CompTIA Network+ Networking Concepts Practice Questions

CompTIA Network+ (N10-009) · Domain 1 of 5 · 23% of the exam

90 questions in 90 minutes, performance-based questions included, drawn in the official share for each N10-009 domain, with a score for every domain and a note on every answer.

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How many usable host addresses does a /26 subnet provide?

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Networking Concepts on the Network+ exam

Networking Concepts is 23% of Network+ (N10-009), about 21 of 90 questions. It is the foundation for every other Network+ domain.

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23% of N10-009, about 21 of 90 questions
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10 questions from 48 Networking Concepts questions, untimed, a note on every option; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
Line drawing of seven stacked layers beside a network switch, a fiber cable with an LC connector and a copper cable with an RJ45 plug

What Networking Concepts questions test

  • The seven OSI layers and what works at each
  • Routers, switches, firewalls, IDS/IPS, load balancers, proxies, NAS, SAN, wireless controllers, CDN, VPN, QoS and TTL
  • Cloud networking: NFV, VPC, security groups and lists, internet and NAT gateways, VPN and Direct Connect, deployment and service models
  • Ports from FTP to SIP (including TFTP 69, NTP 123, SNMP 161/162, syslog 514, SMTPS 587, LDAPS 636, SQL Server 1433), ICMP, GRE and IPsec, and traffic types
  • Wireless, copper and fiber media, DAC, SFP and QSFP, connectors from SC to BNC; mesh, star, spine and leaf, three-tier and collapsed core
  • IPv4 addressing and subnetting (VLSM, CIDR, classes), SD-WAN, VXLAN, zero trust, SASE, infrastructure as code and IPv6 transition

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90 questions in 90 minutes, performance-based questions included, drawn in the official share for each N10-009 domain, with a score for every domain and a note on every answer.

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How to study it

  • Practice subnetting until finding the network, broadcast and host count for any /24–/30 takes under a minute
  • Learn the extra Network+ ports beyond A+
  • Place each device on the OSI layer it reads

Common questions

How much subnetting is on Network+?

Objective 1.7 covers public and private addressing, APIPA, loopback, VLSM, CIDR and address classes. Expect calculations of network, broadcast and host counts.

What new topics did N10-009 add?

Objective 1.8 covers SD-WAN, VXLAN, zero trust architecture, SASE/SSE, infrastructure as code and IPv6 transition methods such as dual stack and NAT64.

90 questions in 90 minutes, performance-based questions included, drawn in the official share for each N10-009 domain, with a score for every domain and a note on every answer.

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