Mod 10 Day 2

Question 1

What are the three functions of a switch

Answer 1

Address learning
Making forward/filter decisions
Loop avoidance

Question 2

What STP extension treats each VLAN as a separate Network and is used with 802.1Q trunks

Answer 2

PVST+

Question 3

What does the command prompt look like when in user exec

Answer 3

Router>

Question 4

What does the command prompt look like when in privileged exec

Answer 4

Router#

Question 5

By default all ports on a switch are configured to which VLAN

Answer 5

VLAN1

Question 6

Name the two types of VLAN ports

Answer 6

Access ports

Trunk ports

Question 7

Which network management principle is concerned with documenting all aspects of the network to include hardware, software, and security

Answer 7

Configuration management

Question 8

What are the five spanning tree Port States

Answer 8

Blocking
Listening
Learning
Forwarding
Disabled

Question 9

Which layer of the Cisco hierarchical model is concerned with speed

Answer 9

Core layer

Question 10

Where is the Cisco iOS stored by default

Answer 10

Flash memory

Question 11

What three ways can Cisco iOS be accessed

Answer 11

Console port
Auxiliary port
Vty lines

Question 12

Describe the following command prompts
Switch>
Router#
Atlanta(config)#
Oak(config-if)#

Answer 12

User exec
Privileged exec allows you route type access
Global config
Specific config

Question 13

This is a layer 2 Cisco proprietary protocol that gathers information about neighboring (attached) Cisco devices

Answer 13

Cisco Discovery protocol CDP

Question 14

This command displays basic information about directly connected to Cisco devices

Answer 14

Show CDP neighbors

Question 15

This command displays the same information as show CDP neighbors + IP addresses and remote devices iOS information

Answer 15

Show CDP neighbors detail

Question 16

These are layer 2 devices used to define collision domains with independent bandwidth on each port

Answer 16

Switches

Question 17

Switches rely on what to make forwarding decisions

Answer 17

Mac address table MAT

Question 18

Network Loops are avoided using what

Answer 18

Spanning tree protocol STP

Question 19

This is a reference point for all other devices in the STP Network STP works by selecting this first

Answer 19

Root bridge

Question 20

After the root bridge is elected all other switches fine there_______ _________which are advertised to other switches via BPDU’s is having the lowest-cost path back to the root bridge

Answer 20

Designated ports

Question 21

This is based on the IEEE 802.1d

Answer 21

Spanning tree protocol

Question 22

This is based on the standard and works using hello messages send every two seconds by default

Answer 22

Rapid spanning tree protocol rstp

Question 23

What are the four encapsulation method utilized for physical interfaces

Answer 23

HDLC
PPP
X.25
Frame relay

Question 24

These are used to deliver one protocol across networks using a different protocol or to provide a secure delivery a crossing Network

Answer 24

Tunnel

Question 25

A virtual interface configured on the router used for maintenance / management

Answer 25

Loopback

Question 26

Directing undesired Network traffic to the no interface can avoid the overhead involved with using access list

Answer 26

Null

Question 27

Method by which an interface is configured without a dedicated IP address

Answer 27

IP unnumbered

Question 28

These are routed protocols

Answer 28

IPv6

Ipv4

Question 29

These are routing protocols. It’s how it’s carried place to place to reach destination

Answer 29

RIP
EIGRP
OSPF

Question 30

These can only belong to and carry traffic for one VLAN

Answer 30

Accessport

Question 31

This is a 100-1000 Mbps point-to-point link between switches or between a switch and a router

Answer 31

Trunk port

Question 32

The two trunking protocols are

Answer 32

Interswitch link ISL

IEEE 802.1Q

Question 33

This protocol is older and adds 30 bytes of overhead data to the frame

Answer 33

Inter switch link ISL

Question 34

This protocol adds only four bites of overhead data to the frame

Answer 34

IEEE 802.1q

Question 35

This was created as a way of managing VLAN traffic the ethernet frame is extended to 18 bytes

Answer 35

Frame tagging