Ethernet Switching Flashcards

1
Q

A ___ frame is a frame destined for a single target.

A

Unicast

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A MAC address is written as ___ hexadecimal characters

A

12

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3
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A MAC address learned by a switch without manual configuration is called a ___

A

Dynamic MAC address (dynamically learned MAC address)

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4
Q

A switch will flood an __ unicast frame

A

Unknown

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5
Q

A value of ___ or greater in the Type/Length field indicates Type.

A

1536

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6
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A value of ___ or less in the Type/Length field indicates Length

A

1500

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7
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By default, a dynamic MAC address will be removed from the MAC address table after ___ of inactivity

A

5 minutes

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8
Q

Ethernet header “destination” = ___ byte(s)

A

6

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9
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Ethernet header “preamble” = ___ byte(s)

A

7

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10
Q

Ethernet header “SFD” = ___ byte(s)

A

1

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11
Q

Ethernet header “source” = ___ byte(s)

A

6

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12
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Ethernet header “Type/Length” = ___ byte(s)

A

2

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13
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Ethernet trailer “FCS” = ___ byte(s)

A

4

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14
Q

Hexadecimal A = Decimal ___

A

10

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15
Q

Hexadecimal B = Decimal ___

A

11

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16
Q

Hexadecimal C = Decimal ___

A

12

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17
Q

Hexadecimal D = Decimal ___

A

13

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18
Q

Hexadecimal E = Decimal ___

A

14

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19
Q

Hexadecimal F = Decimal ___

A

15

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20
Q

How long is a MAC address? = ___ bits

A

48

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21
Q

How long is a MAC address? = ___ bytes

A

6

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22
Q

The first 3 bytes of a MAC address are the ___

A

OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier)

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23
Q

The first ___ byes of a MAC address are the OUI

24
Q

What are the 5 fields of an Ethernet Headed?

A

Preamble, SFD, Destination, Source, Type/Length

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What does “FCS” in an Ethernet Frame stand for?
Frame Check Sequence
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What does “SFD” in an Ethernet header stand for?
Start Frame Delimiter
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What does a switch do with an unknown unicast frame?
Floods it out all ports (except port it was received on
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What does MAC stand for?
Media Access Control
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What is another name for a MAC address?
BIA (Burned-In Address)
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What is the bit pattern of one byte in the Ethernet preamble?
10101010
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What is the bit pattern of the Ethernet SFD?
10101011
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What is the Ethernet Type value for IPv4? (In hexadecimal)
0x0800
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What is the Ethernet Type value for IPv6? (In hexadecimal)
0x86DD
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What is the only field in an Ethernet trailer?
FCS (Frame Check Sequence)
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What is the total size of the Ethernet header + trailer? = ___ bytes
26
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What kind of algorithm does the Ethernet FCS use?
CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
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What field of an Ethernet frame does a switch use to learn and populate its MAC address table?
Source MAC address
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What field of an Ethernet header is used for synchronization?
Preamble
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Which field of an Ethernet header marks the end of the preamble?
SFD
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Clear all dynamic MAC addresses from MAC Address Table: | SW1#___
clear mac address-table dynamic
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Clear all dynamic MAC addresses on a specific interface from MAC Address Table: SW1#___
clear mac address-table dynamic interface (interface-id)
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Clear all dynamic MAC addresses for a specific dynamic MAC address from MAC Address Table: SW1#___
clear mac address-table dynamic address (mac-address)
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Command to show ARP table on Cisco device:
show arp
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ARP Reply message is ___
Unicast
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ARP Request message is ___
broadcast
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The process of addresses being cleared after 5 minutes of inactivity is called ___
Aging
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View MAC Address Table: | SW1# ___
show mac address-table
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What is the broadcast MAC address?
FFFF.FFFF.FFFF
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What is the command to view the ARP table on a Windows, macOS, or Linux computer?
arp -a
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What is the Ethernet Type code for an ARP packet?
0x0806
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What is the minimum size of an Ethernet Frame? (Headed + Payload + Trailer)
64 bytes
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What is the minimum size of an Ethernet payload?
46 bytes
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What is the size of the Ethernet header + trailer? (No Preamble + SFD)
18 bytes
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What protocol is used to discover the Layer 2 address of another device?
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
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What two messages are used in ARP?
ARP Request | ARP Reply
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What two messages are used in ping?
ICMP Echo Request | ICMP Echo Reply