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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What makes fiber preferable to copper for interconnecting buildings?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. After a browser makes a request to a web server in the standard port - what will be the port number in the TCP header?






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






10. What determines the method of media access control?






11. 2 characteristics of clients in data networks






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






13. If host A's DG is 10.0.0.1 and host B's DG is 10.0.0.2 - when the router's IP address is 10.0.0.1. Which one will go through?






14. Given IP 172.16.134.64 and S/M 255.255.255.224 - this IP is an...?






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






16. 2 characteristics of peer-2-peer






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






18. If the router says: 'Switch-East4#' What identifies the CLI mode represented?






19. What process routers use to determine the subnet network address w/ an IP address and a subnet mask?






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






21. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






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






23. 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?






24. If you have an Ethernet Frame w/ a Header - Data and a Trailer. It is a...?






25. Which 2 options represent Layer 4 addressing?






26. 3 factors that should be considered when implementing Layer 2 protocols






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






28. What is a drawback of the CSMA/CD access method?






29. Statements that describe LAN






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






31. What can get you to an outside network?






32. 3 facts about the network portion of an IPv4 address






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






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






35. What is PDU?






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






37. Which layer supplies services and allows user interface?






38. Which characteristics describe fiber optic cable?






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






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






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






42. 3 features of IPv6






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






44. What are 3 common problems w/ large networks?






45. 3 statements about routes and their use






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






47. What characteristic of an UTP helps reduce interference?






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






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






50. What are 2 forms of application layer software?