Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

VLAN hopping involves unauthorized access to different VLANs, while session hijacking involves taking over a user's session to execute commands.

Question 2

Which of the following communication media can carry many voice, data, and video channels simultaneously over multiple frequencies?

Accepted Answer

Broadband is a communication medium that can carry many voice, data, and video channels simultaneously over multiple frequencies.

Question 3

Which of the following protocols can be both connection-oriented and connectionless?

Accepted Answer

DNS can operate over both TCP (connection-oriented) and UDP (connectionless).

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

The answer of An employee wishes to use a personal...

Question 5

A small town is attempting to attract tourists who visit larger nearby cities. A network engineer is asked to implement a network encompassing the five-block town center and nearby businesses. The inclusion of smartphones and portable devices is crucial to the plan. Which of the following is the network engineer being asked to implement?

Accepted Answer

MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) is a network that spans a metropolitan area, typically a city or town and its surrounding suburbs. It is larger than a LAN (Local Area Network) but smaller than a WAN (Wide Area Network). MANs are often used to connect businesses, schools, and other organizations within a metropolitan area.

Question 6

An office user cannot access local network drives but has full access to the Internet. A technician troubleshoots the issue and observes the following output of the ipconfig command:  Which of the following would MOST likely allow the network drives to be accessed?

Accepted Answer

The answer of An office user cannot access local network...

Question 7

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?

Accepted Answer

Change management documents would contain details about the server upgrades, including what changes were made, which could help identify the cause of the connectivity problem.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

802.11ac and 802.11n utilize MIMO on non-overlapping channels.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of A network technician is creating a new...

Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

The analyst has performed a Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack by setting up a fake access point to intercept and log data as it passes through, while still allowing the user to connect to the legitimate network.

Question 11

The security manager reports that individual systems involved in policy or security violations or incidents cannot be located quickly. The security manager notices the hostnames all appear to be randomly generated characters. Which of the following would BEST assist the security manager identifying systems involved in security incidents?

Accepted Answer

The answer of The security manager reports that individual systems...

Question 12

A forensic first responder arrives at the scene where an employee is suspected to have committed a computer-based crime. Which of the following should the first responder do FIRST?

Accepted Answer

The first step for a forensic first responder is to secure the area to prevent any unauthorized access or tampering with evidence.

Question 13

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.)

Accepted Answer

NAC requires both Wired AutoConfig service and IEEE 802.1x Authentication to be enabled on Windows workstations.

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

A DOCSIS modem is used to provide Internet access over existing cable TV infrastructure, which meets the requirement of not adding any new cabling.

Question 15

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?

Accepted Answer

Switching from continuous SNMP polling to SNMP traps reduces the load on the server, as devices will send updates only when specific events occur, rather than the server constantly querying each device.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Hex is a system of notation that uses base 16 rather than base 10.

Question 17

A network administrator receives a call from the sales department requesting ports 20 and 21 be opened on the company's firewall to allow customers to retrieve a large file. Which of the following should the administrator perform BEFORE making the needed changes? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

The administrator should document the reason for the request to maintain a record of changes and follow the company's approval process to ensure the change is authorized and complies with company policies.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The MX (Mail Exchange) record is used to direct email to a mail server, which is essential for handling SMTP traffic.

Question 19

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?

Accepted Answer

The technician should determine if any network equipment was replaced recently because the issue is with external connectivity, not internal, suggesting a possible problem with equipment that handles external traffic.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The policy being agreed to in the SLA is "Throttling," which refers to the ISP's ability to reduce the available bandwidth if malicious traffic is detected.

Exam 10: CompTIA Network+