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Computer Networks MCQs

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501

Your router has the following IP address on Ethernet0: 172.16.2.1/23. Which of the following can be valid host IDs on the LAN interface attached to the router? i. 172.16.1.100 ii. 172.16.1.198 iii. 172.16.2.255 iv. 172.16.3.0

a i only
b ii and iii only
c iii and iv only
d ii only
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502

Which two statements describe the IP address 10.16.3.65/23? i. The subnet address is 10.16.3.0 255.255.254.0. ii. The lowest host address in the subnet is 10.16.2.1 255.255.254.0. iii. The last valid host address in the subnet is 10.16.2.254 255.255.254.0. iv. The broadcast address of the subnet is 10.16.3.255 255.255.254.0.

a i and iii
b ii and iv
c i, ii and iv
d ii, iii and iv
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503

What is the maximum number of IP addresses that can be assigned to hosts on a local subnet that uses the 255.255.255.224 subnet mask?

a 14
b 15
c 16
d 30
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504

You have a network that needs 29 subnets while maximizing the number of host addresses available on each subnet. How many bits must you borrow from the host field to provide the correct subnet mask?

a 2
b 3
c 4
d 5
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505

If an Ethernet port on a router were assigned an IP address of 172.16.112.1/25, what would be the valid subnet address of this host?

a 172.16.112.0
b 172.16.0.0
c 172.16.96.0
d 172.16.255.0
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506

You have an interface on a router with the IP address of 192.168.192.10/29. Including the router interface, how many hosts can have IP addresses on the LAN attached to the router interface?

a 6
b 8
c 30
d 32
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507

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
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508

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
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509

Consider a situation in which you are a system administrator on a NetWare network, you are running NetWare 4.11 and you cannot communicate with your router. What is the likely problem?

a NetWare 4.11 defaults to 802.2 encapsulation
b NetWare 4.11 defaults to 802.3 encapsulation
c Cisco routers only work with NetWare 3.11
d NetWare 3.11 defaults to 802.2 encapsulation
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510

NetWare IPX addressing uses a network number and a node number. Which statement is not true?

a The network address is administratively assigned and can be up to 16 hexadecimal digits long
b The node address is always administratively assigned
c The node address is usually the MAC address
d If the MAC address is used as the node address, then IPX eliminates the use of ARP
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511

Which NetWare protocol works on layer 3–network layerβ€”of the OSI model?

a IPX
b NCP
c SPX
d NetBIOS
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512

Which NetWare protocol provides link-state routing?

a NLSP
b RIP
c SAP
d NCP
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513

What does the following series of commands β€œRouter IGRP 71 network” accomplish? 10.0.0.0 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
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514

The β€œIPX delay number” command will allow an administrator to change the default settings. What are the default settings?

a For LAN interfaces, one tick; for WAN interfaces, six ticks
b For LAN interfaces, six ticks; for WAN interfaces, one tick
c For LAN interfaces, zero ticks; for WAN interfaces, five ticks
d For LAN interfaces, five ticks; for WAN interfaces, zero Ticks
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515

As a system administrator, you need to set up one Ethernet interface on the Cisco router to allow for both sap and Novell-ether encapsulations. Which set of commands will accomplish this?

a Interface Ethernet 0.1 IPX encapsulation Novell-ether IPX network 9e interface Ethernet 0.2 IPX network 6c
b Interface Ethernet 0 IPX encapsulation Novell-ether IPX network 9e interface Ethernet 0 IPX encapsulation sap IPX network 6c
c Interface Ethernet 0.1 IPX encapsulation Novell-ether interface Ethernet 0.2 IPX encapsulation sap
d Interface Ethernet 0.1ipx encapsulation Novell-ether IPX network 9e interface Ethernet 0.2 IPX encapsulation sap IPX network 6c
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516

What does the β€œIPX 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
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517

To prevent Service Advertisements (SAPs) from flooding a network, Cisco routers do not forward them. How are services advertised to other networks?

a Each router builds its own SAP table and forwards that every 60 seconds
b Each router assigns a service number and broadcasts that
c SAPs aren’t necessary with Cisco routers
d Cisco routers filter out all SAPs
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518

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

a 60
b 90
c 10
d 30
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519

In Novell’s use of RIP, there are two metrics used to make routing decisions. Select the correct metrics.

a Ticks & Hops
b Hops & Loops
c Loops & Counts
d Counts & Ticks
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520

Which routing protocol has a maximum network diameter (hop count) of 15?

a RIPv1
b RIPv2
c EIGRP
d Both RIPv1 and RIPv2
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521

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
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522

Which command displays RIP routing updates?

a Show IP route
b Debug IP rip
c Show protocols
d Debug IP route
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523

Two connected routers are configured with RIP routing. What will be the result when a router receives a routing update that contains a higher-cost path to a network already in its routing table?

a The updated information will be added to the existing routing table Debug IP rip
b The update will be ignored and no further action will occur Debug IP route
c The updated information will replace the existing routing table entry
d The existing routing table entry will be deleted from the routing table and all routers will exchange routing updates to reach c
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524

You type debug IP rip on your router console and see that 172.16.10.0 is being advertised to you with a metric of 16. What does this mean?

a The route is 16 hops away Debug IP rip
b The route has a delay of 16 microseconds Debug IP route
c The route is inaccessible
d The route is queued at 16 messages a second
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525

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

a IEGRP
b RIP
c ICMP
d IP
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526

_________ is the default administrative distance of RIP.

a 0
b 90
c 120
d 130
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527

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
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528

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
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529

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
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530

What is route poisoning?

a It sends back the protocol received from a router as a poison pill, which stops the regular updates. The use of variable length s
b It is information received from a router that can’t be sent back to the originating router.RIPv2 supports classless routing
c It prevents regular update messages from reinstating a route that has just come up
d It describes when a router sets the metric for a downed link to infinity
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531

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
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532

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
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533

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
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534

Which is a reason for avoiding doing route redistribution on two routers between the same two routing domains?

a Higher cost of two routers
b Routing feedback
c Cisco IOS incompatibility
d Not possible to use two routers
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535

Which protocol maintains neighbor adjacencies?

a RIPv2 and EIGRP
b IGRP and EIGRP
c RIPv2
d EIGRP
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536

Which routing protocol implements the diffusing update algorithm?

a IS-IS
b IGRP
c EIGRP
d OSPF
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537

In cryptography, what is cipher?

a algorithm for performing encryption and decryption
b encrypted message
c both algorithm for performing encryption and decryption and encrypted message
d decrypted message
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538

In asymmetric key cryptography, the private key is kept by __________

a sender
b receiver
c sender and receiver
d all the connected devices to the network
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539

Which one of the following algorithm is not used in asymmetric-key cryptography?

a rsa algorithm
b diffie-hellman algorithm
c electronic code book algorithm
d dsa algorithm
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540

In cryptography, the order of the letters in a message is rearranged by __________

a transpositional ciphers
b substitution ciphers
c both transpositional ciphers and substitution ciphers
d quadratic ciphers
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541

What is data encryption standard (DES)?

a block cipher
b stream cipher
c bit cipher
d byte cipher
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542

Cryptanalysis is used __________

a to find some insecurity in a cryptographic scheme
b to increase the speed
c to encrypt the data
d to make new ciphers
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543

Voice privacy in GSM cellular telephone protocol is provided by _______

a A5/2 cipher
b b5/4 cipher
c b5/6 cipher
d b5/8 cipher
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544

ElGamal encryption system is __________

a symmetric key encryption algorithm
b asymmetric key encryption algorithm
c not an encryption algorithm
d block cipher method
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545

Cryptographic hash function takes an arbitrary block of data and returns _________

a fixed size bit string
b variable size bit string
c both fixed size bit string and variable size bit string
d variable sized byte string
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546

HTTP is ________ protocol.

a application layer
b transport layer
c network layer
d data link layer
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547

In the network HTTP resources are located by __________

a Uniform resource identifier
b Unique resource locator
c Unique resource identifier
d Union resource locator
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548

HTTP client requests by establishing a __________ connection to a particular port on the server.

a User datagram protocol
b Transmission control protocol
c Border gateway protocol
d Domain host control protocol
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549

In HTTP pipelining __________

a multiple HTTP requests are sent on a single TCP connection without waiting for the corresponding responses
b multiple HTTP requests cannot be sent on a single TCP connection
c multiple HTTP requests are sent in a queue on a single TCP connection
d multiple HTTP requests are sent at random on a single TCP connection
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550

FTP server listens for connection on which port number?

a 20
b 21
c 22
d 23
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