Deck 7: Network Hardware in Depth

Question 1

Network switches always must be configured before they can be put into operation in a network.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

When an access control list is applied on a router's interface, that interface is performing a specific function on the packets that it receives. What is that function called?

A) packet filtering
B) packet forwarding
C) packet manipulating
D) packet dispatching

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A wireless router is actually composed of three devices, a wireless access point and which two other devices?

A) a router and a hub
B) a switch and a bridge
C) a router and a switch
D) a router and a bridge

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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

Question 5

Which of the following is the fastest switching mode?

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

Question 6

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 7

Which is the strongest form of wireless security?

A) WEP
B) WPA
C) WPA2
D) WAP2

Question 8

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

Question 9

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 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

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

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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

Question 16

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 17

Besides a managed switch, what is a high-end switch that offers features such as multicast processing and port security called?

A) intuitive
B) executive
C) smart
D) enterprise

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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

Question 21

What is a trunk port?

Question 22

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 23

Why should you change the SSID on your wireless router?

Question 24

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

Question 25

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 26

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 27

What does the Spanning Tree Protocol do?

Question 28

What is a broadcast storm?

Question 29

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

Question 30

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 31

Which is the PCI bus type that has the highest possible transfer rate?

A) PCI
B) PCIe
C) PCI-X
D) PCMCIA

Question 32

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 all that apply.)

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

Question 33

MATCHING:

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

Question 36

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 37

Briefly describe the three types of switching methods.

Question 38

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

Question 39

Which of the following would be found in a routing table on a router?

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

Question 40

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 41

What physical characteristics must you take into account when shopping for a new NIC?