CCNA 3 Final Exam Answer, CCNA 3 Final

CCNA-3 FInal Question and Answer

1. Refer to the exhibit. After entering the commands in the exhibit, the administrator receives a “password required, but none set” message when attempting to connect to S1. What is the problem?

The enable secret password was not set.
S1 does not have login configured on the vty lines.
S1 does not have a password configured for the vty lines.
The crypto key is not properly configured to generate passwords.
The VLAN1 interface has not be enabled with the no shutdown command.

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2. Which CLI mode allows users to access all device commands, such as those used for configuration, management, and troubleshooting?

user EXEC mode
privileged EXEC modeglobal configuration mode
interface configuration mode

3. Refer to the exhibit. Which Spanning Tree Protocol version is in effect?

Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST)
Per VLAN Spanning Tree + (PVST+)
Common Spanning Tree (CST)
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

4. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator has segmented the network into two VLANs and configured Router1 for inter-VLAN routing. A test of the network, however, shows that hosts on each VLAN can only access local resources and not resources on the other VLAN. What is the most likely cause of this problem?

Switch port Fa0/1 is not trunking.Router interface Fa0/0 is possibly down.
No routing protocol is configured on Router1.
One of the router subinterfaces is possibly down.

5. Refer to the exhibit. Hosts A and B, connected to hub HB1, attempt to transmit a frame at the same time but a collision occurs. Which hosts will receive the collision jamming signal?

only hosts A and B
only hosts A, B, and Conly hosts A, B, C, and D
only hosts A, B, C, and E

6. Refer to the exhibit. Which three options correctly identify information that could be associated with this output?(Choose three.)

Interface FastEthernet3/0/0 is subinterfaced.A non-proprietary trunking protocol is in use.The configuration is appropriate for a router-on-a-stick network design.
A shutdown command has been applied to interface FastEthernet3/0/0.
Interface FastEthernet3/0/0.3 is mapped to the default management VLAN.
An IP address should be applied to FastEthernet3/0/0 for correct data routing.

7. Which method establishes an administrative connection for configuring the Linksys WRT300N wireless access point?

Associate with the access point and then open a HyperTerminal session with the access point.
Physically connect to the access point and then reboot the computer to launch the configuration software.
From a computer in the same IP subnet as the access point, enter the default IP address of the access point in a web browser.Modify the TCP/IP properties of the computer connected to the access point so that it exists on the same network, and then reboot your computer to establish a connection.

8. Which parameter is used to uniquely identify one wireless network from another?

SSIDOFDM
WEP
DSSS

9. Which value determines if a switch becomes the central point of reference in the spanning tree topology?

lowest bridge IDhighest revision number
lowest numeric IP address
highest numeric MAC address

10. An administrator is troubleshooting a PC on the network which is suffering from slow and intermittent connectivity. The PC has a ping success rate to the default gateway of less than half the ping attempts. Other PCs on the switch can consistently ping the default gateway. The switch port is configured for auto duplex and the PC is configured for full duplex. What will commonly cause this problem?

The PC is set to full duplex. The switch port fails to autonegotiate the duplex setting and defaults to half duplex, which causes a duplex mismatch.The switch traffic is exceeding available frame buffers. The result is that frames are being dropped.
The PC and the default gateway have different bandwidth Ethernet ports.
The default gateway is not on the same switch that the PC is.

11. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator needs to add IP phones to the network. To which devices should the IP phones connect?

AS1 and AS2DS1 and DS2
DS1, DS2, and CS1
AS1, AS2, DS1, and DS2

12. What VLANs are allowed across a trunk when the range of allowed VLANs is set to the default value?

only the management VLAN
all VLANs except the extended range VLANs
all VLANs except 1 and 1002-1005
all VLANs

13. Refer to the exhibit. VTP pruning is enabled in the VTP domain that is shown. How will switch ST-1 handle Layer 2 broadcast traffic originating from host A on switch ST-C?

It will be dropped.
It will be forwarded out port Fa0/5 only.It will be forwarded out ports Fa0/5 and Fa0/10.
It will be forwarded out ports Fa0/5, Fa0/10, and Fa0/15.

14. What is the purpose of the Spanning Tree algorithm?

It propagates VLAN configurations to other switches.
It restricts broadcast packets to a single VLAN.
It segments a network into multiple broadcast domains.
It prevents loops in a switched network with redundant paths.

15. In which mode is a VTP switch operating if it does not allow for the creation of local VLANs but it does accept VLAN updates from other switches in the same domain?

client
root
server
transparent

16. Which three statements are correct concerning the default configuration of a new switch? (Choose three.)

It is configured in VTP server mode.STP is automatically enabled.The first VTY line is automatically configured to allow remote connections.
VLAN1 is configured with a management IP address.
All switch ports are assigned to VLAN1.The enable password is configured as cisco.

17. Refer to the exhibit. A new host needs to be connected to VLAN 1. Which IP address should be assigned to this new host?

192.168.1.11 /28
192.168.1.22 /28
192.168.1.33 /28
192.168.1.44 /28
192.168.1.55 /28

18. Refer to the exhibit. An administrator documented the output of a CAMtable from an Ethernet switch as shown. What action will the switch take when it receives the frame shown at the bottom of the exhibit?

discard the frame
forward the frame out port 2
forward the frame out port 3
forward the frame out all ports
forward the frame out all ports except port 3
add station 00-00-3D-1F-11-05 to port 2 in the forwarding table

19. When port security is used on a switch, which violation mode will cause an SNMP trap to be sent and traffic to be dropped when the number of secure MAC addresses for a port is reached?

sticky
protect
restrictshutdown

20. Refer to the exhibit. What is the maximum number of VLANs that can be deleted from the Switch as it is configured?

zero
four
five
eight
nine

21. Which configuration changes will increment the configuration revisionnumber on the VTP server?

configuring trunk links on the VTP server
configuring or changing the VTP password
configuring or changing the VTP domain name
configuring or changing the VTP version number
configuring or deleting a VLAN or creating a VLAN name

22. Using the command copy tftp:backup.cfg startup-config, an administratordownloaded a saved configuration from a TFTP server to a switch. Why does the administrator not detect any changes in the switch configuration after the download completes?

The command should have been copy startup-config tftp:backup.cfg.
A backup configuration from a TFTP server cannot be copied directly into the startup-config.
The command copy running-config startup-config should be used to save the changes on the switch.
Downloading to the startup-config requires the switch to be reloaded in order for the configuration to take effect.

23. Refer to the exhibit. Each switch is configured to participate in STP for VLANs 1, 10, 20, and 30. Which switch will become the root for VLAN 20?

A
B
C
D

24. Why is MAC address filtering considered a poor choice in securing a WLAN?

Available bandwidth is reduced
MAC addresses are easily spoofed.APs are more susceptible to DoS attacks.
The payload encryption is easily broken.

25. Refer to the exhibit. If switch SW1 is configured with the four VLANs as shown in the exhibit, how many physical interfaces are needed on router R1 to configure inter-VLAN routing using subinterfaces?

zero
one
two
four

26. Refer to the exhibit. What can be determined from the configuration of this wireless device?

This configuration is commonly found in an ad hoc network.
All wireless devices that are connected to this access point must have the SSID of Academy.
Any wireless clients that are attached to this access point would have the same IP address and SSID.
Any wireless clients that are attached to this access point must be connected using the 802.11n WAN protocol.

27. Which type of traffic can still be received on a switch interface that is in STP blocking mode?

BPDU framesmulticast frames
broadcast frames
Layer 3 packets

28. What is the purpose of configuring a switch port as a trunk port?

to control the broadcast domain size
to eliminate the collisions that result from multiple VLANs
to transmit data from multiple VLANs through a single port
to increase the bandwidth between the switch and its upstream device

29. Refer to the exhibit. Which statement is true about the status of interface Fa0/1?

The interface is not configured to transmit data.
The interface is configured to transmit data at 10 Mb/s speed.
The interface is configured to transmit data in half-duplex mode.The interface is configured to use HDLC encapsulation to transmit data.

30. Refer to the exhibit. Switch SWB is not responding to VTP updates from switch SWA. What is a possible cause of the problem?

The VTP revision numbers are different.
The number of existing VLANs is different.
There is a password set on one of the switches.
The enable passwords are not set on the switches.

31. Which wireless topology supports roaming from one access point to another?

ESS
BSS
IBSS
ad hoc

32. Refer to the exhibit. What is the effect of setting the security mode to WEP on the Linksys integrated router?

WEP identifies the wireless LAN.
WEP allows the access point to inform clients of its presence.
WEP translates IP addresses into easy-to-remember domain names.
WEP encrypts data between the wireless client and the access point.
WEP translates an internal address or group of addresses into an outside, public address.

33. Refer to the exhibit. Which two switch interfaces would be RSTP edge ports? (Choose two.)

switch S1, Fa0/1
switch S3, Fa0/5switch S4, Fa0/1
switch S2, Fa0/3
switch S4, Fa0/2switch S3, Fa0/2

34. A network technician is attempting to configure 802.1q trunking on switch ports Fa0/5 through Fa0/10. Which set of commands will accomplish this task?

Correct answer is image two.

35. Refer to the exhibit. Switch SWA is not processing VTP advertisments from switch SWB. What can done to correct the error?

Change the hostname of SWC to SWA.
Change the hostname of switch SWA to SWC.
Change the domain name on switch SWA to cisco.
Change the enable password on both switches to Cisco.

36. A network administrator is planning the upgrade of an enterprise LAN to feature Layer 3 support for the application of data security policies, aggregated links, and redundant devices and links. Which switches in the hierarchical three-layer design model support these network requirements?

core switches
access switches
backbone switches
distribution switches

37. The global configuration command ip default-gateway 172.16.100.1  is applied to a switch. What is the effect of this command?

The switch will have a management interface with the address 172.16.100.1.
The switch can be remotely managed from a host on another network.
The switch can communicate with other hosts on the 172.16.100.0 network.
The switch is limited to sending and receiving frames to and from the gateway 172.16.100.1.

38. Which type of VLAN would accommodate untagged traffic on a 802.1q trunk port?

data VLAN
native VLAN
untagged VLAN
management VLAN

39. Company policy requires disabling the command history buffer on network devices. An administrator enters terminal no history sizeat the command prompt on a Cisco Catalyst switch and receives no error messages back, but the command history buffer is still available. What is the problem?

The command contained a syntax error.
The Cisco IOS version does not support disabling the command history buffer.
The command history can only be disabled on a router, not a switch.
The size parameter reset the default buffer size but did not disable access to the buffer.

40. Refer to the exhibit. What does “LEARNING” mean as it relates to the Spanning Tree Protocol?

The switch is sending and receiving data frames.
The switch is not receiving BPDUs, but is sending and receiving data.
The switch is participating in the election process by forwarding the BPDUs it receives.
The switch is receiving BPDUs and populating the MAC address table, but not sending data.

41. Refer to the exhibit. All trunk links are operational and all VLANs are allowed on all trunk links. An ARP request is sent by computer 5. Which device or devices will receive this message?

only computer 4
computer 3 and RTR-Acomputer 4 and RTR-A
computer 1, computer 2, computer 4, and RTR-A
computer 1, computer 2, computer 3, computer 4, and RTR-A
all of the computers and the router

42. Refer to the exhibit. Router R1 is connected to a switch through a trunk. What two ways are indicative of how the router handles incoming VLAN traffic? (Choose two.)

Data from VLAN 20 is not being routed.
Incoming traffic with VLAN ID 1 is processed by interface Fa0/0.
Incoming traffic that has a VLAN ID of 10 is processed by subinterface Fa0/0.1.VLAN traffic is processed on the subinterfaces even if Fa0/0 line protocol goes down.
The router uses a unique MAC address on VLAN 10 and 20 by adding the 802.1Q VLAN ID to the hardware address.
Traffic inbound on this router is processed by different subinterfaces depending on the VLAN from which the traffic originated.

43. Refer to the exhibit. Users complain that they do not have connectivity to the web server that is connected to SW1. What should be done to remedy the problem?

Allow all VLANs on the trunk link.
Configure VLAN 100 as the native VLAN for SW1.Configure the trunk port in trunk mode on SW1.
Attach the web server to a router and configure inter-VLAN routing.

44. Refer to the exhibit. VLAN 20 was recently added on the network. Users on VLAN 20 on SW1 start complaining that they do not have connectivity to the users on the same VLAN on switch SW2. What should be done to remedy the problem?

Configure the trunk port in a desirable mode on SW2.
Include VLAN 20 in the list of allowed VLANs on the trunk link on SW2.
Configure VLAN 1 to be the native VLAN for both networks on SW1 and SW2.
Remove VLAN 20 from the allowed VLANs on the trunk link on SW2, an action that will enable all VLANs on the trunk link.

45. Which statement correctly describes an IBSS?

Wireless stations communicate with a single access point.
Wireless stations communicate directly with each other, without an access point.
Wireless stations communicate with multiple access points, each with the same SSID.
Wireless stations communicate with multiple access points, each with a different SSID.

46. Which two operations can be performed from the boot loader command line of a Cisco Catalyst switch? (Choose two.)

change hostname
view active VLANs
reinstall IOS image
format flash file system
show MAC address table

47. Refer to the exhibit. Router RA receives a packet with a source address of 192.168.1.65 and a destination address of 192.168.1.161. What will the router do with this packet?

The router will drop the packet.
The router will forward the packet out interface FastEthernet 0/1.1.
The router will forward the packet out interface FastEthernet 0/1.2.
The router will forward the packet out interface FastEthernet 0/1.3.
The router will forward the packet out interface FastEthernet 0/1.2 and interface FastEthernet 0/1.3.

48. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator enters the displayed commands to configure VLAN 30. What is the result of running these commands?

VLAN 30 will be added to S1, S2, and S3, but not to S4.
VLAN 30 will be pruned from the VLAN database of S3.
VLAN 30 will be added to the VLAN database of S3 but will not be propagated to S4, S2 or S1.
VLAN 30 will not be added to the VLAN database of S3 and an error message will be displayed.

49. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator issues the show interfaces fastEthernet 0/8 switchport command to check the status of the port. What can be concluded from the output?

Port Fa0/8 is configured as a trunk with 802.1q encapsulation.
Port Fa0/8 is configured as a trunk in VLAN 1.
Port Fa0/8 is configured in access mode and associated with VLAN 1.Port Fa0/8 is configured as a trunk and VLAN 1 is a native VLAN for the trunk.

50. What information in an Ethernet frame is used by a Layer 2 switch to build its address table?

source IP address
source MAC addressdestination IP address
destination MAC address

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51. Refer to the exhibit. What would happen if the network administrator moved the network cable of Host A from interface Fa0/1 to Fa0/3 on switch SW1?

Host A remains a member of VLAN 10, because the router is routing traffic between VLANs.
Host A is no longer a member of VLAN 10, because port Fa0/3 has been manually assigned to VLAN 30.
Host A remains a member of VLAN 10, because the switch provides dynamic VLAN assignment for the port.
Host A maintains connectivity to all members of VLAN 10, because it is connected to the same physical network.
Host A is no longer a member of VLAN 10, but because port Fa0/3 was unused, it is now a member of VLAN 1.

52. Refer to the exhibit. R1 is configured for traditional inter-VLAN routing. R1 can ping computer 3 but cannot ping computer 1. What is a possible cause for this failure?

S1 port Fa0/11 is in the wrong VLAN.
R1 does not have an active routing protocol.
The IP address of computer 1 is in the wrong logical network.
Router interface Fa0/0 has the wrong trunk encapsulation type configured.

53. Refer to the exhibit. What will allow a host on VLAN 40 on switch X to communicate with a host in VLAN 40 on switch Y?

QoS
routing
trunking
VPN

54. Why is it important that the network administrator consider the spanning-tree network diameter when choosing the root bridge?

The network diameter limitation is 9.
BPDUs may be discarded because of expiring timers.
The cabling distance between the switches is 100 meters.
The network diameter must be set to the number of meters of the cable between the root bridge and its farthest connected switch.

55. In which mode is a VTP switch operating if it has been configured to only forward VTP advertisements?

client
root
server
transparent

56. Which method establishes an administrative connection for configuring the Linksys WRT300N wireless access point?

Associate with the access point and then open a HyperTerminal session with the access point.
Physically connect to the access point and then reboot the computer to launch the configuration software.
From a computer in the same IP subnet as the access point, enter the default IP address of the access point in a web browser.Modify the TCP/IP properties of the computer connected to the access point so that it exists on the same network, and then reboot your computer to establish a connection

57. Refer to the exhibit. Hosts PC_A and PC_B send traffic simultaneously, and the frames from the transmitting stations collide. What is the last device to receive the collision?

hub HB1
switch SW1router R1
switch SW2
router R2
switch SW4

58. Refer to the exhibit. The hosts connected to switch SW1 are not able to communicate with the hosts in the same VLANs connected to switch SW2. What should be done to fix the problem?

Configure VLANs with different VLAN IDs on switch SW2.
Reconfigure the trunk port on switch SW2 with static trunk configuration.Introduce a Layer 3 device or a switch with Layer 3 capability in the topology.
Apply IP addresses that are in the same subnet to the interfaces used to connect SW1 and SW2

59. Which value determines if a switch becomes the central point of reference in the spanning tree topology?

lowest bridge IDhighest revision number
lowest numeric IP address
highest numeric MAC address

60. Refer to the exhibit. The Layer 2 switching design that is shown has been implemented in a campus environment that is using Spanning Tree Protocol. All inter-switch links that are shown are trunks. Whenever an inter-switch link fails, the network takes nearly a minute to completely converge. How can the convergence time be reduced?

Increase the capacity of the distribution and core trunk links to 10 Gb/s.
Add a trunk link that directly connects D1 and D2.
Use Layer 3 switching on the core switch.
Implement Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

61. A network administrator is asked to connect four switches that are each configured with eight VLANs. Routers that have two FastEthernet ports each that support trunking are available. What is the minimum number of routers needed to interconnect traffic from all of the VLANs if trunking is allowed?

12
4
8
16

62. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator needs to add IP phones to the network. To which devices should the IP phones connect?

AS1 and AS2
DS1 and DS2
DS1, DS2, and CS1
AS1, AS2, DS1, and DS2

63. Refer to the exhibit. What happens when a frame from a source MAC address different from 00a8.d2e4.ba27 reaches switch port 0/5?

The frame is dropped.
The port is shut down.
An error message is displayed.
FastEthernet port 0/5 will show an err-disabled message

64. Refer to the exhibit. What does the term DYNAMIC indicate in the output that is shown?

This entry can only be removed from the MAC address table by a network administrator.
When forwarding a frame to the device with address 0060.5c5b.cd23, the switch does not have to perform a lookup to determine the final destination port.
Only the device with MAC address 0060.5c5b.cd23 will be allowed to connect to port Fa0/18.
The switch learned this MAC address from the source address in a frame received on Fa0/18

65. What is the purpose of the switch command switchport access vlan 99?

to enable port security
to make the port operational
to assign the port to a particular VLAN
to designate the VLAN that does not get tagged
to assign the port to the native VLAN (VLAN 99)

66. Refer to the exhibit. Router RA receives a packet with a source address of 192.168.1.65 and a destination address of 192.168.1.161. What will the router do with this packet?

The router will drop the packet.
The router will forward the packet out interface FastEthernet 0/1.1.
The router will forward the packet out interface FastEthernet 0/1.2.
The router will forward the packet out interface FastEthernet 0/1.3.
The router will forward the packet out interface FastEthernet 0/1.2 and interface FastEthernet 0/1.3

67. Refer to the exhibit. A new host needs to be connected to VLAN 3. Which IP address should be assigned to this new host?

192.168.1.22 /28
192.168.1.31 /28
192.168.1.32 /28
192.168.1.52 /28
192.168.1.63 /28

68. What is the purpose of the Spanning Tree algorithm?

It propagates VLAN configurations to other switches.
It restricts broadcast packets to a single VLAN.
It segments a network into multiple broadcast domains.
It prevents loops in a switched network with redundant paths

69. What are two requirements for configuring inter-VLAN routing using the router-on-a-stick model? (Choose two.)

Each subinterface should be configured with its own IP address, subnet mask, and unique VLAN assignment.
The physical interface of the router must be connected to a trunk link on the adjacent switch.The number of physical interfaces on the router should match the number of VLANs.
Different static VLANs should be assigned to different interfaces of the router.
The router should be configured as the VTP server.

70. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator has segmented the network into two VLANs. The connected hosts can only access resources in their own VLAN. What is the most scalable and cost effective solution to allow inter-VLAN communication in this network?

Replace S1 with a router that has one FastEthernet interface for each PC.
Add a second switch and divide the PCs so that each VLAN is connected to its own switch.
Configure a router with two subinterfaces on one of its FastEthernet ports and connect it to S1 using a trunk link.
Connect a router to a port on S1 and assign the IP address of VLAN1 to the connecting router interface.

71. Refer to the exhibit. Users A and B are reporting intermittent connectivity problems. Pre-installation surveys showed strong signal strength from the AP locations to the client locations. Outside electrical interference has been eliminated. What will fix the problem?

Relocate the APs closer to each other.
Increase the distance between the clients.
Change the channel on AP-B to 6 or 11.
Place AP-A and AP-B on the same wireless channel

72. How does a switch that is configured for 802.1Q trunking handle untagged frames that are received on a trunk port?

The frames are dropped.
The frames are assigned to the native VLAN.
The frames are assigned to the default VLAN.
The frames are assigned to the management VLAN.

73. While configuring a new switch, a network administrator configures the switch as an HTTP server. What benefits does this configuration provide?

This allows the switch to host web pages for the network.
This allows remote VPN connections to the switch over the Internet.
This is required if a web server or web farm is attached to the switch.
This allows web-based configuration tools to be used with the switch.

74. A wireless LAN access point will convert traffic between which two frame encapsulation types?

802.1 and 802.11
802.3 and 802.11
802.3 and 802.16
802.5 and 802.16

75. Refer to the exhibit. A new switch, SW3, has been added to the network. The network administrator determines that VLAN information is not propagating to SW3. Which command will remedy the problem?

SW1(config)# vtp version 1
SW2(config)# vtp mode client
SW3(config)# vtp domain Cisco1
SW3(config)# vtp mode transparent

76. Refer to the exhibit. The network consists of four hubs and a switch. The hosts connected to each hub are assigned addresses in the respective VLAN as shown. PC1 on VLAN 1 becomes infected with a virus and initiates a continuous IP broadcast. Which hubs will receive the broadcasts?

Hub A
Hubs A and B
Hubs A and C
Hubs A, B, C, and D

77. Using the command copy tftp:backup.cfg startup-config, an administrator downloaded a saved configuration from a TFTP server to a switch. Why does the administrator not detect any changes in the switch configuration after the download completes?

The command should have been copy startup-config tftp:backup.cfg.
A backup configuration from a TFTP server cannot be copied directly into the startup-config.
The command copy running-config startup-config should be used to save the changes on the switch.
Downloading to the startup-config requires the switch to be reloaded in order for the configuration to take effect.

78. Refer to the exhibit. Each switch is configured to participate in STP for VLANs 1, 10, 20, and 30. Which switch will become the root for VLAN 20?

A
B
C
D

79. What is the benefit of the auto-MDIX feature on a Cisco Catalyst switch?

dynamically assigns a new management VLAN ID
autonegotiates IP address information for initial management connections
allows the use of straight-through patch cables regardless of connected device types
places a port immediately in the forwarding state to reduce the time for the spanning tree to reconverge

80. Refer to the exhibit. Which two settings show the default value of VTP configuration on a Cisco 2960 switch? (Choose two.)

revision number
existing VLANs
operating mode
domain name
pruning mode

81. Why is it advisable that a network administrator use SSH instead of Telnet when managing switches?

SSH uses TCP whereas Telnet does not.
SSH encrypts only the username and password when logging in.
SSH encrypts all remote management communications whereas Telnet does not.
SSH sends a clear text message steam which reduces the bandwidth use for management.

82. What information in an Ethernet frame is used by a Layer 2 switch to build its address table?

source IP address
source MAC address
destination IP address
destination MAC address

83. What are two characteristics of normal range VLANs? (Choose two.)

not learned by VTP
stored in vlan.dat file
designed for service providers
can contain ports used as trunks
identified by a VLAN ID between 1 and 1005

84. Refer to the exhibit. Switch SWB is not responding to VTP updates from switch SWA. What is a possible cause of the problem?

The VTP revision numbers are different.
The number of existing VLANs is different.
There is a password set on one of the switches.
The enable passwords are not set on the switches

85. What benefit does 802.1x provide to a wireless network?

increased wireless range
faster wireless throughput
centralized user authentication
quality of service to differentiate high priority traffic

86. What type of message do wireless clients transmit when they are searching for a specific wireless network?

probe
beacon
associate
authenticate

87. A network administrator enters the enable command at the Switch> prompt of a new switch. What mode will the switch enter?

setup mode
configuration mode
privileged EXEC mode
user EXEC mode
ROMMON mode
interface mode

88. Refer to the exhibit. The network administrator needs to remove the east-hosts VLAN and use the switch port from that VLAN in one of the existing VLANs. Which two sets of commands should be used when completely removing VLAN 2 from S1-Central while leaving the switch and all its interfaces operational? (Choose two.)

S1-Central# reload
S1-Central# erase flash:
S1-Central# delete flash:vlan.dat
S1-Central# configure terminal
S1-Central(config)# no vlan 2
S1-Central# configure terminal
S1-Central(config)# interface fastethernet 0/1
S1-Central(config-if)# switchport access vlan 3

89. Which feature is uniquely found in an access layer switch within a hierarchical network model?

link aggregation
Power over Ethernet
access control lists
Layer 3 routing capabilities

90. Why is priority configured in 4096 increments when using PVST+?

Use of the extended bridge ID leaves only four bits for the bridge priority.
It is only a recommended value and could be any number between 1 and 65535.
PVST+ requires the use of values that can be divided equally into 32768 and not leave a remainder.
The MAC address uses eight bytes of the bridge ID leaving only two bytes for the bridge priority value.

91. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator is configuring RT1 for inter-VLAN routing. The switch is configured correctly and is functional. Host1, Host2, and Host3 cannot communicate with each other. Based on the router configuration, what is causing the problem?

Interface Fa0/0 is missing IP address configuration information.
IP addresses on the subinterfaces are incorrectly matched to the VLANs.
Each subinterface of Fa0/0 needs separate no shutdown commands.
Routers do not support 802.1Q encapsulation on subinterfaces

92. What happens when the crypto key zeroize rsa command is entered on a switch configured with thetransport input ssh command on the vty lines?

A new RSA key pair is created.
The switch defaults to allowing Telnet connections only.
The switch is no longer able to make SSH connections as an SSH client.
The switch allows remote connections only after a new RSA key pair is generated

93. What three tasks should be performed before moving a Catalyst switch to another VTP management domain? (Choose three.)

Select the correct VTP mode and version.
Configure the switch with the name of the new management domain.
Download the VTP database from the VTP server in the new domain.
Configure the VTP server in the new domain to recognize the BID of the switch.
Reset the VTP counters to allow the switch to synchronize with the other switches in the new domain.
Verify that the switch has a lower configuration revision number than the other switches in the new domain.

94. An administrator is troubleshooting a PC on the network which is suffering from slow and intermittent connectivity. The PC has a ping success rate to the default gateway of less than half the ping attempts. Other PCs on the switch can consistently ping the default gateway. The switch port is configured for auto duplex and the PC is configured for full duplex. What will commonly cause this problem?

The PC is set to full duplex. The switch port fails to autonegotiate the duplex setting and defaults to half duplex, which causes a duplex mismatch.
The switch traffic is exceeding available frame buffers. The result is that frames are being dropped.
The PC and the default gateway have different bandwidth Ethernet ports.
The default gateway is not on the same switch that the PC is.

95. Refer to the exhibit. What does “LEARNING” mean as it relates to the Spanning Tree Protocol?

The switch is sending and receiving data frames.
The switch is not receiving BPDUs, but is sending and receiving data.
The switch is participating in the election process by forwarding the BPDUs it receives.
The switch is receiving BPDUs and populating the MAC address table, but not sending data.

96. What does TKIP have in common with AES?

Both encrypt Layer 2 payloads.
Both authenticate using a shared key.
They both use sequence numbers to ensure that all packets arrive.
They both use data from the MAC header to verify the integrity of the data.

97. What operational change will occur if an 802.11b client associates with an access point that is currently supporting clients utilizing 802.11g?

The 802.11g clients will disassociate from the AP.
The 802.11g clients will operate at reduced speeds.
The 802.11b client will never gain access to the channel.
The 802.11b client will not be able to establish an IP session with any of the other 802.11g clients.

98. Which configuration changes will increment the configuration revision number on the VTP server?

configuring trunk links on the VTP server
configuring or changing the VTP password
configuring or changing the VTP domain name
configuring or changing the VTP version number
configuring or deleting a VLAN or creating a VLAN name

99. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator has segmented the network into two VLANs and configured R1 and S1 as displayed. However, PC1 is unable to access PC2. What is the likely problem?

No routing protocol is configured on R1.
The Fa0/1 port of S1 is not a trunk port.The default gateway address is not set on S1.
Only one physical link between S1 and R1 is configured for inter-VLAN routing.

100. A network administrator issued the erase nvram: command on a switch. What will be the outcome of the command?

It will clear the contents of the MAC table.
It will clear the contents of the VLAN database.
It will clear the contents of the startup configuration file.
It will clear the contents of the running configuration file.

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101. Refer to the exhibit. The network administrator wants to allow both SSH and Telnet connections to Switch1. However, the SSH connections fail. What is the most likely cause of this problem?

The RSA key has been removed.
SSH has been configured on the wrong line.
The transport input command is applied incorrectly.
The domain name has been configured in the wrong configuration mode.

102. Company policy requires disabling the command history buffer on network devices. An administrator enters terminal no history size at the command prompt on a Cisco Catalyst switch and receives no error messages back, but the command history buffer is still available. What is the problem?

The command contained a syntax error.
The Cisco IOS version does not support disabling the command history buffer.
The command history can only be disabled on a router, not a switch.
The size parameter reset the default buffer size but did not disable access to the buffer.

103. Refer to the exhibit. What would happen if the network administrator moved the network cable of Host A from interface Fa0/1 to Fa0/3 on switch SW1?

Host A remains a member of VLAN 10, because the router is routing traffic between VLANs.
Host A is no longer a member of VLAN 10, because port Fa0/3 has been manually assigned to VLAN 30.
Host A remains a member of VLAN 10, because the switch provides dynamic VLAN assignment for the port.
Host A maintains connectivity to all members of VLAN 10, because it is connected to the same physical network.
Host A is no longer a member of VLAN 10, but because port Fa0/3 was unused, it is now a member of VLAN 1.

104. What identifier in the BPDU creates a unique BID for a switch?

IP address
MAC address
bridge priority
VLAN ID
port priority

105. Refer to the exhibit. The devices in the network are operational and configured as indicated in the exhibit. However, hosts B and D cannot ping each other. What is the most likely cause of this problem?

The link between the switches is up but not trunked.
The Fa0/11 interface of Switch1 is not configured as a trunk.
Hosts B and D are configured with IP addresses from different subnets.
VLAN 20 and VLAN 30 are not allowed on the trunk between the switches.

106. Refer to the exhibit. Both switches are interconnected via a trunk link. Host A and host B are on the default VLAN but are not able to exchange traffic. What should be done to fix the problem?

Allow all VLANs on the trunk link.
Remove the native VLAN from the trunk.
Include a router or switch with Layer 3 capabilities.
Configure the same native VLAN on both ends of the trunk.

107. Refer to the exhibit. Hosts A and B, connected to hub HB1, attempt to transmit a frame at the same time but a collision occurs. Which hosts will receive the collision jamming signal?
only hosts A and B
only hosts A, B, and C
only hosts A, B, C, and D
only hosts A, B, C, and E

108. In which mode is a VTP switch operating if it has been configured to only forward VTP advertisements?

client
root
server
transparent

109. Which method establishes an administrative connection for configuring the Linksys WRT300N wireless access point?

Associate with the access point and then open a HyperTerminal session with the access point.
Physically connect to the access point and then reboot the computer to launch the configuration software.
From a computer in the same IP subnet as the access point, enter the default IP address of the access point in a web browser.Modify the TCP/IP properties of the computer connected to the access point so that it exists on the same network, and then reboot your computer to establish a connection.

110. Which three statements are true regarding router-on-a-stick inter-VLAN routing? (Choose three.)

requires the use of subinterfaces on the router
requires an access link between the router and Layer 2 switch
more cost-efficient and scalable than using multiple physical interfacesrequires each subinterface to be configured with the no shutdown command
can impact performance if many VLANs compete for bandwidth on a single router interface
makes troubleshooting the inter-VLAN routing configuration much less complex than when using multiple physical interfaces

111. Refer to the exhibit. What does “FORWARDING” mean in the command output shown?

The switch is sending and receiving data frames.
The switch is receiving BPDUs, but not sending data frames.
The switch is participating in an election process by forwarding the BPDUs it receives.
The switch is receiving BPDUs and populating the MAC address table, but not sending data.

112. What are two benefits of the IEEE 802.11n standard over the IEEE 802.11G? (Choose two.)

requires less equipment
provides improved range
permits increased data rateshas a single-input and a single-output
needs no hardware upgrade for compatibility

113. Which parameter is used to uniquely identify one wireless network from another?

SSID
OFDM
WEP
DSSS

114. Refer to the exhibit. All hosts are in listen mode. Host 1 and Host 4 both transmit data at the same time. How do the hosts respond on the network? (Choose two.)

After the end of the jam signal, a backoff algorithm is invoked.
Hosts 1 and 4 are operating full duplex so no collision will exist.
The hub will block the port connected to Host 4 to prevent a collision.
Hosts 1 and 4 are assigned shorter backoff values to provide them priority to access the media.
If a host has data to transmit after the backoff period of that host, the host checks to determine if the line is idle before transmitting.

115. Refer to the exhibit. The hosts connected to switch SW1 are not able to communicate with the hosts in the same VLANs connected to switch SW2. What should be done to fix the problem?

Configure VLANs with different VLAN IDs on switch SW2.
Reconfigure the trunk port on switch SW2 with static trunk configuration.
Introduce a Layer 3 device or a switch with Layer 3 capability in the topology.
Apply IP addresses that are in the same subnet to the interfaces used to connect SW1 and SW2.

116. Which value determines if a switch becomes the central point of reference in the spanning tree topology?

lowest bridge ID
highest revision number
lowest numeric IP address
highest numeric MAC address

117. An administrator is troubleshooting a PC on the network which is suffering from slow and intermittent connectivity. The PC has a ping success rate to the default gateway of less than half the ping attempts. Other PCs on the switch can consistently ping the default gateway. The switch port is configured for auto duplex and the PC is configured for full duplex. What will commonly cause this problem?

The PC is set to full duplex. The switch port fails to autonegotiate the duplex setting and defaults to half duplex, which causes a duplex mismatch.
The switch traffic is exceeding available frame buffers. The result is that frames are being dropped.
The PC and the default gateway have different bandwidth Ethernet ports.
The default gateway is not on the same switch that the PC is.

118. What will be the effect of the command S1# copy system:running-config tftp://172.16.2.155/tokyo-config?

The IOS will be copied to the TFTP server.
The configuration file named tokyo-config will overwrite the startup configuration file on S1.
The running configuration file on S1 will be saved via TFTP to a file named tokyo-config.
The contents of NVRAM on S1 will become the startup configuration file on the tokyo switch.

119. What is an efficient and cost effective way to minimize the frequency and effects of broadcast storms on an Ethernet LAN?

Connect each PC directly to a router port.
Use access control lists to filter broadcasts from the network.
Divide the computers into separate VLANs on the existing switches.
Divide the computers into separate workgroups using different physical switches.

120. Which combination of DTP modes set on adjacent switches will cause the link to become an access link instead of a trunk link?

dynamic desirable – trunk
dynamic auto – dynamic auto
dynamic desirable – dynamic auto
dynamic desirable – dynamic desirable

121. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator needs to add IP phones to the network. To which devices should the IP phones connect?

AS1 and AS2
DS1 and DS2
DS1, DS2, and CS1
AS1, AS2, DS1, and DS2

122. Refer to the exhibit. This switch is to be added to the production network. Which two facts about VLANs and VTP operation can be confirmed by this output? (Choose two.)

The network administrator will be able to configure VLANs of local significance on this switch.
VLANs can only be added to the VLAN database on this switch by a VTP advertisement.All VLANs that are configured on this switch will be sent to all other switches in the same VTP domain.
This switch will drop all VTP advertisements that come from switches that are configured in the same VTP domain.
Adding this switch to the network will cause no disruption in the VTP domain operations if the rest of the switches in the same VTP domain have a higher configuration revision number.

123. Refer to the exhibit. What does the term DYNAMIC indicate in the output that is shown?

This entry can only be removed from the MAC address table by a network administrator.
When forwarding a frame to the device with address 0060.5c5b.cd23, the switch does not have to perform a lookup to determine the final destination port.
Only the device with MAC address 0060.5c5b.cd23 will be allowed to connect to port Fa0/18.
The switch learned this MAC address from the source address in a frame received on Fa0/18.

124. Refer to the exhibit. Router R1 is properly configured for router on a stick inter-VLAN routing, but PC1 is unable to ping PC2. What needs to be done to resolve the problem?

Rename VLAN1.
Connect one more port of S1 to R1.
Configure the Fa0/1 port of S1 as a trunk port.
Move the Fa0/0 interface of R1 to another VLAN.

125. Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator has segmented the network into two VLANs. The connected hosts can only access resources in their own VLAN. What is the most scalable and cost effective solution to allow inter-VLAN communication in this network?

Replace S1 with a router that has one FastEthernet interface for each PC.
Add a second switch and divide the PCs so that each VLAN is connected to its own switch.
Configure a router with two subinterfaces on one of its FastEthernet ports and connect it to S1 using a trunk link.
Connect a router to a port on S1 and assign the IP address of VLAN1 to the connecting router interface.

126. Refer to the exhibit. What is the maximum number of VLANs that can be deleted from the Switch as it is configured?

zero
four
five
eight
nine

127. Refer to the exhibit. A new switch, SW3, has been added to the network. The network administrator determines that VLAN information is not propagating to SW3. Which command will remedy the problem?

SW1(config)# vtp version 1
SW2(config)# vtp mode client
SW3(config)# vtp domain Cisco1
SW3(config)# vtp mode transparent

128. What advantage does cut-through switching provide?

It enables QoS
It forwards frames quickly.
It provides an analysis of frames.
It allows reduction of traffic by using error checking to drop corrupt frames.

129. Why is MAC address filtering considered a poor choice in securing a WLAN?

Available bandwidth is reduced.
MAC addresses are easily spoofed.
APs are more susceptible to DoS attacks.
The payload encryption is easily broken.

130. Refer to the exhibit. The commands are entered into switch SW1 as shown, and an 802.1q trunk is successfully established. How does switch SW1 handle the untagged traffic that is destined for the trunk?

SW1 will drop all untagged traffic.
SW1 will send all untagged traffic to VLAN 1.
SW1 will send all untagged traffic to VLAN 25.
SW1 will send untagged traffic to all VLANs that are configured on the trunk.

131. Which type of traffic can still be received on a switch interface that is in STP blocking mode?

BPDU frames
multicast frames
broadcast frames
Layer 3 packets

132. In a three-layer hierarchical network design, which distribution layer function delineates broadcast domains?

routing between VLANs
aggregating traffic flows
providing redundant links
reducing the network diameter

133. Why is it advisable that a network administrator use SSH instead of Telnet when managing switches?

SSH uses TCP whereas Telnet does not.
SSH encrypts only the username and password when logging in.
SSH encrypts all remote management communications whereas Telnet does not.
SSH sends a clear text message steam which reduces the bandwidth use for management.

134. Which service should be disabled on a Cisco switch or router to prevent packet sniffers from capturing information about the device?

SSH
VTP
CDP
SNMP

135. Which switch forwarding method should be used on a network that employs frame classification based on an assigned Quality of Service (QoS) value?

cut-through
fast-forward
fragment-free
store-and-forward

136. Refer to the exhibit. The broadcast traffic from PC1 is consuming bandwidth on the interswitch trunks. What should be done to prevent this from happening?

Move PC1 to a port on SW3.
Move PC2 to a port on SW3.
Move PC1 to a port on SW2.
Enable pruning for VLAN10 on the VTP server.
Associate PC1 as a member of a new VLAN.

137. Refer to the exhibit. All switch interfaces are members of the same VLAN. What information is used by Switch1 to determine if incoming frames from the hosts should be forwarded to Router1?

the source address field in the IP header
the destination port number in the TCP header
the destination address field in the Layer 3 header
the destination address field in the Ethernet header

138. Refer to the exhibit. Switch SWB is not responding to VTP updates from switch SWA. What is a possible cause of the problem?

The VTP revision numbers are different.
The number of existing VLANs is different.
There is a password set on one of the switches.
The enable passwords are not set on the switches.

139. Which IEEE trunking protocol is used to encapsulate data traffic over a trunk link on a Cisco switch?

STP
DTP
VTP
802.1Q

140. When an access point is placed near the outside wall of a building, which implementation design procedure should be used?

Disable SSID cloaking.
Lower the encryption level.
Decrease the power setting.Disable MAC address filtering.
Modify the Network Mode to Wireless-G.

141. A network technician is attempting to configure 802.1q trunking on switch ports Fa0/5 through Fa0/10. Which set of commands will accomplish this task?

Correct answer is image two.

142. Refer to the exhibit. Although they are directly connected, switch SWA is not exchanging VLAN information with switch SWC. What can be done to correct this problem?

Change the hostname of SWA to SWC.
Change the hostname of SWC to SWA.
Change the VTP version of SWA to version 1.
Change the VTP operating mode of SWA to transparent.

143. Refer to the exhibit. A technician is troubleshooting a trunk problem between switches SW1 and SW2. What should be done to remedy the problem?

“Negotiation of Trunking” on both switches should be turned off.
“Administrative Mode” on switch SW1 should be configured as dynamic auto.
“Trunking Native Mode VLAN” on switch SW2 should be configured as VLAN 100.
“Operational Mode” on both switches should be configured as static access.

144. What allows WLAN clients to learn which networks and access points are available in an area?

SSID
probes
beacons
association

145. What technique is a security attack that depletes the pool of IP addresses available for legitimate hosts?

reconnaissance attack
DHCP spoofing
DHCP snooping
DHCP starvation

146. Refer to the exhibit. All edge ports are configured with the spanning-tree portfast command. Host1 is recently connected to port Fa0/1 on switch SW1. Which statement is true about the status of port Fa0/1?

The port will transition into blocking state.
The port will transition immediately into forwarding state.
The port will transition into blocking state and then immediately into forwarding state.
The port will transition into blocking state and immediately transition through the listening and learning states.

147. Which two devices can cause interference with the operation of a WLAN because they operate on similar frequencies? (Choose two.)

copier
AM radio
television
MP3 player
cordless phone
microwave oven

148. What is a result of improperly implementing a network with redundancy at Layer 2?

an increase of unicast and multicast errors at Layer 3
a decrease in the amount of broadcast traffic
end device malfunction because of broadcast storms
an increase in throughput at all points in the network

149. Which statement is correct about STP architecture?

Spanning Tree Protocol will guarantee a loop free Layer 2 topology.Spanning Tree Protocol guarantees the shortest path to destination networks.
The switch with the highest priority will be assigned the lowest BID in the root election.
The first step in the spanning-tree election process is to determine the root port.
To select designated ports, the spanning-tree algorithm must determine the longest contiguous path from the root bridge.

150. What is a function or characteristic of the native VLAN?

It is the VLAN that supports untagged traffic on an 802.1Q trunk.
It is always assigned to VLAN 1 for backward compatibility.
It is always the same VLAN number for all trunks within an organization.
It is used as the management VLAN throughout the entire switched network.