CompTIA N10-006 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA N10-006 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1451:

  A network technician has set up an FTP server for the company to distribute software updates for their products. Each vendor is provided with a unique username and password for security. Several vendors have discovered a virus in one of the security updates. The company tested all files before uploading them but retested the file and found the virus. Which of the following could the technician do for vendors to validate the proper security patch?

  A. Use TFTP for tested and secure downloads
  B. Require biometric authentication for patch updates
  C. Provide an MD5 hashfor each file
  D. Implement a RADIUS authentication
  C. Provide an MD5 hashfor each file

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  If we put an MD5 has for each file we can see if the file has been changed or not. MD5 is an algorithm that is used to verify data integrity through the creation of a 128-bit message digest from data input (which may be a message of any length) that is claimed to be as unique to that specific data as a fingerprint is to the specific individual.

• Question 1452:

  Ann, a new user, is unable to communicate on the network from her computer. A technician has verified that the cables are functioning properly. Based on the information below, which action should the technician take to correct Ann's problem? Computer_A Switch_A IP: 10.0.0.60 Int VLAN10 SM: 255.255.255.0 IP address 10.0.0.1/28 GW: 10.0.0.1 Speed 100 Duplex Full

  A. Change the duplex on the switch interface to half
  B. Change the speed on the switch interface to 10Mbps
  C. Change the subnet mask of the computer to 255.255.255.240
  D. Change the IP address of the computer to 10.0.0.12
  D. Change the IP address of the computer to 10.0.0.12

• Question 1453:

  A common technique used by malicious individuals to perform a man-in-the-middle attack on a wireless network is:

  A. ARP cache poisoning
  B. amplified DNS attacks
  C. sessions hijacking
  D. creating an evil twin
  A. ARP cache poisoning

• Question 1454:

  A network technician has recently discovered rogue devices on their network and wishes to implement a security feature that will prevent this from occurring. Which of the following will prevent unauthorized devices from connecting to a network switch?

  A. Implement 802.11i on all switches in the network.
  B. Implement port security on all computers in the company.
  C. Implement port security on all switches in the network.
  D. Implement rules on the firewall to block unknown devices.
  C. Implement port security on all switches in the network.

• Question 1455:

  An organization is involved in a civil court action and needs to ensure email messages are retained. Which of the following describes the requirement to archive and retain email traffic and other correspondence?

  A. Chain of custody
  B. Legal hold
  C. Divide and conquer
  D. Persistent agents
  B. Legal hold

• Question 1456:

  A technician is troubleshooting a network connectivity issue on a laptop. The technician wants to verify the NIC is functioning on the laptop. Which of the following commands should the technician use?

  A. ping 127.0.0.1
  B. ping 169.254.0.1
  C. tracert 192.168.0.1
  D. nslookup 10.4.0.1
  A. ping 127.0.0.1

• Question 1457:

  Which of the following network media connectors can use a MAXIMUM of two copper wire pairs?

  A. F-connector
  B. RJ-11
  C. MTRJ
  D. RJ-45
  B. RJ-11

• Question 1458:

  A cable with visible space between the ends of the copper wires and the RJ-45 connector will cause which of the following problems to occur?

  A. EMI
  B. Short
  C. Reversed TXRX
  D. dB loss
  B. Short

• Question 1459:

  Which of the following DNS records is used to identify a domain's SMTP server?

  A. CNAME
  B. PTR
  C. MX
  D. A
  C. MX

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  A mail exchanger record (MX record) is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System that specifies a mail server responsible for accepting email messages on behalf of a recipient's domain, and a preference value used to prioritize mail delivery if multiple mail servers are available. The set of MX records of a domain name specifies how email should be routed with the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

• Question 1460:

  A network technician receives the following alert from a network device:

  "High utilizations threshold exceeded on gi1/0/24 : current value 9413587.54"

  Which of the following is being monitored to trigger the alarm?

  A. Speed and duplex mismatch
  B. Wireless channel utilization
  C. Network device CPU
  D. Network device memory
  E. Interface link status
  E. Interface link status

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  This is an error message that indicates that threshold of high utilization of network interface, in this case interfacegi1/0/24, has been exceeded. The message has been triggered on the interface link status. Note: gi1/0 would be a gigabyte interface.