TEST 1 HCIA Routing & Switching

1) The network administrator wants to improve the performance of network transmission, what steps
can the administrator take? (Choose two)

A. Change the work mode to full duplex of each end station.

B. Link the end stations together using a switch.
C. Change the work mode to half duplex of each end station.
D. Link the end stations together using a hub.

2) The network administrator wishes to transmit data between two end statons. The network interface
cards of both devices operates at 100Mbps however one supports half duplex while the other uses
full duplex mode. What will occur as a result?

A. The end stations cannot communicate.

B. The end stations can communicate, but data may be lost during transmission of large amounts
of trafic.
C. The end stations will operate normally
D. The end stations can communicate, but speed is diferent during transmission of large amounts
of trafic.

3) An Ethernet port can work one of three duplex modes, whereas an Optcal Ethernet port only
supports one single mode. Which of the following represents this mode?

A. Full-duplex
B. Half-duplex
C. Auto-negotiation
D. Simplex

4) While inspecting packets in the network, a network administrator discovers a frame with the
destination MAC address of 01-00-5E-A0-B1-C3. What can the administrator determine from
this?

A. The MAC address is a unicast address.

B. The MAC address is a broadcast address
C. The MAC address is a multicast address.
D. The MAC address is incorrect

5) According to OSI reference model, which layer is responsible for end to end error checking and
fow control?

A. Physical layer
B. Data link layer
C. Network layer
D. Transport layer

6) Which of the following mechanisms are used for flow control? (Choose three)

A. Acknowledgement
B. Bufering
C. Source quench messages
 D. Windowing
Source Destination Protocol Info
10.0.12.1 10.0.12.2 TCP 50190 > telnet [SYN] Seq=0 Win=8192 Len=0 MSS=1460
10.0.12.2 10.0.12.1 TCP telnet> 50190 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=8192 Len=0 MSS=1460
10.0.12.1 10.0.12.2 TCP 50190 > telnet [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=8192 Len=0
7) Refer to the capture output. The administrator has captured three packets in the network. Which
statement regarding the captured packets is incorrect?

A. These packets represent a TCP three-way handshake process.

B. 10.0.12.1 is the telnet server, while 10.0.12.2 is the telnet client.
C. The three packets contain no application data.
D. 10.0.12.1 uses port 50190 to build the telnet connection.

8) An Ethernet frame is captured by network protocol analyzer tool and the value of Type/Length
field is 0x0800. Which of the following statements about the frame are correct? (Choose two)

A. The frame structure of the frame is Ethernet_II

B. The frame structure of the frame is 802.3
C. Its upper layer protocol is IP
D. Its upper layer protocol is IPX

9) Which of the following descriptions regarding the TTL feld of the IP packet is correct?

A. The TTL defines how many packets the source can send.
B. The TTL defines the duration during which the source can send packets.
C. The TTL value will decrement by 1 each time the packet is routed.
D. The TTL value will increment by 1 each time the packet is routed.

10) Which of the following statements are correct about TTL Field in IP packet? (Choose two)

A. The maximum value of TTL is 65535

B. Normally, it's impossible for a router to receive a packet whose TTL is zero.
C. The main purpose of TTL is to prevent IP packets from circulating endlessly in a network
which can consume a lot of bandwidth
D. TTL value will be decremented as a packet is passed through the network devices such as
hub, LAN switch and router.

11) In the case of Huawei router, what is the "-i" parameter in a Ping command issued on a VRP
operating system used to set?

A. Interface for sending an Echo Request packet

B. Source IP address for sending an Echo Request packet
C. Interface for receiving an Echo Reply packet
D. Destination IP address for receiving an Echo Reply packet

12) To provide the information about the IP addresses that a user packet traverses along the path to the
destination, which of the following does Tracert record in each expired ICMP TTL packet?

A. Destination port
B. Source port
 C. Destination address
D. Source address

13) Which of the following statements regarding the verifcaton of IP connectvity are false? (Choose
three)

A. The ping 127.0.0.1 command can be used to check whether the network cable is correctly
inserted into the host’s Ethernet port.
B. B. The ping command with the host IP address as the destnaton can be used to verify that the
TCP/IP protocol suite is functoning correctly.
C. C. The ping command can be used to verify connectvity between the host and the local
gateway.
D. The command “ipconfg /release” can be used to check connectvity problems between the host
and the local gateway
14) A network administrator uses the ping command to check for points of failure in the network.
Which protocols will be used during this process? (Choose two)

A. ICMP
B. TCP
C. ARP
D. UDP

15) A network administrator recently used tracert to trace the path to the destination IP address of an
external website, however the trace path displayed only a timeout result. Which of the following
statements correctly explains the reason for this? (Choose two)

A. The source router had shutdown the ICMP function.

B. This destination IP address does not exist.
C. The gateway canot find a route to the destination.
D. This is a normal phenomenon
Ping 10.0.0.2: 56 data bytes, press CTRL_C to break
Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=800 Sequence=1 ttl=255 tme=2 ms
Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=800 Sequence=2 ttl=255 tme=10 ms
--- 10.0.0.2 ping statstcs ---
2 packet(s) transmited
2 packet(s) received
0.00% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 2/6/10 ms

16) A network administrator uses the ping command to test connectvity to the destnaton 10.0.0.2 on a
Huawei AR series router. Which statement regarding the output is correct?

A. The network administrator used the command ping -c 2 -s 800 10.0.0.2

B. The network administrator used the command ping -a 2 -v 800 10.0.0.2
C. The path between the source and destination is not OK.
D. The network administrator changed the default TTL value.

17) Which of the following statements explains the behavior of the ICMP redirect function? (Choose
two)
 A. When a router receives data on the interface via which the same data needs to be forwarded,
and the source is on the same segment as the next hop, an ICMP redirect message will be sent
by the router to the source.
B. B. When a router receives data on an interface, and the router’s IP address matches the
destnaton IP of the data, an ICMP redirect message will be sent by the router to the source.
C. C. When a router receives data on the interface via which the same data needs to be forwarded,
and the source is on the same segment as the next hop, an ICMP Redirect message will be sent
by the source to the router.
D. When a router receives data on the interface via which the same data needs to be forwarded,
and the source is on a diferent segment from the next hop, an ICMP redirect message will be
sent by the router to the source

18) Host A wishes to send data to host C, and generates an ARP request to obtain the destination
MAC address. Which statement is true?

A. The destination IP address of the ARP request is Host C

B. The destination MAC address of this ARP request is Host C
C. The destination IP address for the ARP request is a broadcast IP address.
D. The destination MAC address of this frame is the MAC address of G0/0/0 on RTA

19) An ARP request is sent by host A to obtain the destnaton MAC address of host D, Which
statement is true about regarding the ARP reply?

A. The destination MAC address of this frame is the MAC address of Switch A
B. The destination IP address of this packet is the VLANIF1 IP address of Switch A
C. The destination MAC address of this frame is the MAC address of Host A
D. The destination IP address of this packet is a broadcast IP address.

20) Which of the following applicatons can be used to detect the path along which the data packets are
transmited from the source to the destination ?
A. Route
B. Netstat
C. Tracert
D. Send

21) How many probe packets are sent for each TTL value by default when "tracert" is used to detect
the path along which packet is sent from source to destination ?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8

22) Which of the following types can ICMP packets be classifed into? (Choose two)

A. ICMP transport packet

B. ICMP error reportng packet
C. ICMP query packet
D. ICMP application packet
23) On VRP platform, which of the following parameters can be used together with the "ping"
command to specify the source address of an echo request message?
A. A
B. S
C. D
D. N

24) A router functioning as a Proxy receives an ARP request packet, but finds that the destination
address in the packet is not intended for itself. In this case, what will the router do? (Choose two)

A. Discard the packet.

B. Check for a route that matches the destination address.
C. Forward its MAC address to the ARP request sender afer finding that a route to the
destination address is available.
D. Broadcast the ARP request packet.

25) Two end stations in a point-to-point network perform address resolution. Which of the following
statements is correct?

A. The destination address of an ARP request from each station will be a unicast MAC
address.
B. The destination address of an ARP request from each station will be a broadcast IP address.
C. The destination address of an ARP reply from each station will be a unicast MAC address
D. The destination address of an ARP reply from each station will be a broadcast MAC
address.

26) What will the destination MAC address be at the moment a frame is transmited by the host, when
the router is the IP destination?

A. The MAC address of the switch.

B. The MAC address of the router interface G0/0/0.
C. The MAC address of the host.
D. The destination MAC address will be a broadcast MAC address

27) Which of the following statements about gratuitous ARP packets are true? (Choose two)

A. A system can determine whether conflictng IP addresses are used by sending a gratuitous
ARP packet
B. A gratuitous ARP packet uses the same format as an ARP request packet.
C. A gratuitous ARP packet can help to update an IP address.
D. A gratuitous ARP packet uses the same format as an ARP reply packet.

28) UDP is connectionless oriented, which of the following must be used in order to ensure reliability?
A. Internet Protocol
B. Application Layer Protocol
C. Network Layer Protocol
D. Transmission Control Protocol

29) The administrator has confgured an IP address for Host A and Host B, but had forgoten to
configure a default gateway. What effect will this have on the hosts?
 A. Neither host will be affected, and therefore will be able to communicate with the peer.
B. Host A will be unable to connect to the router’s G0/0/0 interface.
C. Hosts will be unable to communicate unless arp-proxy is enabled on the router.
D. The host will be unable to reach neither the local nor remote network destination

30) A host has established a telnet connection with the router attached to interface G0/0/0. Which of
the following statements are correct? (Choose two)

A. The destination address of a frame sent by the host will be the MAC address of the router
interface.
B. The destination address of a frame will be the MAC address of the switch interface.
C. The destination port number in a segment header will have a value of 80.
D. The destination IP address of a packet will be the IP address of the network interface of the
router.

31) The administrator uses the ping command on the host to test connectivity to the website
www.huawei.com. The command line shows a request tme out. The administrator displays the
ARP entries for the host. Which entry will be found in the ARP cache table of the host?

A. The MAC address of the destination www.huawei.com will exist in the ARP cache.
B. The MAC address of the switch will exist in the ARP cache.
C. The IP address of the destination www.huawei.com will exist in the ARP cache.
D. The MAC address of router interface G0/0/0, will exist in the ARP cache.

32) When R2 forwards data to R3 from R1, which of the following items will change? (Choose two)

A. The source MAC address

B. The destination MAC address
C. The source IP address
D. The destination IP address

33) If Host B also configured the IP address as “192.168.1.1/24”, an IP address conflict will occur.
What will happen as a result?

A. Host B will send an ICMP request to the destination with the configured IP address. If a reply
is received, the host will notify of an address conflict.
B. B. Host A will send a gratuitous ARP request to resolve the MAC address of the destination
192.168.1.1, for which Host B will reply.
C. C. Host B will send a gratuitous ARP request to resolve the MAC address of the destination
192.168.1.1, for which Host A will reply.
D. Host A will ignore any received ARP request intended for destination 192.168.1.1.

34) Host A has been connected to switch A and configured with an IP address. When Host A initially
forwards a frame, what action will be taken by Switch A?

A. Switch A will drop this frame.

B. Switch A will attempt to flood the frame to all ports except for the G0/0/1 interface.
C. Switch A will forward the frame via ports G0/0/1, G0/0/2 and G0/0/3.
D. Switch will receive this frame before returning the frame to G0/0/1.

35) A layer 2 LAN switch generates CAM table entries according to the ( ) of the received frame.
 A. Source MAC address
B. Destination MAC address
C. Source IP address
D. Destination IP address

36) Which of the following statements about collision domains and broadcast domains are correct?
(Choose three)

A. Devices connected to the same hub form a collision domain

B. Devices connected to the same hub form a broadcast domain
C. Devices connected to the same bridge form a collision domain
D. Devices connected to the same bridge form a broadcast domain
E. Devices connected to the same router form a broadcast domain

37) Which of the following statements regarding layer-2 switch is incorrect?

A. The switch learns MAC addresses automatically

B. The layer-3 header is modified before the received packet is transmitted
C. The layer-2 header is modified before the received packet is transmitted.
D. The layer-2 LAN switch operates at data link layer

38) As shown in illustration, which of the following description about the network topology is correct?

A. The network has 6 collision domains

B. The network has 2 broadcast domains
C. The network has 12 collision domains
D. The network has 6 broadcast domains

39) A company to apply for a Class C IP addresses ,but to be assigned to six subsidiary companies,one
of the largest subsidiaries have 26 computers. Different subsidiary must be in different network
segment ,the subnet mask should be set to ( ).
A. 255 .255.255.0
B. 255 .255.255.128
C. 255 .255.255.192
D. 255 .255 255.224

40) VLSM can expand any IP network, including the Class D address.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

41) lf the network address of network is 10.1.1.0/30,then what is its broadcast address?
A. 10.1.1.1
B. 10.1.1.2
 C. 10.1.1.3
D. 10.1.1.4
42) Broadcast address is a special address that all the hosts are set as 1 in the network address , it also
can be used as host addresses.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

43) A network segment 150.25.0.0 subnet mask is 255.255 .224.0, so which is a valid host address in
the network segment. (Multiple Choice)
A. 150.25.0.0
B. 150.25 1.255
C. 150 25.2.24
D. 150.15.3.30
44) Which address does 192.168.1.127/25 represent?

A. Host
B. network
C. multicast
D. Broadcast