

Question59: A network technician is installing a new wireless network for a client. The client has experienced issues with other building tenants connecting to the wireless network and utilizing the bandwidth. The client wants to prevent this from happening by using certificate-based authentication. Which of the following technologies should the network administrator implement?

Question60: A network technician is troubleshooting a laptop that does not have wireless connectivity. The technician Determines the wireless network is functioning as expected. The laptop does not show any SSIDs or allow the technician to modify network settings. Which of the following should the technician check FIRST?

Question61: Which of the following allow for higher fault tolerance, availability, and performance across multiple systems? (Select TWO).

Question62: A network administrator is configuring a new Internet connection. The ISP provided a fiber-optic handoff, but the company's firewall only supports copper Ethernet interfaces. The administrator wants to connect the devices as easily as possible. Which of the following would be the BEST way to provide the connectivity needed?

Question63: A network technician is working to bring a new workstation onto the network. No lights come on when the technician plugs the Ethernet cable into the workstation. The technician checks the connection in the IDF and discovers the data jack is not labeled. Which of the following tools should the technician use to trace the network connection back to the IDF?

Question64: A zero-day vulnerability is discovered that affects a specific network device. This vulnerability only affects services on port 21. This network device is restricted to use only secure protocols and services. Which of the following explains why this device is secure?

Question65: A network technician receives a new firmware update for a network device. The technician wants to ensure the file has not been tampered with. Which of the following techniques should the technician use to ensure the integrity of the file?

Question66: A network technician wants to remotely and securely access the desktop of a Linux workstation. The desktop is running remote control software without encryption. Which of the following should the technician use to secure the connection?

Question67: Under which of the following layers of the OSI model do ATM cells operate?

Question68: Users report that the network is slow. Upon investigation, the technician notices all users are on one large subnet. Which of the following devices should be used to break up broadcast domains?

Question69: Due to regulatory requirements, a college bookstore prohibits customers from accessing the wireless network in the building. Which of the following would be the BEST method to prevent customers from accessing the wireless network while in the bookstore?

Question70: A network technician is reviewing the network configuration of a large company. All of the branch routers are connected to each other to allow for redundancy. Which of the following BEST describes this network topology?

Question71: A network technician is troubleshooting a connectivity issue with Joe, a user. Joe has reported that when he attempts to RDP to machine1 (192.168.21.21) by name, he is connected to machine3 (192.168.21.23). When the network technician runs the command nslookup machine1, it returns the IP address 192.168.21.23; but when the ping -a 192.168.21.23 command is run, the results return the hostname machine3. Which of the following DNS records should be updated to allow RDP connections to machine1 by hostname?

Question72: A network technician needs to replace a failed hard drive on a server at the company's large, remote datacenter Which of the following types of documentation should be reviewed to locate this server easily?

Question73: Employees at a company report that they are unable to access the Internet. A network technician notices the workstations are receiving IP addresses that do not follow the IP addressing scheme of the corporate network.
Upon further inspection, the technician finds an employee has plugged a rogue wireless router Into the corporate network. Which of the following settings would have prevented this situation?

Question74: Two buildings used to be connected by a wireless bridge, but they are upgrading to fiber. Which of the following new devices would be required at the demarcation points?

Question75: Users in a school lab are reporting slow connections to the servers and the Internet. Other users in the school have no issues. The lab has 25 computers and is connected with a single 1Gb Ethernet connection on Cat 5e wiring to an unmanaged switch. There are also three spare Cat 5e cable runs, which are not in use. The school wants to double the connection speed between the lab and the servers without running new cables. Which of the following would be the BEST solution?

Question76: A network technician is installing and configuring a new router for the sales department. Once the task is complete, which of the following needs to be done to record the change the technician is masking to the company network?

Question77: Which of the following statements about the OSI model is true?

Question78: A network technician notices that most of the nodes in the 10.10.74.0/23 address space return either 1 or 2 node hop after running a tracert, however, some of the new servers are showing a hop count larger than 10.
Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for this?

Question79: Joe, a network engineer, is attempting to install wireless in a large work area. He installs the access point in the middle of the work space. When testing, he notices a -60dB reading on one side of the room and a -92dB reading on the other side. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue?

Question80: An engineer is reviewing the implementation requirements for an upcoming project. The basic requirements identified by the customer include the following:
* WLAN architecture supporting speeds in excess of 150 Mbps
* Clientless remote network access
* Port-based network access control
Which of the following solution sets properly addresses all of the identified requirements?

Question81: Which of the following should a network administrator deploy to control all preventive security measures?

Question82: A network administrator has a monitoring system in place that is currently polling hundreds of network devices at regular intervals. The continuous polling is causing high CPU utilization on the server. Which of the following tasks should the administrator perform to resolve the CPU issue while maintaining full monitoring capabilities?

Question83: An end user at an Internet cafe tries to visit an online retailer's website; however, the website for a competitor loads. The user checks the URL in the address bar and verifies it is correct, but the competitor's page still loads. Which of the following BEST describes what is occurring?

Question84: A network technician is troubleshooting an issue and has established a theory of probable cause. Which of the following steps should the network technician take NEXT?

Question85: A network technician is troubleshooting a connectivity issue and determines the cause is related to the VLAN assignment on one of the access switches in the network. After resolving the issue, the network technician decides to update the documentation to refer to the correct VLAN. Which of the following should the technician update?

Question86: A technician is setting up a wireless access point in a coffee shop. The shop is not concerned with security but only wants to allow customers to have access. Which of the following configurations should the technician deploy?

Question87: In a service provider network, a company has an existing IP address scheme. Company A's network currently uses the following scheme:

Company b uses the following scheme:
Subnet 1: 192.168.1.50/28
The network administrator cannot force the customer to update its IP scheme. Considering this, which of the following is the BEST way for the company to connect these networks?

Question88: A technician has received a report that details the need for a patch and a complete list of the affected systems.
Which of the following activities MOST likely generated the report?

Question89: A network technician is supporting a library system that w ants to streamline the checkout of books and media.
Which of the following technologies will the technician MOST likely use to facilitate this initiative?

Question90: Joe, a network technician, wants to locally back up several router and switch configurations. He wants to store them on a server that can be accessed easily for recovery without authentication. Which of the following servers should Joe use?

Question91: To increase security and usability of the wireless network, a back-end RADIUS server is used to authenticate users. Which of the following encryptions methods should be used to accomplish this?

Question92: Several open conference rooms have active wired network connections. To discourage unauthorized users a network technician wants to require users in the conference rooms to authenticate to the network before gaining access. Which of the following would be the BEST network technology to use?

Question93: A host has an IP address of 172.28.57.144 and is on the 172.28.57.128 subnet. Which of the following is a correct subnet mask of the host?

Question94: A VoIP system will require 23 concurrent voice channels and one signaling channel. Which of the following types of WAN service would provide the BEST connectivity to the PSTN?

Question95: A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has learned of a zero-day exploit that is being used against a vendor product that is currently deployed within the organization. The network team needs to provide a list of potentially vulnerable assets for the network security team to scan. Which of the following will the network learn MOST likely use?

Question96: A network administrator is adding a new WAN circuit from the ISP to a new building. In which of the following locations would the network administrator find the utility entry point?

Question97: A network technician is installing a wireless solution. The solution needs to support new and legacy wireless network clients at the maximum possible speed. Which of the following wireless standards should the technician install?

Question98: A technician is setting up a branch office on a point-to-point connection. Which of the following IP network blocks is the MOST efficient use of IP address space for the router connections between the two sites?

Question99: The corporate head office has assigned the subnet of 10.1.100.0/24 to a network technician. The technician wants to create subnets for the finance department, human resources, and IT. Given the following device counts:
Finance: 70 devices
Human resources: 38 devices
IT: 16 devices
Which of the following outlines how the technician should allocate the address space given?

Question100: A company's receptionist hands out slips of paper with access codes to visitors each day. A recent internal audit revealed the current method of guest access needs to be improved. Which of the following would improve the security of the guest network?

Question101: Which of the following BEST describes the RADIUS authentication service protocol?

Question102: Which of the following BEST describes the differences between VLAN hopping and session hijacking?

Question103: A company's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has decided to increase overall network security by implementing two-factor authentication. All users already have username/password combinations and require an additional factor of authentication. Which of the following would satisfy the requirements?

Question104: A network engineer needs to connect two network switches with a gigabit link. The proposed route to run the
164ft (50m) cable is directly underneath a large electrical generator. Which of the following cable types would BEST fit the needs of the network engineer?

Question105: A technician wants to physically connect two office buildings' networks. The office buildings are located
600ft (183m) apart. Which of the following cable types is the BEST choice?

Question106: To replace a defective UPS, the network administrator must take the switch offline. The administrator wants to be able to perform maintenance UPS in the future without affecting the availability of the attached switch.
Which of the following would BEST allow this to happen?

Question107: Which of the following WAN technologies provides a guaranteed throughput rate?

Question108: Users are reporting Internet connectivity issues. The network administrator wants to determine if the issues are internal to the company network or if there is an issue with the ISP. Which of the following tools should be used to BEST determine where the outage is occurring?

Question109: Corporate headquarters provided your office a portion of their class B subnet to use at a new office location.
Range Given: 172.30.232.0/24
* Sales 57 devices
* HR 23 devices
* IT 12 devices
* Finance 32 devices
* Marketing 9 devices
INSTRUCTIONS
Allocate the minimum number of addresses (using CIDR notation) needed to accommodate each department.
After accommodating each department, identify the unused portion of the subnet by responding to the question on the graphic.
All drop downs must be filled.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

Question110: A network technician has just configured NAC for connections using Cat 6 cables. However, none of the Windows clients can connect to the network.
Which of the following components should the technician check on the Windows workstations? (Choose two.)

Question111: A network technician notices the site-to-site VPN and Internet connection have not come back up at a branch office after a recent power outage. Which of the following is an out-of-band method the technician would MOST likely utilize to check the branch office's router status?

Question112: A company's server-naming convention is overly complicated. The systems administrator wants to change the naming convention to make it easier for users to remember which hosts they should log into. However, renaming servers is complicated and requires some downtime. Which of the following DNS record types would accomplish this goal without requiring servers to be renamed?

Question113: Which of the following DNS records needs to be configured for SMTP traffic?

Question114: A company recently upgraded all of its printers to networked multifunction devices. Users can print to the new devices, but they would also like the ability to scan and fax files from their computers. Which of the following should the technician update to allow this functionality?

Question115: An administrator is troubleshooting a user's intermittent wireless connectivity issue. Other users across the hallway can connect and use the wireless network properly. Upon inspection of the connection details, the administrator finds the following:

Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the poor wireless connection?

Question116: A client requests a new dynamic address and receives a response from two DHCP servers. Which of the following addressing information would the client use?

Question117: A network administrator is securing the wireless network in a multitenant building. The network uses a passphrase for authentication so it is easy to allow guests onto the wireless network, but management would like to prevent users from outside the office space from accessing the network. Which of the following security mechanisms would BEST meet this requirement?

Question118: A disgruntled employee decides to leak critical information about a company's new product. The employee places keyloggers on the department's computers, allowing the information to be sent out to the Internet.
Which of the following attacks is occurring?

Question119: A network technician receives an update in an RSS feed that a new exploit was released for specific hardware used on the network After verifying the vulnerability with the vendor the network. technician discovers the vulnerability was patched almost two years ago. Which of the following techniques should be implemented to discover out-of-date firmware in the future?

Question120: A network technician travels to a remote office to set up a new SOHO for the company. Wireless networking should be used at the remote office. The network technician sets up all the related wireless network equipment, and the last step is to connect the users' devices to the company network. To complete this step, which of the following should be used to secure the remote network location?

Question121: A network administrator is reviewing security logs and notes a strange IP address logging into the management console of a switch. The administrator verifies the switch is not using default credentials. Which of the following steps should the administrator take NEXT?

Question122: A network technician receives the following command output from a Linux-based machine:

Which of the following commands did the network technician run?

Question123: A technician has been asked to diagnose problems with DHCP addressing on a VLAN. The DHCP server responds to pings from the technician's machine. Which of the following should the technician use to help diagnose the problem?

Question124: A network technician is assisting a user who has relocated to a newly constructed office space. The user has no network connectivity. A cable tester was used on the port and is reporting that the pairs are open. Which of the following should be used to remedy this problem?

Question125: A company recently upgraded a legacy firewall to an NGFW Which of the following can be deployed without extra hardware to restrict access to offending websites?

Question126: A consultant is designing a new network for a company that will be hosting its own email and web servers.
The company wants to ensure there are separate devices to protect the internal network from the DMZ and the DMZ from the Internet. Which of the following would provide this protection?

Question127: A technician is working on a Linux VM in a lab environment to become more familiar with the operating system. The technician has configured a basic website and wants to allow access to it from a different machine on the local network. Which of the following should the technician do so other machines can connect?

Question128: A network technician needs to configure a device with an embedded OS so it can be connected to a wireless handheld scanner. Which of the following technologies should be configured on the OS to create the wireless connection?

Question129: The process of attempting to exploit a weakness in a network after being given permission by the company is known as:

Question130: A wireless administrator has configured a secure wireless network that can only be associated to specific domain accounts. This was done to help mitigate any risks associated with the wireless signal propagating outside of the facility. Which of the following has the administrator implemented?

Question131: A technician attempts to replace a switch with a new one of similar model from the same vendor. When the technician moves the fiber and SFP plug, the switch does not completely boot up. Considering that the config files are the same, which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the failure?

Question132: A junior technician is setting up a voice control device so the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will be able to control various things in the office. Of which of the following types of IoT technologies is this an example?

Question133: Greater bandwidth and availability are required between two switches. Each switch has multiple 100Mb Ethernet ports available. Which of the following should a technician implement to help achieve these requirements?

Question134: A technician is installing a SOHO router. Which of the following should be performed on every installation and periodically maintained to prevent unauthorized access? (Choose two.)

Question135: Which of the following protocols is associated with a three-way handshake?

Question136: Ann, a network technician, is told to disable unused ports on a switch. Another technician tells her the policy is to move those ports into a non-routed VLAN and leave them enabled. Which of the following documents should Ann use to ensure she is employing the correct method?

Question137: A technician is sent to a remote office to set up a device to connect to the Internet. The company standards document requires stateful inspection. Which of the following should the technician install?

Question138: A technician is moving a company to a cloud email service. Several external recipients are reporting that email sent from the company is going to their junk folders because the sender's identity cannot be verified. Which of the following DNS record types should the technician modify to minimize this problem?

Question139: A security administrator wants to implement the ability to prevent an unauthorized user from tailgating into the office building. Which of the following should be implemented?

Question140: A router is set up to utilize RIPv2 to route traffic throughout the network. Which of the following routing metrics is used to determine the path?

Question141: A network technician is installing a wireless network for a small medical office. The doctors need to download high resolution x-rays quickly with minimal latency. Which of the following technologies should be utilized?

Question142: A technician is allocating the IP address space needed for a new remote office. This office will contain the engineering staff with six employees and the digital marketing staff with 55 employees. The technician has decided to allocate the 192.168.1.0/24 block to the remote office. The engineering staff has been allocated the
192.168.1.64/29 subnet. Using the LEAST amount of space possible, which of the following would be the last usable IP address in the engineering subnet?

Question143: A new building needs to be joined to an existing network, but management has decided that running fiber is too expensive. Since the buildings are about 1000ft (305m) apart, the IT department has been asked to propose alternatives. Which of the following is the BEST device to add to each building to facilitate the extension of the network while meeting budgetary demands?

Question144: A technician recently ran a new cable over fluorescent lighting. Assuming the technician used the appropriate cables, which of the following connectors should be used to terminate it?

Question145: After several changes to the network, a technician needs to ensure a client is checking for new hostname and IP pairings. Which of the following commands should the technician use to force new lookups?

Question146: An employee reports an error when visiting a website using SSL, and a message is displayed warning of an invalid certificate. Which of the following could be occurring?

Question147: A document outlining the types of actions allowed on the corporate network would be BEST defined as an:

Question148: A network technician has installed multiple new lightweight access points across the network. Which of the following devices should the technician use to manage the new access points?

Question149: A network engineer wants to a segment the network into multiple broadcast domains. Which of the following devices would allow for communication between the segments?

Question150: Your company recently purchased a new building down the street from the existing office. For each of the tasks below, select the appropriate antenna type and encryption object for all wireless access point (AP).
1. Create an encrypted wireless connection between the two buildings that BEST controls signal propagation, while maximizing security.
2. Restrict the wireless signal generated by the access points (APs) inside Building 1, so that it minimizes broadcast beyond the building.
3. Maximize wireless coverage inside Building 1.
4. Building 1's internal wireless network is for visitors only and must not require any special configuration on the visitor's device to connect.

Instructions: When you have completed the simulation, select the Done button to submit.

Question151: A network technician is configuring user access to a VPN concentrator and has been advised to use a protocol that supports encryption over UDP. Which of the following protocols has the technician MOST likely configured for client use?

Question152: A network technician is assisting a user cannot connect to a wireless connection. The user is connecting to the correct SSID and has the correct pre-shared key. The technician verifies the WAP is working, and other clients are connected to it from same location. Which of the following should the technician investigate?

Question153: Which of the following devices should a network administrator configure on the outermost part of the network?

Question154: Which of the following is a system of notation that uses base 16 rather than base 10?

Question155: A Chief Information Officer (CIO) is concentrated about an attacker gaining administrative access to the company's network devices. Which of the following is the MOST secure way to prevent this?

Question156: A systems administrator has recently purchased and installed a large electronic signage screen for the company's parking garage. The screen's management software was installed on a server with public IP address to allow remote management. The systems administrator is now troubleshooting an issue with the screen displaying unknown, random, and inappropriate messages. Which of the following is MOST effective in resolving this issue?

Question157: An administrator is redesigning a company's network and wants to reduce the amount of hardware needed Currently, all VLAN routing goes out a single switch interface to a router. Which of the following would reduce the number of devices in this configuration?

Question158: Which of the following OSI layers contains the LLC function?

Question159: A network technician is connecting two switches together. Which of the following protocols should the technician use to increase speed and fault tolerance?

Question160: A company is allowing its employees to use their personal computers, tablets, and IoT devices while at work.
However, there are rules and guidelines to which employees must adhere. Which of the following documents applies to these employees?

Question161: A network administrator gets a call regarding intermittent network outages across the country. Which of the following should be used to connect to the network so the administrator can troubleshoot this issue from home? (Choose two.)

Question162: A technician is responsible for configuring a new firewall. The hardware team has already installed, powered, and connected the system. Which of the following types of documentation should the technician utilize to complete the task?

Question163: A large company uses an AAA server to manage network device access. The engineers can use their domain credentials to access all other servers. Currently, the network engineers cannot access the AAA server using domain credentials, but they can access it using a local account. Which of the following should the engineers update?

Question164: A network technician needs to subnet the network. The marketing department has 28 devices. Which of the following private IP address spaces should be used to ensure the MINIMUM number of unused IP addresses?

Question165: Which of the following backup techniques is used to capture all the data that has changed since the last full backup?

Question166: A technician needs to manage a Linux-based system from the GUI remotely. Which of the technician should the technician deploy?

Question167: Which of the following policies would Joe, a user, have to agree to when he brings in his personal tablet to connect to the company's guest wireless Internet?

Question168: While working on a Linux-based OS, a technician experiences an issue accessing some servers and some sites by name. Which of the following command-line tools should the technician use to assist in troubleshooting?

Question169: A network technician needs to dedicate a range of addresses in DHCP for statically assigned servers and network devices. Which of the following should be configured to BEST accomplish this?

Question170: At which of the following layers of the OSI model does compression occur?

Question171: A network technician receives a call from a user who is experiencing network connectivity issues. The network technician questions the user and learns the user brought in a personal wired router to use multiple computers and connect to the network. Which of the following has the user MOST likely introduced to the network?

Question172: A technician needs to upgrade a SOHO wireless router's firmware. The technician resets the router to factory settings and installs the new firmware. The technician enters the DHCP information and sets the SSID. Which of the following configurations would provide the MOST protection from advance hackers?

Question173: A network technician receives a call from a user in the accounting department stating that Internet connectivity has been lost after receiving a new workstation. No other users in accounting are reporting similar issues. The network technician is able to ping the machine from the accounting department's router, but is not able to ping the machine from the IT network. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

Question174: A network administrator has been given a network of 172.16.85.0/21 and wants to know the usable range of IP addresses on that subnet. Which of the following indicates the correct IP address range?

Question175: A customer has submitted a request for a new wireless connection In the main office so visitors can reach the Internet to check their email. The customer is concerned about security and does not want visitors to be able to access the internal finance server. Which of the following BEST describes the correct configuration?

Question176: The backups server connects to a NAS device using block-level storage over Ethernet. The performance is very slow, however, and the network technician suspects the performance issues are network related. Which of the following should the technician do to improve performance?

Question177: An end-user device requires a specific IP address every time it connects to the corporate network; however, corporate policy does not allow the use of static IP addresses. Which of the following will allow the request to be fulfilled without breaking the corporate policy?

Question178: At which of the following OSI model layers would a router operate?

Question179: A technician set up a new SOHO network recently. The installed router has four Ethernet ports, however, the customer has seven devices that need wired connections. Which of the following should the technician do to BEST meet the customer's requirements?

Question180: The network team at a university, which has on-campus residences, recently expanded the WiFi offerings to the dormitories. Each dormitory houses approximately 75 students, who each have multiple wireless devices.
The WLAN utilizes an intelligent wireless controller for configuration and management. While the WiFi in academic buildings continues to receive few to no complaints, dormitory complaints are on the rise. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the complaints?

Question181: Joe, a user, reports intermittent connectivity issues, but a technician notices that the only time Joe has issues is when he is logged into the database. Losing connection after authenticating to a database, but still having access to network resources such as file/print services and email, would MOST likely be caused by:

Question182: A company hires another firm to test the integrity of its information security controls. This is an example of

Question183: A company's sales department is accustomed lo sharing information with other organizations via FTP; however. FTP recently stopped working for the sales employees. Upon further review, it is determined a junior network technician recently applied an ACL without going through the proper change management process.
The network administrator found the following ACL:

Which of the following statement Identifies the main Issue?

Question184: Which of the following is used to purposely attack a system to exploit vulnerabilities?

Question185: A network technician is reviewing switch ACLs to determine if they are causing communication issues with one PC. The PC's IP address is 192.168.12.66. Which of the following is the network range found in the ACL that could have affected this PC?

Question186: A company has hundreds of nodes on a single subnet and has decided to implement VLANs. Which of the following BEST describes the benefit of this approach?

Question187: A technician wants to set an IP address to a specific MAC address on a host machine. Which of the following commands should the technician use?

Question188: A customer wants to set up a guest wireless network for visitors. The customer prefers to not have a password on the network. Which of the following should a technician set up to force guests to provide information before using the network?

Question189: A network administrator wants to employ a username and password authentication system for guest WiFi.
Which of the following is the BEST option to provide this type of authentication?

Question190: A small business developed an in-house application that is very sensitive to network latency when a communicating between servers. Due to a lack of funds, the business had to build its own network for workstations and servers. Now a network administrator must redesign the network due to performance issues with the application. Which of the following would be the MOST cost effective for the administrator to recommend?

Question191: A network technician is capturing packets on the network and notices a UDP packet stream from a phone to the PBX system. The payload of the packet shows the phone downloaded the file cm7910-sccp-load-
2995.xml. Which of the following protocols was MOST likely used to download this file?

Question192: A network technician has been asked to install an additional switch in an IDF, but all of the single-mode fiber is in use between the IDF and MDF. The technician has deployed new transceivers that allow for the use of a single fiber stand, providing the additional fiber needed for the new switch. Which of the following has the technician deployed?

Question193: A company has decided to allow certain users lo work remotely by opening up a VPN connection through the firewall. The security policy has been updated to allow VPN connections only from certain users and lo specific areas on the network Along with configuring the correct policies on the firewall, which of the following also needs to be configured on users' mobile devices to allow these VPN connections?

Question194: A network technician needs to monitor the traffic going to a mission-critical server in the datacenter. Which of the following is the BEST method to perform this?

Question195: A network technician is assisting a SOHO environment with wireless connection issues. The business uses
802.11n and WPA2 encryption. The on-premises equipment is located toward the back of the building and includes a router, firewall, and WAP. The users at the front of the building are experiencing very slow response times due to distance limitations. Which of the following should be done to remediate the slow speeds of the users?

Question196: A network technician is troubleshooting wireless network issues in a crowded office complex and suspects there is interference from nearby wireless networks. Which of the following should the technician perform to discover possible interference?

Question197: A network technician is reading a network diagram and looking for the edge router. Which of the following is MOST likely the symbol used for the router?

Question198: A company has procured a new office building and started the process of assigning employees to work at that location. The company has also purchased equipment for the new location. There are 5033 laptops, 6000 monitors, and 857 printers. Which of the following steps is the technician most likely to complete FIRST?

Question199: Which of the following allows for file-level network storage?

Question200: Which of the following storage connection types should be used to allow the consolidation of the physical connections for SAN and LAN in just one Layer 2 protocol?

Question201: An employee wishes to use a personal cell phone for work-related purposes, including storage of sensitive company data, during long business trips. Which of the following is needed to protect BOTH the employee and the company?

Question202: A network technician has deployed an application that can remotely control desktops with different operating systems. The technician needs to be able to use a single client application for this control. Which of the following has the technician utilized?

Question203: A server in a LAN was configured to act as a gateway between all company computers and an external network. Which of the following networking devices offers the ability to increase both performance and security?

Question204: Users are reporting that the company website is responding. A technician performs the following steps:
1. Pings the loopback address
2. Pings the default gateway
3. Pings the DNS server
4. Pings the IP address of the web server
All tests are successful, but users still report the server is unreachable. The technician next performs an nslockup and receives the proper server IP address. Which of the following would cause the website to be unreachable?

Question205: A network technician is assisting a user who is having problems accessing a particular website. Other users are reporting that the website is accessible outside of the office. The technician suspects the problem is with the company's firewall. Which of the following should the technician use to troubleshoot?

Question206: A technician is troubleshooting a point-to-point fiber-optic connection. The technician is at a remote site and has no connectivity to the main site. The technician confirms the switch and the send-and-receive light levels are within acceptable range. Both fiber SFPs are confirmed as working. Which of the following should the technician use to reveal the location of the fault?

Question207: The IT manager at a small firm is in the process of renegotiating an SLA with the organization's ISP. As part of the agreement, the organization will agree to a dynamic bandwidth plan to provide 150Mbps of bandwidth.
However, if the ISP determines that a host on the organization's internal network produces malicious traffic, the ISP reserves the right to reduce available bandwidth to 1.5 Mbps. Which of the following policies is being agreed to in the SLA?

Question208: The process of grouping network interfaces together to increase throughput is called:

Question209: Which of the following storage network technologies has the HIGHEST throughput?

Question210: A network administrator wants to increase the confidentiality of the system by hardening the authentication process. Currently, the users log in using usernames and passwords to access the system. Which of the following will increase the authentication factor to three?

Question211: Which of the following WAN technologies utilizes the concept of virtual circuits and point-multipoint connections?

Question212: A company will be hosting a large workshop for local business leaders, and management wants to provide an easy-to-connect-to guest wireless network for them to access while on site. The network will be disabled after the workshop. The current wireless network has the option to enable a segmented guest network that has not been implemented. Which of the following authentication methods should be used to make the network EASIEST for guests to access?

Question213: Which of the following protocols is used to transport outgoing mail across networks?

Question214: A small business utilizes a SOHO router and wishes to secure its existing wireless infrastructure. The business has fewer than ten devices, which are a mixture of old and new machines. Due to the varying ages of the machines, the latest wireless encryption methods may not be supported on all devices. Which of the following would be the MOST cost-effective method to add a layer of security while allowing all machines to connect?

Question215: A network administrator is attempting to limit the installation of malware on company workstations. The administrator wants to remove root access from the user accounts. Which of the following is this an example of?

Question216: A web application is unable to authenticate customers so they can access their bills. The server administrator has tested the LDAP query but is not receiving results. Which of the following is the NEXT step the server administrator should take to correct the problem?

Question217: A network technician needs to separate a web server listening on port 80 from the internal LAN and secure the server from the public Internet. The web server should be accessible to the public Internet over port 80 but not the private LAN. Currently, the network is segmented with a network-based firewall using the following IP addressing scheme on each interface:

Which of the following ones should the technician use to place the web server and which of the following firewall rules should the technician configure?

Question218: A technician is installing two new servers that collect logs. After installing the servers, the technician reviews the logical output from various commands. Which of the following should be included in a logical network diagram?

Question219: Management asks a network technician to install a new connection between two main locations. Management requests that the connection be the fastest possible for data replication. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate type?

Question220: Which of the following would MOST likely provide continuous power during a short brownout?

Question221: Which of the following would indicate that a circuit speed should be increased?

Question222: Joe, an employee, wants lo copy text from a message on his corporate email account to a new message on his personal email account. However, the copy and paste functions of the clipboard are grayed out and unavailable. Which of the following policies would be responsible for this behavior?

Question223: A flood disables the equipment in a company's server room. When implementing the disaster recovery plan, all operations are immediately transitioned to another location with momentary downtime. This is an example of a:

Question224: A technician is investigating the cause of a network outage. Which of the following documents should be checked to rule out configuration issues?

Question225: Which of the following concepts would BEST describe when a company chooses to use a third-party vendor to host and administer a critical application?

Question226: Joe, a technician, was able to copy data at a site with no network equipment between two new laptops, featuring gigabit Ethernet ports, by using a regular straight-through patch cable. Joe then unsuccessfully tried to accomplish the same thing at a different site from his laptop with a gigabit Ethernet port to an older customer unit, which had a 10/100 network port. Which of the following is the cause of this?

Question227: A network technician is creating a new subnet for 488 host machines. The technician is told to use a class B address scheme when making the subnet and is instructed to leave as much room as possible for additional subnets of the same size. Which of the following subnets would fulfill these requirements?

Question228: A technician is connecting a router directly to a PC using the G1/0/1 interface. Without the use of auto-sensing ports, which of the following cables should be used?

Question229: A network technician is troubleshooting an end-user connectivity problem. The network technician goes to the appropriate IDF but is unable to identify the appropriate cable due to poor labeling. Which of the following should the network technician use to help identify the appropriate cable?

Question230: When choosing a type of storage that integrates with the existing network infrastructure, the storage must be easily configurable to share files and can communicate with all existing clients over TCP/IP. Which of the following is the BEST technology for the network administrator to implement?

Question231: A technician is planning a remote-access strategy to manage routers and switches on a dedicated management network. The management network is segregated from the production network and uses site-to-site VPN connections. Some of the equipment does not support encryption. Which of the following should the technician choose that all the equipment would support?

Question232: A department is reporting network Issues. Users can ping each other and the switch, but not the default gateway. When looking at a wiring diagram and a physical blueprint, a technician notices the 1000BaseLX SFP connects to a distribution switch via a cable that runs behind a large Industrial refrigerator. The technician also notices both switches have been worked on recently. Which of the following Is MOST likely the issue?

Question233: Before upgrading the firmware on several routers, a technician must verify the firmware file received is the same one the vendor provided. Which of the following should the technician use?

Question234: A network administrator is redesigning network security after an attack. During the attack, an attacker used open cubicle locations to attach devices to the network. The administrator wants to be able to monitor future attacks in a safe environment and determine the method of attack. Which of the following should the administrator do to BEST meet this requirement?

Question235: A company's web-based application has a database that is set up for high availability in case of a failure.
Which of the following is necessary to achieve this type of setup?

Question236: A network administrator wants to narrow the scope of a subnet to two usable IP addresses within a class C network. Which of the following is the correct CIDR notation?

Question237: Which of the following are reasons for enabling jumbo frames? (Select TWO)

Question238: A company decides to deploy customer-facing, touch-screen kiosks. The kiosks appear to have several open source service ports that could potentially become compromised. Which of the following is the MOST effective way to protect the kiosks?