Chapter 5

Question 1

a three-byte code that is assigned by IEEE to identify the vendor of a NIC

Answer 1

Organizationally Unique Identifier

Question 2

a message that is sent from a single sender to a single recipient

Answer 2

Unicast

Question 3

a message that is sent from a single sender to all recipients

Answer 3

broadcast

Question 4

a message that is sent from a single sender to a group of recipients - more than one, but not all

Answer 4

multicast

Question 5

a Layer 2 address that allows NICs to communicate with each other

Answer 5

physical

Question 6

a Layer 3 address that identifies both the network and the specific host on that network

Answer 6

logical address

Question 7

the process that is used to find a Layer 2 address when a Layer 3 address is known

Answer 7

address resolution protocol

Question 8

a feature that detects the type of cable, and configures the interfaces to allow the connection

Answer 8

auto-MDIX

Question 9

a switching method that receives the entire frame before forwarding

Answer 9

store-and-forward switching

Question 10

a switching method that begins the forwarding process as soon as enough information has been received to make a forwarding decision

Answer 10

cut-through switching

Question 11

a cut-through switching method that begins to forward data as soon as the destination address has been received

Answer 11

fast-forward switching

Question 12

a cut-through switching method that begins to forward data after receipt of the first 64 bytes of a frame

Answer 12

fragment-free switching