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CompTIA Network+ Certification Exam Questions and Answers

Question 1

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?

Options:

A.

CRC errors

B.

Giants

C.

Runts

D.

Flooding

Question 2

Which of the following technologies allows traffic to be sent through two different ISPs to increase performance?

Options:

A.

Fault tolerance

B.

Quality of service

C.

Load balancing

D.

Port aggregation

Question 3

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?

Options:

A.

SOA

B.

NS

C.

CNAME

D.

TXT

Question 4

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?

Options:

A.

Consistent labeling

B.

Change management

C.

Standard work instructions

D.

Inventory management

E.

Network baseline

Question 5

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?

Options:

A.

A network tap

B.

A proxy server

C.

A UTM appliance

D.

A content filter

Question 6

A business is using the local cable company to provide Internet access. Which of the following types of cabling will the cable company MOST likely use from the demarcation point back to the central office?

Options:

A.

Multimode

B.

Cat 5e

C.

RG-6

D.

Cat 6

E.

100BASE-T

Question 7

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

Options:

A.

A smart card

B.

A key fob

C.

An employee badge

D.

A door lock

Question 8

A technician is implementing a new wireless network to serve guests at a local office. The network needs to provide Internet access but disallow associated stations from communicating with each other. Which of the following would BEST accomplish this requirement?

Options:

A.

Wireless client isolation

B.

Port security

C.

Device geofencing

D.

DHCP snooping

Question 9

A network requirement calls for segmenting departments into different networks. The campus network is set up with users of each department in multiple buildings. Which of the following should be configured to keep the design simple and efficient?

Options:

A.

MDIX

B.

Jumbo frames

C.

Port tagging

D.

Flow control

Question 10

A network technician is observing the behavior of an unmanaged switch when a new device is added to the network and transmits data. Which of the following BEST describes how the switch processes this information?

Options:

A.

The data is flooded out of every port. including the one on which it came in.

B.

The data is flooded out of every port but only in the VLAN where it is located.

C.

The data is flooded out of every port, except the one on which it came in

D.

The data is flooded out of every port, excluding the VLAN where it is located

Question 11

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?

Options:

A.

2.4GHz

B.

5GHz

C.

850MHz

D.

900MHZ

Question 12

After a firewall replacement, some alarms and metrics related to network availability stopped updating on a monitoring system relying on SNMP. Which of the following should the network administrator do FIRST?

Options:

A.

Modify the device's MIB on the monitoring system.

B.

Configure syslog to send events to the monitoring system.

C.

Use port mirroring to redirect traffic to the monitoring system.

D.

Deploy SMB to transfer data to the monitoring system.

Question 13

A customer wants to segregate the traffic between guests on a hypervisor. Which of the following does a technician need to configure to meet the requirement?

Options:

A.

Virtual switches

B.

OSPF routing

C.

Load balancers

D.

NIC teaming

E.

Fibre Channel

Question 14

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?

Options:

A.

Set up a reservation for each device

B.

Configure a static IP on each device

C.

Implement private VLANs for each device

D.

Use DHCP exclusions to address each device

Question 15

A network technician is investigating an issue with a desktop that is not connecting to the network. The desktop was connecting successfully the previous day, and no changes were made to the environment. The technician locates the switchport where the device is connected and observes the LED status light on the switchport is not lit even though the desktop is turned on Other devices that arc plugged into the switch are connecting to the network successfully Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the desktop not connecting?

Options:

A.

Transceiver mismatch

B.

VLAN mismatch

C.

Port security

D.

Damaged cable

E.

Duplex mismatch

Question 16

Which of the following protocol types describes secure communication on port 443?

Options:

A.

ICMP

B.

UDP

C.

TCP

D.

IP

Question 17

Which of the following uses the destination IP address to forward packets?

Options:

A.

A bridge

B.

A Layer 2 switch

C.

A router

D.

A repeater

Question 18

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

Options:

A.

Storage array

B.

Type 1 hypervisor

C.

Virtual machine

D.

Guest QS

Question 19

A lab environment hosts Internet-facing web servers and other experimental machines, which technicians use for various tasks A technician installs software on one of the web servers to allow communication to the company's file server, but it is unable to connect to it Other machines in the building are able to retrieve files from the file server. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the web server cannot retrieve the files, and what should be done to resolve the problem?

Options:

A.

The lab environment's IDS is blocking the network traffic 1 he technician can whitelist the new application in the IDS

B.

The lab environment is located in the DM2, and traffic to the LAN zone is denied by default. The technician can move the computer to another zone or request an exception from the

administrator.

C.

The lab environment has lost connectivity to the company router, and the switch needs to be rebooted. The technician can get the key to the wiring closet and manually restart the switch

D.

The lab environment is currently set up with hubs instead of switches, and the requests are getting bounced back The technician can submit a request for upgraded equipment to

management.

Question 20

A network administrator has been directed to present the network alerts from the past week to the company's executive staff. Which of the following will provide the BEST collection and presentation of this data?

Options:

A.

A port scan printout

B.

A consolidated report of various network devices

C.

A report from the SIEM tool

D.

A report from a vulnerability scan done yesterday

Question 21

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?

Options:

A.

Rogue DHCP server

B.

Misconfigured HSRP

C.

DNS poisoning

D.

Exhausted IP scope

Question 22

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?

Options:

A.

Attenuation

B.

Latency

C.

VLAN mismatch

D.

Jitter

Question 23

Which of the following services can provide data storage, hardware options, and scalability to a third-party company that cannot afford new devices?

Options:

A.

SaaS

B.

IaaS

C.

PaaS

D.

DaaS

Question 24

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?

Options:

A.

A VPN concentrator

B.

A load balancer

C.

A wireless controller

D.

A RADIUS server

Question 25

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?

Options:

A.

VLAN mismatch

B.

Transceiver mismatch

C.

Latency

D.

DHCP exhaustion

Question 26

Which of the following systems would MOST likely be found in a screened subnet?

Options:

A.

RADIUS

B.

FTP

C.

SQL

D.

LDAP

Question 27

Which of the following is MOST likely to generate significant East-West traffic in a datacenter?

Options:

A.

A backup of a large video presentation to cloud storage for archival purposes

B.

A duplication of a hosted virtual server to another physical server for redundancy

C.

A download of navigation data to a portable device for offline access

D.

A query from an IoT device to a cloud-hosted server for a firmware update

Question 28

Which of the following is used to track and document various types of known vulnerabilities?

Options:

A.

CVE

B.

Penetration testing

C.

Zero-day

D.

SIEM

E.

Least privilege

Question 29

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?

Options:

A.

Load balancing

B.

Geofencing

C.

Public cloud

D.

Content delivery network

E.

Infrastructure as a service

Question 30

A company built a new building at its headquarters location. The new building is connected to the company’s LAN via fiber-optic cable. Multiple users in the new building are unable to access the company’s intranet site via their web browser, but they are able to access internet sites. Which of the following describes how the network administrator can resolve this issue?

Options:

A.

Correct the DNS server entries in the DHCP scope

B.

Correct the external firewall gateway address

C.

Correct the NTP server settings on the clients

D.

Correct a TFTP Issue on the company’s server

Question 31

A technician is troubleshooting a network switch that seems to stop responding to requests intermittently whenever the logging level is set for debugging. Which of the following metrics should the technician check to begin troubleshooting the issue?

Options:

A.

Audit logs

B.

CPU utilization

C.

CRC errors

D.

Jitter

Question 32

After the A record of a public website was updated, some visitors were unable to access the website. Which of the following should be adjusted to address the issue?

Options:

A.

TTL

B.

MX

C.

TXT

D.

SOA

Question 33

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?

Options:

A.

MIB

B.

Trap

C.

Syslog

D.

Audit log

Question 34

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:

Options:

A.

using a bottom-to-top approach.

B.

establishing a plan of action.

C.

documenting a finding.

D.

questioning the obvious.

Question 35

A client recently added 100 users who are using VMs. All users have since reported slow or unresponsive desktops. Reports show minimal network congestion, zero packet loss, and acceptable packet delay. Which of the following metrics will MOST accurately show the underlying performance issues? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

CPU usage

B.

Memory

C.

Temperature

D.

Bandwidth

E.

Latency

F.

Jitter

Question 36

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?

Options:

A.

Network address translation

B.

Default gateway

C.

Loopback

D.

Routing protocol

Question 37

A network engineer configured new firewalls with the correct configuration to be deployed to each remote branch. Unneeded services were disabled, and all firewall rules were applied successfully. Which of the following should the network engineer perform NEXT to ensure all the firewalls are hardened successfully?

Options:

A.

Ensure an implicit permit rule is enabled

B.

Configure the log settings on the firewalls to the central syslog server

C.

Update the firewalls with current firmware and software

D.

Use the same complex passwords on all firewalls

Question 38

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

Options:

A.

Establish a plan of action to resolve the issue and identify potential effects

B.

Verify full system functionality and, if applicable, implement preventive measures

C.

Implement the solution or escalate as necessary

D.

Test the theory to determine the cause

Question 39

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?

Options:

A.

A VoIP sales call with a customer

B.

An in-office video call with a coworker

C.

Routing table from the ISP

D.

Firewall CPU processing time

Question 40

A branch of a company recently switched to a new ISP. The network engineer was given a new IP range to assign. The ISP assigned 196.26.4.0/26, and the branch gateway router now has the following configurations on the interface that peers to the ISP:

The network engineer observes that all users have lost Internet connectivity. Which of the following describes the issue?

Options:

A.

The incorrect subnet mask was configured

B.

The incorrect gateway was configured

C.

The incorrect IP address was configured

D.

The incorrect interface was configured

Question 41

Given the following information:

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

Options:

A.

netstat

B.

arp

C.

dig

D.

tracert

Question 42

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?

Options:

A.

IP scanner

B.

Terminal emulator

C.

NetFlow analyzer

D.

Port scanner

Question 43

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?

Options:

A.

A Layer 3 switch

B.

A proxy server

C.

A NGFW

D.

A WLAN controller

Question 44

Which of the following would need to be configured to ensure a device with a specific MAC address is always assigned the same IP address from DHCP?

Options:

A.

Scope options

B.

Reservation

C.

Dynamic assignment

D.

Exclusion

E.

Static assignment

Question 45

The network administrator is informed that a user’s email password is frequently hacked by brute-force programs. Which of the following policies should the network administrator implements to BEST mitigate this issue? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Captive portal

B.

Two-factor authentication

C.

Complex passwords

D.

Geofencing

E.

Role-based access

F.

Explicit deny

Question 46

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?

Options:

A.

Extended service set

B.

Basic service set

C.

Unified service set

D.

Independent basic service set

Question 47

A user reports being unable to access network resources after making some changes in the office. Which of the following should a network technician do FIRST?

Options:

A.

Check the system’s IP address

B.

Do a ping test against the servers

C.

Reseat the cables into the back of the PC

D.

Ask what changes were made

Question 48

An engineer notices some late collisions on a half-duplex link. The engineer verifies that the devices on both ends of the connection are configured for half duplex. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

Options:

A.

The link is improperly terminated

B.

One of the devices is misconfigured

C.

The cable length is excessive

D.

One of the devices has a hardware issue

Question 49

Which of the following types of devices can provide content filtering and threat protection, and manage multiple IPSec site-to-site connections?

Options:

A.

Layer 3 switch

B.

VPN headend

C.

Next-generation firewall

D.

Proxy server

E.

Intrusion prevention

Question 50

A technician is connecting multiple switches to create a large network for a new office. The switches are unmanaged Layer 2 switches with multiple connections between each pair. The network is experiencing an extreme amount of latency. Which of the following is MOST likely occurring?

Options:

A.

Ethernet collisions

B.

A DDoS attack

C.

A broadcast storm

D.

Routing loops

Question 51

A technician is documenting an application that is installed on a server and needs to verify all existing web and database connections to the server. Which of the following tools should the technician use to accomplish this task?

Options:

A.

tracert

B.

ipconfig

C.

netstat

D.

nslookup

Question 52

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

Options:

A.

Acceptable use policy

B.

Data loss prevention

C.

Remote access policy

D.

Standard operating procedure

Question 53

A client utilizes mobile tablets to view high-resolution images and videos via Wi-Fi within a corporate office building. The previous administrator installed multiple high-density APs with Wi-Fi 5, providing maximum coverage, but the measured performance is still below expected levels. Which of the following would provide the BEST solution?

Options:

A.

Channel bonding

B.

EiRP power settings

C.

Antenna polarization

D.

A directional antenna

Question 54

A Wi-Fi network was originally configured to be able to handle interference from a microwave oven. The microwave oven was recently removed from the office. Now the network administrator wants to optimize the system to maximize the range of the signal. The main sources of signal degradation are the numerous cubicles and wooden walls between the WAP and the intended destination. Which of the following actions should the administrator take?

Options:

A.

Implement CDMA.

B.

Change from omni to directional.

C.

Change the SSID.

D.

Change the frequency.

Question 55

An attacker targeting a large company was able to inject malicious A records into internal name resolution servers. Which of the following attack types was MOST likely used?

Options:

A.

DNS poisoning

B.

On-path

C.

IP spoofing

D.

Rogue DHCP

Question 56

Which of the following can be used to store various types of devices and provide contactless delivery to users?

Options:

A.

Asset tags

B.

Biometrics

C.

Access control vestibules

D.

Smart lockers

Question 57

A network administrator wants to check all network connections and see the output in integer form. Which of the following commands should the administrator run on the command line?

Options:

A.

netstat

B.

netstat -a

C.

netstat —e

D.

netstat —n

Question 58

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?

Options:

A.

Management information bases

B.

System baseline

C.

Network device logs

D.

SNMP traps

Question 59

A network administrator is troubleshooting an issue with a new Internet connection. The ISP is asking detailed questions about the configuration of the router that the network administrator is troubleshooting. Which of the following commands is the network administrator using? (Select TWO.)

Options:

A.

tcpdump

B.

show config

C.

hostname

D.

show route

E.

netstate

F.

show ip arp

Question 60

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?

Options:

A.

VLAN

B.

VoIP

C.

VIP

D.

VRRP

Question 61

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

Options:

A.

VLAN hopping

B.

Evil twin

C.

DNS poisoning

D.

Social engineering

Question 62

Which of the following topologies requites the MOST connections when designing a network?

Options:

A.

Mesh

B.

Star

C.

Bus

D.

Ring

Question 63

Which of the following would be BEST suited for a long cable run with a 40Gbps bandwidth?

Options:

A.

Cat 5e

B.

Cat 6a

C.

Cat 7

D.

Cat 8

Question 64

A network client is trying to connect to the wrong TCP port. Which of the following responses would the client MOST likely receive?

Options:

A.

RST

B.

FIN

C.

ICMP Time Exceeded

D.

Redirect

Question 65

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?

Options:

A.

Active-active

B.

Warm

C.

Cold

D.

Cloud

Question 66

A company just migrated its email service to a cloud solution. After the migration, two-thirds of the internal users were able to connect to their mailboxes, but the connection fails for the other one-third of internal users. Users working externally are not reporting any issues. The network administrator identifies the following output collected from an internal host:

c:\user> nslookup newmail.company.com

Non-Authoritative answer:

Name: newmail.company.com

IPs: 3.219.13.186, 64.58.225.184, 184.168.131.243

Which of the following verification tasks should the network administrator perform NEXT?

Options:

A.

Check the firewall ACL to verify all required IP addresses are included.

B.

Verify the required router PAT rules are properly configured.

C.

Confirm the internal DNS server is replying to requests for the cloud solution.

D.

Validate the cloud console to determine whether there are unlicensed requests.

Question 67

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?

Options:

A.

Change the device's default password.

B.

Disable router advertisement guard.

C.

Activate control plane policing.

D.

Disable unneeded network services.

Question 68

An organization set up its offices so that a desktop is connected to the network through a VoIP phone. The VoIP vendor requested that voice traffic be segmented separately from non-voice traffic. Which of the following would allow the organization to configure multiple devices with network isolation on a single switch port?

Options:

A.

Subinterfaces

B.

Link aggregation

C.

Load balancing

D.

Tunneling

Question 69

A company needs to virtualize a replica of its internal physical network without changing the logical topology and the way that devices behave and are managed. Which of the following technologies meets this requirement?

Options:

A.

NFV

B.

SDWAN

C.

VIP

D.

MPLS

Question 70

A network technician is implementing a solution that will allow end users to gain access to multiple applications after logging on. Which of the following authentication methods would allow this type of access?

Options:

A.

SSO

B.

LDAP

C.

EAP

D.

TACACS+

Question 71

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?

Options:

A.

Check for certificate issues

B.

Contact the ISP

C.

Attempt to connect to the site via IP address

D.

Check the NTP configuration.

Question 72

A computer engineer needs to ensure that only a specific workstation can connect to port 1 on a switch. Which of the following features should the engineer configure on the switch interface?

Options:

A.

Port tagging

B.

Port security

C.

Port mirroring

D.

Port aggregation

Question 73

An engineer needs to verity the external record tor SMTP traffic. The engineer logged in to the server and entered the nslookup command. Which of the following commands should the engineer send before entering the DNS name?

Options:

A.

set type=A

B.

is -d company-mail.com

C.

set domain=company.mail.com

D.

set querytype=Mx

Question 74

A medical building offers patients Wi-Fi in the waiting room. Which of the following security features would be the BEST solution to provide secure connections and keep the medical data protected?

Options:

A.

Isolating the guest network

B.

Securing SNMP

C.

MAC filtering

D.

Disabling unneeded switchports

Question 75

A network resource was accessed by an outsider as a result of a successful phishing campaign. Which of the following strategies should be employed to mitigate the effects of phishing?

Options:

A.

Multifactor authentication

B.

Single sign-on

C.

RADIUS

D.

VPN

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