Which statement is true about the port roles of the 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol? Ports are manually configured to be in the designated role. An alternate or backup port…
After the election of the root bridge has been completed, how will switches find the best paths to the root bridge? Each switch will analyze the sum of the hops…
During the implementation of Spanning Tree Protocol, all switches are rebooted by the network administrator. What is the first step of the spanning-tree election process? Each switch with a lower…
Which technology does CEF switching use on Cisco hardware-based routers to forward packets? forwarding engines implemented in specialized ASICs router general-purpose CPU interVLAN routing using subinterfaces route processors using stateful…
What is the goal of Layer 3 switching? to process packets at Layer 2 switching speeds while utilizing the scalability of routing to integrate all of the networking functions into…
What is a benefit of using cloud computing in networking? Technology is integrated into every-day appliances allowing them to interconnect with other devices, making them more 'smart' or automated. Network…
Which term describes a field in the IPv4 packet header that contains a 32-bit binary value associated with an interface on the sending device? source IPv4 address destination IPv4 address…
What is the effect of using the Router# copy running-config startup-config command on a router? The contents of ROM will change. The contents of RAM will change. The contents of…
When transporting data from real-time applications, such as streaming audio and video, which field in the IPv6 header can be used to inform the routers and switches to maintain the…
Which field in the IPv4 header is used to prevent a packet from traversing a network endlessly? Time-to-Live Sequence Number Acknowledgment Number Differentiated Services Answers Explanation & Hints: The value…
Which statement describes a feature of the IP protocol? IP encapsulation is modified based on network media. IP relies on Layer 2 protocols for transmission error control. MAC addresses are…
A computer can access devices on the same network but cannot access devices on other networks. What is the probable cause of this problem? The cable is not connected properly…
What is one advantage of using the cut-through switching method instead of the store-and-forward switching method? has a positive impact on bandwidth by dropping most of the invalid frames makes…
What are two actions performed by a Cisco switch? (Choose two.) examining the destination MAC address to add new entries to the MAC address table utilizing the MAC address table…
Which switching method uses the CRC value in a frame? cut-through fast-forward fragment-free store-and-forward Answers Explanation & Hints: When the store-and-forward switching method is used, the switch receives the complete…
Which switching method has the lowest level of latency? cut-through store-and-forward fragment-free fast-forward Answers Explanation & Hints: Fast-forward switching begins to forward a frame after reading the destination MAC address,…
A Layer 2 switch is used to switch incoming frames from a 1000BASE-T port to a port connected to a 100Base-T network. Which method of memory buffering would work best…
Which statement is true about the CSMA/CD access method that is used in Ethernet? When a device hears a carrier signal and transmits, a collision cannot occur. A jamming signal…
Which two fields or features does Ethernet examine to determine if a received frame is passed to the data link layer or discarded by the NIC? (Choose two.) auto-MDIX CEF…
Which statement describes a characteristic of the frame header fields of the data link layer? They all include the flow control and logical connection fields. Ethernet frame header fields contain…