Day 10 Questions

Question 1

What is a routing protocol?

Answer 1

A protocol that allows a router to learn dynamically how to reach other networks.

Question 2

_______ is used to determine the reliability of one source of routing information from another.

Answer 2

Administrative distance.

Question 3

If a router learns a route from both EIGRP (internal) and OSPF, which one would it prefer?

Answer 3

EIGRP.

Question 4

What is the RIP AD?

Answer 4

120.

Question 5

What is the eBGP AD?

Answer 5

20.

Question 6

Name at least four routing metrics.

Answer 6

Bandwidth, cost, delay, load, reliability, and hop count.

Question 7

Once routes have been placed into the routing table, by default the most specific or longest match prefix will always be preferred over less specific routes. True or false?

Answer 7

True.

Question 8

_______ operates at the data plane and is a topology-driven proprietary switching mechanism that creates a forwarding table that is tied to the routing table (i.e., the
control plane).

Answer 8

CEF.

Question 9

CEF uses a _______ to make IP destination prefix-based switching decisions.

Answer 9

FIB.

Question 10

Link State routing protocols are those that use distance or hop count as its primary metric for determining the best forwarding path. True or false?

Answer 10

False.