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WGU D317 - COMPTIA A+ PRACTICE (ACTUAL) 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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WGU D317 - COMPTIA A+ PRACTICE (ACTUAL) A user calls in to support, complaining that they can not seem to reach anything on the network. The user was able to receive an IP address of 169.254.15.83 though. What is most likely the problem? No DHCP server found. Automatic IP Addressing A method by which a host can be assigned an IP address and all the additional configuration se ttings automatically. A vulnerability manager cleans up the patching program in their enterprise. After getting it back to a good state, the manager focuses efforts on hardening. They begin with a test box and want to look at open connections from services . What command should the manager use? Netstat A network administrator responds to users calling in about a slow network. Which command should the administrator use to diagnose the chokepoint? Pathping pathping command performs a trace and then pings each hop router a given number of times for a given period to determine the round -trip time (RTT) and measure link latency more accurately. A user is experiencing what seems to be latency, which is affecting their ability to work. They decide to validate their theory with a ping test. What will indicate latency? RTT round -trip time (RTT) the time it takes for a small packet to travel from client to server and then back to the client -can be used to diagnose latency problems. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used to locate the hardware or media access control (MAC) address of the interface that owns an IP address. A support technician receives a call from a user who cannot seem to go anywhere on the network, except for the share drive \\192.168.8.20 \ShareDrive . Which of the following should the technician check first? DNS A security engineer investigates legacy applications and employees that are still using them. Which of the following user groups represent a security concern? Power users A server administrator's profile is set up to copy the whole profile from a share at logon and copy the updated profile back at logoff. This allows the administrator to hop on to any of the company's computers. What technique was set up? Roaming profile A server administrator sets up static network configurations for servers since they do not want the IP address to change. The administrator sets up the IP address on a 24 -bit subnet. What should the administrator set the subnet mask to? 255.255.255.0 255.255 .255.0 mask is 24 bits. subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 would be the subnet mask for the 16 -bit wildcard mask ex: the subnet is from 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255. subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 would be the subnet mask for the 8 -bit wildcard mask ex: subnet is from 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255. A server administrator wants to connect to a user's computer. They are trying to get their patching numbers up and discover that users must pull the updates, so the administrator wants to push a script that forces the pull. The a dministrator wants to copy the file to users' automatically hidden shares. Which of the following could the administrator use? C$ ADMIN$ C$ In addition to any local shares created by a user, Windows automatically creates hidden administrative shares. This includes the root folder of any local drives ADMIN$ Administrative shares can only be accessed by members of the local Administrators group. C:\Windows $ is not automatically created. If the administrator wanted to connect, they could first connect to C$ an d then navigate to the Windows folder. C:\Users$ is also not automatically created, but could also be accessed by first accessing the hidden C$ share.The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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