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Subjects : cisco, it-skills, ccna
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1. While troubleshooting an issue in the Certkiller LAN you notice that a network interface port has collision detection and carrier sensing enabled on a shared twisted pair network. From this statement - What is known about the network interface port?






2. Some of the older Certkiller switches store the entire frame before forwarding it to the destination. What are two effects on network performance of configuring a switch to do this?






3. You want to upgrade the Certkiller LAN so that all ports operate in full duplex mode. Which statement is true about full-duplex Ethernet when comparing to half-duplex Ethernet?






4. With regard to Ethernet media access methods - which of the following are true?






5. What kind of cable should be used to establish a trunked line between two Catalyst switches?






6. Which of the protocols below - operates at Layer 2 of the OSI model - and is used to maintain a loop-free network?






7. A receiving host has failed to receive all of the segments that it should acknowledge. What can the host do to improve the reliability of this communication session?






8. Which IOS user EXEC command will allow a network technician to determine which router in the path to an unreachable network host should be examined more closely for the cause of the network failure?






9. In which circumstance are multiple copies of the same unicast frame likely to be transmitted in the Certkiller Switched LAN?






10. When comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between bridges and switches - which of the following are valid statements?






11. The Certkiller network administrator needs to a switch named CK1 to become the root bridge for a redundant path switched network. What can be done to ensure that CK1 will always assume the role as the root bridge?






12. A Certkiller Ethernet switch receives a unicast frame with a destination MAC that IS listed in the switch table. What will this switch do with the frame?






13. When a switch port is used as a VLAN trunk - which of the following trunk modes are valid?






14. Which of the protocols below use TCP at the transport layer?






15. You want to influence the root bridge selection within the Certkiller LAN. Which two values are used by spanning tree protocol to elect a root bridge? (Choose two.)






16. Which protocol uses TCP port 443 at layer 4?






17. By default - which of the following factors determines the spanning-tree path cost?






18. Certkiller has implemented the use of the Virtual Trunking Protocol (VTP). Which statement below accurately describes a benefit of doing this?






19. Which three statements are true about the operation of a full-duplex Ethernet network - which is being used in the Certkiller LAN?






20. when files are transferred between a host and an FTP server - the data is divided into smaller pieces of transmission. As these pieces arrive at the destination host they must be reassembled to reconstruct the original file. What provides for the rea






21. Both bridges are switches are being used throughout the CK LAN. Which of the following statements are true regarding bridges and switches in this network?






22. Which OSI layer header contains the address of a destination host that is on another network?






23. CK1 is a switch in the Certkiller network. Why will CK1 never learn the broadcast address?






24. CDP is running between two CK devices. What information is supplied by CDP?






25. Both the switches and hubs are being utilized within the CK network. Which of the following is true regarding the use of switches and hubs for the network connectivity in this network?






26. In a switched LAN network - What is the Spanning-Tree algorithm used for?






27. Network equipment supporting the use of flow control mechanisms has been recently installed in the CK network. What is the purpose of flow control in a data network?






28. Two buildings on the London campus of a CK corporation must be connected to use Ethernet with a bandwidth of at least 100 Mbps. CK is concerned about possible problems from voltage potential differences between the two buldings. Which media type shou






29. You are the administrator of the Certkiller LAN and you have been reviewing error logs of networking devices and notice a large number of errors associated with several MAC addresses. You suspect that some of the errors are being generated by the rou






30. A network administrator wants to control which user hosts can access the network based on their MAC address. What will prevent workstations with unauthorized MAC addresses from connecting to the network through a switch?






31. Split horizon has been enabled within the Certkiller routed network. Which one of the following statements best explains the split horizon rule?






32. You are logged into a router and wish to view the layer 3 information about your neighboring Cisco routers. What IOS command gives layer 3 information for of the directly connected router interfaces?






33. A new switch is installed in the Certkiller network. This switch is to be configured so that VLAN information will be automatically distributed to all the other Cisco Catalyst switches in the network. Which of the conditions below have to be met in o






34. Which fields are included in the TCP header?






35. While troubleshooting a network connectivity problem - a Certkiller technician observes steady link lights on both the workstation NIC and the switch port to which the workstation is connected. However - when the ping command is issued from the works






36. What is the IEEE standard associated with Gigabit Ethernet?






37. You need to configure two Certkiller switches to exchange VLAN information. Which protocol provides a method of sharing VLAN configuration information between these two switches?






38. You have set up an Internet based FTP server - where people can upload and download files. In terms of the OSI model - What is the highest layer used during the FTP sessions.






39. The Certkiller network administrator issues the ping 192.168.2.5 command and successfully tests connectivity to a host that has been newly connected to the network. Which protocols were used during the test?






40. The corporate head office of Certkiller has a teleconferencing system that uses VOIP (voice over IP) technology. This system uses UDP as the transport for the data transmissions. If these UDP datagrams arrive at their destination out of sequence - wh






41. Which line from the output of the show ip interface command indicates that there is a Layer 1 problem?






42. Cisco is the leader in the router market space. What basic functions do their routers perform in a network?






43. A network administrator needs to force a high-performance switch that is located in the MDF to become the root bridge for a redundant path switched network. What can be done to ensure that this switch assumes the role of the Root Bridge?






44. Which of following VLAN frame encapsulation types are configurable on a Cisco switch?






45. The CK network administrator needs to determine what LAN devices to install on the CK network. What are two advantages of using Layer 2 Ethernet switches over hubs?






46. Which of the following services use TCP?






47. What are two characteristics of 'store and forward' switching?






48. ICMP is often used in troubleshooting and verifying network. What statements are true regarding ICMP packets?






49. As a CCNA candidate - you must know the various layers of the OSI model. At which layers of the OSI model do Wide Area Networks operate in?






50. The LAN needs are expanding at the CK corporate office - which is quickly growing. You are instructed to enlarge the area covered by a single LAN segment on the CK network. Which of the following are layer 1 devices that you can use?