A system administrator is setting up a new web server that must support both HTTP and HTTPS. The administrator has configured the web server to listen on port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTPS. A firewall is in place that only allows traffic on these two ports. Which of the following statements is true regarding this configuration?

The server must use a different IP address for HTTP and HTTPS to avoid conflicts.

The server cannot run both HTTP and HTTPS simultaneously.

The firewall must be configured to allow traffic on port 8080 for HTTPS.

The server can serve both HTTP and HTTPS traffic on the same IP address because they use different port numbers.

A user wants to upload a large file to a remote server securely. The administrator recommends using a protocol that provides both file transfer and encryption. Which of the following protocols should be used?

TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

LPI LPIC-1:Linux Administrator (101-500)

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109.1 Fundamentals of Internet Protocols LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Topic 109: Networking Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~11% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~4–7 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 19 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 6–10

6application · easy
A network engineer is analyzing a packet capture and sees a device sending a message to the broadcast address 255.255.255.255. The engineer needs to determine the MAC address of a host with a known IP address. Which protocol is being used in this scenario?
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7application · easy
A user reports that they can browse websites but cannot resolve hostnames to IP addresses. The system administrator suspects a problem with the DNS service. Which of the following commands would be most useful to test DNS resolution directly?
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8expert · medium
A system administrator is setting up a new web server that must support both HTTP and HTTPS. The administrator has configured the web server to listen on port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTPS. A firewall is in place that only allows traffic on these two ports. Which of the following statements is true regarding this configuration?
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9application · easy
A user wants to upload a large file to a remote server securely. The administrator recommends using a protocol that provides both file transfer and encryption. Which of the following protocols should be used?
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10application · easy
A network engineer is troubleshooting a connectivity issue. A host can ping other hosts on the same subnet, but cannot ping a host on a different subnet. The engineer suspects the default gateway is not working. Which protocol is used by the host to test connectivity to the default gateway?
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109.1 Fundamentals of Internet Protocols LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

A network engineer is analyzing a packet capture and sees a device sending a message to the broadcast address 255.255.255.255. The engineer needs to determine the MAC address of a host with a known IP address. Which protocol is being used in this scenario?

A user reports that they can browse websites but cannot resolve hostnames to IP addresses. The system administrator suspects a problem with the DNS service. Which of the following commands would be most useful to test DNS resolution directly?

A user wants to upload a large file to a remote server securely. The administrator recommends using a protocol that provides both file transfer and encryption. Which of the following protocols should be used?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a connectivity issue. A host can ping other hosts on the same subnet, but cannot ping a host on a different subnet. The engineer suspects the default gateway is not working. Which protocol is used by the host to test connectivity to the default gateway?

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