CCNA1 Modules 8-10: Communicating Between Networks Exam Answers Flashcards
Which information is used by routers to forward a data packet toward its destination?
destination IP address
A computer has to send a packet to a destination host in the same LAN. How will the packet be sent?
The packet will be sent directly to the destination host.
A router receives a packet from the Gigabit 0/0 interface and determines that the packet needs to be forwarded out the Gigabit 0/1 interface. What will the router do next?
create a new Layer 2 Ethernet frame to be sent to the destination
Which IPv4 address can a host use to ping the loopback interface?
127.0.0.1
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 computer has an invalid default gateway address.
Which statement describes a feature of the IP protocol?
IP relies on upper layer services to handle situations of missing or out-of-order packets.
Explanation: IP protocol is a connection-less protocol, considered unreliable in terms of end-to-end delivery. It does not provide error control in the cases where receiving packets are out-of-order or in cases of missing packets. It relies on upper layer services, such as TCP, to resolve these issues.
Why is NAT not needed in IPv6?
Any host or user can get a public IPv6 network address because the number of available IPv6 addresses is extremely large.
Which parameter does the router use to choose the path to the destination when there are multiple routes available?
the lower metric value that is associated with the destination network
What are two services provided by the OSI network layer? (Choose two.)
routing packets toward the destination
encapsulating PDUs from the transport layer
Explanation: The OSI network layer provides several services to allow communication between devices:
addressing encapsulation routing de-encapsulation Error detection, placing frames on the media, and collision detection are all functions of the data ink layer.
Within a production network, what is the purpose of configuring a switch with a default gateway address?
The default gateway address is used to forward packets originating from the switch to remote networks.
Explanation: A default gateway address allows a switch to forward packets that originate on the switch to remote networks. A default gateway address on a switch does not provide Layer 3 routing for PCs that are connected on that switch. A switch can still be accessible from Telnet as long as the source of the Telnet connection is on the local network.
What is a basic characteristic of the IP protocol?
connectionless
Explanation: Internet Protocol (IP) is a network layer protocol that does not require initial exchange of control information to establish an end-to-end connection before packets are forwarded. Thus, IP is connectionless and does not provide reliable end-to-end delivery by itself. IP is media independent. User data segmentation is a service provided at the transport layer.
Which field in the IPv4 header is used to prevent a packet from traversing a network endlessly?
Time-to-Live
Explanation: The value of the Time-to-Live (TTL) field in the IPv4 header is used to limit the lifetime of a packet. The sending host sets the initial TTL value; which is decreased by one each time the packet is processed by a router. If the TTL field decrements to zero, the router discards the packet and sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Time Exceeded message to the source IP address. The Differentiated Services (DS) field is used to determine the priority of each packet. Sequence Number and Acknowledgment Number are two fields in the TCP header.
What is one advantage that the IPv6 simplified header offers over IPv4?
efficient packet handling
Explanation: The IPv6 simplified header offers several advantages over IPv4:
Better routing efficiency and efficient packet handling for performance and forwarding-rate scalability
No requirement for processing checksums
Simplified and more efficient extension header mechanisms (as opposed to the IPv4 Options field)
A Flow Label field for per-flow processing with no need to open the transport inner packet to identify the various traffic flows
What IPv4 header field identifies the upper layer protocol carried in the packet?
Protocol
Explanation: It is the Protocol field in the IP header that identifies the upper-layer protocol the packet is carrying. The Version field identifies the IP version. The Differential Services field is used for setting packet priority. The Identification field is used to reorder fragmented packets.
What information does the loopback test provide?
The TCP/IP stack on the device is working correctly.
What routing table entry has a next hop address associated with a destination network?
remote routes
How do hosts ensure that their packets are directed to the correct network destination?
They have to keep their own local routing table that contains a route to the loopback interface, a local network route, and a remote default route.
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 same path for the packets in the same conversation?
Flow Label
Explanation: The Flow Label in IPv6 header is a 20-bit field that provides a special service for real-time applications. This field can be used to inform routers and switches to maintain the same path for the packet flow so that packets will not be reordered.
What statement describes the function of the Address Resolution Protocol?
ARP is used to discover the MAC address of any host on the local network.
Under which two circumstances will a switch flood a frame out of every port except the port that the frame was received on? (Choose two.)
The frame has the broadcast address as the destination address.
The destination address is unknown to the switch.
Explanation: A switch will flood a frame out of every port, except the one that the frame was received from, under two circumstances. Either the frame has the broadcast address as the destination address, or the destination address is unknown to the switch.
Which statement describes the treatment of ARP requests on the local link?
They are received and processed by every device on the local network.
Explanation: One of the negative issues with ARP requests is that they are sent as a broadcast. This means all devices on the local link must receive and process the request.
Which destination address is used in an ARP request frame?
FFFF.FFFF.FFFF
Explanation: The purpose of an ARP request is to find the MAC address of the destination host on an Ethernet LAN. The ARP process sends a Layer 2 broadcast to all devices on the Ethernet LAN. The frame contains the IP address of the destination and the broadcast MAC address, FFFF.FFFF.FFFF. The host with the IP address that matches the IP address in the ARP request will reply with a unicast frame that includes the MAC address of the host. Thus the original sending host will obtain the destination IP and MAC address pair to continue the encapsulation process for data transmission.
A network technician issues the arp -d * command on a PC after the router that is connected to the LAN is reconfigured. What is the result after this command is issued?
The ARP cache is cleared.
Explanation: Issuing the arp –d * command on a PC will clear the ARP cache content. This is helpful when a network technician wants to ensure the cache is populated with updated information.
Which two types of IPv6 messages are used in place of ARP for address resolution?
neighbor solicitation
neighbor advertisement
Explanation: IPv6 does not use ARP. Instead, ICMPv6 neighbor discovery is used by sending neighbor solicitation and neighbor advertisement messages.
What is the aim of an ARP spoofing attack?
to associate IP addresses to the wrong MAC address
Where are IPv4 address to Layer 2 Ethernet address mappings maintained on a host computer?
ARP cache
What important information is examined in the Ethernet frame header by a Layer 2 device in order to forward the data onward?
destination MAC address
Explanation: The Layer 2 device, such as a switch, uses the destination MAC address to determine which path (interface or port) should be used to send the data onward to the destination device.
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