Switch Features

Question 1

Be sure to change the ___________ on your switches

Answer 1

default password

Question 2

This is what you get when you chop up a broadcast domain and turn it into a bunch of little broadcast domains:

Answer 2

Virtual Lan ( VLAN )

Question 3

you can use a ________ to connect 2 VLAN’s

Answer 3

router

Question 4

Higher-end switches offer ____________routing

Answer 4

interVLAN

Question 5

__________ routing acts like one or more virtual routers to connect multiple VLAN’s

Answer 5

interVLAN

Question 6

these ports move all VLAN traffic between switches

Answer 6

Trunking

Question 7

trunking is done by _____________ the ports

Answer 7

tagging, or Port Tagging

Question 8

_________ is a protocol to allow trunking on certain switches

Answer 8

802.1Q

Question 9

This is a Cisco proprietary protocol that is used to automate the updating of all VLAN switches

Answer 9

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)

Question 10

The __________ command displays a switches running configuration

Answer 10

show config

Question 11

The ___________ command displays the interfaces for all the ports.

Answer 11

show interface

Question 12

_________ are packets that are smaller than the required ethernet standard

Answer 12

runts

Question 13

_________ are packets that are larger than the required Ethernet Standard

Answer 13

giants

Question 14

The ___________ command displays the routing table on a Cisco switch

Answer 14

show route

Question 15

______ do not use IP addresses or work with Layer 3

Answer 15

switch ports

Question 16

_______ ___________ use STP to detect looping by deactivating the ports if necessary

Answer 16

Switch interconnections

Question 17

_____ _______ is a Cisco method allowing only non-switch devices to connect to the switch

Answer 17

BPDU guard

Question 18

_____ ________ links switch ports to increase bandwidth

Answer 18

Port Bonding

Question 19

Use _____ for the trunking protocol

Answer 19

LACP

Question 20

Set port to _________ __________ or _________ __________ or they wont work.

Answer 20

Active - Active
Active - Passive
setting them to just Passive won’t work.

Question 21

______ ___________ enables the traffic flowing through one port to be monitored on another port

Answer 21

Port mirroring

Question 22

The ________ ___________ feature enables admins to inspect traffic remotely from a suspect machine

Answer 22

Port mirroring

Question 23

_________ __________ is configured on a switch by providing a source port and a destination port.

Answer 23

Port mirroring

Question 24

_______ ___ __________ contols help you better manage available bandwidth

Answer 24

Quality of Service

Question 25

One type of QoS control is :

Answer 25

traffic shaping

Question 26

________ _______ on SOHO routers allows you to set priorities for different protocols

Answer 26

Simple QoS

Question 27

This system switch feature detects and reports possible attacks to the admins

Answer 27

Intrusion Detection Software (IDS)

Question 28

This switch feature system runs inline with the Network and acts to stop detected attacks.

Answer 28

Intrusion Prevention system (IPS)

Question 29

A firewall filters, an IDS notifies, an IPS acts to stop.

Question 30

this is a dedicated box or software
in an organization like schools
caching
has content filtering
acts like a firewall
hides the clients from the server

Answer 30

Forward Proxy Server

Question 31

this type of proxy doesn’t have to go through a bunch of configuration, has to be inline between you and the internet,

Answer 31

Transparent proxy

Question 32

this type of proxy is good for High Security
Handles DoS Attacks
Load balancing
Caching
Encryption acceleration
hide the server

Answer 32

Reverse Proxy Server

Question 33

Load balancing can be done with:

Answer 33

Can route the most available server, either by a configured list
DNS Severs - round robin
Server side - use clustering - uses a sophisticated hardware device that is located within the server.

Question 34

________ are used to protect public-facing servers by creating and isolated area for those devices.

Answer 34

DMZ’s

Question 35

Two ________ are used in a DMZ: one allowing unsolicited traffic to public service, and second maintaining isolation of the private network

Answer 35

firewalls

Question 36

________ _________ can be used to block specific access for areas that may need additional restrictions but, still function within the main domain

Answer 36

Internal firewalls