Business Data Networks and Security, 11e

(Panko) Chapter 5 Ethernet (802.3) Switched

LANs

1) A local area network operates .

A) on a customer premises
B) between customer premises
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 1
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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2) Ethernet standards are specified at the layer.

A) physical
B) Internet
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2a
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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3) Ethernet standards are specified at the layer.

A) physical
B) data link
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2a
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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4) Ethernet standards are specified at the layer.

A) Internet
B) transport
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2a
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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5) Ethernet messages are .

A) frames
B) packets
C) segments
D) not named
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2b
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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6) Ethernet forwarding devices are .

A) switches
B) routers
C) access points
D) both A and B
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2c
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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7) The path a message takes from the source host to the destination device in an Ethernet
network is a .
A) physical link
B) data link
C) route
D) label-switched route
Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2d
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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8) is the official name for Ethernet addresses.

A) MAC
B) EUI-48
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2e
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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9) Ethernet addresses were formerly called addresses.

A) MAC
B) EUI-48
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 2e
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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10) What organization (most specifically) creates Ethernet standards?

A) IEEE
B) IETF
C) ISO
D) OSI
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2f
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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11) What 802 Working Group creates Ethernet

standards? A) 802.1
B) 802.2
C) 802.3
D) 802.11
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2f
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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12) In this book, we use the terms Ethernet and 802.3

interchangeably. Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 2f
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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13) What type of switch connects users to the network?
A) user switches
B) core switches
C) access switches
D) workgroup switches
Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 3a
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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14) What type of switch connects switches to other switches?

A) trunk switches
B) core switches
C) workgroup switches
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 3b
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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15) links connect users to workgroup switches.

A) Trunk
B) Core
C) Access
D) Workgroup
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 3c
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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16) links connect switches to other switches.

A) Trunk
B) Long
C) Access
D) Workgroup
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 3d
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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17) Trunk links connect switches to switches.
A) core
B) workgroup
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 3d
Objective: Describe Ethernet terminology and standards.
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18) Physical layer standards govern .

A) signaling
B) physical connectors
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 4
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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19) Physical layer standards govern .

A) signaling
B) frames
C) packets
D) all of the above
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 4
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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20) In digital signaling, there is (are) state(s).

A) one
B) only two
C) a small number of
D) an infinite number of
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 5a
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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21) In binary signaling, there is (are) state(s).
A) one
B) two
C) between three and ten
D) an infinite number of
Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 5a
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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22) To transmit three bits per clock cycle, you must have states.
A) 3
B) 6
C) 8
D) 16
Answer: C
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 5b
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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23) To transmit five bits per clock cycle, you must have states.
A) 5
B) 16
C) 32
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 5c
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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24) A system with 16 states can transmit bits per clock cycle
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 5d
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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25) The 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard uses 256 states. How many bits can it send per clock cycle?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 32
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 5e
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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26) If you double the number of states, you can transmit more bit(s) per clock cycle.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 5f
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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27) Signal state is held constant in a clock cycle .

A) for energy efficiency
B) to make it easier for the receiver to sample the state
C) to emphasize differences between clock cycles
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 5g
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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28) How long (in milliseconds) is a clock cycle if I transmit 400 Mbps with four
states? A) 0.000005
B) 0.0025
C) 0.005
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 5h
Objective: Describe basic physical propagation concepts.
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29) What type of copper wiring is widely used in Ethernet?
A) optical fiber
B) 4-pair UTP
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 6a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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30) How many wires are there is a UTP Ethernet cord?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 8
Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 6a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical
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31) In 4-pair UTP, what is twisted?

A) individual wires
B) pairs of wires
C) all eight wires
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 6b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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32) 4-pair UTP terminates in a(n) connector.

A) USB
B) RJ-45
C) SC
D) standard telephone
Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 6c
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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33) Four-pair UTP uses connectors.
A) universal
B) binary
C) ST or SC
D) none of the above
Answer: D
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 6c
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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34) Optical fiber cords use two strands .

A) for reliability through redundancy
B) to form a complete electrical loop
C) to double the transmission speed
D) for full-duplex
transmission Answer: D
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 6d
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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35) The ability to transmit in two directions simultaneously is .

A) parallel communication
B) full-duplex communication
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 6d
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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36) The main benefit of parallel transmission over serial transmission is .

A) reliability
B) speed
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 6e
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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37) What problem limits transmission distance in 4-pair UTP?
A) reflection at the two ends
B) heat conduction
C) radiation
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 6f
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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38) UTP categories rate the of UTP cabling.

A) quality
B) speed
C) quality-of-service performance
D) error performance
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 7a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical
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39) CAT 5e and CAT 6 wiring can carry Ethernet traffic 100 meters up to .
A) 10 Mbps
B) 100 Mbps
C) 1 Gbps
D) 10 Gbps
Answer: C
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 7a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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40) Which UTP quality levels can send signals at 10 gigabits per second?
A) category 6
B) category 6A
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: C
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 7a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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41) Which UTP quality levels are needed to send signals 100 meters at 10 gigabits per second?
A) category 6
B) category 6A
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 7a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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42) For what specific purpose were the 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T standards developed?
A) general growth in demand for Ethernet speed
B) serving access points
C) to provide lower-cost service than 10G-BASE-T
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 8
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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43) In optical fiber, light travels through the .

A) core
B) cladding
C) both A and B
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 9a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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44) Optical fiber cords typically have two fiber strands. This is done to allow .
A) redundancy
B) total redundancy
C) half-duplex operation
D) full-duplex operation
Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 9b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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45) The distance between two corresponding points in adjacent cycles is the .
A) frequency
B) wavelength
C) bandwidth
D) span
Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 9c
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical
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46) Which light wavelength dominates in LANs?

A) 850 nm
B) 1,310 nm
C) 1,550 nm
D) 1 Gbps
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 9d
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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47) The strength of a wave is its .

A) amplitude
B) frequency
C) wavelength
D) force
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 9e
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical
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48) occurs when the light energies of two pulses arrive at the far end at overlapping
times.
A) Multimode transmission
B) Modal bandwidth
C) Modal dispersion
D) Modal interference
Answer: C
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 10a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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49) describe light entering a fiber's core at different angles.
A) Co-cycle waves
B) Harmonics
C) Divergences
D) Different modes
Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 10b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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50) Which core diameter is used in multimode fiber.

A) 50 microns
B) 8 microns
C) 50 mm
D) 8 mm
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 10b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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51) Modal dispersion limits transmission distance in .

A) multimode fiber
B) single-mode fiber
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 10c
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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52) fiber is being sold today.

A) OM2
B) OM4
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 11a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical
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53) If a physical link can use either 4-pair UTP, multimode fiber, or single-mode fiber,
which should I use?
A) 4-pair UTP
B) multimode fiber
C) single-mode fiber
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 11b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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54) What is the quality designator for multimode optical fiber?

A) Cat
B) OM
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 11g
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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55) Two switches that are 200 m apart at a speed of 20 Gbps should be connected using
.
A) 10GBASE-SR
B) 100GBASE-SR
C) 10GBASE-SR with bonding
D) 100GBASE-SR with
bonding Answer: C
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 12b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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56) Fiber that has a core diameter of 8.3 microns is .

A) multimode fiber
B) single-mode fiber
C) full duplex fiber
D) exceptionally fast
Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 14a
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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57) The longest transmission distances are possible with .
A) USB
B) UTP
C) single-mode fiber
D) multimode fiber
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 14b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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58) Which of the following is used most often in LANs for fiber transmission links?
A) modal bandwidth fiber
B) 1.550 nm fiber
C) single-mode fiber
D) multimode fiber
Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 14b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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59) Which of the following is used most often in LANs for fiber transmission links?
A) 850 nm multimode fiber
B) 850 nm single-mode fiber
C) 850 nm multimode-mode fiber
D) 1,550 nm single-mode fiber
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 14b
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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60) 850 nm multimode fiber is used in LANs .

A) to keep cost low
B) to have the longest transmission distances
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 14d
Objective: Explain the technologies of 4-pair UTP and optical fiber.
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61) At what layer is the 100BASE-TX standard?
A) physical
B) data link
C) Internet
D) physical and data
link Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 15a
Objective: Design a physical Ethernet network based on traffic requirements.
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62) UTP and fiber distance limits are for .

A) physical links
B) data link
C) Internet routes
D) physical and data
link Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 15a
Objective: Design a physical Ethernet network based on traffic requirements.
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63) If you can span the distance between two switches with either a single optical fiber link or
two UTP lengths with an intermediate switch, which should you choose?
A) single optical fiber link
B) two UTP cords with an intermediate switch
C) both are equally attractive
D) neither will work
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 15c
Objective: Design a physical Ethernet network based on traffic requirements.
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64) To span the distance between two switches, why is adding an intermediate switch not
an attractive choice?
A) latency
B) errors
C) speed restrictions
D) expense
Answer: D
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 15e
Objective: Design a physical Ethernet network based on traffic requirements.
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65) A switch knows the entire data link between the source and destination hosts.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 16a
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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66) The switch knows the type of device it is forwarding a frame

to. Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 16b
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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67) In Ethernet, switches are organized in a .

A) ring
B) mesh
C) hierarchy
D) any of the above
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 17a
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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68) In large Ethernet networks, there can be possible data links between two hosts.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) many
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 17b
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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69) Having only a single possible path between devices .

A) reduces switching cost
B) provides reliability
C) reduces errors
D) none of the above.
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 18a
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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70) Ethernet became the dominant LAN technology because of .
A) low cost
B) high speed
C) link reliability
D) agility
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 18b
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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71) EUI-48 addresses in expressed in hexadecimal notation if used by .

A) switches
B) routers
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: D
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 19a
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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72) Which of the following letters may appear in EUI-48 addresses?

A) D
B) H
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 19b
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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73) What is 9 hex in

binary? A) 1000
B) 1001
C) 1010
D) 1111
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 19d
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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74) What is F hex in
binary? A) 1001
B) 1010
C) 1111
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 19e
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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75) What is binary 0010 in hex?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) none of the Above
Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 19g
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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76) What is binary 0000 in hex?

A) 0
B) 1
C) 15
D) 16
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 19h
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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77) What is binary 1111 in hex?

A) 10
B) 13
C) 14
D) 15
Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 19i
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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78) The two tag frames provide information about .
A) transmission media
B) the length of Jumbo packets
C) priority
D) all of the above
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 20a
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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79) The PAD field is added by the if the frame is too short without it.
A) sender
B) receiver
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: A
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 20b
Objective: Explain Ethernet data link layer operation.
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80) To manage their Ethernet networks, companies rely on .

A) SNMP
B) HTTP
C) FTTH
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 21a
Objective: Describe Ethernet management.
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81) All Ethernet switches are manageable.

Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 21c
Objective: Describe Ethernet management.
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82) Ethernet has reliability issues because of its .
A) too-simple switch operation
B) hierarchical organization
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: B
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 22a
Objective: Describe Ethernet management.
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83) RSTP .
A) can increase reliability
B) was created to break accidental loops
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor
B Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 22b
Objective: Describe Ethernet management.
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84) Using RSTP to provide backup links in Ethernet .

A) is automatic
B) is simple
C) is challenging
D) is impossible
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 22c
Objective: Describe Ethernet management.
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85) Which of the following provides security in Ethernet?

A) RSTP
B) SNMP
C) VLANs
D) all of the above
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 23a
Objective: Describe Ethernet security.
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86) To prevent anyone from simply walking up to a corporate switch and plugging
their computer into its Ethernet port, companies can use .
A) 802.1X
B) SNMP
C) VLANs
D) 802.1AE
Answer: A
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 24a
Objective: Describe Ethernet security.
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87) When a user attempts to plug into an Ethernet switch protected by 802.1X, .
A) the switch will freeze
B) the switch port will freeze
C) the user will be required to authenticate himself or herself
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 24b
Objective: Describe Ethernet security.
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88) To prevent an unauthorized user from sending supervisory commands to switches,

companies use .
A) 802.1X
B) SNMP
C) VLANs
D) 802.1AE
Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 25
Objective: Describe Ethernet security.
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89) The ARP cache gives the of a router the host will send a packet to.
A) IP address
B) EUI-48 address
C) MAC address
D) host name
Answer: B
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 26a
Objective: Describe Ethernet security.
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90) After an ARP cache poisoning attack, the ARP cache gives the .
A) IP address of the router the user wishes to send to
B) EUI-48 address of the router the user wishes to send to
C) IP address of the router the MITM attacker
D) EUI-48 address of the router the MITM attacker
Answer: D
Difficulty: Deeper
Question: 26b
Objective: Describe Ethernet security.
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91) ARP cache poisoning is .

A) a DoS attack
B) a DDoS attack
C) an illegal login attack
D) a man-in-the middle attack
Answer: D
Difficulty: Basic
Question: 26c
Objective: Describe Ethernet security.
AACSB: Applying Information Technology, Analytical Thinking, Application of Knowledge