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Cisco Prep

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
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1. When data is encapsulated - which is the correct order?






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






3. What are two unique characteristics of half-duplex Ethernet when compared to full-duplex Ethernet?






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






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






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






7. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.






8. Which layer specifies voltage - wire speed - and pinout cables and moves bits between devices?






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






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






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






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






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






14. Which two fields are contained within an IEEE Ethernet frame header?






15. What type of RJ45 UTP cable do you use to connect a PC's COM port to a router or switch console port?






16. Which layer is represented by bits?






17. Logical addressing is used at this layer.






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






19. Which layer is responsible for keeping the data from different applications separate on the network?


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






21. Acknowledgments - sequencing - and flow control are characteristics of which OSI layer?






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






23. 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






24. Which layer manages device addressing - tracks the location of devices on the network - and determines the best way to move data?






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






26. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.






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






28. Put the following in order of encapsulation: Packets - Frames - Bits - Segments






29. 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?






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






31. 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?






32. What is the purpose of flow control?






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






34. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.






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






36. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.






37. Ethernet is defined at these layers.






38. This device can never run full duplex.






39. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.






40. Convert 172.16.20.55 to binary format.






41. Which layer is represented by packets?






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






43. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.






44. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.






45. 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?






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






47. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.






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






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






50. This layer uses service access points.