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Maybe you just want to test your knowledge of routing and routed protocols. This quiz will tell you if you are up to speed when it comes to TCP/IP protocols. 1. What routing protocol uses cost as its metric? a. RIP b. EIGRP c. OSPF d. BGP See an unfamiliar term? Look it up in our SearchNetworking.com glossary, courtesy of Whatis.com. 2. Which of these is an exterior gateway protocol (EGP)? a. OSPF b. BGP c. RIP d. EIGRP

3. Which of these routing protocols would be used between Autonomous systems (InterAS)? a. OSPF b. RIP c. EIGRP d. BGP 4. Which routing protocol has a default administrative distance of 110? a. BGP b. OSPF c. RIP d. EIGRP e. Static 5. Which routing method is most trusted by a router? a. BGP b. IGRP c. Static d. RIP e. OSPF 6. What is the process of sending routes from one routing protocol to another routing protocol? a. Redistribution b. Distribution c. Filtering d. Prepending e. Source routing

7. Which command tells RIP to send hellos, out an interface, to find neighbors and to advertise routes? a. hello b. network c. interface d. advertise e. neighbor 8. You want to filter inbound routes from an OSPF neighbor. Which command do you use? a. Distribute-list b. Route-list c. Prefix-list d. Filter-list 9. In BGP, OSPF and EIGRP, an internetwork under common administration is called what? a. Routing system b. Autonomous routing c. Routing domain d. Autonomous system 10. Which command do you use to prevent OSPF HELLO packets from going out of a configured interface? a. no network b. passive c. no advertise d. hello-off e. quiet 11. In OSPF, every router must have communications back to what? a. Area zero b. The root c. OSPF central d. Area one 12. Which of these routing protocols would be unavailable on a non-Cisco router?a. OSPF b. RIP c. EIGRP d. BGP 13. What type of OSPF router would connect an area that is not using OSPF?

a. BDR b. ABR c. BR d. ASBR e. OSBR 14. A router receives two identical routes from different protocols. What route is put into the routing table? a. The route with the most trusted AD b. The best route c. The OSPF route d. Both routes 15. If RIP receives two similar routes to a network, which route is put into the routing table? a. The route with the most trusted administrative distance b. The most specific route c. The RIP version 2 route d. Both routes

ANSWERS 1. C (OSPF) 2. B (BGP) 3. D (BGP) 4. B (OSPF) 5. C (Static) 6. A (Redistribution) 7. B (Network) 8. A (Distribute-list) 9. D (Autonomous system) 10. B (Passive) 11. A (Area zero) 12. C (EIGRP) 13. D (ASBR) 14. A (The route with the most trusted AD) 15. B (The most specific route) About the author: David Davis (CCIE #9369, CWNA, MCSE, CISSP, Linux+, CEH) has been in the IT industry for 15 years. Currently, he manages a group of systems/network administrators for a privately owned retail company and authors IT-related material in his spare time. He has written over fifty articles, eight practice tests and three video courses and has co-authored one book. His website is at www.happyrouter.com.