Computer Networking - Chapter 6 Test Questions and Answers Fully Solved Graded A+
Which of the following is true about a firewall? - Answers You must manually specify which traffic you
want to allow through the firewall. Everything else is blocked.
Which options are you able to set on a firewall? (Select three.) - Answers Port number
Packet destination address
Packet source address
You have been given a laptop to use for work. You connect the laptop to your company network, use the
laptop from home, and use it while traveling.
You want to protect the laptop from internet-based attacks.
Which solution should you use? - Answers Host-based firewall
Which of the following is true about a network-based firewall? - Answers A network-based firewall is
installed at the edge of a private network or network segment.
How does a proxy server differ from a packet-filtering firewall? - Answers A proxy server operates at the
Application layer, while a packet-filtering firewall operates at the Network layer.
Based on the diagram, which type of proxy server is handling the client's request? - Answers Reverse
proxy server
Which of the following are true about reverse proxy? (Select two.) - Answers Handles requests from the
internet to a server on a private network.
Can perform load balancing, authentication, and caching.
Which device combines multiple security features, such as anti-spam, load-balancing, and antivirus, into
a single network appliance? - Answers Unified Threat Management (UTM)
Which of the following chains is used for incoming connections that aren't delivered locally? - Answers
Forward
Which of the following does the sudo iptables -F command accomplish? - Answers Clears all the current
rules.
Your company has an internet connection. You also have a web server and an email server that you
want to make available to your internet users, and you want to create a screened subnet for these two
servers. Which of the following should you use? - Answers A network-based firewall
Which of the following is true about a firewall? - Answers You must manually specify which traffic you
want to allow through the firewall. Everything else is blocked.
Which options are you able to set on a firewall? (Select three.) - Answers Port number
Packet destination address
Packet source address
You have been given a laptop to use for work. You connect the laptop to your company network, use the
laptop from home, and use it while traveling.
You want to protect the laptop from internet-based attacks.
Which solution should you use? - Answers Host-based firewall
Which of the following is true about a network-based firewall? - Answers A network-based firewall is
installed at the edge of a private network or network segment.
How does a proxy server differ from a packet-filtering firewall? - Answers A proxy server operates at the
Application layer, while a packet-filtering firewall operates at the Network layer.
Based on the diagram, which type of proxy server is handling the client's request? - Answers Reverse
proxy server
Which of the following are true about reverse proxy? (Select two.) - Answers Handles requests from the
internet to a server on a private network.
Can perform load balancing, authentication, and caching.
Which device combines multiple security features, such as anti-spam, load-balancing, and antivirus, into
a single network appliance? - Answers Unified Threat Management (UTM)
Which of the following chains is used for incoming connections that aren't delivered locally? - Answers
Forward
Which of the following does the sudo iptables -F command accomplish? - Answers Clears all the current
rules.
Your company has an internet connection. You also have a web server and an email server that you
want to make available to your internet users, and you want to create a screened subnet for these two
servers. Which of the following should you use? - Answers A network-based firewall
