Friday, January 25, 2008

Chapter 1 Questions

Please leave a question and an answer in one comment.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

What are the 7 OSI layers called?

1. Physical
2. Data Link
3. Network
4. Transport
5. Session
6. Presentation
7. Application

Anonymous said...

An IP Datagram Contains At Least ____ Bytes.

A, 10 bytes
B, 20 bytes
C, 30 bytes
D, 40 bytes

Anonymous said...

What is the difference between a switch and a bridge?

A switch has more ports, can connect networks of different media speeds, and have more functions, such as Vlans.

Anonymous said...

What is a routing protocol?

A routing protocol allows routers to learn the network from other routers and make sure data is sent to the correct location on the network. Routers must use the same routing protocol in order to communicate.

Anonymous said...

List 3 problem redundancy causes in a network.

1. Broadcast Storms
2. Looping
3. Unstable MAC table

Anonymous said...

How long does it take for regular STP's election process to complete?

A,15 Seconds
B, 30 Seconds
C, 50 Seconds
D, 120 Seconds


Answer : C

Anonymous said...

True or False. PVST always switches to have one instance of STP running per VLAN, Allowing redundant physical links within the network to but used for different VLANs and then reducing the load on the individual links.

Anonymous said...

In what layer is a segment encapsulated into a packet?




Layer 3

Anonymous said...

True or False. PVST allows switches to have one instance of STP running per VLAN, Allowing redundant physical links within the network to but used for different VLANs and then reducing the load on the individual links.



Answer: True

Anonymous said...

hows does stp terminology refer to switches



its refers to them as bridges rather then switches

Anonymous said...

What corresponds to (IEEE 802.1d) STP Blocking port state in (IEEE 802.1w) RSTP?

a) backup and disabled
b) alternate and backup
c) root and designated
d) designated and disabled
e) alternate and disabled

Answer b

Anonymous said...

hows does stp terminology refer to switches



its refers to them as bridges rather then switches

Anonymous said...

What are the layers of the OSI model?
Application
Presentation
Session
Transport
Network
Data Link
Physical