CCNA 2/Mod 7: Distance Vector Routing – Online Curriculum Study Guide

Curriculum Question Answer

7.1.1 1. periodically
1. What are the two ways that routing 2. topology change in NW
table updates occur in a distance
vector protocol?
2. What does a router send to its Its entire routing table
adjacent routers when it updates?
7.1.2 3. What occurs when inconsistent Routing loops
routing tables are not updated due to
slow convergence in a changing
network?
4. What is the term when all routers have network is said to have converged
consistent knowledge or the NW and
correct routing tables?
7.1.3 5. What is the term loops packets count to infinity
continuously around the network even
when the destination network is down?
6. Why do packets loop through the because of wrong information in the
network ? routing tables
7. If a hop count metric is set to 15, what It’s discarded
will happen when the packet hops to
16?
7.1.4 8. What is the term for a situation when Split horizon
incorrect information has been sent
back to the router that originally sent
the information and it’s not accurate?
9. What two things are reduced by split 1. reduces incorrect routing
horizon? information
2. reduces routing overhead
7.1.5 10. What type of protocols use route Distance vector
poisoning?
11. How can large routing loops be setting the hop count to one more than the
avoided? maximum
12. Do routers have to wait 30 seconds no
before advertising poisoned routes?
13. ROUTERF is running RIP. ROUTERE Route poisoning
detects that ROUTERF is down. It
advertises the NW for this link with a
hop count metric of 16. What routing
loop prevention method is en effect?
7.1.6 14. How often does RIP send updated 30 seconds
routing tables?
15. When is a triggered update sent? Immediately
16. What causes a triggered update? Change in topology
17. Who sends a triggered update? The router that detected the topology
change
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7.1.7 18. When does a distance vector routing When it’s marked as inaccessible
protocol set a hold-down timer on a
route?
19. What does a router do when it The router marks the NW as accessible
receives an update from a neighbor and removes the holddown timer
router with a better metric than it had
originally recorded?
20. Why is an update with a poorer metric It allows more time for the knowledge of a
ignored? disruptive change to propagate through the
entire NW
7.2.1 21. Which version of RIP is classless? V2
22. Which version of RIP supports VLSM? V2
23. What is the maximum number of hops 15
in a path?
24. What happens when the hop count is it is considered to be infinity and the
incremented +1 every hop and network
reaches 16?
7.2.2 25. What two commands are required to Router RIP command
enable RIP on an interface? Networks (attached)

26. What mode must you be in to set Global

these two commands?
7.2.3 27. What will happen to packets when the Any packets received that are destined for
no ip classless command is disabled? a subnet that numerically falls within the
router’s SN addressing scheme will be
discarded
28. What will happen to packets when the Packets discarded
no ip classless command is disabled
AND there is a default route defined?
7.2.4 29. What is the term to indicate that all the Convergence
routers in the internetwork have the
same routing information?
30. What causes routing loops and Inconsistencies due to routing update
counting to infinity in RIP routers? messages with out of date routes being
propagated around the internetwork
31. What do holddown timers do to Increase it
convergence?
32. What is the default holddown time for 180 seconds
RIP?
33. What would you do to decrease the Change it LOWER than 180
network’s convergence time?
34. If you have 4 routers and updates are 4 x 50 = 200 seconds
send every 50 seconds, what would
the longest loop be?
35. What is RIP’s update interval default 30 seconds
time?
36. What will this command do to a Decrease convergence time
router?
GAD(config-router)#update-timer

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37. What will this command do? Configures an interface to send version 2
GAD(config-interface)#ip rip packets
send version 2
7.2.5 38. How are RIP routes indicated when With an “R”
you key the show ip route
command?
39. The following line was shown in the 120 or RIP
output of the show ip route
command. What is the administrative
distance of the routing protocol?
192.168.3.0/24 (120/1) via
192.168.2.2, 00:00:30,
Serial 0/0
7.2.6 40. What are the three most common RIP 1. an incorrect network statement
configuration errors? 2. discontiguous subnets
3. split horizon
41. What command verifies that routing Debug ip rip
updates are being sent and received?
7.2.7 42. What affect do route filters have on None
link state protocols?
43. When you use the passive interface dynamic
command, you prevent routers from
sending routing updates through an
interface. What type of routes are you
preventing other systems on the
network from learning?
7.2.8 44. What is the maximum paths RIP can 6
load balance over?
45. What is the term used when routers Round robin
“take turn” load balancing?
46. If using RIP, which path will be given Neither --- RIP’s metric is hop – not speed
preference – a 56Kbps or a 155
Mbps?
7.2.9 47. When a router learns multiple routes to a , the route with the lowest administrative
specific network which route is installed in distance
the routing table?
48. How many default static routes are 6
installed when load balancing?
49. What are the 2 methods of load 1. per packet
balancing Cisco IOS offers? 2. per destination
50. What is IGRP’s default administrative 100
distance?
51. What is RIP’s default administrative 120
distance?
52. Why would a static route be chosen Lower AD
over a RIP route? Static = 1 RIP = 120
7.2.10 53. How would an administrator configure Configure the route with a metric greater
a static route for use if a primary route
than the default value
failed?
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 54. When an interface goes down, what They are removed from the IP routing
happens to all static routes pointing
table.
out that interface?
7.3.1 55. What 2 functions do routers perform 1. learn of failures
as routing information spreads
2. ID new destinations
throughout the network?
56. How often does IGRP send updates? 90 seconds
57. What are IGRP’s two default metrics? Bandwidth
Delay
7.3.2 58. What is the acronym for Maximum MTU
Transmission Unit?
7.3.3 59. Which routes within an AS do NOT System
include subnet information?
60. What routes support numbering Interior routes
outside the private network without
renumbering inside?
7.3.4 61. What is used to prevent regular Holddowns
updates from inappropriately
reinstating a route that may not be up?
62. What is used to prevent large routing Poison reverse updates
loops?
63. If IGRP updates every 90 seconds, by 3x update period or
default, how long will a router wait 3 x 90 = 270
before declaring a route invalid?
(invalid timer)
64. How long would this same route be in 280 sec
holddown?
7.3.5 65. What is the command to configure ROUTER(config)#
IGRP?

7.3.6 No questions – it’s your lucky day!

7.3.7 66. What command is used to verify that show ip route
IGRP has been configured properly?
67. How are IGRP routes displayed on the I
output?
7.3.8 68. What are the 3 most common IGRP 1. mistyped network
configuration errors? statement
2. discontiguous subnets
3. incorrect AS