Deck 8: Network Hardware in Depth

Question 1

Which of the following is not a function that would be found in a managed switch?

A) the ability to stop switching loops using STP
B) the ability to transfer it's switching table with neighboring switches
C) the creation of VLANS to logically separate resources
D) to limit access to the network by enabling security on individual ports

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Communications through a router are noticeably faster than communications through a switch.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

When a router's interface is configured with multiple IP addresses with each address belonging to different networks,what is it called?

A) multi-homed router
B) dynamic router
C) link-state router
D) router on a stick

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is not a true statement regarding the function of a switch?

A) It determines the path used based on the destination IP address.
B) It sends broadcast frames out all connected ports.
C) Each port on a switch represents a separate collision domain.
D) Switches have the ability to operate in full-duplex mode.

Question 5

What type of hacker uses a scanning device to find unsecured wireless networks and break into those networks?

A) white hat
B) wardriver
C) script kiddy
D) phisher

Question 6

What is an example of an EGP?

A) IS-IS
B) OSPF
C) BGP
D) RIPv2

Question 7

Which is the strongest form of wireless security?

A) WEP
B) IGP
C) WPA2
D) RADIUS

Question 8

Each interface on a router must have an IP address and what else to be able to communicate on the network?

A) network ID
B) default gateway
C) MAC address
D) serial number

Question 9

The time it takes for all the routing tables on every router in a network to be fully updated,either when a change occurs or according to a schedule,is called the speed of what?

A) delivery
B) convergence
C) congestion
D) concurrence

Question 10

Which of the following is the switching protocol that is used to eliminate the possibility of switching loops?

A) RIP
B) SNMP
C) NTP
D) STP

Question 11

Which of the following is a common link-state protocol?

A) OSPF
B) RIPv2
C) EIGRP
D) BGP

Question 12

Which switching method reads a minimum of 64 bytes of an Ethernet frame before forwarding the frame?

A) cut-through
B) fragment-free
C) store-and-forward
D) auto-negotiate

Question 13

What type of routing protocol are RIP and RIPv2?

A) distance-state protocol
B) link-state protocol
C) hybrid protocol
D) distance-vector protocol

Question 14

A distance-vector protocol sends updates to its neighbors that include the entire contents of its routing table.

Question 15

Changing the SSID on the access point and disabling SSID broadcast is sufficient security for most wireless networks.

Question 16

The major disadvantage to using store-and-forward switching in a large network is that it will slow down the speed of network traffic.

Question 17

All network switches require substantial configuration before they can be put into operation in a network.

Question 18

What command issued from a command prompt will display the routing table in Windows?

A) route table
B) route print
C) route delete
D) route config

Question 19

Which of the following is the fastest switching mode?

A) cut-through
B) fragment-free
C) store-and-forward
D) auto-negotiate

Question 20

Which of the following combinations will you find in a switching table?

A) application/destination port number
B) IP address/exit interface
C) destination network/next Hop
D) MAC address/switch port number

Question 21

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
frame is sent to the destination port immediately after reading the destination and source MAC address

Question 22

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
sends entire routing table to all routers at a scheduled time

Question 23

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
value that tells routers the best path to the destination network

Question 24

Which of the following would be found in a routing table on a router? (Choose all that apply.)

A) timestamp
B) destination network
C) next hop
D) MAC address
E) metric

Question 25

One type of security for wireless networks involves entering a list of the MAC addresses for the devices that are allowed to access the network and excluding all others.This is called MAC ____________.

Question 26

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
designed to stop switching loops

Question 27

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
routing protocol category in which the routing protocol is used to exchange routing information within an autonomous system.

Question 28

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
damaged frames do not get forwarded

Question 29

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
routing protocol category in which the routing protocol is used to exchange routing information between autonomous systems

Question 30

When a switch receives a broadcast frame,it ____________ the frame out all ports.

Question 31

Access control lists can be configured based on which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)

A) protocol
B) source MAC address
C) destination network
D) destination MAC address
E) source IP address

Question 32

Which advanced feature of a NIC allows a computer to download an OS from the network instead of from a local drive?

A) onboard coprocessor
B) advanced configuration power management interface
C) shared system memory
D) preboot execution environment

Question 33

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
sends status to all routers whenever there is a change

Question 34

A switch that is configured to use the Spanning Tree Protocol will place a port in ____________ mode if sending traffic to it may cause a switching loop.

Question 35

A router's final task when handling a packet is to send the packet on to its next and possibly final destination; this is referred to as packet ____________.

Question 36

A ____________ is used to make connections between the network interface card and the other vital components of the computer,such as the central processing unit.

Question 37

What is the name of the value assigned to a routing protocol to indicate its reliability compared with other routing protocols that might be in use on the same router?

A) metric
B) administrative distance
C) hop count
D) ACL

Question 38

On a router configured to use RIP,the number of routers a packet must travel between before it reaches its destination is called what? (Choose two.)

A) metric
B) hop count
C) timestamp
D) aging time

Question 39

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
configured to carry VLAN traffic

Question 40

Match each item with a statement below.​
a.distance-vector protocol
b.fragment-free switching
c.cut-through switching
d.store-and-forward switching
e.Spanning Tree Protocol
f.trunk port
g.EGP
h.link-state protocol
i.metric
j.IGP
entire frame is read before forwarding it to the destination port

Question 41

What are the three most common encryption protocols for wireless security? Which is the strongest? Which is the weakest?

Question 42

Briefly describe the three types of switching methods.

Question 43

What is BGP and how is it used?

Question 44

Briefly describe an entry in a routing table from a router.

Question 45

What is the difference between the way that a distance-vector routing protocol and a link-state routing protocol update their networks?

Question 46

What are the three ways that a router can populate its routing table?

Question 47

What is a broadcast storm?

Question 48

Why should you change the SSID on your wireless router?

Question 49

What is a trunk port?

Question 50

What does the Spanning Tree Protocol do?