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Chapter 1 exam
01. At which two layers of the OSI model does a WAN operate? (Choose two.)
• Physical Layer
• Data Link Layer
• Network Layer
• Transport Layer
• Presentation Layer
• Application Layer
02. Which three WAN devices can be found in the cloud? (Choose three.)
• ATM switches
• core routers
• CSU/DSU
• Ethernet switches
• Frame Relay switches
• Repeaters
03. Which networking device is typically used to concentrate the dial-in and dial-out
traffic of multiple users to and from a network?
• core router
• access server
• Frame Relay switch
• ATM switch
05. Which three features are identified with Frame Relay connections? (Choose three.)
• CIR
• DLCI
• DSLAM
• PVC
• SPID
• 53-byte cells
06. Which WAN technology uses a fixed payload of 48 bytes and is transported across
both switched and permanent virtual circuits?
• ATM
• ISDN
• Frame Relay
• metro Ethernet
07. What are two advantages of an analog PSTN WAN connection? (Choose two.)
• low cost
• availability
• traffic encryption
• available bandwidth
• support for voice and video
08. What three terms are associated with ISDN PRI? (Choose three.)
• cell
• DLCI
• circuit switching
• packet switching
• data bearer channels
• time-division multiplexing
• smaller cells
• number of subscribers
• committed information rate
• distance from the central office of the provider
10. What type of connectivity is established when VPNs are used from the remote site to
the private network?
• PVCs
• DLCIs
• tunnels
• dedicated Layer 2 links
11. A U.S. company requires a WAN connection used only to transfer sales data from
individual stores to the home office. All transfers will occur after business hours. The
required bandwidth for this connection is estimated to be less than 38 kbps. Which type
of connection requires the least investment for this company?
• ATM
• ISDN
• analog dialup
• T1 Leased Line
12. For digital lines, which device is used to establish the communications link between
the customer equipment and the local loop?
• CSU/DSU
• Frame Relay switch
• ISDN switch
• modem
• PBX switch
13. Which term describes a device that will put data on the local loop?
• DLCI
• DTE
• DCE
• BRI
• PRI
14. Which switching type will allow the communication devices in the provider network
to be shared and only allocated to an individual subscriber during data transfer?
• circuit-switched
• dedicated switched lines
• frame-switched
• packet-switched
15. A company needs a WAN connection that is capable of transferring voice, video, and
data at a minimum data rate of 155 Mbps. Which WAN connection is the best choice?
• X.25
• DSL
• ATM
• ISDN BRI
• ISDN PRI
16. Which two devices are commonly used as data communications equipment? (Choose
two.)
• modem
• router
• CSU/DSU
• ISDN switch
• Ethernet switch
17. Which statement is true of the functionality of the layers in the hierarchical network
model?
• The purpose of the access layer is to provide very high bandwidth communications
between network devices.
• Most security screening to prevent unauthorized entry to the network happens at the
core layer.
• Untrusted external connections are segmented from the rest of the network at all three
levels.
• The distribution layer aggregates WAN connections at the edge of the campus.
18. Which statement is true about data connectivity between a customer and a service
provider?
• Normally the CSU/DSU is the designated demarcation point for the service provider
but not the customer.
• The segment between the demarcation point and the central office is known as the
“last mile.”
• The local loop is the segment between the CSU/DSU and the serial port on a router.
• Putting data on the local loop is the responsibility of the DTE.
19. Which statement is true about the differences between a WAN and a LAN?
20. Why is the call setup time of a circuit-switched WAN implementation considered a
drawback?
• ATM differs from other WAN protocols in that it uses variably sized packets.
• Most WAN protocols use HDLC or a variant of HDLC as a framing mechanism.
• The frame header consists of the frame check sequence and cyclic redundancy check.
• ISDN differs from Frame Relay, HDLC, and ATM in that it is packet-switched rather
than circuit-switched technology.
02. What does the demarcation point represent in data communication physical circuits?
03. Which serial communications DTE/DCE interface standard is used to provide high-
speed connectivity of up to 52 Mbps between LANs and is found on many high-end
Cisco routers?
04. Why are serial connections preferred over parallel connections for long transmission
lengths?
05. Which three statements are correct about HDLC encapsulation? (Choose three.)
• link quality
• authentication
• dynamic flow control
• compression and network layer address for IP
• connection-oriented or connectionless communication methods
08. Which PPP configuration option can be used to establish load balancing over the
interfaces of a router?
• callback
• multilink
• compression
• error detection
09. What function do Network Control Protocols provide for a PPP connection?
• one
• two
• three
• four
• Layer 2 is down.
• LCP, IPCP, and CDPCP negotiations are in progress.
• Only the link-establishment phase completed successfully.
• Both the link-establishment and network-layer phase completed successfully.
12. Which three statements correctly describe PPP authentication? (Choose three.)
• MD5
• CHAP
• PAP
• NCP
17. What advantage does PPP have over HDLC for serial communications?
• Router(config)# hostname R3
R3(config)# username R1 password Cisco
R3(config)# interface Serial 0/0/0
R3(config-if)# encapsulation ppp
R3(config-if)# ip address 172.16.3.3 255.255.255.0
R3(config-if)# ppp authentication chap
• Router(config)# hostname R3
R3(config)# username R3 password Cisco
R3(config)# interface Serial 0/0/0
R3(config-if)# encapsulation ppp
R3(config-if)# ip address 172.16.3.3 255.255.255.0
R3(config-if)# ppp authentication chap
21. Refer to the exhibit. What can be concluded about the function of the Serial 0/0/0
interface on the router after the commands are entered?
• Customers can define their virtual circuit needs in far greater combinations, with
increments as small as 64 kbps.
• Customers pay for an end-to-end connection that includes the local loop and the
network link.
• Customers only pay for the local loop and the bandwidth they purchase from the
network provider.
• Connecting new sites requires new lower cost circuit installations when compared to
ISDN dialup costs or adding additional hardware for leased service.
02. What two methods does Frame Relay technology use to process frames that contain
errors? (Choose two.)
• Frame Relay services depend on the upper layer protocols to handle error recovery.
• It requires the receiving device to request that the sender retransmit erroneous frames.
• FECN, BECN, and DE bits are set in the frames to minimize errors.
• The receiving device drops any frames that contain errors without notifying the
sender.
• The frame relay switch notifies the sender that errors were detected.
03. What best describes the use of a data-link connection identifier (DLCI)?
• ISDN circuit
• limited access circuit
• switched parallel circuit
• virtual circuit
05. Which two items allow the router to map data link layer addresses to network layer
addresses in a Frame Relay network? (Choose two.)
• ARP
• RARP
• Proxy ARP
• Inverse ARP
• LMI status messages
• ICMP
06. Refer to the exhibit. A ping
is sent to address 192.168.50.10 from the Peanut router. Which DLCI will be used to
send the ping?
• 110
• 115
• 220
• 225
08. Which three actions might a Frame Relay switch perform when it detects an
excessive build-up of frames in its queue? (Choose three.)
10. Which Frame Relay topology is a compromise of costs, reliability, and complexity
when the WAN contains one headquarters site, 40 regional sites, and several sites within
each regional site?
• star
• full mesh
• partial mesh
• point-to-multipoint
• point-to-point
• Add the broadcast keyword in the Frame Relay map command on both routers.
• Issue the frame-relay interface-dlci command in addition to the frame-relay map
command on both router interfaces.
• Remove the frame-relay map command and replace with the frame-relay interface-dlci
command on both router interfaces.
• Apply the no frame-relay inverse-arp command on both router interfaces.
• Multipoint interfaces will automatically forward routing broadcasts but will consume
more IP addresses than point-to-point subinterfaces will consume.
• Point-to-point subinterfaces act like leased lines and eliminate split-horizon routing
issues.
• Interfaces with multiple PVCs require a separate subinterface for each PVC.
• Multipoint configurations cannot use subinterfaces.
14.
Refer to the exhibit. You are a network administrator who has been tasked with
completing the Frame Relay topology that interconnects two remote sites. Router HQ
belongs to both the 172.16.1.0/24 and 172.16.2.0/24 subnets with IP addresses of
172.16.1.3 and 172.16.2.3 respectively. Traffic between R1 and R2 must travel through
HQ first. How should the serial interface on HQ be configured to complete the topology?
15. What consideration must be taken into account if RIP is used on Frame Relay
multiaccess networks?
• To forward routing updates, address-to-DLCI mapping must be done via the use of the
frame-relay map command coupled with the broadcast keyword.
• Inverse ARP must be enabled to turn routing update broadcasts into unicast traffic that
can be propagated to other Frame Relay nodes.
• Because broadcast traffic is not supported, RIPv1 cannot be implemented on Frame
Relay networks.
• To forward broadcast routing updates, dynamic mapping must be enabled.
16.
Refer to the exhibit. Which statement explains why the Frame Relay connection between
R1 and R2 is failing?
18. Refer
to the exhibit. What can be known about the configuration of router R1 from the
output?
• The Frame Relay LMI DLCI has been incorrectly configured as DLCI 1023.
• The Frame Relay LMI type has been changed from its default.
• The Serial 0/0/0 interface has been configured as a data communications equipment
device.
• The command encapsulation frame-relay ietf has been used on the Serial 0/0/0
interface.
19. Refer to the
exhibit. What can be determined about the configuration of router R1 from the
exhibited output?
02. What are two features of VTP client mode operation? (Choose two.)
03. Refer to
the exhibit. Switch S1 is in VTP server mode. Switches S2 and S3 are in client mode. An
administrator accidentally disconnects the cable from F0/1 on S2. What will the effect be
on S2?
• Reset the revision number on S2 with either the delete VTP command or by changing
the domain name and then changing it back.
• Re-enter all appropriate VLANs, except VLAN 1, manually on Switch1 so that they
propagate throughout the network.
• Change S1 to transparent VTP mode to reclaim all VLANs in vlan.dat and change
back to server mode.
• Change S2 to client mode so the VLANs will automatically propagate.
07. What does a client mode switch in a VTP management domain do when it receives a
summary advertisement with a revision number higher than its current revision
number?
09. Which two statements are true about VTP pruning? (Choose two.)
10. Which three VTP parameters must be identical on all switches to participate in the
same VTP domain? (Choose three.)
• revision number
• domain name
• pruning
• mode
• domain password
• version number
12.
Refer to the exhibit. Switches SW1 and SW2 are interconnected via a trunk link but
failed to exchange VLAN information. The network administrator issued the show vtp
status command to troubleshoot the problem. On the basis of the provided command
output, what could be done to correct the problem?
16. Which two statements describe VTP transparent mode operation? (Choose two.)
17. Which two statements are true about the implementation of VTP? (Choose two.)
18. A network administrator is replacing a failed switch with a switch that was
previously on the network. What precautionary step should the administrator take on
the replacement switch to avoid incorrect VLAN information from propagating through
the network?
19. What statement describes the default propagation of VLANs on a trunked link?
• Layer 2 broadcast
• Layer 2 multicast
• Layer 2 unicast
• Layer 3 broadcast
• Layer 3 multicast
• Layer 3 unicast