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CompTIA Network plus Certification Study Guide

Glen Clarke

Chapter 3

Networking Components - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

. What does a network interface card add to a computer's functionality?
A. It provides faster communication between the CPU and the hard disk.
B. It provides the capability to communicate across a phone line to another computer.
C. It provides the capability to communicate with other computers across a network medium.
D. It provides the capability to save more information on a diskette than normal.

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Problem 2

In order for a NIC to interact with the computer, what needs to be installed?
A. The appropriate documentation for the user to take advantage of the features of the interface card
B. A driver, which is software that enables the NIC and the computer to communicate with each other
C. A bus, which enables the interface card to communicate through the various topologies of the Internet
D. Nothing

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Problem 3

3 If a card has the capability to connect to more than one kind of medium, you might have to set which of the following in order to ensure connectivity?
A. IRQ setting
B. Link light on/off setting
C. Transceiver-type setting
D. PCI setting

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Problem 4

When troubleshooting to find out why a network card will not connect to the network, which of the following would you check first?
A. Driver
B. Link light
C. Transceiver-type setting
D. Switch

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Problem 5

Which of the following is an example of a layer-2 address?
A. 192.168 .2 .5
B. COMPUTER100
C. Computer100.glensworld.loc
D. $00-0 \mathrm{D}-60-48-53-9 \mathrm{E}$

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Problem 6

. What is an AUI connector?
A. A 9-pin DB male connector
B. A 15-pin D female connector
C. A 25-pin D female connector
D. Same as an RJ-45 connector

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Problem 7

Which of the following types of hubs does not regenerate the signal and therefore is not a repeater?
A. Active
B. Hybrid
C. Passive
D. Switching hub

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Problem 8

Which network component is used to extend the distance the signal can travel by regenerating the signal?
A. Passive hub
B. Switch
C. Router
D. Repeater

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Problem 9

Which type of hub enables more than one type of cable or medium to connect to it?
A. Passive
B. Active
C. Hybrid
D. Multistation access unit

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Problem 10

. Which network device is used to connect systems together in a Token Ring environment?
A. Multisensing action unit
B. Multistation access unit
C. Multisplit add transmission unit
D. Multistation action unit

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Problem 11

When data is sent to a system on a hub, the data is sent to which port(s) on the hub?
A. The port of the destination system
B. All ports on the immediate hub but not any linked hubs
C. All ports on the immediate hub and any linked hubs
D. All ports on only the linked hub

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Problem 12

Which type of network component enables each device to have the full bandwidth of the medium when transmitting?
A. Hub
B. Repeater
C. Switch
D. Transceiver

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Problem 13

. When data is sent to a system on a switch, the data is sent to what port(s)?
A. The port of the destination system
B. All ports on the immediate hub, but not the any uplinked hubs
C. All ports on the immediate hub and any uplinked hubs
D. All ports on the uplinked hub

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Problem 14

Which layer of the OSI model does a bridge run at?
A. Layer 4
B. Layer 1
C. Layer 3
D. Layer 2

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Problem 15

Which networking feature allows you to group ports on a switch to create a broadcast domain?
A. WANs
B. VLANs
C. MANs
D. $\mathrm{CANs}$

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Problem 16

Which layer of the OSI model does a router run at?
A. Layer 4
B. Layer 1
C. Layer 3
D. Layer 2

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Problem 17

Which networking device routes data used by a routable protocol but bridges data for nonroutable protocols?
A. Router
B. Bridge
C. Gateway
D. Brouter

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Problem 18

. Which of the following are nonroutable protocols?
A. NetBEUI
B. IPX
C. TCP/IP
D. AppleTalk

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Problem 19

Which of the following layers does a gateway run at (select the best answer)?
A. Layer 4
B. Layer 1
C. Layer 5
D. All layers

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Problem 20

. Which type of device is responsible for connecting dissimilar networking environments together?
A. Router
B. Bridge
C. Gateway
D. Switch

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Problem 21

Which networking device is used to block unauthorized traffic from entering the network?
A. Bridge
B. Gateway
C. Switch
D. Firewall

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Problem 22

Which of the following devices is used to connect to digital phone lines?
A. ISDN modem
B. CSU/DSU
C. Modem
D. NIC

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Problem 23

. Which of the following devices is used to prepare the digital data for transmission over the PSTN?
A. ISDN modem
B. CSU/DSU
C. Modem
D. NIC

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Problem 24

How many B-channels are in a BRI ISDN connection?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

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