chapter 2 quiz

Question 1

Which three port states are used by Rapid PVST+

Answer 1

discarding, learning and forwarding

Question 2

When PVST is running over a switched network, which port state can participate in BPDU frame forwarding based on BPDUs received, but does not forward data frames?

Answer 2

listening

Question 3

After the election of the root bridge has been completed, how will switches find the best paths to the root bridge?

Answer 3

Each switch will analyze the sum of all port costs to reach the root and use the path with the lowest cost.

Question 4

Which two issues are the result of a broadcast storm?

Answer 4

Due to high processing demands during a broadcast storm, communication may fail between end stations in the broadcast domain
During a broadcast storm, constant changes to the MAC address table prevent a switch from accurately forwarding frames.

Question 5

It is used within a group of routers for selecting an active device and a standby device to provide gateway services to a LAN…. what protocol is it?

Answer 5

HSRP: hot standby router protocol