Here are the answers to Monday night's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions!

CCNA:

Short answer:

What command would go on the blank line if you wanted to equal-cost load-share in RIP over the most paths possible?

R2#conf t
R2(config)#router rip
R2(config-router)#

Answer: maximum-paths 6. The default is 4.

CCNP / BSCI:

Short answer:

What's the default OSPF cost of an Ethernet interface?

Answer: 10.

CCNP / BCRAN:

Short answer: From the provider's point of view, the wireless broadband solution LMDS uses what topology?

Answer: The Local Multipoint Distribution Service provider will have a radio station acting as the hub of a point-to-multipoint network.

CCNP / BCMSN:

What is true of a switch's port cost?

A. The cost is dependent upon 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.

Answer: A, C.


CCNP / CIT:

Which of the following can cause runt frames?

A. Bad NICs

B. routing protocol misconfigurations

C. collisions

D. improper usage of PortFast

Answer: A, C. At last, something we can't blame on PortFast!


There's going to be a Blogger outage in about two minutes, so there will be no study questions posted Tuesday night - but I'll have two new sets up on Wednesday! See you then!

To your Cisco certification success,

Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
www.thebryantadvantage.com