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1. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.
RJ45 UTP rolled cable.
The Network layer creates packets out of segments handed down from the Transport layer.
198.211.57.209
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.

2. How does a host on an Ethernet LAN know when to transmit after a collision has occurred? (Name two)
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
To provide a means for the receiver to govern the amount of data sent by the sender.
Bridge or switch
In a CSMA/CD collision domain - stations must wait until the media is not in use before transmitting. After a collision - all stations run a random backoff algorithm. When the backoff delay period has expired - all stations have equal priority to tra

3. This layer creates a virtual circuit before transmitting between two end stations.
Packet switching - Packet filtering - Internetwork communication - Path selection
Transport
The Transport layer segments user data.
132.210.184.166

4. This device can measure the distance to a remote network.
Transport
Data Link & Physical
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.
Router

5. What are two purposes for segmentation with a bridge?
To create more collision domains and to add more bandwidth for users.
00001010.00001011.00001100.01100011
The Session layer sets up - maintains - and terminates sessions between applications.
Router

6. Logical addressing is used at this layer.
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
Network
The Physical layer takes frames from the Data Link layer and encodes the 1s and 0s into a digital signal for transmission on the network medium.
Switch or bridge

7. Acknowledgments - sequencing - and flow control are characteristics of which OSI layer?
Layer 4
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
3 - 2 - 1 - none
The Transport layer segments user data.

8. Which layer provides logical addressing that routers will use for path determination?
Data Link & Physical
The Network layer provides logical addressing - typically IP addressing and routing.
84:D2:43:B3
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111

9. This device sends and receives information about the Network layer.
Fiber-opticcable
Router
Hub
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field

10. Which layer specifies voltage - wire speed - and pinout cables and moves bits between devices?
In a CSMA/CD collision domain - stations must wait until the media is not in use before transmitting. After a collision - all stations run a random backoff algorithm. When the backoff delay period has expired - all stations have equal priority to tra
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance
Network
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.

11. This device uses hardware addresses to filter a network.
Router
The Physical layer takes frames from the Data Link layer and encodes the 1s and 0s into a digital signal for transmission on the network medium.
Bridge or switch
00001010.00001011.00001100.01100011

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?
00001010.00001011.00001100.01100011
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.
The Network layer provides logical addressing - typically IP addressing and routing.

13. This device breaks up collision domains and broadcast domains.
Router
Network
Hub and repeater
Hub

14. Which layer is represented by frames?
PDUs at the Data Link layer are called frames. AS soon as you see frame in a question - you know the answer.
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.
Fiber-opticcable
Switch or bridge

15. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
It divides the network communication process into smaller and simpler components - thus aiding component development - design - and troubleshooting. It encourages industry standardization by defining what functions occur at each layer of the model.
00001010.00001011.00001100.01100011
Transport

16. This device creates one big collision domain and one large broadcast domain.
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.
Hub
Segments - packets - frames - bits
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.

17. Ethernet is defined at these layers.
The Physical layer takes frames from the Data Link layer and encodes the 1s and 0s into a digital signal for transmission on the network medium.
Hub
Data Link & Physical
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance

18. Why does the data communication industry use the layered OSI reference model? (Name two)
It divides the network communication process into smaller and simpler components - thus aiding component development - design - and troubleshooting. It encourages industry standardization by defining what functions occur at each layer of the model.
84:D2:43:B3
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
The Application layer is responsible for finding the network resources broadcast from a server and adding flow control and error control (if the application developer chooses).

19. You want to implement a network medium that is not susceptible to EMI. Which type of cabling should you use?
The Transport layer segments user data.
Transport
Fiber-opticcable
Router

20. At which layer is routing implemented - enabling connections and path selection between two end systems?
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
To create more collision domains and to add more bandwidth for users.
The Network layer provides routing through an internetwork and logical addressing.
198.211.57.209

21. What type of RJ45 UTP cable do you use to connect a PC's COM port to a router or switch console port?
PDUs at the Data Link layer are called frames. AS soon as you see frame in a question - you know the answer.
The Application layer is responsible for finding the network resources broadcast from a server and adding flow control and error control (if the application developer chooses).
RJ45 UTP rolled cable.
00001010.00001011.00001100.01100011

22. What is the purpose of flow control?
Switch to switch - host to host - switch to host
Decrease the window size.
To provide a means for the receiver to govern the amount of data sent by the sender.
It divides the network communication process into smaller and simpler components - thus aiding component development - design - and troubleshooting. It encourages industry standardization by defining what functions occur at each layer of the model.

23. Name three types of connections that can use full duplex.
In a CSMA/CD collision domain - stations must wait until the media is not in use before transmitting. After a collision - all stations run a random backoff algorithm. When the backoff delay period has expired - all stations have equal priority to tra
Switch to switch - host to host - switch to host
84:D2:43:B3
Data Link & Physical

24. Which layer combines bits into bytes and bytes into frames - uses MAC addressing - and provides error detection?
Network
D8:1B:3D:76
3 - 2 - 1 - none
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.

25. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.
The Network layer provides logical addressing - typically IP addressing and routing.
It divides the network communication process into smaller and simpler components - thus aiding component development - design - and troubleshooting. It encourages industry standardization by defining what functions occur at each layer of the model.
D8:1B:3D:76
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.

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

27. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.
CA:F5:83:EB
198.211.57.209
132.210.184.166
Data Link (LLC sublayer)

28. What are two unique characteristics of half-duplex Ethernet when compared to full-duplex Ethernet?
Hub and repeater
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
Packet switching - Packet filtering - Internetwork communication - Path selection

29. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
Hub and repeater
204.51.170.85
Hub

30. Which of the following are 3 common types of flow control?
The Application layer is responsible for finding the network resources broadcast from a server and adding flow control and error control (if the application developer chooses).
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance
Transport

31. Segmentation of a data stream happens at which layer of the OSI model?
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
Transport
183/B7
Decrease the window size.

32. Which layer is represented by packets?
The Network layer creates packets out of segments handed down from the Transport layer.
204.51.170.85
Router
The Session layer sets up - maintains - and terminates sessions between applications.

33. What type of RJ45 UTP cable is used between switches?
Hub and repeater
Router
In a CSMA/CD collision domain - stations must wait until the media is not in use before transmitting. After a collision - all stations run a random backoff algorithm. When the backoff delay period has expired - all stations have equal priority to tra
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.

34. You have the following binary number: 10110111 - What are the decimal and hexadecimal equivalents?
The Network layer provides routing through an internetwork and logical addressing.
Data Link & Physical
Decrease the window size.
183/B7

35. Which layer is represented by segments?
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
Layer 4
The Transport layer segments user data.
Transport

36. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.
CA:F5:83:EB
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field
84:D2:43:B3
132.210.184.166

37. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
Bridge or switch
Hub
It divides the network communication process into smaller and simpler components - thus aiding component development - design - and troubleshooting. It encourages industry standardization by defining what functions occur at each layer of the model.

38. Which layer provides the physical transmission of the data and handles error notification - network topology - and flow control?
Data Link
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance
Bridge or switch

39. Which two fields are contained within an IEEE Ethernet frame header?
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field
183/B7
It divides the network communication process into smaller and simpler components - thus aiding component development - design - and troubleshooting. It encourages industry standardization by defining what functions occur at each layer of the model.
204.51.170.85

40. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.
3 - 2 - 1 - none
Hub
Transport
The Physical layer takes frames from the Data Link layer and encodes the 1s and 0s into a digital signal for transmission on the network medium.

41. This device can never run full duplex.
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
Hub

42. Which layer defines how data is formatted - presented - encoded - and converted for use on the network?
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.
Transport
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field
183/B7

43. Which layer manages device addressing - tracks the location of devices on the network - and determines the best way to move data?
The Physical layer takes frames from the Data Link layer and encodes the 1s and 0s into a digital signal for transmission on the network medium.
CA:F5:83:EB
The Application layer is responsible for finding the network resources broadcast from a server and adding flow control and error control (if the application developer chooses).
Network

44. When data is encapsulated - which is the correct order?
48 bits (6 bytes)
The Application layer is responsible for finding the network resources broadcast from a server and adding flow control and error control (if the application developer chooses).
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
Data - segment - packet - frame - bit

45. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.
CA:F5:83:EB
Router
Transport
48 bits (6 bytes)

46. Which layer is responsible for creating - managing - and terminating sessions between applications?
Data - segment - packet - frame - bit
Data Link & Physical
Hub and repeater
The Session layer sets up - maintains - and terminates sessions between applications.

47. Convert 172.16.20.55 to binary format.
CA:F5:83:EB
Transport
The Network layer creates packets out of segments handed down from the Transport layer.
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111

48. 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
Decrease the window size.
Transport
The Application layer is responsible for finding the network resources broadcast from a server and adding flow control and error control (if the application developer chooses).
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.

49. This layer uses service access points.
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
Hub and repeater
Transport
Data Link (LLC sublayer)

50. This device creates many smaller collision domains - but the network is still one large broadcast domain.
00001010.00001011.00001100.01100011
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
Switch to switch - host to host - switch to host
Switch or bridge