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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. What connectors are commonly associated w/ Cisco's V.35 serial cables?






2. Which OSI layer is responsible for binary transmission - cable specification - and physical aspects of network communication?






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






4. 3 features of IPv6






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






6. Where is the IOS file stored at?






7. What is the primary purpose of ARP?






8. What command is used to change the default name to 'Costas'?






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






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






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






12. What is the purpose of the preamble in an ethernet frame?






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






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






15. 3 primary functions of the data link layer encapsulation






16. Which transport layer protocol provides low overhead and is used for applications that do not require reliable data delivery?






17. 3 characteristics of valid Ethernet Layer 2 addresses






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






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






20. Which characteristics describe fiber optic cable?






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






22. 2 characteristics of peer-2-peer






23. 3 common problems w/ a large network






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






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






26. What describes the purpose of default route?






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






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






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






30. 3 facts about the network portion of an IPv4 address






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






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






33. Which 2 options represent Layer 4 addressing?






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. What characteristic of an UTP helps reduce interference?






41. 2 functions of encapsulation






42. statements of IP adressing






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






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






45. Statements that describe LAN






46. What can get you to an outside network?






47. 3 statements of media acess control






48. 3 measures of data transfer






49. What is dinamically selected by the source host when forwarding data?






50. 2 characteristics of clients in data networks