EMT Practice Test

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Question1: An organization wants to implement a method of centrally managing logins to network services. Which of the following protocols should the organization use to allow for authentication, authorization and auditing?

Question2: Which of the following technologies would MOST likely De used to prevent the loss of connection between a virtual server and network storage devices?

Question3: Which of the following would be BEST to use to detect a MAC spoofing attack?

Question4: A network engineer needs to reduce the overhead of file transfers. Which of the following configuration changes would accomplish that goal?

Question5: After upgrading to a SOHO router that supports Wi-Fi 6, the user determines throughput has not increased.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

Question6: SIMULATION
You have been tasked with setting up a wireless network in an office. The network will consist of 3 Access Points and a single switch. The network must meet the following parameters:
The SSIDs need to be configured as CorpNet with a key of S3cr3t!
The wireless signals should not interfere with each other
The subnet the Access Points and switch are on should only support 30 devices maximum The Access Points should be configured to only support TKIP clients at a maximum speed INSTRUCTONS Click on the wireless devices and review their information and adjust the settings of the access points to meet the given requirements.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

Question7: Which of the following connectors and terminations are required to make a Cat 6 cable that connects from a PC to a non-capable MDIX switch? (Select TWO).

Question8: A user tries to ping 192.168.1.100 from the command prompt on the 192.168.2.101 network but gets the following response: U.U.U.U. Which of the following needs to be configured for these networks to reach each other?

Question9: A network administrator is setting up several loT devices on a new VLAN and wants to accomplish the following
1. Reduce manual configuration on each system
2. Assign a specific IP address to each system
3. Allow devices to move to different switchports on the same VLAN
Which of the following should the network administrator do to accomplish these requirements?

Question10: Which of the following would be used when connecting devices that have different physical characteristics?

Question11: Which of the following will reduce routing table lookups by performing packet forwarding decisions independently of the network layer header?

Question12: An administrator is attempting to add a new system to monitoring but is unsuccessful. The administrator notices the system is similar to another one on the network; however, the new one has an updated OS version.
Which of the following should the administrator consider updating?

Question13: A technician is writing documentation regarding a company's server farm. The technician needs to confirm the server name for all Linux servers. Which of the following commands should the technician run?

Question14: Which of me following security controls indicates unauthorized hardware modifications?

Question15: A technician needs to set up a wireless connection that utilizes MIMO on non-overlapping channels. Which of the following would be the best choice?

Question16: A network technician is investigating an IP phone that does not register in the VoIP system Although it received an IP address, it did not receive the necessary DHCP options The information that is needed for the registration is distributes by the OHCP scope All other IP phones are working properly. Which of the following does the technician need to verify?

Question17: A network administrator is designing a new datacenter in a different region that will need to communicate to the old datacenter with a secure connection. Which of the following access methods would provide the BEST security for this new datacenter?

Question18: Which of the following uses the link-state routing algorithm and operates within a single autonomous system?

Question19: An attacker sends more connection requests than a server can handle, causing the server to crash- Which of the following types of attacks is this an example of?

Question20: A new student is given credentials to log on to the campus Wi-Fi. The student stores the password in a laptop and is able to connect; however, the student is not able to connect with a phone when only a short distance from the laptop. Given the following information:

Which of the following is MOST likely causing this connection failure?

Question21: A systems operator is granted access to a monitoring application, configuration application, and timekeeping application. The operator is denied access to the financial and project management applications by the system's security configuration. Which of the following BEST describes the security principle in use?

Question22: Which of the following types of data center architectures will MOST likely be used in a large SDN and can be extended beyond the data center?

Question23: A customer wants to log in t o a vendor's server using a web browser on a laptop. Which of the following would require the LEAST configuration to allow encrypted access to the server?

Question24: A security team updated a web server to require https:// in the URL. Although the IP address did not change, users report being unable to reach the site. Which of the following should the security team do to allow users to reach the server again?

Question25: Users ate moving back into an office that had been vacant for awhile. Ten workstations are hooked up in the office, but one workstation cannot obtain a link with (he switch. A network engineer checks the documentation and cable labeling, and everything is hooked up as expected. The engineer moves the connection lo a different switchport. but a link still cannot be obtained. When the engineer puts a tone generator on (he infrastructure cable, no tone is heard at the far end. Which of the following issues is the engineer MOST likely trying to find?

Question26: Which of the following DNS records works as an alias to another record?

Question27: Given the following output:

Which of the following attacks is this MOST likely an example of?

Question28: A network engineer is investigating reports of poor network performance. Upon reviewing a report, the engineer finds hundreds of CRC errors on an interface. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of these errors?

Question29: A network administrator responds to a support ticket that was submitted by a customer who is having issues connecting to a website inside of the company network The administrator verities that the customer could not connect to a website using a URL Which of the following troubleshooting steps would be BEST for the administrator to take?

Question30: A network administrator is installing a wireless network at a client's office. Which of the following IEEE
802.11 standards would be BEST to use for multiple simultaneous client access?

Question31: A network technician is investigating a trouble ticket for a user who does not have network connectivity. All patch cables between the wall jacks and computers in the building were upgraded over the weekend from Cat
5 to Cat 6. The newly installed cable is crimped with a TIA/EIA 568A on one end and a TIA/EIA 568B on the other end.
Which of the following should the technician do to MOST likely fix the issue?

Question32: A technician wants to deploy a new wireless network that comprises 30 WAPs installed throughout a three-story office building. All the APs will broadcast the same SSID for client access. Which of the following BEST describes this deployment?

Question33: Several end users viewing a training video report seeing pixelated images while watching. A network administrator reviews the core switch and is unable to find an immediate cause. Which of the following BEST explains what is occurring?

Question34: A network administrator is investigating a network event that is causing all communication to stop. The network administrator is unable to use SSH to connect to the switch but is able to gain access using the serial console port. While monitoring port statistics, the administrator sees the following:

Which of the following is MOST likely causing the network outage?

Question35: An IT organization needs to optimize speeds for global content distribution and wants to reduce latency in high-density user locations. Which of the following technologies BEST meets the organization's requirements?

Question36: A network technician is having issues connecting an loT sensor to the internet The WLAN settings were enabled via a custom command line, and a proper IP address assignment was received on the wireless interlace. However, when trying to connect to the internet, only HTTP redirections are being received when data Is requested. Which of the following will point to the root cause of the Issue?

Question37: A server application requires large amounts of data to be sent at a consistent rate. Which of the following should an engineer most likely configure to meet these requirements?

Question38: According to troubleshooting methodology, which of the following should the technician do NEXT after determining the most likely probable cause of an issue?

Question39: A network technician crimped a length of IJTP with TIA\ElA-568A on one end and TINE-IA-5688 on the other. Which of the following cable types did the technician create?

Question40: Which of the following is the LARGEST MTU for a standard Ethernet frame?

Question41: A company's data center is hosted at its corporate office to ensure greater control over the security of sensitive data. During times when there are increased workloads, some of the company's non-sensitive data is shifted to an external cloud provider. Which of the following cloud deployment models does this describe?

Question42: A company is moving to a new building designed with a guest waiting area that has existing network ports.
Which of the following practices would BEST secure the network?

Question43: Which of the following technologies provides a failover mechanism for the default gateway?

Question44: During a client audit, a network analyst is tasked with recommending changes to upgrade the client network and readiness. Afield technician has submitted the following report:

Based on this report, which of the following metrics or sensors would be the BEST recommendation to the client?

Question45: A company is designing a new complex. The primary and alternate data centers will be in separate buildings
6.2mi (10km) apart and will be connected via fiber.
Which of the following types of SFP is the best choice?

Question46: Which of the following is a valid and cost-effective solution to connect a fiber cable into a network switch without available SFP ports?

Question47: Which of the following network devices can perform routing between VLANs?

Question48: During the troubleshooting of an E1 line, the point-to-point link on the core router was accidentally unplugged and left unconnected for several hours. However, the network management team was not notified. Which of the following could have been configured to allow early detection and possible resolution of the issue?

Question49: A technician is installing a high-density wireless network and wants to use an available frequency that supports the maximum number of channels to reduce interference. Which of the following standard 802.11 frequency ranges should the technician look for while reviewing WAP specifications?

Question50: A network administrator installed a new data and VoIP network. Users are now experiencing poor call quality when making calls. Which of the following should the administrator do to increase VoIP performance?

Question51: An AP uses a 98ft (30m) Cat 6 cable to connect to an access switch. The cable is wired through a duct close to a three-phase motor installation. Anytime the three-phase is turned on, all users connected to the switch experience high latency on the network. Which Of the following is MOST likely the cause Of the issue?

Question52: A large number of PCs are obtaining an APIPA IP address, and a number of new computers were added to the network. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the PCs to obtain an APIPA address?

Question53: A network engineer developed a plan of action to resolve an ongoing issue. Which of the following steps should the engineer take NEXT?

Question54: A company streams video to multiple devices across a campus. When this happens, several users report a degradation of network performance. Which of the following would MOST likely address this issue?

Question55: A company is being acquired by a large corporation. As part of the acquisition process, the company's address should now redirect clients to the corporate organization page. Which of the following DNS records needs to be created?

Question56: A network administrator is troubleshooting a PC that cannot connect to the LAN. The administrator runs the ipconfig command at the command prompt and gets the following output:

Which of the following is misconfigured?

Question57: Which of the following is a requirement when certifying a network cabling as Cat 7?

Question58: A city has hired a new employee who needs to be able to work when traveling at home and at the municipal sourcing of a neighboring city that snares services. The employee is issued a laptop, and a technician needs to train the employee on the appropriate solutions for secure access to the network from all the possible locations On which of the following solutions would the technician MOST likely train the employee?

Question59: An engineer recently decided to upgrade the firmware on a router. During the upgrade, the help desk received calls about a network outage, and a critical ticket was opened. The network manager would like to create a policy to prevent this from happening in the future. Which of the following documents should the manager create?

Question60: Which of the following describes a network in which users and devices need to mutually authenticate before any network resource can be accessed?

Question61: Which of the following IP packet header fields is the mechanism for ending loops at Layer 3?

Question62: Network users reported that a recent firmware upgrade to a firewall did not resolve the issue that prompted the upgrade. Which of the following should be performed NEXT?

Question63: A sales team at a company uses a SaaS solution primarily for videoconferencing and a CRM application that connects to a database server in the corporate data center. Which of the following VPN solutions would allow secure, remote access for sales staff to the CRM application without impacting videoconferencing traffic?

Question64: Which of the following attacks encrypts user data and requires a proper backup implementation to recover?

Question65: Which of the following describes traffic going in and out of a data center from the internet?

Question66: A fiber link connecting two campus networks is broken. Which of the following tools should an engineer use to detect the exact break point of the fiber link?

Question67: A technician is deploying a low-density wireless network and is contending with multiple types of building materials. Which of the following wireless frequencies would allow for the LEAST signal attenuation?

Question68: A PC user who is on a local network reports very slow speeds when accessing files on the network server The user's PC Is connecting, but file downloads are very slow when compared to other users' download speeds The PC's NIC should be capable of Gigabit Ethernet. Which of the following will MOST likely fix the issue?

Question69: A technician is contracted to install a redundant cluster of devices from the ISP In case of a hardware failure within the network. Which of the following would provide the BEST redundant solution in Layer 2 devices?

Question70: Two users on a LAN establish a video call. Which of the following OSI model layers ensures the initiation coordination, and termination of the call?

Question71: A network is experiencing extreme latency when accessing a particular website. Which of the following commands will BEST help identify the issue?

Question72: An employee reports to a network administrator that internet access is not working. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST?

Question73: A technician is troubleshooting reports that a networked printer is unavailable. The printer's IP address is configured with a DHCP reservation, but the address cannot be pinged from the print server in the same subnet. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of me connectivity failure?

Question74: ARP spoofing would normally be a part of:

Question75: A network administrator is reviewing interface errors on a switch. Which of the following indicates that a switchport is receiving packets in excess of the configured MTU?

Question76: Which of the following objectives does an evil twin achieve?

Question77: A technician removes an old PC from the network and replaces it with a new PC that is unable to connect to the LAN. Which of the Mowing is MOST likely the cause of the issue?

Question78: After rebooting an AP a user is no longer able to conned to me enterprise LAN A technician plugs a laptop In to the same network jack and receives the IP 169.254 0 200. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

Question79: The Chief Executive Officer of a company wants to ensure business operations are not disrupted in the event of a disaster. The solution must have fully redundant equipment, real-time synchronization, and zero data loss.
Which Of the following should be prepared?

Question80: An IDS was installed behind the edge firewall after a network was breached. The network was then breached again even though the IDS logged the attack. Which of the following should be used in place of these devices to prevent future attacks?

Question81: A large metropolitan city is looking to standardize the ability tor police department laptops to connect to the city government's VPN The city would like a wireless solution that provides the largest coverage across the city with a minimal number of transmission towers Latency and overall bandwidth needs are not high priorities. Which of the following would BEST meet the city's needs?

Question82: A technician is connecting DSL for a new customer. After installing and connecting the on-premises equipment, the technician verifies DSL synchronization. When connecting to a workstation, however, the link LEDs on the workstation and modem do not light up. Which of the following should the technician perform during troubleshooting?

Question83: Which of the following is the most likely reason an insurance brokerage would enforce VPN usage?

Question84: Which of the following bandwidth management techniques uses buffers al the client side to prevent TCP retransmissions from occurring when the ISP starts to drop packets of specific types that exceed the agreed traffic rate?

Question85: A corporation has a critical system that would cause unrecoverable damage to the brand if it was taken offline.
Which of the following disaster recovery solutions should the corporation implement?

Question86: Which of the following is conducted frequently to maintain an updated list of a system's weaknesses?

Question87: A technician is installing a new fiber connection to a network device in a datacenter. The connection from the device to the switch also traverses a patch panel connection. The chain of connections is in the following order:
Device
LC/LC patch cable
Patch panel
Cross-connect fiber cable
Patch panel
LC/LC patch cable
Switch
The connection is not working. The technician has changed both patch cables with known working patch cables. The device had been tested and was working properly before being installed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

Question88: Which of the following is used to prioritize Internet usage per application and per user on the network?

Question89: A coffee shop owner hired a network consultant to provide recommendations for installing a new wireless network. The coffee shop customers expect high speeds even when the network is congested. Which of the following standards should the consultant recommend?

Question90: Which of the following is most likely to be implemented to actively mitigate intrusions on a host device?

Question91: An IT administrator received an assignment with the following objectives
* Conduct a total scan within the company's network tor all connected hosts
* Detect all the types of operating systems running on all devices
* Discover all services offered by hosts on the network
* Find open ports and detect security risks.
Which of the following command-line tools can be used to achieve these objectives?

Question92: Which of the following is the physical security mechanism that would MOST likely be used to enter a secure site?

Question93: After HVAC failures caused network outages, the support team decides to monitor the temperatures of all the devices. The network administrator cannot find a command that will display this information. Which of the following will retrieve the necessary information?

Question94: A company wants to set up a backup data center that can become active during a disaster. The site needs to contain network equipment and connectivity. Which of the following strategies should the company employ?

Question95: A company hired a technician to find all the devices connected within a network. Which of the following software tools would BEST assist the technician in completing this task?

Question96: An engineer is gathering data to determine the effectiveness of UPSs in use at remote retail locations. Which of the following statistics can the engineer use to determine the availability of the remote network equipment?

Question97: Given the following information:

Which of the following command-line tools would generate this output?

Question98: A network administrator is trying to add network redundancy for the server farm. Which of the following can the network administrator configure to BEST provide this capability?

Question99: A network administrator determines that even when optimal wireless coverage is configured, the network users still report constant disconnections After troubleshooting, the administrator determines that moving from one location to another causes the disconnection Which of the following settings should provide better network stability?

Question100: Users within a corporate network need to connect to the Internet, but corporate network policy does not allow direct connections. Which of the following is MOST likely to be used?

Question101: A technician is consolidating a topology with multiple SSlDs into one unique SSID deployment. Which of the following features will be possible after this new configuration?

Question102: A network technician is installing an analog desk phone for a new receptionist After running a new phone line, the technician now needs to cnmp on a new connector. Which of the following connectors would MOST likely be used in this case?

Question103: While working in a coffee shop, an attacker watches a user log in to a corporate system and writes down the user's log-in credentials. Which of the following social engineering attacks is this an example of?

Question104: An administrator is writing a script to periodically log the IPv6 and MAC addresses of all the devices on a network segment. Which of the following switch features will MOST likely be used to assist with this task?

Question105: A network administrator is designing a wireless network. The administrator must ensure a rented office space has a sufficient signal. Reducing exposure to the wireless network is important, but it is secondary to the primary objective. Which of the following would MOST likely facilitate the correct accessibility to the Wi-Fi network?

Question106: A company is opening a new building on the other side of its campus. The distance from the closest building to the new building is 1,804ft (550m). The company needs to connect the networking equipment in the new building to the Other buildings on the campus without using a repeater. Which Of the following transceivers should the company use?

Question107: A company that uses VoIP telephones is experiencing intermittent issues with one-way audio and dropped conversations The manufacturer says the system will work if ping times are less than 50ms. The company has recorded the following ping times:

Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

Question108: A user stores large graphic files. The lime required to transfer the files to the server is excessive due to network congestion. The user's budget does not allow for the current switches to be replaced. Which of the following can be used to provide FASTER transfer times?

Question109: Which of the following security devices would be BEST to use to provide mechanical access control to the MDF/IDF?

Question110: Which of the following disaster recovery metrics describes the average length of time a piece of equipment can be expected to operate normally?

Question111: A network technician is deploying multiple switches for a new office. The switches are separately managed and need to be cabled in to support dual firewalls in a HA setup. Which of the following should the technician enable to support proper stability of the network switches?

Question112: A network administrator received complaints of intermittent network connectivity issues. The administrator investigates and finds that the network design contains potential loop scenarios. Which of the following should the administrator do?

Question113: Which of the following would be used to adjust resources dynamically for a virtual web server under variable loads?

Question114: Which of the following transceiver types can support up to 40Gbps?

Question115: A corporate client is experiencing global system outages. The IT team has identified multiple potential underlying causes throughout the enterprise Each team member has been assigned an area to trouble shoot.
Which of the following approaches is being used?

Question116: A network is secured and is only accessible via TLS and IPSec VPNs. Which of the following would need to be present to allow a user to access network resources on a laptop without logging in to the VPN application?

Question117: An IT director is setting up new disaster and HA policies for a company. Limited downtime is critical to operations. To meet corporate requirements, the director set up two different datacenters across the country that will stay current on data and applications. In the event of an outage, the company can immediately switch from one datacenter to another. Which of the following does this BEST describe?

Question118: A company wants to implement a large number of WAPs throughout its building and allow users to be able to move around the building without dropping their connections Which of the following pieces of equipment would be able to handle this requirement?

Question119: A store owner would like to have secure wireless access available for both business equipment and patron use.
Which of the following features should be configured to allow different wireless access through the same equipment?

Question120: A network technician was troubleshooting an issue for a user who was being directed to cloned websites that were stealing credentials. The URLs were correct for the websites but an incorrect IP address was revealed when the technician used ping on the user's PC After checking the is setting, the technician found the DNS server address was incorrect Which of the following describes the issue?

Question121: A network engineer is installing hardware in a newly renovated data center. Major concerns that were addressed during the renovation induded air circulation, building power redundancy, and the need for continuous monitoring. The network engineer IS creating alerts based on the following operation specifications:

Which of the following should the network engineer configure?

Question122: A network technician is reviewing the interface counters on a router interface. The technician is attempting to confirm a cable issue. Given the following information:

Which of the following metrics confirms there is a cabling issue?

Question123: A user reports that a crucial fileshare is unreachable following a network upgrade that was completed the night before. A network technician confirms the problem exists. Which of the following troubleshooting Steps should the network technician perform NEXT?

Question124: A network administrator is concerned about a rainbow table being used to help access network resources.
Which of the following must be addressed to reduce the likelihood of a rainbow table being effective?

Question125: A wireless technician is working to upgrade the wireless infrastructure for a company. The company currently uses the 802.11g wireless standard on all access points. The company requires backward compatibility and is requesting the least expensive solution. Which of the following should the technician recommend to the company?

Question126: A new global ISP needs to connect from central offices in North America to the United Kingdom. Which of the following would be the BEST cabling solution for this project?

Question127: An organization with one core and five distribution switches is transitioning from a star to a full-mesh topology Which of the following is the number of additional network connections needed?

Question128: Which of the following fiber connector types is the most likely to be used on a network interface card?

Question129: Which of the following is an advanced distance vector routing protocol that automates routing tables and also uses some features of link-state routing protocols?

Question130: Which of the following passwords would provide the best defense against a brute-force attack?

Question131: Which of the following routing protocols is BEST suited for use on a perimeter router?

Question132: A technician is configuring a network switch to be used in a publicly accessible location. Which of the following should the technician configure on the switch to prevent unintended connections?

Question133: A workstation is configured with the following network details:

Software on the workstation needs to send a query to the local subnet broadcast address. To which of the following addresses should the software be configured to send the query?

Question134: A corporation is looking for a method to secure all traffic between a branch office and its data center in order to provide a zero-touch experience for all staff members who work there. Which of the following would BEST meet this requirement?

Question135: A VOIP phone is plugged in to a port but cannot receive calls. Which Of the following needs to be done on the port to address the issue?

Question136: A network engineer is concerned about VLAN hopping happening on the network. Which of the following should the engineer do to address this concern?

Question137: A technician manages a DHCP scope but needs to allocate a portion of the scope's subnet for statically assigned devices. Which of the following DHCP concepts would be BEST to use to prevent IP address conflicts?

Question138: A network engineer receives the following when connecting to a switch to configure a port:

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for the failure?

Question139: Which of the following would a network administrator configure to set NTP settings for a specific subnet within DHCP?

Question140: An IT organization needs to optimize speeds for global content distribution and wants to reduce latency in high-density user locations. Which of the following technologies BEST meets the organization's requirements?

Question141: A technician is assisting a user who cannot connect to a network resource. The technician first checks for a link light. According to troubleshooting methodology, this is an example of:

Question142: A customer calls the help desk to report that users are unable to access any network resources_ The issue started earlier in the day when an employee rearranged the wiring closet A technician goes to the site but does not observe any obvious damage. The statistics output on the switch indicates high CPI-J usage, and all the lights on the switch are blinking rapidly in unison_ Which of the following is the most likely explanation for these symptoms?

Question143: A client who shares office space and an IT closet with another company recently reported connectivity issues throughout the network. Multiple third-party vendors regularly perform on-site maintenance in the shared IT closet. Which of the following security techniques would BEST secure the physical networking equipment?

Question144: A network administrator wants to test the throughput of a new metro Ethernet circuit to verify that its performance matches the requirements specified m the SLA. Which of the following would BEST help measure the throughput?

Question145: An organization recently connected a new computer to the LAN. The user is unable to ping the default gateway. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

Question146: A network administrator is troubleshooting a connection to a remote site. The administrator runs a command and sees the following output:

Which of the following is the cause of the connection issue?

Question147: An administrator wants to increase the availability of a server that is connected to the office network. Which of the following allows for multiple NICs to share a single IP address and offers maximum performance while providing fault tolerance in the event of a NIC failure?

Question148: A technician is deploying a new switch model and would like to add it to the existing network monitoring software. The technician wants to know what metrics can be gathered from a given switch. Which of the following should the technician utilize for the switch?

Question149: An administrator needs to connect two laptops directly to each other using 802.11ac but does not have an AP available. Which of the following describes this configuration?

Question150: A network technician is configuring a wireless network that consists of multiple APS for better coverage and allows roaming between the APS. Which of the following types of SSIDs should the technician configure?

Question151: An engineer is designing a network topology for a company that maintains a large on-premises private cloud.
A design requirement mandates internet-facing hosts to be partitioned off from the internal LAN and internal server IP ranges. Which of the following defense strategies helps meet this requirement?

Question152: Which of the following layers is where TCP/IP port numbers identify which network application is receiving the packet and where it is applied?

Question153: Branch users are experiencing issues with videoconferencing. Which of the following will the company MOST likely configure to improve performance for these applications?

Question154: Which of the following would be increased by adding encryption to data communication across the network?

Question155: There are two managed legacy switches running that cannot be replaced or upgraded. These switches do not support cryptographic functions, but they are password protected. Which of the following should a network administrator configure to BEST prevent unauthorized access?

Question156: An administrator is investigating reports of network slowness in a building. While looking at the uplink interface statistics In the switch's CLI, the administrator discovers the uplink Is at 100% utilization However, the administrator is unsure how to Identify what traffic is causing the saturation. Which of the following tools should the administrator utilize to identify the source and destination addresses of the traffic?

Question157: Which of the following demarcation connections would be MOST appropriate to use with a cable modem being installed in a SOHO situation?

Question158: Which of the following record types would be used to define where SIP is found?

Question159: A network administrator is reviewing the following metrics from a network management system regarding a switchport. The administrator suspects an issue because users are calling in regards to the switchport's performance:

Based on the information in the chart above, which of the following fs the cause of these performance issues?

Question160: Which of the following refers to a weakness in a mechanism or technical process?

Question161: A company wants to invest in new hardware for the core network infrastructure. The management team requires that the infrastructure be capable of being repaired in less than 60 minutes if any major part fails.
Which of the following metrics is MOST likely associated with this requirement?

Question162: A network technician is investigating a trouble ticket for a user who does not have network connectivity. All patch cables between the wall jacks and computers in the building were upgraded over the weekend from Cat
5 to Cat 6. The newly installed cable is crimped With a TIA/EIA 568A on one end and a TIA/EIA 568B on the other end. Which of the following should the technician do to most likely fix the issue?

Question163: A network technician needs to ensure that all files on a company's network can be moved in a safe and protected manner without interception from someone who is not the intended recipient. Which of the following would allow the network technician to meet these requirements?

Question164: Which of the following ports should be used to securely receive mail that is synchronized across multiple devices?

Question165: Which of the following is used to provide disaster recovery capabilities to spin up an critical devices using internet resources?

Question166: A network device needs to discover a server that can provide it with an IPv4 address. Which of the following does the device need to send the request to?

Question167: Several users with older devices are reporting intermittent connectivity while in an outdoor patio area. After some research, the network administrator determines that an outdoor WAP might help with the issue.
However, the company does not want the signal to bleed into the building and cause interference. Which of the following should the network administrator perform to BEST resolve the issue?

Question168: Which of the following BEST describes a network appliance that warns of unapproved devices that are accessing the network?

Question169: An ISP is providing Internet to a retail store and has terminated its point of connection using a standard Cat 6 pin-out Which of me following terminations should the technician use when running a cable from the ISP's port lo the front desk?

Question170: A company is reviewing ways to cut the overall cost of Its IT budget. A network technician suggests removing various computer programs from the IT budget and only providing these programs on an as-needed basis.
Which of the following models would meet this requirement?

Question171: Which of the following provides guidance to an employee about restricting non-business access to the company's videoconferencing solution?

Question172: A network administrator is setting up a new phone system and needs to define the location where VoIP phones can download configuration files. Which of the following DHCP services can be used to accomplish this task?

Question173: A technician is troubleshooting network connectivity from a wall jack. Readings from a multimeter indicate extremely low ohmic values instead of the rated impedance from the switchport. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

Question174: A company has a geographically remote office concern for this type of connection?

Question175: Which of the following OSI model layers is where a technician would view UDP information?

Question176: A network administrator is testing performance improvements by configuring channel bonding on an 802.Hac AP. Although a site survey detected the majority of the 5GHz frequency spectrum was idle, being used only by the company's WLAN and a nearby government radio system, the AP is not allowing the administrator to manually configure a large portion of the 5GHz frequency range. Which of the following would be BEST to configure for the WLAN being tested?

Question177: A technician needs to configure a routing protocol for an internet-facing edge router. Which of the following routing protocols will the technician MOST likely use?

Question178: Which of the following topologies requires me MOST connections when designing a network?

Question179: An engineer was asked to update an MX record for an upcoming project. Which of the following server types is MOST likely to be in scope for the project?

Question180: Which of the following allows for an devices within a network to share a highly reliable time source?

Question181: A network technician needs to ensure the company's external mail server can pass reverse lookup checks.
Which of the following records would the technician MOST likely configure? (Choose Correct option and give explanation directly from CompTIA Network+ Study guide or documents)

Question182: A cafeteria is lacing lawsuits related to criminal internet access that was made over its guest network. The marketing team, however, insists on keeping the cafeteria phone number as the wireless passphrase. Which of the following actions would Improve wireless security while accommodating the marketing team and accepting the terms of use?

Question183: A network engineer needs to pass both data and telephony on an access port. Which or the following features should be configured to meet this requirement?

Question184: Which of the following connector types would have the MOST flexibility?

Question185: A network administrator is installing a new server in the data center. The administrator is concerned the amount of traffic generated will exceed 1GB. and higher-throughput NiCs are not available for installation.
Which of the following is the BEST solution for this issue?

Question186: The power company notifies a network administrator that it will be turning off the power to the building over the weekend. Which of the following is the BEST solution to prevent the servers from going down?

Question187: Which of the following commands can be used to display the IP address, subnet address, gateway address, and DNS address on a Windows computer?

Question188: AGRE tunnel has been configured between two remote sites. Which of the following features, when configured, ensures me GRE overhead does not affect payload?

Question189: Logs show an unauthorized IP address entering a secure part of the network every night at 8:00 pm. The network administrator is concerned that this IP address will cause an issue to a critical server and would like to deny the IP address at the edge of the network. Which of the following solutions would address these concerns?

Question190: Which of the following would MOST likely be used to review disaster recovery information for a system?

Question191: During the security audit of a financial firm the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) questions why there are three employees who perform very distinct functions on the server. There is an administrator for creating users another for assigning the users lo groups and a third who is the only administrator to perform file rights assignment Which of the following mitigation techniques is being applied'

Question192: Which of the following DHCP settings would be used to ensure a device gets the same IP address each time it is connected to the network?

Question193: Which of the following cloud deployment models involves servers that are hosted at a company's property and are only used by that company?

Question194: Which of the following BEST describes a spirt-tunnel client-to-server VPN connection?

Question195: Which of the following is a system that is installed directly on a server's hardware and abstracts the hardware from any guest machines?

Question196: A new company recently moved into an empty office space Within days, users in the next office began noticing increased latency and packet drops with their Wi-Fi-connected devices. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for this issue?

Question197: A device is connected to a managed Layer 3 network switch. The MAC address of the device is known, but the static IP address assigned to the device is not. Which of the following features of a Layer 3 network switch should be used to determine the IPv4 address of the device?

Question198: An attacker is attempting to find the password to a network by inputting common words and phrases in plaintext to the password prompt. Which of the following attack types BEST describes this action?

Question199: A network technician is selecting new network hardware, and availability is the main concern. Which of the following availability concepts should the technician consider?

Question200: A company has a geographically remote office. In order to connect to the internet, the company has decided to use a satellite WAN link. Which of the following is the GREATEST concern for this type of connection?

Question201: Which of the following is an example of on-demand scalable hardware that is typically housed in the vendor's data center?

Question202: An administrator would like to have two servers at different geographical locations provide fault tolerance and high performance while appearing as one URL to users. Which of the following should the administrator implement?

Question203: A network technician receives a report about a performance issue on a client PC that is connected to port 1/3 on a network switch. The technician observes the following configuration output from the switch:

Which of the following is a cause of the issue on port 1/3?

Question204: A network technician is selecting a replacement for a damaged fiber cable that goes directly to an SFP transceiver on a network switch. Which of the following cable connectors should be used?

Question205: Which of the following types of attacks can be used to gain credentials by setting up rogue APs with identical corporate SSIDs?

Question206: 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?

Question207: A SQL server connects over port:

Question208: An application team is deploying a new application. The application team would like the network team to monitor network performance and create alerts if fluctuations in the round-trip time occur for that traffic.
Which of the following should the network team monitor to meet this requirement?

Question209: A switch is connected to another switch. Incompatible hardware causes a surge in traffic on both switches.
Which of the following configurations will cause traffic to pause, allowing the switches to drain buffers?

Question210: A building was recently remodeled in order to expand the front lobby. Some mobile users have been unable to connect to the available network jacks within the new lobby, while others have had no issues. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the connectivity issues?

Question211: A false camera is installed outside a building to assist with physical security. Which of the following is the device assisting?

Question212: Within the realm of network security, Zero Trust:

Question213: A network administrator needs to monitor traffic on a specific port on a switch. Which of the following should the administrator configure to accomplish the task?

Question214: A network administrator is troubleshooting a connectivity performance issue. As part of the troubleshooting process, the administrator performs a traceout from the client to the server, and also from the server to the client. While comparing the outputs, the administrator notes they show different hops between the hosts.
Which of the following BEST explains these findings?

Question215: Which of the following policies is MOST commonly used for guest captive portals?

Question216: A Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants to improve the availability of a company's SQL database Which of the following technologies should be utilized to achieve maximum availability?

Question217: A network technician receives a report from the server team that a server's network connection is not working correctly. The server team confirms the server is operating correctly except for the network connection. The technician checks the switchport connected to the server and reviews the following data;

Which of the following should the network technician perform to correct the issue?

Question218: Which of the following routing protocols has routes that are classified with an administrative distance of 110?

Question219: During an annual review of policy documents, a company decided to adjust its recovery time frames. The company agreed that critical applications can be down for no more than six hours, and the acceptable amount of data loss is no more than two hours. Which of the following should be documented as the RPO?

Question220: A technician received a report that some users in a large, 30-floor building are having intermittent connectivity issues. Users on each floor have stable connectivity, but do not have connectivity to other floors. Which of the following devices is MOST likely causing the issue?

Question221: Wireless users are reporting intermittent internet connectivity. Connectivity is restored when the users disconnect and reconnect, utilizing the web authentication process each time. The network administrator can see the devices connected to the APs at all times. Which of the following steps will MOST likely determine the cause of the issue?

Question222: A junior network administrator is auditing the company network and notices incrementing input errors on a long-range microwave interface. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the errors?

Question223: A network engineer is investigating reports of poor network performance. Upon reviewing a report, the engineer finds that jitter at the office is greater than 10ms on the only WAN connection available. Which of the following would be MOST affected by this statistic?

Question224: A newly installed VoIP phone is not getting the DHCP IP address it needs to connect to the phone system.
Which of the following tasks needs to be completed to allow the phone to operate correctly?

Question225: Users have reported an issue connecting to a server over the network. A workstation was recently added to the network and configured with a shared USB printer. Which of the following is most likely causing the issue?

Question226: SIMULATION
A network technician replaced a switch and needs to reconfigure it to allow the connected devices to connect to the correct networks.
INSTRUCTIONS
Click on the appropriate port(s) on Switch 1 and Switch 3 to verify or reconfigure the correct settings:
* Ensure each device accesses only its correctly associated network
* Disable all unused switch ports
* Require fault-tolerant connections between the switches
* Only make necessary changes to complete the above requirements
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

Question227: Which of the following fouling protocols is generally used by major ISPs for handing large-scale internet traffic?

Question228: A network administrator walks into a datacenter and notices an unknown person is following closely. The administrator stops and directs the person to the security desk. Which of the following attacks did the network administrator prevent?

Question229: A technician discovered that some information on the local database server was changed during a tile transfer to a remote server. Which of the following should concern the technician the MOST?

Question230: While setting up a new workstation, a technician discovers that the network connection is only 100 full duplex (FD), although it is connected to a gigabit switch.
While reviewing the interface information in the switch CLI, the technician notes the port is operating at IOOFD but Shows many RX and TX errors. The technician moves the computer to another switchport and experiences the same issues.
Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the low data rate and port errors?

Question231: An IT technician suspects a break in one of the uplinks that provides connectivity to the core switch. Which of the following command-line tools should the technician use to determine where the incident is occurring?

Question232: Which of the following service models would MOST likely be used to replace on-premises servers with a cloud solution?

Question233: A network administrator has received calls every day for the past few weeks from three users who cannot access the network. The administrator asks all the users to reboot their PCs, but the same users still cannot access the system. The following day, three different users report the same issue, and the administrator asks them all to reboot their PCs; however, this does not fix the issue. Which of the following is MOST likely occurring?

Question234: To access production applications and data, developers must first connect remotely to a different server From there, the developers are able to access production data Which of the following does this BEST represent?

Question235: Network traffic is being compromised by DNS poisoning every time a company's router is connected to the internet. The network team detects a non-authorized DNS server being assigned to the network clients and remediates the incident by setting a trusted DNS server, but the issue occurs again after internet exposure.
Which of the following best practices should be implemented on the router?

Question236: A wireless network was installed in a warehouse for employees to scan crates with a wireless handheld scanner. The wireless network was placed in the corner of the building near the ceiling for maximum coverage However users in the offices adjacent lo the warehouse have noticed a large amount of signal overlap from the new network Additionally warehouse employees report difficulty connecting to the wireless network from the other side of the building; however they have no issues when Ihey are near the antenna Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

Question237: Two companies want to build an encrypted tunnel between them and use a PSK for initial authentication.
Which of the following is the BEST protocol for the companies to use?

Question238: A technician was cleaning a storage closet and found a box of transceivers labeled 8Gbps. Which of the following protocols uses those transceivers?

Question239: A WAN technician reviews activity and identifies newly installed hardware that is causing outages over an eight-hour period. Which of the following should be considered FIRST?

Question240: A user took a laptop on a trip and made changes to the network parameters while at the airport. The user can access all internet websites but not corporate intranet websites. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the issue?

Question241: A network technician is troubleshooting an area where the wireless connection to devices is poor. The technician theorizes that the signal-to-noise ratio in the area is causing the issue. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

Question242: A company has wireless APS that were deployed with 802.11g. A network engineer has noticed more frequent reports of wireless performance issues during the lunch hour in comparison to the rest of the day. The engineer thinks bandwidth consumption will increase while users are on their breaks, but network utilization logs do not show increased bandwidth numbers. Which Of the following would MOST likely resolve this issue?

Question243: A network administrator is downloading a large patch that will be uploaded to several enterprise switches simultaneously during the day's upgrade cycle. Which of the following should the administrator do to help ensure the upgrade process will be less likely to cause problems with the switches?

Question244: A network administrator is implementing OSPF on all of a company's network devices. Which of the following will MOST likely replace all the company's hubs?

Question245: The lack of a formal process to grant network permissions to different profiles of employees and contractors is leading to an increasing number of security incidents Non-uniform and overly permissive network accesses are being granted. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate method to improve the security of the environment?

Question246: A network technician is manually configuring the network settings for a new device and is told the network block is 192.168.0.0/20. Which of the following subnets should the technician use?

Question247: A technician monitors a switch interface and notices it is not forwarding frames on a trunked port. However, the cable and interfaces are in working order. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the issue?

Question248: A network technician is working at a new office location and needs to connect one laptop to another to transfer files. The laptops are newer models and do not have Ethernet ports. Access points are not available either.
Which Of the following types Of wireless network SSIDs does the network technician need to configure to be able to connect the laptops together?

Question249: Which of the following would be the BEST choice to connect branch sites to a main office securely?

Question250: Which of the following policies outlines the software and hardware requirements for using personally owned devices to conduct business?

Question251: Which of the following would enable a network technician to implement dynamic routing?

Question252: A network technician is investigating an issue with handheld devices in a warehouse. Devices have not been connecting to the nearest APs, but they have been connecting to an AP on the far side of the warehouse.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

Question253: A help desk technician is concerned that a client's network cable issues may be causing intermittent connectivity. Which of the following would help the technician determine if this is the issue?

Question254: Which of the following is most likely to have the HIGHEST latency while being the most accessible?

Question255: A network manager is configuring switches in IDFs to ensure unauthorized client computers are not connecting to a secure wired network. Which of the following is the network manager MOST likely performing?