ITT Technical Institute
3825 West Cheyenne Avenue, Suite 600
North Las Vegas, Nevada 89032
NT1330 Client-Server Networking II
Name: ____________________________________________________

Date: _______________________

NT1330 Week 2, Assignment 2
Instructions:
1. Complete this assignment and submit it prior to the beginning of the next class meeting.
2. Completely fill in the bubble for the correct answer(s), any other mark such as an X or just a line through it will be marked as incorrect.
1. DHCP frees system administrators from manually configuring each host on the network.
A True
B False
2. The smaller the network, the greater the benefit of using a dynamic address assignment.
A True
B False
3. DHCP provides three key benefits to those managing and maintaining a TCP/IP network.
A True
B False
4. The key aspect of the DHCP process is that it is dynamic.
A True
B False
5. Once a DHCP scope is defined and exclusion ranges are applied, the remaining addresses form what is

called an available address pool within the scope.
A
B

True
False

6. To conserve disk space, DNS servers store only the most recent updates.
A True
B False
7. The primary DNS server for a zone is not required to perform an incremental zone transfer.
A True
B False

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8. For replication of Active Directory–integrated zones, DNS notification is needed.
A True
B False
9. Scavenging is enabled by default.
A True
B False
10. As long as the TTL for a cached resource record does not expire, a DNS server can continue to cache and

use the resource record again when answering queries by its clients that match these resource records.
A
B

True
False

11. The Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) was designed for what reason?
A
B
C
D

to discover the Media Access Control (MAC) address (an address unique to a
Network Interface Card) that corresponds to a particular IP address for diskless workstations that had no means of permanently storing their TCP/IP settings to provide a subnet mask and a default gateway to enable a TCP/IP workstation to retrieve settings for all of the configuration parameters it needs to run

12. RARP was essentially the opposite of what protocol?
A
B
C
D

BOOTP
TFTP
MAC
ARP

13. BOOTP enables a TCP/IP workstation to retrieve settings for all of the configuration parameters it needs to

run excluding which option?
A
B
C
D

subnet mask default gateway workstation settings
IP address

14. Which of the following is not a key benefit provided by DHCP for those managing and maintaining a

TCP/IP network?
A
B
C
D

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IP host configuration dynamic host configuration flexibility and scalability de-centralized administration

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15. The core function of DHCP is to __________.
A
B
C
D

manage resources assign addresses host configuration manage protocols

16. What computer provides DHCP configuration information to multiple clients?
A
B
C
D

DHCP client
DHCP server
DHCP lease
DHCP discover

17. Sent by clients via broadcast to locate a DHCP server per RFC 2131, which message may include options

that suggest values for the network address and lease duration?
A
B
C
D

DHCPDECLINE
DHCPREQUEST
DHCPOFFER
DHCPDISCOVER

18. Which of the following is sent by a DHCP server to a DHCP client to confirm an IP address and provide

the client with those configuration parameters that the client has requested and the server is configured to provide? A
B
C
D

DHCPACK
DHCPNACK
DHCPRELEASE
DHCPINFORM

19. The initial DHCP lease process is accomplished by using a series of exchanges between a DHCP client and

DHCP server that utilizes four messages. Which of the following is not a message that is used?
A
B
C
D

DHCPDISCOVER
DHCPOFFER
DHCPRELEASE
DHCPACK

20. All DHCP servers that receive the DHCPDISCOVER message and have a valid configuration for the client

will broadcast __________.
A
B
C
D

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DHCPACK
DHCPOFFER
DHCPNACK
DHCPINFORM

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21. The broadcast DHCPREQUEST message contains all of the following information except __________.
A
B
C

D

the IP address of the DHCP server chosen by the client the requested IP address for the client a list of requested parameters (subnet mask, router, DNS server list, domain name, vendor-specific information, WINS server list, NetBIOS node type,
NetBIOS scope)
DNS information for the client

22. A DHCP client will perform the initial lease process in all of the following situations with the exception of

__________.
A
B
C
D

the very first time the client boots after every reboot after releasing the IP address after receiving a DHCPNACK message

23. If you use DHCP with an alternate configuration and the DHCP client cannot locate a DHCP server, the

alternate configuration is used to configure the network adapter. Additional discovery attempts are made under what condition?
A
B
C
D

The network adapter is disabled and then enabled again.
Media is disconnected and then reconnected again.
TCP/IP settings for the adapter are changed, and DHCP remains enabled after these changes.
All of the above

24. The IP addresses defined in a DHCP scope must be __________.
A
B
C
D

contiguous associated with a subnet mask both A and B none of the above

25. Which of the following apply to all clients within a scope and are the most frequently used set of options?
A
B
C
D

server options scope options class options client options

26. Which of the following is not a database function used to manage the DHCP database?
A
B
C
D

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27. What criteria must be met by the server before using the Reconcile feature to verify client information for

a DHCP scope from the registry?
A
B
C
D

You must restore the DHCP server registry keys, or they must remain intact from previous service operations on the server computer.
You must delete and recreate the DHCP database.
You must reboot the server.
None of the above

28. Which file is used by the DHCP database as a temporary storage file during database index maintenance

operations (this file sometimes resides in the %systemroot%\System32\Dhcp directory after a system failure)? A
B
C
D

temp.log
Dhcp.mdb
J50.log
Temp.edb

29. The MAC address can be obtained by keying in __________ at the command line.
A
B
C
D

ipconfig -a ipconfig t ipconfig /all ipconfig/* 30. After the client receives an offer from at least one DHCP server, it broadcasts a DHCPREQUEST message

to all DHCP servers with 0.0.0.0 as the source address and __________ as the destination address.
A
B
C
D

265.265.265.265
225.225.225.225
255.255.255.255
205.205.205.205

31. In a Windows Server 2008 network, the primary means of locating network devices and network services

is through the use of __________.
A
B
C
D

DHCP
DNS
TCP/IP
BOOTP

32. In what year was DNS introduced?
A
B
C
D

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1982
1983
1984
1985
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33. Which of the following is not considered a top-level domain?
A
B
C
D

.nato
.int
.coop
.com

34. What type of zone might a DNS server host?
A
B
C
D

primary main single label forest 35. Which of the following is not a forward or reverse lookup zone type?
A
B
C
D

primary secondary integrated stub 36. Which zone hosts a read/write copy of the DNS zone in which resource records are created and managed?
A
B
C
D

standard primary zone standard secondary zone reverse lookup zone stub zone

37. Which zone is a copy of a zone that contains only those resource records necessary to identify the

authoritative DNS servers for that zone?
A
B
C
D

standard primary zone standard secondary zone reverse lookup zone stub zone

38. Which zone enables a host to determine another host’s name based on its IP address?
A
B
C
D

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standard primary zone standard secondary zone reverse lookup zone stub zone

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39. What are two types of Active Directory–integrated zones?
A
B
C
D

standard and forward standard and secondary forward and reverse standard and reverse

40. Active Directory–integrated zones follow what type of update model?
A
B
C
D

multiple node multimaster replication notification 41. Where are zone transfers initiated?
A
B
C
D

primary server secondary server stub server master server

42. Which operating system does not support zone transfers?
A
B
C
D

Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008

43. DNS zone file resource records are represented as __________.
A
B
C
D

binary packets
DHCP data entries form packets text entries

44. Which of the following is a 32-bit integer representing the maximum time, in seconds, that a DNS server or

client caches this resource record before it is discarded?
A
B
C
D

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Owner
Class
TTL
Resource Record Data

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45. After sending a zone transfer request, which option shows how long (in seconds) the zone’s secondary

server waits before sending another request?
A
B
C
D

Refresh
Retry
Expire
Minimum TTL

46. What is the length of time that the DNS service waits before retrying a query made during a recursive

lookup?
A
B
C
D

3 seconds
5 seconds
7 seconds
15 seconds

47. What is the length of time that the DNS service waits before failing a recursive lookup that has been

retried?
A
B
C
D

3 seconds
5 seconds
7 seconds
15 seconds

48. A conditional forwarder in an Active Directory environment can be replicated to any of the following

except all __________.
A
B
C
D

DNS servers in the forest
DNS servers in the domain domain controllers in the domain domain controllers in the forest

49. You can use the DNS console to manually or automatically test DNS servers by submitting all of the

following queries except __________.
A
B
C
D

iterative simple recursive both B and C

50. Nslookup can be used for which of the following?
A
B
C
D

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resolving queries specifying DNS server resolving IP addresses to host names all of the above

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