CIS 235 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔IPSec - ✔✔____ is an open-source protocol framework for security development
within the TCP/IP family of protocol standards.
✔✔Redundancy - ✔✔Which of the following involves providing extra cable and
equipment to ensure that computers and computer systems continue to function even
when one or more network or computer element fails?
✔✔to and from a room that houses a server farm - ✔✔Which of the following is likely to
have the heaviest network traffic?
✔✔Task Manager - ✔✔In Windows 7 and Windows Server, you can get a basic picture
of bandwidth utilization through which of the following tools?
✔✔fiber-optic - ✔✔Which cabling type is a good fit to use as a backbone between floors
of a building?
✔✔horizontal - ✔✔With respect to structured wiring, which type of wiring encompasses
a single floor in a building, fanning out to various rooms and office areas?
✔✔Buffering - ✔✔____ is the saving of frames in memory until they can be sent to their
destination.
✔✔your access point will operate at 802.11b speed - ✔✔If you have an 802.11n access
point and network devices that include 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n WNICs, what is
the result?
✔✔all computers on the network should have the same network ID - ✔✔When
troubleshooting a computer's connection to the network, which of the following is true?
✔✔layer 3 switches - ✔✔Which type of device can perform similar functions as a
router?
✔✔Switches - ✔✔____ permit you to establish separate collision domains while
ensuring faster flow of network traffic.
✔✔link aggregation - ✔✔Which of the following can provide both higher speed
connections and redundancy?
✔✔routers - ✔✔If you need to employ security by disallowing users from one
department or network segment from access another department's resources, which
should you use?
, ✔✔virus - ✔✔A(n) ____ is a program that is relayed by a disk or a file and has the
ability to replicate throughout a system, but does not create new files.
✔✔Trojan horse - ✔✔Which of the following is a program that appears useful, but
instead does harm to a user's computer?
✔✔denial-of-service attack - ✔✔Which of the following is used to interfere with normal
access to network resources by flooding a network with useless information?
✔✔man-in-the-middle attack - ✔✔Which of the following occurs when the attacker is
able to intercept or monitor transmissions meant for a different computer?
✔✔NAT - ✔✔____ can translate an IP address from a private network to a different
address used on a public network or the Internet.
✔✔Spam - ✔✔____ is unrequested e-mail that is sent to hundreds, thousands, or even
millions of users.
✔✔cross site request forgery attack - ✔✔A(n) ____ tricks a user with elevated
administrative permissions to do something they don't intend to do, without his/her
knowledge.
✔✔social engineering - ✔✔Which type of attack refers to the use of human interaction
to gain access to a system or to do damage.
✔✔IPSec - ✔✔Which protocol secures IP at the Network layer by using secure
communications and encryptions standards?
✔✔Network - ✔✔The ____ layer reads IP packet protocol address information and
forwards each packet along the most expedient route for efficient network
communications.
✔✔NAT - ✔✔Which technology discourages attackers because they cannot identify a
specific computer to attack on the internal network?
✔✔DMZ - ✔✔Which of the following is a portion of a network that exists between two or
more networks such as a network between a private network and the Internet?
✔✔proxy - ✔✔A(n) _____ is a computer that is located between a computer on an
internal network and a computer on an external network with which the internal
computer is communicating.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔IPSec - ✔✔____ is an open-source protocol framework for security development
within the TCP/IP family of protocol standards.
✔✔Redundancy - ✔✔Which of the following involves providing extra cable and
equipment to ensure that computers and computer systems continue to function even
when one or more network or computer element fails?
✔✔to and from a room that houses a server farm - ✔✔Which of the following is likely to
have the heaviest network traffic?
✔✔Task Manager - ✔✔In Windows 7 and Windows Server, you can get a basic picture
of bandwidth utilization through which of the following tools?
✔✔fiber-optic - ✔✔Which cabling type is a good fit to use as a backbone between floors
of a building?
✔✔horizontal - ✔✔With respect to structured wiring, which type of wiring encompasses
a single floor in a building, fanning out to various rooms and office areas?
✔✔Buffering - ✔✔____ is the saving of frames in memory until they can be sent to their
destination.
✔✔your access point will operate at 802.11b speed - ✔✔If you have an 802.11n access
point and network devices that include 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n WNICs, what is
the result?
✔✔all computers on the network should have the same network ID - ✔✔When
troubleshooting a computer's connection to the network, which of the following is true?
✔✔layer 3 switches - ✔✔Which type of device can perform similar functions as a
router?
✔✔Switches - ✔✔____ permit you to establish separate collision domains while
ensuring faster flow of network traffic.
✔✔link aggregation - ✔✔Which of the following can provide both higher speed
connections and redundancy?
✔✔routers - ✔✔If you need to employ security by disallowing users from one
department or network segment from access another department's resources, which
should you use?
, ✔✔virus - ✔✔A(n) ____ is a program that is relayed by a disk or a file and has the
ability to replicate throughout a system, but does not create new files.
✔✔Trojan horse - ✔✔Which of the following is a program that appears useful, but
instead does harm to a user's computer?
✔✔denial-of-service attack - ✔✔Which of the following is used to interfere with normal
access to network resources by flooding a network with useless information?
✔✔man-in-the-middle attack - ✔✔Which of the following occurs when the attacker is
able to intercept or monitor transmissions meant for a different computer?
✔✔NAT - ✔✔____ can translate an IP address from a private network to a different
address used on a public network or the Internet.
✔✔Spam - ✔✔____ is unrequested e-mail that is sent to hundreds, thousands, or even
millions of users.
✔✔cross site request forgery attack - ✔✔A(n) ____ tricks a user with elevated
administrative permissions to do something they don't intend to do, without his/her
knowledge.
✔✔social engineering - ✔✔Which type of attack refers to the use of human interaction
to gain access to a system or to do damage.
✔✔IPSec - ✔✔Which protocol secures IP at the Network layer by using secure
communications and encryptions standards?
✔✔Network - ✔✔The ____ layer reads IP packet protocol address information and
forwards each packet along the most expedient route for efficient network
communications.
✔✔NAT - ✔✔Which technology discourages attackers because they cannot identify a
specific computer to attack on the internal network?
✔✔DMZ - ✔✔Which of the following is a portion of a network that exists between two or
more networks such as a network between a private network and the Internet?
✔✔proxy - ✔✔A(n) _____ is a computer that is located between a computer on an
internal network and a computer on an external network with which the internal
computer is communicating.
