Question 1

A network administrator is testing connectivity at a new corporate site. The site has a wireless guest as well as a wired employee network. After verifying connectivity, the administrator checks link speeds by using a speed testing website. The speed testing website shows lower download and upload speeds for the wired network than the wireless network. Which of the following is the MOST likely explanation?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is less local congestion on the wireless network 
B)  The testing server for the wired network was farther away 
C)  The firewall is configured to throttle traffic to specific websites 
D)  The wireless access points were misconfigured

Question 2

Which of the following types of packets uses the 224.0.0.0/3 address space by routers to exchange routing information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Multicast 
B)  Spanning tree 
C)  ICMP 
D)  SNMP

Question 3

Which of the following VPN technologies should a network technician utilize to tunnel IPv6 traffic and multicast over an IPv4 WAN link?

Accepted Answer

A)  AH 
B)  DTLS 
C)  SSL 
D)  GRE

Question 4

A network technician attempts to limit access to a wireless network by using WPA2 and a pre-shared key; however, employees have been sharing this key with others. Which of the following methods should the technician configure on the wireless access point to ensure only corporate systems can connect using the least amount of effort?

Accepted Answer

A)  RADIUS 
B)  EAP-TLS 
C)  Port security 
D)  MAC filtering

Question 5

A user reports difficulties connecting a PC to a wired network. The PC connects to an IP phone, which is working correctly. A network technician can verify that other devices successfully connect to the phone. At which of the following layers of the OSI model is the problem MOST likely located?

Accepted Answer

A)  Network 
B)  Physical 
C)  Transport 
D)  Application

Question 6

A network technician receives a report that the company's intranet web server is not responding. The technician verifies successful connectivity to the server via the ping and tracert commands. The technician also verifies the routers and switches are online and operational, and then runs Telnet to port 80 and receives a response. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the technician perform NEXT?

Accepted Answer

A)  Establish a plan to reset the company router. 
B)  Escalate the issue to the server administrator. 
C)  Duplicate the issue and continue testing. 
D)  Report that an issue was not identified.

Question 7

A technician has installed multiple new PC clients and is connecting them to the network. Only one client is receiving IP addressing information. Which of the following should the technician verify as the NEXT troubleshooting step?

Accepted Answer

A)  DHCP scope 
B)  DHCP lease 
C)  Default gateway 
D)  DNS zone

Question 8

Which of the following should a network administrator use to configure Layer 3 routes? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Multilayer switch 
B)  Firewall 
C)  Hub 
D)  Bridge 
E)  Modem
F) Media converter

Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Consistent labeling 
B)  Change management 
C)  Standard work instructions 
D)  Inventory management 
E)  Network baseline

Exam 10: CompTIA Network+