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Question 1) If NVRAM lacks boot system commands, where does the router look for the Cisco IOS by default? (a) (b) (c) (d) ROM RAM Flash Bootstrap Identify 3 methods used to prevent routing loops?

Question 2) (a) (b) (c) (d)

Split horizon Holddown timers Poison reverse SPF algorithm What is the Cisco name for the encapsulation type used on a serial interface?

Question 3) (a) (b) (c) (d) HDLC SDLC SAP SNAP

Question 4) Host A is communicating with the server. What will be the source MAC address of the frames received by Host A from the server? (a) (b) (c) (d) The MAC address of Host (a) The MAC address of the server network interface. The MAC address of router interface E1. The MAC address of router interface E0 What is the maximum hop count for IP RIP?

Question 5) (a) (b) (c) (d) Infinity 16 15 1

Question 6) (a) (b) (c) (d)

Identify the hardware component that stores the bootstrap program?

ROM Booter load RAM Flash Which one of the following is a reason to use a hardware address?

Question 7) (a) (b) (c) (d)

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To transmit a packet from one local device to another local device. To transmit a frame from one interface to another interface. To obtain a vendor code/serial number from the user. To transmit data from one local device to remote device across Internet.

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Question 8) What could be the rationale behind using passive-interface command when configuring a router? (a) (b) (c) (d) Allows an interface to remain up without the aid of keepalives. Allows a router to send routing and not receive updates via that interface. Allows a routing protocol to forward updates that is missing its IP address. Allows a router to receive routing updates on an interface but not send updates via that Whats the default CDP holdtime in seconds for Cisco routers?

Question 9) (a) (b) (c) (d)

30 seconds 180 seconds 90 seconds 60 seconds What Channel is provided by ISDN BRI?

Question 10) (a) (b) (c) (d) 2B+1D 30B+1D 23B+1D 2D+1B

Question 11) 3) (a) (b) (c) (d)

Choose three reasons why the networking industry uses a layered model. (Choose

Allow changes in one layer to occur without changing other layers Clarify what general functions is to be done rather than how to do it To create filter tables on LANs Order network troubleshooting steps Where is the backup configuration file stored?

Question 12) (a) (b) (c) (d) RAM ROM Console NVRAM

Question 13) When you consider half-duplex and full-duplex Ethernet, what are unique for halfduplex Ethernet? (Select two options.) (a) (b) (c) (d) Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain Half-duplex Ethernet operates in an exclusive broadcast domain. Half-duplex Ethernet has efficient throughput. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput What command is used to delete the configuration stored in NVRAM?

Question 14) (a) (b) (c) (d)

erase startup-config erase running-config delete nvram erase nvram

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Question 15) Which of the following routes will be used to forward data in a situation where a routing table contains static, RIP, and IGRP routes destined to the same network with each set to its default administrative distance? (a) (b) (c) (d) The IGRP route The static route The RIP route All three will load balance

Question 16) What does the concept route aggregation mean when one talks about using variable subnet masking? (a) (b) (c) (d) Reclaiming unused space by means of changing the subnet size. Combining routes to multiple networks into one supernet. Calculating the available host addresses in the AS. Deleting unusable addresses through the creation of many subnets Design the subnet mask for 60 hosts.

Question 17) (a) (b) (c) (d) /26 /18 /28 /10

Question 18) Ethernet networks are broadcast domains and collision domains. How the hosts on an Ethernet network will know when to resume transmissions after a collision has occurred? (Choose all that apply) (a) (b) (c) (d) The router on the segment will signal that the collision has cleare(d) The jam signal indicates that the collision has been cleare(d) The hosts will attempt to resume transmission after a time delay has expire(d) The destination host sends a request to the source for retransmission.

Question 19) Which PPP authentication methods will you use when configuring PPP on an interface of a Cisco router? (Select two options.) (a) (b) (c) (d) SSL PAP LAPB CHAP

Question 20) Which of the following can be used to view the previous command you entered into a Cisco router? (a) (b) (c) (d) CTRL+F1 The Down Arrow The Up Arrow CTRL + P

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Question 21) (a) (b) (c) (d) Presentation Network Session Application

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Which OSI layer establishes maintains and terminates sessions between hosts?

Question 22) Which routing protocol would allow a network administrator scalability, VLSM support and minimize overhead if the network administrator wants to merge different networks all using routers from multiple vendors? (a) (b) (c) (d) VTP RIP OSPF EIGRP

Question 23) You want to configure a router for load balancing across 4 unequal cost paths on your network. Which of the following routing protocols can you use? (Choose two) (a) (b) (c) (d) RIP v1 RIP v2 IGRP EIGRP

Question 24) If an Ethernet port on router was assigned an IP address of 172.16.112.1/20, what is the maximum number of hosts allowed on this subnet? (a) (b) (c) (d) 2046 8190 4094 4096

Question 25) You work as network administrator at HCL. Your trainee is configuring a router with both physical and logical interfaces. He asks you what factor determines the OSPF router I(d) What should you tell him? (a) (b) (c) (d) The lowest IP address of any interface. The highest IP address of any interface. The highest IP address of any physical interface. The lowest IP address of any logical interface.

Question 26) Which command must be entered when connecting two routers without external DCE devices via a serial link? (a) (b) (c) (d) Serial up. Dte rate. Dce rate. Clock rate

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Question 27) (a) (b) (c) (d) What is a trunk link?

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A link that is only part of one VLAN and is referred to as the native VLAN of the port A link that can carry multiple VLANs A switch port connected to the Internet Data and voice capability on the same interface

Question 28) IGRP uses flash updates, poison reverse updates, hold-down times, and split horizon. How often does it broadcast its routing table updates? (a) (b) (c) (d) 90 seconds 10 seconds 30 seconds 45 seconds What is the default bandwidth of a serial connection?

Question 29) (a) (b) (c) (d)

1200 baud 1.544 Mbps (T1) 10 Mbps 96Kpbs

Question 30) What does the concept route aggregation mean when one talks about using variable subnet masking? (a) (b) (c) (d) Combining routes to multiple networks into one supernet. Deleting unusable addresses through the creation of many subnets. Calculating the available host addresses in the AS. Reclaiming unused space by means of changing the subnet size.

Question 31) (a) (b) (c) (d)

What OSI layer is FRAME-RELAY mapped to?

Network Transport Data Link Physical Which of the following about Routing Protocols is correct? (choose all that apply).

Question 32) (a) (b) (c) (d)

RIP 2 is a Distance Vector Protocol The RIP 1 uses bandwidth and delay as the metric The holdown timer value for RIP is 240 sec The Update timer value of IGRP is 90 sec

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Question 33) You need to troubleshoot a Cisco router at the Toronto office of HCL. The router loses its configuration each time it is reboote(d) You study the output displayed in the exhibit. What is the cause of the problem?
Exhibit: ----- output omitted ---Cisco 2620 (MPC860) processor (revision 0x200) with 16384/2048K bytes of memory. Processor board ID JAD05076EF6 (3878188963) M860 processor: part number 0, mask 49 Bridging software. X.25 software, Version 3.0.0. 2 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s) 2 Serial(sync/async) network interface(s) 2 Low speed serial(sync/async) network interface(s) 32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory. 16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write) Configuration register is 0x2142

(a) (b) (c) (d)

There is insufficient RAM for the IOS image The configuration register is misconfigured There is insufficient flash memory NVRAM failed POST Which protocol works at the Internet layer and is responsible for making routing

Question 34) decisions? (a) (b) (c) (d) UDP IP TCP ARP

Question 35) (a) (b) (c) (d)

At which OSI layer does data translation and code formatting occur?

Physical Network Session Presentation Which of the following terms describes a device that will put data on the local

Question 36) loop? (a) (b) (c) (d) DLCI DCE DTE PRI

Question 37) (a) (b) (c) (d)

What does the S mean when looking at the routing table?

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Question 38) (a) (b) (c) (d) At what layer data is split into segments Transport LAN Session Data Link

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Question 39) You are the network administrator of HCL. You receive a call from a user who is unable to reach a server at a remote site of HCL. After further review you discover the following info:
Local PC 190.0.3.35/24 Default Gateway 190.0.3.1 Remote Server 190.0.5.250/24 You then conduct the following tests from the offending local PC: Ping 127.0.0.1 - Unsuccessful Ping 190.0.3.35 - Successful Ping 190.0.3.1 - Unsuccessful Ping 190.0.5.250 - Unsuccessful

Which of the following problems would create the test results listed above? (a) (b) (c) (d) TCP/IP not correctly installed Local physical layer problem NIC not functioning Remote physical layer problem Identify the 3 pieces of hardware you would not install to prevent broadcasts?

Question 40) (a) (b) (c) (d)

Switch Repeater Bridge Router

Question 42) What is the maximum number of hops that OSPF allows before marking a network as unreachable? (a) (b) (c) (d) 15 16 255 Unlimited Which OSI layer end to end communication, segmentation and re-assembly?

Question 43) (a) (b) (c) (d)

Network Transport Physical Application

(a) (b) (c) (d)

It is used to map a known DLCI to an IP address It is used to map a known DLCI to a MAC address It is used to map a known IP address to a MAC address It is used to map a known MAC address to an IP add

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Question 44)

What is the purpose of Inverse ARP?

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Question 45) (a) (b) (c) (d) TCP UDP FTP TFTP

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Two of the protocols that can be carried in the Protocol field of an IP packet are?

Question 46) (a) (b) (c) (d)

Identify the 3 methods routers learn paths to destinations?

Dynamic routing Default routes Administrative distance Static routes Identify the 3 Internet layer IP protocols?

Question 47) (a) (b) (c) (d) NetBios ARP IP RARP

Question 48) (a) (b) (c) (d)

Identify the OSI layer associated with bits?

Physical Network Binary Data link

Question 49) What switching method examines the destination MAC address as the frame is being received and then begins forwarding the frame prior to receiving the entire frame? (a) (b) (c) (d) Modified Cut Through Store and Forward Cut Through Fragment Free Identify 2 HDLC characteristics?

Question 50) (a) (b) (c) (d)

Default serial encapsulation Open standard Supports Stacker compression Supports point-to-point and multipoint

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