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Cisco Prep

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This device breaks up collision domains and broadcast domains.






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






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






4. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.






5. 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?






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






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






8. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.






9. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.






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






11. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.






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


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






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






15. Ethernet is defined at these layers.






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






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






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






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






20. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.






21. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.






22. This device can never run full duplex.






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






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






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






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






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






28. Which layer is represented by segments?






29. Which layer is represented by packets?






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






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






32. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.






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






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






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






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






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






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 is represented by frames?






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






41. This layer uses service access points.






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






43. Convert 11011000.00011011.00111101.01110110 to hexadecimal format.






44. Convert 172.16.20.55 to binary format.






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






46. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.






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






48. Name four router functions.






49. Logical addressing is used at this layer.






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