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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?






2. What device can check for faults - integrity and performance of media?






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






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






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






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






7. What layer encapsulates segments into packets?






8. Which combination of keys can be used to interrupt a ping or traceroute process?






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






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






11. An admin needs to keep contents private - which access method should he use?






12. When a collision occurs using CSMA/CD - how do hosts w/ data to transmit respond after the backoff period expires?






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






14. When do changes take effect in a Cisco router?






15. 3 factors that should be considered when implementing Layer 2 protocols






16. 2 functions of encapsulation






17. What are 2 features of User Diagram Protocol (UDP)?






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






19. What is the name of the application layer protocol used for file sharing on Microsoft Networks?






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






21. 3 properties of peer-2-peer applications






22. If there are potential electrical and/or electromagnetic hazards - what type of media is recommended for backbone cabling?






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






24. What is a disadvantage of Telnet?






25. What subnet mask will an admin assign to the network address 172.30.1.0 if its possible to have 254 hosts?






26. 3 measures of data transfer






27. Which IP packet field will prevent endless loops?






28. What characteristic of an UTP helps reduce interference?






29. 3 features of IPv6






30. What type of network cable is used between a terminal and a console port?






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






32. 2 characteristics of clients in data networks






33. What are 2 commands used to view a host routing table?






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






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






36. What can be a problem that is reduced by adding end-to-end addressing?






37. Which portion of the network layer address does a router use to forward packets?






38. In business LANs - which connector is used w/ twisted-pair networking cable?






39. An admin needs a media that can run up to 100m in legth. Which type of media would be best?






40. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






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






42. 2 things that will happen if a router receives an ICMP packet which has a TTL value of 1 and the destination host is several hops away






43. After an ethernet collision - which device has priority to transmit data?






44. What is the primary reason for developing IPv6?






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






46. A company is planning to subnet a network w/ 27 hosts. What would be the subnet mask used for this?






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






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






49. What are 2 layers of the OSI model that have the same functions as the TCP/IP Network Application Layer?






50. 3 statements about the role of routers in the network