Written Lab 11

Question 1

What do you do to provide IVR with a layer 3 switch?

Answer 1

You need to create logical interfaces in the switch configuration for each VLAN

Question 2

What protocol will stop loops in a layer 2 switched network?

Answer 2

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Question 3

VLANs break up ____ domains in a Layer 2 switched network

Answer 3

Broadcast

Question 4

Which VLAN cannot be changed and which can you configure by default?

Answer 4

VLAN 1 is the default VLAN and can’t be changed. VLANs 2-1001 can be configured by default.

Question 5

If you have a switch that provides both ISL and 802.1q frame tagging, what command under the trunk interface will make the trunk use 802.1q? What do put if there’s an error when trying to trunk a port?

Answer 5

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

Question 6

What does trunking provide?

Answer 6

It allows for the transfer of information of all or many VLANs via one link

Question 7

The 802.1q encapsulation is removed from the frame if the frame is forwarded out an access link

What happens to the 802.1q encapsulation of the frame if the frame is forwarded out an access link?

Answer 7

The 802.1q encapsulation is removed from the frame

Question 8

What is an access link?

Answer 8

Referred to as the configured VLAN of the port. Any device attached to it assumes it’s part of some broadcast domain, but it doesn’t have the big picture of physical topology.

Member of only one VLAN

Question 9

You want to change from the default of VLAN 1 to VLAN 4 for untagged traffic. What command will you use?

Answer 9

switchport trunk native vlan 4