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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. The system LED is amber on a new Certkiller Catalyst 2950 series switch. What does this indicate?






2. when files are transferred between a host and an FTP server - the data is divided into smaller pieces of transmission. As these pieces arrive at the destination host they must be reassembled to reconstruct the original file. What provides for the rea






3. Which of the following commands would be applied to a WAN interface - but not on LAN Interface?






4. While troubleshooting a connectivity problem on the network - you issure the ping command from your PC command prompt - but the output shows 'request times out' At which OSI layer is this problem associated with?






5. The corporate head office of Certkiller has a teleconferencing system that uses VOIP (voice over IP) technology. This system uses UDP as the transport for the data transmissions. If these UDP datagrams arrive at their destination out of sequence - wh






6. Which line from the output of the show ip interface command indicates that there is a Layer 1 problem?






7. Which of the following are spanning tree port states?






8. What is the IEEE standard associated with Gigabit Ethernet?






9. A Certkiller Ethernet switch receives a unicast frame with a destination MAC that IS listed in the switch table. What will this switch do with the frame?






10. CDP is running between two CK devices. What information is supplied by CDP?






11. Which of the following correctly describe the various functions and virtues of a router?






12. Network equipment supporting the use of flow control mechanisms has been recently installed in the CK network. What is the purpose of flow control in a data network?






13. While troubleshooting an issue in the Certkiller LAN you notice that a network interface port has collision detection and carrier sensing enabled on a shared twisted pair network. From this statement - What is known about the network interface port?






14. What is the purpose of the spanning-tree algorithm in a switched LAN?






15. Cisco is the leader in the router market space. What basic functions do their routers perform in a network?






16. At which layer of the OSI model does the protocol that provides the information displayed by the 'show cdp neighbors' command operate?






17. What kind of cable should be used to establish a trunked line between two Catalyst switches?






18. Which one of the following characterisitcs is true regardigin the use of the hubs and switches?






19. You need to describe the various types of flow control to your co-workers. Which of the following are types of flow control that can be used in a network?






20. You want to upgrade the Certkiller LAN so that all ports operate in full duplex mode. Which statement is true about full-duplex Ethernet when comparing to half-duplex Ethernet?






21. As a Certkiller trainee you are required to set the default gateway on a Cisco switch to the IP address of 192.168.1.115. Which IOS command should you use?






22. As a CCNA candidate - you will be expected to know the OSI model very well. Which of the following are associated with the application layer (layer 7) of the OSI model?






23. CK1 is a switch in the Certkiller network. Why will CK1 never learn the broadcast address?






24. A host computer has been correctly configured with a static IP address - but the default gateway is incorrectly set. Which layer of the OSI model will be first effected by this configuration error?






25. While troubleshooting a connectivity problem - the Certkiller network administrator notices that a port status LED on a Cisco Catalyst Series switch is alternating between green and amber. Which condition could this indicate?






26. You download a file from an FTP site on the Internet. What is the highest layer in the OSI model used in this FTP operations?






27. CDP is being used trhoughout the CK network. What are two reasons why the CK network administrator would use CDP?






28. What are two characteristics of 'store and forward' switching?






29. Which OSI layer is associated with the following: The acknowledgment of transmissions - sequencing - and flow control across a network?






30. Which layer of the OSI reference model is responsible for ensuring reliable end to end delivery of data?






31. Two stations on the Certkiller LAN transmit at the same time - resulting in a collision. What happens when a collision occurs on the network?






32. As a CCNA candidate - you must know the various layers of the OSI model. At which layers of the OSI model do Wide Area Networks operate in?






33. Which fields are included in the TCP header?






34. You want to influence the root bridge selection within the Certkiller LAN. Which two values are used by spanning tree protocol to elect a root bridge? (Choose two.)






35. In a switched LAN network - What is the Spanning-Tree algorithm used for?






36. A network administrator wants to control which user hosts can access the network based on their MAC address. What will prevent workstations with unauthorized MAC addresses from connecting to the network through a switch?






37. Although TCP segments are similar to UDP segments - TCP packets contains some additional fields. Which of the following are found in a TCP header - but not in a UDP header?






38. Which of the following can lead to the contribution of LAN traffic congestion?






39. Which Layer 4 protocol is used for a Telnet connections between two CK routers?






40. In which circumstance are multiple copies of the same unicast frame likely to be transmitted in the Certkiller Switched LAN?






41. You unsuccessfully try to ping the Internet from the PC host on the LAN. During the troubleshooting process - you enter the 'show ip nat translations' command but the output is blank. What is the most likely cause of the problem?






42. Which IOS user EXEC command will allow a network technician to determine which router in the path to an unreachable network host should be examined more closely for the cause of the network failure?






43. Which three statements are true about the operation of a full-duplex Ethernet network - which is being used in the Certkiller LAN?






44. Both the switches and hubs are being utilized within the CK network. Which of the following is true regarding the use of switches and hubs for the network connectivity in this network?






45. Which of the following devices can the Certkiller network administrator use to segment the LAN?






46. Some of the older Certkiller switches store the entire frame before forwarding it to the destination. What are two effects on network performance of configuring a switch to do this?






47. A new switch is installed in the Certkiller network. This switch is to be configured so that VLAN information will be automatically distributed to all the other Cisco Catalyst switches in the network. Which of the conditions below have to be met in o






48. You need to perform some initial configuration tasks on a new Certkiller switch. What are the possible trunking modes for this switch port?






49. Which of the following are types of flow control?






50. You need to configure two Certkiller switches to exchange VLAN information. Which protocol provides a method of sharing VLAN configuration information between these two switches?