LANs
1. Which connector type is associated with Thinnet coaxial cable?
A. RJ-45
B. RG-58
C. BNC
D. RS-232
2. Which three of the following uses coaxial cabling? (choose three)
A. 10BaseT
B. Thinnet
C. Thicknet
D. 10Base2
3. Which item refers to the specification 100 VG-AnyLAN?
A. 802.1
B. 705.2
C. 802.10
D. 802.12
4. Which of the following cable types is typically used for 100Mbps technologies such as Fast Ethernet?
A. UTP Category 1
B. STP Category 3
C. RG-58 coaxial cable
D. UTP Category 5
5. 10Base2 cabling is also referred to as:
A. UTP
B. Thinnet
C. Thicknet
D. STP
6. 10BaseT networks use which cable type?
A. UTP
B. Thinnet
C. Thicknet
D. Cheapernet
7. Which network device stores web data that users access via the Internet so that future hits to the same web site pull data from a local storage facility rather than from the Internet?
A. router
B. web server
C. cache server
D. print server
E. Layer 3 switch
8. Which connector goes on the end of a CAT 5 wire for a Local-Area Network (LAN)?
A. RJ-11
B. RJ-14
C. RJ-21
D. RJ-45
E. RJ-55
F. 66 block
9. If a company wants to set up a Local-Area Network (LAN) inside a 4,000-square-foot area, which two cable types can you use to connect the LAN? (Choose two.)
A. CAT 35 wire
B. CAT 5e wire
C. coaxial cable
D. 100-pair outdoor wire
E. CAT 25 coaxial cable
F. 14 gauge copper wire
10. What is the maximum number of pairs that will terminate onto an RJ-45 connector?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 8
E. 25
F. 45
11. What is the rating of a CAT 3 wire?
A. 2 Mhz
B. 16 Mhz
C. 50 Mhz
D. 70 Mhz
12. Fast Ethernet describes which standard?
A. 10base2
B. 10base5
C. 100baseFX
D. 100baseVG-AnyLAN
13. What is the color code for a 568B jack?
A. blue, white blue, green, white green, orange, white orange, brown, and white brown
B. white green, green, white orange, orange, white blue, blue, white brown, and brown
C. blue, orange, green, brown, white blue, white orange, white green, and white brown
D. white orange, orange, white green, blue, white blue, green, white brown, brown
E. orange, white orange, white green, white blue, blue, green, brown, and white brown
14. When cost is a primary concern, which type of data networking equipment can connect Local-Area Networks (LANs) that are in different buildings a block apart from each other?
A. hubs
B. routers
C. gigabit switches
D. wireless bridges
15. The source address of an Ethernet frame refers to:
A. The sender's NIC address
B. The receiver's NIC address
C. The packet address
D. The frame contents
16. An Ethernet network is which type of a network?
A. active
B. passive
C. active-passive
D. passive-aggressive
17. What is the maximum length of an Ethernet 100BaseT cable segment?
A. 75 meters
B. 100 meters
C. 105 meters
D. 300 meters
18. What is the maximum size of an Ethernet frame?
A. 8 bits
B. 96 bytes
C. 1518 bytes
D. 1024 bytes
19. What is the minimum size of an Ethernet frame?
A. 12 bytes
B. 36 bytes
C. 64 bytes
D. 128 bytes
20. The destination address of an Ethernet frame refers to:
A. The receiver's NIC address
B. The sender's NIC address
C. The packet address
D. The frame contents
21. According to the National Electric Code (NEC), what are three purposes for grounding? (Choose three.)
A. to stabilize voltages
B. to limit the chance of power failure
C. to provide a path to facilitate the operation of overcurrent devices
D. to limit voltages due to lightning, line surges, or unintentional contact with higher voltages
22. Performance will most likely increase in an Ethernet network when:
A. Switches are replaced by hubs
B. Routers are replaced by hubs
C. Switches are replaced by routers
D. Hubs are replaced by switches
23. The primary difference between a hub and a switch is:
A. A hub works at the Data Link layer, while a switch does not
B. A hub has fewer physical ports than a switch
C. A switch is less efficient than a hub
D. A switch can isolate traffic
24. Which item constitutes a single collision domain and a single broadcast domain for all workstations connected to the device?
A. hub
B. switch
C. router
D. bridge
25. Which standard covers 11 Mbit wireless Ethernet equipment?
A. RFC 1542
B. RFC 1618
C. IEEE 802.2
D. IEEE 802.3
E. IEEE 802.11b
26. Which frequency does 11Mbit wireless devices use?
A. 860 Mhz
B. 915 Mhz
C. 2.4 Ghz
D. 2.8 Ghz
E. 5.6 Ghz
27. Which three create segmented collision domains in the same physical location? (Choose three.)
A. hub
B. router
C. switch
D. bridge
28. What prevents broadcast storms from being propagated through the network?
A. hub
B. router
C. bridge
D. switch
29. The organization that sets the standards for the wiring structure of a network is:
A. TIA/EIA
B. OSI
C. ISO
D. NEC
30. Which network operating system typically uses IPX/SPX as its default communication protocol?
A. UNIX/Linux
B. Windows NT
C. IBM OS Warp
D. Novell NetWare
31. Which feature reads the entire frame before forwarding the packet?
A. cut-through
B. Hold and Forward
C. Store and Forward
D. Spanning Tree Protocol
32. Which statement best describes how a Token Ring network functions?
A. The node that holds the token can transmit data on the network.
B. The node that holds the token has the highest priority on the network.
C. Several tokens can travel separate paths to improve performance.
D. The token contains routing information that allows packets to route between rings.
33. Choose the primary reason why businesses use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution over the Internet?
A. web surfing
B. e-commerce
C. Internet Relay Chat
D. secure information sharing
34. Which two pieces of network equipment are in a Local-Area Network (LAN)? (Choose two.)
A. file server
B. print server
C. Supervisor Module
D. Data Service Unit (DSU)
E. Channel Service Unit (CSU)
35. The device that can send a frame in a Token Ring network is:
A. The device with the most processing power
B. The device that controls the physical media
C. The device that controls the token
D. The Master node on the ring
36. The device that removes a frame from a ring in a Token Ring network is:
A. The server
B. The device that sent the frame
C. The device that received the frame
D. Any device on the network
37. Which two network types use a token to control the flow of data on the network? (Choose two.)
A. Ethernet
B. Token Ring
C. 100baseVG-AnyLAN
D. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
E. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
38. On which three types of local-area networks (LANs) does video conferencing function properly? (Choose three.)
A. ArcNet
B. Thicknet
C. Fast Ethernet
D. Switched Ethernet
E. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
39. When a frame is broadcast:
A. It indicates congestion in a network
B. It indicates device failure
C. It goes to all NICs on the physical media
D. It goes to the NIC with the correct destination address only
40. A broadcast domain is:
A. A network that only excepts broadcast frames
B. A network that broadcast messages to the Internet
C. The area of a network where a broadcast frame travels
D. The area of a network where collisions occur
41. Which three of the following devices has the capability to isolate traffic in an Ethernet network? (Choose three)
A. Bridge
B. Switch
C. Router
D. NICs
42. Which type of Local-Area Network (LAN) topology uses counter rotating rings?
A. Ethernet
B. Token Ring
C. IEEE 802.11b
D. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
43. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) was originally specified at which data rate?
A. 10 Mbps
B. 25 Mbps
C. 100 Mbps
D. 155 Mbps
44. At what layer of the OSI Model does ATM fall:
A. Application
B. Session
C. Data Link
D. Transport
45. The two types of ATM interfaces defined by standards bodies are:
A. UNI and NNI
B. NNI and ISSI
C. UNI and Data Link Layer
D. PVC and SVC
46. Network performance on your Local-Area Network (LAN) has degraded so much that no data transfers between workstations. Which device can you use to diagnose the source of the problem?
A. Voltage Meter
B. Protocol Analyzer
C. Spectrum Analyzer
D. Bit Error Rate Tester
47. The data transfer rates of a wireless backbone are below standard, and you suspect radio output. Which piece of test equipment can you set up to test the frequency output?
A. Ohm Meter
B. Spectrum Analyzer
C. Protocol Analyzer
D. Data Link Content Monitor
48. Which piece of equipment can you use to test fiber-optic cable?
A. Oscilloscope
B. LM 2000 analyzer
C. Spectrum Analyzer
D. Optical Time Delay (Domain) Reflectometer
1. Which connector type is associated with Thinnet coaxial cable?
A. RJ-45
B. RG-58
C. BNC
D. RS-232
2. Which three of the following uses coaxial cabling? (choose three)
A. 10BaseT
B. Thinnet
C. Thicknet
D. 10Base2
3. Which item refers to the specification 100 VG-AnyLAN?
A. 802.1
B. 705.2
C. 802.10
D. 802.12
4. Which of the following cable types is typically used for 100Mbps technologies such as Fast Ethernet?
A. UTP Category 1
B. STP Category 3
C. RG-58 coaxial cable
D. UTP Category 5
5. 10Base2 cabling is also referred to as:
A. UTP
B. Thinnet
C. Thicknet
D. STP
6. 10BaseT networks use which cable type?
A. UTP
B. Thinnet
C. Thicknet
D. Cheapernet
7. Which network device stores web data that users access via the Internet so that future hits to the same web site pull data from a local storage facility rather than from the Internet?
A. router
B. web server
C. cache server
D. print server
E. Layer 3 switch
8. Which connector goes on the end of a CAT 5 wire for a Local-Area Network (LAN)?
A. RJ-11
B. RJ-14
C. RJ-21
D. RJ-45
E. RJ-55
F. 66 block
9. If a company wants to set up a Local-Area Network (LAN) inside a 4,000-square-foot area, which two cable types can you use to connect the LAN? (Choose two.)
A. CAT 35 wire
B. CAT 5e wire
C. coaxial cable
D. 100-pair outdoor wire
E. CAT 25 coaxial cable
F. 14 gauge copper wire
10. What is the maximum number of pairs that will terminate onto an RJ-45 connector?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 8
E. 25
F. 45
11. What is the rating of a CAT 3 wire?
A. 2 Mhz
B. 16 Mhz
C. 50 Mhz
D. 70 Mhz
12. Fast Ethernet describes which standard?
A. 10base2
B. 10base5
C. 100baseFX
D. 100baseVG-AnyLAN
13. What is the color code for a 568B jack?
A. blue, white blue, green, white green, orange, white orange, brown, and white brown
B. white green, green, white orange, orange, white blue, blue, white brown, and brown
C. blue, orange, green, brown, white blue, white orange, white green, and white brown
D. white orange, orange, white green, blue, white blue, green, white brown, brown
E. orange, white orange, white green, white blue, blue, green, brown, and white brown
14. When cost is a primary concern, which type of data networking equipment can connect Local-Area Networks (LANs) that are in different buildings a block apart from each other?
A. hubs
B. routers
C. gigabit switches
D. wireless bridges
15. The source address of an Ethernet frame refers to:
A. The sender's NIC address
B. The receiver's NIC address
C. The packet address
D. The frame contents
16. An Ethernet network is which type of a network?
A. active
B. passive
C. active-passive
D. passive-aggressive
17. What is the maximum length of an Ethernet 100BaseT cable segment?
A. 75 meters
B. 100 meters
C. 105 meters
D. 300 meters
18. What is the maximum size of an Ethernet frame?
A. 8 bits
B. 96 bytes
C. 1518 bytes
D. 1024 bytes
19. What is the minimum size of an Ethernet frame?
A. 12 bytes
B. 36 bytes
C. 64 bytes
D. 128 bytes
20. The destination address of an Ethernet frame refers to:
A. The receiver's NIC address
B. The sender's NIC address
C. The packet address
D. The frame contents
21. According to the National Electric Code (NEC), what are three purposes for grounding? (Choose three.)
A. to stabilize voltages
B. to limit the chance of power failure
C. to provide a path to facilitate the operation of overcurrent devices
D. to limit voltages due to lightning, line surges, or unintentional contact with higher voltages
22. Performance will most likely increase in an Ethernet network when:
A. Switches are replaced by hubs
B. Routers are replaced by hubs
C. Switches are replaced by routers
D. Hubs are replaced by switches
23. The primary difference between a hub and a switch is:
A. A hub works at the Data Link layer, while a switch does not
B. A hub has fewer physical ports than a switch
C. A switch is less efficient than a hub
D. A switch can isolate traffic
24. Which item constitutes a single collision domain and a single broadcast domain for all workstations connected to the device?
A. hub
B. switch
C. router
D. bridge
25. Which standard covers 11 Mbit wireless Ethernet equipment?
A. RFC 1542
B. RFC 1618
C. IEEE 802.2
D. IEEE 802.3
E. IEEE 802.11b
26. Which frequency does 11Mbit wireless devices use?
A. 860 Mhz
B. 915 Mhz
C. 2.4 Ghz
D. 2.8 Ghz
E. 5.6 Ghz
27. Which three create segmented collision domains in the same physical location? (Choose three.)
A. hub
B. router
C. switch
D. bridge
28. What prevents broadcast storms from being propagated through the network?
A. hub
B. router
C. bridge
D. switch
29. The organization that sets the standards for the wiring structure of a network is:
A. TIA/EIA
B. OSI
C. ISO
D. NEC
30. Which network operating system typically uses IPX/SPX as its default communication protocol?
A. UNIX/Linux
B. Windows NT
C. IBM OS Warp
D. Novell NetWare
31. Which feature reads the entire frame before forwarding the packet?
A. cut-through
B. Hold and Forward
C. Store and Forward
D. Spanning Tree Protocol
32. Which statement best describes how a Token Ring network functions?
A. The node that holds the token can transmit data on the network.
B. The node that holds the token has the highest priority on the network.
C. Several tokens can travel separate paths to improve performance.
D. The token contains routing information that allows packets to route between rings.
33. Choose the primary reason why businesses use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution over the Internet?
A. web surfing
B. e-commerce
C. Internet Relay Chat
D. secure information sharing
34. Which two pieces of network equipment are in a Local-Area Network (LAN)? (Choose two.)
A. file server
B. print server
C. Supervisor Module
D. Data Service Unit (DSU)
E. Channel Service Unit (CSU)
35. The device that can send a frame in a Token Ring network is:
A. The device with the most processing power
B. The device that controls the physical media
C. The device that controls the token
D. The Master node on the ring
36. The device that removes a frame from a ring in a Token Ring network is:
A. The server
B. The device that sent the frame
C. The device that received the frame
D. Any device on the network
37. Which two network types use a token to control the flow of data on the network? (Choose two.)
A. Ethernet
B. Token Ring
C. 100baseVG-AnyLAN
D. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
E. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
38. On which three types of local-area networks (LANs) does video conferencing function properly? (Choose three.)
A. ArcNet
B. Thicknet
C. Fast Ethernet
D. Switched Ethernet
E. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
39. When a frame is broadcast:
A. It indicates congestion in a network
B. It indicates device failure
C. It goes to all NICs on the physical media
D. It goes to the NIC with the correct destination address only
40. A broadcast domain is:
A. A network that only excepts broadcast frames
B. A network that broadcast messages to the Internet
C. The area of a network where a broadcast frame travels
D. The area of a network where collisions occur
41. Which three of the following devices has the capability to isolate traffic in an Ethernet network? (Choose three)
A. Bridge
B. Switch
C. Router
D. NICs
42. Which type of Local-Area Network (LAN) topology uses counter rotating rings?
A. Ethernet
B. Token Ring
C. IEEE 802.11b
D. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
43. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) was originally specified at which data rate?
A. 10 Mbps
B. 25 Mbps
C. 100 Mbps
D. 155 Mbps
44. At what layer of the OSI Model does ATM fall:
A. Application
B. Session
C. Data Link
D. Transport
45. The two types of ATM interfaces defined by standards bodies are:
A. UNI and NNI
B. NNI and ISSI
C. UNI and Data Link Layer
D. PVC and SVC
46. Network performance on your Local-Area Network (LAN) has degraded so much that no data transfers between workstations. Which device can you use to diagnose the source of the problem?
A. Voltage Meter
B. Protocol Analyzer
C. Spectrum Analyzer
D. Bit Error Rate Tester
47. The data transfer rates of a wireless backbone are below standard, and you suspect radio output. Which piece of test equipment can you set up to test the frequency output?
A. Ohm Meter
B. Spectrum Analyzer
C. Protocol Analyzer
D. Data Link Content Monitor
48. Which piece of equipment can you use to test fiber-optic cable?
A. Oscilloscope
B. LM 2000 analyzer
C. Spectrum Analyzer
D. Optical Time Delay (Domain) Reflectometer
