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Here are Tuesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ certification exam practice questions! CCNA: What does the switch use to build a dynamic MAC address table? A. destination MAC addresses of incoming frames B. source MAC addresses of incoming frames C. ARP D. Reverse ARP E. Inverse ARP Network+ : What is the speed of a T1 line? A. 1544 KBPS B. 1544 MBPS C. 2048 KBPS D. 2048 MBPS CCNP / BCSI: Cisco OSPF design guidelines suggest a router have no more than ____________ neighbors. A. 20 B. 40 C. 60 D. 80 E. 100 CCNP / BCMSN: On what switches should Uplinkfast be running on your network? A. Switches in the access layer. B. Switches in the core layer. C. Switches in the distribution layer. D. All switches in the network. CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding RADIUS. A. It's Cisco-proprietary. B. It's an open standard. C. It runs on TCP. D. It runs on UDP. CCNP / CIT: You want to prevent a router from informing a host via ICMP messages that there is...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to Monday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ certification exam questions: CCNA: What is the major advantage of Frame Relay over ISDN? A. Ease of configuration B. Less overhead on the router C. Complete control over every device in the circuit D. Lower cost Answer: D. The main benefit of Frame over ISDN - it's cheaper! Network+ : Which of the following network topologies delivers the highest level of fault tolerance? A. partial mesh B. bus C. star D. hybrid E. full mesh F. ring Answer: E. A full mesh topology gives the highest level of fault tolerance. It also uses the most cable, and the larger it becomes, the less scalable it becomes. CCNP / BSCI: An OSPF total stub router can contain what types of routes in its routing table? A. Inter-area and a default route B. Intra-area and a default route C. A default route only D. E2 routes and a default route Answer: B. A total stub router can have individual routes to destinations in its...

Welcome back! Here are Monday's Cisco CCNA and CompTIA practice exam questions! " Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe CCNA: What is the major advantage of Frame Relay over ISDN? A. Ease of configuration B. Less overhead on the router C. Complete control over every device in the circuit D. Lower cost Network+ : Which of the following network topologies delivers the highest level of fault tolerance? A. partial mesh B. bus C. star D. hybrid E. full mesh F. ring CCNP / BSCI: An OSPF total stub router can contain what types of routes in its routing table? A. Inter-area and a default route B. Intra-area and a default route C. A default route only D. E2 routes and a default route CCNP / BCRAN:Identify the PRI framing types. A. T1 B. SF C. ESF D. E1 F. AMI G. B8ZS H. CRC4 CCNP / BCMSN:In a typical Network Management block, what switch layers are represented? A. access B. distribution C. core D...

Hi there ! I hope you had a great weekend - thanks for visiting The Bryant Advantage blog today! The answers to Saturday's questions are below - but just a quick reminder that you've still got plenty of time to get some CCNP exams under your belt before the current exams expire at the end of the year, and they all count toward your CCNP in 2007! I've also reduced the price by $20 for each package to help you get started! Just follow the links below to read about the CCNP exam of your choice - don't delay your studies, get started today! BSCI: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNPStoreBSCI.htm BCMSN: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/BCMSNStudyPackage.htm BCRAN: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/BCRANCCNPStudyPackage.htm CIT: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CITCCNPStudyPackage.htm ******************************************************** CCNA: At which OSI model layer does the TCP three-way handshake occur? A. Application B. Presentation C. Session D. Trans...

Hello again! I hope you're enjoying your weekend. Here are the answers to Friday's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions! CCNA: A frame enters a switchport. The destination MAC address is known. Which of the following terms best describes how the frame will be transmitted? A. unicast B. multicast C. broadcast D. filtered E. forwarded F. framed Answers: A, E. A frame with a known MAC address will be unicast - that is, sent out the port leading to the destination. This is also called forwarding the frame. Network+ : Short answer: What are the three RFC 1918 private address ranges? Answer: The Class A range is 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 (/8); the Class B range is 172.16.0.0 255.240.0.0 (/12); the Class C range is 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 (/16). CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statements regarding route maps. A. The sequence number increments 10 by default. B. The sequence number increments 20 by default. C. If no permit or deny is specifed in the route map, it's trea...

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -- Harold R. McAlindon Here are Friday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ certification exam practice questions! (Don't forget that you can get these questions emailed straight to your inbox every day by subscribing to my newsletter, Certification Central. Sign up over on the main page, http://www.thebryantadvantage.com !) CCNA: A frame enters a switchport. The destination MAC address is known. Which of the following terms best describes how the frame will be transmitted? A. unicast B. multicast C. broadcast D. filtered E. forwarded F. framed Network+ : Short answer: What are the three RFC 1918 private address ranges? CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statements regarding route maps. A. The sequence number increments 10 by default. B. The sequence number increments 20 by default. C. If no permit or deny is specifed in the route map, it's treated as a permit. D. If no permi...

Here are the answers to Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: In the LMI Autosense process, how many LMI messages will the frame switch send? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4 F. 5 Answer: B. The DTE will send three full LMI Status messages, and the DCE (the frame switch) responds with one LMI message, which in turn indicates to the DTE what single LMI type it should be sending. Network+ : Which of the following devices can perform Network Address Translation? A. Router B. Switch C. Hub D. Repeater E. Bridge Answer: A. Switches, hubs, repeaters, and bridges are unable to run NAT. CCNP / BSCI: In what OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected? A. point-to-point B. point-to-multipoint C. broadcast D. non-broadcast Answer: C, D. Point-to-point OSPF networks contain only two router interfaces, so the entire concept of the DR is unnecessary. OSPF considers a point-to-multipoint network to be a collection of point-to-point links, so we don't use DR...

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Welcome back! Here are today's free Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions, along with the answers to yesterday's questions. CCNA: In the LMI Autosense process, how many LMI messages will the frame switch send? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4 F. 5 Network+ : Which of the following devices can perform Network Address Translation? A. Router B. Switch C. Hub D. Repeater E. Bridge CCNP / BSCI: In what OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected? A. point-to-point B. point-to-multipoint C. broadcast D. non-broadcast CCNP / BCMSN: Identify the true statements. A. VTP is on by default. B. VTP is off by default. C. The VTP revision number is kept in RAM. D. The VTP revision number is kept in NVRAM. E. The VTP revision number is kept in Flash. CCNP / BCRAN: In the cable modem startup process, what device contains the DOCSIS configuration file? A. The CMTS. B. The PC attached to the cable modem. C. The TFTP server. D. The cable modem. CCNP / CIT: NTP, Ec...

Hello again! Here are Wednesday's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions! CCNA: Short answer: Convert the following binary string to a hexadecimal value. 11100110 Network+ : Which of the following RAID levels requires the least number of hard drives? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 3 D. RAID 5 E. RAID 6 F. RAID 10 CCNP / BSCI: A route redistributed into ISIS is assigned what metric by default? A. 0 B. 10 C. 64 D. 254 E. There is no default ISIS seed metric - one must be assigned or redistribution will fail. CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following commands will clear dynamically created NAT mappings? A. clear ip nat map * B. clear ip nat trans * C. clear ip nat dynamic all D. clear ip nat all CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: A switch's priority is at the default setting, and it has a MAC address of aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa. What is this switch's BID in the root bridge election? CCNP / CIT: You've just configured SPIDs on a BRI interface. You know they are correct, but sho...

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Here are Tuesday's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam questions! (Security+ questions return later this week, and A+ questions will be added in December!) CCNA: What is the default OSPF interface priority? A. zero B. 1 C. 10 D. 64 E. It depends on the interface type and speed. Network+ : Which one of the following addresses would be acceptable to configure on a PC? A. 127.0.0.1 B. 224.14.14.12 C. 245.1.1.1 D. 10.1.1.10 E. 255.255.255.255 CCNP / BSCI: What is the default OSPF network type for a serial interface? A. broadcast B. point-to-point C. point-to-multipoint D. non-broadcast CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following queueing strategies is considered the fairest? A. FIFO B. best-effort C. WRED D. WFQ CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following status codes indicate that the DLCI is known and that connectivity exists via that DLCI? A. 0x0 B. 0x1 C. 0x2 D. 0x3 E. 0x4 CCNP / CIT: You've contacted Cisco TAC for a basic installation question. What priority level wi...

Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions! CCNA: EIGRP has is considered a hybrid protocol. Why? A. EIGRP has characteristics of RIP and IGRP. B. EIGRP has characteristics of link state and distance vector protocols. C. EIGRP has characteristics of OSPF and ISIS. D. EIGRP is a combination of IGRP and ISIS. Answer: B. EIGRP is considered a hybrid because it combines characteristics of both link state and distance vector protocols. Network+ : What is indicated by a destination MAC address of "ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff"? A. The message is a layer 2 broadcast. B. The message is a layer 3 broadcast. C. The message is a layer 2 multicast. D. The message is a layer 3 multicast. E. The message is a layer 2 unicast. F. The message is a layer 3 unicast. Answer: A. The "all-Fs" MAC destination address is a layer 2 broadcast. CCNP / BSCI: If a router receives a BGP update and sees its own AS number in the update, what ac...

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A happy Monday to all! (Okay, as happy as Monday can be! ;) ) Here are Monday's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions. Don't forget that you can have these questions delivered directly to your email inbox every day by subscribing to Certification Central , my new daily newsletter! I'll also make sure you know of upcoming certification program changes. Subscribe over on the main site! CCNA: EIGRP has is considered a hybrid protocol. Why? A. EIGRP has characteristics of RIP and IGRP. B. EIGRP has characteristics of link state and distance vector protocols. C. EIGRP has characteristics of OSPF and ISIS. D. EIGRP is a combination of IGRP and ISIS. Network+ : What is indicated by a destination MAC address of "ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff"? A. The message is a layer 2 broadcast. B. The message is a layer 3 broadcast. C. The message is a layer 2 multicast. D. The message is a layer 3 multicast. E. The message is a layer 2 unicast. F. The message is a...

Here's Saturday's first batch of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! (Blogger lost a few of my posts, so if you're seeing this for the first time on Sunday, that's why! :) ) CCNA: What devices typically make up a Frame Relay cloud? A. frame relay switches (DTEs) B. frame relay switches (DCEs) C. frame relay routers (DCEs) D. frame relay routers (DTEs) Network+ : Which of the following topologies is most likely to utilize CSMA/CD ? A. ring B. bus C. star D. full mesh CCNP / BSCI: Four routers are competing to be the OSPF DR on an Ethernet segment. The highest IP address on each router is listed. Which of the following routers will win? A. R1, loopback0, 100.1.1.1 B. R2, loopback0, 200.2.2.2 C. R3, ethernet0, 210.1.1.1 D. R4, ethernet1, 210.1.1.2 E. Not enough information is given to answer the question. 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 cu...

Ah, there's nothing quite like being locked out of your own blog. ; ) I apologize for having no questions here yesterday, so I'll be posting two sets of CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions later today. I'll see you then! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are Friday's Cisco and CompTIA practice questions! CCNA: Two OSPF routers connected via an Ethernet segment are exchanging Hello packets. How often are those packets going to be sent? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 10 seconds. C. Every 30 seconds. D. Every 60 seconds. Network+ : Short answer: In the MAC address aa-bb-cc-dd-33-22, what portion of that address is the Device ID? CCNP / BSCI: A BGP route reflector receives a routing update from a client. To whom will the RR send this update? A. All RR clients only. B. All nonclients only. C. All RR clients and nonclients. D. No one - route reflectors do not reflect routes sent from clients, only nonclients. CCNP / BCMSN: In a typical Enterprise Edge block, what Cisco Hierarchical Model layers are present? Choose all that apply. A. Access B. Distribution C. Core CCNP / BCRAN: What does an incoming frame with the FECN bit set to "1" indicate? A. Congestion encountered in the opposite direction. B. Congestion...

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Here are Wednesday's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions! CCNA: In OSPF, what is meant by the term external route ? A. A route to a destination in another OSPF area. B. A route to a destination in Area 0. C. A route injected into the OSPF domain by an ASBR. D. A route that will require the use of a virtual link. Network+ : What term best describes FDDI? A. bus topology B. ring topology C. full mesh D. star topology CCNP / BSCI: An ISIS L1 router needs to send packets to another area. How will it do so? A. By using the default route advertised by the L2 router in the local area. B. By sending the data to an L1/L2 router. C. By sending the data to the L1 Designated Router (DR). D. By sending the data to the ASBR. CCNP / BCRAN: You have configured FRTS on a physical interface. There are VCs on an interface that do not have a map class applied to it. What are the proper defaults for those VCs? A. Adaptive shaping = on B. Adaptive shaping = off C. Bc...

Here are the answers to Tuesday's Cisco and CompTIA certification questions! CCNA: Express the following hex value in dotted decimal: F7 Answer: F7 equals 247 in decimal; in dotted decimal, that's 11110111. Network+: What is the prefix length of the mask used for Class B private addresses? A. /8 B. /12 C. /16 D. /20 E. /24 F. /32 Answer: B. While the default mask of a Class B address is /16 (255.255.0.0), the mask for the private address range of Class B addresses is /12 (255.240.0.0). CCNP / BCRAN: Once a cable modem is powered on, what's the first thing it needs to do? A. Acquire a SYNC signal B. Acquire a RF signal C. Acquire a MAP signal D. Acquire a QAM LOCK signal Answer: B. The cable modem must find a Radio Frequency (RF), also called a DOCSIS channel. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch is running Uplinkfast. The original root port has gone down and now come back up. Assuming the switch is running all default settings, how long will it be before this port becomes the root again?...

Here are the answers to Tuesday's Cisco and CompTIA certification questions! CCNA: Express the following hex value in dotted decimal: F7 Answer: F7 equals 247 in decimal; in dotted decimal, that's 11110111. Network+: What is the prefix length of the mask used for Class B private addresses? A. /8 B. /12 C. /16 D. /20 E. /24 F. /32 Answer: B. While the default mask of a Class B address is /16 (255.255.0.0), the mask for the private address range of Class B addresses is /12 (255.240.0.0). CCNP / BCRAN: Once a cable modem is powered on, what's the first thing it needs to do? A. Acquire a SYNC signal B. Acquire a RF signal C. Acquire a MAP signal D. Acquire a QAM LOCK signal Answer: B. The cable modem must find a Radio Frequency (RF), also called a DOCSIS channel. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch is running Uplinkfast. The original root port has gone down and now come back up. Assuming the switch is running all default settings, how long will it be before this port becomes the root again?...

Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco and CompTIA certification questions! CCNA: An EIGRP router has one Successor route to a remote destination, and no Feasible Successor. The Successor route goes down. What happens now? A. The router holds a DUAL election to choose a new route. B. DUAL will generate a default route to use until the Successor returns. C. The router sends a DUAL query to all its EIGRP neighbors. D. A routing loop will form. Answer: C. When a Successor is lost and no Feasible Successor is available, a DUAL Query packet is sent to try to find a router that does have a valid route to replace the missing one. Network+: Which of the following statements regarding bus topologies is false? A. There is a single point of failure. B. It's considered inefficient. C. ATM is a bus topology. D. Bus topologies are not considered scalable. Answer: C. A, B, and D are all very true, but ATM is not a bus topology. Security+ : What term is given to a network that appears both rea...

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Good morning, my friends! Here are Tuesday's CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ practice questions for today! CCNA: Express the following hex value in dotted decimal: F7 Network+: What is the prefix length of the mask used for Class B private addresses? A. /8 B. /12 C. /16 D. /20 E. /24 F. /32 CCNP / BCRAN: Once a cable modem is powered on, what's the first thing it needs to do? A. Acquire a SYNC signal B. Acquire a RF signal C. Acquire a MAP signal D. Acquire a QAM LOCK signal CCNP / BCMSN: A switch is running Uplinkfast. The original root port has gone down and now come back up. Assuming the switch is running all default settings, how long will it be before this port becomes the root again? A. 100 - 300 milliseconds B. 1 - 3 seconds C. 30 - 35 seconds D. 120 - 150 seconds E. That port won't become the root again. CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following statements is NOT one of the activities at the distribution layer of the Cisco Three-Layer Hierarchical ...

The response to the Ultimate Network+ Study Package has been fantastic! Quite a few of you grabbed a copy last week at the special introductory price, and I thank you for your purchase. Quite a few more of you couldn't get the Package due to the unscheduled website down on Thursday. Therefore, I've extended the deal for just a few more days: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm Don't miss this second chance! To your Network+ exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are Monday's CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ practice exam questions! CCNA: An EIGRP router has one Successor route to a remote destination, and no Feasible Successor. The Successor route goes down. What happens now? A. The router holds a DUAL election to choose a new route. B. DUAL will generate a default router to use until the Successor returns. C. The router sends a DUAL query to all its EIGRP neighbors. D. A routing loop will form. Network+: Which of the following statements regarding bus topologies is false? A. There is a single point of failure. B. It's considered inefficient. C. ATM is a bus topology. D. Bus topologies are not considered scalable. Security+ : What term is given to a network that appears both real and vulnerable, but serves as a lure for attackers? A. mousetrap B. honeypot C. birthday cake D. snacktime CCNP / BSCI: There are five possible paths from your local router to a remote network in your EIGRP router. The metrics are 1000, ...

Here are the answers to this past Thursday's Cisco and CompTIA practice exam questions! These were all short answer questions. CCNA: Name three major differences between RIPv1 and RIPv2. RIPv2 offers support for VLSM, authentication for packet updates, and multicasts updates rather than broadcasting them. RIPv2 offers no VLSM support and no packet update authentication. Network+: Host A wants the MAC address of Host B. There's a network connectivity device between them. Briefly describe how each of the following devices would affect ARP: bridge, switch, hub, repeater, router. Answer: Bridges, switches, hubs, and repeaters have no effect on ARP broadcasts, which is what Host A would send to get Host B's MAC address. A router would have a major effect, since routers do not forward broadcasts. The router would have to be running Proxy ARP, which would result in the router responding to Host A's ARP Request with the MAC address of the router interface that received the ARP ...

Here are the answers to Tuesday's bonus set of Cisco and CompTIA certification exam questions. All of these questions were short answer. CCNA: Convert the following binary string to a dotted decimal address: 00111111 10101111 00101010 01010101 Answer: 63.175.42.85 Network+: What IEEE standard defines Ethernet? Answer: Ethernet is defined by IEEE 802.3. Security+: Briefly describe SSL. Include any pertinent port numbers. Answer: SSL is Secure Sockets Layer, an encryption method that involves both a secret and shared key. It's commonly used on sites that require a customer to enter a credit card number. HTTP over SSL runs on port 443. CCNP / BSCI: You want one of your IGRP routers to advertise a default route throughout the network. Which command is the most efficient way of doing so? Answer: With IGRP, there's just one way to propagate a default route, and that's with the ip default-network command. IGRP doesn't accept a route to 0.0.0.0, so the static default rou...

We've got quite a bit of catching up to do! Here are the answers to Tuesday morning's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions! CCNA: A frame enters a switchport. The destination MAC address is known. Which of the following terms best describes how the frame will be transmitted? A. filtered B. forwarded C. flooded D. dropped Answer: B, as long as the destination is found off another port. If the source and destination are found to be off the same port, the frame is filtered / dropped. Network+ : Identify the fiber-optic cables. A. 1000Base-CX B. 100Base-FX C. 100Base-TX D. 10GBase-SR Answer: B, D. It's easy to look at 1000Base-CX and assume a Gig Ethernet cable is going to be fiber. This one isn't. Security+ : Briefly describe the term dictionary attack. Answer: The name is derived from the process of an attacker using all the words in a dictionary to attempt to guess the password to gain entrance into a security system. The attacker starts with words tha...

Here are Friday's CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ exam questions! All Friday questions are short answer. CCNA: Name three major differences between RIPv1 and RIPv2. Network+: Host A wants the MAC address of Host B. There's a network connectivity device between them. Briefly describe how each of the following devices would affect ARP: bridge, switch, hub, repeater, router. Security+: Briefly describe PGP and its main use. CCNP / BSCI: Regarding policy routing, what happens to packets that have an implicit deny applied? CCNP / BCMSN: On which port types can a voice VLAN not be configured? CCNP / BCRAN: Name the two modes in which IKE Phase I can be run. CCNP / CIT: You run "show span" on a 2950 switch. You'll see information about what protocol or service? See you later today with the answers to this past week's questions! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

All right, the site's back up! :) We'll get back to regularly scheduled exam questions later today, and catch up on unanswered practice questions from earlier in the week. I have extended the Network+ Study Package special offer for a few more days to make it up to those who couldn't get it yesterday: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm See you later today with CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ practice questions! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Hi everyone, I apologize for not having posted fresh questions yesterday and today, but the website went down yesterday afternoon and that obviously grabbed my attention. I'm just waiting for the hosting company to finish their job and I'll be right back online. I will have some CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ questions posted later today. Several hundred of you took advantage of the Network+ Study Package special offer before the site went down, and for that, I thank you. Judging from my email, several hundred others got locked out by the site going down. No fear, I will be extending the introductory price for a few days to make sure everyone gets a copy. If you'd like to order now and have a Paypal account, you can send $77 to sales@thebryantadvantage.com and I'll have your download instructions on the way to you in minutes. Onward! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

For those of you who've emailed me, I am aware of the site being down. I've been assured we'll be back up soon. :) Chris "Hope That Means REAL Soon" Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

For those of you who come straight to the blog, I am aware the website's down right now. Thanks for your emails! :) Smiling through it all, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

For those of you who come straight to the blog, I am aware the site's down right now. Thanks for your emails! :) Smiling through it all, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

The Ultimate Network+ Study Package is now available! Just follow this link to start your path to the Network+certification: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm And by ordering early, you save money as well! :) To your Network+ exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

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Here's Tuesday's second set of CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ exam questions! All questions in this set are short answer. CCNA: Convert the following binary string to a dotted decimal address: 00111111 10101111 00101010 01010101 Network+: What IEEE standard defines Ethernet? Security+: Briefly describe SSL. Include any pertinent port numbers. CCNP / BSCI: You want one of your IGRP routers to advertise a default route throughout the network. Which command is the most efficient way of doing so? CCNP / BCMSN: Briefly describe the purpose of VMPS. CCNP / BCRAN: In the command "aaa authentication login default group radius group tacacs none", what happens if the user fails RADIUS authentication? CCNP / CIT: By default, why does a DHCP broadcast cross a router? See you Wednesday with the answers to today's questions, as well as another set of Cisco and CompTIA exam questions! To your certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

The Ultimate Network+ Study Package is now available! Just follow this link to start your path to the Network+ certification: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/NETWORK+StudyPackage.htm And by ordering early, you save money as well! :) To your Network+ exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 www.thebryantadvantage.com

The man who wins may have been counted out several times,but he didn’t hear the referee. Never quit or give up…. never …..never give up. -- - H.E. Janson

Here's Tuesday's first set of CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ questions! That's right, to celebrate my new Network+ Study Package, there will be two sets of practice questions today! CCNA: A frame enters a switchport. The destination MAC address is known. Which of the following terms best describes how the frame will be transmitted? A. filtered B. forwarded C. flooded D. dropped Network+ : Identify the fiber-optic cables. A. 1000Base-CX B. 100Base-FX C. 100Base-TX D. 10GBase-SR Security+ : Briefly describe the term dictionary attack . CCNP / BSCI: You would like your users found off the ethernet0 interface on your router to have their NTP (port 123) broadcasts translated to unicasts to be sent to 172.1.1.1. You have already configured "ip helper-address 172.1.1.1" on e0. Do you have to do anything else? A. No, that command takes care of it. B. Yes, you need to add the ip helper-protocol 123 command. C. Yes, you need to add the ip forward-protocol 123 command...

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Hi everybody, A couple of things coming up on the blog and the website today.... First, I'll have a new set of CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ exam questions posted later this afternoon, along with the answers to the last two sets. Next, my Ultimate Network+ Exam Study Package comes out today! Get Network+ certified in record time and save a few bucks while you're at it! Details are over on the main site. There are some other big announcements coming up regarding the website (which will have an entirely new look in just a few days) and some future training opportunities and free offers for all my blog readers -- but I want to take a moment to thank you, all my loyal customers, students, and blog readers. After all, if it weren't for you -- I wouldn't be here! I'll keep working to bring you the world's most comprehensive, clear, and complete Cisco, CompTIA, and (soon) Microsoft study materials - that I promise! And if you've got an idea for something you...

Here are the answers to Friday's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions! All Friday questions are short answer. CCNA: What range of IP addresses is reserved for "experimental use"? Answer: This is the Class E range 240.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255. Network+ : Name two protocols that can dynamically assign IP addresses to hosts requesting them. Answer: Both Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) can do this. Security+ : Briefly describe the term birthday attack . Answer: A birthday attack is a brute force attack that applies the birthday paradox to guessing passwords -- the probability that two or more people in a group of 23 sharing the same birthday is over 50%. CCNP / BSCI: What routing code does OSPF assign routes learned by the OSPF domain via redistribution? Answer: These are marked as 0 E2 routes (OSPF External Type-2). CCNP / BCMSN: Name the three dot1x port authentication modes. Answer: force-authoriz...

Here are Friday's CCNA, Network+, Security+, and CCNP exam questions. All Friday questions are short answer! CCNA: What range of IP addresses is reserved for "experimental use"? Network+ : Name two protocols that can dynamically assign IP addresses to hosts requesting them. Security+ : Briefly describe the term birthday attack. CCNP / BSCI: What routing code does OSPF assign routes learned by the OSPF domain via redistribution? CCNP / BCMSN: Name the three dot1x port authentication modes. CCNP / BCRAN: Given a CIR of 128 KBPS and a time interval of 1/8th of a second, what is the Bc? CCNP / CIT: Name five of the eight UDP broadcasts that are translated into unicasts by the ip helper-address command. See you later today with one more free Network+ tutorial... the last one before my new Network+ Study Package comes out on Monday! Also, I'll have a new set of Cisco and CompTIA questions on both Saturday and Sunday - see you then! To your certification exam success, Chris...

Here are the answers to Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ exam questions! CCNA: A frame comes into a switch on port fast0/1. The switch does a lookup on the destination MAC, and sees that the destination is also found off fast 0/1. What action describes how the frame will be handled? A. forwarded B. filtered C. flooded D. multicast Answer: B. When the source and destination MAC addresses are found off the same port, the frame will be filtered ; that is, the frame will not be forwarded in any fashion by the switch. Network+ : Short Answer: Physical addresses are used at what layer of the OSI model? Give both the "official" name and the layer number commonly used to refer to this layer. Answer: Physical addresses are another name for MAC addresses, referring to the fact that the address is physically present on the NIC. MAC addresses operate at the Data Link layer, or "Layer 2". Security+ : What port number does SSL use? A. 80 B. 8080 C. 443 D. 143 E....

Here are the answers to Wednesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: The full command to configure OSPF Area 23 as a total stub area is ____________ . The command would go on the blank line at the bottom of this config: R3#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R3(config)#router ospf 1 R3(config-router)# Answer: area 23 stub no-summary if R3 is the ABR; if not, the command area 23 stub will do the job. Network+ : The IEEE 802.3u standard defines which of the following? A. Ethernet B. Fast Ethernet C. Really Fast Ethernet D. Gigabit Ethernet E. 10 Gigabit Ethernet Answer: B. CCNP / BSCI: You've put multihoming into effect in your BGP AS. The router that is communicating with your ISPs is low on memory and CPU. What type of routes would it benefit your router to receive from the ISP? A. default routes B. default routes and some more-specific routes as needed C. all of the more-specific routes D. BGP routes only Answer: A. When your AS ...

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Here are Thursday's CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ practice exam questions! CCNA: A frame comes into a switch on port fast0/1. The switch does a lookup on the destination MAC, and sees that the destination is also found off fast 0/1. What action describes how the frame will be handled? A. forwarded B. filtered C. flooded D. multicast Network+ : Short Answer: Physical addresses are used at what layer of the OSI model? Give both the "official" name and the layer number commonly used to refer to this layer. Security+ : What port number does SSL use? A. 80 B. 8080 C. 443 D. 143 E. 83 CCNP / BCSI: What protocol multicasts updates to 224.0.0.9? A. RIPv1 B. RIPv2 C. OSPF D. EIGRP E. IGRP F. BGP CCNP / BCMSN: How can you change the speed and duplex of multiple ports with one command? A. You can't. B. With the interface range command. C. With the global port command. D. With the interface all command. CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding G.lite. A. It r...

Here are Wednesday's CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions! CCNA: The full command to configure OSPF Area 23 as a total stub area is ____________ . The command would go on the blank line at the bottom of this config: R3#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R3(config)#router ospf 1 R3(config-router)# Network+ : The IEEE 802.3u standard defines which of the following? A. Ethernet B. Fast Ethernet C. Really Fast Ethernet D. Gigabit Ethernet E. 10 Gigabit Ethernet CCNP / BSCI: You've put multihoming into effect in your BGP AS. The router that is communicating with your ISPs is low on memory and CPU. What type of routes would it benefit your router to receive from the ISP? A. default routes B. default routes and some more-specific routes as needed C. all of the more-specific routes D. BGP routes only CCNP / BCMSN: A VTP switch has a revision number of 5. This switch receives a VTP advertisement with a revision number of 6. What action(s) will this sw...

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Here are the answers to Tuesday's Cisco and CompTIA certification exam practice questions! CCNA: By default, what values are considered by IGRP when computing a path's metric? A. Bandwidth. B. Delay. C. Bandwidth and delay. D. Neither bandwidth nor delay. Answer: A, B. Both IGRP and EIGRP consider bandwidth and delay. Optional values are load, reliability, and MTU. Network+ : Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is used by which of the following wireless standards? A. 802.11a B. 802.11b C. 802.11c D. 802.11g Answer: OSDM is used by 802.11.a. Thank goodness for that acronym. CCNP / BSCI: How often are EIGRP hellos sent across a high-speed link? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 10 seconds. C. Every 15 seconds. D. Every 30 seconds. E. EIGRP assumes an adjacency across a high-speed link to be up after it's built, so hellos are not regularly sent across the line. Answer: A. On high-speed links, EIGRP will send a hello packet every 5 seconds. These links include Ether...

Here are the answers to Monday's CCNA, CCNP, and CompTIA Network+ exam questions! CCNA: What is the binary representation of the hex value A ? A. 00001010 B. 00001101 C. 00110011 D. 00111111 E. The hex value A cannot be successfully represented by a single binary string. Answer: A. No pun intended. :) "A" equals 10 in decimal, which in binary is 00001010. Network+ : You're troubleshooting a PC and see a flashing green light next to the cable that connects the PC to the wall outlet. What does this indicate? A. It doesn't indicate anything - this is normal behavior. B. It indicates a number of Ethernet collisions, which is normal. C. It indicates a number of Ethernet collisions, which is not normal. D. It indicates intermittent connectivity to the network, which is a problem. E. It indicates intermittent connectivity to the network, which is what you want. Answer: D. A flashing link light indicates intermittent connectivity, which isn't good -- it's a fancy ...

Here are your CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions for Tuesday. Security+ questions start later this week! CCNA: By default, what values are considered by IGRP when computing a path's metric? A. Bandwidth. B. Delay. C. Bandwidth and delay. D. Neither bandwidth nor delay. Network+ : Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFSM) is used by which of the following wireless standards? A. 802.11a B. 802.11b C. 802.11c D. 802.11g CCNP / BSCI: How often are EIGRP hellos sent across a high-speed link? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 10 seconds. C. Every 15 seconds. D. Every 30 seconds. E. EIGRP assumes an adjacency across a high-speed link to be up after it's built, so hellos are not regularly sent across the line. CCNP / BCMSN: You want to connect a router's AUI port to a switch port. What cable type should you use? A. rollover B. crossover C. straight-through D. DTE/DCE CCNP / BCRAN: What command clears dynamic NAT mappings? A. clear ip nat map * B. clear ip route * C. clear i...

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Here are your CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ exam questions for Monday, October 2! Security+ questions begin later this week! CCNA: What is the binary representation of the hex value A ? A. 00001010 B. 00001101 C. 00110011 D. 00111111 E. The hex value A cannot be successfully represented by a single binary string. Network+ : You're troubleshooting a PC and see a flashing green light next to the cable that connects the PC to the wall outlet. What does this indicate? A. It doesn't indicate anything - this is normal behavior. B. It indicates a number of Ethernet collisions, which is normal. C. It indicates a number of Ethernet collisions, which is not normal. C. It indicates intermittent connectivity to the network, which is a problem. D. It indicates intermittent connectivity to the network, which is what you want. CCNP / BSCI: Short answer, long question: A routing table has three routes to a remote destination. The router codes for the three routes are "I", "D", a...