OSPF (Network+) Quiz: Link-State Routing Mastery

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2. Which OSPF area type restricts the import of external routes and requires a default route?

Standard area

Stub area

Totally Stubby area

Not-so-stubby area

3. OSPF neighbor routers must have matching values for which of the following? (Select all that apply)

Area ID

Hello interval

Dead interval

Hostname

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5. What is the primary function of the Designated Router (DR) in OSPF?

To forward all traffic on the network

To reduce LSA flooding and adjacency count on multi-access networks

To replace failed routers automatically

To manage area configuration

6. True or False: OSPF uses TCP port 89 for routing protocol communication.

True

False

7. OSPF uses multicast addresses to send updates. Which is the primary multicast address for OSPF routers?

224.0.0.1

224.0.0.5

224.0.0.9

224.0.0.10

8. Which of the following OSPF packet types is used to acknowledge received updates?

Hello packet

Database Description packet

Link-State Acknowledgment packet

Link-State Request packet

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10. What is the default OSPF dead interval on broadcast networks?

30 seconds

40 seconds

60 seconds

120 seconds

11. What does OSPF stand for?

Open Shortest Path First

Open Switched Protocol Framework

Optimal Service Path Finder

Open Source Packet Forwarding

12. Which OSPF router type maintains a separate link-state database for each area?

Backbone router

Area Border Router (ABR)

Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR)

Internal router

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14. What is the default OSPF Hello interval on broadcast networks?

5 seconds

10 seconds

15 seconds

30 seconds

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16. Which of the following is NOT a valid OSPF network type?

Broadcast

Point-to-point

Non-broadcast multi-access

Multi-access broadcast

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18. What is the default administrative distance (AD) for OSPF?

90

100

110

120

19. Which of the following best describes how OSPF builds its routing table?

By periodic exchange of complete routing tables

By flooding link-state advertisements and calculating shortest paths

By listening to distance-vector updates from neighbors

By requesting routes from a central routing server

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OSPF Quiz: Can You Master Link-State Routing?

1. The OSPF metric is primarily based on link ____ or cost.

2.

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

2. Which OSPF area type restricts the import of external routes and requires a default route?

3. OSPF neighbor routers must have matching values for which of the following? (Select all that apply)

4. In OSPF, LSA stands for .

5. What is the primary function of the Designated Router (DR) in OSPF?

6. True or False: OSPF uses TCP port 89 for routing protocol communication.

7. OSPF uses multicast addresses to send updates. Which is the primary multicast address for OSPF routers?

8. Which of the following OSPF packet types is used to acknowledge received updates?

9. In OSPF, Area 0 is designated as the ____ area.

10. What is the default OSPF dead interval on broadcast networks?

11. What does OSPF stand for?

12. Which OSPF router type maintains a separate link-state database for each area?

13. OSPF routers use a ____ tree to determine the best path to each destination.

14. What is the default OSPF Hello interval on broadcast networks?

15. In OSPF, the Shortest Path First (SPF) algorithm is also known as ____ algorithm.

16. Which of the following is NOT a valid OSPF network type?

17. OSPF routers form neighbor relationships by exchanging ____ messages.

18. What is the default administrative distance (AD) for OSPF?

19. Which of the following best describes how OSPF builds its routing table?

20. OSPF is a ____ routing protocol that uses the SPF algorithm.

OSPF Quiz: Can You Master Link-State Routing?

1. The OSPF metric is primarily based on link ____ or cost.

2.

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

2. Which OSPF area type restricts the import of external routes and requires a default route?

3. OSPF neighbor routers must have matching values for which of the following? (Select all that apply)

4. In OSPF, LSA stands for ____ ____ ____.

5. What is the primary function of the Designated Router (DR) in OSPF?

6. True or False: OSPF uses TCP port 89 for routing protocol communication.

7. OSPF uses multicast addresses to send updates. Which is the primary multicast address for OSPF routers?

8. Which of the following OSPF packet types is used to acknowledge received updates?

9. In OSPF, Area 0 is designated as the ____ area.

10. What is the default OSPF dead interval on broadcast networks?

11. What does OSPF stand for?

12. Which OSPF router type maintains a separate link-state database for each area?

13. OSPF routers use a ____ tree to determine the best path to each destination.

14. What is the default OSPF Hello interval on broadcast networks?

15. In OSPF, the Shortest Path First (SPF) algorithm is also known as ____ algorithm.

16. Which of the following is NOT a valid OSPF network type?

17. OSPF routers form neighbor relationships by exchanging ____ messages.

18. What is the default administrative distance (AD) for OSPF?

19. Which of the following best describes how OSPF builds its routing table?

20. OSPF is a ____ routing protocol that uses the SPF algorithm.

4. In OSPF, LSA stands for .