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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Group of hosts that have identical bit patterns in the high order bits of their addresses






2. What networking devices are recommended to be assigned static IP addresses?






3. What causes crosstalk within cable pairs when using UTP?






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






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






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






7. What is the function of the DLL?






8. What is a benefit of a WAN?






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






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






11. Which characteristics describe fiber optic cable?






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 3 primary functions of the data link layer encapsulation






19. What is the role of the OSI Application Layer?






20. In an IPv4 environment - what information is used by the router to forward data packets from one interface of a router to another?






21. What is the primary purpose of ARP?






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






23. With TCP/IP encapsulation - which range of port numbers identifies all well known applications?






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






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






26. What determines the method of media access control?






27. 3 statements about the role of routers in the network






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






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






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






31. 3 statements of media acess control






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






33. statements of IP adressing






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






35. 3 functions of the upper data link sublayer in the OSI model






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






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






38. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






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






40. What command will you use to place the router into the correct mode to configure an appropiate interface to connect a LAN?






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






42. What describes the purpose of default route?






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






44. 3 features of IPv6






45. How many bits make up an IPv4 address?






46. 3 properties of peer-2-peer applications






47. Important characteristic of UDP






48. What are 2 email components used to forward mail between servers?






49. What are the advantages of using a client-server model?






50. 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?