CompTIA N10-006 Study Guides 2021

NEW QUESTION 1
A network technician has received a report that workstations are unable to gain access to the network. During the troubleshooting process, the technician discovers that the switch connecting these workstations has failed. Which of the following will be the QUICKEST option configure a new switch?

• A. Baseline
• B. Image
• C. Archive
• D. Syslog

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 2
Which of the following would be the BEST addition to a business continuity plan that would protect business from a catastrophic event such as a fire, tornado, or earthquake?

• A. UPS and battery backups
• B. Fire suppression systems
• C. Building generator
• D. Hot sites or cold sites
• E. NAS and tape backups

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 3
A network technician needs to identify active services that should be disabled on the network. Which of the following tools would BEST accomplish this?

• A. Packet analyzer
• B. Content filter
• C. Interface monitoring tool
• D. Port scanner

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 4
A network technician responds to a customer reporting that a workstation keeps losing its network connection. The user explains that it occurs randomly and it happens several times throughout the day. Which of the following troubleshooting methods should the technician perform FIRST?

• A. Test the theory
• B. Establish a plan of action
• C. Gather information
• D. Question the obvious

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 5
A network technician has detected a personal computer that has been physically connected to the corporate network. Which of the following commands would the network technician use to locate this unauthorized computer and determine the interface it is connected to?

• A. nbtstat –a
• B. show mac address-table
• C. show interface status
• D. show ip access-list
• E. nslookup hostname

Answer: B

Explanation: The show mac address-table command is used to view the ageing timer, and also the unicast and multicast MAC addresses stored in the MAC address table by the switch. Furthermore, you can view all of the addresses in the table or only the addresses learned or specified on a particular port or VLAN.

NEW QUESTION 6
An administrator is receiving reports from an executive that the executive's wireless access point loses the signal frequently, even though the WAP is on the executive's desk. The office contains four other 802.11n access points. Which of the following would MOST likely correct interference problems in the executive's office?

• A. Turn off SSID broadcasting for the executive's access point
• B. Replace the 802.11n access point in the office with an 802.11a access point.
• C. Change the channel on the access point to channel 11.
• D. Turn off as many lights in the executive's office as possible to reduce interference.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 7
Kim, the client, has requested a cost-effective network solution to accommodate the ability to reconfigure the office space as needed. Which networking solution would provide the BEST solution?

• A. Private IP Addressing
• B. Wireless Access Points
• C. Wide Area Networking
• D. Virtual Local Area Networks

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 8
A network technician must utilize multimode fiber to uplink a new networking device. Which of the following Ethernet standards could the technician utilize? (Select TWO).

• A. 1000Base-LR
• B. 1000Base-SR
• C. 1000Base-T
• D. 10GBase-LR
• E. 10GBase-SR
• F. 10GBase-T

Answer: BE

Explanation: 1000BASE-SX is a fiber optic Gigabit Ethernet standard for operation over multi-mode fiberwith a distance capability between 220 meters and 550 meters.
10Gbase-SRis a 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN standard for operation over multi-mode fiber optic cable and short wavelength signaling.

NEW QUESTION 9
Two weeks after installation, a network technician is now unable to log onto any of the newly installed company switches. The technician suspects that a malicious user may have changed the switches' settings before they were installed in secure areas. Which of the following is the MOST likely way in which the malicious user gained access to the switches?

• A. Via SSH using the RADIUS shared secret
• B. Via HTTP using the default username and password
• C. Via console using the administrator's password
• D. Via SNMP using the default RO community

Answer: B

Explanation: A new network switch is accessed via HTTP to perform the initial configuration. The username and password used is a factory default.

NEW QUESTION 10
The human resource department has been moved to an area which is more than 60 meters away from the nearest IDF. In order to comply with the SLA which requires that 10Gb
speeds be provided, which of the following media will need to utilized?

• A. CAT6e
• B. CAT5e
• C. 802.11n
• D. 802.11ac

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 11
Which of the following routing protocols relies on hop count as its ONLY metric?

• A. BGP
• B. EIGRP
• C. OSPF
• D. RIP

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 12
Which of the following is BEST used to perform a one-time temporary posture assessment in a NAC environment?

• A. Intrusion prevention system
• B. Host-based firewall
• C. Non-persistent agent
• D. Antivirus

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 13
A technician is tasked with troubleshooting a network’s slowness. While troubleshooting, the technician is unable to ping any external websites. Users report they are able to access the sites using the web browsers. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

• A. ICMP traffic being blocked by the firewall
• B. VLAN hopping
• C. TACACS misconfiguration
• D. MTU black hole

Answer: A

Explanation: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/459888/why-i-cant-i-ping-any-website-although-i-can-access-them/

NEW QUESTION 14
A technician is concerned about security and is asked to set up a network management protocol. Which of the following is the best option?

• A. SLIP
• B. SNMPv3
• C. TKIP
• D. SNMPv2

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 15
Kim, a technician, is configuring an 802.11n access point. Other WAPs on the network use 802.11b. Which of the following will Kim have to setup to make sure these WAPs will be able to communicate?

• A. Enable mixed mode
• B. Disable SSID
• C. Disable encryption
• D. Enable `n' only mode

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 16
A network technician determines that two dynamically assigned workstations have duplicate IP addresses. Which of the following commands should the technician use to correct this problem?

• A. ipconfig /all
• B. ipconfig /dhcp
• C. ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew
• D. ipconfig /renew

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 17
DRAG DROP

Answer:

Explanation:

NEW QUESTION 18
An administrator has a physical server with a single NIC. The server needs to deploy two virtual machines. Each virtual machine needs two NIC's, one that connects to the network, and a second that is a server to server heartbeat connection between the two virtual machines. After deploying the virtual machines, which of the following should the administrator do to meet these requirements?

• A. The administrator should create a virtual switch for each gues
• B. The switches should be configured for inter-switch links and the primary NIC shouldhave a NAT to the corporate network
• C. The administrator should create a virtual switch that is bridged to the corporate network and a second virtual switch that carries intra-VM communication only
• D. The administrator should create a virtual switch to bridge all of the connections to the networ
• E. The virtual heartbeat NICs should be set to addresses in an unused range
• F. The administrator should install a second physical NIC onto the host, and then connect each guest machine's NICs to a dedicated physicalNIC

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 19
Privilege creep among long-term employees can be mitigated by which of the following procedures?

• A. User permission reviews
• B. Mandatory vacations
• C. Separation of duties
• D. Job function rotation

Answer: A