Q1. A network engineer needs to set up a topology that will not fail if there is an outage on a single piece of the topology. However, the computers need to wait to talk on the network to avoid congestions. Which of the following topologies would the engineer implement? 

A. Star 

B. Bus 

C. Ring 

D. Mesh 

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Q2. A company has a new offering to provide access to their product from a central location rather than clients internally hosting the product on the client network. The product contains sensitive corporate information that should not be accessible from one client to another. This is an example of which of the following? 

A. Public SaaS 

B. Private SaaS 

C. Hybrid IaaS 

D. Community IaaS 

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Q3. A company has had several virus infections over the past few months. The infections were caused by vulnerabilities in the application versions that are being used. Which of the following should an administrator implement to prevent future outbreaks? 

A. Host-based intrusion detection systems 

B. Acceptable use policies 

C. Incident response team 

D. Patch management 

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Q4. An outside organization has completed a penetration test for a company. One of the items on the report is reflecting the ability to read SSL traffic from the web server. Which of the following is the MOST likely mitigation for this reported item? 

A. Ensure patches are deployed 

B. Install an IDS on the network 

C. Configure the firewall to block traffic on port 443 

D. Implement a VPN for employees 

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Q5. A technician needs to set aside addresses in a DHCP pool so that certain servers always receive the same address. Which of the following should be configured? 

A. Leases 

B. Helper addresses 

C. Scopes 

D. Reservations 

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Q6. An organization notices a large amount of malware and virus incidents at one satellite office, but hardly any at another. All users at both sites are running the same company image and receive the same group policies. Which of the following has MOST likely been implemented at the site with the fewest security issues? 

A. Consent to monitoring 

B. Business continuity measures 

C. Vulnerability scanning 

D. End-user awareness training 

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Q7. A technician, Joe, has been tasked with assigning two IP addresses to WAN interfaces on connected routers. In order to conserve address space, which of the following subnet masks should Joe use for this subnet? 

A. /24 

B. /32 

C. /28 

D. /29 

E. /30 

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Q8. Which of the following devices implements CSMA/CA virtually through the RTS/CTS protocols? 

A. Firewall 

B. Router 

C. 802.11 AP 

D. Switch 

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Q9. Which of the following would be the result of a user physically unplugging a VoIP phone and connecting it into another interface with switch port security enabled as the default setting? 

A. The VoIP phone would request a new phone number from the unified communications server. 

B. The VoIP phone would cause the switch interface, that the user plugged into, to shutdown. 

C. The VoIP phone would be able to receive incoming calls but will not be able to make outgoing calls. 

D. The VoIP phone would request a different configuration from the unified communications server. 

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Q10. After connecting a workstation directly to a small business firewall, a network administrator is trying to manage it via HTTPS without losing its stored configuration. The only two pieces of information that the network administrator knows about the firewall are the management interface MAC address, which is 01:4a:d1:fa:b1:0e, and the administrator's password. Which of the following will allow the administrator to log onto the firewall via HTTPS if the management's IP address is unknown and the administrator's workstation IP address is 192.168.0.10/23? 

A. Use the reset button on the back of the firewall to restore it to its factory default, and then log onto 

B. Run the following command on the administrator's workstation: arp –s 192.168.1.200 01:4a:d1:fa:b1:0e 

C. Use an SNMP tool to query the firewall properties and determine the correct management IP address 

D. Use a crossover cable to connect to the console port and reconfigure the firewall management IP to 192.168.0.1 

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