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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. What causes crosstalk within cable pairs when using UTP?






2. What correctly describes a MAC address?






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






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






5. 3 functions of the upper data link sublayer in the OSI model






6. Network Protocols






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






8. 3 facts about the network portion of an IPv4 address






9. What is the function of the DLL?






10. What do end devices do?






11. What describes the purpose of default route?






12. What info is found in the TCP and UDP header info?






13. 3 protocols that operate in the application layer






14. 3 statements about the role of routers in the network






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






16. Which device is used to create or divide broadcast domains?






17. 2 characteristics of peer-2-peer






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






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






20. Why are port numbers included in the TCP header of a segment?






21. 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?






22. What is a default gateway address?

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23. Group of hosts that have identical bit patterns in the high order bits of their addresses






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






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






26. 3 common problems w/ a large network






27. A router interface has been assigned an IP address of 172.16.192.166 with a mask of 255.255.255.248. To which subnet does the IP address belong?






28. What is PDU?






29. Intermediary devices used to implement security between networks






30. 3 statements about routes and their use






31. What are 3 pieces of info about a route contained in a routing table?






32. What is an automated service that matches resource names w/ required IP addresses?






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






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






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






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






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






38. 2 common methods for settin a UTP ethernet port to MDI or MDIX?






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






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






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






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






43. Which 2 options represent Layer 4 addressing?






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






45. 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?






46. What are 2 protocols for transfering web resources?






47. What is the primary purpose of ARP?






48. What device can check for faults - integrity and performance of media?






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






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