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CCIE Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Ethernet feature in which a NIC or Ethernet port can only transmit or receive at the same instant in time - but not both. Half duplex is required when a possibility of collisions exists.
sub-AS
route redistribution
half duplex
TCP intercept
2. One-time password.
congestion window
OTP
link-state database
overlapping VPN
3. Tag Distribution Protocol.
TDP
Modified Deficit Round-Robin
224.0.0.6
committed information rate
4. A multicast routing protocol that forwards the multicast traffic only when requested by a downstream router.
MPLS unicast
sparse-mode protocol
NetFlow
TACACS+
5. A type of OSPF stub area that - unlike stub areas - can inject external routes into the NSSA area.
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
feasible successor
not-so-stubby area
link-state advertisement
6. An Internet standard (RFC 1305) that defines the messages and modes used for IP hosts to synchronize their time-of-day clocks.
Ready To Send
Network Time Protocol
NEXT_HOP
confederation
7. Label Forwarding Information Base.
LFIB
LDP
NetFlow
permanent virtual circuit
8. The process of running the SPF algorithm against the LSDB - with the result being the determination of the current best route(s) to each subnet.
RTO
External BGP
SPF calculation
OOF
9. Digital subscriber line - a common Internet service type for residential and business customers.
classless interdomain routing
authentication server
DSL
administrative weight
10. A router feature used when a router sees an ARP request searching for an IP host's MAC - when the router believes the IP host could not be on that LAN because the host is in another subnet. If the router has a route to reach the subnet where the ARP-
PDU
LFIB
proxy ARP
InARP
11. Enhances RP redundancy by providing a method for RPs to exchange multicast source information - even between multicast domains.
Inside Global address
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
enable secret
designated port
12. Internet Group Management Protocol.
authentication - authorization - and accounting
LxPDU
IGMP
Area Border Router
13. An Internet standard serial data-link protocol - used on synchronous and asynchronous links - that provides data-link framing - link negotiation - Layer 3 interface features - and other functions.
Flush timer
Point-to-Point Protocol
IGMPv3 Host Membership Query
ForeSight
14. An IPv6/IPv4 tunneling method that is designed for transporting IPv6 packets within a site where a native IPv6 infrastructures is not available.
source-specific addresses
ISATAP
broadcast subnet
edge LSR
15. Jargon used by STP mostly when discussing the root election process; refers to a Hello with a lower bridge ID. Sometimes refers to a Hello with the same bridge ID as another - but with better values for the tiebreakers in the election process.
SSID
superior BPDU
MD5
VC
16. A wireless LAN that only includes wireless users and no access points. 802.11 data frames in an ad hoc network travel directly between wireless users.
Address Resolution Protocol
VLSM
ad hoc mode
802.11n
17. A Cisco-proprietary protocol - used by LAN switches to communicate VLAN configuration.
disabled state
VLAN Trunking Protocol
Message Digest 5
customer edge
18. With RIP - a per-route timer (default 180 seconds) that begins when a route's metric changes to a larger value.
ATOMIC_AGGREGATE
Out of Frame
shared distribution tree
Holddown timer
19. A type of AS_PATH segment consisting of an unordered list of ASNs consolidated from component subnets of a summary BGP route.
AS_SET
permanent virtual circuit
network layer reachability information
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
20. An MPLS VPN term referring to a router at a customer site that does not implement MPLS.
WRR
Password Authentication Protocol
Area Border Router
customer edge
21. Multilink PPP.
Wireless LAN Threat Defense Solution
MLP
LSDB
DD
22. Port Aggregation Protocol.
dual token bucket
ingress PE
PAgP
Goodbye (EIGRP)
23. An EIGRP message that is used by a router to notify its neighbors when the router is gracefully shutting down.
Goodbye (EIGRP)
PVC
upstream router
distance vector
24. An address type in IPv6 networks that is used only on the local link and never beyond that scope.
link-local
ARP
full duplex
Inter-Switch Link
25. The original standardized set of generic SNMP MIB variables - defined in RFC 1158.
multicast IP address structure
SRR
MIB-I
LOF
26. A BGP feature that defines the IP TTL field value in packets sent between two eBGP peers. This feature is required when using IP addresses other than the interface IP address on the link between peers.
T1
Router-Port Group Management Protocol
SPAN
eBGP multihop
27. Ethernet MAC address that represents all devices on the LAN.
Flush timer
broadcast address
Expedited Forwarding
LFI
28. Differentiated Services Code Point.
SN
active mode FTP
DSCP
LOS
29. A name used for DS1 lines inside the European TDM hierarchy.
Excess
E1
virtual circuit
dual token bucket
30. Defined in IEEE 802.1AD - defines a messaging protocol used to negotiate the dynamic creation of PortChannels (EtherChannels) and to choose which ports can be placed into an EtherChannel.
PIM-DM
Trap (SNMP)
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
neighbor state
31. A contiguous group of data links that share the same OSPF area number.
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
area (OSPF)
TDP
Yellow Alarm
32. Reported distance or Route Distinguisher.
aggregatable global unicast address
NetFlow
stub area
RD
33. A neighbor state that signifies the other router has reached neighbor status - having passed the parameter check.
administrative scoping
generic traffic shaping (GTS)
2Way (OSPF)
Virtual Routing and Forwarding table
34. Router Advertisement.
autonomous system
RA
control plane
Web Cache Communication Protocol
35. A BGP path attribute that allows routers in one AS to set a value and advertise it into a neighboring AS - impacting the decision process in that neighboring AS. A smaller value is considered better. Also called the BGP metric.
MULTI_EXIT_DISC (MED)
loopback circuitry
ND
Web Cache Communication Protocol
36. Weighted random early detection.
Message Digest 5
IGMPv2 Host Membership Query
WRED
network type (OSPF)
37. A Cisco-proprietary LMI protocol - implemented in Cisco WAN switches and routers - through which the switch can inform the router about parameters for each VC - including CIR - Bc - and Be.
Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
VLAN filtering
Enhanced Local Management Interface
IP PBX
38. Excess Burst.
Be
LZS
Inter-Switch Link
E1 route (OSPF)
39. Common Spanning Tree.
CST
Ready To Send
hello interval
encoding
40. The specific frequency subband on which the radio card or access point is operating. The RF channel is set in the access point or ad hoc stations.
egress PE
stub router (EIGRP)
NA
RF channel
41. The difference between the measured signal power and the noise power that a particular receiver sees at a given time. Higher SNRs generally indicate better performance.
IGMPv1 Host Membership Report
T3
Context-Based Access Control
signal-to-noise ratio
42. An 802.1w RSTP port state in which the port is not the Root Port but is available to become the root port if the current root port goes down.
Alternate state
LSDB
VRF Lite
Auto-RP
43. Hot Standby Router Protocol.
HSRP
penultimate hop popping (PHP)
RT
Wired Equivalent Privacy
44. Operates in dense mode and depends on its own unicast routing protocol that is similar to RIP to perform its multicast functions.
Data Terminal Ready
global routing prefix
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
User Priority
45. Version 6 of the IP protocol - which uses 128-bit IP addresses.
VTP
IPv6
alternate mode
transit router (OSPF)
46. A reserved value for the BGP COMMUNITY path attribute that implies that the route should not be advertised outside the local AS.
VRRP Master router
shaped mode
NO_EXPORT
CS
47. Permanent virtual circuit.
Get (SNMP)
full duplex
PVC
802.11n
48. Sequence number.
power-save mode
scheduler
TDM hierarchy
SN
49. A Frame Relay address used in Frame Relay headers to identify the VC
well-known mandatory
quantum value
SPF calculation
Data-link connection identifier
50. A characterization of a BGP path attribute in which all BGP implementations must support and understand the attribute (well known) - and all BGP Updates must include the attribute (mandatory).
Router Advertisement
well-known mandatory
Multi-VRF CE
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