ch6 netacad guide
A device has an IPv6 address listed as 2001:0DB8:75a3:0214:0607:1234:aa10:ba01. What is the interface ID of the device?
0607:1234:aa10:ba01
What is the maximum segment length that is specified by the 1000BASE-T standard?
328 ft (100 m)
A company has four sites: headquarters and three branch offices. The four sites are interconnected through WAN connections. For redundancy, a full mesh topology is desirable for this WAN. How many individual WAN links are needed to create a full mesh topology?
6
What would be a disadvantage of configuring a wireless router or access point to operate only in accordance with the 802.11g protocol standard?
802.11a wireless devices will not be able to connect to the wireless network.
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
A user installs a new gigabit NIC in a PC. The user notices that the data transfer rate is much slower than expected. What should the user do to fix the problem?
Change the NIC duplex setting from half duplex to full duplex.
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.
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
Which protocol operates at the application layer of the TCP/IP model?
HTTP
Which standards organization publishes current Ethernet standards?
IEEE
ABC Company requires preventive maintenance for all local network cabling once a year. Which task should be included in the preventive maintenance program?
Inspect all patch cables for breaks.
Which statement describes the physical topology for a LAN?
It defines how hosts and network devices connect to the LAN.
Which statement describes the logical topology for a LAN?
It describes how computers access the LAN medium.
Which type of network spans a single building or campus and provides services and applications to people within a common organizational structure?
LAN
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.
A technician is troubleshooting a problem where the user claims access to the Internet is not working, but there was access to the Internet the day before. Upon investigation, the technician determines that the user cannot access the network printer in the office either. The network printer is on the same network as the computer. The computer has 169.254.100.88 assigned as an IP address. What is the most likely problem?
The computer cannot communicate with a DHCP server.
Which type of connection to the Internet is capable of the fastest transfer rates?
cable
Which technology would be recommended for a business that requires workers to access the Internet while visiting customers at many different locations?
cellular
What is an example of network maintenance?
educating users on IT policies and procedures
Which term is used to describe any device on a network that can send and receive information?
host
Which network device regenerates the data signal without segmenting the network?
hub
What is a characteristic of the UDP protocol?
low overhead
What benefit is provided by a computer data network?
resource sharing
Which network device makes forwarding decisions based on the destination MAC address that is contained in the frame?
switch
What is identified by the 100 in the 100BASE-TX standard?
the maximum bandwidth in Mb/s
A technician wishes to update the NIC driver for a computer. What is the best location for finding new drivers for the NIC?
the website for the manufacturer of the NIC
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
When is a dial-up connection used to connect to an Internet provider?
when a regular telephone line is used
When would a printer be considered a network host?
when it is connected to a switch