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1. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.
Hub
198.211.57.209
To provide a means for the receiver to govern the amount of data sent by the sender.
132.210.184.166

2. Which layer specifies voltage - wire speed - and pinout cables and moves bits between devices?
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance
Network
PDUs at the Data Link layer are called frames. AS soon as you see frame in a question - you know the answer.

3. Name four router functions.
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.
Bridge or switch
The Session layer sets up - maintains - and terminates sessions between applications.
Packet switching - Packet filtering - Internetwork communication - Path selection

4. Which layer manages device addressing - tracks the location of devices on the network - and determines the best way to move data?
132.210.184.166
48 bits (6 bytes)
Fiber-opticcable
Network

5. Which two fields are contained within an IEEE Ethernet frame header?
Hub and repeater
The Network layer creates packets out of segments handed down from the Transport layer.
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field
84:D2:43:B3

6. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.
198.211.57.209
Router
CA:F5:83:EB
Router

7. What are two unique characteristics of half-duplex Ethernet when compared to full-duplex Ethernet?
Router
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.
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.

8. This device creates one big collision domain and one large broadcast domain.
Hub
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.

9. You want to implement a network medium that is not susceptible to EMI. Which type of cabling should you use?
The Network layer provides routing through an internetwork and logical addressing.
Fiber-opticcable
Data Link (LLC sublayer)
Decrease the window size.

10. Which of the following are 3 common types of flow control?
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance
Layer 4
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.
84:D2:43:B3

11. This device creates many smaller collision domains - but the network is still one large broadcast domain.
Layer 4
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 or bridge
D8:1B:3D:76

12. Which layer is represented by bits?
Hub
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.
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
Decrease the window size.

13. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.
84:D2:43:B3
Network
Decrease the window size.
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111

14. Routers operate at layer __. LAN switches operate at layer __. Ethernet hubs operate at layer __. Word processing operates at layer __.
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).
3 - 2 - 1 - none
To provide a means for the receiver to govern the amount of data sent by the sender.
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.

15. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.
Segments - packets - frames - bits
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.

16. Which layer provides logical addressing that routers will use for path determination?
Switch to switch - host to host - switch to host
Network
Hub and repeater
The Network layer provides logical addressing - typically IP addressing and routing.

17. Which layer is represented by segments?
D8:1B:3D:76
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
Transport
The Transport layer segments user data.

18. Put the following in order of encapsulation: Packets - Frames - Bits - Segments
Segments - packets - frames - bits
Data Link & Physical
To create more collision domains and to add more bandwidth for users.
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.

19. This device can never run full duplex.
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
Hub
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.

20. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.
Router
204.51.170.85
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.

21. Acknowledgments - sequencing - and flow control are characteristics of which OSI layer?
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
Transport
Layer 4
The Transport layer segments user data.

22. 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
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
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).
183/B7
Hub

23. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.
Packet switching - Packet filtering - Internetwork communication - Path selection
132.210.184.166
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111

24. 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?
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
Bridge or switch
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.

25. This layer uses service access points.
Network
Data Link (LLC sublayer)
Data - segment - packet - frame - bit
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).

26. Which layer is responsible for creating - managing - and terminating sessions between applications?
PDUs at the Data Link layer are called frames. AS soon as you see frame in a question - you know the answer.
183/B7
Network
The Session layer sets up - maintains - and terminates sessions between applications.

27. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.
Decrease the window size.
Bridge or switch
D8:1B:3D:76
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.

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

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29. What are two purposes for segmentation with a bridge?
48 bits (6 bytes)
00001010.00001011.00001100.01100011
To create more collision domains and to add more bandwidth for users.
Data Link (LLC sublayer)

30. 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?
CA:F5:83:EB
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.
PDUs at the Data Link layer are called frames. AS soon as you see frame in a question - you know the answer.

31. Which layer is represented by frames?
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.
198.211.57.209
Data Link
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.

32. Which layer combines bits into bytes and bytes into frames - uses MAC addressing - and provides error detection?
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).
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
Network

33. 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?
The Network layer provides logical addressing - typically IP addressing and routing.
Hub
Decrease the window size.
Data Link

34. This device uses hardware addresses to filter a network.
D8:1B:3D:76
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).
Bridge or switch
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.

35. What type of RJ45 UTP cable do you use to connect a PC's COM port to a router or switch console port?
RJ45 UTP rolled cable.
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.
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.
198.211.57.209

36. This device can measure the distance to a remote network.
Hub
Hub
PDUs at the Data Link layer are called frames. AS soon as you see frame in a question - you know the answer.
Router

37. When data is encapsulated - which is the correct order?
Fiber-opticcable
84:D2:43:B3
Data - segment - packet - frame - bit
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field

38. Name three types of connections that can use full duplex.
Switch to switch - host to host - switch to host
The Network layer provides logical addressing - typically IP addressing and routing.
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.
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.

39. Why does the data communication industry use the layered OSI reference model? (Name two)
Packet switching - Packet filtering - Internetwork communication - Path selection
Network
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.
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.

40. Ethernet is defined at these layers.
The Physical layer is responsible for the electrical and mechanical connections between devices.
Transport
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.
Data Link & Physical

41. Segmentation of a data stream happens at which layer of the OSI model?
Transport
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
Router
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field

42. You have the following binary number: 10110111 - What are the decimal and hexadecimal equivalents?
Hub and repeater
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).
183/B7
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance

43. This layer creates a virtual circuit before transmitting between two end stations.
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
204.51.170.85
132.210.184.166
Transport

44. What type of RJ45 UTP cable is used between switches?
3 - 2 - 1 - none
198.211.57.209
Hub
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.

45. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.
Hub
Transport
Router
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.

46. This device sends and receives information about the Network layer.
The Network layer provides routing through an internetwork and logical addressing.
Router
183/B7
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.

47. Which layer is responsible for converting data packets from the Data Link layer into electrical signals?
Packet switching - Packet filtering - Internetwork communication - Path selection
Hub
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.
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.

48. Which layer defines how data is formatted - presented - encoded - and converted for use on the network?
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.

49. How does a host on an Ethernet LAN know when to transmit after a collision has occurred? (Name two)
Transport
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
84:D2:43:B3
Switch or bridge

50. Which layer provides the physical transmission of the data and handles error notification - network topology - and flow control?
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.
Data Link
Data - segment - packet - frame - bit
Router