1. A utility company has installed a wireless device at a residence that allows the company to view power consumption online. The resident reports the 802.11ac home wireless intermittently loses connectivity for about 15 minutes twice a day.Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

A) A. The utility company throttles power during peak hours.
B) B. There is additional data being transferred over the wireless network.
C) C. There is interference with the smart reader.
D) D. An IoT device is causing a DoS attack on the wireless network.



2. A company is expanding and building a new remote branch office. Marketing will need 78 IP addresses, finance will need 150 IP addresses, legal will need 39 IP addresses, and R&D will need 12 IP addresses. The network administrator gives the technician a network of 172.16.48.0/23 and wants the technician to use VLSM for the design. Which of the following are possible solutions? (Choose three.)(Select 2answers)

A) A. The marketing department should receive a /25 network.
B) B. The R&D department should have 172.16.49.207 as a broadcast address.
C) C. The R&D department should receive a /27 network.
D) D. The finance department should have 172.16.49.127 as a broadcast address.
E) E. The marketing department should have usable IPs ranging from 172.16.49.129 to 172.16.49.190.
F) F. The legal department should have a first usable IP address of 172.16.49.190

3. Two buildings used to be connected by a wireless bridge, but they are upgrading to fiber. Which of the following new devices would be required at the demarcation points?

A) A. Wireless access point
B) B. Router
C) C. Media converter
D) D. Firewall



4. A technician has been asked to install biometric controls at the entrance of a new datacenter. Which of the following would be appropriate authentication methods to meet this requirement? (Choose two.)

A) A. Badge reader
B) B. Retina scanner
C) C. Random number-generating token
D) D. Device proximity sensor
E) E. Challenge question
F) F. Combination lock

5. A small team is overloaded with requests for database resources. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is concerned the company does not have the resources to deploy and manage these additional services efficiently. Which of the following types of cloud services would be the MOST effective?

A) A. PaaS
B) B. IaaS
C) C. BaaS
D) D. SaaS