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Question 1
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A collision fragment, also known as a runt  frame, is a frame of fewer than 64 bytes in length.

Question 2
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What command will prevent all unencrypted passwords from displaying in plain text in a configuration file?

Select one:
a. (config)# enable password secret

b.
(config) # enable secret Encrypted_Password

c. (config-line) # password secret

d. (config) # enable secret Secret_Password

e. (config) # service password-encryption 

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Question 3
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In which scenario would the use of a WISP be recommended

Select one:
a. a farm in rural area without wired broadband access 

b. any home with multiple wireless devices

c. an apartment in a building with cable access to the Internet

d. an Internet cafe in a city

Your answer is correct.

Question 4
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What is the command netstat –r used for?

Select one:
a. to release the assigned IP address

b. to display the host routing table 

c. to display the TCP sockets

d. to renew the default gateway

Your answer is correct.

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Question 5
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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?

Select one:
a. the original source port number that was randomly generated by the client 

b. the original destination port number that was generated by the client

c. a destination port number of 80, referencing the service requested

d. a randomly generated destination port number

Your answer is correct.

Question 6
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For which three reasons was a packet switched connectionless data communications technology used when developing the Internet (Choose
three.)

Select one or more:

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

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

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

d. Data packets can travel through the network using multiple different paths 

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

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Question 7
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Which statement accurately describes public IP addresses?

Select one:
a. Network administrators are free to select any public addresses to use for network devices that access the Internet

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

c. Public addresses cannot be used within a private network

d. Public addresses can be duplicated only within a local network

e. Public IP addresses must be unique across the entire Internet

Your answer is incorrect.

Question 8
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Within a production network, what is the purpose of configuring a switch with a default gateway address?

Select one:
a. A switch mush have a default gateway to be accessible by Telnet and SSH

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

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

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

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Question 9
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What is and advantage of using standards to develop and implement protocols?

Select one:
a. Standards provide flexibility for manufacturers to create devices that comply with unique requirements

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

c. Products from different manufacturers can interoperate successfully 

d. A particular protocol can be implemented by one manufacturer

Your answer is correct.

Question 10
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Which three fields are used in a UDP segment header? (Choose three.)

Select one or more:

a. Sequence Number

b. Checksum 

c. Windows Size

d. Source Port 

e. Acknowledgement Number

f. Length 

Your answer is correct.

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Question 11
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Which destination address is used in an ARP request frame?

Select one:
a. 0.0.0.0

b. 255.255.255.255

c. AAAA.AAAA.AAAA

d. FFFF.FFFF.FFFF 

e. the physical address of the destination host

Your answer is correct.

Question 12
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Which statement describes a network that supports QoS?

Select one:
a. The fewest possible devices are affected by a failure

b. Data sent over the network is not altered in transmission

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

d. The network provides predictable levels of service to different types of traffic 

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Question 13
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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?

Select one:
a. 128 

b. 80

c. 8

d. 16

Your answer is correct.

Question 14
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Which term defines the processing capabilities of a switch by rating how much data can be processed per second?

Select one:
a. port density

b. form factor

c. switching rate

d. forwarding rate 

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Question 15
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Which two statement describe broadcast transmissions on a wired network? (Choose two.)

Select one or more:

a. Directed broadcast use the IP address of 255.255.255.255

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

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

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

e. Limited broadcasts are forwarded by routers

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Question 16
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What will a network administrator use to modify a configuration on a Cisco router?

Select one:
a. the Windows command prompt

b. a control panel

c. IOS 

d. Windows Explorer

e. a DHCP server

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Question 17
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What happens if part of an FTP message is not delivered to the destination?

Select one:
a. The FTP source host sends a query to the destination host

b. The entire FTP message is re-sent

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

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

Your answer is correct.

Question 18
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What are two functions that are provided by the network layer? (Choose two.)

Select one or more:

a. providing dedicated end-to-end connections

b. directing data packets to destination hosts on other networks 

c. providing end devices with a unique network identifier 

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

e. placing data on the network medium

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Question 19
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Which two statements are true regarding the user EXEC mode? (Choose two.)

Select one or more:

a. All router commands are available

b. Global configuration mode can be accessed by entering the enable command

c. Interfaces and routing protocols can be configured

d. This is the default mode on an unconfigured router when first powered up 

e. Only some aspects of the router configuration can be viewed 

Your answer is correct.

Question 20
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Which type of IPv6 address is not routable and used for communication on a single subnet?

Select one:
a. loopback address

b. global unicast address

c. unique local address

d. link-local address 

e. unspecified address

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Question 21
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What is the purpose of using a source port number in a TCP communication?

Select one:
a. to notify the remote device that the conversation is over

b. to assemble the segments that arrived out of order

c. to inquire for a non received segment

d. to keep track of multiple conversations between devices 

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Question 22
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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?

Select one:
a. online collaboration

b. BYOD

c. virtualization 

d. maintaining communication integrity

Your answer is correct.

Question 23
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A loop-back  address is defined as a reserved address that routes packets back to the host

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Question 24
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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?

Select one:
a. Differentiated Services

b. Next Header

c. Flow Label 

d. Traffic Class

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Question 25
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The last host address on the 10.15.25.0/24 network is 10.15.25.254 

Question 26
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Which logical address is used for delivery of data to a remote network?

Select one:
a. source IP address

b. destination MAC address

c. destination port number

d. source MAC address

e. destination IP address 

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Question 27
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Which application use UDP as the transport layer protocol?

Select one:
a. SMTP 

b. DNS queries

c. Telnet

d. DHCP

e. HTTP

Your answer is correct.

Question 28
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Which number or set of numbers represents a socket?

Select one:
a. 192.168.1.1:80 

b. 01-23-45-67-89-AB

c. 21

d. 10.1.1.15

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Question 29
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What is an advantage of UDP over TCP?

Select one:
a. UDP communication requires less overhead 

b. UDP communication is more reliable

c. UDP reorders segments that are received out of order

d. UDP acknowledges received data

Your answer is correct.

Question 30
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During troubleshooting procedures, from which location will most Cisco routers load a limited IOS

Select one:
a. flash

b. RAM

c. ROM 

d. NVRAM

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Question 31
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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?

Select one:
a. ROM

b. NVRAM

c. RAM

d. flash 

Your answer is correct.

Question 32
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Which statement is correct about network protocols?

Select one:
a. They all function in the network access layer of TCP/IP

b. They define how messages are exchanged between the sources and the destination 

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

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

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Question 33
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Which statement is true about an interface that is configured with the IPv6 address command?

Select one:
a. IPv6 traffic-forwarding is enable on the interface

b. A global unicast IPv6 address is dynamically configured on the interface

c. A link-local IPv6 address is automatically 

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

Your answer is correct.

Question 34
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Which entities are involved in a temporary communication that is established by the transport layer?

Select one:
a. servers

b. a host an intermediary device

c. LANs

d. applications 

e. network media

Your answer is correct.

Question 35
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On Ethernet networks, the hexadecimal address FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF represent the broadcast  MAC address.

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Question 36
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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?

Select one:
a. experimental 

b. loopback

c. link-local

d. private

Your answer is correct.

Question 37
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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 

Question 38
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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?

Select one:
a. The network topology has changed and a new route toward the file server is available

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

c. The default gateway does not know a route to the destination

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

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Question 39
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A scalable  network is able to expand to accept new devices and applications without affecting performance.

Question 40
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Which two functions or operations are performed by the MAC sublayer? (Choose two.)

Select one or more:

a. it performs the function of NIC driver software

b. It is responsible for Media Access Control 

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

d. it adds control information to network protocol layer data

e. it handles communication between upper and lower layers

Your answer is correct.

Question 41
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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?

Select one:
a. The client sends an ISN to the server to start the 3-way handshake

b. The client sends a synchronization segment to begin the session 

c. The client randomly selects a source port number

d. The client sets the window size for the session

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Question 42
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Which two components are added to the PDU at the network access layer? (Choose two.)

Select one or more:

a. HTTP header

b. TCP header

c. IP header

d. Trailer 

e. frame header 

Your answer is correct.

Question 43
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What is an advantage of using standards to develop and implement protocols?

Select one:
a. Standard provide flexibility for manufacturers to create devices that comply with unique requirements

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

c. A particular protocol can only be implemented by one manufacturer

d. Products from different manufacturers can interoperate successfully 

Your answer is correct.

Question 44
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The 8-bit binary value for 41 is 00101001 

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Question 45
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An intranet  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.

Question 46
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Which feature on a Cisco router permits the forwarding of traffic for which there is no specific route?

Select one:
a. next-hop

b. gateway of last resort 

c. outgoing interface

d. route source

Your answer is correct.

Question 47
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Which value, that is contained in an IPv4 header field, is decremented by each router that receives a packet?

Select one:
a. Header Length

b. Differentiated Services

c. Fragment Offset

d. Time-to-Live 

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Question 48
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How does the network layer use the MTU value?

Select one:
a. To increase speed of delivery. The network layer ignores the MTU

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

c. The MTU is passed to the network layer by the data link layer 

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

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Question 49
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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?

Select one:
a. to obtain dynamic IP address from the server

b. to test if the workstation can communicate on the network 

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

d. to request the router to forward the connection request

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Question 50
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Which two files are loaded into RAM by the router when it boots? (Choose two.)

Select one or more:

a. running configuration

b. POST

c. startup configuration 

d. IOS image 

e. bootsrap program

Your answer is correct.

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