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Here are Friday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions ! All questions on Fridays are short answer with no choices given. CCNA: What command will show you only the routes dynamically discovered by RIP v 2? CCNP / BSCI: What port number does BGP use for peer connections? CCNP / BCRAN: What queueing strategy uses the concept of conversations ? CCNP / BCMSN: What is the TCP issue that may arise from the use of tail drop? See you Saturday with the answers! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are Wednesday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: What protocol runs on the D-channel in BRI to help set up and tear calls down? A. ISDN B. LAPB C. LAPD D. PPP E. HDLC CCNP / BSCI: On what OSPF router types can the area range command be used? A. ABRs only. B. ASBRs only. C. ABRs and backbone routers only. D. Internal routers only. E. External routers only. CCNP / BCMSN: When dot1x port-based authentication is in effect, what combination of protocols can pass through the port prior to authentication? A. STP, CDP, VTP B. EAPOL, STP, CDP C. STP, CDP D. CDP, VTP CCNP / BCRAN: Of the following methods of data transport, which is inherently the least secure? A. RFC 1483 bridging B. PPPoE C. PPPoA See you Thursday with the answers! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to yesterday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: What command unencrypts the enable secret password? A. no service enable-encryption B. no service password-encryption C. no encryption default D. No command will do this. Answer: D. You can't unencrypt the enable secret password. CCNP / BSCI: What protocol allows BGP to dynamically discover neighbors? A. ARP B. IARP C. TCP D. UDP E. IP F. RARP G. None of the above. Answer: G. BGP can't dynamically discover neighbors - you must configure static neighbor statements. CCNP / BCRAN: In which of the following countries and/or continents does ISDN PRI consists of 31 channels? A. Europe B. United States C. Japan D. Australia E. Canada Answer: A, D. ISDN PRI consists of 31 channels in Europe and Australia. CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements regarding root port cost. A. It's locally significant only. B. Downstream switches can see the root port costs of the local switch. C. Root port cost incremen...

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Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. -- Winston Churchill

Here are Tuesday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: What command unencrypts the enable secret password? A. no service enable-encryption B. no service password-encryption C. no encryption default D. No command will do this. CCNP / BSCI: What protocol allows BGP to dynamically discover neighbors? A. ARP B. IARP C. TCP D. UDP E. IP F. RARP G. None of the above. CCNP / BCRAN: In which of the following countries and/or continents does ISDN PRI consists of 31 channels? A. Europe B. United States C. Japan D. Australia E. Canada CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements regarding root port cost. A. It's locally significant only. B. Downstream switches can see the root port costs of the local switch. C. Root port cost increments as the BPDU enters the switch. D. Root port cost increments as the BPDU leaves the switch. To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to Monday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: What does a Cisco switch use to build a dynamic MAC address table? A. Source MAC addresses. B. Destination MAC addresses. C. ARP D. RARP E IARP Answer: A. The switch will always look at the source MAC address of a frame before the destination, and one reason is that the switch uses source MAC addresses to build a MAC address table. CCNP / BCSI: Which of the following statements are true regarding OSPF virtual links? A. They cannot use a stub area as a transit area. B. They cannot use a total stub as a transit area. C. They cannot use a point-to-point OSPF network as a transit area. D. If Area 0 is using link authentication, the virtual area must do so as well. E. If Area 0 is using link authentication, the virtual area is not required to do so. F. OSPF virtual links cannot be configured to use link authentication. Answers: A, B, D. Virtual links cannot use stub or total stub areas as transit areas. Additionall...

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Here are Monday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: What does a Cisco switch use to build a dynamic MAC address table? A. Source MAC addresses. B. Destination MAC addresses. C. ARP D. RARP E IARP CCNP / BCSI: Which of the following statements are true regarding OSPF virtual links? A. They cannot use a stub area as a transit area. B. They cannot use a total stub as a transit area. C. They cannot use a point-to-point OSPF network as a transit area. D. If Area 0 is using link authentication, the virtual area must do so as well. E. If Area 0 is using link authentication, the virtual area is not required to do so. F. OSPF virtual links cannot be configured to use link authentication. CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the BPDU types. A. Configuration B. Broadcast C. Root D. Multicast E. TCN F. Express G. Flash CCNP / BCRAN: In feet, what is the distance limitation for ADSL? Short answer, no choices given. See you later today with another free tutorial and other great stuff -- all from The Bry...

Here are the answers to Saturday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: You are configuring an OSPF hub-and-spoke network over Serial links. The network type has not been changed. Which of the following is true? A. The hub must be the DR and there can be no BDR. B. The hub will require neighbor statements. C. The hub must be the DR, but it's acceptable to have the spokes be the BDRs. D. The hub and both spokes will require the neighbor command. Answers: A, B. The hub must be the DR, there can be no BDRs, and the hub will require neighbor statements. It doesn't hurt anything for neighbor statements to be configured on the spokes, but they're not necessary. CCNP / BSCI: What protocol is necessary for On-Demand Routing to operate? A. ARP B. Inverse ARP C. Reverse ARP D. Cisco Discovery Protocol Answer: D. ODR requires CDP to operate. CCNP / BCMSN: What cable type is required to physically connect two switches and allow the formation of trunks? Short answer, no choices g...

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Here are the slightly delayed answers to Friday's questions! CCNA: What command will display the IOS filename in use on a router? show version will show you that (and a lot more!) CCNP / BSCI: You have a rather large RIP network, and your core router is going to advertise 110 routes. How many routing update packets will this require? Answer: A RIP packet can contain a maximum of 25 entries, so this will require five update packets. CCNP / BCMSN: What command places a VTP device into Secure mode? Answer: vtp password does this. CCNP / BCRAN: In the command fair-queue 200 128 50, what does the 200 represent? The first value listed there is the Congestive Discard Threshold, which dictates the number of packets that can be held in a single queue. The default is 64. R1(config)#int serial0 R1(config-if)#fair-queue ? Congestive Discard Threshold See you later today with more questions and the answers to Saturday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! To your Cisco certification success,...

Here are Saturday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: You are configuring an OSPF hub-and-spoke network over Serial links. The network type has not been changed. Which of the following is true? A. The hub must be the DR and there can be no BDR. B. The hub will require neighbor statements. C. The hub must be the DR, but it's acceptable to have the spokes be the BDRs. D. The hub and both spokes will require the neighbor command. CCNP / BSCI: What protocol is necessary for On-Demand Routing to operate? A. ARP B. Inverse ARP C. Reverse ARP D. Cisco Discovery Protocol CCNP / BCMSN: What cable type is required to physically connect two switches and allow the formation of trunks? Short answer, no choices given. CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following does Kerberos NOT support? A. authorization B. accounting C. authentication D. AAA See you Sunday with the answers! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. --- W.W. Ziege

We will either find a way, or make one. -- Hannibal

Here are Friday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! And if it's Friday, you know all the questions are short answer - no choices given! CCNA: What command will display the IOS filename in use on a router? CCNP / BSCI: You have a rather large RIP network, and your core router is going to advertise 110 routes. How many routing update packets will this require? CCNP / BCMSN: What command places a VTP device into Secure mode? CCNP / BCRAN: In the command fair-queue 200 128 50 , what does the 200 represent? See you later today with the answers to yesterday's questions. To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. –Dale Carnegie

Here are Thursday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: In how many EIGRP tables can the feasible successor be found? A. One - the route table. B. One - the topology table. C. Two of these tables. D. One - the neighbor table. E. All three of these. CCNP / BSCI: Give two reasons to divide a large Area 0 into smaller areas in OSPF. A. Multiple areas make OSPF easier to configure. B. Multiple areas reduce the possibility of routing loops. C. Multiple areas lower the amount of LSA traffic. D. Multiple areas lower the number of Dijkstra recalculations. CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following statements correctly describe PaGP? A. It's Cisco-proprietary. B. It's the industry standard. C. It uses both dynamic and auto mode. D. It uses both active and passive modes. E. PaGP has only one mode. CCNP / BCRAN: A cable modem has powered up and has acquired an RF. What will the CMTS now do? A. Send a DHCP Request B. Send a DHCP Reply C. Send a TFTP Request D. Send a TFTP Reply E. Send t...

Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions. CCNA: Convert the hex value D3 into decimal format. Answer: 211. "D" is 13 in decimal, so we have 13 units of 16 and 3 units of 1. (13 * 16) is 208, and 208 + 3 = 211. CCNP / BSCI: ODR will only run successfully on one particular topology. Which one? A. Broadcast B. Point-to-point C. Point-to-multipoint D. Hub-and-spoke Answer: D. On-Demand Routing will only run successfully on hub-and-spoke networks. CCNP / BCMSN: At what layer of the Cisco 3-layer networking model should root bridges be found? A. Access B. Core C. Destination D. Data Link E. Network Answer: B. Cisco recommends that root bridges be found at the core of the switching network. CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following is true regarding the ISDN U reference point? A. It's a 2-wire circuit. B. It's a 4-wire circuit. C. It's an international standard. D. It's found only in North American ISDN networks. Answer: A, D. The U-p...

An excellent article regarding Cisco's sales and financial picture: http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/21/cisco-chambers-compete_cx_ck_0621cisco.html?partner=daily_newsletter

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Here are the answers to Tuesday's practice questions. CCNA: Which of the following is true of Ethernet? A. Ethernet is a broadcast technology. B. Ethernet is a non-broadcast technology. C. Ethernet does not allow a device to be given priority to transmit. D. Ethernet allows a host to be given priority to transmit over other hosts. Answers: A, C. Ethernet is a broadcast technology, and does not allow one device to be given priority to transmit (as Token Ring does). CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statements regarding ISIS. A. Level 1 routing is intra-area routing. B. Level 1 routing is inter-area routing. C. Level 2 routing is intra-area routing. D. Level 2 routing is inter-area routing. Answers: A, D. L1 ISIS routing is intra-area, and L2 ISIS routing is inter-area. CCNP / BCMSN:Identify the true statements regarding a switch's port cost. A. The cost is dependent on the speed of the port. B. The cost is static from one switch to another. C. The root port cost is incremented as t...

Here are Wednesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Convert the hex value D3 into decimal format. CCNP / BSCI: ODR will only run successfully on one particular topology. Which one? A. Broadcast B. Point-to-point C. Point-to-multipoint D. Hub-and-spoke CCNP / BCMSN: At what layer of the Cisco 3-layer networking model should root bridges be found? A. Access B. Core C. Destination D. Data Link E. Network CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following is true regarding the ISDN U reference point? A. It's a 2-wire circuit. B. It's a 4-wire circuit. C. It's an international standard. D. It's found only in North American ISDN networks. See you later today with the answers to yesterday's questions! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Forbes has an article on John Chambers' remarks at this week's Networkers convention in Las Vegas: http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/20/cisco-chambers-new_cx_ck_0620cisco.html?partner=tentech_newsletter Remember, guys and gals -- hit on 16, stand on 17. Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

I wanted to make sure that everyone knows about the four new tutorials over on the main website: Frame Relay End-to-End Keepalives ISDN Dialer Watch Dial-On-Demand Backup Priority Queueing These are primarily directed at CCNP candidates working on the BCRAN exam, but they're good reading for any Cisco certification candidate or techie! Find 'em at the bottom of this page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/BCRANCCNPStudyPackage.htm Or over on the main Tutorials page, where I've got over 60 CCNA, CCNP, goal setting, and IT career tutorials: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/Tutorials.htm Enjoy your day, and I'll see you here later today with more Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are Tuesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions ! CCNA: Which of the following is true of Ethernet? A. Ethernet is a broadcast technology. B. Ethernet is a non-broadcast technology. C. Ethernet does not allow a device to be given priority to transmit. D. Ethernet allows a host to be given priority to transmit over other hosts. CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statements regarding ISIS. A. Level 1 routing is intra-area routing. B. Level 1 routing is inter-area routing. C. Level 2 routing is intra-area routing. D. Level 2 routing is inter-area routing. CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements regarding a switch's port cost. A. The cost is dependent on the speed of the port. B. The cost is static from one switch to another. C. The root port cost is incremented as the BPDU enters the switch. D. The root port cost is incremented as the BPDU leaves the switch. CCNP / BCRAN: The status of DLCI 112 is deleted. Where is the first place you should investigate? A. The frame swit...

Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco practice questions. More questions coming later today! CCNA: The destination address of EIGRP Hello packets is what? A. 255.255.255.255 B. 224.0.0.9 C. 224.0.0.5 D. 224.0.0.10 E. 224.0.0.7 Answer: D. 224.0.0.10 is the destination address for EIGRP Hellos. CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following terms describes a Type 7 LSA? A. Generated by an ASBR and sent into a total stub area. B. Generated by an ASBR and sent into an NSSA. C. Generated by an ASBR and sent into a stub area. D. Generated by an ASBR and flooded throughout the network. Answer: B. Type 7 LSAs are generated by an ASBR and sent into a not-so-stub area (NSSA). CCNP / BCMSN: VTP advertisements are sent out what switch port types? A. Trunk ports only B. All ports, since they're multicasts. C. Access ports only. D. All ports, since they're broadcasts. Answer: A. VTP advertisements are multicasts, but they are transmitted out trunk ports only. CCNP / BCRAN: What ISDN reference poin...

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Here are the answers to Sunday's Cisco practice questions. CCNA: R1 and R3 are connected via a DTE/DCE cable. What additional command is needed to make the line protocol come up? The encapsulation type is already a match. A. On the DTE, clockrate 56000. B. On the DCE, clockrate 56000 C. On the DTE, clockrate 56. D. On the DCE, clockrate 56. Answer: B. The clockrate command is needed on the DCE, and is expressed in BPS. CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following does NOT describe the processes of the distribution layer of the Cisco 3-layer Hierarchical Model? A. traffic filtering B. end user interaction with the network C. policy routing D. internet access Answer: B. End users interact with the network at the Access layer. CCNP / BCMSN: What protocol does VMPS use to listen to client requests? A. UDP B. TCP C. SNMP D. SMTP Answer: A. CCNP / BCRAN: What field in a Frame Relay header contains the DLCI? A. flag B. address C. data D. FCS E. protocol F. local Answer: B. The address field contai...

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Here are Monday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: The destination address of EIGRP Hello packets is what? A. 255.255.255.255 B. 224.0.0.9 C. 224.0.0.5 D. 224.0.0.10 E. 224.0.0.7 CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following terms describes a Type 7 LSA? A. Generated by an ASBR and sent into a total stub area. B. Generated by an ASBR and sent into an NSSA. C. Generated by an ASBR and sent into a stub area. D. Generated by an ASBR and flooded throughout the network. CCNP / BCMSN: VTP advertisements are sent out what switch port types? A. Trunk ports only B. All ports, since they're multicasts. C. Access ports only. D. All ports, since they're broadcasts. CCNP / BCRAN: What ISDN reference point is found between a user terminal and an NT2? A. R B. S C. T D. U E. V See you later today with new tutorials, answers to yesterday's questions, and who knows what else! : ) To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP questions. CCNA: What routing table code indicates a static host route? A. S B. S* C. H D. H* E. C F. C* Answer: A. Static host routes (routes that match only one destination) are coded the same as any other non-default static route - with the letter S. CCNP / BSCI: The full unabbreviated command that enables IPv6 traffic forwarding on a Cisco router is.. what? Short answer, no choices given! Answer: The full command is ipv6 unicast-routing . CCNP / BCMSN: What VTP advertisement is sent by the VTP server only upon a change in the VLAN database? A. summary B. subset C. client advertisement D. master Answer: B. Subset advertisements are sent only when there's a change in the VLAN database. CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding RED. A. Congestion is detected early. B. Congestion is detected only when the queue is full. C. CoS and IP Precedence values identify the first packets to be dropped. D. CoS and IP Prece...

Here are Sunday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: R1 and R3 are connected via a DTE/DCE cable. What additional command is needed to make the line protocol come up? The encapsulation type is already a match. A. On the DTE, clockrate 56000. B. On the DCE, clockrate 56000 C. On the DTE, clockrate 56. D. On the DCE, clockrate 56. CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following does NOT describe the processes of the distribution layer of the Cisco 3-layer Hierarchical Model? A. traffic filtering B. end user interaction with the network C. policy routing D. internet access CCNP / BCMSN: What protocol does VMPS use to listen to client requests? A. UDP B. TCP C. SNMP D. IP E. SMTP CCNP / BCRAN: What field in a Frame Relay header contains the DLCI? A. flag B. address C. data D. FCS E. protocol F. local See you Monday with the answers! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. -- Confucius

Here are Saturday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: What routing table code indicates a static host route? A. S B. S* C. H D. H* E. C F. C* CCNP / BSCI: The full unabbreviated command that enables IPv6 traffic forwarding on a Cisco router is.. what? Short answer, no choices given! CCNP / BCMSN: What VTP advertisement is sent by the VTP server only upon a change in the VLAN database? A. summary B. subset C. client advertisement D. master CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding RED. A. Congestion is detected early. B. Congestion is detected only when the queue is full. C. CoS and IP Precedence values identify the first packets to be dropped. D. CoS and IP Precedence values are not considered by RED. See you Sunday with the answers - and more Cisco practice questions! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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I recommend you take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves. -- Earl of Chesterfield

Here are the answers to Short Answer Friday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! More questions posted later today. CCNA: What is the default encapsulation type for a BRI interface? Answer: The default encap type for both BRI and Serial interfaces is HDLC. CCNP / BSCI: In ISIS terminology, what is an "intermediate system"? Answer: An intermediate system is ISIS's terminology for a router. CCNP / BCMSN: On current Cisco switches, what is the default port cost of a 1000 MBPS port? Answer: The current port cost of a Gig Ethernet port is 4. It's 2 on some older switches. CCNP / BCRAN: What is the name of the series of standards for how a cable modem should acquire connectivity with a CMTS once the modem has powered up? Answer: DOCSIS, the Data Over Cable System Interface Specification. See you later today with more questions! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. -- Aristotle

It's "short answer day" today - no choices given for any of the following Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions ! CCNA: What is the default encapsulation type for a BRI interface? CCNP / BSCI: In ISIS terminology, what is an "intermediate system"? CCNP / BCMSN: On current Cisco switches, what is the default port cost of a 1000 MBPS port? CCNP / BCRAN: What is the name of the set of standards for how a cable modem should acquire connectivity with a CMTS once the modem has powered up? See you tomorrow with the answers! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

You might have heard a little something about Bill Gates stepping down. Forbes magazine's online site has some excellent articles regarding Microsoft's future as well as an interview with Gates. You can find these articles at www.forbes.com , no online registration necessary. Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to Thursday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions. More questions later today! CCNA: A device boots up and has no IP address. Which of the following two protocols will assign an IP address to such a device? A. ARP B. Inverse ARP C. Reverse ARP D. DHCP E. SMTP F. RARP Answer: C, D, F. Reverse ARP will do this (RARP), as well as the much more popular DHCP. CCNP / BSCI: OSPF uses which of the following formulas to calculate an interface's cost? A. 100,000,000 / BW in MBPS B. 100,000,000 / BW in KBPS C. 100,000,000 / BW in BPS D. There is no calculation; OSPF interface costs are static. Answer: C. The value is 100,000,000 divided by the bandwidth of the interface in BPS. CCNP / BCMSN: How can you change the speed of 12 ports while typing "speed 100" only once? A. With the interface all command. B. With the global port command. C. With the interface range command. D. With the IOS all command. Answer: C. Use the interface range command as shown ...

Here are today's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: A device boots up and has no IP address. Which of the following two protocols will assign an IP address to such a device? A. ARP B. Inverse ARP C. Reverse ARP D. DHCP E. SMTP F. RARP CCNP / BSCI: OSPF uses which of the following formulas to calculate an interface's cost? A. 100,000,000 / BW in MBPS B. 100,000,000 / BW in KBPS C. 100,000,000 / BW in BPS D. There is no calculation; OSPF interface costs are static. CCNP / BCMSN: How can you change the speed of 12 ports while typing "speed 100" only once? A. With the interface all command. B. With the global port command. C. With the interface range command. D. With the IOS all command. CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following is true of Frame Relay? A. It's a packet-switching technology. B. It's a circuit-switching technology. C. It's considered more efficient than ISDN. D. It's considered less efficient than ISDN. See you tomorrow with the answers! To ...

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Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions. More questions will be posted later today! CCNA: The length of which STP stages are determined by the FWD_DEL value? Choose all that apply. A. blocking B. listening C. learning D. forwarding E. disabled Answer: B, C. The FWD_DEL value, more commonly known as Forward Delay, represents the length of the listening and learning stages. CCNP / BSCI: You want one of your IGRP routers to advertise a default route throughout the network. Which of the following is the best command to use to do this? A. default-information originate B. default-information originate always C. ip default-gateway D. ip default-network E. redistribute static (after creating a default static route) Answer: D. The only way to propagated default route in IGRP is with the ip default-network command. IGRP doesn't understand a route to 0.0.0.0, so the static default route is out. The default-information originate commands are OSPF comman...

Here are Wednesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions ! CCNA: The length of which STP stages are determined by the FWD_DEL value? Choose all that apply. A. blocking B. listening C. learning D. forwarding E. disabled CCNP / BSCI: You want one of your IGRP routers to advertise a default route throughout the network. Which of the following is the best command to use to do this? A. default-information originate B. default-information originate always C. ip default-gateway D. ip default-network E. redistribute static (after creating a default static route) CCNP / BCMSN: What term describes a logical grouping of access- and distribution-layer switches? A. Core block B. Switch block C. Server Farm block D. Network Management block E. Distribution block CCNP / BCRAN What command would apply the policy map shown below to the serial interface? Short answer, no choices given. Apply the policy map to outbound traffic. R2(config)#policy-map VOICE R2(config-pmap)#class VOICE_TRAFFIC_PRIORI...

Here are the answers to yesterday's "short answer specials"! New questions will be posted later today! CCNA: What is the binary equivalent of the hex character F7? Answer: The decimal equivalent is 247, making the binary equivalent 11110111. CCNP / BSCI: What is the range of private BGP AS numbers? Answer: The range is 64512 - 65535. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch's priority is at the default setting. The MAC address of the switch is one below the broadcast MAC address. What is the switch's BID? Answer: That MAC would be FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FE; the priority would be 32768. That makes the switch's BID 32768:FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FE. CCNP / BCRAN: How many total queues are available with Priority Queueing? Answer: Four - High, Medium, Normal, and Low. See you later today! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here's a Dialer Watch tutorial for all you CCNA and CCNP candidates! Those of you preparing for the BCRAN exam will find it particularly helpful. An illustrated version can be found on the website - visit the BCMSN Study Package preview page for the link. (If I put a long link in Blogger, it basically blows the page up. :) ) Dialer Watch is a vital part of your CCNA and CCNP studies, particularly for the BCRAN exam, but it's one of the most misunderstood technologies as well. To help you pass the CCNA and CCNP certification exams, here's a detailed look at Dialer Watch. Dialer Watch allows you to configure a route or routes as "watched" when the watched route leaves the routing table and there is no other valid route to that specific destination, the ISDN link will come up. In the following example, R1 and R2 are connected by both a Frame Relay cloud over the 172.12.123.0 /24 network and an ISDN cloud using the 172.12.12.0 /24 network. The routers are running OSP...

Here are Tuesday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! We'll test your knowledge today - no choices are given for any questions! CCNA: What is the binary equivalent of the hex character F7? CCNP / BSCI: What is the range of private BGP AS numbers? CCNP / BCMSN: A switch's priority is at the default setting. The MAC address of the switch is one below the broadcast MAC address. What is the switch's BID? CCNP / BCRAN: How many total queues are available with Priority Queueing? See you tomorrow with the answers and more practice questions! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to yesterday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! New questions will be posted later today, and a free Dialer Watch tutorial is on the way as well. Keep studying! CCNA: You have IGRP and EIGRP running on the same router. What AS numbers could be used to ensure that the two protocols will automatically perform mutual route redistribution? A. IGRP AS 100, EIGRP AS 100 B. IGRP AS 200, EIGRP AS 200 C. IGRP AS 0, EIGRP AS 0 D. No combination of AS numbers will do this. E. IGRP and EIGRP will always perform mutual route redistribution, regardless of AS number. Answer: A, B. If the AS numbers are the same, IGRP and EIGRP will perform mutual route redistribution. C is incorrect - while the number are the same, you can't set the AS number to zero for IGRP or EIGRP. : ) CCNP / BSCI You have just configured ISIS with the router isis command. After configuring the NET address, what needs to be configured on the interfaces that will run ISIS? A. Nothing. B. ip isis prio...

Here are today's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! The answers will be posted tomorrow around 7 AM EST. CCNA: You have IGRP and EIGRP running on the same router. What AS numbers could be used to ensure that the two protocols will automatically perform mutual route redistribution? A. IGRP AS 100, EIGRP AS 100 B. IGRP AS 200, EIGRP AS 200 C. IGRP AS 0, EIGRP AS 0 D. No combination of AS numbers will do this. E. IGRP and EIGRP will always perform mutual route redistribution, regardless of AS number. CCNP / BSCI You have just configured ISIS with the router isis command. After configuring the NET address, what needs to be configured on the interfaces that will run ISIS? A. Nothing. B. ip isis priority 0 C. ip router isis D. router isis CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following commands changes the native vlan from 1 to 12 for a given interface? A. switchport vlan native 12 B. switchport trunk access native 12 C. switchport trunk native vlan 12 D. switchport vlan 12 native CCNP / BCRAN...

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Here are the answers to Sunday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions. CCNA: Which of the following technologies is typically used as a backup strategy by both Small Office / Home Office and spoke networks? A. Frame Relay B. ATM C. ISDN D. PPP Answer: C. ISDN is a solid backup strategy for SOHOs and spoke (branch) locations. CCNP / BSCI: Which two of the following protocols are designed to expedite network cutover to a working router when the primary router goes down? A. SMTP B. SNMP C. HSRP D. TFTP E. IRDP F. DNS ANSWER: C, E. Both Hot Standby Routing Protocol and ICMP Router Discovery Protocol perform this vital function. CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements regarding the term jitter. Choose three. A. Jitter is a problem primarily with voice and video traffic. B. Jitter is a problem primarily with data streams. C. Jitter is caused by delays in the queue. D. Jitter is a reason to configure QoS. E. Jitter is a problem, but not serious enough to introduce QoS. Answer: A, C, E. Jit...

Here are the answers to Saturday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions. CCNA: Short Answer: Convert the following binary string to a dotted decimal IP address. 00111100 00110101 00101010 01101010 Answer: 60.53.41.106 CCNP / BSCI: There is a three-router DIS election on an Ethernet segment. The interface priorities are at their default. Which of the following is true? A. The priority is 1 and the router with the highest MAC address will win. B. The priority is zero and the router with the highest MAC address will win. C. The priority is 64 and the router with the highest MAC address will win. D. The priority is 128 and the router with the highest MAC address will win. E. The priority is 1 and the router with the lowest MAC address will win. F. The priority is zero and the router with the lowest MAC address will win. G. The priority is 64 and the router with the lowest MAC address will win. H. The priority is 128 and the router with the lowest MAC address will win. Answer: C. On an Ethe...

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Here are today's free Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Which of the following technologies is typically used as a backup strategy by both Small Office / Home Office and spoke networks? A. Frame Relay B. ATM C. ISDN D. PPP CCNP / BSCI: Which two of the following protocols are designed to expedite network cutover to a working router when the primary router goes down? A. SMTP B. SNMP C. HSRP D. TFTP E. IRDP F. DNS CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements regarding the term jitter. Choose three. A. Jitter is a problem primarily with voice and video traffic. B. Jitter is a problem primarily with data streams. C. Jitter is caused by delays in the queue. D. Jitter is a reason to configure QoS. E. Jitter is a problem, but not serious enough to introduce QoS. CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: What is the bandwidth of a PRI D-Channel? To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are Saturday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Short Answer: Convert the following binary string to a dotted decimal IP address. 00111100 00110101 00101010 01101010 CCNP / BSCI: There is a three-router DIS election on an Ethernet segment. The interface priorities are at their default. Which of the following is true? A. The priority is 1 and the router with the highest MAC address will win. B. The priority is zero and the router with the highest MAC address will win. C. The priority is 64 and the router with the highest MAC address will win. D. The priority is 128 and the router with the highest MAC address will win. E. The priority is 1 and the router with the lowest MAC address will win. F. The priority is zero and the router with the lowest MAC address will win. G. The priority is 64 and the router with the lowest MAC address will win. H. The priority is 128 and the router with the lowest MAC address will win. CCNP / BCMSN: What is the main purpose of IEEE 802....

Here are the answers to Friday's practice questions! CCNA: Which of the following commands places a loopback interface with the IP address 1.1.1.1 into OSPF Area 5, while placing no other IP address into that area? A. network 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 area 5 B. network 1.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 5 C. area 5 network 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 D. area 5 network 1.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 E. network 1.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 5 Answer: B. Remember, with OSPF we use wildcards masks, not subnet masks. CCNP / BSCI: Which statements are accurate regarding RIPv1 and RIPv2? A. RIPv2 supports MD5 routing update authentication. B. RIPv1 supports MD5 routing update authentication. C. RIPv2 supports clear-text routing update authentication. D. RIPv2 supports clear-text routing update authentication. Answer: A, C. RIPv2 supports both MD5 and clear-text routing update authentication, while RIPv1 supports neither. CCNP / BCMSN: A unicast frame enters a switch port. The destination is known to the switch, and the destin...

Here are a few Cisco exam retirements you should know about... The Cisco Access Routing & LAN Switching Specialist certification will retire on July 19, 2006. That's also the last day to register for any exams for that certification. The Wireless LAN Design Specialist and Support Specialist exams will retire on June 14, 2006. Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are the answers to Thursday's practice questions. CCNA: Which two of the following values must two routers agree upon to become EIGRP neighbors? A. The AS number B. The process number C. The metric weights D. The version number E. The DUAL version ANSWER: A, C. The AS number and metric weights must be the same on potential EIGRP neighbors. CCNP / BSCI: Which three of the following are optional BGP attributes? A. weight B. AS_PATH C. origin D. next-hop E. aggregator F. atomic aggregate G. community H. MED Answer: E, G, H. Aggregator, community, and MED are all optional attributes. CCNP / BCMSN: Which three of the following blocks are modules of the Enterprise Composite Network Model? A. Server Farm B. Network Management C. Enterprise Edge D. Access Edge E. Core Edge F. Service Provider Edge G. WAN Crossover H. Distribution Edge Answer: A, B, C, F. CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following is NOT a Frame Relay End-To-End Keepalive mode? A. Bidirectional B. Passive Reply C. Receive D....

Here's that long-awaited set of bonus practice questions ! ; ) Answers to yesterday's questions will be posted later today. CCNA: Which of the following commands places a loopback interface with the IP address 1.1.1.1 into OSPF Area 5, while placing no other IP address into that area? A. network 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 area 5 B. network 1.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 5 C. area 5 network 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 D. area 5 network 1.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 E. network 1.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 5 CCNP / BSCI: Which statements are accurate regarding RIPv1 and RIPv2? A. RIPv2 supports MD5 routing update authentication. B. RIPv1 supports MD5 routing update authentication. C. RIPv2 supports clear-text routing update authentication. D. RIPv2 supports clear-text routing update authentication. CCNP / BCMSN: A unicast frame enters a switch port. The destination is known to the switch, and the destination is located off the same port as the source. What term best describes the action the switch will take regar...

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Hopefully Blogger maintenance is finished! There will be two sets of questions today if Google allows. :) CCNA: Which two of the following values must two routers agree upon to become EIGRP neighbors? A. The AS number B. The process number C. The metric weights D. The version number E. The DUAL version CCNP / BSCI: Which three of the following are optional BGP attributes? A. weight B. AS_PATH C. origin D. next-hop E. aggregator F. atomic aggregate G. community H. MED CCNP / BCMSN: Which three of the following blocks are modules of the Enterprise Composite Network Model? A. Server Farm B. Network Management C. Enterprise Edge D. Access Edge E. Core Edge F. Service Provider Edge G. WAN Crossover H. Distribution Edge CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following is NOT a Frame Relay End-To-End Keepalive mode? A. Bidirectional B. Passive Reply C. Receive D. Reply E. Aggressive Enjoy, and I'll see you later today with answers to yesterday's questions and a bonus set of questions! To your Cis...

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The Miami Herald is reporting that a man has been arrested for stealing over 10,000,000 minutes of VoIP service. Read about it here: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14765293.htm Don't try this at home, kids. :) Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Blogger was down yesterday, so today you'll get two sets of questions! CCNA: Which of the following codes indicates a static host route? A. S* B. S C. H D. H* E. C F. C* CCNP / BSCI: What is the full command to configure OSPF area 184 as a total stub area? Short answer, no choices given. CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements regarding RED. A. High congestion is detected early. B. High congestion is detected only when the queue is full. C. CoS and IP Prec values identify the first packets to be dropped. D. CoS and IP Prec values are not considered by RED. E. RED is effective only when the traffic is TCP-based. F. RED is effective only when the traffic is UDP-based. CCNP / BCRAN: What ISDN command creates a queue that will hold 10 packets while the ISDN circuit is built? Short answer, no choices given. See you later today with more questions! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are the answers to yesterday's practice questions. CCNA: Short answer: What port number does TFTP use? Trivial File Transfer Protocol uses port 69. CCNP / BSCI: You're redistributing RIP routes into an OSPF domain. You want to summarize the RIP routes as seen by the other OSPF speakers. What is the most appropriate command to use in this situation? A. area range B. area 0 stub C. area 0 nssa D. area 0 stub no-summary E. summary-address The appropriate command here is summary-address. The router performing the redistribution is an ASBR, and for this particular situation the summary-address command is the only proper one to use. The area range command is used for inter-area OSPF route summarization. CCNP / BCMSN:Which of the following is a best practice for installing a switch into a network? A. Make sure it has no revision number. B. Make sure the revision number is one. C. Make sure the revision number is zero. D. Make sure the revision number is a non-zero value, but it...

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Here are today's CCNA and CCNP practice questions. Answers to yesterday's questions will be posted at approximately 3 PM EST today. Enjoy! CCNA: Which of the following fields do TCP and UDP headers have in common? Choose all that apply. A. Source port B. Source IP address C. Source MAC address D. Destination port E. Destination IP address F. Destination MAC address G. Checksum H. CRC CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following allows you to specify routes to be filtered during redistribution? A. passive interfaces B. distribute lists C. static default route to null0 D. directly connected route to null0 CCNP / BCMSN: You want to connect a router's AUI port to a switch port. What cable type do you need? A. straightthrough B. rollover C. crossover D. DTE / DCE CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: What command resulted in the below partial screen output? 02:27:38: BR0:1 CHAP: O CHALLENGE id 1 len 23 from "R1" 02:27:38: BR0:1 CHAP: I CHALLENGE id 1 len 23 from "R2" 02:27:38: ...

Here are Monday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions. Starting today, you'll see a BCRAN question as well! CCNA: Short answer: What port number does TFTP use? CCNP / BSCI: You're redistributing RIP routes into an OSPF domain. You want to summarize the RIP routes as seen by the other OSPF speakers. What is the most appropriate command to use in this situation? A. area range B. area 0 stub C. area 0 nssa D. area 0 stub no-summary E. summary-address CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following is a best practice for installing a switch into a network? A. Make sure it has no revision number. B. Make sure the revision number is one. C. Make sure the revision number is zero. D. Make sure the revision number is a non-zero value, but it doesn't have to be one. CCNP / BCRAN: The broadband option asymmetrical DSL is best described by which of the following? Choose two. A. Bandwidth should be split evenly between uploads and downloads. B. More bandwidth should be available for downloads tha...

Those of you who've read my many articles on the Web, as well as my books and study guides, know how big I am on goal-setting and goal achieving - and you have to do them in that order, because without a plan, you're just hoping to succeed. I've put a new page on the website that lists some of my favorite goal-setting tools, along with download links for free ebooks from yours truly. Enjoy! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACCNPGoalSettingToPassTheExams.htm To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the missing answers from last week! And if you haven't seen the questions before, so much the better! :) Saturday's questions: CCNA: In a typical Frame Relay cloud, what devices must agree on the encapsulation type? A. The two CSU/DSUs. B. The routers at the endpoints. C. All the frame switches in the cloud. D. The host devices. E. None of the above. ANSWER: B. Only the routers - the DTEs - must agree on the encap type. The frame switches (DCEs) couldn't care less. CCNP / BSCI: The phrase "a router that has all its interfaces in a single area" describes what OSPF router type? A. internal B. external C. ABR D. ASBR Answer: A. A router with all its interfaces in one area is an internal router. CCNP / BCMSN: When dynamic VLANs are in use, what value decides a switch's VLAN membership? A. The host device's subnet. B. The host's IP address. C. The statically configured VLAN. D. The host's MAC address. ANSWER: D. The host's L2 address determ...

Obviously, some posts were lost this past week, especially the ones with the answers to the practice questions. I apologize for that, and I'll repost those answers in just a few minutes. In the meantime, if anyone out there can recommend another blog service, I'd appreciate it. :) Thanks, and here's to your Cisco certification success! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

I apologize for the lack of questions & answer posts this past week, but Blogger lost quite a few of my drafts. Hopefully that's been resolved! I'll also be adding BCRAN exam questions later this week. Here are Saturday's Cisco practice questions: CCNA: In a typical Frame Relay cloud, what devices must agree on the encapsulation type? A. The two CSU/DSUs. B. The routers at the endpoints. C. All the frame switches in the cloud. D. The host devices. E. None of the above. CCNP / BSCI: The phrase "a router that has all its interfaces in a single area" describes what OSPF router type? A. internal B. external C. ABR D. ASBR CCNP / BCMSN: When dynamic VLANs are in use, what value decides a switch's VLAN membership? A. The host device's subnet. B. The host's IP address. C. The statically configured VLAN. D. The host's MAC address. E. The VLAN mapping table on the switch. To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvanta...

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Two Interesting Broadband Notes.... Comcast Corporation is going to offer a new feature called Powerboost, which will allow users to download large files more quickly. The feature will detect a user's attempt to download large files such as music or high-graphics websites and dynamically assign unused bandwidth, and then the user's connection will revert to its normal assigned speed when the download is complete. An article in the June 1 Wall Street Journal also notes that Verizon Communications is spending $20 billion in a current upgrade to fiber-optic. In an unrelated note, Kevin Howard, who served as the financial chief of Enron's broadband unit, is looking at 25 years in prison after he was convicted of falsifying records, fraud, and conspiracy. Mr. Howard's conviction came in the week following the widely covered trials of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. There's no word on what the broadband speeds are in Texas prisons. Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvanta...

"The best motivation is self-motivation. The guy says, I wish someone would come by and turn me on. What if they don't show up? You've got to have a better plan for your life than that." -- Jim Rohn Look for new Cisco practice questions and new articles here later today! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Those of you with an eye on the CCIE Security exams need to know about some important changes, which you can read about via this link: http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/announcements/#securitychanges2006 The changes take effect in January 2007, so you can't say you weren't warned! ;) Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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