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Cisco Prep

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This device can never run full duplex.






2. What is the purpose of flow control?






3. Convert 172.16.20.55 to binary format.






4. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Which layer is represented by frames?






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. This device uses hardware addresses to filter a network.






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






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






16. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.






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






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






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






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






21. Which layer is represented by packets?






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






23. Name four router functions.






24. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.






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






26. Logical addressing is used at this layer.






27. Ethernet is defined at these layers.






28. Segmentation of a data stream happens at which layer of the OSI model?






29. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.






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






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






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






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






34. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.






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






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


37. 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?






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






39. 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






40. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.






41. Which layer is represented by segments?






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






43. 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?






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






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






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






47. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.






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






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






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