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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. When destination network is not in the routing table - What are 2 actions the router might take?






2. What is the primary purpose of ARP?






3. 3 statements about routes and their use






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






5. Which characteristics describe fiber optic cable?






6. 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






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






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






9. What layer encapsulates segments into packets?






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






11. Which IP packet field will prevent endless loops?






12. 2 common methods for settin a UTP ethernet port to MDI or MDIX?






13. What are 2 forms of application layer software?






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






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






16. 3 factors that should be considered when implementing Layer 2 protocols






17. What does the IEEE 802.2 standard represent in Ethernet technologies?






18. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






19. What command can be used to determine if the router has experienced any input or output errors?






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






21. What determines the method of media access control?






22. 3 terms that define the forms of help available within the Cisco IOS






23. 3 properties of peer-2-peer applications






24. How many bits make up an IPv4 address?






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






26. If you have a full-duplex operational network - what can happen?






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






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






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






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






32. There are 4 different hosts connected to a hub - media is being transfered between 2 of them but the other 2 will also like to transfer media. What must the latest hosts do to transfer the media?






33. 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?






34. 3 statements of media acess control






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






36. What do end devices do?






37. What is a benefit of a WAN?






38. What is a default gateway address?

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






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






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






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






43. What statements describe the logical token-passing topology?






44. 2 most commonly used media types in ethernet networks






45. 3 measures of data transfer






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






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






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






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






50. 2 characteristics of peer-2-peer