Exam QUESTIONS

PART I: Fundamentals
PART II: Physical Layer
PART III: Link Layer
PART IV: Network Layer
Exam Questions (PART I)
1. What information can DHCP provide to clients? (Choose the 3 best answers.)
❍ A. Clock information
❍ B. IP information
❍ C. DNS information
❍ D. Gateway information
2. Which of the protocols are used by email? (Choose the 2 best answers.)
❍ A. POP3
❍ B. SMTP
❍ C. SNMP
❍ D. DHCP
3. What takes place when a collision occurs on an ethernet network? (Choose the 3 best answers.)
❍ A. Every device stops transmitting for a short time.
❍ B. A jam signal is sent to notify devices of a collision.
❍ C. A collision signal is sent to notify devices of a collision.
❍ D. A random back-off algorithm starts

4. What is the OUI of the MAC address 01:AB:4D:F2:89:10?

❍ A. 01
❍ B. F2:89:10
❍ C. 01:AB
❍ D. 01:AB:4D
5. A MAC address is… (Choose the 2 best answers.)
❍ A. A unique hardware address in a broadcast domain
❍ B. A unique IP address in a broadcast domain
❍ C. Provided by the manufacturer of the NIC
❍ D. Configured manually by the network administrator
6. At what layer of the OSI model do you find MAC addresses?
❍ A. Transport
❍ B. Network
❍ C. Data Link
❍ D. Physical
7. At what layer of the OSI model do you find sequence numbers?
❍ A. Application
❍ B. Presentation
❍ C. Session
❍ D. Transport
8. At what layer of the OSI model do you find IP addresses?
❍ A. Transport
❍ B. Network
❍ C. Data Link
❍ D. Physical

9. What kind of PDU is used at the Data Link layer of the OSI model?
❍ A. Bit
❍ B. Segment
❍ C. Packet/Datagram
❍ D. Frame
10. What kind of PDU is used at the Network layer of the OSI model?
❍ A. Segment
❍ B. Packet/Datagram
❍ C. Bit
❍ D. Frame
11. What kind of PDU is used at the Transport layer of the OSI model?
❍ A. Segment
❍ B. Data
❍ C. Frame
❍ D. Bit
12. What is the correct order for data encapsulation?
❍ A. Segment, packet, frame, data, bit
❍ B. Data, segment, packet, frame, bit
❍ C. Bit, frame, packet, segment, data
❍ D. Data, packet, segment, frame, bit
13. Routers look at the ________________ when making a routing decision.
❍ A. Destination IP address
❍ B. Source IP address
❍ C. Destination MAC address
❍ D. Source MAC address

14. What protocol is assigned to port numbers 20 and 21?

❍ A. DNS
❍ B. Telnet
❍ C. FTP
❍ D. SMTP
15. What protocol is assigned to port number 80?
❍ A. SNMP
❍ B. HTTP
❍ C. POP3
❍ D. DHCP
16. Which of the following are TCP? (Choose the 2 best answers.)
❍ A. Telnet
❍ B. HTTP
❍ C. TFTP
❍ D. NTP
17. Which of the following are UDP? (Choose the 2 best answers.)
❍ A. DHCP
❍ B. SMTP
❍ C. SNMP
❍ D. POP3
18. What commands use ICMP? (Choose the 2 best answers.)
❍ A. Show cdp neighbor
❍ B. traceroute
❍ C. Telnet
❍ D. ping

19. What protocol maps a known MAC address to an IP address?

❍ A. RARP
❍ B. ARP
❍ C. ICMP
❍ D. Proxy ARP
20. What TCP/IP protocol provides terminal emulation to a remote host?
❍ A. HTTP
❍ B. VPN
❍ C. Telnet
❍ D. SNMP
Exam Questions (PART II)
1. Which physical network topology is shown in the following diagram?
❍ A. Ring
❍ B. Bus
❍ C. Star
❍ D. Mesh
7. Which of the following is not susceptible to EMI?
❍ A. Fiber
❍ B. Thin coaxial cable
❍ C. Category 3 UTP cable
❍ D. Category 5 UTP cable
8. Which connector does a UTP cable use?
❍ A. MT-RJ
❍ B. SC
❍ C. ST
❍ D. RJ-45
9. Because of attenuation, the maximum, practical length of a UTP cable is _________________.
❍ A. 10 meters
❍ B. 100 meters
❍ C. 200 meters
❍ D. 500 meters
10. The total flow of information over a certain time period on a communications medium measured in
bits per second is called _______________.
❍ A. Bandwidth
❍ B. Crosstalk
❍ C. Attenuation
❍ D. Electromagnetic interference
11. Which cable consists of a single copper wire surrounded by a plastic insulation cover and a braided
copper shield?
❍ A. Coaxial cable
❍ B. UTP
❍ C. STP
❍ D. Category 5 cable

12. What type of UTP cable would you use to connect a switch to a router?
❍ A. Coaxial cable
❍ B. Straight-through cable
❍ C. Cross-over cable
❍ D. Thin coax
13. What type of UTP cable would you use to connect a PC directly to another PC?
❍ A. Coaxial cable
❍ B. Straight-through cable
❍ C. Cross-over cable
❍ D. Thick coax
14. If you have a network that is connected through a hub and experiencing congestion, which of the
following is the best solution to decrease congestion on your network?
❍ A. Install a second hub.
❍ B. Replace the hub with a repeater.
❍ C. Replace the hub with a switch.
❍ D. Replace the hub with a network interface.
15. What is the IEEE standard for wi-fi?
❍ A. 802.1q
❍ B. 802.11b
❍ C. 802.3u
❍ D. 802.3ab
16. Which IEEE wireless standard uses a 5GHz radio frequency and is not compatible with other wireless
standards?
❍ A. 802.11
❍ B. 802.11a
❍ C. 802.11b
❍ D. 802.11g
19. Which of the following connectors are used by fiber? (Choose the 3 best answers.)
❍ A. MT-RJ
❍ B. SC
❍ C. ST
❍ D. RJ-45
20. Which of the following are wireless technologies? (Choose the 3 best answers.)
❍ A. Fast Ethernet
❍ B. Bluetooth
❍ C. Infrared
❍ D. Wi-fi
Exam Questions (PART III)
1. Which of the following is the IEEE standard for token ring?
❍ A. 802.2
❍ B. 802.3a
❍ C. 802.3u
❍ D. 802.5
2. ANSI X3T9.5 is the specification for which LAN technology?
❍ A. Token ring
❍ B. Fast Ethernet
❍ C. FDDI
❍ D. LLC
3. What Data Link layer technology inserts a three-byte token (or special bit pattern) into a frame and
passes it in a single direction from one node to another until it forms a complete loop?
❍ A. Token-passing
❍ B. Unicast
❍ C. Multicast
❍ D. Broadcast

4. Which of the following LAN protocols use token-passing for frame transmission? (Choose the 2
best answers.)
❍ A. Fast Ethernet
❍ B. Token ring
❍ C. Gigabit Ethernet
❍ D. FDDI
5. This MAC sublayer address type identifies the MAC address of an individual LAN or NIC card.
❍ A. Unicast
❍ B. Multicast
❍ C. Broadcast
❍ D. Token
6. Which of the following addresses is an example of a unicast address? (Choose all that apply.)
❍ A. 0000.0C12.3456
❍ B. 0100.5E12.3456
❍ C. FFFF.FFFF.FFFF
❍ D. 0200.1111.1111
7. This MAC sublayer address type sends a frame to a subset of devices on the LAN.
❍ A. Unicast
❍ B. Multicast
❍ C. Broadcast
❍ D. Token
8. Which of the following addresses is an example of a multicast address?
❍ A. 0000.0C12.3456
❍ B. 0100.5E12.3456
❍ C. FFFF.FFFF.FFFF
❍ D. 0200.1111.1111

9. This MAC sublayer address type sends a frame to all the devices on the LAN.
❍ A. Unicast
❍ B. Multicast
❍ C. Broadcast
❍ D. Token
10. Which of the following addresses is an example of a broadcast address?
❍ A. 0000.0C12.3456
❍ B. 0100.5E12.3456
❍ C. FFFF.FFFF.FFFF
❍ D. 0200.1111.1111
11. The OSI model Data Link layer uses __________ to transport data between layers.
❍ A. Bits
❍ B. Frames
❍ C. Packets
❍ D. Segments
12. Which field of a frame is used for error detection?
❍ A. SAP
❍ B. DSAP
❍ C. SSAP
❍ D. FCS
13. Which IEEE Ethernet standards define Gigabit Ethernet? (Choose all that apply.)
❍ A. 802.3u
❍ B. 802.3ab
❍ C. 802.3z
❍ D. 802.3ae

14. Bridges and switches segment a network and create an additional _______________ domain for
each segment.
❍ A. Collision
❍ B. Broadcast
❍ C. Unicast
❍ D. Multicast
15. Bridges and switches examine the __________________ of each inbound frame to learn MAC
addresses.
❍ A. Multicast MAC address
❍ B. Broadcast MAC address
❍ C. Source MAC address
❍ D. Destination MAC address
16. Which device uses ASIC hardware chips for frame forwarding?
❍ A. Hub
❍ B. Repeater
❍ C. Bridge
❍ D. Switch
17. With a 10Mbps ethernet LAN, dedicated bandwidth enables a switch port to guarantee what data
transmission speed?
❍ A. 10Mbps
❍ B. 100Mbps
❍ C. 1000Mbps
❍ D. 10,000Mbps
18. This Data Link protocol eliminates loops that are caused by redundant connections.
❍ A. CRC
❍ B. FCS
❍ C. CSMA/CD
❍ D. STP

19. This communication mode allows for only one-way data transmissions at any time.
❍ A. 10Mbps
❍ B. 100Mbps
8❍ C. Half-duplex
❍ D. Full-duplex
20. This communication mode allows for simultaneous two-way data transmissions.
❍ A. 10Mbps
❍ B. 100Mbps
❍ C. Half-duplex
❍ D. Full-duplex
Exam Questions (PART IV)
1. What is the decimal equivalent of 10010111 00000110 10101100 01110111?
❍ A. 151.6.172.119
❍ B. 151.6.172.120
❍ C. 151.6.172.121
❍ D. 151.6.172.122

2. What is the first octet range for Class B addresses?

❍ A. 1 to 126
❍ B. 128 to 191
❍ C. 192 to 223
❍ D. 224 to 239
3. What is the first octet range for Class C addresses?
❍ A. 1 to 126
❍ B. 128 to 191
❍ C. 192 to 223
❍ D. 224 to 239
4. How many hosts are available with a Class C network?
❍ A. 253
❍ B. 254
❍ C. 255
❍ D. 256
5. What is the network ID for a host with the IP address 124.199.7.18/28?
❍ A. 124.199.7.0
❍ B. 124.199.7.16
❍ C. 124.199.7.32
❍ D. 124.199.7.48
6. You have been assigned a Class C network address. A coworker has requested that you create 10
networks that can support 10 hosts per network. What subnet mask should you use?
❍ A. 255.255.255.0
❍ B. 255.255.255.224
❍ C. 255.255.255.240
❍ D. 255.255.255.248

7. Which of the following are valid host addresses in the 208.62.15.0 network with a
255.255.255.224 subnet mask? (Choose the two best answers.)
❍ A. 208.62.15.0
❍ B. 208.62.15.1
❍ C. 208.62.15.30
❍ D. 208.62.15.32
8. Given the network address 192.131.10.0 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0, what is the total number
of networks and the total number of hosts per network?
❍ A. 1 network / 255 hosts
❍ B. 1 network / 254 hosts
❍ C. 2 networks / 62 hosts
❍ D. 6 networks / 30 hosts
9. How many valid host IP addresses are available with a network address of 218.41.99.24 and a
subnet mask of 255.255.255.252?
❍ A. 2
❍ B. 6
❍ C. 14
❍ D. 30
10. If you need at least five subnetworks with a Class C network and you want to have as many hosts
as possible on each network, what subnet mask would you use?
❍ A. 255.255.255.252
❍ B. 255.255.255.240
❍ C. 255.255.255.248
❍ D. 255.255.255.224
11. How many hosts are available with a Class B network?
❍ A. 254
❍ B. 64,000
❍ C. 65,534
❍ D. 16,777,214

12. What is the Broadcast IP for 196.23.250.32/27?

❍ A. 196.23.250.32
❍ B. 196.23.250.33
❍ C. 196.23.250.63
❍ D. 196.23.250.64
13. What subnet mask would you use if you had a Class B address and you would like 250 networks?
❍ A. 255.255.255.0
❍ B. 255.255.254.0
❍ C. 255.255.252.0
❍ D. 255.255.248.0
14. How many subnets can you have with subnet mask of 255.255.240 on a Class B network?
❍ A. 6
❍ B. 14
❍ C. 16
❍ D. 30
15. How many hosts are available if you have a Class B network with a subnet mask of
255.255.255.128?
❍ A. 254
❍ B. 256
❍ C. 128
❍ D. 126
16. Which of the following are considered private addresses per RFC 1918? (Choose the three best
answers.)
❍ A. 1.0.0.0
❍ B. 10.10.10.20
❍ C. 172.30.255.10
❍ D. 192.168.128.128

17. What is the CIDR notation for the 128.250.62.0 network with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0?
❍ A. /23
❍ B. /24
❍ C. /25
❍ D. /26
18. Which of the following network classes do not define public IP address space? (Choose the two
best answers.)
❍ A. Class B
❍ B. Class C
❍ C. Class D
❍ D. Class E
19. What is the valid IP host range for 160.254.101.167/27?
❍ A. 160.254.101.128 to 160.254.101.254
❍ B. 160.254.101.129 to 160.254.101.254
❍ C. 160.254.101.160 to 160.254.101.191
❍ D. 160.254.101.161 to 160.254.101.190
20. Given this network diagram, if the Philadelphia router sends a packet to 172.23.0.51, what interface
will the Milford router use to forward the packet?

❍ A. E0
❍ B. E1
❍ C. S0
❍ D. S1
21. Given the IPv6 address of 2001:0A20:D201:0000:0000:DC3F:0000:011D, which of the following
are valid ways to write the same address? (Choose two)
❍ A. 2001:A20:D201:0:0:DC3F:0:11D
❍ B. 2001:A20:D201::DC3F:0:11D
❍ C. 2001:A2:D201::DC3F:0:11D
❍ D. 2001:A20::DC3F::11D