Switches

Question 1

A company has 3 switches (each with 8 ports).
One is connected to a central router which is connected a hub that has 4 PCs connected to it.
How many broadcast domains are present?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

What protocol is used by network switches to ensure switch routing loops don’t occur?

Answer 2

STP… Spanning Tree Protocol

802.1d Standard

Question 3

What protocol helps switches avoid loops (Layer 2)

Answer 3

Spanning Tree Protocol

802.1d Standard

Question 4

To limit the amount of broadcast traffic in a network but allow internal segments to communicate with each other and support multicast/unicast signals, what should you use?

Answer 4

Add a layer 3 switch to create a VLAN

Question 5

To connect switches and configure to share VLAN information, what should be setup?

Answer 5

VTP

… VLAN Trunking Protocol in 802.1q Standard which carries traffic to multiple VLANS on single trunking interface between 2 Ethernet switches

Question 6

To monitor real time traffic on a switch by copying network traffic, what should be enabled?

Answer 6

Port Mirroring