1.

HowmanylayersareincorporatedintheOSImodelcommunications
subnetwork?
a.2
b.7
c.3
d.4
2.Whichofthefollowinglayersdealswiththeserialtransferofdata?
a.Physical
b.Datalink
c.Network
d.Session
3.Youneedtoinstallarouteronyourcompanysnetworkthatwillallowaccessto
theInternet.WhatlayeroftheOSIdoesthisdeviceresideon?
a.Physical
b.Datalink
c.Network
d.Transport
4.Yourunanetstatancommandinthecommandpromptandnoticemany
connectionsbeingmadethatsayTCPintheleftmostcolumn.Whatlayerofthe
OSIisTCPreferringto?
a.Layer1
b.Layer2
c.Layer3
d.Layer4
5.Yoususpectaproblemwithyourcomputersnetworkadapteranditsabilityto
sendthecorrectframesofdatathatcorrespondwiththenetworkarchitectureused
bytherestofyourcomputers.Whatlayershouldyouattempttouseasa
troubleshootingstartingpoint?
a.Physical
b.Datalink
c.Network
d.Transport
6.Astandardsuchas100BASETreferstowhichOSIlayer?
a.Physical
b.Datalink
c.Network

d.Transport

7.AlmostallofyourusersconnecttoWebsiteswithInternetExplorer.They
usuallytypedomainnamessuchaswww.microsoft.com.Whatprotocolis
initiatedbydefaultwhentheypressEnteraftertypingthedomainname?
a.FTP
b.HTTPS
c.HTTP
d.HTP
8.YouneedtofindouttheMACaddressofyourdirectorscomputer.Hehas
givenyoupermissiontoaccesshiscomputer.Youaccessthecommandprompt.
WhatcommandshouldyoutypetoseethecomputersMACaddress?
a.ipconfig
b.ipconfig/all
c.arp
d.netstat -an
9.YouneedtofindouttheMACaddressesofallthecomputersthataparticular
userscomputerhasconnectedtointherecentpast.Whatcommandshould
youusetoaccomplishthis?
a.ping 127.0.0.1
b.netstat -a
c.arp -a
d.arp -s
10.Youhavebeeninstructedtocaptureandanalyzepacketsonaserver.Whattool
willallowyoutodothis?(Selectthetwobestanswers.)
a.Protocolanalyzer
b.CommandPrompt
c.netstatan
d.Wireshark

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ThemanagerofITasksyoupinghislaptoptoseewhetheryourcomputercanfind
itonthenetwork.Inthisscenario,thenetworkprotocolisbeingimplemented.
2.ANetworkswitchisonethatuseslogicaladdressingtodeterminedatapaths.
3.Ports102449,151areportsusedbyvendorsforproprietaryapplications.They
areknownasRegisteredports.
4.Port21isusedbytheFileTransferProtocol.
5.YourmanagerwantsyoutoallowHTTPandHTTPSconnectionstothe
companywebserver.Inordertodothis,youneedtoopeninboundports80and
443.
6.YourcompanyhostsaDNSserverthatresolvesdomainnamestoIPaddresses.
Thisservermusthaveport53opentoservicethoserequestsfornameresolution.
7.YouneedtofindouttheInternetconnectionsaparticularcomputerhasmadein
therecentpast.YoualsoneedtoseenumericinformationsothatyouknowtheIP
addressandportnumbersofthedestinationcomputers.Youshouldtypethearpa
commandinthecommandprompt.
8.TheITdirectorasksyoutoconnectaclientcomputertoan802.3abnetwork.
Thisnetworkusesthe100BASETstandard.
9.AuserhasconnectedtoaWebsite.Theinformationthatissenttothatusers
computerisencryptedinanencodedformat.Thischangetothedataoccursatthe
6thlayerorPresentationlayer.
10.Asyoudelveintoapacketofdatawithyourprotocolanalyzer,younoticethat
theframesizeisbiggerthanthepacketsize.Thisisbecausethepacketis
____________insidetheframe.

Scenario21:InstallingtheAppropriateSwitch
Proseware,Inc.,requiresyoutoinstalla24portswitchthatdirects
TCP/IPtraffictologicaladdressesonthenetwork.Whatkindofswitch
allowsyoutodothis,andwhatkindofaddresseswillthetrafficbe
directedto?Also,whatlayeroftheOSImodelareyoudealingwith
here?
Alayer3switchisrequired.ThetrafficwillbedirectedtoIP
addresses.Layer3,thetransportlayerwillbeused.

Scenario22:DefiningtheIPAddressandPortsUsedby
DestinationServers
Acoworkerscomputerseemstobeconnectingtovariouscomputers
ontheInternetonitsown.Thecomputergetspopupadvertisements
andotherpopupsoutoftheblue.Whatcommandsyntaxwouldyou
usetoanalyzewhichIPaddressesandportsthecomputerisconnecting
to?AndwhatlayersoftheOSImodeldotheIPaddressesandports
correspondto?
Thenetstatancommand.IPaddressesareonlayer3andports
onlayer4.

Scenario23:ProvingthataNewlyCreatedEmailAccounts
LoginIsEncrypted
YourITdirectorwantsyoutocreateanemailaccounttouseonthe
companyWebsite.Hewantstheemailaddresstobefreeandwants

proofthatwhenapersonlogsintotheemailaccount,thepasswordis
encrypted.Whatservices,applications,andtoolscanyouutilizeto
accomplishthis?AndwhatlayersoftheOSImodelarebeingusedfor
thelogin?
YoucanyouuseGmailorMicrosoftEmailservice.https
webserversareencryptedbydefault.Thelayersbeingusedarelayer7
theapplicationlayertologinandpresentationlayerforencryption.

Scenario24:CreatingaPermanentARPTableEntry
Yourbossscomputersleepsafter10minutes.Shewantstobeableto
wakeupherdesktopcomputerfromaremotesystem,forexample
fromherlaptop.Inordertodothis,youfirstneedtocreateastatic
entryinyourbossslaptopsARPtable.Moreover,thisentryneedsto
berecreatedeverytimethelaptopreboots.ThedesktopcomputersIP
addressis10.50.249.38,anditsMACaddressis0003FFA55516.
Whatcommandsyntaxshouldyouusetodothis?Howwillyoumake
thiscommandexecuteeverytimethecomputerboots?Whatlayerof
theOSImodelareyoureferencinginthisscenario?