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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the purpose of resource records in DNS?






2. On a ethernet segment - why do hosts that experience a collision use a random delay before attempting to transmit?






3. After a routers ends its boot sequence - the admin wants to check the routers config. From the EXEC mode - which commands can the admin use?






4. 2 most commonly used media types in ethernet networks






5. What are 2 email components used to forward mail between servers?






6. What method of signal transmission uses radio waves to carry signals?






7. What are 3 pieces of info about a route contained in a routing table?






8. What is an automated service that matches resource names w/ required IP addresses?






9. Which 2 options represent Layer 4 addressing?






10. What determines the method of media access control?






11. What is the role of MTA in handling email?






12. What is a mechanism used by TCP to provide flow control as segments travel from source to destination?






13. What is the primary reason for developing IPv6?






14. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






15. What event occurs during the 3-way handshake?






16. What is PDU?






17. In a connectionless system - What is correct?






18. An admin wants to evaluate all traffic in a network. To ensure that all packets are captured - what network device should be used?






19. If you want to connect 4 hosts in a home network - what would be the best deviced to be used?






20. Why is flow control used for TCP data transfer?






21. What layer encapsulates segments into packets?






22. What is a benefit of a WAN?






23. What describes the purpose of default route?






24. Which IP packet field will prevent endless loops?






25. When is a straight-through cable used in a network?






26. During encapsulation - what happens in the Data Link Layer?






27. What causes crosstalk within cable pairs when using UTP?






28. 3 properties of peer-2-peer applications






29. What is a protocol that provides connectionless network layer services?






30. 3 statements about routes and their use






31. When a network service fails - which port is most often used to access a router for management purposes?






32. Given IP 172.16.134.64 and S/M 255.255.255.224 - this IP is an...?






33. statements of IP adressing






34. If you have a small network w/ 3 computers...






35. What is the primary funcion of the trailer in the Data Link Layer encapsulation?






36. What do the intermediary devices in the network do?






37. What is the purpose of the TCP/IP Network Application Layer?






38. What is a drawback of the CSMA/CD access method?






39. During a TCP session - if packets arrive out of order - what will happen?






40. 3 protocols that operate in the application layer






41. 2 characteristics of clients in data networks






42. 2 characteristics of peer-2-peer






43. Statements that describe LAN






44. There are too many broadcasts on switches - what can be done?






45. What is a characteristic of a single-mode fiber-optic cable?






46. What is the primary rope of the physical layer in transmitting data?






47. In an IPv4 environment - what information is used by the router to forward data packets from one interface of a router to another?






48. What do end devices do?






49. What is an effect of improperly applying a network cable connector?






50. There are 4 different hosts connected to a hub - media is being transfered between 2 of them but the other 2 will also like to transfer media. What must the latest hosts do to transfer the media?