Network Administration Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Network Administration is an essential course that introduces students to the principles and best practices of managing computer networks. The course covers fundamental topics such as network protocols, hardware components, operating systems, security measures, and troubleshooting techniques. Students learn how to configure, monitor, and maintain networks, ensuring optimal performance, security, and reliability. Through hands-on labs and real-world scenarios, participants gain practical experience in network setup, user management, resource sharing, and diagnosing connectivity issues. By the end of the course, students are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to support, secure, and administer enterprise-grade network environments.
Recommended Textbook Guide to Networking Essentials 6th Edition by Greg Tomsho
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Computer Networks
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Q1) You are the network administrator for a company and you want to separate the traffic from the accounting department from the rest of the network. However, the accounting department still needs to have access to other network resources. What type of network do you need to implement?
A) WPAN
B) internetwork
C) WAN
D) wireless network
Answer: B
Q2) ____________ components include devices such as printers, disk drives, network cards, and monitors.
Answer: Output
Q3) How do you access the BIOS setup utility?
Answer: turn your computer on and watch the first screen that appears carefully as it will have a message. this message will tell you what key to press to enter the BIOS. When you know what key to press, do so quickly. If you do not press the key in time, the computer will continue to boot. After it boots, shut down the computer and try again.
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Chapter 2: Network Hardware Essentials
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Q1) A switch operating in ___________ mode can send and receive data at the same time.
Answer: full-duplex
Q2) What does it usually mean when the activity light on a switch is blinking?
A) It is malfunctioning.
B) It is ready to receive data.
C) It is communicating with the network.
D) A collision is imminent.
Answer: C
Q3) You cannot connect a hub to another hub unless it has an uplink port.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) When referring to network bandwidth, what is the basic unit of measurement?
A) bytes per second
B) bits per second
C) bandwidth per second
D) bytes per minute
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Network Topologies and Technologies
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Q1) What is the IEEE standard governing wireless networking?
A) 802.3
B) 802.5
C) 802.3ab
D) 802.11
Answer: D
Q2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of a physical star topology?
Answer: A physical star is the easiest topology to setup and expand. You are only limited by your available ports. You can easily expand the number of ports by adding yet another device and forming an extended star. the centralized design makes monitoring and managing network traffic easier. With a bus, the bandwidth is limited to 10Mbps and half-duplex mode. A star can operate at much higher speeds and, if a switch is used, is capable of operating in full-duplex mode. there is only one main disadvantage-that is that the central device represents a single point of failure. One other small disadvantage is that it takes more cable to implement a star than it does a bus.
Q3) When a wireless computer connects with an AP before it connects with other devices, it is operating in ____________ mode.
Answer: infrastructure
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Chapter 4: Network Media
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Q1) Which of the following is not one of the main differences between the types of network cabling?
A) the distance that a signal can travel
B) the ability to send and receive signals
C) the type of signal that the media can transmit
D) the speed at which the signal can be sent
Q2) What five issues should you consider when determining the structure for a new network?
Q3) What type of wiring should be used for a high-speed connection between two buildings?
A) coaxial cabling
B) UTP cabling
C) STP cabling
D) fiber-optic cabling
Q4) In an MDI device, on which two pins does the device use to transmit?
A) 1 and 2
B) 3 and 4
C) 4 and 6
D) 3 and 6
Q5) Describe twisted-pair cabling.
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Chapter 5: Network Protocols
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Q1) In what layer does the NIC operate?
A) Network Access
B) Internetwork
C) Transport
D) Application
Q2) The four layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite are Application, ____________, Internetwork, and Network Access.
Q3) How many host addresses are available on a Class C network?
A) 254
B) 256
C) 65534
D) 65536
Q4) DNS is a protocol that automatically provides a computer with its IP address configuration.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A range of addresses is reserved for private addressing in each class. What are those ranges?
Q6) Explain how Tracert uses an ICMP packet and the TTL value to map the path to an IP address.
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Chapter 6: Network Reference Models and Standards
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Q1) The Transport layer PDU includes a field for window size. What is the "window size"?
Q2) What layer is responsible for making sure that the data that it sends and receives is in a format that the receiving and sending computers can understand?
A) 7
B) 6
C) 5
D) 4
Q3) Which layer is responsible for determining the best path a packet should travel across an internetwork?
A) Network
B) Transport
C) Session
D) Data Link
Q4) Name the PDU at each layer of the OSI model.
Q5) What is encoding, and where does it take place?
Q6) The Network layer communicates with the Data Link layer and the Session layer.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Network Hardware in Depth
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Q1) What are the three ways that a router can populate its routing table?
Q2) What physical characteristics must you take into account when shopping for a new NIC?
Q3) On a router configured to use RIP, the number of routers a packet must travel between before it reaches its destination is called what? (Choose all that apply.)
A) metric
B) hop count
C) timestamp
D) aging time
Q4) Changing the SSID on the access point and disabling SSID broadcast is sufficient security for most wireless networks.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following is the switching protocol that is used to eliminate the possibility of switching loops?
A) RIP
B) SNMP
C) NTP
D) STP
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Chapter 8: Network Operating System Fundamentals
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Q1) What is the System Idle process, and what does its value mean?
Q2) Which of the following is not a function typically provided by the centralized management of a server-based network?
A) account management
B) user authentication
C) security policy management
D) protocol analysis
Q3) Which of the following virtualization products provides hosted virtualization?
A) Citrix XenServer
B) VMware vSphere
C) Microsoft Hyper-V
D) VMware Workstation
Q4) What are the two most common ways of accessing a network resource? (Choose two.)
A) entering an ARP path
B) mapping a drive
C) entering a SMB path
D) entering a UNC path
Q5) If you store mainly large files on a disk, should you use a smaller cluster size or larger cluster size? Why?
Q6) What is a hypervisor?
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Chapter 9: Server Management and Administration
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Q1) When a file is encrypted, what color does the file name appear in Windows Explorer?
A) green
B) purple
C) red
D) blue
Q2) Which of the following groups are special identity groups? (Choose all that apply.)
A) print operators
B) authenticated users
C) guests
D) system
E) self
Q3) You are creating a new group for the Sales department. All of the users that will be in this group will need to have access to the same resources. What scope would you use for this group?
A) domain local
B) universal
C) global
D) local
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Chapter 10: Introduction to Network Security
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Q1) A security policy should clearly state the desired rules, even if they cannot be enforced..
A)True
B)False
Q2) A Trojan is a self-replicating program that masks itself as a useful program but is actually a type of malware.
A)True
B)False
Q3) You don't need to physically secure your servers as long as you use a good strong password for your accounts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Windows 7, what is the maximum length that a password can be?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 64
D) 128
Q5) A(an) ____________ is a type of Trojan program that hides in the operating system files and is extremely difficult to detect.
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Chapter 11: Supporting a Small Business Network
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Q1) If you want to implement fault-tolerance on your network, what type of RAID would you use on the drives that contain the OS and applications?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 3
D) 5
Q2) Most small businesses require a high level of security including encryption technologies and complex network connections.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a small business network, the router usually takes on the responsibilities of many roles, which include a firewall as well as a DHCP server.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is a HomeGroup?
Q5) What is the purpose of CRM software?
Q6) How is a desktop computer that is designed for a small business different from one designed for the home user?
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Chapter 12: Wide Area Network Essentials
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Q1) When would you most likely NOT choose to use a leased line connection?
A) when high-quality, 24/7 access is needed
B) for mission critical applications
C) when fast upstream as well as downstream communications is required
D) when a nondedicated link is needed for backups
Q2) ________________ is a PVC packet-switching technology that offers WAN communication over a fast, reliable, digital link. It was developed from X.25 and ISDN technology.
Q3) What two protocols are used in PPP to handle higher protocol encapsulation and connection control? Describe these two protocols.
Q4) Part of SONET's flexibility comes from its ability to be arranged in several different physical topologies. Which of the following is NOT a possible SONET topology?
A) point to point
B) point to multipoint
C) fault tolerant bus
D) fault tolerant ring
Q5) Describe how MPLS works.
Q6) What is multiplexing, and where is it used?
Q7) Explain how V.92 modems achieve 56 Kbps over traditional phone lines.
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Chapter 13: Troubleshooting and Support
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Q1) In the first step of the troubleshooting process, how should you determine the scope of a problem?
Q2) When devising a solution, you should consider what kind of undesirable results the proposed solution might have. What can you create to reverse your changes if the proposed solution does not succeed?
Q3) A ____________ copies selected files to the selected media without marking files as backed up.
Q4) What does the ping message "Destination net unreachable" mean?
A) The pinged host has a firewall.
B) A router in the path from the source to the destination determined that the destination network does not exist.
C) The pinged IP address is on the same network, but an ARP reply was not received.
D) IPv6 is installed on the local machine.
Q5) What does the nslookup utility do?
Q6) If a problem occurs after a successful login, Last Known Good Configuration will fix the issue.
A)True
B)False
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