Here are the answers to Monday morning's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification questions!

CCNA:

What does port-based security use to allow or deny access?

A. The source MAC address

B. The destination MAC address

C. The switchport password

D. The enable password

E. The local database password

Answer: A. Port security uses a host's MAC address when deciding whether to allow the attached device access to the network.


CCNP / BSCI:

Which of the following protocols serve to expedite network cutover to a working router when the primary router goes down?

A. IRDP

B. SNMP

C. SMTP

D. HDLC

E. HSRP

Answer: A, E. ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) and Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) both fit this description.


CCNP / BCMSN:

Which of the following can a switch use to authenticate users?

A. A local username / password database

B. TACACS+

C. An IP HOST table

D. PPP

E. RADIUS

Answers: A, B, E. Switches can use the local database, TACACS+, and/or RADIUS to authenticate users.



CCNP / BCRAN:

Short answer:

Given a CIR of 128 KBPS and a time interval of 1/20th of a second, what is the Bc?

Answer: The Bc will be 6400. ( Bc = CIR * Tc)


CCNP / CIT:

Short answer: Give the full syntax of the command that resulted in the following output.

Console> (enable) xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx
begin
set password $1$FJEUSIEWGjegEJKGUIEV893
set enablepass $1$FHJEMRJGEKEIGE
set prompt Console>>set length 100 default

Answer: This is the partial result of show config on a Catalyst 5000 switch.


See you later tonight with the answers to Monday night's Cisco questions!

To your Cisco certification success,

Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
www.thebryantadvantage.com