CompTIA Security+ Certification Practice Exams

Which network device transmits data between different networks by examining the destination network address in a packet? A. Load balancer B. Layer 2 switch C. Router D. NIC - Answer- C You have been asked to implement a solution that separates a large busy network into many smaller collision domains. Which device should you implement? A. Load balancer B. Layer 2 switch C. Router D. NIC - Answer- B A busy web site has not been responding well because of the large volumes of HTTP connections to the web server. Which solution would increase web server performance? A. Add more RAM to the web server. B. Install two web servers hosting the same content. Configure a load balancer to distribute incoming HTTP connections between the two web servers. C. Place a router between the web server and the Internet to throttle incoming HTTP connections. D. Enable SSL on the web server. - Answer- B Your network consists of customers who connect to the Internet using their Wi-Fi mobile devices as well as employees who use their wired desktops for company business. You must ensure customer traffic and corporate network traffic are kept isolated. What should you do? A. Install and configure a load balancer. B. Use a separate network switch for customers. C. Upgrade the desktop NICs to 10Gbps. D. Place the wireless access point on a separate VLAN. - Answer- D Your company's networks and devices were recently migrated to IPv6, although there are still a small number of IPv4 hosts online. You are asked to verify that a server named is reachable on the network via IPv6. Write the command(s) you would use to verify this: ____________________ - Answer- ping -6 Your network consists of routers and switches, as well as a variety of other network devices. You are configuring a wireless router, as shown in Figure 1-1, and need to allow network management traffic through. Which protocol should be removed from the blocked list? A. SMTP