Test your basic knowledge |

Cisco Prep

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Which layer specifies voltage - wire speed - and pinout cables and moves bits between devices?






2. Which layer segments and reassembles data into a data stream?






3. This device uses hardware addresses to filter a network.






4. This device breaks up collision domains and broadcast domains.






5. This layer uses service access points.






6. This device creates one big collision domain and one large broadcast domain.






7. Convert 172.16.20.55 to binary format.






8. When data is encapsulated - which is the correct order?






9. Which layer defines how data is formatted - presented - encoded - and converted for use on the network?






10. You want to implement a network medium that is not susceptible to EMI. Which type of cabling should you use?






11. Which layer is responsible for converting data packets from the Data Link layer into electrical signals?






12. Which layer provides the physical transmission of the data and handles error notification - network topology - and flow control?






13. Which layer provides logical addressing that routers will use for path determination?






14. How does a host on an Ethernet LAN know when to transmit after a collision has occurred? (Name two)






15. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.






16. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.






17. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.






18. This device can never run full duplex.






19. Which of the following are 3 common types of flow control?






20. At which layer is routing implemented - enabling connections and path selection between two end systems?






21. Which layer 1 devices can be used to enlarge the area covered by a single LAN segment?






22. Which layer is represented by packets?






23. This device sends and receives information about the Network layer.






24. Which layer ensures the trustworthy transmission of data across a physical link and is primarily concerned with physical addressing - line discipline - network topology - error notification - ordered delivery of frames - and flow control?






25. Which layer combines bits into bytes and bytes into frames - uses MAC addressing - and provides error detection?






26. This layer creates a virtual circuit before transmitting between two end stations.






27. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.






28. Why does the data communication industry use the layered OSI reference model? (Name two)






29. 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?






30. Name four router functions.






31. Which layer chooses and determines the availability of communicating partners along with the resources necessary to make the connection - coordinates partnering applications - and forms a consensus on procedures for controlling data integrity and err






32. This device creates many smaller collision domains - but the network is still one large broadcast domain.






33. Which layer is represented by bits?






34. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.






35. This device can measure the distance to a remote network.






36. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.






37. Which layer is used for reliable communication between end nodes over the network and provides mechanisms for establishing - maintaining - and terminating virtual circuits; transport-fault detection recovery; and controlling the flow of information?






38. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.






39. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.






40. Which layer is represented by segments?






41. Routers operate at layer __. LAN switches operate at layer __. Ethernet hubs operate at layer __. Word processing operates at layer __.






42. What type of RJ45 UTP cable is used between switches?






43. Which layer is represented by frames?






44. Name three types of connections that can use full duplex.






45. Which layer is responsible for creating - managing - and terminating sessions between applications?






46. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.






47. What is the bit length and expression form of a MAC address?






48. What is the purpose of flow control?






49. What are two purposes for segmentation with a bridge?






50. You have the following binary number: 10110111 - What are the decimal and hexadecimal equivalents?