Topic 1: OSI Reference Model & Layered Communications 1. Choose all terms popularly used as synonyms for MAC address. A. NIC address. B. Card address. C. LAN address. D. Hardware address. E. Ethernet address. F. Token Ring address. G. FDDI address. H. Burned-in address. I. MAC address. 2. What portion of a MAC address encodes an identifier representing the manufacturer of the card (choose two)? A. The first 3 bytes. B. The result show interface command for a LAN interface lists the burned in address after the acronym BIA. C. The first 6 bytes D. The first 12 Hexadecimal digits 3. How many bits are present in a MAC address? A. MAC addresses comprise 48 bits. B. The first 48 bits for burned-in addresses represent a code that identifies the manufacturer C. MAC addresses comprise 24 bits D. MAC addresses comprise 32 bits layer-3 address 4. PDU at the Network layer of the OSI is called what? A. Core B. Frames C. Packets. D. Segments E. Access F. Distribution G. Transport 5. PDU at the Data Link layer is named what? A. Frames. B. Packets C. Transports D. Segments E. Bits 6. Segmentation of a data stream happens at which layer of the OSI model? A. Physical B. Data Link C. Network D. Transport. E. Distribution F. Access G. Network Protocols 7. Where are routers defined in the OSI model? A. Physical B. Transport C. Data Link D. Network. E. Routing 8. 9. At which layer of the OSI are 1s and 0s converted to a digital signal? A. Physical. B. Transport C. Data Link D. Network 10. Bridges are defined at what layer of the OSI model? A. Physical B. Transport C. Data Link. D. Network 11. Which one of the following is a characteristic of a switch BUT NOT of a repeater? A. Device is used to connect 2 Ethernet segments. B. Device is implemented as a layer in the OSI reference model C. Device supports simultaneous 10/100 Mbps implementation D. Device forwards packets based on the destination address in the frame 12. Which one of the following conditions indicates network congestion within a segment? A. Reasonably fast network response time B. Significantly slow network response time. C. File transfers in Internet FTP servers take a long time D. Delivery of Web Browser request to client takes long time 13. Which one of the following statements is true about the Ethernet switches? A. Does not forward multicast and broadcast packets to other attached segments B. Uses multicast and broadcast addresses as source address C. Filter processing has little or no effect on throughput D. Broadcast and multicast addresses never appear in the address tables associated with ports. 14. Segmenting LANs with bridges: A. Occurs at layer 3 B. Reduces the propagation of multicast and broadcast frames C. Provides fewer users per segment. D. Uses address tables that associate segment en stations with protocol types 15. An advantage to LAN segmentation is: A. It places more internetworking devices between clients and servers B. It provides more bandwidth per user. C. It reduces WAN costs D. It increased the number of dumb terminal on the network 16. Error detection in an Ethernet system is performed at which layer of the OSI architectural model? A. Layer 1 B. Layer 2. C. Layer 3 D. Layer 4 17. Segmenting LANs with routers A. Occurs at layer 2 B. Has no effect on the propagation of multicast and broadcast frames C. Typically costs less per port than bridges or switches D. Allows multiple paths. 18. Segmenting LANs with switches. A. Enables multiple high-speed data exchanges. B. Increases the number of user per segment C. Occurs sat OSI layer 3 D. Required replacing 802.3 compliant NIC and Cable 19. Which of the following devices can you use to alleviate congestion in an internetwork (Choose all that apply)? A. Repeaters B. Routers. C. DLC D. Switches. E. Bridges. 20. How do LAN switches improve performance on a LAN? A. By filtering via logical address B. By regenerating the digital signal C. By employing packet switching that permits high-speed data exchanges D. By employing frame switching that permits high-speed data exchanges. 21. What is a benefit of bridge segmentation? A. Regeneration and propagation B. Segmenting or breaking up your network into smaller, more manageable pieces. C. LAN queuing D. Bridges begin forwarding the frame before reception is complete 22. LAN segmentation with switches is also called what? A. Filtering B. Micro-segmenting. C. Bridging D. Routing 23. How do bridges filter a network? A. By logical address B. By IP address C. By hardware address. D. By digital signaling 24. How do routers filter a network? (Choose all that apply.) A. By logical address. B. By IP address. C. By digital signaling D. By hardware address E. By IPX address. 25. How do switches segment a network? A. By logical address B. By IP address C. By hardware address. D. By IPX address 26. What is a drawback of filtering a network with bridges? A. It segments the network B. It creates internetworks C. It passes datagram broadcasts. D. It filters frames 27. How can you reduce route table entries? A. Route summarization. B. Incremental updates C. Filtering D. VLANs 28. In what order do the five steps of Data Encapsulation take place? 1) User information is converted to data and Data is converted to segments. 2) Segments are converted to packets or datagrams. 3) Packets or datagrams are converted to frames. 4) Frames are converted to bits. 5) Bits are transfer through out media A. 5,4,3,2,1 B. 1,2,3,4,5 C. 3,2,4,1,5 29. What kinds off services does the Presentation layer provide (Choose all that apply)? A. PICT, JPEG. B. MIDI, MPEG. C. ASCII, EBCDIC. D. HTTP, FTP 30. What is the Network ID for the IP address 192.168.1.6, assuming default subnet mask? 31. What is the Node ID for the IP address 192.168.1.6, assuming default subnet mask? 32. What is the Network ID for the IPX address 2c.0000.0c55.de09? 33. What is the Node ID for the IPX address 2c.0000.0c55.de09? 34. What kinds off services does the Session layer provide (Choose all that apply)? A. NFS, SQL. B. RPC and NetBIOS. C. MIDI, MPEG D. ASCII, EBCDIC 35. Which three protocols are correctly matched to transport layer function? A. TCP. B. UDP. C. IP D. SPX. 36. Which IP-class provides the fewest numbers of Hosts? A. Class D B. Class C. C. Class B D. Class A 37. Which of the following protocols are used to get an IP address from a known MAC address(Choose all that apply)? A. RARP. B. ARP C. NetStat D. BOOTP. 38. A Unique ID placed in the header of each frame as it travels the switch fabric with a UID defined in each frame is known as: 39. Which OSI layer is responsible for putting 1s and 0s into a logical group? A. Transport B. Network C. Data Link. D. Physical 40. Which OSI layer is responsible for addressing devices and routing through an internetwork? A. Transport B. Network. C. Data Link D. Physical 41. Which layer is responsible for flow control, acknowledgment, and windowing? A. Transport. B. Network C. Data Link D. Physical 42. What is the result of segmenting a network with a router into 2 segments? A. It prevents one segment’s broadcasts from getting to the other segment. B. It forward all packets to another broadcast domain C. It filter MAC addresses 43. Which layer is responsible for coordinating communication between systems? A. Session. B. Transport C. Network D. Data Link 44. Which layer is responsible for negotiating data transfer syntax? A. Application B. Presentation. C. Session D. Network 45. Which layer is responsible for synchronizing sending and receiving applications, identifying and establishing the availability of the intended communication partner, and determining if sufficient resources for the intended communication exist? A. Application. B. Presentation C. Session D. Network 46. What is the port number used by TCP? A. 6. B. 17 C. 21 D. 25 E. 110 47. What is the port number used by UDP? A. 6 B. 17. C. 21 D. 25 E. 110 48. What does the acronym ARP stands for? 49. Which protocol finds a hardware address from a known IP address? 50. Which protocol works at the Internet layer of the DOD model and it’s responsible for making routing decisions? A. IP. B. ICMP C. TCP D. UDP 51. Which port numbers are used by TCP and UDP to set up sessions with other hosts? >= 1023 52. The UDP works at which layer of the DOD model? Host-to-host (transport) 53. Which protocol sends redirects back to an originating router? A. Internet Control Message Protocol – ICMP. B. User Datagram Protocol – UDP C. File Transfer Protocol – FTP D. Transport Control Protocol – TCP 54. Ping uses which Internet layer protocol? A. ICMP. B. TCP C. UDP D. FTP 55. Which protocols use the Transport layer (Choose all that Apply)? A. TCP. B. UDP. C. IPX D. IP E. SPX. 56. Which of the following is a connectionless protocol that uses the Transport layer? A. TCP B. UDP. C. IPX D. IP E. SPX 57. You have 8 stations connected to separate 10 Mbps ports on a layer 2 switch. How many Mbps of bandwidth will each port have? A. <10 B. 10. C. 20 D. 80 58. What does the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) provide? A. Connectionless. B. Connection-Oriented 59. What two OSI layers controls end-to-end communication? A. Application. B. Presentation C. Session D. Transport. E. Network 60. What LAN segmentation rule is specified by Cisco? A. 70% local, 30% over the router. B. 80% Local, 20% over the router C. 20% Local, 80% over the router 61. What is true about connection-oriented sessions (Choose all that apply)? A. Sessions take place at Transport Layer B. TCP is responsible for segment delivery C. Unacknowledged segments are resent D. The sender acknowledges all received data E. Segments are sequenced and put back into order upon arrival F. All of above. 62. What 3 functions are supported by connection-oriented services (Choose all that apply)? A. Connection parameters are synchronized. B. Loss or duplication of packets can be corrected. C. Segments are sequenced and put back into order upon arrival D. A data communication path is established between requesting and receiving device. 63. What's the default subnet mask for a Class A IP address? 64. What's the default subnet mask for a Class B IP address? 65. What's the default subnet mask for a Class C IP address? Topic 2: Bridging and Switching 66. The major benefit of VLAN is that it allows creation of workgroups based on? A. Functions. B. Physical location C. Switching technology D. Transmission media 67. For Catalyst switches, which of the following commands is used to obtain a summary of advertisements transmitted? A. Show VTP Domain B. Show VTP statistics. C. Show port status D. Show router status 68. What is a reason to create a VLAN? A. Mingle non-routable protocol traffic with routable traffic B. Create a non-secure network C. Disperse videoconferencing traffic with other traffic D. Isolate non-routable protocol traffic. 69. Select the three functions of a layer 2 switch: A. Learn the MAC addresses of hosts connected to ports. B. Store MAC addresses mapped to ports in a switching table. C. Route data based on network layer address D. Forward data based on the MAC address. 70. When might a Bridge Protocol Data Unit have to be used? A. In a changing network topology. B. In a static network topology C. To indicate which ports are to be opened for traffic D. All of the above 71. Switching is a term most commonly used to describe: A. Layer 1 devices B. Layer 2 devices. C. Layer 3 devices 72. Identify two common trunking protocols. A. PNNI and OSPF B. IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5 C. IEEE 802.1D and LAN Emulation D. ISL and IEEE 802.1Q. 73. When is frame tagging used? A. When VLANs are traversing an access link B. When VLANs are traversing a trunked link. C. When ISL is used on an access link D. When 802.1Q is used on an access link 74. Which LAN switch method runs a CRC on every frame? A. Cut-through B. Store and forward. C. FragmentCheck D. FragmentFree 75. Which LAN switch type only checks the hardware address before forwarding a frame? A. Cut-through. B. Store and forward C. FragmentCheck D. FragmentFree 76. What is true regarding the STP blocked state of a port? (Choose all that apply.) A. No frames are transmitted or received on the blocked port. B. BPDUs are sent and received on the blocked port C. BPDUs are still received on the blocked port. D. Frames are sent or received on the block port 77. How does "Store-and-Forward" LAN switching method work? A. Switch waits for the whole frame before forwarding. B. Latency varies with different frame sizes. C. Switch will forwarding the whole frame as soon as it read DA D. Switch will only forwarding the first 13 Bit inside frame 78. If a frame is received at a switch and only the destination hardware address is read before the frame is forwarded, what type of switching method are you using? A. Cut-through. B. Store and forward C. FragmentFree D. All of above 79. Which two of the following describe frame tagging? A. Examines particular info about each frame B. A unique ID placed in the header of each frame as it traverses the switch fabric. C. A user-assigned ID defined to each frame. D. The building of filter tables 80. Which type of switching is considered to be 'wire speed?' A. Layer 3 B. Cut-through. C. Store and forward D. Layer 4 81. What is a characteristic of Store and Forward switches? A. They increase latency. B. They forward based on transport layer info C. They are the same as Cut-Through switching in 'prune' mode D. They forward the frame before it is completely read E. They work at wire speed 82. What type of switching creates variable latency through the switch? A. Store and Forward. B. Layer 4 C. Layer 3 D. Cut-through. 83. What does the Spanning-Tree Algorithm (STA) do? A. Implemented by STP to prevent loops by creating a spanning tree. B. Implemented VLAN trunking Protocol C. Provide redundancy connectivity to another logical network 84. Of the different switching types, which one has the lowest latency? A. Cut-Through. B. Store-and-Forward C. FragmentFree 85. Of the different switching types, which one has the highest latency? A. Store-and-Forward. B. Cut-Through C. FragmentFree 86. Which is true regarding store-and-forward switching method? Latency depends on frame length 87. What two technologies prevent network loops in a switched environment? A. Spanning Tree Protocol and IEEE 802.ld. B. IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5 C. IEEE 802.1D and LAN Emulation D. ISL and IEEE 802.1Q 88. Which statement from a “show spantree 1” command output shows that the Virtual LAN 1 is functioning? A. VLAN1 is executing the IEEE compatible Spanning-Tree Protocol. B. VLAN1 is executing VLAN trunking protocol 89. Which of two the following are true of Per VLAN Spanning Tree? A. ISL supports Per VLAN Spanning Tree. B. Per VLAN Spanning Tree only works on Cisco5xxx with software 4.1 or better C. A significant advantage of Per VLAN Spanning Tree in a large campus network is that the choice of the root bridge can be optimized for each VLAN. D. ISL trunking requires Common Spanning Tree 90. What is a virtual LAN? A. A routed internet B. A shared physical media C. A group of ports in the same broadcast domain. D. A shared collision domain 91. Compared to bridging, layer 2 switching has which of the following characteristics? A. Less flexibility B. Lower latency C. Performs the same function but bridging and switching are implemented differently D. Switching is software based and bridges are implemented in hardware. 92. What switching technology reduces the size of a broadcast domain? A. VLAN. B. Spanning tree C. Trunking D. Dependent on IOS of Cisco Switch Topic 3: Network Protocols 93. What is the Network ID for the IP address 192.168.12.6, assuming default subnet mask? A. 192.168.12.0. B. 0.0.12.0 C. 192.168.0.0 94. What is the Node ID for the IP address 192.168.12.6, assuming default subnet mask? A. 0.0.0.6. B. 192.168.12.0 C. 192.168.0.0 95. What is the Network ID for the IPX address 2c.0000.0c56.de34? A. 2c. B. 2c.0000 C. 0c56.de34 D. de34 96. What is the Node ID for the IPX address 2c.0000.0c56.de34? A. 0000.0c56.de34. B. 2c.0000 C. 0c56.de34 97. What's the default subnet mask for a Class A IP address? A. 255.0.0.0. B. 255.255.0.0 C. 255.255.255.0 98. What's the default subnet mask for a Class B IP address? A. 255.255.0.0. B. 255.0.0.0 C. 255.255.255.0 99. Given the following IP address: 162.53.21.12. You plan for no more than 126 hosts on the subnet that includes this address. What subnet mask would you use? A. 255.255.255.128. B. 255.255.255.242 C. 255.255.255.192 100. You have a class B IP address with a 12 bits subnet. How many subnets and hosts are available? A. 4094 subnets, 14 hosts. B. 1024 subnets, 30 hosts 101. You have an IP address of 153.50.6.27 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.128. What is the class, how many bits are being subnetted, and what is the broadcast address? A. Class B, 9 bits, 153.50.6.127. B. Class B, 8 bits, 153.50.6.192 C. Class B, 10 bits, 153.50.6.64 102. Which IP host address range is allowable given an IP address of 169.73.3.55 using 12 bits of sub-netting? A. 169.73.3.49 through 169.73.3.62. B. 169.73.3.48 through 169.73.3.63 103. Given an IP host address of 169.61.3.151 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.192, which subnet does this host belong to? A. 169.61.3.128. B. 169.61.3.64 C. 169.61.3.127 104. To specify all hosts in the class B IP network 172.16.0.0, which wildcard access list mask would you use? A. 0.0.255.255. B. 0.0.0.255 [...]... retransmitting in Ethernet 268 What two types of frames are found on a Token Ring network? A Token B Frame check sequence C Data D Address 269 The FDDI specification includes which layers of the OSI reference model? A Physical and network B Physical and transport C Physical and MAC sublayer of data link D Physical and data link 270 What is the maximum data transmission rate for HSSI? A 64 Kbps B 256... would you use ISDN? A To connect IBM mainframes B To connect local area networks (LANs) using digital service with dissimilar media C To support applications requiring high-speed voice, video, and data communications D When you need both a consistent and very high rate of data speed and transfer 194 How many Frame Relay encapsulation types are available with Cisco routers? A Two B Three C Four D Five... are the ISDN protocols defined (choose 3)? A I - stands for concepts, terminology and services B E - stands for existing telephone network C Q - stands for switching and signaling D U – Undefines the reference 213 What is the Frame Relay configuration command for the second subinterface? interface s0.2 point-to-point 214 How do you display your configured DLCI’s on a frame-relay router? sh frame-relay... convergence D Periodic updates slow convergence 182 Which of the following are characteristics of IP RIP? A Distance vector B 60 second updates C Administrative distance of 120 D Load balancing E Uses composite metric Topic 5: WAN Protocols 183 What is the term used to describe the point at which the customer’s responsibility ends and the service provider’s responsibility and network begins? A Local Loop . Topic 1: OSI Reference Model & Layered Communications 1. Choose all terms popularly used as synonyms. the OSI model? A. Physical B. Data Link C. Network D. Transport. E. Distribution F. Access G. Network Protocols 7. Where are routers defined in the OSI model?