CompTIA N10-006 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA N10-006 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 971:

  A user reports slow performance. A technician troubleshooting the issue users a performance monitoring tool and receives the following results:

  Avg. % Processor Time = 15%

  Avg. Pages/Second = 5

  Avg. Disk Queue Length = 1

  Based on these results, which of the following is causing a bottleneck?

  A. Hard drive
  B. Memory
  C. NIC
  D. Processor
  B. Memory

• Question 972:

  A network is having problems with traffic flowing to several critical websites that are used for necessary company work. Which of the following appliances would BEST handle network traffic to increase network performance?

  A. Caching engine
  B. Traffic shaper
  C. Network based firewall
  D. Packet sniffer
  B. Traffic shaper

• Question 973:

  An administrator notices SMTP traffic is being blocked by the company firewall. Which of the following ports should be opened?

  A. 25
  B. 53
  C. 110
  D. 443
  A. 25

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  Explanation Explanation/Reference:SMTP is an Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail) transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks. SMTP uses TCP port 25.

• Question 974:

  A user reports slow computer performance. A technician troubleshooting the issue uses a performance monitoring tool and receives the following results:

  Avg % Processor Time =10%

  Avg Pages/Second = 0

  Avg Disk Queue Length = 3

  Based on the results, which of the following is causing a bottleneck?

  A. Hard drive
  B. Memory
  C. Processor
  D. NIC
  A. Hard drive

• Question 975:

  A network technician is setting up a new office space to accommodate up to 15 desktops, five servers, and two printers, which will all be hardwired. The technician must procure a managed switch that supports all devices while accounting for 10% growth. Which of the following switches would accommodate the demand?

  A. 8-port managed switch
  B. 16-port managed switch
  C. 24-port managed switch
  D. 48-port managed switch
  D. 48-port managed switch

• Question 976:

  A network administrator needs to allow employees to securely upload files to a remote server. Which of the following should be allowed on the firewall?

  A. 20
  B. 21
  C. 22
  D. 161
  B. 21

• Question 977:

  Packet analysis reveals multiple GET and POST requests from an internal host to a URL without any response from the server. Which of the following is the BEST explanation that describes this scenario?

  A. Compromised system
  B. Smurf attack
  C. SQL injection attack
  D. Man-in-the-middle
  A. Compromised system

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  As the extra unexplainable traffic comes from an internal host on your network we can assume that this host has been compromised. If your system has been compromised, somebody is probably using your machine--possibly to scan andfind other machines to compromise

• Question 978:

  Which of the following types of network would be set up in an office so that customers could access the Internet but not be given access to internal resources such as printers and servers?

  A. Quarantine network
  B. Core network
  C. Guest network
  D. Wireless network
  C. Guest network

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  A wireless guest network could be set up so that it haslimited access (no access to local resources) but does provide Internet access for guest users.

• Question 979:

  The networking concept of split horizon is designed to prevent which of the following?

  A. Large routing tables
  B. Duplicate addresses
  C. Collisions
  D. Loops
  D. Loops

• Question 980:

  Which of the following should be used when throughput to the destination network is a priority?

  A. MTU
  B. Hop count
  C. Reliability of the path
  D. Bandwidth
  D. Bandwidth