CompTIA CompTIA Certifications N10-007 Questions & Answers

• Question 261:

  A network technician discovers there is no connectivity on a T1 line even though the cable connection appears to be in place. The router shows there is no active connection on the port. The issue is occurring between the demarcation point and the router port. The router cable tests fine and is terminated at the demarcation panel. Which of the following tools should be used to fix the issue?

  A. Punchdown tool

  B. Crimper

  C. OTDR

  D. Loopback adapter

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 262:

  A senior technician is reconfiguring the company's firewall because a number of additional devices have been added to the network. The company has acquired a new VoIP phone system, and a group of junior technicians has set up an experimental lab with access to the Internet. Management has given the team latitude for research and development, but would like the company network to be secure and the performance to remain consistent with existing baselines. Which of the following would be the BEST method to reconfigure the network?

  A. The technician should put the junior team's lab in a VLAN and the phone system in the DMZ.

  B. The technician should put the junior team's lab in a DMZ and the phone system in a VLAN.

  C. The technician should put the junior team's lab in the LAN and the phone system in the WAN.

  D. The technician should put the junior team's lab in the WAN and the phone system in a WLAN

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 263:

  Given the table below:

  

  Which of the following addresses can Host E send a packet to that will reach Hosts C and D, but not Hosts A and B?

  A. 192.168.5.1

  B. 192.168.11.0

  C. 192.168.11.255

  D. 192.168.255.255

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 264:

  A company is redesigning its office to remove the divider walls between desks and create an open collaboration area. All network cables are run through the divider walls, and a new wireless network will be installed. Which of the following sets of documents will need to be revised based on the new configuration?

  A. Standard operating procedures and rack diagrams.

  B. Inventory management forms and MDF inventory forms

  C. Work instructions and performance baselines

  D. Physical network layout and port locations

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 265:

  A network administrator has configured the network on each floor of a four-story building to have the following different subnets: 10.0.10.0/24, 127.0.0.0/24, 172.16.0.0/24, and 192.168.255.0/24. After implementing these networks, the administrator realizes there has been a mistake. Which of the following BEST describes the mistake?

  A. 10.0.10.0/24 is not valid because 0 in the second octet cannot be used in the network portion of the IP address.

  B. 127.0.0.0/24 is the reserved loopback network and cannot be used for host networks.

  C. 172.16.0.0/24 is the reserved multicast network and cannot be used for host networks.

  D. 192.168.255.0/24 is not valid because 255 in the third octet cannot be used in the network portion of the IP address.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 266:

  A consulting company was hired to project and deploy a new datacenter in a different city. This new facility must have the same components installed as the current datacenter to be ready to take over all the network services as soon as the primary site becomes unavailable. Which of the following describes what will be deployed in the new location?

  A. Cold site

  B. Hot site

  C. Warm site

  D. Off-site backup

  E. Infrastructure as a service

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 267:

  A company requires a network storage solution that allows for the use of OS-specific credentials and permissions. The company purchases a SOHO solution, which includes support for SMB, iSCSI, FTP, Telnet, and NFS natively out of the box. Which of the following should be done FIRST?

  A. Verify user credentials.

  B. Generate new keys and certificates.

  C. Disable unnecessary services.

  D. Hash files that will be stored.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 268:

  A company's receptionist hands out slips of paper with access codes to visitors each day. A recent internal audit revealed the current method of guest access needs to be improved. Which of the following would improve the security of the guest network?

  A. Implement WPA2-PSK.

  B. Implement a captive portal.

  C. Implement certificate-based 802.1X.

  D. Implement MAC filtering.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 269:

  Which of the following services describes a distribution model in which applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to users?

  A. PaaS

  B. SaaS

  C. IaaS

  D. MaaS

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 270:

  A switch vendor recently released a patch to fix a critical vulnerability found in its switch OS. Which of the following should a network administrator do NEXT according to best practices?

  A. Test the patch in a test environment.

  B. Put the patch into production immediately.

  C. Put the patch into production with a rollback plan.

  D. Choose a single production switch and pilot the patch.

  E. Put the patch into production at the next maintenance window.

  Correct Answer: A