CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking, Fourth Edition Chapter 12 Solutions

Chapter 12 Solutions
Review Questions

1. What address does a switch build into its table to successfully send data to that device?
a. Routing address
b. IP address
c. Bridge address
d. MAC address
2. Which of the following types of switching methods reads the first 64 bytes of a frame before
forwarding it?
a. Store-and-forward
b. Cut-through
c. Fragment-free
d. Adaptive
3. The ____________ provides sufficient spacing between frames so that network interfaces have time
to process a packet before receiving another.
a. interframe gap
b. jam signal
c. backoff period
d. latency
4. Which devices look at a MAC address when making their forwarding decision? (Choose all that
apply.)
a. Switch
b. Repeater
c. Bridge
d. Router
5. Which of the following network media provides the lowest latency?
a. STP
b. Category 3 UTP
c. Category 4 UTP
d. Category 5 UTP
e. Fiber-optic cable
6. Which of the following correctly describes microsegmentation?
a. Creating additional segments with passive hubs
b. Creating additional segments with routers
c. Creating additional segments with fewer users per segment via layer 2
d. Limiting network segments to no more than 10 users
7. Which of the following Ethernet errors describes a packet that has a bad FCS and is over 1518
bytes?
a. Runt
b. Short
c. Jabber
d. Bad FCS frame
8. When two Ethernet stations can send more than 64 bytes of their data frames before detecting a
collision, this is called a _____________.
a. jabber
b. jam signal
c. slot time
d. late collision

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9. The minimum size of an Ethernet frame should be _____ bytes.

a. 32
b. 64
c. 512
d. 1518
10. Collisions and Ethernet errors typically occur within the first _____ bytes of an Ethernet frame, which
is why fragment-free switching catches most Ethernet errors.
a. 64
b. 512
c. 1024
d. 1518
11. Which of the following describes a method of Ethernet networking that does not have collisions?
a. Fast Ethernet
b. 100-Mbps Ethernet
c. Full-duplex Ethernet
d. Half-duplex Ethernet
12. Which of the following switching types has the highest latency?
a. Store-and-forward
b. Cut-through
c. Adaptive
d. Fragment-free
13. If a broadcast from one computer causes multiple stations to respond with additional broadcast
traffic, and the level of broadcast traffic goes above 126 broadcasts per second, the situation is deemed
a(n) _______________.
a. broadcast storm
b. transmission overload
c. excessive burst
d. jabber
14. Which of the following fall under the heading of Fast Ethernet? (Choose all that apply.)
a. 10BaseT
b. 100Base-T4
c. 10BaseF
d. 100Base-TX
e. 100Base-FX

15. Which IEEE standard governs Fast Ethernet?

a. 802.3a
b. 802.3u
c. 802.3g
d. 802.3b

16. Which of the following can divide a collision domain? (Choose all that apply.)
a. Switch
b. Bridge
c. Router
d. Hub

17. What command allows you to limit the number of MAC addresses learned by a switch port?
A. max switchport port-security 10
B. switchport port-security maximum 10
C. switch port-security maximum 10
D. switchport security maximum 10

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18. What benefits would your network have by replacing all 10Mbps hubs with 10Mbps Catalyst
switches?(Choose all that apply).
A. Increase the number of broadcast domains.
B. Decrease the number of broadcast domains.
C. Increase the number of collision domains.
D. Decrease the number of collisions domains.
E. Increase the bandwidth between stations that are directly connected to the switch.
F. Allow for full-duplex operations between nodes directly connected to the switch.

19. Which statements are true about half-duplex Ethernet?

A. In half-duplex mode CSMA/CD is turned on.
B. In half-duplex mode CSMA/CD is turned off.
C. On a 10Mbps link, communicating nodes would have 10Mbps of bandwidth available to them.
D. Half-duplex transmission is mandatory if nodes are directly connected to a hub that is
connected to a switch.
E. Half-duplex transmission is mandatory if nodes are directly connected to a switch.
F. Because separate circuits are used by communicating end nodes in half-duplex, collisions will not
occur.

20. Which statement is true about store-and-forward switching? (Choose all that apply).
A. Only the header of a frame is read before the switch forwards the frame.
B. The switch stores the frame and calculates the CRC before forwarding the frame.
C. Both latency and the error rate are decreased.
D. Both latency and the error rate are increased.
E. Latency is increased while the error rate is decreased.

21. When collisions are above 5%, you should consider _______________.
a. segmenting the LAN
b. increasing traffic on the LAN
c. monitoring traffic on the LAN
d. adding hubs to the LAN
22. Which of the following advantages can Cisco switches provide over hubs? (Choose all that apply.)
a. Separating collision domains
b. Increased bandwidth for individual users
c. Reduced latency
d. Concurrent frame forwarding
23. Which of the following are true of half-duplex operation on a CSMA/CD network? (Choose all that
apply.)
a. The transmitting NIC loops back its transmission.
b. The NIC listens to the media before transmitting.
c. The transmitting NIC compares the original frame with the looped-back
frame to determine whether there was a collision.
d. Collisions are not possible in a half-duplex Ethernet.
24. The ____________ switching method begins forwarding the incoming frame immediately after
reading the destination address.
a. cut-through
b. store-and-forward
c. adaptive
d. fragment-free

25. What command is used to set a port on a switch to full-duplex mode.

a. mode full-duplex

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b. duplex full
c. switch full
d. port full

Case Projects
Case Project 1
Necessary information includes broadcast levels, Ethernet error rates and types of errors. Other
information would include the number of nodes, types of devices in use, protocols in use, media type
implemented, and network access method.

Case Project 2
The network has not slowed down. The increase in the number of users has resulted in more
congestion on the network. This gives the end user the impression that the network has slowed down.
The fix to this problem is to segment the network through the use of Layer 2 switches.

Case Project 3
You can use port security. The unique address that allows this to be possible is the MAC address.

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