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New tutorials from The Bryant Advantage! A helpful Frame Relay command reference for your studies: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/FrameRelayCiscoCertificationExamReview.htm And an ISDN / PPP command reference for you as well. http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ISDNPPPCiscoCertificationExamReview.htm And don't forget, I've got over 200 free tutorials on the site - all accessible from this page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/Tutorials.htm Enjoy! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are Saturday's CCNA and CCNP questions: CCNA: Short answer: Convert the decimal 2132 into a hex value. CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: What is the range of private BGP AS numbers? CCNP / BCMSN: What type(s) of frames pass through the tunnel built by the "l2 protocol-tunnel" command? A. All IP frames B. Network control frames C. All data frames D. All IP frames and network control frames The BCRAN and CIT exams are retiring this weekend, so I will not be posting questions for those exams from here on out. I'll have practice questions for the new exams soon! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to Friday's questions! CCNA: What term describes the amount of bandwidth that is guaranteed available to a frame relay provider's customer? A. BA B. DE C. DC D. CIR E. EIR F. BE Answer: D. The Committed Information Rate (CIR) is the amount of bandwidth the frame provider guarantees to the customer. CCNP / BSCI: A BGP route reflector receives a routing update from a client. To whom will the RR send this update? A. All RR clients. B. All RR clients and nonclients. C. All nonclients only. D. No one. Answer: B. When an RR receives a routing update from an RR client, that RR will send that update to all RR clients and nonclients. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch has two paths to the root bridge. One is direct, the other goes through another switch. You want to lessen the delay that will occur if the current root port goes down. What Cisco feature can help? A. Uplinkfast B. Backbonefast C. Portfast D. Bridgefast Answer: A. Uplinkfast can help. When the root port goes down,

Don't forget, I've got over 200 free networking tutorials on the main site - all accessible from this page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/Tutorials.htm Enjoy! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are Friday's Cisco certification exam practice questions! CCNA: What term describes the amount of bandwidth that will be available to a frame relay provider's customer? A. BA B. DE C. DC D. CIR E. EIR F. BE CCNP / BSCI: A BGP route reflector receives a routing update from a client. To whom will the RR send this update? A. All RR clients. B. All RR clients and nonclients. C. All nonclients only. D. No one. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch has two paths to the root bridge. One is direct, the other goes through another switch. You want to lessen the delay that will occur if the current root port goes down. What Cisco feature can help? A. Uplinkfast B. Backbonefast C. Portfast D. Bridgefast CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding ADSL. A. ADSL offers more upload speed than download speed. B. ADSL offers more download speed than upload speed. C. ADSL offers roughly the same amount of upload and download speed. CCNP / CIT: "show interface serial1" tells you that the

December 29, 2006

Here are the answers to Thursday's Cisco certification exam practice questions! CCNA: Choose the statements that accurately describe LMI Autosense. A. The DTE sends three LMI messages, the DCE responds with one. B. The DCE sends three LMI messages, the DTE responds with one. C. This is a Frame Relay feature. D. This is an ISDN feature. Answers: A, C. The DTE will send one of each LMI message type to start the process. This is a Frame Relay feature. CCNP / BCSI: Short answer: In ISIS terminology, what is an "intermediate system"? Answer: An ISIS "IS" is simply a router. CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: You want to connect your laptop directly to the console port of a switch. What kind of cable will you need? Answer: You're going to need a rollover cable. CCNP / BCRAN: What form of compression is defined in RFC 1144? A. stacker B. TCP/IP Header C. MPPC D. Predictor Answer: B. That particular RFC defines TCP/IP Header compression. CCNP / CIT: Using what PPP feature

December 28, 2006

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December 28, 2006

New Tutorials From The Bryant Advantage! Here's an illustrated tutorial on TCP Load Distribution and NAT: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/TCPLoadDistributionAndNAT.htm An ISDN review for you CCNA and CCNP candidates: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CiscoCertificationExamReviewISDNBRIPRIPPP.htm A Frame Relay review for you as well: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CiscoCertificationExamReviewFrameRelay.htm And just a reminder - for you CCNA candidates, give yourself a holiday gift - the ultimate in binary math, subnetting, and hex conversion instruction from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 - at the lowest price you'll ever see it, and you can download it immediately after your purchase! The 250 downloads I'm selling at this price are just about gone. Do NOT miss this opportunity! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/TheBryantAdvantageMasterySeries.html To your CCNA and CCNP exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 28, 2006

Here are Thursday's Cisco certification training questions! CCNA: Choose the statements that accurately describe LMI Autosense. A. The DTE sends three LMI messages, the DCE responds with one. B. The DCE sends three LMI messages, the DTE responds with one. C. This is a Frame Relay feature. D. This is an ISDN feature. CCNP / BCSI: Short answer: In ISIS terminology, what is an "intermediate system"? CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: You want to connect your laptop directly to the console port of a switch. What kind of cable will you need? CCNP / BCRAN: What form of compression is defined in RFC 1144? A. stacker B. TCP/IP Header C. MPPC D. Predictor CCNP / CIT: Using what PPP feature results in the dynamic creation of a virtual-access interface? A. callback B. etherchannel C. dynamic SPID assignment D. multilink Answers will be posted on Friday! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 27, 2006

Here are the answers to Tuesday's Cisco certification training questions! CCNA: Short answer: What's the default priority of an OSPF-enabled Ethernet interface? Answer: The same as any other type of OSPF-enabled interface - one. CCNP / BSCI: RouterA is the DR for a broadcast segment, with RouterB as the BDR. RouterA is rebooted. While RouterA is rebooting, RouterB becomes the DR and RouterC becomes the BDR. What describes RouterA's role five minutes after it comes back online? A. DR B. BDR C. DROther D. Standby E. Active Answer: C. RouterA will become a DROTHER, as it will be neither the DR nor the BDR. With OSPF, a DR/BDR election is not held when a router comes online, or when a router that was previously a DR or BDR comes back online. CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: Given a CIR of 128 KBPS and a time interval of 1/8th of a second, what is the Bc? Answer: The formula: Bc = CIR x Tc. That makes the Bc (128000 x .125), which equals 16000 - NOT 16000 bps. CCNP / BCMSN: Which of

Here are the answers to Saturday's CCNA and CCNP questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the hex value Cd4 into a decimal. Answer: This hex value indicates 12 ("C") units of 256, 13 ("d") units of 16, and four units of 1. 3072 + 208 + 4 = 3284 CCNP / BSCI: An OSPF total stub router is capable of containing what kinds of routes in its routing table? A. Intra-area routes B. Inter-area routes C. E2 routes D. E1 routes E. Default routes Answers: A, E. The routing table of a total stub area can contain intra-area routes (O) and a default inter-area route using the ABR as the next hop. CCNP / BCMSN: You want to use QoS policing on your switch. What command will create the policy itself? A. class-map B. policy-map C. police D. exceed-action or drop-action Answer: B. The police statement will be used, but the policy itself is created with policy-map. Create the ACL first to identify traffic to be policed, then the class-map, then the policy-map, then app

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Today's CCNA and CCNP training questions: CCNA: Short answer: What's the default priority of an OSPF-enabled Ethernet interface? CCNP / BSCI: RouterA is the DR for a broadcast segment, with RouterB as the BDR. RouterA is rebooted. While RouterA is rebooting, RouterB becomes the DR and RouterC becomes the BDR. What describes RouterA's role five minutes after it comes back online? A. DR B. BDR C. DROther D. Standby E. Active CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: Given a CIR of 128 KBPS and a time interval of 1/8th of a second, what is the Bc? CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following is defined by IEEE 802.3ad? A. Portfast B. LACP C. PAgP D. Backbonefast CCNP / CIT: Which of the following allows the closest DCE to perform loopback testing? A. BERT B. TDR C. volt-ohm meter D. cable tester Answers will be posted on Wednesday! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 25, 2006

Hi Everyone, No posts on the blog today - but I'm back on the 26th with more Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification questions, plus the latest in Vista certification news, and more! See you then! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 23, 2006

Fully Updated CCNP Study Packages Are On The Way! Plus, One Last Chance For CCNA Candidates To Master Binary And Subnetting At An All-Time Low Price! I've had literally thousands of Cisco certification students ask me when I'm going to have CCNP Study Packages for the new exams - and you're the first to know! I've been working hard on updating the BSCI package, and I'll have that ready for you in late January - less than 30 days away! Full coverage of IP version 6 and multicasting will be included, all in the same easy-to-understand format you've come to expect from The Bryant Advantage. The fully updated BCMSN Study Package will be out in late February, with the other two exams to be covered in the following months. The CCNP is going to be more challenging and more valuable than ever before, and I'm ready to help you earn this demanding certification. And just a reminder - for you CCNA candidates, give yourself a holiday gift - the ultimate in binary mat

December 23, 2006

Here are Saturday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the hex value Cd4 into a decimal. CCNP / BSCI: An OSPF total stub router is capable of containing what kinds of routes in its routing table? A. Intra-area routes B. Inter-area routes C. E2 routes D. E1 routes E. Default routes CCNP / BCMSN: You want to use QoS policing on your switch. What command will create the policy itself? A. class-map B. policy-map C. police D. exceed-action or drop-action CCNP / BCRAN: By default, what login points will have a named authentication list applied to them? A. None of them B. The VTY lines C. The AUX port D. The CON port CCNP / CIT: Short answer: What Microsoft command shows you the NIC type and MAC address, active network destinations, network masks, gateways, interface IP addresses, and path metrics? Answers will be posted on Sunday! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 23, 2006

Here are the answers to Friday's Cisco certification exam practice questions! CCNA: Identify the true statements regarding infrared wireless connections. A. has a high data rate B. has a low data rate C. carries for long distances D. carries only for short distances Answers: A, D. Infrared has a high data rate, but it's appropriate only for short distances. CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statements regarding ISIS. A. L1 routing is inter-area routing. B. L2 routing is inter-area routing. C. L1 routing is intra-area routing. D. L2 routing is intra-area routing. Answers: B, C. L1 routing is routing within the same area (intra-area); L2 routing is routing between areas (inter-area). CCNP / BCMSN: A switch port is configured with Root Guard. A superior BPDU is received on that port. What will happen? A. The port goes into blocking state. B. The port goes into err-disabled state. C. The port goes into root-inconsistent state. D. The port remains in the same state it was in before the

December 22, 2006

Fully Updated CCNP Study Packages Are On The Way! Plus, One Last Chance For CCNA Candidates To Master Binary And Subnetting With My Special Holiday Offer! I've had literally thousands of Cisco certification students ask me when I'm going to have CCNP Study Packages for the new exams - and here's the inside info! I've been working hard on updating the BSCI package, and I'll have that ready for you in late January - less than 30 days away! Full coverage of IP version 6 and multicasting will be included, all in the same easy-to-understand format you've come to expect from The Bryant Advantage. The fully updated BCMSN Study Package will be out in late February, with the other two exams to be covered in the following months. The CCNP is going to be more challenging and more valuable than ever before, and I'm ready to help you earn this demanding certification. And just a reminder - for you CCNA candidates, give yourself a holiday gift - the ultimate in binary mat

December 22, 2006

Here are Friday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions: CCNA: Identify the true statements regarding infrared wireless connections. A. has a high data rate B. has a low data rate C. carries for long distances D. carries only for short distances CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statements regarding ISIS. A. L1 routing is inter-area routing. B. L2 routing is inter-area routing. C. L1 routing is intra-area routing. D. L2 routing is intra-area routing. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch port is configured with Root Guard. A superior BPDU is received on that port. What will happen? A. The port goes into blocking state. B. The port goes into err-disabled state. C. The port goes into root-inconsistent state. D. The port remains in the same state it was in before the BPDU was received. CCNP / BCRAN: What command configures a line to allow a modem to be able to accept incoming calls as well as place outgoing calls? A. transport input output all B. modem inout C. mode bidirectional D. transport mode all CCNP

December 22, 2006

Here are the answers to Wednesday's Cisco certification training questions! CCNA: On the blank console line shown below, what command can be used to prevent OSPF hellos from keeping the ISDN line up? R2#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R2(config)#interface bri0 R2(config-if)# Answer: ip ospf demand-circuit will prevent OSPF Hello packets from being considered interesting traffic. CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following protocol combinations will result in automatic route redistribution when they're configured on the same router? A. EIGRP and IGRP using the same non-zero AS number B. EIGRP and IGRP using different non-zero AS numbers C. EIGRP and IGRP using AS number 0 D. EIGRP for AppleTalk, RTMP E. EIGRP for IPX, RIP for IPX Answer: A, D. E. EIGRP and IGRP cannot be set to use autonomous system zero. They must be set to the same non-zero AS number in order to redistribute routes automatically. CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: A Portfast-enabled port

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Here are Wednesday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: On the blank console line shown below, what command can be used to prevent OSPF hellos from keeping the ISDN line up? R2#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R2(config)#interface bri0 R2(config-if)# CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following protocol combinations will result in automatic route redistribution when they're configured on the same router? A. EIGRP and IGRP using the same non-zero AS number B. EIGRP and IGRP using different non-zero AS numbers C. EIGRP and IGRP using AS number 0 D. EIGRP for AppleTalk, RTMP E. EIGRP for IPX, RIP for IPX CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: A Portfast-enabled port skips how many STP port states? CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding CET. A. It's a Cisco-proprietary protocol. B. It's an open-standard protocol. C. It provides AH and ESP. D. It provides some data encryption. E. It provides no data encryption. CCNP / CIT: A TA is required w

Here are the answers to Tuesday's CCNA and CCNP certification questions! CCNA: What values can IGRP consider when computing a path's metric? A. bandwidth, delay B. bandwidth, delay, load C. bandwidth, delay, load, reliability D. bandwidth, delay, load, reliability, hop count Answer: C. IGRP can consider bandwidth, delay, load, and reliability. IGRP and EIGRP consider bandwidth and delay by default. CCNP / BSCI: There is a three-router DIS election happening on your Ethernet segment. The interface priorities are set to the default. Which of the following is true? A. The priority is 1, the router with the highest priority will win. B. The priority is 64, the router with the lowest priority will win. C. The priority is 1, the router with the highest MAC address will win. D. The priority is 1, the router with the lowest MAC address will win. E. None of the above. Answer: E. The default priority is 64, and the router with the highest MAC address will win. On Frame Relay, the value

December 19, 2006

Three New Tutorials From The Bryant Advantage! Regardless of what certification you're working on, all three of these tutorials are great reading. Here's one on class-based weighted fair queueing: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ClassBasedWeightedFairQueueing.htm Read about flow-based weighted fair queueing here: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/FlowBasedWeightedFairQueueing.htm A comparison of weighted fair, priority, and custom queueing; http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ComparingWFQPQCQ.htm Enjoy! And for you CCNA candidates, give yourself a holiday gift - the ultimate in binary math, subnetting, and hex conversion instruction from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 - at the lowest price you'll ever see it, and you can download it immediately after your purchase! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/TheBryantAdvantageMasterySeries.html To your Cisco certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 19, 2006

If you're going to be thinking, you might as well think big. -- Donald Trump Here are today's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: What values can IGRP consider when computing a path's metric? A. bandwidth, delay B. bandwidth, delay, load C. bandwidth, delay, load, reliability D. bandwidth, delay, load, reliability, hop count CCNP / BSCI: There is a three-router DIS election happening on your Ethernet segment. The interface priorities are set to the default. Which of the following is true? A. The priority is 1, the router with the highest priority will win. B. The priority is 64, the router with the lowest priority will win. C. The priority is 1, the router with the highest MAC address will win. D. The priority is 1, the router with the lowest MAC address will win. E. None of the above. CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements regarding Voice VLANs and trunking protocols. A. 802.1p carries voice traffic in the native VLAN. B. 802.1p carries voice

December 19, 2006

Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification questions! CCNA: Which of the following protocols use the concept of the Autonomous System number? A. RIP v 1 B. RIP v 2 C. IGRP D. EIGRP E. OSPF Answers: C, D. The number in the router ospf command is a process number, not an AS number. CCNP / BCSI: A BGP route reflector receives a routing update from a client. To whom will the RR send this update? A. All RR clients and nonclients. B. All RR clients. C. All nonclients only. D. The RR will not forward this update at all. Answer: A. When an RR receives a routing update from an RR client, that RR will send that update to all RR clients and nonclients. CCNP / BCMSN: You want to connect two switches together to create a trunk. What kind of cable will you need? A. DTE/DCE B. straight-through C. crossover D. rollover Answer: C. You have to use a crossover cable in this situation. CCNP / BCRAN: You've got a Cisco ACS server acting as a RADIUS server. Which of the foll

December 18, 2006

Welcome back! Here are Monday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Which of the following protocols use the concept of the Autonomous System number? A. RIP v 1 B. RIP v 2 C. IGRP D. EIGRP E. OSPF CCNP / BCSI: A BGP route reflector receives a routing update from a client. To whom will the RR send this update? A. All RR clients and nonclients. B. All RR clients. C. All nonclients only. D. The RR will not forward this update at all. CCNP / BCMSN: You want to connect two switches together to create a trunk. What kind of cable will you need? A. DTE/DCE B. straight-through C. crossover D. rollover CCNP / BCRAN: You've got a Cisco ACS server acting as a RADIUS server. Which of the following commands identifies that server to the router? A. authentication server 172.1.1.1 permit ip B. aaa lookup authentication 172.1.1.1 C. aaa new-model tacacs-server 172.1.1.1 D. tacacs-server host 172.1.1.1 CCNP / CIT: "show interface serial1" tells you that the interface is down, as is

December 17, 2006

An interesting article on Cisco's plans to change the very nature of the IOS. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/121506-images-of-revamped-ios-become-clearer.html Nothing stays the same! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 17, 2006

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December 17, 2006

Welcome! Here are the answers to Saturday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the binary string 01101010 10001010 00001101 00101011 into a dotted decimal value. Answer: 106.138.13.43. CCNP / BSCI: What route or routes does an OSPF ASBR redistribute automatically? A. Any OSPF routes from other local processes. B. A default static route. C. Routes from other OSPF processes matching process numbers on the ASBR. D. None. Answer: D. The OSPF router does not become an ASBR until you manually configure route redistribution. CCNP / BCMSN: In an Etherchannel, what mathematical operation decides the physical channel that will actually carry the data from a particular source to a particular destination? A. AND B. OR C. XOR D. Boolean E. Dijkstra F. Diffie-Hellman Answer: C. CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following are correct regarding DES? A. DES uses a single 56-bit key. B. DES is more easily broken than 3DES. C. DES uses multiple 56-bit keys. D. 3DES is more easily

December 16, 2006

Here are Saturday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the binary string 01101010 10001010 00001101 00101011 into a dotted decimal value. CCNP / BSCI: What route or routes does an OSPF ASBR redistribute automatically? A. Any OSPF routes from other local processes. B. A default static route. C. Routes from other OSPF processes matching process numbers on the ASBR. D. None. CCNP / BCMSN: In an Etherchannel, what mathematical operation decides the physical channel that will actually carry the data from a particular source to a particular destination? A. AND B. OR C. XOR D. Boolean E. Dijkstra F. Diffie-Hellman CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following are correct regarding DES? A. DES uses a single 56-bit key. B. DES is more easily broken than 3DES. C. DES uses multiple 56-bit keys. D. 3DES is more easily broken than DES. CCNP / CIT: Identify the true statements regarding the following command. dialer watch-list 5 ip 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 A. This command

December 15, 2006

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December 15, 2006

Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco certification exam practice questions! CCNA: Fill in the blank: You are configuring a switch that is not currently the root for VLAN 23, but you want to make it the root switch. The command is ____________ . (Do not specify a priority in the command.) Answer: SW1#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. SW1(config)# spanning vlan 23 root primary CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: What is RIP's default behavior regarding what update versions to send and receive? Answer: RIP's default behavior is to send version 1 updates, but to accept versions 1 and 2. Hardcoding the router with "version 1" or "version 2" forces the router to accept and send only that version. CCNP / BCRAN: What term is defined as "only the devices that should see the data in an unencrypted form will see the data in that form"? A. Data Origin Authentication B. Data Integrity C. Data Encryption D. Data Confidentiality

Over 200 Free Tutorials Await You At The Bryant Advantage - And Everything's Now Easier To Find! As most of you know, I've got well over 200 free tutorials over on the main website, covering all sorts of CCNA and CCNP topics. The page got so big that it was a little clumsy to navigate, so I've broken the Tutorials up into different sections. All the CCNA tutorials can be found on the following page, as can links to the different CCNP, Microsoft Vista, Cisco Home Lab Help, and CompTIA exam tutorials. Get over there and start reading! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/Tutorials.htm To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are Thursday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification practice questions! CCNA: Fill in the blank: You are configuring a switch that is not currently the root for VLAN 23, but you want to make it the root switch. The command is ____________ . (Do not specify a priority in the command.) CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: What is RIP's default behavior regarding what update versions to send and receive? CCNP / BCRAN: What term is defined as "only the devices that should see the data in an unencrypted form will see the data in that form"? A. Data Origin Authentication B. Data Integrity C. Data Encryption D. Data Confidentiality CCNP / BCMSN: Can a switch be configured to open an err-disabled port on its own, rather than require manual intervention? A. No. B. Yes, with the errdisable recovery command. C. Yes, with the auto reenable command. D. This will happen by default after the port has been shut down for one hour. CCNP / CIT: What command will set the seed metric for all rout

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Here are the answers to yesterday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Which of the following tests IP connectivity at the Application layer of the OSI model? A. ping B. traceroute C. telnet D. extended ping Answer: C. The Application-layer protocol Telnet tests IP connectivity at all layers of the OSI model. CCNP / BSCI: What two devices are communicating if ISIS Level 0 routing is occurring? A. An end host and a router B. Two routers, both in the same area C. Two routers, in different areas D. Two routers, in different domains E. Two end hosts Answer: A. "Level 0 routing" refers to ES - IS communication on the same subnet, an "ES" being an end device and an "IS" being a router. CCNP / BCMSN: What term refers to the process of the switch placing data into the proper egress queue? A. marking B. trusting C. scheduling D. classification Answer: C. The term "scheduling" refers to the process of the switch placing data into the proper exit (

Welcome! Here are Wednesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Which of the following tests IP connectivity at the Application layer of the OSI model? A. ping B. traceroute C. telnet D. extended ping CCNP / BSCI: What two devices are communicating if ISIS Level 0 routing is occurring? A. An end host and a router B. Two routers, both in the same area C. Two routers, in different areas D. Two routers, in different domains E. Two end hosts CCNP / BCMSN: What term refers to the process of the switch placing data into the proper egress queue? A. marking B. trusting C. scheduling D. classification CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: How many classes can be defined for CQ? CCNP / CIT: Which of the following devices sends a pulse down a cable to test for crimps, breaks, or impedance mismatches? A. BERT B. TDR C. volt-ohm meter D. digital multimeter E. analog multimeter Answers will be posted Thursday! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantad

December 13, 2006

Welcome! Here are the answers to yesterday's CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions: CCNA: Fill in the blanks: The full command to see all debugs running on the router is ____________ , and the full command to turn off all running debugs is ____________ . Answer: To see all debugs, run show debug ; to turn them all off at once, run undebug all. CCNP / BSCI: A non-routing node on an ISIS network sends how many different ISIS hello types? A. Zero B. One C. Two D. Three E. Four Answer: B. This describes an ISIS End System, and End Systems send only ESH (End System Hello) packets. CCNP / BCMSN: What command places a user connecting to a switch via Telnet directly into privileged exec mode? A. enable B. login local C. privilege level 15 D. privilege level 0 Bonus: Where should this command be configured? Answer: C, and this command should be configured on the VTY lines. CCNP / BCRAN: The cable modem has received maintenance messages from the CMTS. What will happen now? A.

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Here are Tuesday's CCNA and CCNP certification practice questions! CCNA: Fill in the blanks: The full command to see all debugs running on the router is ____________ , and the full command to turn off all running debugs is ____________ . CCNP / BSCI: A non-routing node on an ISIS network sends how many different ISIS hello types? A. Zero B. One C. Two D. Three E. Four CCNP / BCMSN: What command places a user connecting to a switch via Telnet directly into privileged exec mode? A. enable B. login local C. privilege level 15 D. privilege level 0 Bonus: Where should this command be configured? CCNP / BCRAN: The cable modem has received maintenance messages from the CMTS. What will happen now? A. The cable modem sends a DHCP reply. B. The cable modem sends a DHCP request. C. The CMTS sends a DHCP reply. D. The CMTS sends a DHCP request. CCNP / CIT: What command must be used to resolve the following issue? 03:33:20: %DUAL-5-NBRCHANGE: IP-EIGRP 100: Neighbor 172.12.23.3 (Ethernet0) is d

Here are the answers to Monday's CCNA and CCNP certification training questions! CCNA: Short answer: You want to change EIGRP's default assumption that a serial interface is connected to a T1 line. You want to indicate to EIGRP that the line is actually running at roughly 33% of a T1 line capacity. What command will do this, and where should it be placed? Answer: Enter the bandwidth 512 command under the serial interface's configuration - NOT the EIGRP configuration. CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: In the following configuration, what value is represented by "1544"? R2(config)#router eigrp 100 R2(config-router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric 1544 100 1 255 1500 Answer: Bandwidth. The order of these metrics in the redistribute command when redistributing routes into EIGRP: bandwidth, delay, reliability, load, mtu. CCNP / BCMSN: In a typical Network Management block, what switch layers are represented? A. Access B. Distribution C. Core Answer: A, B. In addition to network m

December 11, 2006

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December 11, 2006

Here are Monday's CCNA and CCNP certification practice questions! CCNA: Short answer: You want to change EIGRP's default assumption that a serial interface is connected to a T1 line. You want to indicate to EIGRP that the line is actually running at roughly 33% of a T1 line capacity. What command will do this, and where should it be placed? CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: In the following configuration, what value is represented by "1544"? R2(config)#router eigrp 100 R2(config-router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric 1544 100 1 255 1500 CCNP / BCMSN: In a typical Network Management block, what switch layers are represented? A. Access B. Distribution C. Core CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding CAP and DMT. A. CAP has over 200 channels. B. CAP has three channels. C. DMT has three channels. D. DMT has over 200 channels. CCNP / CIT: Which of the following allows the closest DCE to perform loopback testing? A. TDR B. BERT C. volt-ohm meter D. cable tester Answers wil

December 11, 2006

Here are the answers to Saturday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the decimal 781 into a hex value. Answer: We've got three units of 256, zero units of 16, and 13 units of 1 = that's 30D. CCNP / BSCI: On what OSPF router type(s) can the area range command be used? A. ABR B. DR C. BDR D. DRother Answer: A. "area range", one of two commands available to summarize routes in OSPF, is designed for use on an Area Border Router only. R1(config)#router ospf 1 R1(config-router)#area 1 ? authentication Enable authentication default-cost Set the summary default-cost of a NSSA/stub area nssa Specify a NSSA area range Summarize routes matching address/mask (border routers only) stub Specify a stub area virtual-link Define a virtual link and its parameters CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements. A. VTP pruning is on by default. B. VTP pruning is off by default. C. VTP requires a password to be set. D. VTP does not require a password. Answers: B,

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Welcome! Here are Saturday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification training questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the decimal 781 into a hex value. CCNP / BSCI: On what OSPF router type(s) can the area range command be used? A. ABR B. DR C. BDR D. DRother CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements. A. VTP pruning is on by default. B. VTP pruning is off by default. C. VTP requires a password to be set. D. VTP does not require a password. CCNP / BCRAN: What group or organization is the original intended beneficiary of the wireless broadband solution UNII ? A. Hospitals B. Libraries C. Public schools D. Coffee shops CCNP / CIT: You suspect unidirectional links are causing switching loops on your network. Which of the following services will help? A. Backbonefast B. Uplinkfast C. UDLD D. BPDU Skew Detection Answers will be posted Sunday! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to Thursday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Which term best describes the traffic will be allowed to cross an ISDN link once it is up ? A. None B. All IP traffic C. All traffic D. All ICMP-based traffic, such as pings Answer: C. Once interesting traffic brings the ISDN link up, any traffic can cross the link. CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following values does not have to be agreed upon between potential OSPF neighbors in order for an adjacency to be created? A. The hello timer B. The dead timer C. The process number D. The area number E. The stub flag setting F. The total stub flag setting Answer: C. The OSPF process number is locally significant only and does not have to match the process run by a potential neighbor. CCNP / BCMSN: A VTP switch has a revision number of 5. This switch receives a VTP advertisement with a revision number of 6. What action(s) will this switch take? A. Reject the advertisement B. Accept the advertisement C. Increment it

December 07, 2006

Here are Thursday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Which term best describes the traffic will be allowed to cross an ISDN link once it is up ? A. None B. All IP traffic C. All traffic D. All ICMP-based traffic, such as pings CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following values does not have to be agreed upon between potential OSPF neighbors in order for an adjacency to be created? A. The hello timer B. The dead timer C. The process number D. The area number E. The stub flag setting F. The total stub flag setting CCNP / BCMSN: A VTP switch has a revision number of 5. This switch receives a VTP advertisement with a revision number of 6. What action(s) will this switch take? A. Reject the advertisement B. Accept the advertisement C. Increment its revision number D. Decrement its revision number CCNP / BCRAN: DLCI 122 shows as inactive. Where will the problem most likely be found? A. A local host B. The local router C. The frame switch D. The remote router CCNP / CIT: Short answer

December 07, 2006

Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam training questions! CCNA: You want to configure unequal-cost load-sharing on your EIGRP router. What command will allow you to find the metric for the path you want to include in the routing table that is not currently there? A. show ip eigrp route B. show ip eigrp neighbor C. show ip eigrp topology D. show ip eigrp transactions Answer: C. That's a long-winded way of asking you how you can find the metric of the Feasible Successor, and that's in the topology table. CCNP / BCSI: In what two OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected? A. broadcast B. non-broadcast C. point-to-point D. point-to-multipoint Answers: A, B. Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint OSPF networks do not elect a DR or a BDR. CCNP / BCMSN: The phrases "guaranteed rate" and "reserved path" describe what QoS model? A. DiffServ B. FIFO C. Integrated Services D. Best-effort E. Connection-oriented Answer: C. Integ

December 06, 2006

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December 06, 2006

Here are Wednesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification training questions! CCNA: You want to configure unequal-cost load-sharing on your EIGRP router. What command will allow you to find the metric for the path you want to include in the routing table that is not currently there? A. show ip eigrp route B. show ip eigrp neighbor C. show ip eigrp topology D. show ip eigrp transactions CCNP / BCSI: In what two OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected? A. broadcast B. non-broadcast C. point-to-point D. point-to-multipoint CCNP / BCMSN: The phrases "guaranteed rate" and "reserved path" describe what QoS model? A. DiffServ B. FIFO C. Integrated Services D. Best-effort E. Connection-oriented CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: What pin number belongs to the Ground pin, which is used to serve as a reference point for other signals? CCNP / CIT: Short answer: The ping command tests which levels of the OSI model? Answers will be posted Thursday! To your cert

December 06, 2006

Top o' the morning! Or afternoon or evening, depending on where you are! Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco practice exam questions: CCNA: In OSPF, what is meant by the term "external route"? A. A route to a destination in another OSPF area. B. A route injected into the OSPF domain by the ABR. C. A route injected into the OSPF domain by the ASBR. D. A route injected into the OSPF domain by the router at the remote end of the virtual link. Answer: C. Autonomous System Border Routers (ASBRs) inject external routes from other protocols into an OSPF domain. CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following protocols are designed to expedite network cutover to a working router when the primary router goes down? A. SNMP B. IRDP C. HSRP D. DNS E. ARP Answer: B, C. Both ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) and Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) handle this task. CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: New Cisco switches calculate a 1000 MBPS port as having a cost of ____________. Originally a

December 05, 2006

I've got two new tutorials for you over at the main site - one dealing with proper mental preparation for peak performance on exam day (try saying that fast three times), and the other's an ISDN troubleshooting tutorial for CCNA and CCNP CIT exam candidates. They're both linked at the very top of this page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/Tutorials.htm Enjoy! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 05, 2006

Here are Tuesday's CCNA and CCNP certification practice questions! CCNA: In OSPF, what is meant by the term "external route"? A. A route to a destination in another OSPF area. B. A route injected into the OSPF domain by the ABR. C. A route injected into the OSPF domain by the ASBR. D. A route injected into the OSPF domain by the router at the remote end of the virtual link. CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following protocols are designed to expedite network cutover to a working router when the primary router goes down? A. SNMP B. IRDP C. HSRP D. DNS E. ARP CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: New Cisco switches calculate a 1000 MBPS port as having a cost of ____________. CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: How can you clear a NAT router's dynamically created mappings? CCNP / CIT: Identify the connection-oriented protocols. A. IP B. IPX C. UDP D. TCP Answers will be posted tomorrow! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

December 05, 2006

Welcome! Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP training questions! CCNA: Short answer: What number is assigned to the only VLAN that exists by default on a Cisco 2950 switch? Answer: The default VLAN is VLAN 1. CCNP / BSCI: What LSA type is generated by every router for every area the router belongs to, and is flooded to a single area only? A. Type 1 B. Type 2 C. Type 3 D. Type 4 E. Type 5 F. Type 6 G. Type 7 Answer: A. Type 1 LSAs are generated by every router for every area it belongs to, and these LSAs are never flooded outside that particular area. CCNP / BCMSN: In a typical Server Farm block, what level(s) of switches are present in addition to the servers? A. Access B. Distribution C. Core Answer: A, B. Server Farm blocks typically consist of servers and both access- and distribution-layer switches. CCNP / BCRAN: What protocol makes it possible to exchange secret keys over a non-secure connection without compromising the keys? A. Dijkstra B. A

December 04, 2006

Here are Monday's CCNA and CCNP certification training questions! CCNA: Short answer: What number is assigned to the only VLAN that exists by default on a Cisco 2950 switch? CCNP / BSCI: What LSA type is generated by every router for every area the router belongs to, and is flooded to a single area only? A. Type 1 B. Type 2 C. Type 3 D. Type 4 E. Type 5 F. Type 6 G. Type 7 CCNP / BCMSN: In a typical Server Farm block, what level(s) of switches are present in addition to the servers? A. Access B. Distribution C. Core CCNP / BCRAN: What protocol makes it possible to exchange secret keys over a non-secure connection without compromising the keys? A. Dijkstra B. Authentication Header C. Encapsulating Security Protocol D. Diffie-Hellman CCNP / CIT: Two hosts are separated by a router. What protocol is needed for successful L2 communication between the two? A. Inverse ARP B. Proxy ARP C. Reverse ARP D. Converse ARP Answers will be posted tomorrow! I'll have new tutorials and articles

December 04, 2006

Here are the answers to Saturday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: What does an ASBR do that no other OSPF router type does? A. Connects ABRs to Area 0. B. Contains virtual links. C. Has all interfaces in Area 0. D. Has no interface in Area 0. E. Performs route redistribution with other protocols. Answer: E. An ASBR brings in routes discovered by other protocols and placed them into the OSPF domain. CCNP / BSCI: Consider the following configuration: R2(config)#router eigrp 100 R2(config-router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric 1544 100 1 255 1500 What value does the "100" represent? A. bandwidth B. delay C. reliability D. load E. MTU F. OSPF process number Answer: B. The order of EIGRP metrics: bandwidth, delay, reliability, load, mtu. CCNP / BCMSN: What is the main purpose of IEEE 802.3ac? A. Allows access ports to become trunks. B. Allows a switch to handle runt frames. C. Allows maximum frame length to be extended. D. Allows VTP transparent mode to forward advertisem

December 02, 2006

Here are the answers to Friday's Cisco certification exam training questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the hex character F4 into a binary string. Convert it into a decimal, too. : ) Answer: The decimal value is 244 (15 units of 16, four units of one). The equivalent binary string is 11110100. CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statement regarding RIP routing update authentication. A. Neither RIPv1 nor RIPv2 offers packet authentication. B. RIPv1 offers packet authentication, RIPv2 does not. C. RIPv2 offers packet authentication, RIPv1 does not. D. Both RIPv1 and RIPv2 offer packet authentication. Answer: C. RIPv2 offers quite a few features that RIPv1 does not, and routing update packet authentication is one of them. RIPv2 can use either clear text or MD5 authentication. CCNP / BCMSN: A unicast frame enters a switch port. The destination is unknown to the switch. What term describes the action taken by the switch regarding this frame's transmission? A. unicast

I have a new Cisco CCNA training article on using default static routes in network troubleshooting over on the main tutorials page, plus quite a few new CCNA, CCNP, and Computer Career articles on the website that have just been added over the last week or so. Visit the Tutorials page and check out the top of the page for the latest additions! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/Tutorials.htm Enjoy! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are Friday's Cisco certification exam training questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the hex character F4 into a binary string. Convert it into a decimal, too. : ) CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statement regarding RIP routing update authentication. A. Neither RIPv1 nor RIPv2 offers packet authentication. B. RIPv1 offers packet authentication, RIPv2 does not. C. RIPv2 offers packet authentication, RIPv1 does not. D. Both RIPv1 and RIPv2 offer packet authentication. CCNP / BCMSN: A unicast frame enters a switch port. The destination is unknown to the switch. What term describes the action taken by the switch regarding this frame's transmission? A. unicast B. multicast C. anycast D. filtered E. flooded CCNP / BCRAN: From the provider's point of view, the wireless broadband solution LMDS uses what topology? A. point-to-point B. broadcast C. multicast D. point-to-multipoint CCNP / CIT: What cable type is necessary for a trunk to form? A. rollover B. cr