Network Administrator Exam: Trivia Quiz
Are you preparing for a network administrator exam? A network administrator is tasked with ensuring the computer systems needed by specific organizations are properly set up and support networks required. How do you detect malware in a network and fix them? Do you know the major computer components in detail? This quiz will help to check out how competent you are as a network administrator. Do give it a shot and see how well you do!
- 1.____________ is to authenticate user when logging on to a domain.
- 2.If I have a workgroup of 10 users, when I make a user account for user 1 on computer 1,
- A.
I have to run a Work Group Policy Updates on computer 1 so that the other 9 computers will recognize user 1 too.
- B.
Work Group Policy will propagate through the other 9 computers and user 1 can log onto them too.
- C.
User 1 must select Work Group as the domain when log onto the other 9 computers.
- D.
I have to make the same account for user 1 on the remaining 9 computers.
- E.
I have to make user 1 as a Work Group user so that the other 9 computers will see the user too.
- 3.What are the benefits does NTFS offer that FAT doesn't?
- A.
File level security/permission
- B.
Encrypted File System
- C.
File compression
- D.
Disk Quota
- E.
Single file size can be larger than 4GB
- 4.A folder A is shared with shared permission READ and NTFS permission full control. The combined permission is
- A.
Full control
- B.
Modify
- C.
Read
- D.
Read & Execute
- E.
Write
- 5.An IP address is best defined as?
- A.
An IP Address is a unique number consisting of 4 parts separated by dots (eg: 217.247.84.89) associated with every system connected to a network.
- B.
Internet Provider Address. The address of a company that provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet.
- C.
The location of Internet Packets measured in kilobytes on a network.
- D.
All of the above.
- 6.Malware is best defined as?
- A.
A computer program designed to protect the operating system from viruses.
- B.
Microsoft Arithmetic LAN software. Software run in the background of any Windows based computer system used to manage network connections
- C.
Software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent.
- D.
None of the above.
- 7.One MB is equal to?
- A.
One thousand bytes
- B.
1 billion bytes
- C.
The amount of RAM in every computer
- D.
1024KB
- 8.Select the 3 graphics files from the list below.
- A.
Untitled.nfo
- B.
Untitled.jpg
- C.
Untitled.bmp
- D.
Untitled.ogg
- E.
Untitled.tiff
- 9.Select the URL from the list below.
- A.
- B.
Http://www.yahoo.com
- C.
D:\downloads\standard
- D.
192.168.0.1
- 10.Which of the following programs is not an email client.
- A.
Microsoft Outlook 2003
- B.
Windows Live Mail
- C.
Mozilla Firefox
- D.
Outlook Express 6
- 11.What is the shortcut for PASTE in Windows operating systems?
- A.
Ctrl + P
- B.
Ctrl + V
- C.
Ctrl + C
- D.
Caps Lock + V
- 12.Is the computer component responsible for calculations, moving, and processing information?
- A.
CPU
- B.
RAM
- C.
Motherboard
- D.
Hard Drive
- 13.
What is this computer component?- A.
Video Card
- B.
Sound Card
- C.
RAM
- D.
Network Interface Card
- 14.
What is this computer component?
- A.
RAM
- B.
CPU
- C.
Hard Disk
- D.
Motherboard
- 15.This is a measurement of speed over a network.
- A.
Megabytes
- B.
Bits
- C.
Megahertz
- D.
Megabits per second.
- 16.Ping is a term for?
- A.
A measurement of data transferred to your local station from a specific network source.
- B.
A computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network; it is also used to self-test the Network Interface Card (NIC) of the computer.
- C.
A sound used for testing your computer speakers.
- D.
None of the above.
- 17.Bandwidth is a term for?
- A.
The speed at which data can be transferred from the server to the client.
- B.
A measurement of how much information can be carried in a given time period (usually a second) over a wired or wireless communications link.
- C.
A unit of information or computer storage equal to one billion bytes.
- D.
None of the above.
- 18.What does an assigned IP address 169.254.0.12 indicate?
- A.
The computer is configured with a static IP address.
- B.
The computer is using a dial-up modem.
- C.
The computer is being used as an Internet shared connection host.
- D.
The computer is configured for DHCP and cannot connect to the DHCP server.
- E.
The computer has been configured to work with a Linux system.
- 19.Which two are examples of wireless encryption?
- A.
VPN
- B.
PPP
- C.
WEP
- D.
WPA
- E.
MAC
- 20.Which item is an example of a physical network address?
- A.
IP address
- B.
MAC address
- C.
Workstation name
- D.
Www.proprofs.com
- E.
- 21.Which are the default settings for a Windows XP computer network adapter?
- A.
DHCP and configured as part of a workgroup
- B.
DHCP and configured as a part of a domain
- C.
Static IP address and configured as part of a workgroup
- D.
Static IP address and configured as part of a domain
- E.
There is no default settings for a Windows XP network adapter card
- 22.What does the term "Map Network Drive" mean?
- A.
Divide the host HDD into memory locations
- B.
Create a shortcut to a network location
- C.
Trace the path to the local area network gateway
- D.
Send instructions to a user to access the remote local area network
- E.
A schematic drawing of all network adapter locations on the network system
- 23.Which is the best example of a secure password?
- A.
Mysecretpassword
- B.
MySpecialPa$$w0rd
- C.
Xyz
- D.
Keep this place private
- E.
Password12345
- 24.What icon is used to identify a shared folder?
- A.
An open hand palm up
- B.
Two folder icons side by side
- C.
Folder icon in green
- D.
Folder icon in red
- E.
You cannot tell if a folder is shared by looking at the icon
- 25.Which is used to provide a centralized authentication method from remote locations?
- A.
HTTPS
- B.
FTP
- C.
RADIUS
- D.
DNS
- E.
DHCP
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