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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. What is the primary purpose of Layer 4?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 3 terms that define the forms of help available within the Cisco IOS






10. 2 characteristics of clients in data networks






11. 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






12. What are 2 forms of application layer software?






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






14. To make a console connection from a comp to a Cisco router - what cable should be used?






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






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






17. What statements describe the logical token-passing topology?






18. 3 common problems w/ a large network






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






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






21. What can you identify when you examine the Network Layer header?






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






23. What characteristic of an UTP helps reduce interference?






24. 3 features of IPv6






25. 2 common methods for settin a UTP ethernet port to MDI or MDIX?






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






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






28. statements of IP adressing






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






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






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






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






33. In a connectionless system - What is correct?






34. What layer encapsulates segments into packets?






35. What is the purpose of a default gateway?






36. When a device is moved from one network to the other...?






37. 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?






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






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






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






41. What determines the method of media access control?






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






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






44. Which 2 options represent Layer 4 addressing?






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






46. What makes fiber preferable to copper for interconnecting buildings?






47. 3 statements of media acess control






48. 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?






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






50. Important characteristic of UDP