Help for Education: Data Communications and Networking 1 (Midterm)

This course covers configuring and implementation of LAN networks.

Data Communications and Networking 1

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Which two statements are true regarding the user EXEC mode? (Choose two.)

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✔Only some aspects of the router configuration can be viewed

Interfaces and routing protocols can be configured

✔This is the default mode on an unconfigured router when first powered up

Global configuration mode can be accessed by entering the enable command

All router commands are available

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When transporting data from real-time applications, such as streaming audio and video, which field in the IPv6 header can be used to inform the routers and switches to maintain the same path for the packets in the same conversation?

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Differentiated Services

Flow Label

Next Header

Traffic Class

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Which two statement describe broadcast transmissions on a wired network? (Choose two.)

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Limited broadcasts are intended for local and remote hosts listening for a multicast packet

Directed broadcasts are intended for all hosts on a local or remote network

Limited broadcasts are only intended for the hosts on a local network

Directed broadcast use the IP address of 255.255.255.255

Limited broadcasts are forwarded by routers

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Which action is performed by a client when establishing communication with a server via the use of UDP at the transport layer?

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The client sets the window size for the session

The client sends a synchronization segment to begin the session

The client randomly selects a source port number

The client sends an ISN to the server to start the 3-way handshake

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A Answer address is defined as a reserved address that routes packets back to the host

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For which three reasons was a packet switched connectionless data communications technology used when developing the Internet (Choose three.)

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It requires that a data circuit between the source and destination be established before data can be transferred.

Network devices dynamically decide on the best available path to forward each packet

it allows for billing of network use by the amount of time a connection is established

Data packets can travel through the network using multiple different paths

it can rapidly adapt to the failure of network devices and communication links

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What is and advantage of using standards to develop and implement protocols?

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Different manufacturers are free to apply different requirements when implementing a protocol

A particular protocol can be implemented by one manufacturer

Products from different manufacturers can interoperate successfully

Standards provide flexibility for manufacturers to create devices that comply with unique requirements

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Your organization is issued the IPv6 prefix of 2001:0000:130F::/48 by your service provider. With this prefix, how many bits are available for your organization to create subnetworks?

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128

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In which scenario would the use of a WISP be recommended

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a farm in rural area without wired broadband access

an Internet cafe in a city

an apartment in a building with cable access to the Internet

any home with multiple wireless devices

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Which two components are added to the PDU at the network access layer? (Choose two.)

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A data center has recently updated a physical server to host multiple operating systems on a single CPU. The data center can now provide each customer with a separate web server without having to allocate an actual discrete server for each customer. What is the network trend that is being implemented by the data center in this situation?

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BYOD

maintaining communication integrity

virtualization

online collaboration

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What is an advantage of UDP over TCP?

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UDP reorders segments that are received out of order

UDP communication is more reliable

UDP communication requires less overhead

UDP acknowledges received data

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An Answer is a private connection of LANs and WANs that belongs to an organization, and is designed to be accessible only by the members and employees of the organization, or others with authorization.

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Which statement is true about an interface that is configured with the IPv6 address command?

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IPv6 traffic-forwarding is enable on the interface

A global unicast IPv6 address is dynamically configured on the interface

A link-local IPv6 address is automatically

Any IPv4 addresses that are assigned to the interface are replaced with an IPv6 address

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A collision fragment, also known as a Answer frame, is a frame of fewer than 64 bytes in length.

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A Answer network is able to expand to accept new devices and applications without affecting performance.

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A user who is unable to connect to the file server contacts the help desk. The helpdesk technician asks the user to ping the IP address of the default gateway that is configured on the workstation. What is the purpose for this command?

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to test if the workstation can communicate on the network

to request the router to forward the connection request

to obtain dynamic IP address from the server

to resolve the domain name of the file server to its IP address

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to test if the workstation can communicate on the network

to request the router to forward the connection request

to obtain dynamic IP address from the server

to resolve the domain name of the file server to its IP addres

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Which three fields are used in a UDP segment header? (Choose three.)

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Which two files are loaded into RAM by the router when it boots? (Choose two.)

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When a client connects to an HTTP server by the use of a randomly generated source port number, what destination port number will the HTTP server use when building a response?

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the original source port number that was randomly generated by the client

a randomly generated destination port number

a destination port number of 80, referencing the service requested

the original destination port number that was generated by the client

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Which two functions or operations are performed by the MAC sublayer? (Choose two.)

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it adds a header and trailer to form an OSI Layer 2 PDU

It is responsible for Media Access Control

it performs the function of NIC driver software

it handles communication between upper and lower layers

it adds control information to network protocol layer data

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What will a network administrator use to modify a configuration on a Cisco router?

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Which term defines the processing capabilities of a switch by rating how much data can be processed per second?

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forwarding rate

form factor

port density

switching rate

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The last host address on the 10.15.25.0/24 network is Answer

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Which statement accurately describes public IP addresses?

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Public IP addresses must be unique across the entire Internet

Network administrators are free to select any public addresses to use for network devices that access the Internet

Public IP addresses are only required to be unique within the local network

Public addresses cannot be used within a private network

Public addresses can be duplicated only within a local network

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During the boot process, in what memory location will the router bootstrap program look for the IOS image if a TFTP server is not used?

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flash

ROM

NVRAM

RAM

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Which entities are involved in a temporary communication that is established by the transport layer?

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The shortest compressed format of the IPv6 address 2001: 0DB8:0000:1470:0000:0000:0000:0200 is 2001:DB8:0:1470::200

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A user is unable to access the company server from a computer. On issuing the ipconfig command, the user finds that the IP address of the computer is displayed as 169.254.0.2. What type of address is this?

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link-local

experimental

loopback

private

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A network administrator notices that the default gateway devices sends an ICMP Redirect message to the workstation when the workstation tries to connect to file server on another network. What is the purpose for this ICMP message?

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To notify the workstation, that another router on the same network, is the better default-gateway to reach the remote server

The default gateway does not know a route to the destination

The network topology has changed and a new route toward the file server is available

The default gateway is overwhelmed by network traffic and the request is redirected to another router

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Which value, that is contained in an IPv4 header field, is decremented by each router that receives a packet?

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Time-to-Live

Fragment Offset

Differentiated Services

Header Length

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How does the network layer use the MTU value?

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To increase speed of delivery. The network layer ignores the MTU

The network layer depends on the higher level layers to determine the MTU

The network layer depends on the data link layer to set the MTU, and adjusts the speed of transmission to accommodate it

The MTU is passed to the network layer by the data link layer

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What happens if part of an FTP message is not delivered to the destination?

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The FTP source host sends a query to the destination host

The message is lost because FTP does not use a reliable delivery method

The part of the FTP message that was lost is re-sent

The entire FTP message is re-sent

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What are two functions that are provided by the network layer? (Choose two.)

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providing dedicated end-to-end connections

carrying data between processes that are running on source and destination hosts

directing data packets to destination hosts on other networks

placing data on the network medium

providing end devices with a unique network identifier

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Within a production network, what is the purpose of configuring a switch with a default gateway address?

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Hosts that are connected to the switch can use the switch default gateway address to forward packets to a remote destination

A switch mush have a default gateway to be accessible by Telnet and SSH

The default gateway address is used to forward packets originating from the switch to remote networks.

It provides a next-hop address for all traffic that flows through the switch

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Within a production network, what is the purpose of configuring a switch with a default gateway address?

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Hosts that are connected to the switch can use the switch default gateway address to forward packets to a remote destination

A switch mush have a default gateway to be accessible by Telnet and SSH

The default gateway address is used to forward packets originating from the switch to remote networks.

It provides a next-hop address for all traffic that flows through the switch

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Which feature on a Cisco router permits the forwarding of traffic for which there is no specific route?

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outgoing interface

next-hop

gateway of last resort

route source

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Which feature on a Cisco router permits the forwarding of traffic for which there is no specific route?

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outgoing interface

next-hop

gateway of last resort

route source

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Which statement describes a network that supports QoS?

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The network should be able to expand to keep up with user demand

Data sent over the network is not altered in transmission

The network provides predictable levels of service to different types of traffic

The fewest possible devices are affected by a failure

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What command will prevent all unencrypted passwords from displaying in plain text in a configuration file?

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(config) # service password-encryption

(config)# enable password secret

(config-line) # password secret

(config) # enable secret Encrypted_Password

(config) # enable secret Secret_Password

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The 8-bit binary value for 41 is Answer

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During troubleshooting procedures, from which location will most Cisco routers load a limited IOS

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RAM

ROM

flash

NVRAM

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What is an advantage of using standards to develop and implement protocols?

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Standard provide flexibility for manufacturers to create devices that comply with unique requirements

A particular protocol can only be implemented by one manufacturer

Products from different manufacturers can interoperate successfully

Different manufacturers are free to apply different requirements when implementing a protoco

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Which statement is correct about network protocols?

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They define how messages are exchanged between the sources and the destination

Network protocols define the type of hardware that is used and how it is mounted in racks

They are only required for exchange of message between devices on remote network

They all function in the network access layer of TCP/IP

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On Ethernet networks, the hexadecimal address FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF represent the Answer MAC address.

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Which destination address is used in an ARP request frame?

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Which logical address is used for delivery of data to a remote network?

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Which number or set of numbers represents a socket?

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10.1.1.15

01-23-45-67-89-AB

192.168.1.1:80

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Which type of IPv6 address is not routable and used for communication on a single subnet?

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What is the purpose of using a source port number in a TCP communication?

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to assemble the segments that arrived out of order

to keep track of multiple conversations between devices

to notify the remote device that the conversation is over

to inquire for a non received segment

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What is the command netstat –r used for?

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to release the assigned IP address

to renew the default gateway

to display the host routing table

to display the TCP sockets