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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. If you want to connect 4 hosts in a home network - what would be the best deviced to be used?






2. 2 characteristics of peer-2-peer






3. Which characteristics describe fiber optic cable?






4. There are too many broadcasts on switches - what can be done?






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






6. 3 features that allow TCP to realibly and accurately track the transmission of data






7. What determines the method of media access control?






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






9. 3 features of IPv6






10. What type of routing uses information that is manually entered into the routing table?






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






12. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






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






14. When destination network is not in the routing table - What are 2 actions the router might take?






15. In a connectionless system - What is correct?






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






17. Default Gateway is incorrect on the host - What is the impact on the communications?






18. 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






19. What is dinamically selected by the source host when forwarding data?






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






21. 2 characteristics of clients in data networks






22. What is a component of a routing table entry?






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






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






25. 3 statements about the role of routers in the network






26. 3 protocols that operate in the application layer






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






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






29. 2 most commonly used media types in ethernet networks






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






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






32. What is the primary function of encapsulating packets into frames?






33. Which 2 options represent Layer 4 addressing?






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






35. What is the function of the DLL?






36. On a ethernet segment - why do hosts that experience a collision use a random delay before attempting to transmit?






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






38. If there is a graphic representation of a company network wiring and equipment - What is this called?






39. If you have a PC - 3 routers and a Laptop... How many unique CRC calculation will take place as traffic routes from the PC to the Laptop?






40. What are key considering factors when grouping hosts into common networks?






41. What characteristic of an UTP helps reduce interference?






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






43. What layer encapsulates segments into packets?






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






45. 2 functions of encapsulation






46. What command is used to change the default name to 'Costas'?






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






48. 3 facts about the network portion of an IPv4 address






49. 3 primary functions of the data link layer encapsulation






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