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An on-site IT technician finished the removal of malware from a customer computer and installed new virus protection software. An hour after the technician left the site, the customer called…

An accountant is booting a desktop that has Windows 8 installed. The boot process is currently working on the following step: WinLoad loads two files that make up the core…

Match the HTTP status code group to the type of message generated by the HTTP server. Explanation & Hint: 1xx (Informational): These status codes indicate a provisional response, consisting only…

Match each characteristic to the appropriate email protocol. (Not all options are used.) Answers Explanation & Hints: Both POP and IMAP are used to retrieve email messages. SMTP is the…

Which protocol is a client/server file sharing protocol and also a request/response protocol? FTP SMB TCP UDP Answers Explanation & Hints: The Server Message Block (SMB) is a client/server file…

Match each statement about FTP communications to the connection it describes. (Not all options are used.) Answers Explanation & Hints: Both connections that are required for FTP operations are established…

Refer to the exhibit. A cybersecurity analyst is viewing captured packets forwarded on switch S1. Which device has the MAC address 50:6a:03:96:71:22? router DG router ISP DSN server web server…

A user gets an IP address of 192.168.0.1 from the company network administrator. A friend of the user at a different company gets the same IP address on another PC.…

What network service uses the WHOIS protocol? HTTPS FTP DNS SMTP Answers Explanation & Hints: WHOIS is a TCP-based protocol that is used to identify the owners of internet domains…

What is a description of a DNS zone transfer? forwarding a request from a DNS server in a subdomain to an authoritative source the action taken when a DNS server…

How is a DHCPDISCOVER transmitted on a network to reach a DHCP server? A DHCPDISCOVER message is sent with the IP address of the DHCP server as the destination address.…

How does network scanning help assess operations security? It can log abnormal activity. It can detect weak or blank passwords. It can detect open TCP ports on network systems. It…

Refer to the exhibit. A network security analyst is examining captured data using Wireshark. The captured frames indicate that a host is downloading malware from a server. Which source port…

Which two operations are provided by TCP but not by UDP? (Choose two.) identifying the applications acknowledging received data tracking individual conversations retransmitting any unacknowledged data reconstructing data in the…

Match the characteristic to the protocol category. (Not all options are used.) Answers Explanation & Hints: TCP uses 3-way handshaking as part of being able to provide reliable communication and…

What is the result of an ARP poisoning attack? Client information is stolen. Client memory buffers are overwhelmed. Network clients experience a denial of service. Network clients are infected with…

A cybersecurity analyst believes an attacker is spoofing the MAC address of the default gateway to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. Which command should the analyst use to view the MAC…

What type of information is contained in an ARP table? switch ports associated with destination MAC addresses domain name to IP address mappings routes to reach destination networks IP address…

What addresses are mapped by ARP? destination MAC address to a destination IPv4 address destination IPv4 address to the source MAC address destination IPv4 address to the destination host name…

A network administrator is testing network connectivity by issuing the ping command on a router. Which symbol will be displayed to indicate that a time expired during the wait for…