MTA 98-366 Networking Fundamentals Module 1 Understanding Local Area Connections Practice Exam Questions

1. What is the most common central device used today to connect computers to a network? Hub Switch SOHO Router VPN Router

2. What is the most common adapter or connector use to connect a computer to a wired network? RG6 RG58 RJ45 RJ8

3. Which of the following does a switch use for increased performance? Simplex Half duplex Full duplex Sliding duplex

4. What do you use to isolate a group of computers within your organization? WLAN WAN VLAN Internet

5. What do you use to create VLANs? Router Switch Firewall Proxy server

6. What zone is used to publish external websites for an organization? Intranet Extranet Internetwork DMZ

7. Which topology is the most redundant and the most expensive? Star Ring Mesh Bus

8. What standard describes CSMA/CD? 802.1 802.3 802.5 802.11

9. What mechanism do wireless networks use to access the network? CSMA/CD CSMA/CA token passing polling

10. What model promises the most processing power? Centralized computing Distributive computing Switching computing Dumb computing

11. Which model uses a central database for authentication? Peer-to-peer Workgroup Client/server Distributive

12. What type of server does Active Director run on? File server Print server Database server Network controller

13. Which model does each host have their own security database? Peer-to-peer Client/server Distributive Sliding

14. What type of communication is sent to a single designated host? Unicast Broadcast Multicast Anycast

15. What is used to uniquely define a host on a TCP/IP network? IP address MAC address Bit pattern Router name

16. A __________ is a single computer or device that connects to a TCP/IP network. Host Node Access point Laptop

17. What is the central device used in wireless LANs? Wireless access point CSA/CDM connector Wireless switch MDU

18. What command do you use to test the TCP/IP stack on a computer? Ping localhost Ping 127.0.0.1 Ping loopback igconfig/renew