Cyber Fundamentals Block 3 Practice Test

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• Which of the following is an advantage of Distance Vector routing algorithms?
• Which statement about EIGRP is true?
• Which memory stores the switch's OS that can be updated?
• Which memory type stores the diagnostic and boot up routines in networking devices?
• VLAN benefits include
• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is considered a ______________protocol.
• The Access Layer is sometimes referred to as the desktop layer.
• Cisco's hierarchical internetworking model is a (a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ layer model for network design proposed by Cisco.
• A late collision occurs when a station transmits after the first 64 bytes have been sent; which option best describes this event?
• Which memory holds the OS image used to boot the switch?
• Which device reduces collision domains by segmenting traffic?
• Which role does IP serve as a routed protocol?
• What VLAN number should you avoid assigning to the management VLAN?
• Which class in traditional subnetting yields the largest default subnet mask, allowing the most hosts?
• What type of algorithm uses an approach that determines direction and distance to any link?
• What notation replaced classful routing to represent IP addresses and their subnet masks?
• Which layer deals with users directly connecting to the network in Cisco's model?
• Routers utilizing OSPF use the ________________ to acquire neighbors and maintain link-state awareness.
• Which statement about breaking up broadcast domains is accurate?
• A ____ is defined as a "logical" grouping of network devices into a single broadcast domain or flat network.
• Which table contains LSAs from all routers in the same area?
• What happens when two systems transmit at the same time?
• Which addressing is used to send information from one Layer 2 interface to another Layer 2 interface?
• Which subnetting method allows each subnet to have a different number of hosts based on requirements?
• BGP is an exterior gateway protocol and uses what for its metrics?
• Which port is commonly used to connect a management console to a router?
• Cisco's hierarchical internetworking model consists of which three layers?
• Which addressing is used to send information from one network to another network?
• Which of the following is an advantage of OSPF?
• The primary function of the distribution layer is to provide routing, filtering, WAN access and to ______.
• IPv4 subnets are created by borrowing bits from the host portion of the IP address.
• Which type of routes are learned and maintained in a router's routing table from other internetwork routers using network layer protocols such as RIP, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP?
• Which memory stores the running-configuration and routing tables for active routing processes?
• Which term describes a router that directs packets inside a LAN?
• A subnet is a logical division of a network based on what?
• Which option lists internetworking challenges?
• The degree to which a network resource is busy is called what?
• Switches are based on which type of hardware to support filtering decisions?
• What is used to send information from one network to another?
• What statement differentiates static routes from dynamic routes?
• The distribution layer of the Cisco hierarchical internetworking model is where policies should be implemented.
• What term describes a connected group of IP prefixes run by one or more network operators which has a SINGLE and CLEARLY DEFINED routing policy?
• Which of the following is a disadvantage of Link State algorithms?
• Which term describes the logical division of a network of connected devices based on IP addresses?
• Which layer is primarily responsible for high-speed backbone routing and interconnections between distribution switches?
• Which type of route is the gateway of last resort and is a specific type of static route configured to act as a path when there is no known destination?
• RIP uses which metric to determine the best path?
• Which memory stores the startup configuration used at boot?
• The sum of the costs associated with each link traversed is called what?
• Which term denotes the logical grouping of IP networks to create a smaller network from a larger one?
• In modern terminology, the term gateway often refers to a device that does what?
• When given multiple routes to the same destination, routers use what to determine the most trustworthy route?
• What is a static route?
• A ______ is a network inside a network.
• List a distance vector advantage.
• In the Cisco hierarchical model, which layer is typically responsible for policy enforcement and inter-VLAN routing?
• Which network protocol is known for flooding its link-state advertisements to all routers to maintain a consistent network topology view?
• What protocol is used when communication is required between autonomous systems?
• IPv4 subnets are created by borrowing bits from which portion of the IP address?
• Allows direct local access to configure a switch using a terminal, or a computer using terminal emulation software for initial configuration. DoD policy states this access must be password protected to prevent unauthorized changes.
• _____ - Manufacture memory that holds the Internetwork Operating Systems (IOS).
• Which statement best describes VLANs regarding broadcast domains?
• Cisco's hierarchical internetworking model is a ______________ layer model for network design.
• Where are diagnostic and boot up routines stored?
• CDP is a Cisco proprietary protocol that shares what type of information about neighboring devices?
• In OSPF, what type of router connects an area to the backbone and maintains routing information for each area?
• In the context of OSPF, what is the backbone area primarily used for?
• What is a layer 3 networking device that use IP addressing to forward packets between networks?
• Available traffic capacity of a link is called what?
• Which switching concept helps prevent loops in a switching environment?
• OSPF employs which type of routing algorithm?
• UDLD is designed to detect which condition on a network link?
• Which layer bridges user access devices and the core network, handling inter-subnet routing?
• A switch's port where end devices connect is referred to as what?
• Routing Information Protocol, or RIP, is a (a) ______ algorithm and uses (b) ______ for its algorithm metrics.
• Which statement about VLAN management traffic is true?
• There is one best switching technique.
• What are the two VLAN trunking methods for encapsulating frames?
• There are___ layers in Cisco's hierarchical internetworking model
• Which term describes multiple copies of the same data from different LAN segments?
• The access layer is sometimes referred to as the ______ layer because the majority of devices connected to the access switch are desktop computers.
• What is the term for the address notation that uses an IP address followed by a slash and a prefix length to describe the subnet?
• Which trunking standard is widely used as an open standard for trunks?
• Is it true that each port on a switch is a separate collision domain?
• In SPF, what performance concern arises as topology databases grow larger?
• An Interior Gateway Router is used for information exchange within which scope?
• ARP resolves IP addresses to which addresses?
• Routers populate their routing tables by learning network destinations using what three types of routes?
• OSPF networks operate best when used within a _____ due to multi-area configurations.
• _____ - is used to store the startup-configuration file.
• Which statement is a disadvantage of Distance Vector routing algorithms?
• Which storage medium on many routers is used to hold the Internetwork Operating System image?
• RIP uses what as its metric?
• If a router does not know where to forward a packet, what does it do with the packet?
• In OSPF, which component distributes routing information between areas?
• What are the primary functions of a router?
• What is the world's most popular open-system protocol suite because they can be used to communicate across any set of interconnected networks?
• Which layer in the Cisco hierarchical model is closest to end devices?
• Which protocol is typically considered a link-state routing protocol?
• A default gateway is which of the following?
• On a shared Ethernet segment, what event occurs when two devices transmit at the same time?
• In an OSPF network, which area distributes routing information between areas and consists of all area border routers, networks not wholly contained in any area, and their attached routers?
• Contains information such as the diagnostics and bootup routines. Cannot be accessed or changed.
• Why does Fragment-Free Switching only check the first 64 bytes?
• Which statement describes SPF algorithm in OSPF?
• What routing protocol uses bandwidth and delay as its metrics?
• Link State algorithms build what to 'see' the entire path to the destination network?
• Border Gateway Protocol is considered a ____ protocol.
• Which memory stores the startup configuration that is loaded into RAM during boot?
• Point to Point Protocol (PPP) operates as a data link layer protocol that connects directly between two network devices over a point-to-point link.
• Cisco's three-layer model has how many layers?
• What is the working memory for a router that stores the running-configuration file, a copy of the IOS, the routing tables, and any associated data required by the routing process?
• What interfaces are devices such as computers and printers connected to?
• Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is a ______________ protocol created as a Cisco proprietary protocol that later became open standard.
• In traditional subnetting, which IP class provides the most host bits to borrow for subnet creation?
• Which of the following represents a classless addressing scheme?
• Which command do you use to determine what VLAN a port is a member of?
• Which statement best describes a routing protocol's main function?
• Routers use what type of address?
• Which layer of the network model is commonly described as the high-speed backbone?
• What is the primary purpose of a router's routing table?
• Which statement describes the relationship among the three Cisco layers?
• Which statement about RIPv1 is true?
• What term defines a portion of a network limited by its router connection to a group of hosts on a LAN?
• In OSPF, which area is the central hub that connects all other areas?
• What do routing algorithms use to determine the best route?
• Which statement about the three-layer model's structure is true?
• What routing metric uses available traffic capacity of a link?
• DoD policy requires the switch console to be protected by what security measure?
• A router that directs packets inside a LAN is called what?
• CIDR notation expresses an IP address and its subnet mask using which statement?
• What is a router that directs packets between two separate LANs?
• Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is best described as which type of routing protocol?
• There are three parts of an IP address: Network Portion, Host Name, Subnet Mask.
• Which dotted-decimal subnet mask corresponds to a /26?
• Which term describes the practice of subnetting by borrowing bits from the host portion?
• When given multiple routes to the same destination, routers use what is called _____ to determine the most trusted route.
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) uses which type of routing algorithm?
• In Cisco's hierarchical internetworking model, which layer serves as the communication point between the Access Layer and the Core Layer?
• Routing involves two basic activities: Path determination and packet switching.
• Which protocol is Cisco proprietary and shares information about connected Cisco devices?
• In Ethernet networks, the term for when two devices transmit on a shared medium is a ______.
• What term describes a logical grouping of network devices into a single broadcast domain?
• Which of the following is a correct dotted-decimal mask for a /20?
• What term is defined as a logical grouping of network devices into a single broadcast domain?
• Which two VLAN trunking encapsulation methods exist, and which is non-proprietary?
• What switch component allows configuring the switch?
• Which CIDR notation corresponds to 255.255.255.0?
• Which VLAN characteristic is true for VLAN tagging across trunks?
• Which statement describes the three benefits of VLANs?
• What is the primary purpose of creating a VLAN in a switch network?
• Running memory that the switch uses for operations. Changes to the current configuration are stored in the "running-configuration".
• What is the primary purpose of a network switch?
• Which CIDR notation corresponds to 255.255.255.192?
• What loads the startup configuration into RAM?
• When does a switch learn the MAC address of a connected device?
• Which layer is responsible for sending frames between devices on the same local network?
• Which port is used for out-of-band management on a router?
• 802.1Q encapsulation is compatible with which models of switches?
• What is the term for a router used for information exchange within an autonomous system?
• Which statement defines the default gateway?
• What term describes the operational cost of sending data packets over a network?
• What is the primary function of BGP?
• What is the local management interface used to configure a switch directly?
• The sum of costs associated with each link traversed in a path is known as the
• Which addressing is used to send information from one network to another?
• UDLD is used to detect what condition on a link?
• OSPF in the context of inter-area routing, which component is responsible for distributing information between areas?
• Where is the switch's operating system saved?
• Which term describes a routing protocol that combines distance-vector and link-state characteristics?
• A subnet is a logical division of a network of connected devices based on _____________.
• Which memory contains the diagnostic routines for boot up?
• Routers utilizing OSPF use which protocol to acquire neighbors and maintain link-state awareness?
• What is the purpose of the management VLAN?
• Which statement about Fragment-Free switching is true?
• If all routers in a network use the same subnet mask, what is this known as?
• What command do you use to determine what VLAN a port is a member of?
• Which switching method stores the entire frame in memory and checks the frame for errors?
• Which protocol is known as vendor-neutral for discovering neighboring devices on the LAN?
• What occurs when a switch is overwhelmed by the continuous stream of traffic due to devices rebroadcasting?
• _______ is a connected group of one or more IP prefixes run by one or more network operators which has a SINGLE and CLEARLY DEFINED routing policy.
• Which port is commonly used for direct, local configuration of a router via serial connection?
• Which of the following protocols is a distance-vector routing protocol?
• What table contains the collection of Link State Advertisements (LSA) received from all routers in the same area?
• If a network wants maximum throughput with minimal delay, which switching method is preferred?
• CIDR helps reduce routing table size by enabling which of the following?
• EIGRP networks combine both advantages and disadvantages from Distance Vector and Link State algorithms. What concept used in OSPF is missing from EIGRP?
• Which term describes a connected group of IP prefixes run by operators with a single routing policy?
• This is the part of the switch where end devices such as computers and printers are connected; the number of interfaces can vary by model.
• When a tagged VLAN frame arrives at an access port, what happens to the tag?
• RIP is a routing protocol and uses which metric as its primary measure?
• Which addressing type is used to route information between networks?
• What is a layer 3 networking device that use IP addressing to forward packets between networks?
• What is the default VLAN that is automatically assigned to interfaces on switches?
• Which switching method stores the entire frame in memory and checks for errors before forwarding?
• What is the purpose of ARP?
• This is where the operating system is saved. Every time that the switch boots up, the flash memory will be accessed to load the OS into the running memory.
• What is a characteristic of Distance Vector routing in terms of how updates are propagated?
• Which type of routes are manually configured by the network administrator as the only path to a destination?
• Each device on a subnet has which identifier that associates it with the others on the same subnet?
• The Distribution Layer serves as the communication point between which two layers?
• In switching, address learning updates the MAC address table based on what?
• Which device interconnects multiple networks and makes forwarding decisions based on IP addresses?
• Which of the following defines a trunk in VLAN terminology?
• Which area in an OSPF network is responsible for distributing routing information between areas?
• On a shared network medium, what is the term for when two transmissions occur simultaneously?
• What is the term for the configuration loaded from NVRAM into RAM on startup?
• In the Cisco model, which layer determines the fastest way to handle user requests?
• Which term describes receiving more than one copy of the same frame due to network design choices?
• What routing algorithm does OSPF primarily use?
• What is a default route?
• Which layer is at the top of the Cisco hierarchical internetworking model?
• What is used to send information from one Layer 2 interface to another Layer 2 interface?
• Which OSI layer does a router primarily operate at?
• Which VLAN is typically used as the default on many switches and is often the first configured VLAN?
• What is a router that directs packets inside a LAN?
• What do switches break up?
• What do routers break up and is defined as a portion of a network limited by its router connection to a specific group of host computers in a common LAN segment?
• A router that directs packets between two separate LANS is called what?
• Which term describes the measure used by routing protocols to evaluate and compare possible paths to a destination?
• A /8 CIDR notation can also represent a Class A address.
• What is the difference between a hub and a switch?
• Switches move frames of information at which layer of the OSI model?
• Which classful network provides the most subnets because it has more host bits to borrow from?
• The term for the sum of the costs of all links traversed between source and destination is called what?
• The ____ layer is often called a high-speed backbone.
• Which protocol suite is nonproprietary and used to communicate across networks?
• Which switching method reduces latency but can forward bad frames?
• Switches are ______________ based and utilize ______________ to help them make filtering decisions.
• OSPF networks operate best when used within a ____________ due to their use of multi-area configurations.
• Holds the startup-configuration, which is loaded to the RAM upon bootup and then becomes the running-config.
• This allows you to configure the router remotely using a modem. This port must be configured before you can use it.
• What is used to send information from one network to another network?
• Can devices located in different physical locations share the same VLAN?
• Which term describes a single administrative domain with a unique routing policy?
• Which switching function forwards a frame to the port identified with a MAC address?
• _____ allows you to configure the router remotely using a modem. This port must be configured before you can use it
• Cisco's internetworking model consists of which layers?
• Which devices connect OSPF areas to the backbone?
• If a frame with a VLAN tag is transmitted over a link to a device that only supports access ports, what happens to the tag?
• What security practice is described for the switch console port to prevent unauthorized changes?
• Which term describes selecting the best path for a packet through the network?
• OSPF is a ____________ algorithm and is based on ________________________ for its algorithm.
• BGP is an exterior gateway protocol and uses what for its metrics?
• What is a routing protocol?
• Subnetting involves borrowing bits from the host portion to create smaller networks.
• Switches move frames of information at the __________ Layer of the OSI model.
• RIP is a ________________ algorithm and uses ____________ for its algorithm metrics.
• This part of the switch is where end devices such as computers and printers are connected. The number of interfaces can vary depending on the model.
• Routers populate their routing tables by learning network destinations using what three types of routes?
• When two system transmissions occur at the same time on a shared medium, what is the result?
• On a trunk link, which field identifies the VLAN membership of a frame?
• Which protocol is primarily used for routing between different autonomous systems?
• Which statement is true about VLSM?
• The number of bits borrowed to create subnets is indicated by the ______.
• In network terminology, what device translates information from one protocol to another?
• A late collision indicates that another system attempted to transmit after a host has transmitted at least the _______
• Which switching method is a hybrid of Store-and-Forward and Cut-Through, storing the first 64 bytes before forwarding?
• A late collision indicates that another system attempted to transmit after a host has transmitted at least the ______ bytes of its frame
• The dependability of each network link is called what?
• EIGRP metrics are based on which of the following pairs?
• OSPF reduces routing updates by only sending updates when topology changes occur.
• Which protocol uses path vector information to determine routing decisions between autonomous systems?
• What does the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) primarily prevent in a switched network?
• By default, the switch ports belong to which VLAN?
• What term quantifies the desirability of a path in routing?
• Which switching technique minimizes latency but may forward bad frames, requiring retransmission?
• A router breaks up which of the following?
• Which switching mode stores the first 64 bytes before forwarding, serving as a transitional technique?
• On a trunk, what is applied to frames as they pass between devices?
• When you have multiple subnet masks on one network, what is this practice called?
• Which statement describes the primary purpose of a VLAN?
• Which of the following is an advantage of Link State algorithms?
• The access layer is the aggregation point and includes hubs and switches to connect nodes, such as workstations, to the network.
• The access layer ensures that _________ are delivered to end user devices.
• If you want to view the running configuration, which memory would you access?
• ______ has up to 32,768 Available Subnets.
• In Cisco's three-layer model, which layer directly interfaces with end-user devices?
• Disadvantages of OSPF algorithm
• In an OSPF network, multi-area configurations enable scalability through what structural concept?
• _______ VLAN is used for management, SNMP, and Syslog.
• The sole purpose of the Core layer of Cisco's hierarchical internetworking model is:
• What memory location holds the 'running-configuration' file?
• Which set correctly lists the core functions of a network switch?
• This is where the diagnostic and boot up routines are stored.
• Which statement correctly describes PPP?
• Switches are configured with default ______ by manufacturers.
• Which protocol is an example of a routed protocol?
• Which algorithm maintains a topology map to determine routes?
• Which routing approach is simple to understand and configure but may not scale well?
• OSPF was created to solve which problem?
• The length of time required to move a packet from source to destination through the internetwork is called what?
• In IPv4 addressing, which portion is used to identify the subnet?
• Routing involves two basic activities: ______ and ______.
• What is the world's most popular open-system protocol suite used to communicate across interconnected networks?
• What type of VLAN is used for SNMP, management, and syslog?
• Which device best fits the term gateway in networking as translator?
• Switches build and maintain what kind of table?