CompTIA Network+ Question C-78

Which of the following helps prevent routing loops?

A. Routing table
B. Default gateway
C. Route summarization
D. Split horizon

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:
Routing loops occur when the routing tables on the routers are slow to update and a redundant communication cycle is created between routers. Split horizon, which prevents the router from advertising a route back to the other router from which it was learned, can be used to resist routing loops. Poison reverse, also known as split horizon with poison reverse, is also used to resist routing loops.

CompTIA Network+ Question C-14

A training class is being held in an auditorium. Hard-wired connections are required for all laptops that will be used. The network technician must add a switch to the room through which the laptops will connect for full network access. Which of the following must the technician configure on a switch port, for both switches, in order to create this setup?

A. DHCP
B. Split horizon
C. CIDR
D. TRUNK

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:
We should use trunk ports to set up a VLAN for the laptops that will be used in the auditorium.
A trunk port is a port that is assigned to carry traffic for all the VLANs that are accessible by a specific switch, a process known as trunking. Trunk ports mark frames with unique identifying tags – either 802.1Q tags or Interswitch Link (ISL) tags – as they move between switches. Therefore, every single frame can be directed to its designated VLAN.

CompTIA Network+ Question B-86

A network technician is performing a tracert command to troubleshoot a website-related issue. The following output is received for each hop in the tracert:
1 * * * Request timed out.
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.
The technician would like to see the results of the tracert command. Which of the following will allow the technician to perform tracert on external sites but not allow outsiders to discover information from inside the network?

A. Enable split horizon to allow internal tracert commands to pass through the firewall
B. Enable IGMP messages out and block IGMP messages into the network
C. Configure the firewall to allow echo reply in and echo request out of the network
D. Install a backdoor to access the router to allow tracert messages to pass through

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:
Tracert makes use of ICMP echo packets to trace the route between two hosts. For the command to be successful, the firewall has to allow incoming echo replies and outgoing echo requests.

CompTIA Network+ Question B-6

A network administrator recently installed a web proxy server at a customer’s site. The following week, a system administrator replaced the DNS server overnight. The next day, customers began having issues accessing public websites. Which of the following will resolve the issue?

A. Update the DNS server with the proxy server information.
B. Implement a split horizon DNS server.
C. Reboot the web proxy and then reboot the DNS server.
D. Put the proxy server on the other side of the demarc.

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:
Proxy servers act as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. If the DNS server is not communicating with the proxy server, these requests are not forwarded. Therefore, updating the DNS server with the proxy server information will solve the problem.

CompTIA Network+ Question B-5

Peter, and administrator, is setting up three more switches in the test lab and is configuring the switches. He is verifying the connectivity but when he pings one of the switches he receives “Destination Unreachable”. Which of the following issues could this be?

A. Denial of service attack
B. Misconfigured DNS settings
C. Misconfigured Split Horizon
D. RADIUS authentication errors

Correct Answer: C

CompTIA Network+ Question A-34

A network technician was tasked to install a network printer and share it to a group of five human resource employees. The technician plugged the device into a LAN jack, but was unable to obtain an IP address automatically. Which of the following is the cause of the problem?

A. DNS
B. Wrong TCP port
C. Split horizon
D. DHCP scope

Correct Answer: D

CompTIA Network+ Question A-11

A technician just completed a new external website and setup access rules in the firewall. After some testing, only users outside the internal network can reach the site. The website responds to a ping from the internal network and resolves the proper public address. Which of the following could the technician do to fix this issue while causing internal users to route to the website using an internal address?

A. Configure NAT on the firewall
B. Implement a split horizon DNS
C. Place the server in the DMZ
D. Adjust the proper internal ACL

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:
Split horizon DNS (also known as Split Brain DNS) is a mechanism for DNS servers to supply different DNS query results depending on the source of the request. This can be done by hardware-based separation but is most commonly done in software.
In this question, we want external users to be able to access the website by using a public IP address. To do this, we would have an external facing DNS server hosting a DNS zone for the website domain. For the internal users, we would have an internal facing DNS server hosting a DNS zone for the website domain. The external DNS zone will resolve the website URL to an external public IP address. The internal DNS server will resolve the website URL to an internal private IP address.