A systems administrator wants to use the least amount of equipment to segment two departments that have
cables terminating in the same room. Which of the following would allow this to occur?


A. A load balancer
B. A proxy server
C. A Layer 3 switch
D. A hub
E. A Layer 7 firewall

Which of the following is conducted frequently to maintain an updated list of a system's weaknesses?


A. Penetration test
B. Posture assessment
C. Risk assessment
D. Vulnerability scan

To access production applications and data, developers must first connect remotely to a different server. From
there, the developers are able to access production data. Which of the following does this BEST represent?


A. A management plane
B. A proxy server
C. An out-of-band management device
D. A site-to-site VPN
E. A jump box

An administrator is working with the local ISP to troubleshoot an issue. Which of the following should the ISP
use to define the furthest point on the network that the administrator is responsible for troubleshooting?


A. Firewall
B. A CSU/DSU
C. Demarcation point
D. Router
E. Patch panel

Which of the following options represents the participating computers in a network?


A. Nodes
B. CPUs
C. Servers
D. Clients

A network administrator is testing performance improvements by configuring channel bonding on an 802.11ac
AP. Although a site survey detected the majority of the 5GHz frequency spectrum was idle, being used only by
the company's WLAN and a nearby government radio system, the AP is not allowing the administrator to
manually configure a large portion of the 5GHz frequency range. Which of the following would be BEST to
configure for the WLAN being tested?


A. Upgrade the equipment to an AP that supports manual configuration of the EIRP power settings
B. Switch to 802.11n, disable channel auto-selection, and enforce channel bonding on the configuration
C. Set up the AP to perform a dynamic selection of the frequency according to regulatory requirements
D. Deactivate the band 5GHz to avoid interference with the government radio

A technician is setting up a new router, configuring ports, and allowing access to the Internet. However, none of
the users connected to this new router are able to connect to the Internet. Which of the following does the
technician need to configure?


A. Tunneling
B. Multicast routing
C. Network address translation
D. Router advertisement

Users are reporting intermittent WiFi connectivity in specific parts of a building. Which of the following should
the network administrator check FIRST when troubleshooting this issue? (Choose two.)


A. Site survey
B. EIRP
C. AP placement
D. Captive portal
E. SSID assignment
F. AP association time

A newly installed VoIP phone is not getting the DHCP IP address it needs to connect to the phone system.
Which of the following tasks need to be completed to allow the phone to operate correctly?


A. Assign the phone's switchport to the correct VLAN
B. Statically assign the phone's gateway address
C. Configure a route on the VoIP network router
D. Implement a VoIP gateway

Which of the following would be used to enforce and schedule critical updates with supervisory approval and
include backup plans in case of failure?


A. Business continuity plan
B. Onboarding and offboarding policies
C. Acceptable use policy
D. System life cycle
E. Change management