Microsoft Networking Essentials Exam Case Studies & Practical Application 4

Question 1

A company has offices in New York and London that need to securely share resources over the internet. What is the best solution?

Accepted Answer

Site-to-site VPN over the internet

Answer

Dedicated leased line between offices

Answer

Public FTP server

Answer

Email file sharing

Question 2

After adding a new printer to the network, users can print from the same subnet but not from other subnets. What is the likely issue?

Accepted Answer

No route exists between subnets or a firewall is blocking printer ports

Answer

The printer's IP address is invalid

Answer

The printer driver is incorrect

Answer

The printer is connected to the wrong VLAN trunk

Question 3

A network administrator needs to provide internet access to guest users without exposing the corporate network. What is the best approach?

Accepted Answer

Create a separate guest VLAN with internet-only access and firewall isolation

Answer

Give guests the Wi-Fi password for the corporate network

Answer

Set up a second ISP connection

Answer

Use MAC filtering on the corporate SSID

Question 4

A company's email server blacklisted because it is sending spam. Investigation reveals a compromised workstation. What should be done first?

Accepted Answer

Isolate the compromised workstation from the network immediately

Answer

Change the email server's IP address

Answer

Restart the email server

Answer

Update the spam filter

Question 5

A technician needs to determine what IP address a specific hostname resolves to. Which command-line tool should be used?

Accepted Answer

nslookup or dig

Answer

ping

Answer

tracert

Answer

netstat

Question 6

A network has grown and performance has degraded due to collisions. All devices are connected via hubs. What is the best upgrade path?

Accepted Answer

Replace hubs with switches

Answer

Add more hubs to distribute load

Answer

Upgrade to Category 3 cabling

Answer

Enable half-duplex on all ports

Question 7

An organization wants to monitor all traffic entering and leaving their network for security analysis. Where should a network tap or SPAN port be configured?

Accepted Answer

At the network perimeter on the core switch or router

Answer

On each end-user workstation

Answer

On the DHCP server

Answer

On the wireless access points only