CSA Network Administration & Security 3

Question 1

A business customer wants to segment their network to separate guest Wi-Fi from internal systems. Which technology should be recommended?

Accepted Answer

VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)

Answer

VLANs logically separate a physical network into distinct segments, allowing guest traffic to be isolated from sensitive internal systems.

Question 2

What is the function of a network firewall?

Accepted Answer

To monitor and control incoming and outgoing network traffic based on rules

Answer

A firewall monitors and filters network traffic based on predefined security rules, blocking unauthorized access while allowing legitimate traffic.

Question 3

Which type of network attack involves overwhelming a server with traffic to make it unavailable?

Accepted Answer

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)

Answer

A DDoS attack floods a server or network with traffic from multiple sources, exhausting resources and making the service unavailable to legitimate users.

Question 4

A customer's network uses a 192.168.1.x address scheme. What class of IP addressing is this?

Accepted Answer

Class C

Answer

IP addresses starting with 192.168.x.x are Class C private IP addresses, commonly used in small to medium-sized local area networks.

Question 5

What is the purpose of NAT (Network Address Translation)?

Accepted Answer

To allow multiple devices to share a single public IP address

Answer

NAT allows multiple devices on a private network to share a single public IP address when communicating with the internet.

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CSA Network Administration & Security 3