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201.

Which routing protocol implements the diffusing update algorithm?

A. is-is
B. igrp
C. eigrp
D. ospf
Answer» D. ospf
202.

Which protocol maintains neighbor adjacencies?

A. ripv2 and eigrp
B. igrp and eigrp
C. ripv2
D. eigrp
Answer» D. eigrp
203.

What does administrative distance rank?

A. metrics
B. sources of routing information
C. router reliability
D. best paths
Answer» C. router reliability
204.

Which two routing protocols can be redistributed into OSPF by a Cisco router?

A. ip eigrp and appletalk eigrp
B. appletalk eigrp and ripv2
C. ripv2 and ip eigrp
D. ipx rip & appletalk eigrp
Answer» D. ipx rip & appletalk eigrp
205.

Which of the situations might not require multiple routing protocols in a network?

A. when a new layer 2-only switch is added to the network
B. when you are migrating from one routing protocol to another
C. when you are using routers from multiple vendors
D. when there are host-based routers from multiple vendors
Answer» B. when you are migrating from one routing protocol to another
206.

Which of the following is true regarding RIPv2?

A. it has a lower administrative distance than ripv1
B. it converges faster than ripv1
C. it has the same timers as ripv1
D. it is harder to configure than ripv1
Answer» D. it is harder to configure than ripv1
207.

Which statement is true regarding classless routing protocols?

A. the use of discontinuous networks is not allowed
B. the use of variable length subnet masks is permitted
C. ripv1 is a classless routing protocol
D. ripv2 supports classless routing
Answer» C. ripv1 is a classless routing protocol
208.

Where should we use default routing?

A. on stub networks- which have only one exit path out of the network
B. which have more than one exit path out of the network
C. minimum five exit paths out of the network
D. maximum five exit paths out of the network
Answer» B. which have more than one exit path out of the network
209.

Which statement is true regarding classless routing protocol?

A. the use of discontinuous networks is not allowed
B. use of variable length subnet masks is permitted
C. ripv1 is a classless routing protocol
D. igrp supports classes routing within the same autonomous system
Answer» C. ripv1 is a classless routing protocol
210.

_________ is the default administrative distance of RIP.

A. 0
B. 90
C. 120
D. 130
Answer» D. 130
211.

Which protocol gives a full route table update every 30 seconds?

A. iegrp
B. rip
C. icmp
D. ip
Answer» C. icmp
212.

Default administrative distance of a static route is ________

A. 0
B. 90
C. 100
D. 1
Answer» E.
213.

Which command displays RIP routing updates?

A. show ip route
B. debug ip rip
C. show protocols
D. debug ip route
Answer» C. show protocols
214.

How often does a RIPv1 router broadcast its routing table by default?

A. every 30 seconds
B. every 60 seconds
C. every 90 seconds
D. ripv1 does not broadcast periodically
Answer» B. every 60 seconds
215.

What does the “IPX maximum-paths 2” command accomplish?

A. it enables load sharing on 2 paths if the paths are equal metric paths
B. it sets up routing to go to network 2
C. it is the default for cisco ipx load sharing
D. it enables load sharing on 2 paths if the paths are unequal metric paths
Answer» B. it sets up routing to go to network 2
216.

Novell’s implementation of RIP updates routing tables every _________ seconds.

A. 60
B. 90
C. 10
D. 30
Answer» B. 90
217.

Which protocol should you select if the network diameter is more than 17 hops?

A. ripv1
B. ripv2
C. eigrp
D. both ripv1 and ripv2
Answer» B. ripv2
218.

Which type of Ethernet framing is used for TCP/IP and DEC net?

A. ethernet 802.3
B. ethernet 802.2
C. ethernet ii
D. ethernet snap
Answer» D. ethernet snap
219.

The network address of 172.16.0.0/19 provides how many subnets and hosts?

A. 7 subnets, 30 hosts each
B. 8 subnets, 8,190 hosts each
C. 8 subnets, 2,046 hosts each
D. 7 subnets, 2,046 hosts each
Answer» C. 8 subnets, 2,046 hosts each
220.

What is the subnet id of a host with an IP address 172.16.66.0/21?

A. 172.16.36.0
B. 172.16.48.0
C. 172.16.64.0
D. 172.16.0.0
Answer» D. 172.16.0.0
221.

Which NetWare protocol provides link-state routing?

A. nlsp
B. rip
C. sap
D. ncp
Answer» B. rip
222.

0.0.0 router IGRP 109 network 172.68.7.0

A. it isolates networks 10.0.0.0 and 172.68.7.0
B. it loads igrp for networks 109 and 71
C. it disables rip
D. it disables all routing protocols
Answer» B. it loads igrp for networks 109 and 71
223.

_________ is another kind of fiber optic network with an active star for switching.

A. s/net
B. sw/net
C. net/sw
D. fs/net
Answer» B. sw/net
224.

Which of the following are Gigabit Ethernets?

A. 1000 base-sx
B. 1000 base-lx
C. 1000 base-cx
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
225.

Which are the features present in IPv4 but not in IPv6?

A. fragmentation
B. header checksum
C. options
D. anycast address
Answer» E.
226.

IPv6 does not use ________ type of address.

A. broadcast
B. multicast
C. any cast
D. unicast
Answer» B. multicast
227.

In an IPv6 header, the traffic class field is similar to which field in the IPv4 header?

A. fragmentation field
B. fast switching
C. tos field
D. option field
Answer» D. option field
228.

Which of the following is not applicable for IP?

A. error reporting
B. handle addressing conventions
C. datagram format
D. packet handling
Answer» B. handle addressing conventions
229.

Which of the following is not a transition strategy?

A. dual stack
B. tunneling
C. conversion
D. header translation
Answer» D. header translation
230.

The main reason for transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is _________

A. huge number of systems on the internet
B. very low number of system on the internet
C. providing standard address
D. to provide faster internet
Answer» B. very low number of system on the internet
231.

Which of these is not a type of error-reporting message?

A. destination unreachable
B. source quench
C. router error
D. time exceeded
Answer» D. time exceeded
232.

During error reporting, ICMP always reports error messages to ________

A. destination
B. source
C. next router
D. previous router
Answer» C. next router
233.

Header size of the ICMP message is _________

A. 8-bytes
B. 8-bits
C. 16-bytes
D. 16-bits
Answer» B. 8-bits
234.

In transport layer, Multiplexing is done at _________

A. channel
B. receiver site
C. sender site
D. packet
Answer» D. packet
235.

The combination of an IP address and port number is called as ________

A. socket address
B. port address
C. mac address
D. host address
Answer» B. port address
236.

Multiple processes on destinations at transport layer are identified by __________

A. mac address
B. port number
C. host number
D. host address
Answer» C. host number
237.

Range of port numbers in Internet model is __________

A. 0 and 32,765(8-bit)
B. 0 and 32,765(16-bit)
C. 0 and 65,535(32-bit)
D. 0 and 65,535(16-bit)
Answer» E.
238.

Which layer is responsible for process-to-process delivery?

A. physical layer
B. network layer
C. transport layer
D. application layer
Answer» D. application layer
239.

When was IPv6 launched?

A. june 2, 2012
B. june 4, 2012
C. june 5, 2012
D. june 6, 2012
Answer» E.
240.

Which statement(s) about IPv6 addresses are true?

A. leading zeros are required
B. two colons (::) are used to represent successive hexadecimal fields of zeros
C. two colons (::) are used to separate fields
D. a single interface cannot have multiple ipv6 addresses of different types
Answer» C. two colons (::) are used to separate fields
241.

In IPv6 addresses, addresses that start with eight 0s are called ________

A. unicast addresses
B. multicast addresses
C. any cast addresses
D. reserved addresses
Answer» E.
242.

A link local address of local addresses is used in an _______

A. isolated router
B. isolated mask
C. isolated subnet
D. isolated net
Answer» D. isolated net
243.

Dual-stack approach refers to _________

A. implementing ipv4 with 2 stacks
B. implementing ipv6 with 2 stacks
C. node has both ipv4 and ipv6 support
D. implementing a mac address with 2 stacks
Answer» D. implementing a mac address with 2 stacks
244.

The _________ field determines the lifetime of IPv6 datagram

A. hop limit
B. ttl
C. next header
D. type of traffic
Answer» B. ttl
245.

Which among the following features is present in IPv6 but not in IPv4?

A. fragmentation
B. header checksum
C. options
D. anycast address
Answer» E.
246.

IPv6 does not use _________ type of address.

A. broadcast
B. multicast
C. anycast
D. unicast
Answer» B. multicast
247.

The size of an IP address in IPv6 is _________

A. 4 bytes
B. 128 bits
C. 8 bytes
D. 100 bits
Answer» C. 8 bytes
248.

Which of this is not a class of IP address?

A. class e
B. class c
C. class d
D. class f
Answer» E.
249.

Network addresses are a very important concept of ________

A. routing
B. mask
C. ip addressing
D. classless addressing
Answer» D. classless addressing
250.

The header length of an IPv6 datagram is ___________

A. 10bytes
B. 25bytes
C. 30bytes
D. 40bytes
Answer» E.