N10-008 Practice Exam Questions and Answers

A network technician is investigating an issue with a desktop that is not connecting to the network. The desktop was connecting successfully the previous day, and no changes were made to the environment. The technician locates the switchport where the device is connected and observes the LED status light on the switchport is not lit even though the desktop is turned on Other devices that arc plugged into the switch are connecting to the network successfully Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the desktop not connecting?

A technician is troubleshooting a previously encountered issue. Which of the following should the technician reference to find what solution was implemented to resolve the issue?

Which of the following protocol types describes secure communication on port 443?

A network administrator needs to implement an HDMI over IP solution. Which of the following will the network administrator MOST likely use to ensure smooth video delivery?

The following instructions were published about the proper network configuration for a videoconferencing device:

"Configure a valid static RFC1918 address for your network. Check the option to use a connection over NAT."

Which of the following is a valid IP address configuration for the device?

A network administrator decided to use SLAAC in an extensive IPv6 deployment to alleviate IP address management. The devices were properly connected into the LAN but autoconfiguration of the IP address did not occur as expected. Which of the following should the network administrator verify?

An organization with one core and five distribution switches is transitioning from a star to a full-mesh topology Which of the following is the number of additional network connections needed?

Which of the following attacks encrypts user data and requires a proper backup implementation to recover?

A company that uses VoIP telephones is experiencing intermittent issues with one-way audio and dropped conversations The manufacturer says the system will work if ping times are less than 50ms. The company has recorded the following ping times:

Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

An IT technician suspects a break in one of the uplinks that provides connectivity to the core switch. Which of the following command-line tools should the technician use to determine where the incident is occurring?

A network technician has multimode fiber optic cable available in an existing ID

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A technician wants to install a WAP in the center of a room that provides service in a radius surrounding a radio. Which of the following antenna types should the AP utilize?

Which of the following uses the destination IP address to forward packets?

A local firm has hired a consulting company to clean up its IT infrastructure. The consulting company notices remote printing is accomplished by port forwarding via publicly accessible IPs through the firm's firewall Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate way to enable secure remote printing?

Given the following output:

Which of the following attacks is this MOST likely an example of?

A SaaS provider has decided to leave an unpatched VM available via a public DMZ port. With which of the following concepts is this technique MOST closely associated?

A Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants to improve the availability of a company's SQL database Which of the following technologies should be utilized to achieve maximum availability?

A user recently made changes to a PC that caused it to be unable to access websites by both FQDN and IP Local resources, such as the file server remain accessible. Which of the following settings did the user MOST likely misconfigure?

Which of the following is MOST commonly used to address CVEs on network equipment and/or operating systems?

A small, family-run business uses a single SOHO router to provide Internet and WiFi to its employees At the start of a new week, employees come in and find their usual WiFi network is no longer available, and there is a new wireless network to which they cannot connect. Given that information, which of the following should have been done to avoid this situation'

Which of the following security devices would be BEST to use to provide mechanical access control to the MDF/IDF?

A corporation has a critical system that would cause unrecoverable damage to the brand if it was taken offline. Which of the following disaster recovery solutions should the corporation implement?

A network administrator has been directed to present the network alerts from the past week to the company's executive staff. Which of the following will provide the BEST collection and presentation of this data?

A business is using the local cable company to provide Internet access. Which of the following types of cabling will the cable company MOST likely use from the demarcation point back to the central office?

A firewall administrator is implementing a rule that directs HTTP traffic to an internal server listening on a non-standard socket Which of the following types of rules is the administrator implementing?

Which of the following is used to provide networking capability for VMs at Layer 2 of the OSI model?

There are two managed legacy switches running that cannot be replaced or upgraded. These switches do not support cryptographic functions, but they are password protected. Which of the following should a network administrator configure to BEST prevent unauthorized access?

A network technician needs to correlate security events to analyze a suspected intrusion. Which of the following should the technician use?

Which of the following OSI model layers is where conversations between applications are established, coordinated, and terminated?

An organization wants to implement a method of centrally managing logins to network services. Which of the following protocols should the organization use to allow for authentication, authorization and auditing?

A network administrator is reviewing interface errors on a switch. Which of the following indicates that a switchport is receiving packets in excess of the configured MTU?

Which of the following protocols will a security appliance that is correlating network events from multiple devices MOST likely rely on to receive event messages?

A network administrator wants to improve the security of the management console on the company's switches and ensure configuration changes made can be correlated to the administrator who conformed them Which of the following should the network administrator implement?

Two remote offices need to be connected securely over an untrustworthy MAN. Each office needs to access network shares at the other site. Which of the following will BEST provide this functionality?

A company requires a disaster recovery site to have equipment ready to go in the event of a disaster at its main datacenter. The company does not have the budget to mirror all the live data to the disaster recovery site. Which of the following concepts should the company select?

Which of the following would be used to expedite MX record updates to authoritative NSs?

A customer wants to segregate the traffic between guests on a hypervisor. Which of the following does a technician need to configure to meet the requirement?

A technician is deploying a low-density wireless network and is contending with multiple types of building materials. Which of the following wireless frequencies would allow for the LEAST signal attenuation?

A lab environment hosts Internet-facing web servers and other experimental machines, which technicians use for various tasks A technician installs software on one of the web servers to allow communication to the company's file server, but it is unable to connect to it Other machines in the building are able to retrieve files from the file server. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the web server cannot retrieve the files, and what should be done to resolve the problem?

A network technician is installing an analog desk phone for a new receptionist After running a new phone line, the technician now needs to cnmp on a new connector. Which of the following connectors would MOST likely be used in this case?

A network technician was troubleshooting an issue for a user who was being directed to cloned websites that were stealing credentials. The URLs were correct for the websites but an incorrect IP address was revealed when the technician used ping on the user's PC After checking the is setting, the technician found the DNS server address was incorrect Which of the following describes the issue?

A network requirement calls for segmenting departments into different networks. The campus network is set up with users of each department in multiple buildings. Which of the following should be configured to keep the design simple and efficient?

A network administrator is configuring a database server and would like to ensure the database engine is listening on a certain port. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to accomplish this goal?

A network technician is investigating an issue with handheld devices in a warehouse. Devices have not been connecting to the nearest APs, but they have been connecting to an AP on the far side of the warehouse. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

Which of the following is a system that is installed directly on a server's hardware and abstracts the hardware from any guest machines?

An IDS was installed behind the edge firewall after a network was breached. The network was then breached again even though the IDS logged the attack. Which of the following should be used in place of these devices to prevent future attacks?

A user reports a weak signal when walking 20ft (61 m) away from the WAP in one direction, but a strong signal when walking 20ft in the opposite direction The technician has reviewed the configuration and confirmed the channel type is correct There is no jitter or latency on the connection Which of the following would be the MOST likely cause of the issue?

A network administrator is talking to different vendors about acquiring technology to support a new project for a large company. Which of the following documents will MOST likely need to be signed before information about the project is shared?

A network administrator is downloading a large patch that will be uploaded to several enterprise switches simultaneously during the day's upgrade cycle. Which of the following should the administrator do to help ensure the upgrade process will be less likely to cause problems with the switches?

A network engineer is designing a new secure wireless network. The engineer has been given the following requirements:

1 Must not use plaintext passwords

2 Must be certificate based

3. Must be vendor neutral

Which of the following methods should the engineer select?

A network technician is observing the behavior of an unmanaged switch when a new device is added to the network and transmits data. Which of the following BEST describes how the switch processes this information?

A technician is connecting DSL for a new customer. After installing and connecting the on-premises equipment, the technician verifies DSL synchronization. When connecting to a workstation, however, the link LEDs on the workstation and modem do not light up. Which of the following should the technician perform during troubleshooting?

A city has hired a new employee who needs to be able to work when traveling at home and at the municipal sourcing of a neighboring city that snares services. The employee is issued a laptop, and a technician needs to train the employee on the appropriate solutions for secure access to the network from all the possible locations On which of the following solutions would the technician MOST likely train the employee?

Which of the following technologies allows traffic to be sent through two different ISPs to increase performance?

A network field technician is installing and configuring a secure wireless network. The technician performs a site survey. Which of the following documents would MOST likely be created as a result of the site survey?

A network technician is configuring a new firewall for a company with the necessary access requirements to be allowed through the firewall. Which of the following would normally be applied as the LAST rule in the firewall?

During the security audit of a financial firm the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) questions why there are three employees who perform very distinct functions on the server. There is an administrator for creating users another for assigning the users lo groups and a third who is the only administrator to perform file rights assignment Which of the following mitigation techniques is being applied'

A technician is implementing a new wireless network to serve guests at a local office. The network needs to provide Internet access but disallow associated stations from communicating with each other. Which of the following would BEST accomplish this requirement?

A network technician is reviewing an upcoming project's requirements to implement laaS. Which of the following should the technician consider?

A systems administrator is running a VoIP network and is experiencing jitter and high latency. Which of the following would BEST help the administrator determine the cause of these issues?

A network administrator is required to ensure that auditors have read-only access to the system logs, while systems administrators have read and write access to the system logs, and operators have no access to the system logs. The network administrator has configured security groups for each of these functional categories. Which of the following security capabilities will allow the network administrator to maintain these permissions with the LEAST administrative effort?

A company wants to implement a large number of WAPs throughout its building and allow users to be able to move around the building without dropping their connections Which of the following pieces of equipment would be able to handle this requirement?

An ARP request is broadcasted and sends the following request.

''Who is 192.168.1.200? Tell 192.168.1.55''

At which of the following layers of the OSI model does this request operate?

A client moving into a new office wants the IP network set up to accommodate 412 network-connected devices that are all on the same subnet. The subnet needs to be as small as possible. Which of the following subnet masks should be used to achieve the required result?

A network administrator wants to analyze attacks directed toward the company's network. Which of the following must the network administrator implement to assist in this goal?

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?

A company is being acquired by a large corporation. As part of the acquisition process, the company's address should now redirect clients to the corporate organization page. Which of the following DNS records needs to be created?

A network administrator is setting up several loT devices on a new VLAN and wants to accomplish the following

1. Reduce manual configuration on each system

2. Assign a specific IP address to each system

3. Allow devices to move to different switchports on the same VLAN

Which of the following should the network administrator do to accomplish these requirements?

A wireless network was installed in a warehouse for employees to scan crates with a wireless handheld scanner. The wireless network was placed in the corner of the building near the ceiling for maximum coverage However users in the offices adjacent lo the warehouse have noticed a large amount of signal overlap from the new network Additionally warehouse employees report difficulty connecting to the wireless network from the other side of the building; however they have no issues when Ihey are near the antenna Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

A network technician is investigating an IP phone that does not register in the VoIP system Although it received an IP address, it did not receive the necessary DHCP options The information that is needed for the registration is distributes by the OHCP scope All other IP phones are working properly. Which of the following does the technician need to verify?

Which of the following policies is MOST commonly used for guest captive portals?

Which of the following services can provide data storage, hardware options, and scalability to a third-party company that cannot afford new devices?

A user is having difficulty with video conferencing and is looking for assistance. Which of the following would BEST improve performance?

Branch users are experiencing issues with videoconferencing. Which of the following will the company MOST likely configure to improve performance for these applications?

A user reports being unable to access network resources after making some changes in the office. Which of the following should a network technician do FIRST?

A network technician needs to ensure outside users are unable to telnet into any of the servers at the datacenter. Which of the following ports should be blocked when checking firewall configuration?

A technician is installing a high-density wireless network and wants to use an available frequency that supports the maximum number of channels to reduce interference. Which of the following standard 802.11 frequency ranges should the technician look for while reviewing WAP specifications?

A network administrator is implementing OSPF on all of a company’s network devices. Which of the following will MOST likely replace all the company’s hubs?

Which of the following is the LARGEST MTU for a standard Ethernet frame?

Which of the following would be BEST to use to detect a MAC spoofing attack?

A technician is installing a cable modem in a SOHO. Which of the following cable types will the technician MOST likely use to connect a modem to the ISP?

Which of the following is the best way to remotely monitor who is accessing a secure data center?

A company receives a cease-and-desist order from its ISP regarding prohibited torrent activity. Which of the following should be implemented to comply with the cease-and-desist order?

A network engineer needs to change an entire subnet of SLAAC-configured workstation addresses. Which of the following methods would be the best for the engineer to use?

A company needs to virtualize a replica of its internal physical network without changing the logical topology and the way that devices behave and are managed. Which of the following technologies meets this requirement?

Which of the following devices and encapsulations are found at the data link layer? (Select two).

Which of the following would be the BEST choice to connect branch sites to a main office securely?

Which of the following network management methods is able to perform various automated tasks?

An ISP configured an internet connection to provide 20Mbps, but actual data rates are occurring at 10Mbps and causing a significant delay in data transmission. Which of the following specifications should the ISP check?

A network technician is troubleshooting VoIP calls that have jumbled and distorted audio. The network technician analyzes the voice VLAN traffic and determines packets on the voice VLAN are being received out of order. Which of the following network metrics are causing the VoIP issues?

An engineer is using a tool to run an ICMP sweep of a network to find devices that are online. When reviewing the results, the engineer notices a number of workstations that are currently verified as being online are not listed in the report.

The tool was configured to scan using the following information:

Network address: 172.28.16.0

CIDR: /22

The engineer collected the following information from the client workstation:

IP address: 172.28.17.206

Subnet mask: 255.255.252.0

Which of the following MOST likely explains why the tool is failing to detect some workstations?

Which of the following network types is composed of computers that can all communicate with one another with equal permissions and allows users to directly share what is on or attached to their computers?

At which of the following OSI model layers does a MAC filter list for a wireless infrastructure operate?

A network technician is investigating a trouble ticket for a user who does not have network connectivity. All patch cables between the wall jacks and computers in the building were upgraded over the weekend from Cat 5 to Cat 6. The newly installed cable is crimped With a TIA/EIA 568A on one end and a TIA/EIA 568B on the other end. Which of the following should the technician do to most likely fix the issue?

A technician is equipped with a tablet, a smartphone, and a laptop to troubleshoot a switch with the help of support over the phone. However, the technician is having issues interconnecting all these tools in troubleshooting the switch. Which Of the following should the technician use to gain connectivity?

Which of the following is an advantage of using the cloud as a redundant data center?

An organization is interested in purchasing a backup solution that supports the organization's goals. Which of the following concepts would specify the maximum duration that a given service can be down before impacting operations?

A customer hired a network consultant to install a new wireless network with the following specifications:

2.4GHz

11Mbps

20MHz

Which of the following standards best fits these requirements?

While setting up a new workstation, a technician discovers that the network connection is only 100 full duplex (FD), although it is connected to a gigabit switch.

While reviewing the interface information in the switch CLI, the technician notes the port is operating at IOOFD but Shows many RX and TX errors. The technician moves the computer to another switchport and experiences the

same issues.

Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the low data rate and port errors?

A technician is troubleshooting intermittent connectivity between devices and viewing the following syslog entries from a switch:

Which of the following are these entries indicative of?

Which of the following is the first step a network administrator should take in the troubleshooting methodology?

A network technician has determined the cause of a network disruption. Which of the following is the NEXT step for the technician to perform?

A new office space is being designed. The network switches are up. but no services are running yet A network engineer plugs in a laptop configured as a DHCP client to a switch Which ol the following IP addresses should be assigned to the laptop?

The following DHCP scope was configured for a new VLAN dedicated to a large deployment of 325 loT sensors:

The first 244 loT sensors were able to connect to the TFTP server, download the configuration file, and register to an loT management system. The other sensors are being shown as offline. Which of the following should be performed to determine the MOST likely cause of the partial deployment of the sensors?

An IT administrator needs to connect older smart-plug devices to the network. The administrator wants to prevent future issues from occurring by using an 802.11 standard that only operates on the 2.4GHz frequency. Which of the following standards should the administrator choose?

A network administrator is configuring a firewall to allow for a new cloud-based email server. The company standard is to use SMTP to route email traffic. Which of the following ports, by default, should be reserved for this purpose?

A network administrator is setting up a new phone system and needs to define the location where VoIP phones can download configuration files. Which of the following DHCP services can be used to accomplish this task?

After a critical power issue, the network team was not receiving UPS status notifications. The network team would like to be alerted on these status changes. Which of the following would be BEST to use tor these notifications?

An engineer is designing a network topology for a company that maintains a large on-premises private cloud. A design requirement mandates internet-facing hosts to be partitioned off from the internal LAN and internal server IP ranges. Which of the following defense strategies helps meet this requirement?

In which of the following components do routing protocols belong in a software-defined network?

A help desk supervisor reviews the following excerpt of a call transcript:

Which of the following was the agent trying to accomplish with this exchange?

Several employees have expressed concerns about the company monitoring their internet activity when they are working from home. The company wants to mitigate this issue and reassure employees that their private internet activity is not being monitored. Which of the following would satisfy company and employee needs?

At which of the following OSI model layers does routing occur?

Which of the following types of attacks can be used to gain credentials by setting up rogue APs with identical corporate SSIDs?

A technician just validated a theory that resolved a network outage. The technician then verified that all users could access resources. Which of the

following is the next step the technician should take in the network troubleshooting methodology?

A network administrator is adding a new switch to the network. Which of the following network hardening techniques would be BEST to use once the switch is in production?

A network engineer is investigating reports of poor performance on a videoconferencing application. Upon reviewing the report, the engineer finds that available bandwidth at the WAN connection is low.

Which Of the following is the MOST appropriate mechanism to handle this issue?

A support agent receives a report that a remote user's wired devices are constantly disconnecting and have slow speeds. Upon inspection, the support agent sees that the user's coaxial modem has a signal power of -97dB Which of the following should the support agent recommend to troubleshoot the issue?

A technician received a report that some users in a large, 30-floor building are having intermittent connectivity issues. Users on each floor have stable connectivity, but do not have connectivity to other floors. Which of the following devices is MOST likely causing the issue?

Which of the following protocols is widely used in large-scale enterprise networks to support complex networks with multiple routers and balance traffic load on multiple links?

A user calls the help desk to report being unable to reach a file server. The technician logs in to the user's computer and verifies that pings fall to respond back when trying to reach the file server. Which of the following would BEST help the technician verify whether the file server is reachable?

A technician was cleaning a storage closet and found a box of transceivers labeled 8Gbps. Which of the following protocols uses those transceivers?

Which of the following is the NEXT step to perform network troubleshooting after identifying an issue?

Which of the following has the capability to centrally manage configuration, logging, and firmware versioning for distributed devices?

A company is moving to a new building designed with a guest waiting area that has existing network ports. Which of the following practices would BEST secure the network?

A customer is hosting an internal database server. None of the users are able to connect to the server, even though it appears to be working properly. Which of the following is the best way to verify traffic to and from the server?

An administrator needs to connect two laptops directly to each other using 802.11ac but does not have an AP available. Which of the following describes this configuration?

Which of the following would be BEST suited for use at the access layer in a three-tier architecture system?

A wireless network technician is receiving reports from some users who are unable to see both of the corporate SSIDs on their mobile devices. A site survey was recently commissioned, and the results verified acceptable RSSI from both APs in all user areas. The APs support modern wireless standards and are all broadcasting their SSIDs. The following table shows some of the current AP settings:

Which of the following changes would result in all of the user devices being capable of seeing both corporate SSIDs?

A user is experimenting with audio transmissions and would like the transmissions to reach several specific devices simultaneously over the IP network. The user requests assistance from a network technician to configure the appropriate features within the SOHO. Which of the following should the technician configure to meet the requirements?

After a recent power outage, users are reporting performance issues accessing the application servers. Wireless users are also reporting intermittent Internet issues.

INSTRUCTIONS

Click on each tab at the top of the screen. Select a widget to view information, then

use the drop-down menus to answer the associated questions. If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

Which of the following OSI model layers are responsible for handling packets from the sources to the destination and checking for errors? (Select two).

A network technician is implementing a solution that will allow end users to gain access to multiple applications after logging on. Which of the following authentication methods would allow this type of access?

Which of the following can be used to validate domain ownership by verifying the presence of pre-agreed content contained in a DNS record?

A company streams video to multiple devices across a campus. When this happens, several users report a degradation of network performance. Which of the following would MOST likely address this issue?

Which of the following would be used to enforce and schedule critical updates with supervisory approval and include backup plans in case of failure?

A Chief Executive Officer and a network administrator came to an agreement With a vendor to purchase new equipment for the data center A document was drafted so all parties would be Informed about the scope of the project before It started. Which of the following terms BEST describes the document used?

Which of the following authentication methods requires a user to enter a password and scan a fingerprint?

Which of the following BEST describes a spirt-tunnel client-to-server VPN connection?

While troubleshooting a network, a VoIP systems engineer discovers a significant inconsistency in the amount of time required for data to reach its destination and return. Which of the following terms best describes this issue?

Which of the following technologies would MOST likely De used to prevent the loss of connection between a virtual server and network storage devices?

A technician needs to allow a device to maintain the same IP address lease based on the physical address of a network card. Which of the following should the technician use?

A network technician needs to resolve some issues with a customer's SOHO network. The

customer reports that some of the PCs are not connecting to the network, while others

appear to be working as intended.

INSTRUCTIONS

Troubleshoot all the network components.

Review the cable test results first, then diagnose by clicking on the appropriate PC,

server, and Layer 2 switch.

Identify any components with a problem and recommend a solution to correct each

problem.

If at any time you would like to bring back

the initial state of the simulation, please

click the Reset All button.

A network administrator Is looking at switch features and is unsure whether to purchase a model with PoE Which of the following devices that commonly utilize PoE should the administrator consider? (Select TWO)

A technician discovered that some information on the local database server was changed during a tile transfer to a remote server. Which of the following should concern the technician the MOST?

A network client is trying to connect to the wrong TCP port. Which of the following responses would the client MOST likely receive?

After rebooting an AP a user is no longer able to conned to me enterprise LAN A technician plugs a laptop In to the same network jack and receives the IP 169.254 0 200. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

Which of the following records can be used to track the number of changes on a DNS zone?

Which of the following functions is used to prioritize network traffic based on the type of traffic?

A network administrator needs to set up a file server to allow user access. The organization uses DHCP to assign IP addresses. Which of the following is the best solution for the administrator to set up?

All packets arriving at an interface need to be fully analyzed. Which of me following features should be used to enable monitoring of the packets?

Which of the following would be BEST to install to find and block any malicious users within a network?

A customer has an attached USB printer that needs to be shared with other users. The desktop team set up printer sharing. Now, the network technician needs to obtain the necessary information about the PC and share it with other users so they can connect to the printer. Which of the following commands should the technician use to get the required information? (Select TWO).

Users in a branch can access an ln-house database server, but II is taking too long to fetch records. The analyst does not know whether the Issue is being caused by network latency. Which of the following will the analyst MOST likely use to retrieve the metrics that are needed to resolve this issue?

A network technician wants to deploy a new wireless access point to reduce user latency. Currently, the organization has the following deployed:

Which of the following channels should the new device broadcast on?

An administrator is setting up a multicast server on a network, but the firewall seems to be dropping the traffic. After logging in to the device, me administrator sees me following entries:

Which of the following firewall rules is MOST likely causing the issue?

A senior administrator has been directed to incorporate AAA services within a domain environment for regulatory compliance purposes. Which of the following standards

will enable the use of an AAA server in a domain environment?

A device is connected to a managed Layer 3 network switch. The MAC address of the device is known, but the static IP address assigned to the device is not. Which of the following features of a Layer 3 network switch should be used to determine the IPv4 address of the device?

Which of the following requires network devices to be managed ustng a different set of IP addresses?

Which of the following would be BEST suited for a long cable run with a 40Gbps bandwidth?

A network administrator wants to know which systems on the network are at risk of a known vulnerability. Which of the following should the administrator reference?

Which of the following ports is a secure protocol?