WGU C172 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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Which type of Ethernet cable can maintain 10Gbps transmission speeds through the course of its maximum 100-meter length? - ANSWER- CAT 6a
Which Internet access technology uses ordinary telephone wires for data transmission? - ANSWER- DSL
Which device is used to organize network cables as they run between switches and other network devices? - ANSWER- Patch panel
Which network device is used to connect two or more network segments by performing OSI layer 3 functions like packet-forwarding? - ANSWER- Router
Which network device is used to convert between digital information from a LAN and analog signals for transmission over a standard telephone wire? - ANSWER- Modem
Which device could be used to send commands to the mainframe for remote execution in early mainframe installations? - ANSWER- Dumb terminals
Which device is responsible for implementing network address translation (NAT)?
- ANSWER- Router
Which OSI layer is related to the function of the IP protocol suite? - ANSWER- Network 1 / 3
Which OSI layer is responsible for organizing how bits are passed over the physical layer between devices within the same collision domain? - ANSWER- Data link
Which OSI layer would define the scope of a protocol that makes sure packets of data are received correctly and resends them if they are not? - ANSWER- Transport
Which protocol suite performs functions of OSI layer 4? - ANSWER- TCP
Which command produces the following output?Non-authoritative answer:Name:
www.google.comAddress: 172.217.11.132 - ANSWER- nslookup
Which command should be used to manually enter the default gateway for a computer? - ANSWER- route
Which network diagnostic tool displays the path packets take between two endpoints? - ANSWER- traceroute
Which network type is used to wire multiple PCs to a home router? - ANSWER- LAN
An office's infrastructure connects network devices and printers through a central access point without the use of cabling. Which network type does this office use? -
ANSWER- WLAN
What type of medium is commonly used within a 1000 Mbps Ethernet network? - ANSWER- CAT5e
Which network topology is shown in the following diagram (everything connected)? - ANSWER- Full mesh
Which network topology is being implemented when each node connects to exactly two other nodes, forming a single continuous pathway for signals through each node? - ANSWER- Ring
In which physical LAN topology are nodes connected to each other with a backbone cable that loops around and ends at the same point it started? - ANSWER- Ring 2 / 3
Which cloud service provides hardware, operating systems, and web servers but not end-user applications? - ANSWER- PaaS
Which cloud model provides an exclusive cloud computing service environment that is shared between two or more organizations? - ANSWER- Community
Which type of software is used to provide virtualization? - ANSWER- Hypervisor
Which OSI layer ensures error-free packets? - ANSWER- Transport
Which topology uses a switch or hub to connect to all devices in the same network? - ANSWER- Star
A user that does not want to be identified while communicating on a network uses an application to alter the computer's identity. Which type of exploit is being perpetrated? - ANSWER- Spoofing
An attacker attempts to misdirect traffic on a network back to the attacker by corrupting the network computer's cache of IP address to MAC address mappings that are cached. Which exploit is the attacker perpetrating? - ANSWER- ARP poisoning
Which exploit actually breaches the physical medium or uses devices to monitor signals from outside the physical medium itself? - ANSWER- Wiretapping
Which type of attack can overwhelm a web server by inserting more data into a web form than the system was configured to hold? - ANSWER- Buffer overflow
Which type of attack sends an email claiming to be from a reputable business in order to entice the recipient to provide sensitive information? - ANSWER- Phishing
A user on a network is planning to launch an exploit against a coworker in a neighboring department. The user needs to identify the IP address of a coworker in the desired department. Which tool or utility will allow the user to watch network traffic in real time to identify a target? - ANSWER- Sniffer
Which group of attackers is typically used for penetration testing? - ANSWER- Red team
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