EMT Practice Test

1. Question Content...

---

Question1: A company hires another firm to test the integrity of its information security controls. This is an example of

Question2: A technician must determine if a web page user's visits are connecting to a suspicious website's IP address in the background. Which of the following tools would provide the information on TCP connections?

Question3: A network technician is helping an end user who is working on a spreadsheet for a very important client. The client can see the file on the remote share but is not able to open the document to print it. This issue is associated with which of the following OSI layers?

Question4: A coffee shop wants to privideWiFi to Its customers. The shop wishes to support as many devices as possible, so it wants to support all available frequencies. Which of the following 802.11 standards should the coffee shop utilize to meet this requirement?

Question5: 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?

Question6: 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?

Question7: 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?

Question8: 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.)

Question9: 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?

Question10: A network technician needs to create separate networks for several classrooms and administrative offices.
They have been provided with the network address 192.168.1.0/24. They will need five classrooms of 25 hosts, two classrooms of 14 hosts, six admin hosts on the network, and three subnets for router connections.
Which of the following IP concepts would need to be deployed?

Question11: 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?

Question12: Which of the following wireless connection types utilize MIMO on non-overlapping channels? (Choose two.)

Question13: Management is concerned there is excessive traffic on the network. A network technician wants to run a quick port scan to see any systems that have open ports. Which of the following tools should be used to do this?

Question14: You have been tasked with testing a CAT5e cable. A summary of the test results can be found on the screen.
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 Cable Test Analysis' button.

Question15: Which of the following BEST describes the characteristics of a differential backup solution?

Question16: The length of an IPv6 address is:

Question17: 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?

Question18: 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?

Question19: A network team at a large company has received funding for a WiFi refresh. One of the requirements in the RFP is the new WLAN infrastructure must provide APs that support multiple streams of information at the same time. For which of the following WiFi features is the network team looking?

Question20: Which of the following protocols is used to transport outgoing mail across networks?

Question21: A network technician needs to install new network cables. The technician will be running the cables in the air return space above the drop ceiling. Which of the following cable types should be installed?

Question22: 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?

Question23: A network engineer at a multinational company is asked to purchase mobile phones for senior executives who often travel internationally. The executives want their phones to work with wireless carriers in multiple countries when they travel. Which of the following cellular standards should these new phones support?

Question24: Which of the following BEST describes a VLAN hopping attack?

Question25: A network administrator has signed up for service with a new ISP. The administrator was given the IP address of 172.17.10.254/30 to use on the external interface of the Internet-facing router. However, the network administrator cannot reach the Internet using that address. Which of the following is the MOST likely?

Question26: A company deploys many workers in the field who remotely access files from a server at headquarters.
Leadership is concerned about the risks posed when field workers update these files from unsecured networks.
Which of the following policy changes can the company make to MOST improve the confidentiality of connections when connecting remotely? (Choose two.)

Question27: 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?

Question28: A request is made to open an additional port on a firewall. The request is approved, and the port is opened.
Which of the following BEST describes this process?

Question29: A network engineer is deploying a new PBX for a customer. Although all new phones will be IP-based, the office will still use a few POTS-based phones and a fax line. Which of the following will be needed to connect the fax line?

Question30: Which of the following WAN technologies provides a guaranteed throughput rate?

Question31: Which of the following BEST describes the differences between VLAN hopping and session hijacking?

Question32: A network technician is investigating why a user cannot print to the network printer. The technician wants to determine if anything has changed. Which of the following actions would be the BEST example of this troubleshooting step?

Question33: Which of the following is used to purposely attack a system to exploit vulnerabilities?

Question34: 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?

Question35: Which of the following are reasons for enabling jumbo frames? (Select TWO)

Question36: A network technician is implementing a new IPv6 addressing scheme al a local office. This is a large office, and the network manager would like a solution that saves time and allows for automatic addressing of nodes.
Which of the following would BEST accomplish this?

Question37: A network technician is attempting to update firmware on a router but cannot physically locate the router.
Which of the following would show where to locate router?

Question38: A technician must install and configure a network device in a building with 20 classrooms. Each room must be on a separate subnet and should not be able to see traffic from other subnets. Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective solution?

Question39: After recent changes to the pictured network, several users are unable to access the servers. Only PC1, PC2, PC3, and PC4 are clickable and will give you access to the command prompt and the adapter configuration tabs.
INSTRUCTIONS
Verify the settings by using the command prompt, after making any system changes.
Next, restore connectivity by making the appropriate changes to the infrastructure.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

Question40: 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?

Question41: A technician needs to order cable that meets 10GBaseT and fire safety requirements for an installation between a drop ceiling and a standard ceiling. Which of the following should the technician order to ensure compliance with the requirements?

Question42: Which of the following protocols is associated with a three-way handshake?

Question43: Which of the following devices should a network administrator configure on the outermost part of the network?

Question44: A technician needs to connect two routers using copper cables. Which of the following cables would utilize both the TIA/EIA 568a and TIA/EIA 568b standards?

Question45: A technician Is reviewing network device logs in an attempt to trace an attack that occurred on the network.
Which of the following protocols would affect whether or not the technician can properly trace the attack through the network using the logs?

Question46: Which of the following WAN technologies utilizes the concept of virtual circuits and point-multipoint connections?

Question47: A WAP has been dropping off the network sporadically and reconnecting shortly thereafter. The Cat5 wire connecting the access point is a long run of 265ft (81m) and goes through the business area and the mechanical room. Which of the following should the technician do to fix the AP connectivity issue?

Question48: Which of the following routing conventions is known as a link-state protocol?

Question49: A network technician is coordinating the upgrade of the company's WAP firmware with all the remote locations. The company has occasionally experienced errors when transferring large files to some of the remote offices. Which of the following should be used to ensure files arrive without modifications?

Question50: Which of the following datacenter security methodologies is MOST likely to remain usable during a network outage?

Question51: A Chief Information Officer (CIO) tasks the network engineer with protecting the network from outside attacks. Placing which of the following devices on the network perimeter would provide the MOST security for the system?

Question52: 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?

Question53: Which of the following should current network performance be compared against to determine network anomalies?

Question54: 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).

Question55: Which of the following DNS records needs to be configured for SMTP traffic?

Question56: A company is redesigning its office to remove the divider walls between desks and create an open collaboration area. All network cables are run through the divider walls, and a new wireless network will be installed. Which of the following sets of documents will need to be revised based on the new configuration?

Question57: Which of the following protocols do MOST MITM attacks utilize?

Question58: Which of the following backup techniques is used to capture all the data that has changed since the last full backup?

Question59: A network administrator has been experiencing slow performance and file errors when attempting to utilize server utilities. The administrator needs to ensure the system tiles on the server have not been modified. Which of the following should be used to ensure the server files have not been compromised?

Question60: A technician restored network connectivity on a user's laptop. After validating full system functionality, which of the following steps should the technician take NEXT?

Question61: A network administrator notices a wireless network with the SSID HOME-33BC-5G that has a high signal strength and open authentication. When the administrator connects to the SSID, corporate servers can be accessed. Which of the following has the network administrator discovered?

Question62: 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?

Question63: 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?

Question64: 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?

Question65: A network administrator is installing the company first external-facing web server and examining where to place it on the network. In which of the following zones should the server be configured?

Question66: A user has reported an issue with wireless VoIP phones dropping calls during business hours. When working late or in the evenings, the user does not experience call drops. When the network technician investigates the issue, all WAPs have balanced the number of connections evenly and are not dropping off the network. The network technician connects to the wireless network in the user's office and starts a continuous ping to an external server. The results show a drastic and varied response time for each packet. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the dropped calls?

Question67: A company hires some temporary workers. On day one, the temporary employees report they are unable to connect to the network. A network technician uses a packet analysis tool and finds that many clients are continuously sending out requests for an IP address, but many of them are not receiving a response. Which of the following could be the cause of this issue?

Question68: 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?

Question69: A network technician installed a new host on the network. The host is not connecting to the company's cloud servers. The technician attemtps to ping a server using the AP address with no success. Checking the IP address using ipconfing displays:

Which of the following should the technician perform NEXT to determine where the issue is located?

Question70: A company is contracting a new third-party organization that will handle storage of the company's critical data. Which of the following policies would ensure the data remains confidential?

Question71: A network technician is troubleshooting an issue routing TCP packets to an email server. At which of the following OSI layers is the issue occurring?

Question72: Which of the following technologies allows network traffic to come into the network on a certain port and go to a destination server with a different port?

Question73: A network technician is asked to perform an unfamiliar task. Which of the following would the technician MOST likely reference?

Question74: 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?

Question75: 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?

Question76: A network technician downloaded new firmware for the company firewall. Which of the following should the network technician verify to ensure the downloaded file is correct and complete?

Question77: The server team has just installed an application across three different servers. They are asking that all requests to the application are spread evenly across the three servers. Which of the following should the network team implement to fulfil the request?

Question78: 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?

Question79: A home user is unable to get to the Internet from a workstation that is connected to a wireless network. When reviewing the results of the ipconfig command, the user wants to verity the default gateway is correct. Which of the following devices should be the gateway?

Question80: A network technician is repurposing a switch that has been in storage for some time. The device has been wiped to factory defaults. Which of the following should be done FIRST to ensure the device has been hardened before configuration?

Question81: A network administrator migrated the data tor the corporate email service from one provider to another. All DNS records were successfully changed and verified however, many hours later, users are still receiving new emails on the old provider's server. Which of the following should the administrator perform NEXT to troubleshoot the Issue?

Question82: A user reports that a laptop cannot connect to the Internet despite the fact the wireless Internet was functioning on it yesterday. The user did not modify the laptop in any way, and the wireless Internet is functional on other users' laptops. Which of the following issues should be reviewed to help the user to connect to the wireless network?

Question83: A network technician is planning to update the firmware on a router on the network. The technician has downloaded the file from the vendor's website. Before installing the firmware update, which of the following steps should the technician perform to ensure file integrity?

Question84: 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?

Question85: A technician is troubleshooting a server In the finance office that hosts an internal accounting program. The ticketing desk has received several calls from users reporting that access to the accounting program is degraded, and they are experiencing severe delays, sometimes timing out entirely. The problem has been isolated to the server. Which of the following tools should the technician use on the server to narrow down the issue?

Question86: A network technician is assisting a user who is experiencing connectivity problems with the VPN. The technician has confirmed the VPN is functioning and other users at the site cannot access the Internet. Which of the following commands would MOST likely be used to further troubleshoot?

Question87: A network manager is reviewing recent changes after learning the network health metrics are no longer being recorded. The manager discovers the ACL has been updated to the following:

Which of the following lines in the ACL points to the issue?

Question88: Which of the following protocols operates at the data link layer of the OSI model?

Question89: Which of the following physical security controls is MOST likely to be susceptible to a false positive?

Question90: A company wishes to allow employees with company-owned mobile devices to connect automatically to the corporate wireless network upon entering the facility. Which of the following would BEST accomplish this objective?

Question91: 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?

Question92: A network technician is installing a new lab network for systems engineers to test patches and updates in a simulated production environment. The engineers have requested that the lab network have unrestricted access to the Internet, but they want to limit connectivity from the LAN to the systems engineers only. Which of the following will the technician MOST likely implement to meet these requirements?

Question93: A SAN serves out storage to a company's virtual environment and provides low-level disk access. The company wants to use its existing IP network and equipment to access the virtual disks. Which of the following network connection types would BEST accomplish this task?

Question94: 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?

Question95: 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?

Question96: Which of the following WAN technologies is MOST preferred when developing a VoIP system with 23 concurrent channels?

Question97: 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?

Question98: Which of the following would MOST likely contain information about credential reuse?

Question99: A technician is working on a new machine that has been procured for testing and development. The machine will run a hypervisor and host several operating systems of various types so the development team can test the company's applications in a variety of environments. The technician wants the virtual machines to be available to communicate with each other without leaving the hypervisor. Which of the following is the BEST solution to the problem?

Question100: 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?

Question101: 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?

Question102: 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?

Question103: A technician is setting up a public guest network for visitors to access the Internet that must be separate from the corporate network. Which of the following are the BEST steps for the technician to take with minimum overhead configuration? (Choose two.)

Question104: A technician has installed an older IP camera as a temporary replacement for a recently failed newer one. The technician notices that when the camera's video stream is off, the ping roundtrip time between the camera and the network DVR is consistently less than 1ms without dropped packets. When the camera video stream is turned on, the ping roundtrip time increases dramatically, and network communication is slow and inconsistent. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue in this scenario?

Question105: A technician is configuring a new email server and needs to modify DNS records. Which of the following records should the technician update to ensure email functions as expected?

Question106: A help desk technician is assisting a user who is experiencing issues with video conferencing when a laptop is undocked During meetings, the audio becomes garbled, and the video sometimes pauses for brief periods.
Which of the following is the MOST probable cause of these issues?

Question107: Which of the following should be configured to allow for IP-to-name resolutions?

Question108: A technician is observing brownout issues at a smaller office. At least once a week, the edge switch power cycles. Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the issue?

Question109: Which of the following MUST be installed on an employee's computer if the remote access VPN implements an SSL VPN with PKI authentication?

Question110: A network administrator is installing a campus network of two routers, 24 switches, 76 APs, and 492 VoIP phone sets. Which of the following additional devices should the administrator install to help manage this network?

Question111: A network technician works in a large environment with several thousand users. Due to the needs of the organization, the network manager has asked the technician to design a solution that accommodates the data needs of all the users, while keeping all data on site. Which of the following solutions should the technician Implement?

Question112: Which of the following would block access to an untagged port when connected to a Layer 2 device?

Question113: 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.)

Question114: A technician is sent to troubleshoot a faulty network connection. The technician tests the cable, and data passes through successfully. No changes were made in the environment, however, when a network device is connected to the switch using the cable, the switchport will not light up. Which of the following should the technician attempt NEXT?

Question115: Which of the following networking devices operates at Layer1?

Question116: A network technician receives a switch that is configured to support VLANs on its ports. At which of the following layers is this switch operating?

Question117: A technician discovers that multiple switches require a major update. Which of the following policies should be followed?

Question118: A company requires a network storage solution that allows for the use of OS-specific credentials and permissions. The company purchases a SOHO solution, which includes support for SMB, iSCSI, FTP, Telnet, and NFS natively out of the box. Which of the following should be done FIRST?

Question119: 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?

Question120: A development team has been testing a web server on a virtual server to create a web application. Once satisfied, the development team clones the entire virtual server into production. The development team needs to use HTTP, HTTPS, and SSH to connect to the new server. Which of the following should the network administrator do to help secure this new production VM? (Choose two.)

Question121: A company needs to be able to restore 100% of its data from any single day's backup. Which of the following backup types should the company use?

Question122: In which of the following ways does a DDoS attack differ from a spoofing attack?

Question123: Which of the following physical security devices is used to prevent unauthorized access into a datacenter?

Question124: A network technician has been asked to create secure private networks between a company's headquarters and several branch locations. The company has provided the on-premises equipment, but each branch has a different ISP. Which of the following technologies should the technician consider using to accomplish this?

Question125: A network security technician observes multiple attempts to scan network hosts and devices. All the attempts originate from a single host on the network. Which of the following threats is MOST likely involved?

Question126: 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?

Question127: A network manager notices several outages have occurred due to modifications that were made without being properly tested. Which of the following will the network manager MOST likely implement to prevent future occurrences?

Question128: 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?

Question129: A technician is troubleshooting a workstation's network connectivity and wants to confirm which switchport corresponds to the wall jack the PC is using. Which of the following concepts would BEST help the technician?

Question130: A company has a web-based application that is used by many different departments. The company has experienced some overload of resources on the database server. The network administrator implements a network device in between the servers and the database. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of this device?

Question131: A network technician is reviewing the following output from a router:

Which of the following is this an example of?

Question132: Which of the following policies would be the MOST useful for defining the proper procedures when an employee is terminated abruptly?

Question133: A network administrator needs to transmit traffic to geographically diverse sites to improve performance.
Which of the following devices would BEST direct traffic to the remote sites?

Question134: 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?

Question135: 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?

Question136: A network technician has implemented ACLs to limit access to cloud-based file storage. Which of the following security mechanisms has the technician enforced?

Question137: 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.

Question138: A network administrator is going to be performing a major upgrade to the network. Which of the following should the administrator use in case of a failure?

Question139: A network administrator is concerned about clients being able to access the local Internet while connected to the corporate VPN. Which of the following should be disabled on the client to prevent this?

Question140: A technician is trying to determine the IP address of a customer's router. The customer has an IP address of
192.168.1.55/24. Which of the following is the address of the customer's router?

Question141: Which of the following statements about the OSI model is true?

Question142: 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?

Question143: A malicious traffic exiting the network on a specific port. The technician is working with the security team to modify the ACL on the company's firewall. Which of the following should be updated immediately?

Question144: 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?

Question145: A human resources manager notifies the IT manager the night before an employee will be terminated so the employee's access rights can be removed. Which of the following policies is being exercised?

Question146: A network administrator wants to connect to a remote device via SSH. Which of the following layers of the OSI model is the protocol using?

Question147: Two computers are connected to a multilayer switch, and both can access the corporate file server. The computers cannot talk to one another. Which of the following is MOST likley the cause?

Question148: A network technician is setting up a WiFi network in a multi-tenant building. When trying to determine the best channel, which of the following is the BEST tool to use?

Question149: A technician wants to prevent an unauthorized host from connecting to the network via Ethernet. Which of the following is a Layer 2 access control the technician should implement?

Question150: A network engineer wants to change how employees authenticate to the wireless network. Rather than providing a pre-shared key, the engineer wants employees to be able to authenticate with the same unique company user ID and password they use for accessing other services, such as email and document sharing. The engineer also wants to receive daily reports of login attempts on the wireless network. Which of the following should be installed to achieve this goal?

Question151: Management requires remote access to network devices when the ISP is down. Which of the following devices would provide the BEST solution?

Question152: Which of the following provides the ability to deploy consistent access point configurations from a central location?

Question153: Which of the following devices will intelligently attempt to relieve the network of an assumed threat after sampling a packet stream?

Question154: 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?

Question155: A user in the marketing department reports the email server is down. The user has not received email for more than 24 hours. Which of the following should the network technician do to investigate this issue?

Question156: A network technician arrives at a remote office and is unable to connect a laptop to corporate resources using the wireless network. After checking the IP address, the network technician notices the assigned IP address does not belong to the corporate network IP scheme. Which of the following has the network technician discovered?

Question157: 802.11n clients currently have no way to connect to the network. Which of the following devices should be implemented to let the clients connect?

Question158: A technician is diagnosing an issue with a new T1 connection. The router is configured, the cable is connected, but the T1 is down. To verify the configuration of the router, which of the following tools should the technician use?

Question159: Which of the following would an organization MOST likely have users sign before granting administrative access?

Question160: A network technician is responding to a user's trouble ticket. After replacing the network patch cable with a longer cable, the user is no longer connecting to the network. The network administrator tests the patch cable with a tester and confirms the cable is not faulty. Which of the following is the issue with the newly installed cable?

Question161: A network technician attempts to limit access to a wireless network by using WPA2 and a pre-shared key; however, employees have been sharing this key with others. Which of the following methods should the technician configure on the wireless access point to ensure only corporate systems can connect using the least amount of effort?

Question162: A content filter is set to analyze XML and JSON that users access from the Internet. At which of the following layers is this analysis taking place?

Question163: 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?

Question164: A network technician is working on a new wireless project. The network manager has a primary requirement of achieving speeds of at least 1 Gbps when connected. Which of the following standards would be appropriate for the technician to implement?

Question165: A single PRI can deliver multiple voice calls simultaneously using which of the following Layer 1 technologies?

Question166: A corporate manager says wireless phones do not work properly inside the main building. After a troubleshooting process, the network administrator detects that the voice packets are arriving on the wireless phones with different delay times. Which of the following performance issues is the company facing?

Question167: A network technician is working on a way to set up a new branch office securely. The network manager confirms the company does not have any plans to expand to any other new sites and wants to implement the most cost-effective solution. Which of the following would be the BEST type of VPN to implement?

Question168: A network technician is troubleshooting a problem with a user's client-to-site VPN connection. The user is unable to establish a connection to the server, but the error message that appears on screen does not contain useful information. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT to troubleshoot the issue?

Question169: A company is experiencing exponential growth and has hired many new employees. New users are reporting they cannot log into their systems, even though they are on the same network. The technician can see physical connectivity to the network switch along with their MAC addresses. Which of the following should the technician check NEXT?

Question170: 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?

Question171: Two buildings are connected with 802.11a wireless bridges using omnidirectional antennas However, the connection between the two bridges often drops Which of the following would be the BEST solution?

Question172: A network analyzer captures traffic from a host that is sending 802.1q traffic to a Layer 3 switch Which of the following attacks is occurring?

Question173: A building is equipped with light sensors that turn off the fluorescent lights when natural light is above a certain brightness. Users report experiencing network connection issues only during certain hours. The west side of the building experiences connectivity issues in the morning hours and the east side near the end of the day. At night the connectivity issues affect the entire building. Which of the following could be the cause of the connectivity issues?

Question174: Wireless users have been experiencing connectivity problems. Investigation shows neighboring wireless appliances, which are not connected to the network, have been on the same 5GHz frequency to communicate.
Which of the following wireless performance problem concepts defines this issue?

Question175: A network administrator is concerned about the management traffic between a machine and the corporate router. Which of the following protocols should the administrator use to prevent a security breach?

Question176: When connecting to a network device through a remote connection for configuration purposes, which of the following protocols is MOST secure?

Question177: Which of the following components acts as an intermediary device between the internal user's PC and external web servers to provide caching services that save on Internet bandwidth resources?

Question178: Which of the following technologies is used to attach multiple guest operating systems to a single physical network port?

Question179: A Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants a third party to verify the security surrounding an enterprise SQL database server. Which of the following services should the CIO implement?

Question180: A technician is configuring a printer for a client. The technician connects the printer to the network, but is unsure how to determine its switchport. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST to locate the switchport?

Question181: A vulnerability that would allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to originate a DoS attack was found in a DHCP client implementation of a switch. Which of the following would BEST resolve the issue?

Question182: A new network Technician is responsible for bringing a building onto the corporate network. The technician is not aware of the proper settings for the new switches. Which of the following should the technician reference to find these settings?

Question183: Joe an ex-employee from accounting, changed the configurations on several network devices on his last day of work. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason a non-IT employee was able to gain access to network devices?

Question184: Management at a company wants to increase the bandwidth available to users after receiving several complaints. A technician reports to management that 50% of the company bandwidth is being utilized by wireless devices outside the company's property. Given budget constraints, which of the following solutions should the technician propose to management?

Question185: 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?

Question186: Users are reporting their network is extremely slow. The technician discovers pings to external host have excessive response times. However, internal pings to printers and other PCs have acceptable response times.
Which of the following steps should the technician take NEXT?

Question187: A network technician notices that switches of the same model have different commands and security features while administering them. Which of the following hardening techniques should the technician perform on a regular schedule to ensure all switches have the same features and security functionality?

Question188: 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?

Question189: A network administrator needs to implement a new IP subnet containing 29 hosts. It is possible that the number of hosts in that subnet could eventually double. The company only has a single, unused public IP network left to work with: 164.10.12.0/24. Which of the following would be the BEST way to divide this network without wasting addresses?

Question190: 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?

Question191: 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?

Question192: A network technician sets up a new schedule on the backup server. Management has informed the technician that a full backup does not need to be completed every day. The technician sets up weekly full backups. Which of the following should the technician configure for the remaining days to MINIMIZE the daily backup size?

Question193: A network administrator plans to install network connectivity at a new remote office location. The administrator is concerned about how to troubleshoot network connectivity issues and reconfigure the remote router. The technician should use:

Question194: A network technician is working on a new switch implementation to expand the network. Which of the following is the BEST option to ensure the implementation goes according to business requirements?

Question195: 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?

Question196: Which of the following technologies is used when multiple Ethernet adapters work to increase speed and fault tolerance?

Question197: A home user has contacted the help desk to transfer files from an old smartphone to a new one. The help desk analyst informs the home user this can be completed using Bluetooth. Which of the following types of topologies is this called?

Question198: 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?

Question199: You are tasked with creating a network that will accomplish the following requirements Requirements:
1) The remote sales team must be able to connect to the corporate network
2) Each department must have ONLY two PCs and a server
3) Each department must be segmented from each other
4) The following VLANs have been designated:
a) VLAN 2- Finance
b) VLAN 12- Sales
c) VLAN 22- Human Resources (HR)
Complete the network by dragging the required objects into the diagram
INSTRUCTIONS: Objects can be used multiple times and not all placeholders need to be filled

Question200: First thing on Monday morning, after a maintenance weekend, the help desk receives many calls that no one can access the Internet. Which of the following types of documentation should the on-call network administrator consult FIRST?

Question201: 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?

Question202: 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?

Question203: 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?

Question204: Which of the following BEST describes an exploit?

Question205: A network technician is installing a new PTZ camera for the security department. The camera is capable of being powered via the Ethernet cable, but it is not powering on. The network technician has tested the cable and received positive results. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue?

Question206: 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?

Question207: Which of the following will listen on the line to ensure there is no traffic transmitting and implement a back-off timer if a collision occurs?

Question208: A network technician is deploying mobile phones for a company's sales staff. Salespeople frequently travel nationally and internationally to meet with clients, and often have to roam or switch cellular providers. Which of the following standards is the BEST option to fit the requirements?

Question209: A device operating at Layer 3 of the OSI model uses which of the following protocols to determine the path to a different network?

Question210: Which of the following would indicate that a circuit speed should be increased?

Question211: A network engineer has connected the storefront with the maintenance shed on the other side of a golf course using 802.11 wireless bridges and omnidirectional antennas. However, the signal strength is too weak. Which of the following is the MOST efficient and cost-effective solution to solve the issue?

Question212: An administrator is moving to a new office. There will be several network runs through the ceiling area of the office. Which of the following is the BEST to utilize in these areas?

Question213: A switch is being configured for installation into a new building. The network design is such that the only DHCP server resides in the datacenter. A traditional three-layer network hierarchy is being used, and all buildings have a Layer 3 connection back to the core. Which of the following should the technician configure to get DHCP working properly in the new building?

Question214: A web server administrator has changed the domain registrar's A record for the company's website. External users can reach the website, but internal users are unable to do so. The web server is accessible by typing the internal IP into a web browser. Which of the following is the reason why the web server cannot be accessed?

Question215: Company policy dictates that full backups are taken every Sunday evening, and incremental backups occur Monday through Saturday in the evening. If data loss were to occur on a Thursday before the backup window, which of the following is the number of backup sets that would be needed to retrieve the lost data come Friday morning?

Question216: 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?

Question217: 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?

Question218: At which of the following layers of the OSI model would TCP/UDP operate?

Question219: Which of the following are characteristics of jumbo frames? (Choose two.)

Question220: Which of the following would allow a device to maintain the same IP address lease based on the physical address of the network card?

Question221: A technician is utilizing SNMPv3 to monitor network statistics. Which of the following actions would occur immediately of a server's utilization spikes above the prescribed value?

Question222: 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?

Question223: A technician has deployed an additional DHCP server for redundancy. Clients in certain subnets are not receiving DHCP leases from the new DHCP server. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Question224: 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?

Question225: A network technician receives a call from a branch office about a problem with its wireless connectivity. The user states the office is hosting a large meeting that includes some online training with local businesses. The guest users have all brought devices to connect to the guest network at the branch office. All users are connected to a single WAP and are reporting that connections keep dropping and network spends are unusable.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

Question226: 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.)

Question227: A user calls the help desk for assistance with setting up a new SOHO router. The user has three employees who all have laptops that need to connect to the wireless network. The users need to have firewall rules allowing access to an internal server, but cannot be configured with static IP addresses. Which of the following BEST describes what the technician should implement?

Question228: A network engineer arrives at work and discovers that many users are having problems when attempting to connect to the company network shared drives. The network operations center (NOC) technician just completed server upgrades the night before. To which of the following documents should the NOC technician refer to determine what potentially caused the connectivity problem?

Question229: Based on networks 10.8.16.0/22 and 10.8.31.0/21, which of the following is the BEST summarized CIDR notation?

Question230: A network technician needs to distribute an updated OS for all network switches at company locations throughout the world The technician wants to ensure file integrity since several locations do not have high-quality connectivity to the Internet. Which of the following methods should be used to distribute the images while ensuring integrity?

Question231: 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?

Question232: Which of the following should a network administrator deploy to control all preventive security measures?

Question233: At which of the following OSI model layers would a router operate?

Question234: After rebooting a PC, a user is no longer able to connect to the corporate network. As a test, the technician plugs a different laptop into the same network jack and receives an IP address of 169.254.112.137. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

Question235: 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?

Question236: A network technician is segmenting network traffic into various broadcast domains. Which of the following should the network technician utilize?

Question237: Which of the following can be used to prevent unauthorized employees from entering restricted areas?

Question238: 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?

Question239: A network technician has salvaged several Ethernet cables from a datacenter. The technician attempts to use the cables to connect desktops to the network without success. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue?

Question240: A company finds that many desktops are being reported as missing or lost. Which of the following would BEST assist in recovering these devices?

Question241: Which of the following creates a secure remote connection at the OSI network layer?

Question242: 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?

Question243: 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?