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Cisco Prep

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
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1. Name four router functions.






2. Convert 11001100.00110011.10101010.01010101 to decimal IP format.






3. This device can never run full duplex.






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






5. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






11. Convert 11001010.11110101.10000011.11101011 to hexadecimal format.






12. Convert 10.11.12.99 to binary format.






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






14. This layer supports flow control and sequencing.






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






16. Which layer is represented by bits?






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






18. Convert 10000100.11010010.01000011.10110011 to hexadecimal format.






19. Which layer is represented by segments?






20. Which layer is represented by frames?






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What is the purpose of flow control?






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






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






30. Which layer is represented by packets?






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






32. This layer uses service access points.






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






34. Convert 192.168.10.15 to binary format.






35. Ethernet is defined at these layers.






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






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






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






39. Logical addressing is used at this layer.






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






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






42. Convert 10000100.11010010.10111000.10100110 to decimal IP format.






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






50. Convert 11000110.11010011.00111001.11010001 to decimal IP format.