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1. Routers operate at layer __. LAN switches operate at layer __. Ethernet hubs operate at layer __. Word processing operates at layer __.
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
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.
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.
3 - 2 - 1 - none

2. This device can measure the distance to a remote network.
Switch to switch - host to host - switch to host
Router
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
To provide a means for the receiver to govern the amount of data sent by the sender.

3. What are two purposes for segmentation with a bridge?
132.210.184.166
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.
To create more collision domains and to add more bandwidth for users.
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.

4. Which layer is represented by segments?
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance
84:D2:43:B3
The Transport layer segments user 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.

5. 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
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.
Hub
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 Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.

6. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.
198.211.57.209
Decrease the window size.
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).
Fiber-opticcable

7. 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?
Fiber-opticcable
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
3 - 2 - 1 - none
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.

8. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.
132.210.184.166
Hub
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
Transport

9. Which layer is responsible for converting data packets from the Data Link layer into electrical signals?
204.51.170.85
183/B7
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.
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance

10. You have the following binary number: 10110111 - What are the decimal and hexadecimal equivalents?
183/B7
Switch or bridge
Transport
Router

11. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.
3 - 2 - 1 - none
Transport
The Session layer sets up - maintains - and terminates sessions between applications.
132.210.184.166

12. Which layer provides the physical transmission of the data and handles error notification - network topology - and flow control?
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.
Data Link
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.

13. Which layer combines bits into bytes and bytes into frames - uses MAC addressing - and provides error detection?
Router
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
RJ45 UTP rolled cable.
Data Link & Physical

14. This device can never run full duplex.
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.
183/B7
Hub

15. When data is encapsulated - which is the correct order?
Data - segment - packet - frame - bit
Transport
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.

16. Put the following in order of encapsulation: Packets - Frames - Bits - Segments
Switch or bridge
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.
Segments - packets - frames - bits
198.211.57.209

17. This layer uses service access points.
Router
Data Link (LLC sublayer)
3 - 2 - 1 - none
CA:F5:83:EB

18. Which layer provides logical addressing that routers will use for path determination?
3 - 2 - 1 - none
Network
Data Link (LLC sublayer)
The Network layer provides logical addressing - typically IP addressing and routing.

19. Name four router functions.
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
Switch or bridge
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.
Packet switching - Packet filtering - Internetwork communication - Path selection

20. What type of RJ45 UTP cable do you use to connect a PC's COM port to a router or switch console port?
Segments - packets - frames - bits
Layer 4
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
RJ45 UTP rolled cable.

21. What is the purpose of flow control?
D8:1B:3D:76
To provide a means for the receiver to govern the amount of data sent by the sender.
48 bits (6 bytes)
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111

22. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.
Fiber-opticcable
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.
D8:1B:3D:76
To create more collision domains and to add more bandwidth for users.

23. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.
CA:F5:83:EB
Data Link
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.
48 bits (6 bytes)

24. Which layer is represented by bits?
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
D8:1B:3D:76
Network
The Network layer provides routing through an internetwork and logical addressing.

25. At which layer is routing implemented - enabling connections and path selection between two end systems?
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.
The Network layer provides routing through an internetwork and logical addressing.
Network
The Session layer sets up - maintains - and terminates sessions between applications.

26. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.
183/B7
Hub
Transport
Router

27. Convert 172.16.20.55 to binary format.
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.
48 bits (6 bytes)
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field

28. This device sends and receives information about the Network layer.
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
Network
Router
Transport

29. How does a host on an Ethernet LAN know when to transmit after a collision has occurred? (Name two)
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
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.
The Session layer sets up - maintains - and terminates sessions between applications.
Hub and repeater

30. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.
Transport
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
204.51.170.85
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.

31. You want to implement a network medium that is not susceptible to EMI. Which type of cabling should you use?
Fiber-opticcable
10101100.00010000.00010100.00110111
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).

32. Which layer is represented by frames?
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.
Router
Data Link (LLC sublayer)
Switch or bridge

33. This device creates one big collision domain and one large broadcast domain.
Hub
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.
Switch to switch - host to host - switch to host

34. This layer creates a virtual circuit before transmitting between two end stations.
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
183/B7
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
Transport

35. What are two unique characteristics of half-duplex Ethernet when compared to full-duplex Ethernet?
The Session layer creates sessions between different hosts' applications.
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
Hub

36. What is the bit length and expression form of a MAC address?
The Physical layer is responsible for transporting 1s and 0s in a digital signal.
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.
48 bits (6 bytes)
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance

37. Which of the following are 3 common types of flow control?
Buffering - windowing - congestion avoidance
Source and destination MAC address and FCS field
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.
Segments - packets - frames - bits

38. 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.
Switch or bridge
3 - 2 - 1 - none
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.

39. Name three types of connections that can use full duplex.
The Data Link layer frames packets received from the Network layer.
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
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).

40. 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?
Segments - packets - frames - bits
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 Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.
Decrease the window size.

41. What type of RJ45 UTP cable is used between switches?
48 bits (6 bytes)
RJ45 UTP crossover cable.
Transport
Router

42. This device uses hardware addresses to filter a network.
84:D2:43:B3
11000000.10101000.00001010.00001111
Bridge or switch
The Transport layer segments user data.

43. Ethernet is defined at these layers.
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 Network layer creates packets out of segments handed down from the Transport layer.
Data Link & Physical
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

44. This device creates many smaller collision domains - but the network is still one large broadcast domain.
84:D2:43:B3
The Network layer creates packets out of segments handed down from the Transport layer.
Transport
Switch or bridge

45. This device breaks up collision domains and broadcast domains.
Router
Switch or bridge
Hub
Transport

46. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.
Hub and repeater
Hub
The Transport layer user virtual circuits to create a reliable connection between two hosts.
84:D2:43:B3

47. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.
00001010.00001011.00001100.01100011
Layer 4
Hub
The Data Link layer is responsible for the framing of data packets.

48. 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?
Segments - packets - frames - bits
Transport
PDUs at the Data Link layer are called frames. AS soon as you see frame in a question - you know the answer.
Data - segment - packet - frame - bit

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

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50. Which layer manages device addressing - tracks the location of devices on the network - and determines the best way to move data?
Network
The Presentation layer makes sure that data is in a readable format for the Application layer.
Hub and repeater
Bridge or switch