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Cisco Prep

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. You want to implement a network medium that is not susceptible to EMI. Which type of cabling should you use?






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.






8. This layer uses service access points.






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






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






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






12. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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20. Logical addressing is used at this layer.






21. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.






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






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






24. This device can never run full duplex.






25. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.






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






27. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.






28. Which layer is represented by frames?






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






30. Ethernet is defined at these layers.






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






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






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






34. What is the purpose of flow control?






35. Which layer is represented by packets?






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






37. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.






38. Name four router functions.






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






40. Convert 172.16.20.55 to binary format.






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






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






43. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.






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






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






46. Which layer is represented by bits?






47. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.






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






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






50. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.