IT Final Week5

What is the maximum segment length that is specified by the 100BASE-TX (Fast Ethernet) standard?

328 ft (100 m)

Which technology is most often used to connect devices to a PAN?

Bluetooth

When planning the network in a new building, the technician notes that the company requires cabling that can extend up to 295 ft (90 m) with enhanced bandwidth support at an affordable price. Which cable type will the technician pick if the preference is for the most common type of cabling that is used on networks?

Category 5e

Which technology would be recommended for a business that requires workers to access the Internet while visiting customers at many different locations?

Cellular

A company adds a few refurbished computers to a network. The company finds, however, that the refurbished computers perform significantly worse than the original networked computers do. The original computers performed much faster with applications that required the transfer of data over the network. What should the company technicians do?

Check if the network interface cards in the refurbished computers are limited to 10 Mb/s.

What protocol is used to dynamically assign IP addresses to hosts on the network?

DHCP

What protocol is used to translate Internet domain and host names to IP addresses?

DNS

Which technology requires customers to be within a particular range of the service provider facility in order to be provided the maximum bandwidth for Internet access?

DSL

A device has an address listed as 2001:0DB8:75a3:0214:0607:1234:aa10:ba01. What type of address is this?

IPv6

Which statement describes the physical topology for a LAN?

It defines how hosts and network devices connect to the LAN

Which type of network spans a single building or campus and provides services and applications to people within a common organizational structure?

LAN

The MAC address on a PC is usually located where?

On the NIC card

What benefit is provided by a computer data network?

Resource Sharing

Which network determines best path based on the destination IP address that is contained in the packet?

Router

Which of the following best describes the default gateway of a host on a LAN?

The IP address of the closest router to the host

A company purchases several inexpensive wireless NICs. After installing the NICs, the company finds that users cannot connect to the 2.4 GHz wireless network. What is a possible cause of the problem?

The NICs are designed for the 802.11a standard

A user can print to a printer that is on the same network, but the traffic of the user cannot reach the Internet. What is a possible cause of the problem?

The PC default gateway address is missing or incorrect.

Which three factors are reasons for a company to choose a client/server model for a network instead of peer-to-peer? (Choose three.)

The company network requires secure access to confidential information The users need a central database to store inventory and sales information. The data gathered by the employees is critical and should be backed up on a regular basis

A technician is troubleshooting a computer that has lost connectivity to the network. After data is gathered from the customer, which two tasks should the technician complete next? (Choose two.)

Verify that the computer has a valid IP address. Check that the NIC link light is lit

A company has four sites: headquarters and three branch offices across the country. What type of network describes the connections between the cities?

WAN

A technician wishes to update the NIC driver for a computer. What is the best location for finding new drivers for the NIC?

he website for the manufacturer of the NIC

Which term is used to describe any device on a network that can send and receive information?

host

A customer is considering a multipurpose device to create a home network. Which three devices are usually integrated into a multipurpose network device? (Choose three.)

router switch wireless access point

Which network device makes forwarding decisions based on the destination MAC address that is contained in the frame?

switch

A student is helping a friend with a home computer that can no longer access the Internet. Upon investigation, the student discovers that the computer has been assigned the IP address 169.254.100.88. What could cause a computer to get such an IP address?

unreachable DHCP server