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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. 3 terms that define the forms of help available within the Cisco IOS






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






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






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






5. What determines the method of media access control?






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






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






8. 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?






9. 2 common methods for settin a UTP ethernet port to MDI or MDIX?






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






11. 3 factors that should be considered when implementing Layer 2 protocols






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






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






14. statements of IP adressing






15. What are 2 protocols for transfering web resources?






16. If you want to connect 4 hosts in a home network - what would be the best deviced to be used?






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






18. What type of network cable is used between a terminal and a console port?






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






20. What correctly describes a MAC address?






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






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






23. What are 2 features of User Diagram Protocol (UDP)?






24. Which IP packet field will prevent endless loops?






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






26. 3 common problems w/ a large network






27. What are 2 commands used to view a host routing table?






28. 3 facts about the network portion of an IPv4 address






29. What characteristic of an UTP helps reduce interference?






30. What is the name of the application layer protocol used for file sharing on Microsoft Networks?






31. What is the primary purpose of Layer 4?






32. What is a default gateway address?

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






34. 3 protocols that operate in the application layer






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






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






37. What are 2 common characteristics associated w/ dynamic routing protocols?






38. How many bits make up an IPv4 address?






39. 3 statements of media acess control






40. What would be the response displayed after pinging 127.0.0.1 and there is a 0 packet transmission?






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






42. 2 functions of encapsulation






43. Network Protocols






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






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






46. During encapsulation - what happens in the Data Link Layer?






47. In a connectionless system - What is correct?






48. What are 2 forms of application layer software?






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






50. 3 statements about the role of routers in the network