CCNA 1 FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100%

ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
CCNA 1 FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 WITH
100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Which communication tool allows real-time collaboration?

a. wiki
b. e-mail
c. weblog
d. instant messaging - Precise Answer ✔✔instant messaging

A host is accessing a Web server on a remote network. Which three

functions are performed by intermediary network devices during this
conversation? (Choose three)

a. regenerating data signals

b. acting as a client or a server
c. providing a channel over which messages travel
d. applying security settings to control the flow of data
e. notifying other devices when errors occur
f. serving as the source or destination of messages - Precise Answer
✔✔(regenerating data signals)
(applying security settings to control the flow of data)
(notifying other devices when errors occur)
A home user is looking for an ISP connection that provides high speed
digital transmission over regular phone lines. What ISP connection type
should be used?

a. DSL
b. dial-up
c. satellite
d. cell modem
e. cable modem - Precise Answer ✔✔DSL

A company is expanding its business to other countries. All branch

offices must remain connected to corporate headquarters at all times.
Which network technology is required to support this requirement?

a. LAN
b. MAN
c. WAN
d. WLAN - Precise Answer ✔✔WAN

Refer to the exhibit. From which location did this router load the IOS?

a. flash memory
b. NVRAM?
c. RAM
d. ROM
e. a TFTP server? - Precise Answer ✔✔flash memory

Which connection provides a secure CLI session with encryption to a

Cisco network device?

a. a console connection
b. an AUX connection
c. a Telnet connection
d. an SSH connection - Precise Answer ✔✔an SSH connection

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator is trying to configure the switch

but receives the error message that is displayed in the exhibit. What is
the problem?

a. The entire command, configure terminal, must be used.

b. The administrator is already in global configuration mode.
c. The administrator must first enter privileged EXEC mode before
issuing the command.
d. The administrator must connect via the console port to access global
configuration mode. - Precise Answer ✔✔The administrator must first
enter privileged EXEC mode before issuing the command.
An administrator uses the Ctrl-Shift-6 key combination on a switch after
issuing the ping command. What is the purpose of using these
keystrokes?

a. to restart the ping process

b. to interrupt the ping process
c. to exit to a different configuration mode
d. to allow the user to complete the command - Precise Answer ✔✔to
interrupt the ping process

What function does pressing the Tab key have when entering a
command in IOS?

a. It aborts the current command and returns to configuration mode.

b. It exits configuration mode and returns to user EXEC mode.
c. It moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line.
d. It completes the remainder of a partially typed word in a command. -
Precise Answer ✔✔It completes the remainder of a partially typed word
in a command.

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator wants to change the name of a

brand new switch, using the hostname command as shown. What prompt
will display after the command is issued?

a. My Switch(config)#?
b. Switch(config)#?
c. MySwitch(config)#?
d. My(config)#?
e. Switch# - Precise Answer ✔✔Switch(config)#?

Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator is configuring access

control to switch SW1. If the administrator uses Telnet to connect to the
switch, which password is needed to access user EXEC mode?

a. letmein
b. secretin
c. lineconin
d. linevtyin - Precise Answer ✔✔linevtyin

After making configuration changes, a network administrator issues a

copy running-config startup-config command in a Cisco switch. What is
the result of issuing this command?

a. The new configuration will be stored in flash memory.

b. The new configuration will be loaded if the switch is restarted.
c. The current IOS file will be replaced with the newly configured file.
d. The configuration changes will be removed and the original
configuration will be restored. - Precise Answer ✔✔The new
configuration will be loaded if the switch is restarted.
Refer to the exhibit. Which action will be successful?

a. PC1 can send a ping to 192.168.1.1?.

b. PC1 can send a ping to 192.168.1.254?.
c. PC2 can send a ping to 192.168.1.1.
d. PC2 can send a ping to 192.168.1.254?. - Precise Answer ✔✔PC2 can
send a ping to 192.168.1.1.

Which IPv4 address can be pinged to test the internal TCP/IP operation
of a host?

a. 0.0.0.0
b. 0.0.0.1
c. 127.0.0.1
d. 192.168.1.1
e. 255.255.255.255 - Precise Answer ✔✔127.0.0.1

What three application layer protocols are part of the TCP/IP protocol
suite? (Choose three.)

a. ARP
b. DHCP
c. DNS
d. FTP
e. NAT
f. PPP - Precise Answer ✔✔(DHCP)
(DNS)
(FTP)

Which two protocols function at the internet layer? (Choose two.)

a. ARP
b. BOOTP
c. ICMP
d. IP
e. PPP - Precise Answer ✔✔(ICMP)
(IP)

Which publicly available resources describe protocols, processes, and

technologies for the Internet but do not give implementation details?

a. Request for Comments

b. IRTF research papers
c. protocol models
d. IEEE standards - Precise Answer ✔✔Request for Comments
Which address on a PC does not change, even if the PC is moved to a
different network?

a. IP address
b. default gateway address
c. MAC address
d. logical address - Precise Answer ✔✔MAC address

What is the protocol that is used to discover a physical address from a

known logical address and what message type does it use?

a. ARP, multicast
b. DNS, unicast
c. DNS, broadcast
d. ARP, broadcast
e. PING, multicast
f. PING, broadcast - Precise Answer ✔✔ARP, broadcast

What will happen if the default gateway address is incorrectly

configured on a host?

a. The host cannot communicate with other hosts in the local network.
b. The switch will not forward packets initiated by the host.
c. The host will have to use ARP to determine the correct address of the
default gateway.
d. The host cannot communicate with hosts in other networks.
e. A ping from the host to 127.0.0.1 would not be successful. - Precise
Answer ✔✔The host cannot communicate with hosts in other networks.

What is an important function of the physical layer of the OSI model?

a. It accepts frames from the physical media.

b. It encapsulates upper layer data into frames.
c. It defines the media access method performed by the hardware
interface.
d. It encodes frames into electrical, optical, or radio wave signals. -
Precise Answer ✔✔It encodes frames into electrical, optical, or radio
wave signals.

Which procedure is used to reduce the effect of crosstalk in copper

cables?

a. requiring proper grounding connections

b. twisting opposing circuit wire pairs together
c. wrapping the bundle of wires with metallic shielding
d. designing a cable infrastructure to avoid crosstalk interference
avoiding sharp bends during installation - Precise Answer ✔✔twisting
opposing circuit wire pairs together
Which two statements describe the characteristics of fiber-optic cabling?
(Choose two.)

a. Fiber-optic cabling does not conduct electricity.

b. Fiber-optic cabling has high signal loss.
c. Fiber-optic cabling is primarily used as backbone cabling.
d. Multimode fiber-optic cabling carries signals from multiple sending
devices.
e. Fiber-optic cabling uses LEDs for single-mode cables and laser
technology for multimode cables. - Precise Answer ✔✔(Fiber-optic
cabling does not conduct electricity)
(Fiber-optic cabling is primarily used as a backbone cabling)

What is contained in the trailer of a data-link frame?

a. logical address
b. physical address
c. data
d. error detection - Precise Answer ✔✔error detection

What is the auto-MDIX feature on a switch?

a. the automatic configuration of an interface for 10/100/1000 Mb/s
operation
b. the automatic configuration of an interface for a straight-through or a
c. crossover Ethernet cable connection
d. the automatic configuration of full-duplex operation over a single
Ethernet copper or optical cable
e. the ability to turn a switch interface on or off accordingly if an active
connection is detected - Precise Answer ✔✔crossover Ethernet cable
connection

Refer to the exhibit. A ping to PC3 is issued from PC0, PC1, and PC2 in
this exact order. Which MAC addresses will be contained in the S1
MAC address table that is associated with the Fa0/1 port?

a. just PC0 and PC1 MAC addresses

b. just the PC0 MAC address
c. PC0, PC1, and PC2 MAC addresses
d. just the PC1 MAC address
e. just the PC2 MAC address? - Precise Answer ✔✔just PC0 and PC1
MAC addresses

How does a Layer 3 switch differ from a Layer 2 switch?

a. A Layer 3 switch supports VLANs, but a Layer 2 switch does not.

b. An IP address can be assigned to a physical port of a Layer 3 switch.
However, this is not supported in Layer 2 switches.
c. A Layer 3 switch maintains an IP address table instead of a MAC
address table.
d. A Layer 3 switch learns the MAC addresses that are associated with
each of its ports. However, a Layer 2 switch does not. - Precise Answer
✔✔An IP address can be assigned to a physical port of a Layer 3 switch.
However, this is not supported in Layer 2 switches.

What is the purpose of the routing process?

a. to encapsulate data that is used to communicate across a network

b. to select the paths that are used to direct traffic to destination
networks
c. to convert a URL name into an IP address
d. to provide secure Internet file transfer
e. to forward traffic on the basis of MAC addresses - Precise Answer
✔✔to select the paths that are used to direct traffic to destination
networks

Which technology provides a solution to IPv4 address depletion by

allowing multiple devices to share one public IP address?

a. ARP
b. DNS
c. NAT
d. SMB
e. DHCP
f. HTTP - Precise Answer ✔✔NAT

Refer to the exhibit. Consider the IP address configuration shown from

PC1. What is a description of the default gateway address?

a. It is the IP address of the Router1 interface that connects the company

to the Internet.
b. It is the IP address of the Router1 interface that connects the PC1
LAN to Router1.
c. It is the IP address of Switch1 that connects PC1 to other devices on
the same LAN.
d. It is the IP address of the ISP network device located in the cloud. -
Precise Answer ✔✔It is the IP address of the Router1 interface that
connects the PC1 LAN to Router1.

Which of the following are primary functions of a router? (Choose two.)

a. packet switching
b. microsegmentation
c. domain name resolution
d. path selection
e. flow control - Precise Answer ✔✔(packet switching)
(path selection)

Which two statements correctly describe a router memory type and its
contents? (Choose two.)

a. ROM is nonvolatile and stores the running IOS.

b. FLASH is nonvolatile and contains a limited portion of the IOS?.
c. RAM is volatile and stores the running configuration.
d. NVRAM is nonvolatile and stores a full version of the IOS.
e. ROM is nonvolatile and stores bootup information. - Precise Answer
✔✔(RAM is volatile and stores the running configuration)
(ROM is nonvolatile and stores bootup information

In which default order will a router search for startup configuration

information?

a. NVRAM, RAM, TFTP

b. NVRAM, TFTP, setup mode
c. setup mode, NVRAM, TFTP
d. TFTP, ROM, NVRAM
e. flash, ROM, setup mode - Precise Answer ✔✔NVRAM, TFTP, setup
mode
What happens when part of an Internet VoIP transmission is not
delivered to the destination?

a. A delivery failure message is sent to the source host.

b. The part of the VoIP transmission that was lost is re-sent.
c. The entire transmission is re-sent.
d. The transmission continues without the missing portion. - Precise
Answer ✔✔The transmission continues without the missing portion

Which three IP addresses are private ? (Choose three.)

a. 10.172.168.1
b. 172.32.5.2
c. 192.167.10.10
d. 172.20.4.4
e. 192.168.5.254
f. 224.6.6.6 - Precise Answer ✔✔10.172.168.1, 172.20.4.4,
192.168.5.254

How many bits make up the single IPv6 hextet :10CD:?

a. 4
b. 8
c. 16
d. 32 - Precise Answer ✔✔16

What is the effect of configuring the ipv6 unicast-routing command on a

router?

a. to assign the router to the all-nodes multicast group

b. to enable the router as an IPv6 router
c. to permit only unicast packets on the router
d. to prevent the router from joining the all-routers multicast group -
Precise Answer ✔✔to enable the router as a IPv6 router

Which group of IPv6 addresses cannot be allocated as a host source

address?

a. FEC0::/10?
b. FDFF::/7?
c. FEBF::/10?
d. FF00::/8 - Precise Answer ✔✔FF00::/8

What is the purpose of ICMP messages?

a. to inform routers about network topology changes

b. to ensure the delivery of an IP packet
c. to provide feedback of IP packet transmissions
d. to monitor the process of a domain name to IP address resolution -
Precise Answer ✔✔to provide feedback of IP packet transmissions

Refer to the exhibit. A technician has configured a user workstation with

the IP address and default subnet masks that are shown. Although the
user can access all local LAN resources, the user cannot access any
Internet sites by using either FQDN or IP addresses. Based upon the
exhibit, what could account for this failure?

a. The DNS server addresses are incorrect.

b. The default gateway address in incorrect.
c. The wrong subnet mask was assigned to the workstation.
d. The workstation is not in the same network as the DNS servers. -
Precise Answer ✔✔The default gateway address in incorrect

Which subnet would include the address 192.168.1.96 as a usable host

address?

a. 192.168.1.64/26
b. 192.168.1.32/27
c. 192.168.1.32/28
d. 192.168.1.64/29 - Precise Answer ✔✔192.168.1.64/26
A network administrator needs to monitor network traffic to and from
servers in a data center. Which features of an IP addressing scheme
should be applied to these devices?

a. random static addresses to improve security

b. addresses from different subnets for redundancy
c. predictable static IP addresses for easier identification
d. dynamic addresses to reduce the probability of duplicate addresses -
Precise Answer ✔✔predictable static IP addresses for easier
identification

Refer to the exhibit. Which IP addressing scheme should be changed?

a. Site 1
b. Site 2
c. Site 3
d. Site 4 - Precise Answer ✔✔Site 2

Which two notations are useable nibble boundaries when subnetting in

IPv6? (Choose two.)

a. /62
b. /64
c. /66
d. /68
e. /70 - Precise Answer ✔✔(/64)
(/68)

A host PC has just booted and is attempting to lease an address through

DHCP. Which two messages will the client typically broadcast on the
network? (Choose two.)

a. DHCPDISCOVER
b. DHCPOFFER
c. DHCPREQUEST
d. DHCPACK
e. DHCPNACK - Precise Answer ✔✔DHCPDISCOVER,
DHCPREQUEST

What is the purpose of the network security accounting function?

a. to require users to prove who they are

b. to determine which resources a user can access
c. to keep track of the actions of a user
d. to provide challenge and response questions - Precise Answer ✔✔to
keep track of actions of a user
When applied to a router, which command would help mitigate brute-
force password attacks against the router?

a. exec-timeout 30
b. service password-encryption
c. banner motd $Max failed logins = 5$
d. login block-for 60 attempts 5 within 60 - Precise Answer ✔✔login
block-for 60 attempts 5 within 60

A particular website does not appear to be responding on a Windows 7

computer. What command could the technician use to show any cached
DNS entries for this web page?

a. ipconfig /all
b. arp -a
c. ipconfig /displaydns
d. nslookup - Precise Answer ✔✔ipconfig /displaydns

Refer to the exhibit. The network administrator enters these commands

into the R1 router:
R1# copy running-config tftp
Address or name of remote host [ ]?
When the router prompts for an address or remote host name, what IP
address should the administrator enter at the prompt?
a. 192.168.9.254
b. 192.168.10.1
c. 192.168.10.2
d. 192.168.11.252
e. 192.168.11.254 - Precise Answer ✔✔192.168.11.252

What two preconfigured settings that affect security are found on most
new wireless routers? (Choose two.)

a. broadcast SSID
b. MAC filtering enabled
c. WEP encryption enabled
d. PSK authentication required
e. default administrator password - Precise Answer ✔✔(broadcast SSID)
(default administrator password)

Which type of wireless security generates dynamic encryption keys each

time a client associates with an a AP?
a. EAP
b. PSK
c. WEP
d. WPA - Precise Answer ✔✔WPA
Fill in the blank.
_______ is a best-effort, connectionless application layer protocol that is
used to transfer files. - Precise Answer ✔✔TFTP

Which two components are necessary for a wireless client to be installed

on a WLAN? (Choose two.)

a. media
b. wireless NIC
c. custom adapter
d. crossover cable
e. wireless bridge
f. wireless client software - Precise Answer ✔✔(wireless NIC)
(wireless client software)

Consider the following range of addresses:

2001:0DB8:BC15:00A0:0000::
2001:0DB8:BC15:00A1:0000::
2001:0DB8:BC15:00A2:0000::
...
2001:0DB8:BC15:00AF:0000::
The prefix-length for the range of addresses is _______ - Precise
Answer ✔✔/60
When is a dial-up connection used to connect to an ISP?

a. when a cellular telephone provides the service

b. when a high-speed connection is provided over a cable TV network
c. when a satellite dish is used
d. when a regular telephone line is used - Precise Answer ✔✔when a
regular telephone line is used

On a school network, students are surfing the web, searching the library
database, and attending an audio conference with their sister school in
Japan. If network traffic is prioritized with QoS, how will the traffic be
classified from highest priority to lowest priority?

a. audio conference, database, HTTP

b. database, HTTP, audio conference
c. audio conference, HTTP, database
d. database, audio conference, HTTP - Precise Answer ✔✔audio
conference, database, HTTP

During normal operation, from which location do most Cisco routers run
the IOS?

a. RAM
b. flash
c. NVRAM
d. disk drive - Precise Answer ✔✔RAM

Which connection provides a secure CLI session with encryption to a

Cisco switch?

a. a console connection
b. an AUX connection
c. a Telnet connection
d. an SSH connection - Precise Answer ✔✔an SSH connection

Which keys act as a hot key combination that is used to interrupt an IOS
process?

a. Ctrl-Shift-X
b. Ctrl-Shift-6
c. Ctrl-Z
d. Ctrl-C - Precise Answer ✔✔Ctrl-Shift-6

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator wants to change the name of a

brand new switch, using the hostname command as shown. What prompt
will display after the command is issued?

a. HR Switch(config)#?
b. Switch(config)#?
c. HRSwitch(config)#?
d. HR(config)#?
e. Switch# - Precise Answer ✔✔Switch(config)#?

After making configuration changes on a Cisco switch, a network

administrator issues a copy running-config startup-config command.
What is the result of issuing this command?

a. The new configuration will be stored in flash memory.

b. The new configuration will be loaded if the switch is restarted.
c. The current IOS file will be replaced with the newly configured file.
d. The configuration changes will be removed and the original
configuration will be restored. - Precise Answer ✔✔The new
configuration will be loaded if the switch is restarted.

On which switch interface would an administrator configure an IP

address so that the switch can be managed remotely?

a. FastEthernet0/1
b. VLAN 1
c. vty 0
d. console 0 - Precise Answer ✔✔VLAN 1
A technician uses the ping 127.0.0.1 command. What is the technician
testing?

a. the TCP/IP stack on a network host

b. connectivity between two adjacent Cisco devices
c. connectivity between a PC and the default gateway
d. connectivity between two PCs on the same network
e. physical connectivity of a particular PC and the network - Precise
Answer ✔✔the TCP/IP stack on a network host

Which device should be used for enabling a host to communicate with

another host on a different network?

a. switch
b. hub
c. router
d. host - Precise Answer ✔✔router

A network technician is measuring the transfer of bits across the

company backbone for a mission critical application. The technician
notices that the network throughput appears lower than the bandwidth
expected. Which three factors could influence the differences in
throughput? (Choose three.)

a. the amount of traffic that is currently crossing the network

b. the sophistication of the encapsulation method applied to the data
c. the type of traffic that is crossing the network
d. the latency that is created by the number of network devices that the
data is crossing
e. the bandwidth of the WAN connection to the Internet
f. the reliability of the gigabit Ethernet infrastructure of the backbone -
Precise Answer ✔✔(the amount of traffic that is currently crossing the
network)
(the type of traffic that is crossing the network )
(the latency that is created by the number of network devices that the
data is crossing)

Which characteristics describe fiber optic cable? (Choose two.)

a. It is not affected by EMI or RFI.

b. Each pair of cables is wrapped in metallic foil.
c. It combines the technique of cancellation, shielding and twisting to
protect data.
d. It has a maximum speed of 100 Mbps.
e. It is the most expensive type of LAN cabling - Precise Answer ✔✔It
is not affected by EMI or RFI, It is the most expensive type of LAN
cabling

What are two features of a physical, star network topology? (Choose

two.)
a. It is straightforward to troubleshoot.
b. End devices are connected together by a bus.
c. It is easy to add and remove end devices.
d. All end devices are connected in a chain to each other.
e. Each end system is connected to its respective neighbor. - Precise
Answer ✔✔It is straightforward to troubleshoot, It is easy to add and
remove end devices

A frame is transmitted from one networking device to another. Why

does the receiving device check the FCS field in the frame?

a. to determine the physical address of the sending device

b. to verify the network layer protocol information
c. to compare the interface media type between the sending and
receiving ends
d. to check the frame for possible transmission errors
e. to verify that the frame destination matches the MAC address of the
receiving device - Precise Answer ✔✔to check the frame for possible
transmission errors

What will a Layer 2 switch do when the destination MAC address of a

received frame is not in the MAC table?

a. It initiates an ARP request.

b. It broadcasts the frame out of all ports on the switch.
c. It notifies the sending host that the frame cannot be delivered.
d. It forwards the frame out of all ports except for the port at which the
frame was received. - Precise Answer ✔✔It forwards the frame out of
all ports except for the port at which the frame was receive

Which switching method has the lowest level of latency?

a. cut-through
b. store-and-forward
c. fragment-free
d. fast-forward - Precise Answer ✔✔fast-foward

Which parameter does the router use to choose the path to the
destination when there are multiple routes available?

a. the lower metric value that is associated with the destination network
b. the lower gateway IP address to get to the destination network
c. the higher metric value that is associated with the destination network
d. the higher gateway IP address to get to the destination network -
Precise Answer ✔✔the lower metric value that is associated with the
destination network
Which two statements describe the functions or characteristics of ROM
in a router? (Choose two.)

a. stores routing tables

b. allows software to be updated without replacing pluggable chips on
the motherboard
c. maintains instructions for POST diagnostics
d. holds ARP cache
e. stores bootstrap program - Precise Answer ✔✔(maintains instructions
for POST diagnostics)
(stores bootstrap program)

Which statement describes a characteristic of the Cisco router

management ports?

a. A console port is used for remote management of the router.

b. A console port is not used for packet forwarding.
c. Serial and DSL interfaces are types of management ports.
d. Each Cisco router has a LED indicator to provide information about
the status of the management ports. - Precise Answer ✔✔A console port
is not used for packet forwarding

What happens when part of an Internet radio transmission is not

delivered to the destination?
a. A delivery failure message is sent to the source host.
b. The part of the radio transmission that was lost is re-sent.
c. The entire transmission is re-sent.
d. The transmission continues without the missing portion. - Precise
Answer ✔✔The transmission continues without the missing portion

What is the dotted decimal representation of the IPv4 address

11001011.00000000.01110001.11010011?

a. 192.0.2.199
b. 198.51.100.201
c. 203.0.113.211
d. 209.165.201.223 - Precise Answer ✔✔203.0.113.211

Which three IP addresses are private ? (Choose three.)

a. 10.20.30.1
b. 172.32.5.2
c. 192.167.10.10
d. 172.30.5.3
e. 192.168.5.5
f. 224.6.6.6 - Precise Answer ✔✔(10.20.30.1)
(172.30.5.3)
(192.168.5.5)

What types of addresses make up the majority of addresses within the /8

block IPv4 bit space?

a. private addresses
b. public addresses
c. multicast addresses
d. experimental addresses - Precise Answer ✔✔public addresses

A company has a network address of 192.168.1.64 with a subnet mask

of 255.255.255.192. The company wants to create two subnetworks that
would contain 10 hosts and 18 hosts respectively. Which two networks
would achieve that? (Choose two.)

a. 192.168.1.16/28
b. 192.168.1.64/27
c. 192.168.1.128/27
d. 192.168.1.96/28
e. 192.168.1.192/28 - Precise Answer ✔✔(192.168.1.64/27)
(192.168.1.96/28)

In a network that uses IPv4, what prefix would best fit a subnet
containing 100 hosts?
a. /23
b. /24
c. /25
d. /26 - Precise Answer ✔✔/25

Which protocol supports rapid delivery of streaming media?

a. Transmission Control Protocol

b. Real-Time Transport Protocol
c. Secure File Transfer Protocol
d. Video over Internet Protocol - Precise Answer ✔✔Real-Time
Transport Protocol

Why would a network administrator use the tracert utility?

a. to determine the active TCP connections on a PC

b. to check information about a DNS name in the DNS server
c. to identify where a packet was lost or delayed on a network
d. to display the IP address, default gateway, and DNS server address for
a PC - Precise Answer ✔✔to identify where a packet was lost or delayed
on a network
Refer to the exhibit. What is the significance of the asterisk (*) in the
exhibited output?

a. The asterisk shows which file system was used to boot the system.
b. The asterisk designates which file system is the default file system.
c. An asterisk indicates that the file system is bootable.
d. An asterisk designates that the file system has at least one file that
uses that file system. - Precise Answer ✔✔The asterisk designates which
file system is the default file system

Which WLAN security protocol generates a new dynamic key each time
a client establishes a connection with the AP?

a. EAP
b. PSK
c. WEP
d. WPA - Precise Answer ✔✔WPA

Fill in the blank.

Point-to-point communications where both devices can transmit and
receive on the medium at the same time are known as _______ . -
Precise Answer ✔✔full-duplex

Refer to the exhibit. Which area would most likely be an extranet for the
company network that is shown?
a. area A
b. area B
c. area C
d. area D - Precise Answer ✔✔area C

What is the purpose of having a converged network?

a. to provide high speed connectivity to all end devices

b. to make sure that all types of data packets will be treated equally
c. to achieve fault tolerance and high availability of data network
infrastructure devices
d. to reduce the cost of deploying and maintaining the communication
infrastructure - Precise Answer ✔✔to reduce the cost of deploying and
maintaining the communication infrastructure

Three office workers are using the corporate network. The first
employee uses a web browser to view a company web page in order to
read some announcements. The second employee accesses the corporate
database to perform some financial transactions. The third employee
participates in an important live audio conference with other office
workers in branch offices. If QoS is implemented on this network, what
will be the priorities from highest to lowest of the different data types?

a. audio conference, financial transactions, web page

b. financial transactions, web page, audio conference
c. audio conference, web page, financial transactions
d. financial transactions, audio conference, web page - Precise Answer
✔✔audio conference, financial transactions, web page

During normal operation, from which location do most Cisco switches

and routers run the IOS?

a. RAM
b. flash
c. NVRAM
d. disk drive - Precise Answer ✔✔RAM

A network administrator is making changes to the configuration of a

router. After making the changes and verifying the results, the
administrator issues the copy running-config startup-config command.
What will happen after this command executes?

a. The configuration will be copied to flash.

b. The configuration will load when the router is restarted.
c. The new configuration file will replace the IOS file.
d. The changes will be lost when the router restarts. - Precise Answer
✔✔The configuration will load when the router is restarted.
What information does the loopback test provide?

a. The TCP/IP stack on the device is working correctly.

b. The device has end-to-end connectivity.
DHCP is working correctly.
c. The Ethernet cable is working correctly.
d. The device has the correct IP address on the network. - Precise
Answer ✔✔The TCP/IP stack on the device is working correctly.

What is a characteristic of the LLC sublayer?

a. It provides the logical addressing required that identifies the device.

b. It provides delimitation of data according to the physical signaling
requirements of the medium.
c. It places information in the frame allowing multiple Layer 3 protocols
to use the same network interface and media.
d. It defines software processes that provide services to the physical
layer. - Precise Answer ✔✔It places information in the frame allowing
multiple Layer 3 protocols to use the same network interface and media.

What method is used to manage contention-based access on a wireless

network?

a. CSMA/CD
b. priority ordering
c. CSMA/CA
d. token passing - Precise Answer ✔✔CSMA/CA

What happens when a switch receives a frame and the calculated CRC
value is different than the value that is in the FCS field?

a. The switch places the new CRC value in the FCS field and forwards
the frame.
b. The switch notifies the source of the bad frame.
c. The switch drops the frame.
d. The switch floods the frame to all ports except the port through which
the frame arrived to notify the hosts of the error. - Precise Answer
✔✔The switch drops the frame

Which destination address is used in an ARP request frame?

a. 0.0.0.0
b. 255.255.255.255
c. FFFF.FFFF.FFFF
d. 127.0.0.1
e. 01-00-5E-00-AA-23 - Precise Answer ✔✔FFFF.FFFF.FFFF

What is the auto-MDIX feature on a switch?

a. the automatic configuration of an interface for 10/100/1000 Mb/s
operation
b. the automatic configuration of an interface for a straight-through or a
crossover Ethernet cable connection
c. the automatic configuration of full-duplex operation over a single
Ethernet copper or optical cable
d. the ability to turn a switch interface on or off accordingly if an active
connection is detected - Precise Answer ✔✔the automatic configuration
of an interface for a straight-through or a crossover Ethernet cable
connection

Which frame forwarding method receives the entire frame and performs
a CRC check to detect errors before forwarding the frame?

a. cut-through switching
b. store-and-forward switching
c. fragment-free switching
d. fast-forward switching - Precise Answer ✔✔store-and-forward
switching

What are the two main components of Cisco Express Forwarding

(CEF)? (Choose two.)

a. adjacency tables
b. MAC-address tables
c. routing tables
d. ARP tables
e. forwarding information base (FIB) - Precise Answer ✔✔(routing
tables)
(ARP tables)

Which statement describes the sequence of processes executed by a

router when it receives a packet from a host to be delivered to a host on
another network?

a. It receives the packet and forwards it directly to the destination host.

b. It de-encapsulates the packet, selects the appropriate path, and
encapsulates the packet to forward it toward the destination host.
c. It de-encapsulates the packet and forwards it toward the destination
host.
d. It selects the path and forwards it toward the destination host. -
Precise Answer ✔✔It de-encapulates the packet, selects the appropriate
path, and encapsulates the packet to forward it toward the destination
host

Refer to the exhibit. Router R1 has two interfaces that were configured
with correct IP addresses and subnet masks. Why does the show ip route
command output not display any information about the directly
connected networks?
a. The directly connected networks have to be created manually to be
displayed in the routing table.
b. The routing table will only display information about these networks
when the router receives a packet.
c. The no shutdown command was not issued on these interfaces.
d. The gateway of last resort was not configured. - Precise Answer
✔✔The no shutdown command was not issued on these interfaces

What happens when part of an Internet television transmission is not

delivered to the destination?

a. A delivery failure message is sent to the source host.

b. The part of the television transmission that was lost is re-sent.
c. The entire transmission is re-sent.
d. The transmission continues without the missing portion. - Precise
Answer ✔✔The transmission continues without the missing portion

Which three statements characterize the transport layer protocols?

(Choose three.)

a. TCP and UDP port numbers are used by application layer protocols.
b. TCP uses port numbers to provide reliable transportation of IP
packets.
c. UDP uses windowing and acknowledgments for reliable transfer of
data.
d. TCP uses windowing and sequencing to provide reliable transfer of
data.
e. TCP is a connection-oriented protocol. UDP is a connectionless
protocol. - Precise Answer ✔✔(TCP and UDP port numbers are used by
application layer protocols)
(TCP uses windowing and sequencing to provide reliable transfer of
data)
(TCP is a connection-oriented protocol. UDP is a connectionless
protocol)

A user opens three browsers on the same PC to access www.cisco.com

to search for certification course information. The Cisco web server
sends a datagram as a reply to the request from one of the web browsers.
Which information is used by the TCP/IP protocol stack in the PC to
identify the destination web browser?

a. the destination IP address

b. the destination port number
c. the source IP address
d. the source port number - Precise Answer ✔✔the destination port
number

Which statement is true regarding the UDP client process during a

session with a server?
a. Datagrams that arrive in a different order than that in which they were
sent are not placed in order.
b. A session must be established before datagrams can be exchanged.
c. A three-way handshake takes place before the transmission of data
begins.
d. Application servers have to use port numbers above 1024 in order to
be UDP capable. - Precise Answer ✔✔Datagrams that arrive in a
different order than that in which they were sent are not placed in order

Which two components are configured via software in order for a PC to

participate in a network environment? (Choose two.)

a. MAC address
b. IP address
c. kernel
d. shell
e. subnet mask - Precise Answer ✔✔(IP address)
(Subnet mask)

What are three characteristics of multicast transmission? (Choose three.)

a. The source address of a multicast transmission is in the range of

224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255.
b. A single packet can be sent to a group of hosts.
c. Multicast transmission can be used by routers to exchange routing
information.
d. Routers will not forward multicast addresses in the range of 224.0.0.0
to 224.0.0.255.
e. Computers use multicast transmission to request IPv4 addresses.
f. Multicast messages map lower layer addresses to upper layer
addresses. - Precise Answer ✔✔(A single packet can be sent to a group
of hosts) (Multicast transmissions can be used by routers to exchange
routing information)
(Routers will not forward multicast addresses in the range of 244.0.0.0
to 244.0.0.255)

Which two reasons generally make DHCP the preferred method of

assigning IP addresses to hosts on large networks? (Choose two.)

a. It eliminates most address configuration errors.

b. It ensures that addresses are only applied to devices that require a
permanent address.
c. It guarantees that every device that needs an address will get one.
d. It provides an address only to devices that are authorized to be
connected to the network.
e. It reduces the burden on network support staff. - Precise Answer
✔✔(It eliminates most address configuration errors)
(It reduces the burden on network support staff)
What is the subnet address for the address
2001:DB8:BC15:A:12AB::1/64?

a. 2001:DB8:BC15::0
b. 2001:DB8:BC15:A::0
c. 2001:DB8:BC15:A:1::1
d. 2001:DB8:BC15:A:12::0 - Precise Answer ✔✔2001:DB8:BC15:A::0

Which two tasks are functions of the presentation layer? (Choose two.)

a. compression
b. addressing
c. encryption
d. session control
e. authentication - Precise Answer ✔✔(compression)
(encryption)

What is the purpose of the network security authentication function?

a. to require users to prove who they are

b. to determine which resources a user can access
c. to keep track of the actions of a user
d. to provide challenge and response questions - Precise Answer ✔✔to
require users to prove who they are

Which type of wireless security makes use of dynamic encryption keys

each time a client associates with an AP?

a. EAP
b. PSK
c. WEP
d. WPA - Precise Answer ✔✔WPA

Fill in the blank.

During data communications, a host may need to send a single message
to a specific group of destination hosts simultaneously. This message is
in the form of a _______ message. - Precise Answer ✔✔Multicast

Launch PT - Hide and Save PT

Open the PT activity. Perform the tasks in the activity instructions and
then fill in the blank.
The Server0 message is . " _____ " - Precise Answer ✔✔winner
A PC is configured to obtain an IP address automatically from network
192.168.1.0/24. The network administrator issues the arp -a command
and notices an entry of 192.168.1.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff. Which statement
describes this entry?

a. This entry refers to the PC itself.

b. This entry maps to the default gateway.
c. This is a static map entry.
d. This is a dynamic map entry. - Precise Answer ✔✔This is a static
map entry

Which field in an IPv4 packet header will typically stay the same during
its transmission?

a. Packet Length
b. Destination Address
c. Flag
d. Time-to-Live - Precise Answer ✔✔Destination Address

Launch PT - Hide and Save PT

Open the PT Activity. Perform the tasks in the activity instructions and
then answer the question.
Which IPv6 address is assigned to the Serial0/0/0 interface on RT2?

a. 2001:db8:abc:1::1
b. 2001:db8:abc:5::1
c. 2001:db8:abc:5::2
d. 2001:db8:abc:10::15 - Precise Answer ✔✔2001:db8:abc:5::1

Three bank employees are using the corporate network. The first
employee uses a web browser to view a company web page in order to
read some announcements. The second employee accesses the corporate
database to perform some financial transactions. The third employee
participates in an important live audio conference with other corporate
managers in branch offices. If QoS is implemented on this network,
what will be the priorities from highest to lowest of the different data
types?

a. audio conference, financial transactions, web page

b. financial transactions, web page, audio conference
c. audio conference, web page, financial transactions
d. financial transactions, audio conference, web page - Precise Answer
✔✔audio conference, financial transactions, web page

Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator is configuring access

control to switch SW1. If the administrator has already logged into a
Telnet session on the switch, which password is needed to access
privileged EXEC mode?

a. letmein
b. secretin
c. lineconin
d. linevtyin - Precise Answer ✔✔secretin

What are the three primary functions provided by Layer 2 data

encapsulation? (Choose three.)

a. error correction through a collision detection method

b. session control using port numbers
c. data link layer addressing
d. placement and removal of frames from the media
e. detection of errors through CRC calculations
f. delimiting groups of bits into frames
g. conversion of bits into data signals - Precise Answer ✔✔(data link
layer addressing)
(detection of errors through CRC calculations)
(delimiting groups of bits into frames)

What must be configured to enable Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) on

most Cisco devices that perform Layer 3 switching?

a. Manually configure next-hop Layer 2 addresses.

b. Issue the no shutdown command on routed ports.
c. CEF is enabled by default, so no configuration is necessary.
d. Manually map Layer 2 addresses to Layer 3 addresses to populate the
forwarding information base (FIB). - Precise Answer ✔✔CEF is enabled
by default, so no configuration is necessary

What is the purpose of adjacency tables as used in Cisco Express

Forwarding (CEF)?

a. to populate the forwarding information base (FIB)

b. to maintain Layer 2 next-hop addresses
c. to allow the separation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 decision making
d. to update the forwarding information base (FIB) - Precise Answer
✔✔to maintain Layer 2 next-hop addresses

Which statement describes a characteristic of the network layer in the

OSI model?

a. It manages the data transport between the processes running on each

host.
b. In the encapsulation process, it adds source and destination port
numbers to the IP header.
c. When a packet arrives at the destination host, its IP header is checked
by the network layer to determine where the packet has to be routed.
d. Its protocols specify the packet structure and processing used to carry
the data from one host to another. - Precise Answer ✔✔Its protocols
specify the packet structure and processing used to carry the date form
one host to another
A user gets an IP address of 192.168.0.1 from the company network
administrator. A friend of the user at a different company gets the same
IP address on another PC. How can two PCs use the same IP address and
still reach the Internet, send and receive email, and search the web?

a. Both users must be using the same Internet Service Provider.

b. ISPs use Network Address Translation to change a user IP address
into an address that can be used on the Internet.
c. ISPs use Domain Name Service to change a user IP address into a
public IP address that can be used on the Internet.
d. Both users must be on the same network. - Precise Answer ✔✔ISPs
use Network Address Translation to change a user IP address into an
address that can be used on the Internet

At a minimum, which address is required on IPv6-enabled interfaces?

a. link-local
b. unique local
c. site local
d. global unicast - Precise Answer ✔✔link-local

Why does HTTP use TCP as the transport layer protocol?

a. to ensure the fastest possible download speed

b. because HTTP is a best-effort protocol
c. because transmission errors can be tolerated easily
d. because HTTP requires reliable delivery - Precise Answer
✔✔because HTTP requires reliable delivery

What is the binary representation of 0xCA?

a. 10111010
b. 11010101
c. 11001010
d. 11011010 - Precise Answer ✔✔11001010

What is the valid most compressed format possible of the IPv6 address
2001:0DB8:0000:AB00:0000:0000:0000:1234?

a. 2001:DB8:0:AB00::1234
b. 2001:DB8:0:AB::1234
c. 2001:DB8::AB00::1234
d. 2001:DB8:0:AB:0:1234 - Precise Answer
✔✔2001:DB8:0:AB00::1234

Refer to the exhibit. What is the maximum TTL value that is used to
reach the destination www.cisco.com?
a. 11
b. 12
c. 13
d. 14 - Precise Answer ✔✔13

What field content is used by ICMPv6 to determine that a packet has

expired?

a. TTL field
b. CRC field
c. Hop Limit field
d. Time Exceeded field - Precise Answer ✔✔Hop Limit field

Which statement is true about variable-length subnet masking?

a. Each subnet is the same size.

b. The size of each subnet may be different, depending on requirements.
c. Subnets may only be subnetted one additional time.
d. Bits are returned, rather than borrowed, to create additional subnets. -
Precise Answer ✔✔The size of each subnet may be different, depending
on requirements

Which firewall technique blocks incoming packets unless they are

responses to internal requests?
a. port filtering
b. stateful packet inspection
c. URL filtering
d. application filtering - Precise Answer ✔✔stateful packet inspection

A network technician is investigating network connectivity from a PC to

a remote host with the address 10.1.1.5. Which command issued on the
PC will return to the technician the complete path to the remote host?

a. trace 10.1.1.5
b. traceroute 10.1.1.5
c. tracert 10.1.1.5
d. ping 10.1.1.5 - Precise Answer ✔✔tracert 10.1.1.5

Fill in the blank.

To prevent faulty network devices from carrying dangerous voltage
levels, equipment must be _______ correctly - Precise Answer
✔✔grounded

A network engineer is measuring the transfer of bits across the company

backbone for a mission critical database application. The engineer
notices that the network throughput appears lower than the bandwidth
expected. Which three factors could influence the differences in
throughput? (Choose three.)
a. the amount of traffic that is currently crossing the network
b. the sophistication of the encapsulation method applied to the data
c. the type of traffic that is crossing the network
d. the latency that is created by the number of network devices that the
data is crossing
e. the bandwidth of the WAN connection to the Internet
f. the reliability of the gigabit Ethernet infrastructure of the backbone -
Precise Answer ✔✔(the amount of traffic that is currently crossing the
network)
(the type of traffic that is crossing the network)
(the latency that is created by the number of network devices that the
data is crossing)

What is a possible hazard that can be caused by network cables in a fire?

a. The cable insulation could be flammable.

b. Users could be exposed to excessive voltage.
c. Network cables could be exposed to water.
d. The network cable could explode. - Precise Answer ✔✔The able
insulation could be flammable

What device is commonly used to verify a UTP cable?

a. a multimeter
b. an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
c. a cable tester
d. an ohmmeter - Precise Answer ✔✔a cable tester

What needs to be checked when testing a UTP network cable?

a. capacitance
b. wire map
c. inductance
d. flexibility - Precise Answer ✔✔wire map

Refer to the exhibit. A ping to PC2 is issued from PC0, PC1, and PC3 in
this exact order. Which MAC addresses will be contained in the S1
MAC address table that is associated with the Fa0/1 port?

a. just PC0 and PC1 MAC addresses

b. just the PC0 MAC address
c. PC0, PC1, and PC2 MAC addresses
d. just the PC1 MAC address
e. just the PC2 MAC address - Precise Answer ✔✔just PC0 and PC1
MAC addresses

Which function is provided by TCP?

a. data encapsulation
b.detection of missing packets
c. communication session control
d. path determination for data packets - Precise Answer ✔✔detection of
missing packets

What does a router use to determine where to send data it receives from
the network?

a. an ARP table
b. a routing table
c. the destination PC physical address
d. a switching table - Precise Answer ✔✔a routing table

Which router interface should be used for direct remote access to the
router via a modem?

a. an inband router interface

b. a console port
c. a serial WAN interface
d. an AUX port - Precise Answer ✔✔an AUX port
A technician is configuring a router to allow for all forms of
management access. As part of each different type of access, the
technician is trying to type the command login. Which configuration
mode should be entered to do this task?

a. user executive mode

b. global configuration mode
c. any line configuration mode
d. privileged EXEC mode - Precise Answer ✔✔any line configuration
mode

Refer to the exhibit. A TCP segment from a server has been captured by
Wireshark, which is running on a host. What acknowledgement number
will the host return for the TCP segment that has been received?

a. 2
b. 21
c. 250
d. 306
e. 2921 - Precise Answer ✔✔306

Which statement is true about an interface that is configured with the

IPv6 address command?

a. IPv6 traffic-forwarding is enabled on the interface.

b. A link-local IPv6 address is automatically configured on the interface.
c. A global unicast IPv6 address is dynamically configured on the
interface.
d. Any IPv4 addresses that are assigned to the interface are replaced with
an IPv6 address. - Precise Answer ✔✔A link-local IPv6 address is
automatically configured on the interface

Refer to the exhibit. The network administrator for a small advertising

company has chosen to use the 192.168.5.96/27 network for internal
LAN addressing. As shown in the exhibit, a static IP address is assigned
to the company web server. However, the web server cannot access the
Internet. The administrator verifies that local workstations with IP
addresses that are assigned by a DHCP server can access the Internet,
and the web server is able to ping local workstations. Which component
is incorrectly configured?

a. subnet mask
b. DNS address
c. host IP address
d. default gateway address - Precise Answer ✔✔default gateway address

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator must send a message to everyone

on the router A network. What is the broadcast address for network
172.16.16.0/22?

a. 172.16.16.255
b. 172.16.20.255
c. 172.16.19.255
d. 172.16.23.255
e. 172.16.255.255 - Precise Answer ✔✔172.16.19.255

A network administrator is variably subnetting a given block of IPv4

addresses. Which combination of network addresses and prefix lengths
will make the most efficient use of addresses when the need is for 2
subnets capable of supporting 10 hosts and 1 subnet that can support 6
hosts?

a. 10.1.1.128/28
10.1.1.144/28
10.1.1.160/29

b. 10.1.1.128/28
10.1.1.144/28
10.1.1.160/28

c. 10.1.1.128/28
10.1.1.140/28
10.1.1.158/26

d. 10.1.1.128/26
10.1.1.144/26
10.1.1.160/26

e. 10.1.1.128/26
10.1.1.140/26
10.1.1.158/28 - Precise Answer ✔✔10.1.1.128/28
10.1.1.144/28
10.1.1.160/29

How many additional bits should be borrowed from a /26 subnet mask in
order to create subnets for WAN links that need only 2 useable
addresses?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
e. 6 - Precise Answer ✔✔4

A _______ topology influences the type of network framing and media

access control that will be used. - Precise Answer ✔✔logical
Refer to the exhibit. The administrator configured the access to the
console and the vty lines of a router. Which conclusion can be drawn
from this configuration?

a. Unauthorized individuals can connect to the router via Telnet without

entering a password.
b. Because the IOS includes the login command on the vty lines by
default, access to the device via Telnet will require authentication.
c. Access to the vty lines will not be allowed via Telnet by anyone.
d. Because the login command was omitted, the password cisco
command is not applied to the vty lines. - Precise Answer ✔✔Because
the IOS includes the login command on the vty lines by default, access
to the device via Telnet will require authentication

An administrator issued the service password-encryption command to

apply encryption to the passwords configured for enable password, vty,
and console lines. What will be the consequences if the administrator
later issues the no service password-encryption command?

a. It will remove encryption from all passwords.

b. It will reverse only the vty and console password encryptions.
c. It will not reverse any encryption.
d. It will reverse only the enable password encryption. - Precise Answer
✔✔It will not reverse any encryption
After making configuration changes, a network administrator issues a
copy running-config startup-config command in a Cisco switch. What is
the result of issuing this command?

a. The new configuration will be stored in flash memory.

b. The new configuration will be loaded if the switch is restarted.
c. The current IOS file will be replaced with the newly configured file.
d. The configuration changes will be removed and the original
configuration will be restored. - Precise Answer ✔✔The new
configuration will be loaded if the switch is restarted

What are two features of ARP? (Choose two.)

a. If a host is ready to send a packet to a local destination device and it

has the IP address but not the MAC address of the destination, it
generates an ARP broadcast.
b. An ARP request is sent to all devices on the Ethernet LAN and
contains the IP address of the destination host and its multicast MAC
address.
c. When a host is encapsulating a packet into a frame, it refers to the
MAC address table to determine the mapping of IP addresses to MAC
addresses.
d. If no device responds to the ARP request, then the originating node
will broadcast the data packet to all devices on the network segment.
e. If a device receiving an ARP request has the destination IPv4 address,
it responds with an ARP reply. - Precise Answer ✔✔(If a host is ready
to send a packet to a local destination device and it has the IP address
but not the MAC address of the destination, it generates an ARP
broadcast)
(If a device receiving an ARP request has the destination IPv4 address, it
responds with an ARP reply)

What are two examples of the cut-through switching method? (Choose

two.)

a. store-and-forward switching
b. fast-forward switching
c. CRC switching
d. fragment-free switching
e. QOS switching - Precise Answer ✔✔(fast-forward switching)
(fragment-free switching)

A network administrator is enabling services on a newly installed server.

Which two statements describe how services are used on a server?
(Choose two.)

a. Data sent with a service that uses TCP is received in the order the data
was sent.
b. A port is considered to be open when it has an active server
application that is assigned to it.
c. An individual server can have two services that are assigned to the
same port number.
d. An individual server cannot have multiple services running at the
same time.
e. Server security can be improved by closing ports that are associated
with unused services. - Precise Answer ✔✔(A port is considered to be
open when it has an active server application that is assigned to it)
(Server security can be improved by closing ports that are associated
with unused services)

Why does a Layer 3 device perform the ANDing process on a

destination IP address and subnet mask?

a. to identify the broadcast address of the destination network

b. to identify the host address of the destination host
c. to identify faulty frames
d. to identify the network address of the destination network - Precise
Answer ✔✔to identify the network address of the destination network

Given the binary address of 11101100 00010001 00001100 00001010,

which address does this represent in dotted decimal format?

a. 234.17.10.9
b. 234.16.12.10
c. 236.17.12.6
d. 236.17.12.10 - Precise Answer ✔✔236.17.12.10
A particular telnet site does not appear to be responding on a Windows 7
computer. What command could the technician use to show any cached
DNS entries for this web page?

a. ipconfig /all
b. arp -a
c. ipconfig /displaydns
d. nslookup - Precise Answer ✔✔ipconfig /displaydns

Fill in the blank.

Network devices come in two physical configurations. Devices that have
expansion slots that provide the flexibility to add new modules have a
_______ configuration. - Precise Answer ✔✔Modular

Which statement is true about DHCP operation?

a. When a device that is configured to use DHCP boots, the client

broadcasts a DHCPDISCOVER message to identify any available
DHCP servers on the network.
b. A client must wait for lease expiration before it sends another
DHCPREOUEST message.
c. The DHCPDISCOVER message contains the IP address and sub net
masK to be assigned, the IP address of the DNS server, and the IP
address of the default gateway.
d. If the client receives several DHCPOFFER messages from different
servers, it sends a unicast DHCPREOUEST message to the server from
which it chooses to obtain the IP information. - Precise Answer
✔✔When a device that is configured to use DHCP boots, the client
broadcasts a DHCPDISCOVER message to identify any available
DHCP servers on the network

Which type of wireless security is easily compromised?

a. EAP
b. PSK
c. WEP
d. WPA - Precise Answer ✔✔WEP

A network administrator notices that the throughput on the network

appears lower than expected when compared to the end-to-end network
bandwidth. Which three factors can
explain this difference? (Choose three.)

a. the amount of traffic

b. the type of data encapsulation in use
c. the type of traffic
d. the number and type of network devices that the data is crossing
e. the bandwidth of the connection to the ISP
the reliability of the network backbone - Precise Answer ✔✔(the
amount of traffic)
(the type of traffic)
(the number and type of network devices that the data is crossing)

A host PC is attempting to lease an address through DHCP. What

message is sent by the server to the client know it is able to use the
provided IP information?

a. DHCPDISCOVER
b. DHCPOFFER
c. DHCPPREQUEST
d. DHCPACK
e. DHCPNACK - Precise Answer ✔✔DHCPOFFER

A network administrator is configuring access control to switch SW1. If

the administrator uses console line to connect to the switch, which
password is needed to access user EXEC mode?

a. letmein
b. secretin
c. lineconin
d. linevtyin - Precise Answer ✔✔lineconin

What is a characteristic of UTP cabling?

a. cancellation
b. cladding
c. immunity to electrical hazards
d. woven copper braid or metallic foil - Precise Answer ✔✔cancellation

How many bits would need to be borrowed if a network admin were

given the IP addressing scheme of 172.16.0.0/16 and needed no more
than 16 subnet with equal number of hosts?

a. 10
b. 12
c. 2
d. 4
e. 8 - Precise Answer ✔✔4

Which statement best describes the operation of the File Transfer

Protocol?

a. An FTP client uses a source port number of 21 and a randomly

generated destination port number during the establishment of control
traffic with an FTP Server.
b. An FTP client uses a source port number of 20 and a randomly
generated destination port number during the establishment of data
traffic with an FTP Server.
c. An FTP server uses a source port number of 20 and a randomly
generated destination port number during the establishment of control
traffic with an FTP client.
d. An FTP server uses a source port number of 21 and a randomly
generated destination port number during the establishment of control
traffic with an FTP client. - Precise Answer ✔✔An FTP server uses a
source port number of 20 and a randomly generated destination port
number during the establishment of control traffic with an FTP client

A client is establishing a TCP session with a server. How is the

acknowledgment number in the response segment to the client
determined?

a. The acknowledgment number field is modified by adding 1 to the

randomly chosen initial sequence number in response to the client.
b. The acknowledgment number is set to 11 to signify an
acknowledgment packet and synchronization packet back to the client.
c. The acknowledgment number field uses a random source port number
in response to the client.
d. The acknowledgment number is set to 1 to signify an
acknowledgment packet back to the client. - Precise Answer ✔✔The
acknowledgment number field is modified by adding 1 to the randomly
chosen initial sequence number in response to the client

Why does layer 3 device perform the ANDing process on a destination

IP and subnet Mask?
a. to identify host address and destination host;
b. to identify network address of destination host;
c. to identify faulty frames;
d. to identify broadcast address of destination network; - Precise Answer
✔✔to identify network address of destination host;

There was also a question about if you activated service password

encryption in the past and you prompt "no service password encryption"
what password are modified ?

a. no password at all;
b. password of the lines are in clear;
c. login password;
d. ? - Precise Answer ✔✔no password at all;

What type of communication rule would best describe CSMA/CD?

a. message encapsulation
b. flow control
c. message encoding
d. access method - Precise Answer ✔✔access method

What is the primary reason to subnet IPv6 prefixes?

a. to conserve IPv6 addresses
b. to avoid wasting IPv6 addresses
c. to conserve IPv6 prefixes
d. to create a hierarchical Layer 3 network design - Precise Answer
✔✔to create a hierarchical Layer 3 network design

What type of IPv6 address is FE80::1?

a. multicast
b. global unicast
c. link-local
d. loopback - Precise Answer ✔✔link-local

Which statement describes data throughput?

a. It is the measure of the bits transferred across the media under perfect
conditions.
b. It is the measure of the bits transferred across the media over a given
period of time.
c. It indicates the capacity of a particular medium to carry data.
d. It is the guaranteed data transfer rate offered by an ISP. - Precise
Answer ✔✔It is the measure of the bits transferred across the media
over a given period of time.
Fill in the blank. Use a number.
IPv4 multicast addresses are directly mapped to IEEE 802 (Ethernet)
MAC addresses using the last ______ of the 28 available bits in the IPv4
multicast group address. - Precise Answer ✔✔4

How could a faulty network device create a source of hazard for a user?
(Choose two.)

a. It could stop functioning.

b. It could apply dangerous voltage to other pieces of equipment.
c. It could explode.
d. It could produce an unsafe electromagnetic field.
e. It could apply dangerous voltage to itself. - Precise Answer ✔✔(It
could stop functioning)
(It could explode)

What are three important considerations when planning the structure of

an IP addressing scheme? (Choose three.)

a. preventing duplication of addresses

b. providing and controlling access
c. documenting the network
d. monitoring security and performance
e. conserving addresses
f. implementing new services - Precise Answer ✔✔(preventing
duplication of addresses)
(providing and controlling access)
(conserving addresses)

Which two services or protocols use the preferred UDP protocol for fast
transmission and low overhead? (Choose two)

a. VoIP
b. DNS
c. HTTP
d. FTP
e. POP3 - Precise Answer ✔✔(VoIP)
(DNS)

What action does a DHCPv4 client take if it receives more than one
DHCPOFFER from multiple DHCP servers?

a. It sends a DHCPREQUEST that identifies which lease offer the client

is accepting.
b. It sends a DHCPNAK and begins the DHCP process over again.
c. It discards both offers and sends a new DHCPDISCOVER.
d. It accepts both DHCPOFFER messages and sends a DHCPACK. -
Precise Answer ✔✔It sends a DHCPREQUEST that identifies which
lease offer the client is accepting
To what legacy address class does the address 10.0.0.0 belong?

a. Class B
b. Class D
c. Class A
d. Class C
e. Class E - Precise Answer ✔✔Class A

What type of communication medium is used with a wireless LAN

connection?

a. radio waves
b. fiber
c. microwave
d. UTP - Precise Answer ✔✔microwave

Which method of IPv6 prefix assignment relies on the prefix contained

in RA messages?

a. EUI-64
b. static
c. SLAAC
d. stateful DHCPv6 - Precise Answer ✔✔SLAAC

What is a characteristic of DNS?

a. DNS servers can cache recent queries to reduce DNS query traffic.
b. DNS servers are programmed to drop requests for name translations
that are not within their zone.
c. All DNS servers must maintain mappings for the entire DNS
structure.
d. DNS relies on a hub-and-spoke topology with centralized servers. -
Precise Answer ✔✔DNS servers can cache recent queries to reduce
DNS query traffic