CompTIA A+ Core 1 Objective 2.4 – Networking – Internet Appliances

Internet Appliances

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Which internet appliance provides enhanced protection through real-time scanning and threat intelligence?

Unified threat management

Proxy servers

Spam gateways

Load balancers

2 / 15

A company buildings a system that involves SSL offloading to reduce the load on its web servers. Which technology helps achieve this?

Proxy servers

Unified threat management

Load balancers

Spam gateways

3 / 15

A company wants to implement a single device to manage firewall and VPN simultaneously. Which solution achieves this goal?

Load balancers

Proxy servers

Spam gateways

Unified threat management

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What is the function of a proxy server?

Proxy servers filter malicious packets and prevent unauthorized access.

Proxy servers act as intermediaries to process client requests and forward requests to other servers.

Proxy servers help optimize network bandwidth usage by compressing data packets.

Proxy servers can improve network performance by distributing traffic evenly.

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For reducing risk during network communication and increase resilience, which appliance is appropriate?

Load balancers

Unified threat management

Proxy servers

Spam gateways

6 / 15

An organization wants to streamline resource utilization and enhance efficiency. Which network component should they use?

Spam gateways

Load balancers

Unified threat management

Proxy servers

7 / 15

How does a proxy server protect the internal network in an organization?

By encrypting all transmission paths to secure data transmission.

By masking the internal network's IP addresses to external servers.

By capturing and storing web traffic logs for auditing and monitoring.

By filtering out both incoming and outgoing network traffic based on defined parameters.

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What characteristic best describes a load balancer’s main functionality?

It provides deep packet inspection to identify unwanted traffic patterns.

It scans traffic for malicious content and quarantines detected threats.

It performs content filtering to block unauthorized network access.

It distributes network or application traffic across multiple servers to prevent overload.

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When would a company require a proxy server to be implemented?

It manages and dynamically allocates IP addresses to client systems.

It captures and analyzes packets to identify patterns of network traffic.

It blocks unsolicited emails and quarantines them for user review.

A proxy server is needed to act as an intermediary to facilitate requests between clients and servers.

10 / 15

Which kind of network device effectively hides the clients’ IP addresses from web servers?

Proxy servers

Spam gateways

Unified threat management

Load balancers

11 / 15

To decrease email storage requirements and reduce bandwidth usage, which solution should be implemented?

Load balancers

Unified threat management

Proxy servers

Spam gateways

12 / 15

Which component helps in minimizing exposure to malware by blocking inappropriate and unsolicited emails?

Unified threat management

Proxy servers

Load balancers

Spam gateways

13 / 15

In the context of preventing overload on systems, which solution provides both scalability and redundancy?

Spam gateways

Load balancers

Unified threat management

Proxy servers

14 / 15

Which network device optimally distributes incoming traffic across multiple servers?

Unified threat management

Proxy servers

Load balancers

Spam gateways

15 / 15

A company aims to reduce latency while a user accesses files through a network application. Which network device is suitable to facilitate this?

Load balancer

Proxy server

Spam gateway

Unified threat management

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