End-user PCs should be connected into which of the following...
Which of the following is a standardized method of trunk...
Layer 2 switching uses which of the following values to forward data?
Which IOS command configures a Catalyst switch for VTP client mode?
Which Catalyst IOS switch command is used to assign a port to a VLAN?
Which of the following is not a Catalyst switch VTP mode?
Which of these is one of the parameters used to elect a Root Bridge?
What is the Cisco proprietary method for trunk encapsulation?
What information is used to forward frames in a Layer 2 switch?
What type of cable should you use to connect two switches back to back...
A VLAN is which of the following?
What type of interface represents an EtherChannel as a whole?
What is the maximum cable distance for a Category 5 100BASE-TX...
What is the default 802.1D STP bridge priority on a Catalyst switch?
What is a VLAN primarily used for?
Which Catalyst IOS command can you use to display the addresses in the...
Switches provide VLAN connectivity at which layer of the OSI model?
Which of these is a method for negotiating an EtherChannel?
Where should the STP PortFast feature be used?
Which of the following protocols can be used as a tool to discover a...
What happens to a port that is neither a Root Port nor a Designated...
Ethernet autonegotiation determines which of the following?
Which of the following is a valid EtherChannel negotiation mode...
What does a switch do if a MAC address cannot be found in the CAM...
How many different VLANs can an 802.1Q trunk support?
Which of these parameters should you change to make a switch become a...
What switch command can be used to change from PVST+ to MST?
What does the IEEE 802.3 standard define?
Which one of the following is needed for VTP communication?
Which one of the following VTP modes does not allow any manual VLAN...
If a switch has 10 VLANs defined and active, how many instances of STP...
What is the purpose of breaking a campus network into a hierarchical...
Which of the following features protects a switch port from accepting...
What mechanism is used to set STP timer values for all switches in a...
How many layers are recommended in the hierarchical campus network...
Which of the following devices performs transparent bridging?
Which one of the following is needed to pass data between two PCs,...
What logical operation is performed to calculate EtherChannel load...
Which command can be used to see the status of an EtherChannel's...
Which of the following show interface output information can you use...
Which VLAN number is never eligible for VTP pruning?
When a PC is connected to a Layer 2 switch port, how far does the...
Assume that you have just entered the configure terminal command. To...
What is the maximum number of Root Ports that a Catalyst switch can...
When a switch running RSTP receives an 802.1D BPDU, what happens?
How is a bridging loop best described?
What is the default "hello" time for IEEE 802.1D?
Where should the Root Bridge be placed on a network?
Which of the following does a multilayer switch perform?
In the core layer of a hierarchical network, which of the following...
Configuration BPDUs are originated by which of the following?
Why is it important to protect the placement of the Root Bridge?
Which VLANs are allowed on a trunk link by default?
Which of the following might present a VTP problem?
Which of these is the single most important design decision to be made...
Which of the following commands can enable STP loop guard on a switch...
If a switch port is in the errdisable state, what is the first thing...
Which of the following features can actively test for the loss of the...
Where does a broadcast domain exist in a switched network?
Access list contents can be merged into which of the following?
Which of the following is not a valid method for EtherChannel load...
How many distribution switches should be built into each switch block?
In a switch, frames are placed in which buffer after forwarding...
Which of the following cannot be determined if the far end of a...
Multilayer switches using CEF are based on which of these techniques?
Which of these protocols dynamically negotiates trunking parameters?
How many VTP management domains can a Catalyst switch participate in?
If all switches in a network are left at their default STP values,...
What is the maximum number of access-layer switches that can connect...
Which command configures a switch port to form a trunk without using...
If a VTP server is configured for VTP version 2, what else must happen...
Which of the following commands can you use to enable STP root guard...
Which of the following is not a port state in RSTP?
Which one of the following is a valid combination of ports for an...
At what layer are traditional 10-Mbps Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and...
To maintain a loop-free STP topology, which one of the following...
On which standard is RSTP based?
Where does a collision domain exist in a switched network?
What are the most important aspects to consider when designing the...
In which OSI layer should devices in the distribution layer typically...
Which of the following is a result of a poorly placed Root Bridge in a...
Which of the following events triggers a topology change with RSTP on...
A hierarchical network's distribution layer aggregates which of the...
A switch in VTP transparent mode can do which one of the following?
What is the default path cost of a Gigabit Ethernet switch port?
What command can change the path cost of interface Gigabit Ethernet...
Which of the following commands is most likely to make a switch become...
Where should the STP root guard feature be enabled on a switch?
At what layer are traditional 10-Mbps Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and...
Which of the following features effectively disables spanning-tree...
Which one of the following enables the use of RSTP?
Which of the following standards defines the MST protocol?
What does the 20/80 rule of networking state? (Pick one.)
Which process is used during RSTP convergence?
Which of the following EtherChannel modes does not send or receive any...
Which of these is not a standard type of Gigabit Interface Converter...
Which of the following incorrectly describes a native VLAN?
Select all the parameters that decide whether to accept new VTP...
When is PagP's "desirable silent" mode useful?
Where should the STP UplinkFast feature be enabled?
UDLD must detect a unidirectional link before which of the following?
How many instances of STP are supported in the Cisco implementation of...
If two switches each support all types of trunk encapsulation on a...
Which answer describes multilayer switching with CEF?
Two computers are the only hosts sending IP data across an...
Access list rules are compiled as TCAM entries. When a packet is...
What is the purpose of VTP pruning?
Which of the following features protects a switch port from accepting...
When does an RSTP switch consider a neighbor to be down?
In a server farm block, where should redundancy be provided? (Choose...
Which one of the following is a valid VTP advertisement?
What causes RSTP to view a port as a point-to-point port?
In a properly designed hierarchical network, a broadcast from one PC...
Which of these methods distributes traffic over an EtherChannel?
STP loop guard detects which of the following conditions?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of MST?
What network diameter value is the basis for the default STP timer...
If Fast Ethernet ports are bundled into an EtherChannel, what is the...
MAC addresses can be placed into the CAM table, but no data can be...
What must a switch do when it receives a UDLD message on a link?
What size are the mask and pattern fields in a TCAM entry?
How can the EtherChannel load-balancing method be set?
Multilayer switching (MLS) forwards packets based on what OSI layers?
What are two types of core, or backbone, designs?
In the Catalyst 6500, frames can be filtered with access lists for...
Which of the following is the Spanning Tree Protocol defined in the...
Which one of the following tasks is not an appropriate strategy for...
Which one or more of the following are the components of a typical...
A switch block should be sized according to what?
If used, the STP BackboneFast feature should be enabled on which of...
What evidence can be seen when a switch block is too large? (Choose...
Hat happens if the Root Bridge switch and another switch are...
Which services typically are located at the enterprise edge block?...
Which of the following are building blocks or modules used to build a...