A.) IP source address
B.) IP source and destination address, protocol numbers and port numbers
C.) IPX source and destination address
D.) Source MAC address
Ans A
802. What is the function of the Transport layer and which protocols reside there?
A.) MAC addressing - IP
B.) Interhost communication - SQL, NFS
C.) Best effort Packet delivery - TCP, UDP
D.) End-to-end connections - TCP, UDP
Ans D
803. Identify the 3 Internet layer IP protocols?
A.) NetBios
B.) IPX
C.) ARP
D.) IP
E.) RARP
Ans C D E
804. IPX routing updates occur how often? A.) Every 30 seconds
B.) Every 60 seconds
C.) Only as needed
D.) When the remote router asks for an update
Ans B
805. Identify 3 methods not used to prevent routing loops?
A.) Holddown timers
B.) Sequence numbers
C.) Triggered updates
D.) Split horizon
E.) Area hierarchies
F.) Order of router startup
Ans B E F
806. Identify the hardware component that stores the bootstrap program?
A.) ROM
B.) NVRAM
C.) Booter load
D.) RAM
E.) Flash
Ans A
807. Which OSI layer provides mechanical, electrical & procedural specifications for
activating, maintaining physical link?
A.) Presentation
B.) Network
C.) Application
D.) Physical
E.) Transport
F.) Data-Link
Ans D
808 Identify 2 characteristics of PPP?
A.) Uses LLC to establish the link
B.) Default serial encapsulation
C.) Support multiple layer 3 protocols
D.) Offers two types of authentication; PAP and CHAP
Ans C D
809. Identify 3 characteristics of a connection oriented protocol?
A.) Path determination
B.) Flow control
C.) Acknowledgements
D.) Uses hop count as metric E.) 3 way handshake
Ans B D E
810 What is the maximum hop count for IP RIP?
A.) Infinity
B.) 16
C.) 15
D.) 1
Ans C
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811 What is Cisco's default encapsulation method on serial interfaces?
A.) ANSI
B.) Cisco
C.) Q933a
D.) HDLC
Ans D
812. Which of the following is a characteristic of a switch, but not of a router?
A.) Switches forward packets based on the IPX or IP address in the frame
B.) Switches forward packets based on the IP address in the frame
C.) Switches forward packets based on the MAC address in the frame
D.) Switches forward packets based only on the IP address in the packet
Ans C
813. Ping uses which Internet layer protocol?
A.) RARP
B.) ICMP
C.) ARP
D.) FTP
Ans B
814. Which is true regarding store-and-forward switching method?
A.) Latency varies depending on frame-length
B.) Latency is constant
C.) It is default for all Cisco switches
D.) It only reads the destination hardware address before forwarding the frame
Ans A
815. Which three of the following are true statements about connection-oriented sessions?
A.) The segments delivered are acknowledged back to the sender upon their reception B.) Any segments not acknowledged are retransmitted by the receiver
C.) A manageable data flow is maintained in order to avoid congestion, overloading and loss of
any data
D.) Segments are sequenced back into their proper order upon arrival at
their destination
Ans A C D
816 What does a metric of 16 hops represent when using RIP?
A.) Number of hops to the destination
B.) Destination unreachable
C.) Number of routers
D.) Bandwidth
Ans B
817. You need to come up with a TCP/IP addressing scheme for your company. Which two
factors must you consider when you define the subnet mask for the network?
A.) The location of DHCP servers
B.) The volume of traffic on each subnet
C.) The number of subnets on the network
D.) The location of the default gateway
E.) The number of host IDs on each subnet
Ans C E
818. What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
A.) TCP is connection-oriented; UDP uses acknowledgements only
B.) TCP is connection-oriented; UDP is connectionless
C.) Both TCP and UDP are connection-oriented, but only TCP uses windowing
D.) TCP and UDP both have sequencing, but UDP is connectionless
Ans B D
819. What does the 'S' mean when looking at the routing table?
A.) Statically connected
B.) Directly connected
C.) Dynamically attached
D.) Shutdown route
Ans A
820. Why would you use static routing instead of dynamic routing?
A.) When you want automatic updates of the routing tables
B.) All the time
C.) When you have very few routes and want to conserve bandwidth
D.) When you have a gateway of last resort
Ans C
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821. What does the acronym ARP stand for?
A.) Address Resolution Phase
B.) ARP Resolution Protocol
C.) Address Resolution Protocol
D.) Address Recall Protocol
Ans C
822. What is the default encapsulation of Netware 3.12?
A.) Ethernet_II
B.) 802.5
C.) 802.2
D.) 802.3
Ans C
823. Regarding frame relay, which of the following statements are true?
A.) You must use ANSI encapsulation if connecting to non-Cisco equipment
B.) You must use IETF encapsulation if connecing to non-Cisco equipment
C.) You must use Q.933a encapsulation if connecing to non-Cisco equipment
D.) You must use Cisco encapsulation if connecting to non-Cisco equipment
Ans B
824 What is required to support full-duplex Ethernet?
A.) Multiple paths between multiple stations on a link
B.) Automatic sensing operation by all connected stations
C.) Loopback and collision detection disabled
D.) Full-duplex NIC cards
Ans C D
825. Which layer is responsible for determining if sufficient resources for the intended
communication exists?
A.) Application
B.) Network
C.) Session
D.) Presentation
E.) Transport
Ans A
826. What are the 2 functions of the Data Link Mac layer?
A.) Handles access to shared media
B.) Manages protocol access to the physical network medium
C.) Provides SAPs for higher level protocols
D.) Allows multiple devices to uniquely identify one another on the data link layer Ans A B D
827. Describe End to End network services: (Choose all that apply)
A.) Best Route selection
B.) Accomplished Segment by Segment, each segment is autonomous
C.) Flow Control & Data Integrity
D.) Best efforts packet delivery
Ans B C
828. Which of the following provide correct information about a protocol at the transport
layer of the OSI model?
A.) UDP - Provides Connectionless datagrams service
B.) TCP - Provides Connection Oriented Services
C.) SMTP - Provides Mail Exchange
D.) IP - Route determination
E.) TCP - Provides Flow Control and Error Checking
F.) FTP - Transfers of Files
Ans A E
829. Which protocol works at the Internet layer and is responsible for making routing
decisions?
A.) UDP
B.) IP
C.) TCP
D.) ARP
Ans B
830. Which layer is responsible for providing mechanisms for multiplexing upper-layer
application, session establishment, and tear down of virtual circuits?
A.) Session
B.) Network
C.) Physical
D.) Transport
E.) Application
F.) Presentation
Ans D
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831. Which of the following are logged when IP access list logging is enabled?
A.) source address
B.) protocol
C.) source port
D.) destination address
E.) access list number
F.) destination port Ans A B C D F
832. What's the default CDP holdtime in seconds for Cisco routers?
A.) 30 seconds
B.) 180 seconds
C.) 90 seconds
D.) 60 seconds
Ans B
833. Which two of the following protocols are used at the Transport layer?
A.) ARP
B.) UDP
C.) ICMP
D.) RARP
E.) TCP
F.) BootP
Ans B E
834. LAN stands for which of the following?
A.) Local Area Network
B.) Local Arena Network
C.) Local Area News
D.) Logical Area Network
Ans A
835. Choose three reasons why the networking industry uses a layered model:
A.) It facilitates systematic troubleshooting
B.) It allows changes in one layer to occur without changing other layers
C.) It allows changes to occur in all layers when changing one protocol
D.) It clarifies how to do it rather than what general function to be done
E.) It clarifies what general function is to be done rather than how to do it
Ans A B D
836 A ISDN PRI circuit can be described as which of the following?
A.) 24 B channels and 1-64Kbps D channel
B.) 23 B channels and 1-64Kbps D channel
C.) 2-D channels and 1-C channel
D.) 2-64Kbps B channels and 1-16Kbps D channel
Ans B
837. What are 3 ways to provide login access to router?
A.) Console
B.) TFTP
C.) Rlogin
D.) Auxiliary Port
E.) X Windows
F.) Telnet Ans A D F
838 Which of the following statements are true?
A.) Store and forward switching creates variable latency through the switch
B.) Cut through switching creates variables latency through the switch
C.) Cut through switching works at wire speed
D.) Store and forward switching works at wire speed
Ans A C
839 Which of the following can reply to a Novell Get Nearest Server (GNS) request?
A.) Local Novell server
B.) Remote Novell Printer
C.) Cisco router
D.) Novell client
Ans A C
840. Identify the 3 kinds of routes IGRP advertises?
A.) Interior
B.) Dynamic
C.) System
D.) Exterior
Ans A C D
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841. What is the routing metric used by RIP?
A.) Route poisoning
B.) Split horizon
C.) Hop Count
D.) TTL
Ans C
842. What is the default encapsulation and frame type on an Ethernet interface when
enabling Novell?
A.) SNAP
B.) Ethernet_II
C.) 802.2
D.) 802.3
E.) SAP
F.) Novell-ether
Ans D F
843. What is true when creating static route?
A.) The mask parameter is optional B.) The administrative distance is required
C.) The gateway parameter is required
D.) The administrative distance is optional
Ans C D
844 Of the following switching types, which one has the highest latency?
A.) Cut-through
B.) None
C.) Store-and-forward
D.) Fragment Free
Ans C
845. What does the IPX maximum-path command do?
A.) Allows you to disable the TTL on an IPX packet
B.) This parameter is only used in NLSP routing
C.) Sets the maximum metric that can appear in the routing table
D.) Configures round robin load sharing over multiple equal metric paths
(parallel paths)
Ans D
846. What does -1 mean in an extended IPX access-list?
A.) Any IP address
B.) Deny all
C.) Deny host
D.) Any host or any network
Ans D
847 What parameter is used with statically assigned routers to tell packets which interface
to use to reach a distant network?
A.) Mask
B.) Subnet
C.) Default gateway
D.) Interface
Ans C
848. Which of the following protocols are used to get an IP address from a known MAC
address?
A.) BootP
B.) TCP
C.) IP
D.) ARP
E.) RARP
F.) ICMP
Ans A E
849. What does the Spanning Tree Algorithm (STA) do? A.) Restore lost frames
B.) Builds routing tables for routing through an internetwork
C.) Forward packets through a switch
D.) STA is implemented by STP to prevent loops
Ans D
850. IP extended access lists use which of the following as a basis for permitting or
denying packets?
A.) destination address
B.) all of the above
C.) protocol
D.) source addressE.) port
Ans B
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