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Wide Area Netwoking Protocols

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A point-to-point connection or dedicated connection; a pre-established WAN communications path from the CPE through the DCE switch to the CPE of the remote site - allowing DTE networks to communicate at any time with no setup procedures before transm






2. A set of digital services that transmit voice and data over existing phone lines






3. Which of the following encapsulations was considered an upgrade from x.25?






4. What are the two PPP authentication methods?






5. How do you configure a serial interface to use PPP encapsulation?






6. Physical layer international standard for serial communication






7. What is the default serial encapsulation on a Cisco router?






8. Bit-oriented Data Link layer protocol






9. The spot where the service provider's responsibility ends and the CPE begins






10. What is a good command to verify your serial interface on a router?






11. Which of the following protocols are used with ISDN as an out-of-band protocol?






12. If you had one serial interface on your router and needed to connect many remote locations - which Data Link encapsulation should you use?






13. Method of establishing - configuring - maintaining - and terminating the point-to-point connection






14. This point connects the customers to the provider's switching network






15. Which of that following is a packet-switching encapsulation?






16. Write the commands to configure s0 to PPP encapsulation






17. Which type of port on a router is used for a T1?






18. To connect two DTE networks together through a DCE network






19. What does PPP mean?






20. One bit at a time over a single channel






21. A point-to-point protocol used on leased lines






22. Equipment that's owned by the subscriber and located on the subscriber's premises






23. Specifies an encapsulation method for data on synchronous serial data links using frame characters and checksums






24. The Acme Corporation is implementing dial-up services to enable remote-office employees to connect to the local network. The company uses multiple routed protocols - needs authentication of users connecting to the network - and - since some calls wil






25. Which protocol in PPP is used to identify the routed protocols?






26. No authentication






27. Includes the area from the CSU/DSU - through the provider's wiring and switches - all the way to the CSU/DSU at the other end; provides clocking to the DTE-connected interface (the router's serial interface)






28. To transport layer 3 packets across a Data Link layer point-to-point link






29. Uses the Network Control Protocol (NCP) to allow multiple Network layer protocols to be encapsulated and sent over a PPP data link






30. Data Link layer protocol that can be used over either asynchronous serial (dial-up) or synchronous serial (ISDN) media






31. When a router is connected to a Frame Relay WAN link using a serial DTE interface - how is the clock rate determined?






32. Write the commands to configure a username of todd and password of cisco that is used on a Cisco router






33. Allows you to share bandwidth with other companies to save money; a network that's designed to look like a leased line yet charges you (and costs) more like circuit switching; data transfers are bursty in nature; Frame Relay and X.25






34. If required - either CHAP or PAP can be used to authenticate a link






35. Network Control Protocol (NCP) is used to allow multiple Network layer protocols (routed protocols) to be used on a point-to-point connection






36. Designed to allow the simultaneous use of multiple Network layer protocols






37. What is the default serial encapsulation used on Cisco routers?






38. Data Link and Physical layer specification that provides high performance; successor to X.25






39. Which is true regarding HDLC?






40. WAN stands for?






41. Uses dial-up modems or ISDN and is used for low-bandwidth data transfers; No data can transfer before an end-to-end connection is established






42. Connects the demarc to the closest switching office - called a central office






43. What is the reason why the serial link between the Corp router and the Remote router will not come up?






44. Nonproprietary






45. Can encapsulate several layer 3 routed protocols and provide authentication - dynamic addressing - and callback






46. A trunk line inside a WAN provider's network; a collection of switches and facilities owned by the ISP






47. LCP packets are sent by each PPP device to configure and test the link






48. Write the command to see the encapsulation method on serial 0 of a Cisco router






49. HDLC stands for what?






50. Serial interfaces by default; connect into data communication equipment (DCE)