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Here are Saturday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions. Security+ questions start Monday! CCNA: What is the default priority of an ethernet interface on an OSPF segment? A. 0 B. 1 C. 100 D. 1000 E. 64 Network+ : You want to view the IP configuration of a Windows 98 workstation. What's the proper command? A. ipconfig B. winipcfg C. ifconfig D. show ip all E. ipconfig /all CCNP / BSCI: An ISIS L1 router can form an adjacency with what other router types? A. An L1 in the same area. B. An L1 in another area. C. An L1/L2 in the same area. D. An L1/Ls in another area. E. An L2 in the same area. F. An L2 in another area. 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. flooded D. filtered CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following interface-level commands enables BECN adaptive shaping? A. encapsulation frame-relay B. frame-r...

Here are Friday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! All Friday questions are short answer. CCNA: Convert the decimal 231 to a binary string. Network +: You can ping a website by its IP address, but not by its hostname. What protocol or network service most likely isn't working correctly? CCNP / BSCI: What is the range of private BGP autonomous systems? CCNP / BCRAN: IKE is a hybrid. It's a combination of what three protocols? CCNP / BCMSN: Name two methods of resetting a switch's VTP revision number back to zero, and explain briefly why this is so important. CCNP / CIT: Briefly explain what is "helped" by the command ip helper-address. See you Saturday with the answers to these questions! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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I have a new Network+ exam tutorial on the main site, dealing with the differences between full, incremental, and differential backups! Access this tutorial and several others through the following page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm Enjoy! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam practice questions! CCNA: A workstation will be using NAT to connect to Internet-based hosts. From the workstation's point of view, what term describes the source address that the Internet-based hosts will see? A. inside local B. inside global C. outside local D. outside global Answer: B. The workstation's actual address is the inside local address, and the address the Internet-based hosts will see is the inside global address. Network+ : Which of the following RAID implementations require at least four disks? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 3 D. RAID 5 E. RAID 6 F. RAID 10 Answers: E, F. Both RAID 6 and RAID 10 require at least four physical drives. CCNP / BSCI: OSPF and ISIS both require a hierarchical approach to design. What benefits does this bring? A. Route summarization can be used to keep tables complete and concise. B. OSPF Type 1 and Type 2 LSAs are not flooded throughout the network. C. This allows the ...

Here are the answers to Wednesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: Identify the Frame Relay encapsulation options. A. Cisco B. Cisco (the default) C. IETF D. IETF (the default) E. ANSI F. ANSI (the default) G. Q933a H. Q933a (the default) Answers: B, C. The encapsulation types are Cisco and IETF. Cisco is the default. Q933a and ANSI are both LMI types. Network+ : Which of the following are NOT addresses that could be assigned to a PC? A. 10.7.2.3 B. 10.1.1.254 C. 172.16.254.10 D. 172.33.41.254 E. 239.10.1.1 Answers: E. 239.10.1.1. is a Class D address, reserved for multicasting. CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statement regarding RIP routing update authentication. A. RIPv1 offers none, RIPv2 offers none. B. RIPv1 offers none, RIPv2 offers clear-text authentication. C. RIPv1 and RIPv2 both offer clear-text authentication. D. RIPv1 offers clear-text authentication, RIPv2 does not. Answer: B. Actually, RIPv2 offers both clear-text and MD5 authentication. CCNP /...

Here are Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! I'll be adding Security+ exam questions next week. CCNA: A workstation will be using NAT to connect to Internet-based hosts. From the workstation's point of view, what term describes the source address that the Internet-based hosts will see? A. inside local B. inside global C. outside local D. outside global Network+ : Which of the following RAID implementations require at least four disks? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 3 D. RAID 5 E. RAID 6 F. RAID 10 CCNP / BSCI: OSPF and ISIS both require a hierarchical approach to design. What benefits does this bring? A. Route summarization can be used to keep tables complete and concise. B. OSPF Type 1 and Type 2 LSAs are not flooded throughout the network. C. This allows the static assignment of OSPF RIDs. D. This allows OSPF to interact with other protocols with no chance of routing loops. CCNP / BCMSN: Switchport fast 0/10 is configured with Root Guard. A superior BPDU is r...

I've got a brand new Network+ exam tutorial over on the main site! Learn all about RAID levels and implementations just by following this link: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm I've got quite a few free Network+ tutorials there now, and you CCNA candidates should be reading these, too! ;) By far, the most requested certification I'm asked about today is Security+, and I understand why - these days, you've just got to be certified in network security. In early November, I'll bring you the ultimate tool to get your Security+ certified - The Ultimate Security+ Study Package. End of plug! Get over there and read! :) Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are the answers to Tuesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: You forgot to include the broadcast option on your frame map statements. Which of the following protocols will have difficulty sending updates over the frame cloud? A. RIPv1 B. RIPv2 C. IGRP D. EIGRP E. OSPF Answer: A, B, C, D, E. Whether they use broadcasts or multicasts, none of those protocols will be able to successfully send updates over frame relay if the broadcast option is left off the frame map statement. (Pings would have no problem, since they're not broadcasts or multicasts.) Network+ : Identify the true statements regarding IPSec and L2TP. A. They both run at the Data Link layer. B. They both run at the Network layer. C. IPSec runs at the Network layer, L2TP runs at the Data Link layer. D. L2TP runs at the Network layer, IPSec runs at the Data Link layer. Answer: They're both security protocols, but L2TP runs at the Data Link layer and IP Sec runs at the Network layer. CCNP / BSCI:...

Hey, I owe you some answers... so here they are, the answers to Monday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP exam questions, along with the Network+ exam question! CCNA: Which of the following is NOT used in a dialer profile? A. ip address B. encapsulation type C. dialer pool number D. dialer map statement E. PAP or CHAP statements Answer: D. Dial profiles do not contain dialer map statements. Network+ : Which of the following IP addresses is not suitable for assigning to a PC? A. 10.1.1.1 B. 20.2.2.256 C. 172.16.1.1 D. 224.24.1.234 Let's go down the list: 10.1.1.1 is in the RFC 1918 private address range for Class A, so that's fine. 20.2.2.256 is an illegal address, since no octet can have a value larger than 255. If you see a number over 255 in any octet, that's literally impossible. 172.16.1.1 is in the RFC 1918 private address range for Class B, so that's fine. 224.24.1.234 is a Class D address, reserved for multicasting, so we can't use that one. If this were a router inte...

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Welcome! Here are Wednesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: Identify the Frame Relay encapsulation options. A. Cisco B. Cisco (the default) C. IETF D. IETF (the default) E. ANSI F. ANSI (the default) G. Q933a H. Q933a (the default Network+ : Which of the following are NOT addresses that could be assigned to a PC? A. 10.7.2.3 B. 10.1.1.254 C. 172.16.254.10 D. 172.33.41.254 E. 239.10.1.1 CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statement regarding RIP routing update authentication. A. RIPv1 offers none, RIPv2 offers none. B. RIPv1 offers none, RIPv2 offers clear-text authentication. C. RIPv1 and RIPv2 both offer clear-text authentication. D. RIPv1 offers clear-text authentication, RIPv2 does not. CCNP / BCMSN: Classification and marking of data for Quality of Service should be done at what layer of the Cisco switching model? A. access B. network C. data link D. distribution E. application F. core CCNP / BCRAN: R1 sends a policy to R2. Every value is a match except the...

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt

Here are Tuesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ certification exam practice questions! CCNA: You forgot to include the broadcast option on your frame map statements. Which of the following protocols will have difficulty sending updates over the frame cloud? A. RIPv1 B. RIPv2 C. IGRP D. EIGRP E. OSPF Network+ : Identify the true statements regarding IPSec and L2TP. A. They both run at the Data Link layer. B. They both run at the Network layer. C. IPSec runs at the Network layer, L2TP runs at the Data Link layer. D. L2TP runs at the Network layer, IPSec runs at the Data Link layer. CCNP / BSCI: A BGP router has two possible paths to a remote destination. The weights are unchanged. What is the next deciding factor? A. The path with the highest LOCAL_PREF will be preferred. B. The path with the lowest LOCAL_PREF will be preferred. C. The path with the shortest AS_PATH will be preferred. D. The path with the longest AS_PATH will be preferred. CCNP / BCMSN: By default, in what trunking mode ...

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Here are the answers to Saturday's second set of Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CompTIA Network+ exam questions! CCNA: Short answer: How many valid host addresses reside on the 32.1.1.0 /29 subnet? Answer: Six. There are three host bits, so using the formula (2 to the nth power) - 2 to determine the number of valid host bits where n equals the number of host bits, there are six valid IP addresses. Network+ : What port number does secure HTTP use? A. 23 B. 21 C. 22 D. 443 E. 80 F. 114 G. None of the above. Answer: D. Secure HTTP uses port 443, where "regular" HTTP uses port 80. CCNP / BSCI: On a low-speed link, how often will an EIGRP-enabled router send hello packets? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 15 seconds. C. Every 60 seconds. D. Every 90 seconds. Answer: C. On low-speed links, EIGRP sends a hello packet every 60 seconds. These interfaces include ATM SVCs and multipoint interfaces, Frame Relay multipoint, and ISDN BRI. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch has two paths to the root bridge. One...

Here are the answers to Saturday's first set of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: What value does port-based security use to allow or deny access to a switch port? A. The source MAC address B. The destination MAC address C. The password configured on the switch port D. The password configured on the user's PC Answer: A. The source MAC address serves as the "password" for port-based security. Network+ : Which of the following converts an FQDN to an IP address? A. DHCP B. ARP C. DNS D. TCP E. FQDN Service F. WINS Answer: C. Domain Name Service (DNS) resolves a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to an IP address. CCNP / BSCI: There is a three-router DIS election on your Frame Relay network. All devices are at their default interface priority. What factor will determine the election? A. The highest MAC address B. The lowest MAC address C. The highest DLCI number D. The lowest DLCI number E. The highest IP address F. The lowest IP address Answer: D. O...

I've got a new Network+ exam tutorial up over on the main site, dealing with RFC 1918 private addresses, Network Address Translation, and Port Address Translation. It's accessible through this page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm My newest Study Package comes out two weeks from today - be here early and save $20! :) I'll see you later today with the answers to this past weekend's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Nothing like a great new set of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions to get your brain started on a Monday... and here they are! CCNA: Which of the following is NOT used in a dialer profile? A. ip address B. encapsulation type C. dialer pool number D. dialer map statement E. PAP or CHAP statements Network+ : Which of the following IP addresses is not suitable for assigning to a PC? A. 10.1.1.1 B. 20.2.2.256 C. 172.16.1.1 D. 224.24.1.234 CCNP / BSCI: What command is used to configure an EIGRP summary route on an interface? A. EIGRP summary routes are not configured on interfaces. B. ip summary-route C. ip summary-address D. area range E. summary-address CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following phrases correctly describes Frame Relay? A. packet switching B. circuit switching C. less efficient than ISDN D. less expensive than ISDN 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 th...

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Here's Saturday's second set of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: Short answer: How many valid host addresses reside on the 32.1.1.0 /29 subnet? Network+ : What port number does secure HTTP use? A. 23 B. 21 C. 22 D. 443 E. 80 F. 114 G. None of the above. CCNP / BSCI: On a low-speed link, how often will an EIGRP-enabled router send hello packets? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 15 seconds. C. Every 60 seconds. D. Every 90 seconds. 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. Portfast B. Backbonefast C. Uplinkfast D. BPDU Skewing CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding CQ. A. It has 4 predefined queues. B. It has 17 predefined queues. C. All queues can be configured to carry voice and data. D. At least one queue is reserved for network control traffic. E. Each queue has a limit of ...

I have a new Network+ exam tutorial up over on the main site, reachable from this page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm You CCNA candidates need to be reading these as well. What would you do to resolve the issue shown at the end of my DHCP Packet Types tutorial? :) To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here is Saturday's first set of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: What value does port-based security use to allow or deny access to a switch port? A. The source MAC address B. The destination MAC address C. The password configured on the switch port D. The password configured on the user's PC Network+ : Which of the following converts an FQDN to an IP address? A. DHCP B. ARP C. DNS D. TCP E. FQDN Service F. WINS CCNP / BSCI: There is a three-router DIS election happening on your Frame Relay network. All devices are at their default interface priority. What factor will determine the election? A. The highest MAC address B. The lowest MAC address C. The highest DLCI number D. The lowest DLCI number E. The highest IP address F. The lowest IP address CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following is NOT found in VTP Summary Advertisements? A. VTP domain name and version B. Configuration revision number C. MD5 hash code D. Timestamps E. Configuration Register setting F. Number of...

My apologies for the lack of questions and posts on Friday - let's just say Google threw me more than one curveball yesterday. I'll have two sets of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ questions posted today, and the first one will be up in just a few minutes! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

A happy Friday to all! Here are the answers to Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the decimal 2109 into hexadecimal. Answer: I put this question in here because I've found that most of my students have no trouble with hex > decimal conversion, but decimal > hex conversion can be a little confusing. Here's the way I approach this question. Obviously, 2109 is larger than 256, so what do we get when we divide 2109 by 256? Eight, with a remainder of 61. That means we have eight units of 256; so far the answer begins with 8. The next hex unit down is 16. How many units of 16 do we have in 61? Three, with a remainder of 13. So far our hex value is "83". 13 obviously has 13 units of one; the hex character for the decimal 13 is d. (a = 10, b = 11, c = 12, d = 13, e = 14, f = 15). That gives us the final hex value "83d", meaning we have eight units of 256, three units of 16, and 13 units of 1. Does that ...

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Hello again! Here are Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the decimal 2109 into hexadecimal. Network+ : Which of the following terms does NOT describe TCP? A. allows windowing B. guaranteed delivery C. does not use three-way handshake D. best-effort delivery E. uses sequence numbers F. does not use sequence numbers CCNP / BSCI: By default, how many EIGRP hellos have to be missed in order for an adjacency to be declared dead? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four E. Five F. Six CCNP / BCMSN: A switch port has just received a dynamic VLAN membership assignment. What other port feature will be enabled as a result? A. Uplinkfast B. Portfast C. Backbonefast D. VTP E. Port security F. Dot1X port-based authentication CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: What's the default value of the dialer idle-timeout command? CCNP / CIT: Short answer: The STP timers are set to their defaults on an assumption that the switched network is no more than how many switches in...

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Here are the answers to Wednesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: In OSPF, what is true of the term "Area 0"? A. This is the backbone of an OSPF deployment. B. All other areas must contain a router with a physical or logical interface in Area 0. C. A router must have all interfaces in Area 0, or none. D. Area 0 cannot be a stub area, but it can be a total stub area. E. Area 0 cannot be a total stub area, but it can be a stub area. F. Area 0 cannot be a stub or a total stub area. Answers: A, B, F. Area 0 is the backbone of an OSPF network, every other area must contain a router with a physical or logical interface (virtual link) in Area 0, and you can't make Area 0 a stub or total stub area. Network+ : On what network device would you configure a Virtual LAN? A. hub B. repeater C. switch D. router E. gateway Answer: C. Virtual LANs (VLANs) are configured on switches. CCNP / BSCI: After EIGRP route summarization is configured, the router on whi...

Here are Wednesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: In OSPF, what is true of the term "Area 0"? A. This is the backbone of an OSPF deployment. B. All other areas must contain a router with a physical or logical interface in Area 0. C. A router must have all interfaces in Area 0, or none. D. Area 0 cannot be a stub area, but it can be a total stub area. E. Area 0 cannot be a total stub area, but it can be a stub area. F. Area 0 cannot be a stub or a total stub area. Network+ : On what network device would you configure a Virtual LAN? A. hub B. repeater C. switch D. router E. gateway CCNP / BSCI: After EIGRP route summarization is configured, the router on which summarization is configured will have an extra route. To what interface or destination does this new route point? A. The loopback interface B. The interface with the EIGRP RID C. The exit interface to use to reach the summarized routes D. The null0 interface E. The remote IP address to use t...

Here are the answers to Tuesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: Identify the true statements. A. ISL is a Cisco-proprietary protocol. B. ISL is the industry standard trunking protocol. C. ISL understands the native vlan. D. ISL does not understand the concept of the native vlan. Answers: A, D. ISL is the Cisco-proprietary trunking protocol, and interestingly enough, it doesn't recognize the native vlan concept. IEEE 802.1q, usually referred to as "dot1q", is the industry standard trunking protocol. Dot1q does allow use of the native VLAN. Network+ : You want to view the IP configuration of a Windows workstation. Which of the following commands is the best choice to run? A. ipconfig B. arp C. show config D. nslookup Answer: A. The output of ipconfig looks like this: C:\>ipconfig Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.va.comcast.net. IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.57....

For those just coming in, I did want to repeat this earlier post to make sure you know about the CCNP exam situation! As you may have heard, Cisco is changing their CCNP exams at the end of the year. The new exams are supposed to be ready sometime in October, but you can take the current exams and have them count toward your CCNP through December 31 of this year. The bad news, as those of us who have been taking certification exams for a while can tell you, is that new exams seem notoriously difficult to pass, regardless of vendor. There are a lot of theories as to that, and I'm not going to go into them myself... but if you've been thinking of working on your CCNP, the time for action is now. The good news is that I just issued my CIT Study Package at $77, and to help you get as many CCNP exams passed by the end of the year as you can, I've done something I've never done on my Study Packages. Right now, all CCNP Study Packages are $77. That's $20 off per package! T...

I've placed a new Network+ exam tutorial over on the main site, this one dealing with VLANs and why we use them. It's accessible from the following page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm It's strongly recommended reading for all CCNA candidates as well. And watch out... I have a feeling that Network+ Study Package just might be available a little sooner than advertised! :) Blog readers hear about it first... just another "thank you" for visiting The Bryant Advantage! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are Tuesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: Identify the true statements. A. ISL is a Cisco-proprietary protocol. B. ISL is the industry standard trunking protocol. C. ISL understands the native vlan. D. ISL does not understand the concept of the native vlan. Network+ : You want to view the IP configuration of a Windows workstation. Which of the following commands is the best choice to run? A. ipconfig B. arp C. show config D. nslookup CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following BGP regular expressions will match an AS_PATH that contains only AS number 150? A. $150$ B. ^150$ C. _150$ D. _150_ E. *150* CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following verifies a SPAN configuration on a Cisco 2950 switch? A. show span B. show spanning C. show monitor D. show port spanning CCNP / BCRAN: Where will such attributes as the Bc and CIR be defined when Frame Relay Traffic Shaping is in use? A. Under the appropriate serial interface. B. They will be defined globally. C. In a map cl...

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Here are the answers to Monday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: A host boots up, and does not have an IP address assigned to it. Which of the following two protocols will assign an IP address to such a device? A. DHCP B. ARP C. IARP D. RARP E. DNS F. WINS Answers: A, D. Both Reverse ARP (RARP) and the more-popular DHCP can perform this task. Network+ : You're troubleshooting a Windows PC. Which of the following command will display the local PC's MAC address cache? A. arp B. arp -a C. mac D. mac -a E. show cache F. show cache - a Answer: B. arp - a is the Windows command to display the local host's ARP cache. Running arp by itself displays Help for that command. CCNP / BSCI: If an IPv6 address begins with FF, what does that indicate? A. Nothing in particular. B. It's a multicast address. C. It's a unicast address. D. It's a broadcast address. E. It's an anycast address. Answer: B. IPv6 addresses that begin with FF are multicast a...

Earlier today, I was answering an email from a student who was asking about studying eight hours a day. I get asked "how many hours should I study" quite a bit when it comes to the CCNA and CCNP, so I thought I'd post part of my answer here: As for working eight hours straight, frankly, I'd tell you not to do it. The mental "wall" for most people is 5 - 6 hours. That's why I always get a kick out of boot camps that tell you you're going to work 16 hours a day - that's just not going to be effective study. You'll get more out of five hours of solid, alert study than eight hours of "tired" study. It's not the number of study hours, it's the quality. There's no magic number of hours you have to put in to earn your CCNA, CCNP, Network+, Security+, CCIE, or any other certification. I can tell you from experience that what you've got to do is put in quality hours. No TV No IMs No cell phone going off No nothin' ... ex...

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Here are Monday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: A host boots up, and does not have an IP address assigned to it. Which of the following two protocols will assign an IP address to such a device? A. DHCP B. ARP C. IARP D. RARP E. DNS F. WINS Network+ : You're troubleshooting a Windows PC. Which of the following command will display the local PC's MAC address cache? A. arp B. arp -a C. mac D. mac -a E. show cache F. show cache - a CCNP / BSCI: If an IPv6 address begins with FF, what does that indicate? A. Nothing in particular. B. It's a multicast address. C. It's a unicast address. D. It's a broadcast address. E. It's an anycast address. CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements regarding the term jitter. A. It's a problem primarily with data traffic. B. It's a problem primarily with voice and video traffic. C. It's caused by delays in the queue. D. Configuring QoS is a good solution for jitter problems. E. QoS is ineffec...

Here are the answers to Sunday's bonus set of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: By default, what traffic resets the dialer idle-timeout value? A. All traffic B. No traffic C. All interesting traffic D. All IP traffic Answer: C. Only interesting traffic brings the ISDN link up, and only interesting traffic resets the dialer idle-timeout value. Network+ : Last night, you ran a differential backup. What files were backed up? A. All of them B. None of them C. The ones you placed a check mark next to in your backup software D. The ones that changed since the last partial backup E. The once that changed since the last full backup Answer: D. Differential backups back up all files that have changed since the last full backup. CCNP / BSCI: By default, what percentage of an interface's bandwidth is EIGRP allowed to use? A. Like any routing protocol, it can use up to 100% of the interface's bandwidth, as needed. B. Up to 75%. C. Up to 50%. D. Up to 25%. Answer: B. EIGRP c...

Here are the answers to the first set of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions I posted for you on Sunday! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the hex value Bc4 into decimal. Answer: The hex value Bc4 represents 11 ("B") units of 256, 12 ("c") units of 16, and four units of 1. That gives us 2816 + 192 + 4, which equals 3012. Network+ : Your network users are complaining that they're not receiving all their expected email. Which one of the following port numbers may be related to the problem? A. 20 B. 21 C. 25 D. 80 Answer: C. The port number 25 is used by Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), so that's the most likely culprit here. Ports 20 and 21 are used by File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and port 80 is used by HyperText Transfer Protocol (FTP). CCNP / BSCI: An ISIS L1/L2 route can form adjacencies with what router types in its own area? A. L1 only. B. L2 only. C. L1 / L2 only. D. All of the above. Answer: D. L1/L2 ISIS routers can form adjacencies with any router...

All right, let's catch up on some answers to get our week started! Here are the answers to Saturday's questions: CCNA: After the initial exchange of routing tables, how often will EIGRP neighbors exchange routes? A. Every 30 seconds B. Every 60 seconds C. Every 90 seconds D. There is no set time for this. Answer: D. There is no set time for EIGRP route exchange - that will occur when there's a change in the network topology (either a new route has been discovered or a known route has left the routing table). Network+: At what OSI model layer does character-set translation take place? A. Application B. Presentation C. Session D. Network E. Data Link F. Physical G. Transport Answer: B. That's one main feature of the Presentation layer! CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following statements are true regarding RIPv1? A. Uses the Bellman-Ford algorithm B. Uses no algorithm C. Sends entire routing table in updates D. Sends only routes that have changes since last update E. Broadcasts...

Here is Sunday's second set of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: By default, what traffic resets the dialer idle-timeout value? A. All traffic B. No traffic C. All interesting traffic D. All IP traffic Network+ : Last night, you ran a differential backup. What files were backed up? A. All of them B. None of them C. The ones you placed a check mark next to in your backup software D. The ones that changed since the last partial backup E. The once that changed since the last full backup CCNP / BSCI: By default, what percentage of an interface's bandwidth is EIGRP allowed to use? A. Like any routing protocol, it can use up to 100% of the interface's bandwidth, as needed. B. Up to 75%. C. Up to 50%. D. Up to 25%. CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the FALSE statement regarding VDSL. A. Deliver over 52 MBPS speed over copper wire B. Used by Cisco to build Long Range Ethernet (LRE) C. Maximum distance for a VDSL segment is 2000 feet D. "VH" stands for "Ve...

Blogger was down for maintenance last night when I wanted to post another set of Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ questions, so we'll make up for that by having a bonus set on Sunday instead! Here's your first set. CCNA: Short answer: Convert the hex value Bc4 into decimal. Network+ : Your network users are complaining that they're not receiving all their expected email. Which one of the following port number may be related to the problem? A. 20 B. 21 C. 25 D. 80 CCNP / BSCI: An ISIS L1/L2 route can form adjacencies with what router types in its own area? A. L1 only. B. L2 only. C. L1 / L2 only. D. All of the above. CCNP / BCMSN: When dynamic VLANs are in use, what value decides a switch port's VLAN membership? A. The VLAN configured on the port. B. The host's IP address. C. The host's MAC address. D. The IP subnet the host resides on. CCNP / BCRAN: When configuring a MODEMCAP, which of the following does Cisco recommend you lock? A. Hardware Flowcontrol B. DTE Sp...

Here's Saturday's first set of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! Check back later today for a second set! CCNA: After the initial exchange of routing tables, how often will EIGRP neighbors exchange routes? A. Every 30 seconds B. Every 60 seconds C. Every 90 seconds D. There is no set time for this. Network+: At what OSI model layer does character-set translation take place? A. Application B. Presentation C. Session D. Network E. Data Link F. Physical G. Transport CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following statements are true regarding RIPv1? A. Uses the Bellman-Ford algorithm B. Uses no algorithm C. Sends entire routing table in updates D. Sends only routes that have changes since last update E. Broadcasts updates F. Multicasts updates CCNP / BCMSN: From a LAN's point of view, what's transparent in Transparent LAN Service? A. The WAN B. The other LANs C. The other hosts on the local LAN D. None of the above CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following is the bandwidth available...

Here are the answers to Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: A router running RIP detects a down network. What action will it take? A. None. B. The router will advertise the route with a metric of 16. C. The router will immediately stop advertising the route. D. The router will advertise the route with a metric of 255. Answer: B. This is necessary due to the slow convergence of RIP, and is called route poisoning . Network+ : Which of the following devices are specifically designed to prevent or lessen attenuation? A. hub B. router C. switch D. repeater E. bridge Answer: A, D. Repeaters and hubs (which are basically multiport repeaters) help to lessen the effects of attenuation , the gradual weakening of an electric signal as it travels along a cable. CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: What BGP attribute's possible values are ?, i , and e ? Answer: Those are the three possible values of the Origin code. A lower-case i indicates an internal BGP route, a lower-case e ...

My apologies, I owe you some answers! Here are the answers to Wednesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: What statement is true of an access port regarding its VLAN membership? A. An access port belongs to one and only one VLAN. B. An access port can form a trunk. C. An access port can't form a trunk under any circumstances. D. An access port belongs to all VLANs. Answer: A, C. An access port belongs to only one VLAN, and it cannot form a trunk under any circumstances. Network+: Which of the following network topologies will require the most cable? A. star B. ring C. full mesh D. partial mesh E. bus Answer: C. A full mesh topology gives you the best fault tolerance, but it does require the most cabling. (It's also not a very scalable solution!) CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: A route in your routing table is marked with the code "D EX". What is the administrative distance of this path? Answer: 170, since this is an External EIGRP route. CCNP / BCMSN: Id...

Here are Friday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! All questions today are short answer. CCNA: Convert the following decimal into hexadecimal: 1142 Network+: What port number is associated with allowing or preventing Internet access? CCNP / BSCI: Routes injected into an ISIS domain are assigned what AD by default? CCNP / BCRAN: From the provider's point of view, the wireless broadband solution LMDS uses what topology? CCNP / BCMSN: You want to connect your laptop to the console port of a switch. What kind of cable do you need? CCNP / CIT: You want to run a traceroute from a Windows workstation, and to save time you do not want the IP addresses resolved to hostnames. What's the appropriate command to run? See you later today with the answers to Wednesday and Thursday's questions, along with a new Network+ exam tutorial! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com C

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I've got a new Network+ exam tutorial over on the main site - that makes eight Network+ tutorials in all, to go along with the over 100 Cisco CCNA and CCNP tutorials I've got there! You can reach the Network+ tutorials through this page: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm And again... I recommend you CCNA candidates read these, too! :) CCNP candidates, don't despair - the $77 Study Package sale is still on, but not for much longer. All CCNP Study Packages are $20 off - but this special offer will be pulled without notice . Join the ranks of those earning their CCNA and CCNP with The Bryant Advantage - these people did! "Hey Chris, Passed the BCMSN with a 937 yesterday. Your BCMSN study package was easily read and digested, it contains all the details necessary to give you the confidence and information you need to pass this test. Its the best way to hone your BCMSN knowledge." -- Luca Hall, CCNA and one step closer to his CCNP! "Hi Ch...

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Here are Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: A router running RIP detects a down network. What action will it take? A. None. B. The router will advertise the route with a metric of 16. C. The router will immediately stop advertising the route. D. The router will advertise the route with a metric of 255. Network+ : Which of the following devices are specifically designed to prevent or lessen attenuation ? A. hub B. router C. switch D. repeater E. bridge CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: What BGP attribute's possible values are ?, i , and e ? CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: Name the PRI framing types. 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 CCNP / CIT: Which of the following show you the number of matches made against ACLs running on the router? A. show ip access-list B. show acl match C. show list ma...

Here are the answers to Tuesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ certification exam practice questions! CCNA: Short answer: What is the range of addresses reserved for multicasting? What class do these addresses belong to? Answer: The reserved multicast address class is Class D, and that range is 224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255. Network +: Which of the following network topologies commonly use terminators? A. ring B. bus C. star D. hybrid Answer: B. Of the above, only bus topologies use terminators. CCNP / BSCI: A stub router's OSPF routing table can contain which of the following? A. inter-area routes B. intra-area routes C. E2 routes D. E1 routes E. A default route using the ABR as the next hop Answers: A, B, E. A stub area's routing table can contain intra-area routes (O), inter-area routes (O IA), and a default route using the ABR as the next hop ( O IA*). The default route is used to reach external destinations. A stub routing table will not contain E1 or E2 routes. A typical OS...

Hey, I owe you some answers... and here they are, the answers to Monday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ practice exam questions! CCNA: By default, what values are considered by IGRP when computing a path's metric? A. Bandwidth B. Bandwidth, delay C. Bandwidth, delay, hop count D. Bandwidth, delay, load, reliability E. None of the above Answer: B. By default, both IGRP and EIGRP consider bandwidth and delay when calculating path metrics. Network+ : 255.255.255.0 is the default network mask for what address class? A. Class A B. Class B C. Class C D. Class D E. Class E Answer: C. 255.255.255.0 is also expressed as /24, in prefix notation. CCNP / BSCI: Can there be more than one Successor for a given destination? A. No. B. Yes, by using the variance command. C. Yes, because EIGRP performs equal-cost load balancing by default. D. Yes, by promoting a Feasible Successor to Successor. Answer: C. EIGRP performs equal-cost load balancing by default. CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following gives ...

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Here are Wednesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ certification exam practice questions! CCNA: What statement is true of an access port regarding its VLAN membership? A. An access port belongs to one and only one VLAN. B. An access port can form a trunk. C. An access port can't form a trunk under any circumstances. D. An access port belongs to all VLANs. Network+: Which of the following network topologies will require the most cable? A. star B. ring C. full mesh D. bus E. partial mesh CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: A route in your routing table is marked with the code "D EX". What is the administrative distance of this path? CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements: A. VTP pruning is off by default. B. VTP pruning is on by default. C. The VTP revision number is kept in NVRAM. D. The VTP revision number is kept in RAM. E. The VTP revision number is kept in Flash memory. CCNP / BCRAN: What protocol runs on the D-channel at L3? A. Q.931 B. Q.921 C. IP D. IPX E. PAP F. CHAP CCN...