1 A small company has a class C network license and needs to create five usable subnets, each subnet capable of accommodating at least 20 hosts. Which of the following is the appropriate subnet mask?

255.255.255.0
255.255.255.192
255.255.255.224
255.255.255.240

2 A company with a Class B license needs to have a minimum of 1,000 subnets with each subnet capable of accommodating 50 hosts. Which mask below is the appropriate one?

255.255.0.0
255.255.240.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.192
255.255.255.224

3 Which of the following are small, discrete components found within a personal computer? (Choose three.)

transistor
microprocessor
power supply
capacitor
light emitting diode
hard disk

4 Which of the following services is used to translate a web address into an IP address?

DNS
WINS
DHCP
Telnet

5 Which of the following are useable Class A IP addresses with a default subnet mask? (Choose three.)

127.0.39.1
111.9.28.30
123.1.2.132
128.50.38.2
105.1.34.1
0.23.92.3

6 What is the maximum distance that 10BASE-T will transmit data before signal attenuation affects the data delivery?

100 meters
185 meters
300 meters
500 meters

100m

7 Which of the following correctly describe AC and DC currents? (Choose three.)

DC always flows in the same direction, and DC voltages always have the same polarity.
In DC systems, the flow of electrons is always from a negatively charged source to a positively charged source.
In AC systems, electrons flow from negative to positive and then from positive to negative.
Power lines carry electricity in the form of DC because it can be delivered efficiently over large distances.
AC voltage reverses its polarity, so that the positive terminal becomes negative, and the negative terminal becomes positive.
For AC and DC electrical systems, the flow of electrons is always from a positively charged source to a negatively charged source.

8 An ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) is composed of how many signaling channels?

1
2
3
4

9 How is a MAC address represented?

four groups of eight binary digits separated by a decimal point
four Base10 digits separated by a decimal point

six hexadecimal digits

twelve hexadecimal digits
twenty-four Base10 digits

10 What device must be used between an AUI port of a networking device and the media to which it is being connected?

a transducer
a transmitter
a transceiver ????????????????????/ wtf ??????????????????
a transponder
a port replicator

11 The highest capacity Ethernet technologies should be implemented in which areas of a network? (Choose three.)

between workstation and backbone switch
between individual workstations
between backbone switches
between enterprise server and switch
on aggregate access links

12 In a new network installation, the network administrator has decided to use a medium that is not affected by electrical noise. Which cable type will best meet this standard?

coaxial
screened twisted pair
shielded twisted pair
unshielded twisted pair
fiber optic

13 Which of the following are considered the best electrical conductors for use in data network communications? (Choose three.)

glass fibers
copper
gold
plastic
silicon
silver

14 Which OSI layer defines the functions of a router?

physical
data link
network ?????????????????wtf?????????????
transport
session

15 Which of the following does 1000BASE-T use to accomplish gigabit speeds on Cat 5e cable?

the use of four conductors in full-duplex mode
the use of two multiplexed pairs of wires, simultaneously
the use of three pairs of wires for data and the fourth for stabilization and forward error correction
the use of all four pairs of wires in full-duplex mode, simultaneously

16 During cable testing, which of the following are used to calculate the information carrying capacity of a data cable? (Choose two.)

bit speed
wire map
saturation limit

attenuation
analog bandwidth

17 Which OSI layer encapsulates data into packets?

session
transport

network

data link

18 Which of the following describes the use of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)?

resolve routing loops
eliminate Split Horizon errors
limit collisions
resolve switching loops

19 Select the necessary information that is required to compute the estimated time it would take to transfer data from one location to another. (Choose two.)

file size
data format
network in use
type of medium
bandwidth of the link

20 What type of network cable is used between a terminal and a console port?

cross-over
straight-through
rollover
patch cable

21 "CompA" is trying to locate a new computer named "CompB" on the network. Which of the following does "CompA" broadcast to find the MAC address of "CompB"?

MAC request
ARP request
ping
Telnet
proxy ARP

22 Which of the following items are common to all 100BASE technologies? (Choose three.)

frame format
media
connectors
timing
multi-part encoding

23 Which of the following are Cisco proprietary routing protocols? (Choose two.)

RIPv2
IGRP
OSPF
BGP ?????????????????wtf?????????????
RIPv1
EIGRP

24 Convert the Hexadecimal number A2 into its Base 10 equivalent. Select the correct answer from the list below.

156
158
160
162
164
166

25 Using the data transfer calculation T=S/BW, how long would it take a 4MB file to be sent over a 1.5Mbps connection?

52.2 seconds
21.3 seconds
6.4 seconds
2 seconds
0.075 seconds
0.0375 seconds

26 For which of the following is Ethernet considered the standard? (Choose three.)

inter-building connection
mid-length voice
video conferencing
vertical wiring
horizontal wiring
diagonal wiring

27 Convert the binary number 10111010 into its hexadecimal equivalent. Select the correct answer from the list below.

85
90
BA
A1
B3
1C

28 What is important to remember about the data link layer of the OSI model when considering Peer to Peer communication? (Choose three.)

It links data to the transport layer.
It encapsulates frames into packets.
It provides a service to the network layer.
It encapsulates the network layer information into a frame.
Its header contains a physical address which is required to complete the data link functions.
It encodes the data link frame into a pattern of 1s and 0s (bits) for transmission on the medium.

29 If a network administrator needed to download files from a remote server, which protocols could the administrator use to remotely access those files? (Choose two.)

NFS
ASCII
TFTP
IMAP
FTP
UDP

30 What is established during a connection-oriented file transfer between computers? (Choose two.)

a temporary connection to establish authentication of hosts
a connection used for ASCII or binary mode data transfer
a connection used to provide the tunnel through which file headers are transported
a command connection which allows the transfer of multiple commands directly to the remote server system
a control connection between the client and server

31 When a network administrator applies the subnet mask 255.255.255.248 to a Class A address, for any given subnet, how many IP addresses are available to be assigned to devices?

1022
510
254
126
30
6

32 Why are internets necessary? (Choose three.)

to overcome LAN scalability limitations
to overcome LAN speed limitations
to overcome LAN distance limitations
to prevent collision and congestion conditions
to network networks

33 Which of the following is a term associated with replacing hubs with switches to increase the number of collision domains?

encapsulation
latency
segmentation
layered model
broadcast domain
extended

34 Which combinations of charges will be repelled by electric force? (Choose two.)

neutral and neutral
neutral and positive
neutral and negative
positive and positive
positive and negative
negative and negative

35

What type of wiring problem is depicted in this sample of a cable tester?

a fault
a short
an open
a split
a good map

36 The accumulation of traffic from which of the following can cause a network condition called broadcast radiation? (Choose three.)

anonymous FTP servers
telnet sessions
video over IP applications
NAS services
ARP requests
RIP updates

37 Which part of the URL http://www.awsb.ca/teacher gives the name of the domain?

www
http://
/teacher
awsb.ca

38 To make sure timing limitations are not violated when implementing a 10 Mbps Ethernet network involving hubs or repeaters, a technician should adhere to which rule?

the 4-5-3 rule
the 6-4-2 rule
the 3-4-5 rule
the 5-4-3 rule ?????????????????wtf?????????????

39 Which term describes an ARP response by a router on behalf of a requesting host?

ARP
RARP
Proxy ARP
Proxy RARP

40 Which of these workstation installation and setup tasks are concerned with network access layer functions? (Choose two.)

configuring the e-mail client
installing NIC drivers
configuring IP network settings
connecting the network cable
using FTP to download application software updates

41 Which protocol functions at the internet layer of the TCP/IP protocol suite?

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Internet Protocol (IP)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)

42 Which part of an IP address identifies a specific device on a network?

first two octets
third and fourth octets
network portion
host portion
only the fourth octet

43 Which of the following wireless standards increased transmission capabilities to 11 Mbps?

802.11a
802.11b
802.11c
802.11d

44 What does the "10" in 10Base2 indicate about this version of Ethernet?

The version uses Base10 numbering within the frames.
The version operates at a transmission rate of 10 Mbps.
Frames can travel 10 meters unrepeated.
The maximum frame length is 10 octets.

45 Which of the following is the Layer 4 PDU?

bit
frame
packet
segment

46 What are features of the TCP/IP Transport layer? (Choose two.)

path determination
handles representation, encoding and dialog control
uses TCP and UDP protocols
packet switching
reliability, flow control and error correction

47 Which of the following protocols are used for e-mail transfer between clients and servers? (Choose three.)

TFTP
SNMP
POP3
SMTP
IMAP4
postoffice

48 Which layer of the OSI model covers physical media?

Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5
Layer 6

49 Which of the following are features of the Internet Protocol (IP)? (Choose two.)

It is the most widely implemented global addressing scheme.
It allows two hosts to share a single address on a local area network.
It is a hierarchical addressing scheme allowing addresses to be grouped.
It is only locally significant, used primarily on local area networks.

50 Which type of institution does the domain suffix .org represent?

government
education
network
non-profit

51 What is the recommended maximum number of workstations configured on a peer-to-peer network?

25
15
10
5
2

52 Using the IP address 38.159.163.37 with a subnet mask 255.255.255.240, determine the subnetwork address.

38.159.0.0
38.159.163.0
38.159.163.0
38.159.163.16
38.159.163.32
38.159.163.36

53 Which of the following will test the internal loopback of a node?

ping 10.10.10.1
ping 192.168.1.1
ping 127.0.0.1
ping 223.223.223.223

ping 255.255.255.255

54 John has been hired as the network administrator of a local company and has decided to add more hubs to the company's existing network. Which of the following has been caused by John's inexperience?

collision domain extended
an increased number of collision domains
increased network performance
increased bandwidth
extended bandwidth