Aruba STP Configuration Quiz

1. In MSTP, what are virtual switch instances grouped into?

Regions

Domains

Zones

Clusters

Submit

3. Which command on Aruba displays the current STP topology and port roles?

Show spanning-tree

Display stp status

List spanning-tree config

Show topology stp

4. True or False: In STP, a bridge with a lower MAC address always becomes the root bridge.

True

False

Submit

6. Which port type in RSTP connects to another switch and can quickly transition?

Edge port

Point-to-point port

Shared port

Backup port

7. RSTP achieves faster convergence by eliminating which STP state?

Listening

Learning

Blocking

Forwarding

Submit

9. What happens when a designated port receives a superior BPDU in RSTP?

It becomes a root port immediately

It transitions to blocking state

It immediately becomes an alternate port

It waits for forward delay timeout

10. Which Aruba command sets a switch as the STP root bridge?

Spanning-tree root primary

Set spanning-tree priority 0

Root-bridge enable

Spanning-tree bridge priority 0

11. Which protocol does Aruba use to prevent loops in switched networks?

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)

Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

All of the above

12. What is the path cost in STP primarily based on?

Port number

Link speed

Bridge priority

VLAN ID

13. Which port state in STP does not forward user traffic or learn MAC addresses?

Listening

Learning

Blocking

Forwarding

14. In Aruba switches, what is the purpose of the hello time in STP?

Time between root bridge elections

Interval for sending BPDUs

Maximum age before port blocks

Forward delay timeout value

15. Which command enables STP on an Aruba switch interface?

Spanning-tree enable

Stp enable

Spanning-tree mode rstp

No spanning-tree disable

16. What does BPDU stand for in Spanning Tree terminology?

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

Bridge Port Designation Update

Bridge Protocol Detection Unit

Bridge Priority Data Unit

17. In RSTP, how many port states exist compared to STP?

RSTP has 2 states versus STP's 5

RSTP has 3 states versus STP's 5

RSTP has 5 states versus STP's 3

Both have the same number

18. Which STP port role forwards frames and can transition to forwarding state?

Root port

Designated port

Non-designated port

Backup port

19. What is the default bridge priority value in standard STP?

0

32768

65535

4096

20. In STP, which device is elected first during the spanning tree calculation?

Root port

Root bridge

Designated bridge

Non-designated bridge

Aruba Switching Associate Spanning Tree Configuration Quiz

1. In MSTP, what are virtual switch instances grouped into?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. In RSTP, an ______ port connects to a single host and can skip the learning state.

3. Which command on Aruba displays the current STP topology and port roles?

4. True or False: In STP, a bridge with a lower MAC address always becomes the root bridge.

5. In Aruba MSTP configuration, the ______ identifies a unique spanning tree instance per region.

6. Which port type in RSTP connects to another switch and can quickly transition?

7. RSTP achieves faster convergence by eliminating which STP state?

8. In STP, the forward delay timer typically has a default value of ____.

9. What happens when a designated port receives a superior BPDU in RSTP?

10. Which Aruba command sets a switch as the STP root bridge?

11. Which protocol does Aruba use to prevent loops in switched networks?

12. What is the path cost in STP primarily based on?

13. Which port state in STP does not forward user traffic or learn MAC addresses?

14. In Aruba switches, what is the purpose of the hello time in STP?

15. Which command enables STP on an Aruba switch interface?

16. What does BPDU stand for in Spanning Tree terminology?

17. In RSTP, how many port states exist compared to STP?

18. Which STP port role forwards frames and can transition to forwarding state?

19. What is the default bridge priority value in standard STP?

20. In STP, which device is elected first during the spanning tree calculation?