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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When destination network is not in the routing table - What are 2 actions the router might take?






2. Which combination of keys can be used to interrupt a ping or traceroute process?






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






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






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






6. What do the intermediary devices in the network do?






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






8. How many bits make up an IPv4 address?






9. What describes the purpose of default route?






10. Which OSI model layer is responsible for regulating the flow of information from source to destination - reliably and accurately?






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






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






13. What correctly describes a MAC address?






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






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






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






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






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






19. 3 protocols that operate in the application layer






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






21. What is the primary purpose of Layer 4?






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






23. What can get you to an outside network?






24. What is a benefit of a WAN?






25. What is the purpose of the TCP/IP Network Application Layer?






26. 2 features that make switches preferable to hubs






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






28. What do end devices do?






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






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






31. Which layer supplies services and allows user interface?






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






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






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






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






36. Important characteristic of UDP






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






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






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






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






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






42. What is the primary reason for developing IPv6?






43. What is a disadvantage of Telnet?






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






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






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






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






48. What is a mechanism used by TCP to provide flow control as segments travel from source to destination?






49. statements of IP adressing






50. 3 statements of media acess control