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Network+ Guide to Networks, 6th Edition

Chapter 5 Solutions

Review Questions
1. Which of the following topologies is susceptible to signal bounce?

a. Partial-mesh

b. Bus

c. Ring

d. Full-mesh

2. What type of topology is required for use with a 100Base-TX network?

a. Bus

b. Star

c. Mesh

d. Ring

3. Your school’s network has outgrown its designated telco rooms, so you decide

to house a few routers in an old janitor’s closet temporarily. However, since

the closet has no power outlets, you will have to supply the routers power over
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the network. If you’re lucky, your LAN already uses which of the following

Ethernet standards that will allow you to do that?

a. 100Base-FX

b. 1000Base-T

c. 1000Base-LX

d. 10GBase-LR

4. What is the minimum cabling standard required for 10GBase-T Ethernet?

a. MMF

b. Cat 3

c. Cat 5

d. Cat 6

5. Why is packet switching more efficient than circuit switching?

a. In packet switching, packets are synchronized according to a timing

mechanism in the switch.

b. In packet switching, two communicating nodes establish a channel

first, then begin transmitting, thus ensuring a reliable connection and

eliminating the need to retransmit.

c. In packet switching, small pieces of data are sent to an intermediate

node and reassembled before being transmitted, en masse, to the

destination node.

d. In packet switching, packets can take the quickest route between

nodes and arrive independently of when other packets in their

data stream arrive.

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6. You are part of a team of engineers who work for an ISP that connects large

data centers, telephone companies, and their customers throughout California

and Oregon. Management has decided that the company can make large

profits by promising the utmost QoS to certain high-profile customers. Which

of the following switching methods will best guarantee the promised QoS?

a. Circuit switching

b. MPLS

c. Packet switching

d. Message switching

7. What happens in CSMA/CD when a node detects that its data has suffered a

collision?

a. It immediately retransmits the data.

b. It signals to the other nodes that it is about to retransmit the data, and then

does so.

c. It waits for a random period of time before checking the network for

activity, and then retransmits the data.

d. It signals to the network that its data was damaged in a collision,

waits a brief period of time before checking the network for activity,

and then retransmits the data.

8. Which of the following backbone types is the most fault-tolerant?

a. Parallel backbone

b. Collapsed backbone

c. Distributed backbone
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d. Serial backbone

9. What is the purpose of padding in an Ethernet frame?

a. Ensuring that the frame and data arrive without error

b. Ensuring that the frame arrives in sequence

c. Ensuring that the data portion of the frame totals at least 46 bytes

d. Indicating the length of the frame

10. You are designing a 100Base-T network to connect groups of workstations in

two different offices in your building. The offices are approximately 250

meters apart. If you only use repeating devices to connect the workstation

groups, how many hubs will you need?

a. One

b. Two

c. Three

d. Four

11. On a 10Base-T network, which of the following best describes how the wires

of a UTP cable are used to transmit and receive information?

a. One wire pair handles data transmission, while another wire pair

handles data reception.

b. One wire in one pair handles data transmission, while the other wire in the

same pair handles data reception.

c. Three wires of two wire pairs handle both data transmission and reception,

while the fourth wire acts as a ground.

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d. All four wires of two wire pairs handle both data transmission and

reception.

12. What technique is used to achieve 1-Gbps throughput over a Cat 5 cable?

a. All four wire pairs are used for both transmission and reception.

b. The cable is encased in a special conduit to prevent signal degradation due

to noise.

c. Signals are issued as pulses of light, rather than pulses of electric current.

d. Data is encapsulated by a unique type of frame that allows rapid data

compression.

13. Which of the following Ethernet standards is specially encoded for

transmission over WANs using SONET technology?

a. 100Base-T

b. 10GBase-ER

c. 100Base-FX

d. 10GBase-SW

14. Which two of the following might cause excessive data collisions on an

Ethernet network?

a. A server on the network contains a faulty NIC.

b. A router on the network is mistakenly forwarding packets to the wrong

segment.

c. The overall network length exceeds IEEE 802.3 standards for that

network type.
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d. A switch on the network has established multiple circuits for a single path

between two nodes.

e. The network attempts to use two incompatible frame types.

15. In which of the following examples do the workstations necessarily share a

collision domain?

a. Two computers connected to the same hub

b. Two computers connected to the same switch

c. Two computers connected to the same router

d. Two computers connected to the same access server

16. What are the minimum and maximum sizes for an Ethernet frame?

a. 46 and 64 bytes

b. 46 and 128 bytes

c. 64 and 1518 bytes

d. 64 and 1600 bytes

17. Which of the following network technologies does not use circuit switching?

a. ATM

b. Ethernet

c. T-l

d. ISDN

18. Which of the following is the type of 10-Gigabit Ethernet that can carry

signals the farthest, nearly 25 miles?

a. 10GBase-T

b. 10GBase-ER
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c. 10GBase-LR

d. 10GBase-SR

19. The maximum segment length for a 1000Base-FX network depends on which

two of the following?

a. Voltage

b. Wavelength

c. Frame type

d. Priority labeling

e. Fiber core diameter

20. The data services company you work for has decided to become an ISP and

supply high-capacity Internet connections from its data center. Currently, the data

center relies on a 100-BaseFX backbone, but your boss demands that the

backbone be upgraded to 10GBase-LR. What kind of infrastructure changes

would this require?

a. None, since fiber-optic cabling and connectivity devices, including

multiplexers, are already in place.

b. The fiber-optic cabling will need to be upgraded, but the same

connectivity devices and multiplexers can be used.

c. The fiber-optic cabling can be reused, but the connectivity devices and

multiplexers must be replaced.

d. The fiber-optic cabling, connectivity devices, and multiplexers must

be replaced.
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Hands-On Projects

Project 5-1
This project offers students the opportunity to view traffic passing through an
interface on an Ethernet network via the protocol analyzer program, Wireshark.
Wireshark, which is a useful tool for troubleshooting and evaluating network
performance, is available at no cost from www.wireshark.org.
Steps 1 – 17: Students download Wireshark from the www.wireshark.org Web
site and install it on their Windows 7 workstation. (However, steps for
downloading Wireshark and using it on another Windows operating system, or on
a Linux system, are very similar).
Note: Steps for downloading and installing Wireshark were current as of the
text’s writing; however, the Wireshark software is regularly updated. Therefore,
links and downloading instructions might differ. Although installation and use of
Wireshark software has been consistent over the years, due to software updates, it
is possible that steps for viewing captured data within Wireshark could also differ
from those written in this project.
Steps 18 – 26: Students launch Wireshark and capture a small stream of data.
Note: If classroom workstations have multiple interfaces, make certain students
select the correct interface for capturing data in Step 20.
Steps 27 – 38: Students view the data that they captured in previous steps.
Answers to questions in these steps will vary according to the network and the
Web pages students choose to access.

Project 5-2
In this project, students continue to use Wireshark, with an emphasis on analyzing
the traffic that they’ve captured and generating statistics for that traffic. As with
Project 5-2, this project is written for use with a Windows 7 workstation, but steps
are very similar for other Windows and Linux systems.
Step 1: Students generate traffic.
Steps 2 – 10: Students generate statistics for the traffic they captured according to
different variables.
Steps 11 – 15: Students analyze traffic in a single stream.

Project 5-3
In this project students take a stab at drawing a simple network and identifying
different types of Ethernet connections. They also
Steps 1-9: Students draw a LAN with two routers, two switches, two hubs, and
multiple clients.
Step 10: Students identify and count each collision domain. They should find 20
total.
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Step 11: Students identify and count each broadcast domain. They should find 2
total.
Step 12: Students identify which portions of the network are the busiest and least
busy. For the former, they should indicate the collision domains that include the
hub and its workstations. For the latter, they should identify the collision domains
that include each printer.
Step 13: Students should indicate that this is a serial backbone.
Step 14-15: Students should suggest eliminating the hubs and replacing them with
switches, increasing the speed of connections between nodes and switches to at
least Fast Ethernet. They might also suggest increasing the speed of the
connection between the routers to 1GB, recognizing that each speed increase will
require at least new modules, if not new connectivity devices.

Case Projects

Case Project 5-1

The children’s museum should upgrade to 1GB Ethernet—for example,
1000Base-T—so that the multimedia displays will perform quickly on demand
and without fail. Using copper cabling is probably sufficient for this small LAN,
and that way the added costs of fiber-optic cabling can be avoided. If the wiring is
still Cat 3, it should be upgraded to at least Cat 5 and preferably Cat 6a.
Workstation NICs—and in some cases the workstations themselves—will also
need to be upgraded. Students should recognize that providing more throughput
than might be absolutely necessary in the short term will ensure that the network
will not need upgrading again for several years, thus saving cost and downtime in
the long run. On the network’s backbone, switches could be used to separate the
public (exhibit workstations) and private (employee) sides of the network.

Case Project 5-2

Students should perform research to determine the cost of 1GB switches and NICs
(and sufficient Cat 6a cabling, if necessary). They should also price out the cost of
new workstations. Chances are, students will find that for such a small network, it
is possible to purchase everything within the $10,000 limit (at the time of this
text’s writing). However, when asked to prioritize, they should choose first the
upgraded connectivity devices and NICs/workstations for the exhibits, then
upgraded infrastructure for staff. It is also possible to purchase reconditioned
devices and NICs at much lower cost.
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Case Project 5-3

Students should research lead-times on equipment purchases. In many cases,
standard devices and NICs can be ordered overnight, which might tempt the
student to promise s/he can upgrade the network in two weeks. However, an
experienced networking professional knows that equipment is often delayed, no
matter what the vendor promises, or it might arrive damaged. Upgrades often
experience unanticipated problems. In other words, projects take longer than
predicted by the best-case scenario. The student should prepare to tell the museum
director that it’s unwise to try upgrading the network in such a short time. S/he
can justify the caution by pointing out that having a patron visit when the network
is in the process of a failed upgrade would be worse than a visit when the network
is only somewhat likely to perform slowly. In addition, during the holiday break,
the network won’t be as busy as it would be during business hours, and the
chances of network congestion are minimized.