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Networking Essentials Quiz

Test your knowledge and skills in networking concepts with our comprehensive quiz designed for IT professionals and enthusiasts. This quiz covers various topics, including BIOS configurations, file transfer methods, troubleshooting techniques, and cloud services.

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A network administrator is troubleshooting a notebook that is not loading the local Windows 10 operating system. All the computers inside the company are installed using UEFI mode selected. The message on the screen shows a failed attempt to connect to a PXE server. When requested, the end user reported trying to improve the computer’s speed by changing some BIOS configurations randomly. Which of the following should the network administrator check FIRST inside BIOS?

C-states should be configured to 2

Secure Boot should be enabled

Wake-on-LAN should be unchecked

The PXE server address should be set

A technician needs to give users the ability to transfer files between mobile devices. The technician teaches the staff how to use a file transfer method in which the devices need to be in close proximity with line-of-sight access to each other. Which of the following technologies is the technician teaching to the staff?

Bluetooth

Tethering

NFC

A user reports that printing on heavy cardstock paper results in the image smearing if touched. When printing on plain paper, the problem does not occur. Which of the following would be the NEXT troubleshooting step to perform?

Increase the fuser temperature.

Change the paper feed rate.

Clean the transfer roller

Replace the toner cartridge.

A user calls the help desk stating a laptop is performing slowly and the hard drive activity lights are blinking continuously. A technician checks for enough hard drive space, disables antivirus and indexing services, and runs a full-system diagnostics check, which returns no failure. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

Install a new hard drive

Check for hard-drive firmware updates

Replace the hard drive with a solid state drive

Configure the laptop in high-performance mode

Change the boot order in the system BIOS

An end user has signed up to use a web-based calendar application. Which of the following solutions has the user purchased?

DaaS

SaaS

PaaS

laaS

Which of the following services provides the ability to resolve UNC to appropriate IP addresses?

DNS

DHCP

Proxy

Web server

Which of the following resources in the MOST critical when using cloud file-storage synchronization applications?

Disk speed

I/O bandwidth

RAM utilization

CPU utilization

A technician is troubleshooting a Windows CAD workstation that is running slow. The computer uses RAID 10 and has dual GPU cards. The user states that the same application runs faster on an identical workstation. Which of the following should the technician perform FIRST to troubleshoot the problem?

Replace the write cache battery.

Check the event log any cache issues

Clear the RAID configuration file and restart the PC.

Replace the RAID controller write cache module.

A technician receives an invalid certificate error when visiting a website with port 443 enabled. Other computers on the same LAN do not exhibit this symptom. Which of the following needs to be adjusted on the workstation to fix the issue?

Date and time

UEFI boot mode

Logon times

User access control

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