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Cisco Prep

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
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1. Acknowledgments - sequencing - and flow control are characteristics of which OSI layer?






2. Convert 172.16.20.55 to binary format.






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






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






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






6. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.






7. This device can never run full duplex.






8. Which layer is represented by segments?






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


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






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






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






13. What is the purpose of flow control?






14. This layer creates a virtual circuit before transmitting between two end stations.






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






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






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






18. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.






19. Ethernet is defined at these layers.






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






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






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






23. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.






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






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






26. Which layer is represented by packets?






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






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






29. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.






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






31. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.






32. Name four router functions.






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






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






35. 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?






36. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.






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






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






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






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






41. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.






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






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






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






45. Which layer is represented by frames?






46. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.






47. 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






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






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






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