Progression: Field Tech IV - V
Conventional Questions and Answers
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Which of the following is most typical of a broadband network? ✔✔Multiple analog channels
What components are common to all computer systems
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Progression: Field Tech IV - V
Conventional Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Which of the following is most typical of a broadband network? ✔✔Multiple analog channels
What components are common to all computer systems? (Check all that apply.) ✔✔Processor
Memory
Storage
I/O
What does I/O stand for? ✔✔Input / Output
A NIC is a device used for: ✔✔Signaling
A sound card is what general type of computer component? ✔✔Input/output
Which of the following is managed by the OS? ✔✔Keyboard input
Screen display
File I/O
Peripheral control
The primary purpose of a device driver is to control hardware under the supervision of the OS.
True or False? ✔✔True
Which of the following network topologies forms a closed loop? ✔✔Ring topology
Which of the following network topologies connects devices to a shared straight-line cable?
✔✔Bus topology
M1L5 When is UTP cable preferred over STP? ✔✔When there is little electrical interference
Which connector type is used with Thinnet coaxial cable? ✔✔BNC
Which of the following cable types uses a T-connector to connect each NIC to the cable?
✔✔Thinnet
Which of the following cable types can transmit data farthest? ✔✔Fiber optic
How are bits represented on fiber optic cable? ✔✔Pulses (on/off) of light
Which of the following are the two primary types of light sources in fiber optic cables? ✔✔Laser
diode and LED
What is the main advantage of star topology? ✔✔Ease of management
Which of the following would not be used in a typical star topology? ✔✔Thinnet
How many wire pairs can be terminated on a 66 block? ✔✔25 or 50
What makes a crossover cable different from a patch cord? ✔✔A crossover cable uses the 568A
pattern on one jack, and the 568B pattern on the other. A patch cord uses the same pinout pattern
on both jacks.
What is the key reason that smart LAN administrators demand well-made cable connections?
✔✔Bad cable connections degrade a network's performance.
What is the main advantage of using balanced signaling on a serial cable? ✔✔The cable can be
longer because balanced signaling is less vulnerable to interference.
What term describes the number of wave crests that pass a fixed point during a particular period
of time? ✔✔Frequency
In data networking, this term is defined as "Signals may flow in either direction, but not
simultaneously". ✔✔Half-duplex
Two CPUs have the same size data bus. Which one will process data faster? ✔✔The one with a
higher clock speed
This unique ID number is coordinated by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
and is used by only one network interface card anywhere in the world. ✔✔Media access control
address (MAC)
Which is a network management and utility software that is typically used by network
administrators and information systems personnel when the network is unused or lightly used,
often in the middle of the night? ✔✔Backup and recovery utilities
Which of the following is also called "Thicknet" or "yellow wire" and includes two layers of foil
shielding as well as an additional copper mesh shield? ✔✔10Base5 cable
According to 10BaseT wiring rules, what is the maximum segment length without a repeater?
✔✔100m
When light travels through a fiber-optic cable, the change in refractive index causes the light to
refract off which of the following? ✔✔The boundary between the core and the cladding
Which of the following requires a laser transmitter? ✔✔Single-mode fiber
In what part of a building would you typically find punch-down blocks? ✔✔Wiring closet
Which OSI model layers are concerned primarily with applications? ✔✔The top three
Which layers are primarily concerned with moving raw data? ✔✔The lower four
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a Physical Layer protocol? ✔✔Transmit bits
across a physical link
Which of the following will not occur at the Physical Layer? ✔✔Rerouting of information
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a Data Link Layer protocol? ✔✔Transmit
frames across a physical link
Which of the following hardware devices builds a frame? ✔✔NIC
Frame headers and packet headers contain addresses. True or False? ✔✔True
Which of the following is an example of a Network Layer protocol? ✔✔IP
The Network Layer is to packets as the Data Link Layer is to: ✔✔Frames
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a Transport Layer protocol? ✔✔Transmit
messages from process to process
The Transport Layer is not concerned with which of the following? ✔✔None of the above
Which layer uses port numbers for communication? ✔✔Transport Layer
The Session Layer is concerned with which of the following? ✔✔Managing dialog
Beginning dialog
Ending dialog
The OSI model Presentation Layer does which of the following? ✔✔Manages the way
computers read information
Encrypts and decrypts information
Is concerned with the order of bytes and integers
Which activities occur at the Application Layer? ✔✔File transfer and access
email
Web browser
Encapsulation and protocol headers, decapsulation, and reassembly are three of the four basic
techniques used whenever different layers of protocols work together. What is the fourth?
✔✔Segmentation
Which type of address is unique anywhere in the world? ✔✔NIC address
Which layer of the OSI protocol stack handles frames? ✔✔Data Link
Which of the following best represents a logical address? ✔✔IPv6
In data networking, ________ describes the characteristics of a transmission link, such as
throughput, setup time, or accuracy. ✔✔Quality of service (QoS)
Transport layer processes work with transmission channels using multiplexing and ___________
techniques. ✔✔Parallelization
Which of the following protocols is commonly used in the Session Layer? ✔✔Advanced
Program-to-Program Communications (APPC)
What is the binary equivalent to the decimal number "14"? ✔✔0000 1110
Data security, data compression, and ________ are the three main services that the Presentation
Layer provides. ✔✔Data representation
Which of the following is an example of a Transport Layer protocol? ✔✔Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP)
Ethernet operates at all speeds except which of the following? ✔✔16 Kbps
Which of the following is the most popular LAN Data Link Layer technology? ✔✔Ethernet
An Ethernet LAN that uses UTP cabling and a hub as the physical medium is referred to as
which of the following? ✔✔Star
The CD in CSMA/CD refers to the ability of an Ethernet node to do which of the following?
✔✔Detect frame collisions
The CS in CSMA/CD refers to the ability of an Ethernet node to do which of the following?
✔✔Sense an electrical signal
Collisions are normal on CSMA/CD LANs and not usually the result of errors. True or False?
✔✔True
Which of the following is another name for a CO? ✔✔Local exchange
Which of the following is the primary difference between a public and private network? ✔✔Who
owns and maintains the network
Which of the following WAN services usually provides the highest bandwidth? ✔✔SONET
Which of the following is the unit of data transferred by an ATM network? ✔✔Cell
Why is ATM better for multimedia? ✔✔All cells are the same size.
Cells are small.
ATM runs over fast fiber optics.
WANs are shifting away from switched services and increasingly using dedicated network
services. True or False? ✔✔False
A frame relay network uses fewer lines to connect 10 locations than a T1 mesh, and is therefore
more cost effective. True or False? ✔✔True
ATM requires fiber media to run. True or False? ✔✔False
Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) is most like which of the
following? ✔✔An informal conversation in which each person speaks when the opportunity
presents itself, but only one person speaks at any time
The IEEE 802.3 standard defines which of the following? ✔✔Ethernet
What Fast Ethernet standard can send Ethernet frames at 100 Mbps over Category 5E UTP or
fiber optic cabling? ✔✔IEEE 802.3u
What enables the transport of computer data over analog telephone local loops? ✔✔Telephone
modems.
Which of the following describes the bandwidth of a single FT1? ✔✔64 Kbps
How much bandwidth in a T1 circuit is allocated for control information? ✔✔8 Kbps.
What device is required to attach a non-ISDN device to an ISDN network? ✔✔Terminal adaptor
(TA)
Which of the following is a connection-oriented packet-switched network service that works at
the Data Link Layer? ✔✔Frame relay
What is a private, internal network that uses Internet applications, tools, and protocols?
✔✔Intranet
Which of the following is implemented over a public telecommunication switching system, such
as a frame relay cloud? ✔✔A public network
Hubs and repeaters operate at which layer of the OSI model? ✔✔Physical Layer
Which of the following is a function of hubs and repeaters? ✔✔Provide for cable extension
Repeat digital signals
Interconnect different cable types
At which OSI layer do bridges operate? ✔✔Data Link Layer
What is a broadcast frame? ✔✔A frame addressed to "all nodes"
What do bridges require that hubs and repeaters do not? ✔✔Address tables
Bridges are needed in which of the following situations? ✔✔Too much traffic on the LAN
Remote connection of two LANs over a WAN link
Segmenting traffic between different portions of a single LAN is referred to as: ✔✔Traffic
isolation
The two primary classifications of bridges are: ✔✔Transparent and source route
At which OSI layer do switches reside? ✔✔Data Link Layer
Can switches switch two frames simultaneously? ✔✔yes
Which of the following devices isolate traffic in an Ethernet network? ✔✔Bridge
Switch
Router
Performance will likely increase in an Ethernet network when which of the following occurs?
✔✔Hubs are replaced by switches.
At which OSI layer do routers operate? ✔✔Network Layer
Which of the following scenarios requires a gateway? ✔✔Connecting an IP network to an
AppleTalk network
When a repeater receives a bit pattern at its input, what does it do? ✔✔It generates the same
pattern at its output, at a higher power level
Which of the following best represents a hub? ✔✔A repeater
Forwarding, Learning, and _______ are three important functions provided by a bridge.
✔✔Filtering
If a network contains an active loop, what problem can occur? ✔✔The network becomes
congested with duplicate frames
Which of the following is defined as a set of device-to-device paths through the network such
that there is one, and only one, path between any two devices? ✔✔Spanning Tree Protocol
What is the main difference between a standard switch and a bridge? ✔✔Switches effectively
multiply the network's bandwidth
Bridges and Layer 2 switches filter traffic in which way? ✔✔By evaluating the destination MAC
address in each frame and switching each frame to the port that leads to the destination frame
address
What happens when a router forwards data packets from one network to another network?
✔✔The destination address of the router in the framed packet is removed and the packet header
address is inspected by the router to determine the next destination address to encapsulate around
the packet.
In large networks, how do most routers get their routing tables? ✔✔Each router automatically
builds and maintains its own routing table
________ is an application that manages Internet resources and transmits them in response to
requests from Web browsers. ✔✔HTTP server
Which of the following is not a layer of the TCP/IP protocol stack? ✔✔Physical Layer
How large is the IP version 4 address field? ✔✔32 bits
A Ping command uses which ICMP message types? (Choose three.) ✔✔Echo Reply
Source quench
Echo Request
Which best describes IP's use of the TTL value? ✔✔The TTL specifies the time a datagram is
allowed to remain on the network.
An Application Layer utility transmits network administration and control messages between
nodes. It must not use any more of the network's bandwidth than absolutely necessary. If
messages are corrupted or lost, the utility handles retransmission, so it doesn't need this service
from the lower layers. This application should use the services of: ✔✔UDP
Which of the following applications use UDP services? (Choose three.) ✔✔DNS
SNMP
TFTP
Which best describes the UDP demultiplexing process? ✔✔UDP uses port numbers to allow
multiple applications to communicate simultaneously on the same host.
Which choices are TCP features? (Choose three.) ✔✔Demultiplexing multiple applications
Packet error recovery
Flow control
How many unique addresses are supported by IP version 6? ✔✔2 to the 128th power
In the IP address 128.18.72.24:80, what does the number 80 represent? ✔✔The TCP or UDP
port number
Which class of Internet address provides the fewest network numbers, but the greatest number of
hosts per network? ✔✔Class A
In a Class A Internet address, which of the following network numbers are reserved? (Choose all
that apply) ✔✔0
127
The main reason for the creation of IP version 6 is: ✔✔IPv4 does not provide enough unique
addresses
At which points in a one-way, multiple hop, end-to-end IP communications session will a frame
have to be built? (Choose two.) ✔✔At the sending host's LAN port
At each hop's router outbound port
Which DHCP network address allocation mechanism assigns a host a temporary IP address?
✔✔Dynamic
To resolve FQDNs to binary IP addresses, resolvers contact which type of TCP/IP application
server? ✔✔DNS
Zones maintain domain name information in which record types? ✔✔RRs
Which of the following, within the TCP/IP model layers, delivers packets to their destination
across multiple networks, as does the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model Network
Layer? ✔✔Internetwork Layer
The header of an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) message includes a Type field. The
number in this field represents a message type as well as the format of a packet. What does the
type field "14" represent? ✔✔Timestamp Reply
Which of the following are kept in a computer's Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache?
✔✔IP address and MAC address
An Application Layer process needs to transmit data with as little overhead as possible. The
application protocol provides error detection and recovery if the data is lost. What Transport
Layer protocol should this process use? ✔✔User Datagram Protocol
Which application is associated with the well-known port number 53? ✔✔Domain Name Server
(DNS)
Which of the following is a Class C IP address? ✔✔192.168.40.15
________ allows network administrators to break up a single network address into smaller
network addresses, creating router-connected network segments, all with their own unique
network address space. ✔✔Subnetting
Static routing and dynamic routing are two out of three different types of indirect routing. What
is the third type? ✔✔Default routing
_____ is a simple file transfer protocol used to transport data packets over UDP. ✔✔Trivial File
Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Which of the following are two types of domain names? ✔✔Relative name and fully qualified
domain name (FQDN)
A Class 5 office connects individual subscribers to the telephone network and is also referred to
as: ✔✔End Office
Central Office
Local Office
Central offices are connected to which of the following ✔✔Class 4 offices
Other central offices
Individual subscribers
The connection between switching systems is referred to as a: ✔✔Trunk
A dedicated CO circuit that links two points is referred to as a: ✔✔Tie Line
A line that goes from a customer's site through a CO to a remote CO in another part of the
country is known as a: ✔✔FX line
What is the purpose of bandpass filtering on a POTS line? ✔✔To remove high-frequency noise
Analog signals on copper cable can be distorted by: ✔✔Magnetic fields
Alternating current fields
Radio waves
M6L5 When a CO switch provides a business telephone switching services, it is referred to as:
✔✔Centrex
The device that provides multiple telephone extensions access to a group of single telephone
lines is a: ✔✔Key system
Each wire of a local loop is sometimes referred to as: ✔✔Tip and Ring
When two tones are used to signal switching equipment it is called: ✔✔DTMF
When signaling takes place over a separate path than the path the analog voice signal takes it is
referred to as: ✔✔Out-of-band signaling
The physical connection that links an individual telephone to the telephone company CO switch
is referred to as a: ✔✔Local loop
The digital network used to create the route a call will take is referred to as: ✔✔SS7
Three of the following terms mean the same thing. Which of the following terms does not mean
the same as the others? ✔✔Common Channel Signaling
The SS7 ISUP protocol provides what services? (Choose two.) ✔✔Protocols to connect calls
over the PSTN
Call control signaling to support ISDN multimedia services
Which SS7 network component stores customer information in databases? ✔✔Signaling Control
Point
Which ISDN protocol allows us to pass signaling between networked PBXs? ✔✔QSIG
Which statement best describes ISDN DSS1? ✔✔It controls signaling between the customer and
the CO.
QSIG supports which of the following ISDN supplementary services? (Choose three.) ✔✔Call
transfer
Calling party identification
Generic functions
Which of the following does a CO DACS provide? ✔✔Provides a semi-permanent path for voice
and data signals
What three basic functions does a telephone switch do when it processes calls? ✔✔Signaling,
routing, and switching
According to the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), what does the "803" in 803-550-
0000 represent? ✔✔Number Plan Area
What does the service code 411 represent? ✔✔Local Directory Assistance
Which of the following best describes the copper cabling that connects many homes and
businesses to the nearest CO? ✔✔Local loops
Which of the following is defined as a loss in signal amplitude, or strength, that occurs as a
signal passes through a transmission medium and interconnecting devices? ✔✔Attenuation
What are Subscriber Line Carrier (SLC) circuits used for? ✔✔Reduce the number of physical
wire pairs
The feature of a PBX system that creates a log of all incoming and outgoing calls is called?
✔✔Station Message Detail Recording (SMDR)
Curiosity, malice, and toll fraud are a few types of security problems that this service is
vulnerable to? ✔✔Voice mail
What is the Signaling System 7 (SS7) protocol used for? ✔✔Telephone network control
signaling
Which choice describes the time it takes for a packet to move through a network? ✔✔Latency
At what point does end-to-end delay in a voice conversation become unacceptable? ✔✔When it
approaches 500 ms
Which two solutions might we use to address jitter problems in a VoIP network? (Choose two.)
✔✔Install devices that provide jitter buffers
Prioritize network voice traffic
Which term describes the variability of delay a packet experiences as it travels between network
devices? ✔✔Jitter
The default PCM voice digitization rate is ____________. ✔✔64 Kbps
21. Which tagging method supports thousands of VLANs? ✔✔802.1Q
Which VLAN tagging standard header does IEEE 802.1p modify to identify Ethernet frame
priority? ✔✔802.1Q
How many 802.1p header bits identify the frame's priority, and how many frame classes does the
standard define? ✔✔3,8
An MG consists of which two components? (Choose two.) ✔✔Connections
Endpoints
The H.323 component that provides such capabilities as billing, authentication, and accounting is
a(n) _____. ✔✔Gatekeeper
MGCP is also known as what type of protocol? ✔✔Master/slave
Which two are sources of H.323 network voice transmission delays? (Choose two.) ✔✔DSP
delay
Compression delay
The DiffServ DSCP specifies that how many bits in the modi- fied IP ToS field are used to
designate the packet's PHB? ✔✔6
Which DSCP bits can administrators use to define custom DiffServ packet PHBs? ✔✔3-5
How does DHCP pass configuration information to TCP/IP hosts? ✔✔The option codes
The modified IP header ToS byte supports which QoS mechanism? ✔✔DiffServ
At what OSI model layer does DiffServ operate? ✔✔Layer 3
Which of the following is not considered a QoS parameter? ✔✔Flows
Which QoS parameter might most concern us considering the Internet's "best effort" delivery
nature? ✔✔Packet loss
Which solution is more economical than using regular long distance service and enables
companies to route telephone call over their data network? ✔✔Packet telephony
Which Quality of Service (QoS) parameter is defined as a variable delay that is measured in a
number of ways, such as a percentage of the maximum network delay (+/- 10 percent), or as a
variation above or below the average network delay (+/- 10 ms of the average network delay
over a period of time)? ✔✔Jitter
Admission control protocols, authentication mechanisms, and _______ are three ways
communication networks provide admission control. ✔✔Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Which of the following specifications provides a standard definition of Ethernet VLANs?
✔✔802.1Q
Which ITU-T H.323 packet multimedia standards component is used for real-time bi-directional
multimedia communications, and can either be a PC or a stand-alone device running an H.323
protocol stack and the desired multimedia applications? ✔✔Terminals
What is happening in step 8 of the SS7-VoIP Gateway Call Progress? ✔✔The destination SSP
rings the destination subscriber telephone set
Which of the following SIP functions is defined as "SIP determines if an endpoint is available
and willing to participate in a call"? ✔✔Determining endpoint availability
What method, in SIP terminology, is defined as a message that terminates a session by either
endpoint? ✔✔BYE
Which of the following acronyms is defined as a forwarding behavior a node applies to a packet
based on the packet's condition? The packet's Differentiated Services Code Points (DSCP)
indicates the particular _____ a packet should receive as it passes from hop to hop. ✔✔PHB
What type of routing allows network administrators to specify additional information sources for
the routing table and network model? ✔✔Policy-based
Which of the following shows the IP address assigned to a PC running Windows XP / 7?
✔✔IPconfig
Which of the following commands shows the path between source and destination in a TCP/IP
network? ✔✔Tracert
Which of the following confirms connectivity between hosts? ✔✔Ping
M8L1 What should you use to inspect the IP address of a Windows operating system PC?
✔✔IPconfig
Which of the following troubleshooting tools tells you the distance, in hops, to the destination
computer? ✔✔Tracert
You need to reconfigure a Linux server to change the address of its default gateway. What tool
should you use? ✔✔IFconfig
Tracert uses which of the following commands and IP fields to carry out its operation? ✔✔Ping
and TTL
Which of the following troubleshooting tools is not part of a standard TCP/IP implementation?
✔✔Event Viewer
Which two TCP/IP tools can you use to force a workstation to renew its DHCP lease? (Choose
two.) ✔✔Winipcfg
IPconfig
What is the first step in troubleshooting a network? ✔✔Establish the symptoms
What is the most important troubleshooting question? ✔✔What has changed?
You suspect that a crossover cable has been installed instead of a patch cable. What can you use
to identify the cable? (Choose two.) ✔✔Media tester/certifier
Visual inspection of both connectors
Which of the following is a Microsoft Windows utility that displays a computer's IP addressing
and connectivity settings? ✔✔Ipconfig
Which MS-DOS command-line utility is the quickest and easiest way to evaluate whether a
computer is up and running, and attached to a TCP/IP network? ✔✔Ping
After entering "arp" into the MS-DOS command line, which of the following switches would
display the ARP cache? ✔✔-a or -g
What is the second step when troubleshooting a network? ✔✔Identify the affected area
Scenario: As you are connecting the office computers, you use one patch cord to connect each
patch panel port to a hub port, and another patch cord to connect each work area port to a PC.
You power up all the PCs and look at the hub port status indicators. All but one port shows
green. What is the first troubleshooting step you should take? ✔✔Establish the symptoms
Scenario: You have finally identified the affected area and, as you proceed to the next step, you
realize that since this is a new installation, there is no previous time that is known when
everything worked. The installation itself is the only "change" and the third troubleshooting step.
What step is next? ✔✔Select the most probable cause
What voice issue is a normal occurrence on the PSTN and other voice networks, and occurs as a
result of network delay and the two- to four-wire conversion process? ✔✔Echo
Which protocol has a header of 5 bytes and a trailer of 3 bytes? ✔✔Point-to-Point Protocol
What Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) is designed to support large, densely populated
multicast groups? ✔✔Dense Mode (DM)
Which device cannot solely break up LAN broadcast traffic? If large workgroups present
broadcast containment issues, consider VLANs designed as separate routed subnets. ✔✔Switch
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