CWS Wireless Client Devices Questions and Answers

Question 1

A user with a laptop moves from a conference room to their desk in another part of the building.
They notice their Wi-Fi connection drops and then reconnects.
In a properly configured network with multiple access points, which client-initiated process is responsible for transitioning the connection between access points?

Accepted Answer

Roaming

Answer

Bridging

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Clustering

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Handshaking

Question 2

A network administrator is configuring a new laptop for a user who needs to connect to a secure corporate wireless network using WPA2-Enterprise. What specific piece of software on the client device is responsible for handling the 802.1X authentication process with the RADIUS server?

Accepted Answer

The client supplicant

Answer

The wireless network adapter driver

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The operating system's kernel

Answer

The DHCP client service

Question 3

A user reports that their new, high-end 802.11ax laptop is getting the same slow speeds as an older 802.11g device on the company's legacy wireless network. What is the MOST likely reason for this?

Accepted Answer

The network's access points only support the 802.11g standard.

Answer

The laptop's supplicant is outdated.

Answer

The 802.11ax standard is not backward compatible.

Answer

The user has entered the wrong WPA2-Personal passphrase.

Question 4

Which of the following is a critical factor determined by the wireless client device's capabilities, rather than the access point's configuration, that directly impacts its ability to connect to a network?

Accepted Answer

Support for specific frequency bands (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz)

Answer

The SSID broadcast setting

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The transmit power of the BSS

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The DHCP lease time

Question 5

A technician is troubleshooting a client device that can see the correct SSID but fails to connect. The access point logs show 'authentication failure' for the client's MAC address. The network uses WPA3-Personal security. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue from the client device's perspective?

Accepted Answer

The user has entered an incorrect passphrase.

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The client device is out of range of the access point.

Answer

The client device does not have a valid IP address.

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The client device's wireless adapter is disabled.

Question 6

During the process of connecting to a Wi-Fi network, what is the first type of active frame a client device typically sends to discover available access points?

Accepted Answer

Probe Request

Answer

Association Request

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Authentication Frame

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Beacon Frame