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Here is a typical exam you can expect for helpdesk or junior network engineer roles. You would be emailed the exam and have a timer to beat or have to sit it before a technical interview. If you need coaching, please check out our Network+ training course or click the image below for our 101 Labs – CompTIA Network+ book.

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1. Your boss asks you to permit remote desktop (RDC) into your network. Which port do you permit through the firewall?

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2. Which type of IP addresses are supported in IPv6? (choose all which apply)

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3. A port that carries data from multiple VLANs is called a ____.

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4. In a Layer 2 bridging loop, the TTL field will reach 0 and the packet will be discarded.

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5. The default STP Bridge Priority value is _____.

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6. The administrative distance for OSPF is?

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7. _________ is the only exterior gateway protocol in use today and its role is to exchange routing information between organizations.

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8. The most common protocols used for sending and receiving e-mail traffic include? (choose all which apply)

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9. Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol used by network devices to synchronize time across the network infrastructure.

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10. Switches can operate in which three VTP modes?

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11. WLANs rely on which method to avoid collisions?

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12. DHCP address allocation is a four-step process. Tick the relevant steps.

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13. Put the DHCP four-step process into the correct order.

 
  • DHCP Discover
  • DHCP Request
  • DHCP ACK
  • DHCP Offer

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14. One of the major advantages offered by DHCP is the ability to ____ an IP address, meaning assigning it on a temporary basis.

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15. A _________ represents the maximum size an IP packet can be to traverse the network from one end to the other without the need to fragment it as it passes through different network devices.

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16. Fiber connections can operate based on which two technologies?

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17. Which cable types have a distance limitation of 100 meters? (choose all which apply)

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18. Full-mesh topologies require a large number of nodes, which adds extra overhead. If you have “n” nodes you will need _____ connections.

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19. Devices connected to a switch port are in the same collision domain, but devices connected to different ports are in different collision domains.

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20. The idea behind interface bonding (link aggregation) is taking multiple interfaces and bundling them to increase the amount of throughput between two devices and add some redundancy. Link aggregation can use any type of interfaces (e.g., 100Mbps, 1Gbps, and 10Gbps), the interfaces do not have to operate at the same capacity.

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21. Some of the common load balancing algorithms include? (choose all which apply)

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22. VPNs are usually maintained by dedicated devices called VPN _______, which have the main purpose of initiating and ending VPN tunnels and doing all the necessary encryption/decryption processes.

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23. _________ is a fundamental network protocol that allows hosts to learn the Layer 2 address of a device it wants to communicate with by sending a query based on the Layer 3 address of the specific device.

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24. The ________ command is included in most modern operating systems and it shows the active connections on a machine.

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25. Which command will generate the below output on a Windows machine.

routeprint

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