Routing Fundamentals Flashcards

1
Q

Where does a router store the paths to different networks?

A

a routing table

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2
Q

How do you override a static route over a dynamic route learned from IGRP?

A

By configuring the static route with an administrative distance greater than 100

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3
Q

Which Cisco IOS global configuration command will configure 12.10.13.1 as the default gateway on the router?

A

ip default-gateway 12.10.13.1

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4
Q

Which routing protocols do not include the subnet mask in the route advertisement?

A

Classful routing protocols

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5
Q

Given two static routes, one with administrative distance 90 and one with administrative distance 100, which static route will override the other?

A

The static route with administrative distance of 90

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6
Q

What is the primary difference between routing and bridging?

A

Bridging take place at OSI Layer 2, and routing takes place at OSI Layer 3.

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7
Q

What is the default administrative distance for External Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)?

A

170

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8
Q

Which Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) command is used to view the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) link-state advertisements (LSAs) waiting to be re-sent?

A

the show ip ospf retransmission-list command

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9
Q

Which routes are used for routing packets destined for networks not listed in the routing table?

A

default routes

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10
Q

What is the term used for the number of devices through which a packet passes when traveling from a source to a destination?

A

hop count

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11
Q

Which two routing protocols are Cisco Systems’ proprietary routing protocols?

A

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)

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12
Q

Each router interface makes a____________ domain and each switch interface creates a ___________ domain

A

Broadcast, collision

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13
Q

Which ip route command will create a default route to network 191.31.23.1?

A

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 191.31.23.1

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14
Q

Routing metrics are characteristics of which type of protocols?

A

routing protocols

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15
Q

What is the default administrative distance for Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)?

A

90

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16
Q

To what interface does a host send a packet if the host determines the destination IP address is in another subnet?

A

To the default gateway of the local router interface

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17
Q

Which routing metric enables a router to make a routing decision based on the extent to which a link is busy?

A

load

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18
Q

What is the term used for the parameters by which a router determines the best path to the destination host?

A

routing metrics

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19
Q

Which Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) command is used to view the current state of the active routing protocol process?

A

the show ip protocols command

20
Q

What are the only types of routes that appear in a routing table automatically?

A

Routes to directly connected networks appear without the administrator creating the routes and without the aid of dynamic routing protocols.

21
Q

Which Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) command is used to view the contents of the IP multicast routing table?

A

the show ip mroute command

22
Q

Which Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) command is used to view the status of the IPv6 routing protocols?

A

the show ipv6 protocols command

23
Q

What is the default administrative distance (AD) value for unknown origin routes?

A

255

24
Q

Which Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) command will enable a Cisco router to select a default route when routing to an unknown subnet of a network for which it knows the major network?

A

the ip classless command

25
Q

Which routing metric enables a router to decide the best path through the network based on the maximum attainable throughput on a link?

A

bandwidth

26
Q

What does “C” imply in the show ip route command output?

A

directly connected routes

27
Q

Which Cisco IOS command will enable a router to copy the configuration files from NVRAM to its RAM?

A

the copy startup-configuration running-configuration command

28
Q

What is the default administrative distance of a static route?

A

One

29
Q

Which two routing protocols perform equal and unequal load balancing by default?

A

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)

30
Q

Which Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) command is used to reinstall a previously removed interior or exterior route?

A

the discard-route command

31
Q

What is the default administrative distance (AD) value for a directly connected interface?

A

0

32
Q

Which Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) command is used to view the IPv6 routing table?

A

the show ipv6 route command

33
Q

When a packet is being transferred across a network, the _______________ addresses in the frame header keep changing, but the ___________ addresses in the packet do not.

A

MAC, IP

34
Q

How would you identify default network in the show ip route command output?

A

the route to the default network is flagged and is denoted by an asterisk (*).

35
Q

What is the default administrative distance for static routes?

A

1

36
Q

What does “S” imply in the show ip route command output?

A

static route

37
Q

Which routing protocols include the subnet mask in the route advertisement and support Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM)?

A

Classless routing protocols

38
Q

What is the default administrative distance for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)?

A

110

39
Q

What are the two ways in which a routing table can be populated?

A

statically and dynamically

40
Q

What is the default administrative distance (AD) value for an Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP) route?

A

140

41
Q

What is the first criterion that a router uses to choose the best path if two protocols provide route information for the same destination?

A

Administrative Distance

42
Q

What is the default administrative distance for directly connected interfaces?

A

Zero

43
Q

Which metric is used by Routing Information Protocol (RIP) for its path selection?

A

the Hop-count metric

44
Q

What is another term for the default gateway?

A

gateway of the last resort

45
Q

How many broadcast domains are present in a network with no router?

A

1