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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. What is the primary purpose of ARP?






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






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






4. What information is added during encapsulation at OSI Layer 3?






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






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






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






8. 3 characteristics of valid Ethernet Layer 2 addresses






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






10. What connectors are commonly associated w/ Cisco's V.35 serial cables?






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






12. 3 measures of data transfer






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






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






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






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






17. 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?






18. What do you need to use for an initial configuration on a Cisco router?






19. When destination network is not in the routing table - What are 2 actions the router might take?






20. What is the purpose of resource records in DNS?






21. What 2 type of cables would most commonly be used for new runs?






22. 3 statements about the role of routers in the network






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






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






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






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






27. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






28. How many host addresses can be assigned to a subnetwork when using the 130.68.0.0 network address w/ a subnet mask of 255.255.248.0?






29. Intermediary devices used to implement security between networks






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






31. What is the primary reason for developing IPv6?






32. 3 features of IPv6






33. 3 factors that should be considered when implementing Layer 2 protocols






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






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






36. statements of IP adressing






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






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






39. What is a characteristic of a logical point-to-point topology?






40. 3 common problems w/ a large network






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






42. Which characteristics describe fiber optic cable?






43. What is a default gateway address?

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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 2 characteristics of clients in data networks






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