Certification Question of the Day [QOTD] for CompTIA Network+ [CompTIA Network+] [Q001 NETWORK+] [ANSWER]

QUESTION – You are the network administrator for your company. There is a problem with clients connecting to your news server and you believe it is an issue with the way the protocol has been configured. Which protocol would you need to check to verify the settings?

A.   NTP

B.   NNTP

C.   SNMP

D.   SMTP

E.   TCP/IP 

 

Answer and Explanation.

B is the correct answer – NNTP is the Network News Transfer Protocol and it is the primary protocol that is used to connect news servers to networks and allows clients to access them. For additional information please see the Wikipedia article titled “Network News Transfer Protocol”

Choice “A” is the Network Time Protocol which is used to keep time on computer systems synchronized. For additional information please see the Wikipedia article titled “Network Time Protocol.”

Choice “C” is the Simple Network Management Protocol which is used for managing devices on TCP/IP networks. For additional information please see the Wikipedia article titled “Simple Network Management Protocol”.

Choice “D” is the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol which is used for messaging communications on networks for email client applications like Outlook and Thunderbird and for messaging server to server transfer traffic. For additional information please see the Wikipedia article titled “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol”.

Choice “E” is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) which are part of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP/IP is the set of communications protocols used on most networks including the public Internet. For additional information please see the Wikipedia article titled “Internet Protocol Suite”.