CompTIA N10-008 Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 67

A network security administrator needs to monitor the contents of data sent between a secure network and the rest of the company. Which of the following monitoring methods will accomplish this task?

A network technician is attempting to harden a commercial switch that was recently purchased. Which of the following hardening techniques best mitigates the use of publicly available information?

Which of the following is a cost-effective advantage of a split-tunnel VPN?

A network consultant is setting up a new wireless infrastructure. The new infrastructure is primarily focused on supporting legacy equipment that does not support the newest standards. Which of the following frequency ranges will the consultant most likely have to support?

Which of the following network cables involves bouncing light off of protective cladding?

Which of the following attacks utilizes a network packet that contains multiple network tags?

A customer needs six usable IP addresses. Which of the following best meets this requirement?

To find the best subnet mask that meets the requirement of six usable IP addresses, we need to calculate the number of host bits and the number of host addresses for each option. The number of host bits is the number of 0s in the binary representation of the subnet mask, and the number of host addresses is 2^host bits - 2 (the -2 is to exclude the network address and the broadcast address). The option that has the smallest number of host addresses that is greater than or equal to six is the best choice. Here are the calculations for each option:

A network administrator is notified that a user cannot access resources on the network. The network administrator checks the physical connections to the workstation labeled User 3 and sees the Ethernet is properly connected. However, the network interface's indicator lights are not blinking on either the computer or the switch. Which of the following is the most likely cause?