1. A technician has been alerted of incoming HTTP traffic on the LAN segment that should not contain any web servers. The technician has the IP address of the destination host and wants to determine if the socket for HTTP is open. Which of the following should the technician perform?

A) A. Baseline assessment
B) B. Packet analysis
C) C. Port scan
D) D. Patch-level assessment



2. A critical vulnerability is discovered on a network device. The vendor states it has already patched this vulnerability in its current release. Which of the following actions should an administrator take?

A) A. Change the default password
B) B. Use a firewall in front of the device.
C) C. Update the firmware.
D) D. Upgrade the configuration.



3. Which of the following can be done to implement network device hardening? (Choose two.)(Select 2answers)

A) A. Implement spanning tree
B) B. Perform VLAN hopping
C) C. Patch and update
D) D. Perform backups
E) E. Enable port mirroring
F) F. Change default admin password

4. A second router was installed on a network to be used as a backup for the primary router that works as a gateway. The infrastructure team does not want to change the IP address of the gateway on the devices. Which of the following network components should be used in this scenario?

A) A. Loopback IP
B) B. Virtual IP
C) C. Reserved IP
D) D. Public IP



5. A router is set up to utilize RIPv2 to route traffic throughout the network. Which of the following routing metrics is used to determine the path?

A) A. Distance
B) B. Bandwidth
C) C. Speed
D) D. Hop count