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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






2. 2 characteristics of peer-2-peer






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






4. Which layer supplies services and allows user interface?






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






6. What is PDU?






7. What command will you use to place the router into the correct mode to configure an appropiate interface to connect a LAN?






8. What are 2 common characteristics associated w/ dynamic routing protocols?






9. To make a console connection from a comp to a Cisco router - what cable should be used?






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






11. Intermediary devices used to implement security between networks






12. What info is found in the TCP and UDP header info?






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






14. What is the function of the DLL?






15. What is a default gateway address?

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






17. What makes fiber preferable to copper for interconnecting buildings?






18. What kind of problems are caused by excessive broadcast traffic on network segments?






19. What can get you to an outside network?






20. What is the primary purpose of ARP?






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






22. Host1 is in the process of setting up a TCP session with Host2. Host1 sent a SYN message to begin establishment - what happens next?






23. What are 2 forms of application layer software?






24. What are 3 properties of contention-based media access for a shared media?






25. 2 most commonly used media types in ethernet networks






26. What is a component of a routing table entry?






27. What characteristic of an UTP helps reduce interference?






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






29. Which OSI model layer is responsible for regulating the flow of information from source to destination - reliably and accurately?






30. At which layer of the TCP/IP model does ethernet operate?






31. What application layer protocol is used to support file transfers between client and server?






32. Which type of cable is most often associated w/ fiber-optic cable?






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






34. What would be the response displayed after pinging 127.0.0.1 and there is a 0 packet transmission?






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






36. Statements that describe LAN






37. What are the advantages of using a client-server model?






38. 2 functions of encapsulation






39. Which device is used to create or divide broadcast domains?






40. How does the application layer on a server process multiple client requests for services?






41. Default Gateway is incorrect on the host - What is the impact on the communications?






42. With TCP/IP encapsulation - which range of port numbers identifies all well known applications?






43. 3 protocols that operate in the application layer






44. Which sublayer of the DLL prepares a signal to be transmitted at the physical layer?






45. What type of routing uses information that is manually entered into the routing table?






46. What are key considering factors when grouping hosts into common networks?






47. What is the proper order of the OSI Layers?






48. What process routers use to determine the subnet network address w/ an IP address and a subnet mask?






49. At which layers of the OSI model does ethernet operate?






50. 3 statements of media acess control