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Subjects : cisco, it-skills
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1. This device breaks up collision domains and broadcast domains.






2. Logical addressing is used at this layer.






3. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






9. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.






16. Which of the following are 3 common types of flow control?






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






18. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.






19. This device can never run full duplex.






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






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






22. Which layer is represented by frames?






23. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.






24. Ethernet is defined at these layers.






25. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.






26. Which layer is represented by packets?






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






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






29. Which layer is represented by bits?






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






31. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.






32. What is the purpose of flow control?






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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?






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






40. Name four router functions.






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






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






43. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.






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






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






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






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






49. This layer uses service access points.






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






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