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Here are your free Cisco certification questions for Wednesday, October 31! CCENT And CCNA Certification: Convert the binary string 10101010 into a hex value. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In the BGP best-path selection process, what is the first attribute a Cisco router examines? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: On a Cisco L3 switch, what command converts a routing port to a switching port? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Basically, what is a "demilitarized zone"? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Name three major differences between WEP and WPA. Answers will be posted November 1! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
Welcome back! Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification training questions for October 30! CCENT Certification: Given the following output, what's the first thing you should check? Router1#show interface serial 0 Serial0 is down, line protocol is down Answer: The "down/down" combination indicates a physical problem. Check that cable, even if it looks connected! :) CCNA Certification: By default, what values are considered by IGRP and EIGRP when computing a path's metric? A. bandwidth B. cost C. delay D. load E. MTU Answers: A, C. Bandwith and delay are used by default; MTU and load can be used, but are not used by default. Cost is the term used for an OSPF route's metric. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Which of the following is NOT one of the activities at the distribution layer of the Cisco Three-Layer Hierarchical Model? A. traffic filtering B. internet access C. policy routing D. inter-VLAN routing E. end user interaction with the network F. route
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Here are your free Cisco and CompTIA certification exam questions for Friday, October 26! Cisco CCENT and CompTIA Network+ Certification: Name the port number used by Telnet, and identify the OSI layer at which it operates. CCNA Certification Exam: Short answer: EIGRP is considered a hybrid protocol. Briefly describe why. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What command will show whether a router's neighbors are or are not an ABR or ASBR? A. show ip ospf database B. show ip ospf neighbor C. show ip ospf border-routers D. show ip route ospf CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What's the default behavior for Voice VLANs and Portfast? A. A port configured with a voice VLAN will have Portfast autoenabled. B. A port configured with a voice VLAN cannot run Portfast. C. Removing a voice VLAN from a port does not disable Portfast. D. A port configured with a voice VLAN can run Portfast only in aggressive mode. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Identify the true statements. A. Cisco router passw
Welcome back, and thanks for stopping by! Here are the answers to the free Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP questions for Thursday, October 26, as well as your CompTIA Network+ question! CCENT Certification / Network+ Certification Exam: Short answer: What layer of the OSI model is considered the manager of the end-to-end communication between two hosts? Answer: That's the role of the Session layer. CCNA Certification: Short answer: Describe briefly what is meant by the term "OSPF external route". Answer: This is a route redistributed into an OSPF process. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In what two OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected? A. broadcast B. non-broadcast C. point-to-point D. point-to-multipoint Answer: A, B. Both broadcast and non-broadcast networks will elect a DR and BDR. Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint networks do not. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: A switch port has just received a dynamic VLAN membership assignment. What other port feature will
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Here are your free Cisco and CompTIA certification exam questions for Thursday, October 25! CCENT Certification / Network+ Certification Exam: Short answer: What layer of the OSI model is considered the manager of the end-to-end communication between two hosts? CCNA Certification: Short answer: Describe briefly what is meant by the term "OSPF external route". CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In what two OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected? A. broadcast B. non-broadcast C. point-to-point D. point-to-multipoint CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: 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. dot1x port-based authentication CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: What is the maximum number of characters that can make up a Cisco router password? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Short answer: What command will show you the size of the hardware queue for
Welcome back! Here are the answers to your free Cisco and CompTIA certification exam training questions for Wednesday, October 25! CCENT Certification Exam: Here's a troubleshooting question for you! If you see the following output on a Cisco router, what should you do? Router1#show int serial0 Serial0 is administratively down, line protocol is down Answer: "administratively down" indicates that the interface is closed - open it with "no shutdown". CCNA Certification: Regarding the following frame map statement, identify the true statements below. frame map ip 172.1.1.2 211 A. The IP address belongs to the remote router. B. The IP address belongs to the local router. C. The DLCI belongs to the remote router. D. The DLCI belongs to the local router. E. The DLCI is not shown. Answers: A, D. The IP address will always be that of the remote router, but the DLCI will always be that of the local router. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: A route in your routing table is
Here are the answers to your free Cisco and CompTIA questions for Tuesday, October 23! CCENT Certification / Network+ Certification Question: Name the four layers of the TCP/IP networking model and describe how they map to the OSI model. Answer: The TCP/IP Application layer maps to the OSI Application, Presentation, and Session layers. The TCP/IP Transport layer maps to the OSI Transport layer. The TCP/IP Internet layer maps to the OSI Network layer. The TCP/IP Network Interface layer maps to the OSI Data Link and Physical layers. CCNA Certification: Which of the following allows you test to IP connectivity at Layer 7 of the OSI model? A. ping B. telnet C. tracert D. None of the above Answer: B. Telnet runs at the Application layer of the OSI model (Layer 7). CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What is the range of private AS numbers for BGP? Answer: 64512 - 65535. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What's the basic purpose of VMPS? A. dynamic VTP server assignments B. enab
Welcome back! Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP questions for Wednesday, October 24! CCENT Certification Exam: Here's a troubleshooting question for you! If you see the following output on a Cisco router, what should you do? Router1#show int serial0 Serial0 is administratively down, line protocol is down CCNA Certification: Regarding the following frame map statement, identify the true statements below. frame map ip 172.1.1.2 211 A. The IP address belongs to the remote router. B. The IP address belongs to the local router. C. The DLCI belongs to the remote router. D. The DLCI belongs to the local router. E. The DLCI is not shown. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: A route in your routing table is marked with the code "D EX". Which of the following protocols have a default AD lower than that of this route? A. Internal EIGRP B. External EIGRP C. OSPF D. ISIS E. RIPv2 F. IGRP G. RIPv1 CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Adjusting which of the following values will dec
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Here are your free CCENT, Network+, CCNA, and CCNP questions for Tuesday, October 23! CCENT Certification / Network+ Certification Question: Name the four layers of the TCP/IP networking model and describe how they map to the OSI model. CCNA Certification: Which of the following allows you test to IP connectivity at Layer 7 of the OSI model? A. ping B. telnet C. tracert D. None of the above CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What is the range of private AS numbers for BGP? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What's the basic purpose of VMPS? A. dynamic VTP server assignments B. enables the switch to dynamically locate TFTP servers C. dynamic discovery of non-trunking switches D. enabling use of dynamic VLANs CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Which of the following is true regarding fast switching? A. A route table lookup must be performed for each and every packet. B. A route table lookup must be performed for only the first packet in a flow. C. A route table lookup is perfor
Welcome! Here are the answers to your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA and CCNP exam practice questions for Monday, October 22! CCENT And Network+ Certification Exam Question: Briefly describe the difference between same-layer interaction and adjacent-layer interaction as these terms relate to the OSI networking model. Answer: The term same-layer interaction describes the process of a given OSI layer removing the header placed on the data by the same layer on the sending side. For example, the Application layer on the receiving end will remove only the header placed onto the data by the Application layer on the sending side, and so forth. The term adjacent-layer interaction refers to the interaction between layers of the OSI model on the same host. That is, the Application layer interacts with the Presentation layer, the Presentation layer interacts with both the Application layer (the one above it) and the Session layer (the one below it), and so forth. That wasn't too brief, but you get
Welcome back! Here are your free Cisco and CompTIA certification exam training questions for Monday, October 22! CCENT And Network+ Certification Exam Question: Briefly describe the difference between same-layer interaction and adjacent-layer interaction as these terms relate to the OSI networking model. Only 7 days until the release of my Ultimate CCENT Study Package - reserve your download now and receive a FREE upgrade to the CCNA Study Package on November 20! CCNA Certification Exam: Two OSPF routers connected via an Ethernet segment are exchanging Hello packets. How often will these packets be sent? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 10 seconds. C. Every 30 seconds. D. Every 120 seconds. E. OSPF speakers do not send Hellos on an Ethernet segment. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: A non-Cisco router will consider what value first during the BGP best path selection process? A. weight B. AS_PATH C. LOCAL_PREF D. origin E. MED F. RID CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Short answer: Identify a
Welcome! Here are the answers to your free CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP practice questions for Saturday, October 20! CCENT Certification Exam: Identify the true statements. A. PPP is the default encap type of a Cisco router's serial interface. B. HDLC is the default encap type of a Cisco router's serial interface. C. PPP supports the authentication protocols CHAP and PAP. D. HDLC supports the authentication protocols CHAP and PAP. Answers: B, C. HDLC is the default, but only PPP supports PAP and CHAP. Only 7 days until the release of my Ultimate CCENT Study Package - reserve your download now and receive a FREE upgrade to the CCNA Study Package on November 20! CCNA Certification Exam: Identify the three Layer 2 encapsulation options. A. PPP B. POP C. HDLC D. Token Ring E. Ethernet F. Frame Relay Answers: A, C, F. PPP, HDLC, and Frame Relay are our L2 encap options. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: The default OSPF cost for a 56kbps serial link is ____________. Answer: 1
Welcome back! Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP practice questions for Saturday, October 20! CCENT Certification Exam: Identify the true statements. A. PPP is the default encap type of a Cisco router's serial interface. B. HDLC is the default encap type of a Cisco router's serial interface. C. PPP supports the authentication protocols CHAP and PAP. D. HDLC supports the authentication protocols CHAP and PAP. Only 10 days until the release of my Ultimate CCENT Study Package - reserve your download now and receive a FREE upgrade to the CCNA Study Package on November 20! CCNA Certification Exam: Identify the three Layer 2 encapsulation options. A. PPP B. POP C. HDLC D. Token Ring E. Ethernet F. Frame Relay CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: The default OSPF cost for a 56kbps serial link is ____________. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: RED and WRED are most effective under what conditions? A. When the traffic is UDP-based. B. When the traffic is TCP-based.
Welcome back! Here are the answers to Thursday's Cisco certification exam practice questions! CCENT Certification: Which of the following allows a host to retrieve a remote host's MAC address from a known IP address? A. DHCP B. DNS C. ARP D. SNMP E. SMTP Answer: C. That's the job of the Address Resolution Protocol. CCNA Certification: In the configuration shown below, what does the number "1" refer to? R3#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R3(config)#router ospf 1 Answer: That's the OSPF process number. (Not the Autonomous System number - OSPF doesn't use those, IGRP and EIGRP do.) CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Cisco OSPF design guidelines state that a router should be in no more than how many areas? Answer: Cisco OSPF design guidelines suggest a router have interfaces in no more than three areas. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the true statements regarding RED. A. Congestion is detected early. B. Congestion
Here's a new CCENT / CCNA exam tutorial for you! Cisco CCENT / CCNA Exam Training: Rollover, Crossover, And Other Cable Types Enjoy! And I've got quite a few new CCENT and CCNA tutorials on the following page as well... Cisco CCENT And CCNA Certification Exam Tutorials To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
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Welcome back! Here are your free CCENT, CCNA, and Cisco CCNP training questions for Thursday, October 18! CCENT Certification: Which of the following allows a host to retrieve a remote host's MAC address from a known IP address? A. DHCP B. DNS C. ARP D. SNMP E. SMTP CCNA Certification: In the configuration shown below, what does the number "1" refer to? R3#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R3(config)#router ospf 1 CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Cisco OSPF design guidelines state that a router should be in no more than how many areas? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the true statements regarding RED. A. Congestion is detected early. B. Congestion is detected only when the queue is actually filled to capacity. C. CoS and IP Prec values can be used to identify the data that should be dropped first. D. CoS can be used to identify the data that should be dropped first, but not IP Prec. E. IP Prec can be used to identify the data tha
Here are the answers to Wednesday's Cisco certification training questions! CCENT Certification: Name the three RFC 1918 private address ranges. Answer: There's one for Class A, Class B, and Class C. Class A: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 Class B: 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 Class C: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 CCNA Certification: By default, how many paths does RIP use for unequal-cost load-sharing? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 E. 8 F. None of the above. Answer: F. RIP performs no default unequal-cost load-sharing. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: An OSPF-enabled router receives an LSA. The sequence number is lower that the most recent LSA received for that link. What will the receiving router do? A. Accept the update and update its OSPF database. B. Accept the update and take no further action. C. Accept the update, update its database, and flood the changes. D. Ignore the update and take no further action. E. Ignore the update and send an LSU back to the original sender. Answer: E.
Here are your free CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP practice questions for Wednesday, October 17! CCENT Certification: Name the three RFC 1918 private address ranges. CCNA Certification: By default, how many paths does RIP use for unequal-cost load-sharing? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 E. 8 F. None of the above. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: An OSPF-enabled router receives an LSA. The sequence number is lower that the most recent LSA received for that link. What will the receiving router do? A. Accept the update and update its OSPF database. B. Accept the update and take no further action. C. Accept the update, update its database, and flood the changes. D. Ignore the update and take no further action. E. Ignore the update and send an LSU back to the original sender. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the true statements regarding SPAN. A. There can be multiple source ports per session. B. There can be only one source port per session. C. There can be multiple destination ports per session. D. Th
Welcome back! Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification training questions for Tuesday, October 16! CCENT and CCNA Exam: A frame enters a switchport. Which of the following does the switch examine first? A. Source IP address B. Destination IP address C. Source MAC address D. Destination MAC address Answer: C. The switch will check the source MAC address first, and then decide whether that particular address and corresponding port number need to be added to the switch's MAC address table. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In the following EIGRP configuration, what does the first "100" represent? And while you're at it, tell me what the second "100" represents, too! R2(config)#router eigrp 100 R2(config-router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric 1544 100 1 255 1500 Answer: The first "100" is the EIGRP AS number. The second "100" is the delay metric for the OSPF routes redistributed into EIGRP. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What singl
Here are your free CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP questions for Tuesday, October 15! CCENT and CCNA Exam Combination Question: A frame enters a switchport. Which of the following does the switch examine first? A. Source IP address B. Destination IP address C. Source MAC address D. Destination MAC address CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In the following EIGRP configuration, what does the first "100" represent? And while you're at it, tell me what the second "100" represents, too! R2(config)#router eigrp 100 R2(config-router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric 1544 100 1 255 1500 CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What single command can be used to change the speed and/or duplex setting of multiple ports simultaneously? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Briefly describe the "principle of minimum trust". Not too briefly, though! ;) CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: You want to run Weighted Fair Queueing on a link that's running faster than 2.048 MBPS. What global configurati
Welcome back! Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Monday, October 15! CCENT Certification: At which layer of the OSI model does data take the form of "segments"? Answer: That's the Transport layer. CCNA Certification: Short answer: A frame is about to be transmitted over a trunk. What term describes the process of identifying the destination VLAN? Answer: This is known as "tagging" the frame. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Fill in the blank: An IPv6 address consists of ____________ bits. Answer: 128 bits. That's right, 128 bits! :) CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Approximately how long does it take a switch running RSTP to detect a down link? A. 20 seconds (the MaxAge value). B. 2 seconds (the Hello Time value). C. 15 seconds (the Forward Delay value). D. None of the above. Answer: D. An RSTP port will detect a down link in about 6 seconds. When a RSTP port misses three BPDUs, the link is considered down. The R
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Here are your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Monday, October 15! All of today's questions are short answer. CCENT Certification: At which layer of the OSI model does data take the form of "segments"? CCNA Certification: Short answer: A frame is about to be transmitted over a trunk. What term describes the process of identifying the destination VLAN? CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Fill in the blank: An IPv6 address consists of ____________ bits. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Approximately how long does it take a switch running RSTP to detect a down link? A. 20 seconds (the MaxAge value). B. 2 seconds (the Hello Time value0 C. 15 seconds (the Forward Delay value) D. None of the above. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: You've just created an IP inspection rule. How should it be applied? A. Globally. B. On a per-protocol basis. C. On a per-interface basis. D. On a per-access list basis. CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Which of the following is NOT
Welcome back! Here are the answers to Friday's Cisco certification exam training questions! Cisco CCENT Exam: You're connecting a laptop to the Console port on a Cisco switch. What kind of cable do you need? A. straight-through B. crossover C. rollover D. CAT5 Answer: C. You'll need a rollover cable to connect a laptop directly to a router or switch's CON (console) port. CCNA Exam: Identify the true statements regarding CHAP. A. CHAP requires the password to be the same for both parties. B. CHAP allows two routers to use different passwords for authentication. C. CHAP works only with HDLC. D. CHAP works only with PPP. E. CHAP works with both HDLC and PPP. F. CHAP works with neither HDLC nor PPP. Answers: A, D. The Challenge Authentication Protocol (CHAP) requires both devices to use the same password, and CHAP runs on PPP but not HDLC. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In the output of "show ip bgp summary", you see a peer state listed as "Idle". Ide
Hi there! Here's a new free Cisco certification exam training tutorial for you on the logging synchronous and exec-timeout commands. It's primarily written for CCENT and CCNA candidates, but I recommend it for all network admins! CCENT / CCNA Exam Training: The logging synchronous and exec-timeout commands And for those of you awaiting the October 22 release of my CCENT Study Package - don't forget that I've got seven free tutorials waiting for you on this page: CCENT and CCNA 640-802 Exam Tutorials Enjoy! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP certification questions for October 12, 2007! Cisco CCENT Exam: You're connecting a laptop to the Console port on a Cisco switch. What kind of cable do you need? A. straight-through B. crossover C. rollover D. CAT5 It's only 10 days until the release of my Ultimate CCENT Study Package! Reserve your copy today and get FREE CCNA 640-802 training in November! CCNA Exam: Identify the true statements regarding CHAP. A. CHAP requires the password to be the same for both parties. B. CHAP allows two routers to use different passwords for authentication. C. CHAP works only with HDLC. D. CHAP works only with PPP. E. CHAP works with both HDLC and PPP. F. CHAP works with neither HDLC nor PPP. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In the output of "show ip bgp summary", you see a peer state listed as "Idle". Identify the most accurate statement. What's the most likely reason? A. The peer relationship is up, but it's not i
Hey, it's actually cool here today! Whatever your weather, thanks for stopping by, and here are the answers to the Cisco certification training questions for Thursday, October 11! CCENT Certification: If you see the following in the output of show interface serial0, what is most likely the issue? interface is up, line protocol is down A. The cable is loose. B. The interface is shut. C. There is a clocking issue. D. There is no IP address configured on the interface. Answer: That output means the interface is physically fine, but there's a logical issue. Of the four solutions presented, the only one that could result in this output is C, the clocking issue. Don't forget - it's only 10 days until the release of my Ultimate CCENT Study Package ! Reserve your copy today and get FREE CCNA training in November! CCNA Certification: On the blank console line shown below, what command should be used to prevent OSPF hellos from keeping the ISDN line up? R2#conf t Enter configur
Welcome! Here are your free CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP certification exam training questions for Thursday, October 11! All questions today are short answer. CCENT Certification: If you see the following in the output of show interface serial0 , what is most likely the issue? interface is up, line protocol is down A. The cable is loose. B. The interface is shut. C. There is a clocking issue. D. There is no IP address configured on the interface. Don't forget - it's only 11 days until the release of my Ultimate CCENT Study Package ! Reserve your copy today and get FREE CCNA training in November! CCNA Certification: On the blank console line shown below, what command should be used to prevent OSPF hellos from keeping the ISDN line up? R2#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R2(config)#interface bri0 R2(config-if)# CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: By default, how does an OSPF routing table indicate routes that were learned by the OSPF domain via redistribu
Welcome back! Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Tuesday, October 10! CCENT Certification: At which layer of the OSI model do end users interact with the network by entering data? (As opposed to kicking a cable loose, that is!) Answer: The Application layer, also known as Layer 7. (If they kick a cable loose, that's a Physical layer problem!) Don't forget - it's only 11 days until the release of my Ultimate CCENT Study Package ! Reserve your copy today and get FREE CCNA training in November! CCNA Certification: Convert the hex value c7 into a binary string. Answer: c7 converts into the decimal value 199 (12 units of 16, seven units of 1); the decimal 199 converts to 11000111 in binary. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In ISIS, what is the most efficient point of a network at which to perform route summarization? Answer: L1/L2 routers are area boundary routers in ISIS, the most efficient point at which to configure route summari
Here are your free CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP practice exam questions for Tuesday, October 10! All questions today are short answer. CCENT Certification: At which layer of the OSI model do end users interact with the network by entering data? (As opposed to kicking a cable loose, that is!) Don't forget - it's only 12 days until the release of my Ultimate CCENT Study Package ! Reserve your copy today and get FREE CCNA training in November! CCNA Certification: Convert the hex value c7 into a binary string. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In ISIS, what is the most efficient point of a network at which to perform route summarization? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Used with Integrated Services, what protocol creates a path for priority traffic in advance of the traffic actually needing it? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: When a routing table lookup is performed for every packet in a transmission, what kind of switching is being performed? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Name the three
Welcome! Here are the answers to Monday's CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP practice questions! CCENT Certification: Host A needs to send data to Host B. Which of the following will allow Host A to learn Host B's MAC address? A. IP B. ARP C. DHCP D. DNS Answer: B. The Address Resolution Protocol is used to retrieve a remote host's MAC address. CCNA Certification: According to the Cisco routing code table, which of the following indicates a static default route? A. S B. S* C. D D. D* Answer: B. A static route is indicated by the letter "S"; a default route will have an asterisk next to it, so "S*" is the complete correct answer. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Which two protocols are designed to expedite network cutover to a working router when the primary router goes down? A. SNMP B. SMTP C. IRDP D. HSRP E. HARP Answers: C, D. Both the ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) and Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) perform this, although in different ways! CCNP Certi
Hey, When's October Getting Here? I don't often wax poetic here (whatever that means!), since I figure you're here for the free Cisco certification practice questions, and of course, the finest CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP training materials available! I do want to let you know a few things going on here.. but first, is it this warm everywhere right now? I live in Virginia and I think the reason I just don't realize it's mid-October is because it's 90 degrees outside! Onward... I want to thank everyone for the huge response to the CCENT Study Package pre-sales offer. That release is right on time for two weeks from yesterday, and I can - and do - guarantee you're going to be very happy with it! While everyone's feverishly studying for the 801 CCNA, I'm working hard on updating and writing new material for the 640-802 CCNA Study Package, which will be coming out in November. I also want to tell you that I've got an incredible new CCNA online training o
Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP practice questions for Monday, October 8! CCENT Certification: Host A needs to send data to Host B. Which of the following will allow Host A to learn Host B's MAC address? A. IP B. ARP C. DHCP D. DNS CCNA Certification: According to the Cisco routing code table, which of the following indicates a static default route? A. S B. S* C. D D. D* CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Which two protocols are designed to expedite network cutover to a working router when the primary router goes down? A. SNMP B. SMTP C. IRDP D. HSRP E. HARP CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Which statements are true regarding a Cisco multilayer switch? A. IP is enabled by default. B IP is not enabled by default. C. All ports are in L2 mode by default. D. All ports are in L3 mode by default. E. The switch ports are in neither L2 nor L3 mode by default. F. The switch ports are in both L2 and L3 mode by default. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Identify the true statem
Welcome back! Here are the answers to the Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP questions for Friday, October 5! Network+ questions will be added this week! CCENT Certification: Addresses from which of the following classes are acceptable for assigning to hosts, such as a PC? A. Class A B. Class B C. Class C D. Class D E. Class E Answers: A, B, C. And don't forget, my CCENT Study Package comes out two weeks from today - reserve your copy today and get free CCNA training in November! CCNA Certification Exam: By default, what traffic does a Cisco router consider to be "interesting traffic"? A. All IP traffic. B. All ICMP traffic. C. All routing protocol traffic (routing updates) D. Pings and traceroutes. E. None. Answer: E. Interesting traffic is the traffic that brings the ISDN link up as well as resetting the idle-timer, and by default there is no interesting traffic. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: On a low-speed link, how often does EIGRP send hello packets? A. Every 5 seconds.
Thought For The Day: If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA and CCNP practice questions for Friday, October 5! CCENT Certification: Addresses from which of the following classes are acceptable for assigning to hosts, such as a PC? A. Class A B. Class B C. Class C D. Class D E. Class E CCNA Certification: By default, what traffic does a Cisco router consider to be "interesting traffic"? A. All IP traffic. B. All ICMP traffic. C. All routing protocol traffic (routing updates) D. Pings and traceroutes. E. None. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: On a low-speed link, how often does EIGRP send hello packets? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 15 seconds. C. Every 60 seconds. D. Every 90 seconds. E. Every 300 seconds. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the true statements regarding CoS. A. CoS is a Layer 2 value. B. CoS is a Layer 3 value. C
Here are the answers to Thursday's questions! CCENT Exam: What binary string represents the IP address 172.18.131.23? Answer: 10101100 00010010 10000011 00010111 CCNA Certification: Fill in the blanks: You want to change the frame LMI type on a serial interface from the default of ____________ to ansi. The command to do so is ____________ . Answer: The default LMI type is cisco; the command to change that to ansi is the interface-level command frame-relay lmi-type ansi. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What combination of hex characters at the beginning of an IPV6 address indicates a broadcast? A. DD B. EE C. FF D. 00110011 E. None of the above. Answer: E. None of those - IPv6 doesn't use broadcasts. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the RSTP port states. A. listening B. learning C. forwarding D. discarding E. querying Answers: B, C, D. The RSTP port state transition order: discarding, learning, forwarding CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: You're defi
Thought For The Day: Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. -Abraham Lincoln Here are your free CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP certification practice questions for Thursday, October 4! CCENT Exam: What binary string represents the IP address 172.18.131.23? CCNA Certification: Fill in the blanks: You want to change the frame LMI type on a serial interface from the default of ____________ to ansi. The command to do so is ____________ . CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What combination of hex characters at the beginning of an IPV6 address indicates a broadcast? A. DD B. EE C. FF D. 11111111 F. None of the above. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the RSTP port states. A. listening B. learning C. forwarding D. discarding E. querying CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: You're defining inspection rules on a Cisco firewall. What command are you using? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Which of the following offers intrusion
Here are the answers to the free Cisco certification exam training questions for Wednesday, October 3! CCENT Certification: Which of the following is *not* associated with UDP? A. guaranteed delivery B. sliding window C. sequence numbering D. acknowledgement numbers Answer: A, B, C, D. None of those is associated with UDP - they're all terms that describe TCP or a TCP header field. CCNA Certification: Briefly describe the channels that make up an ISDN BRI. Answer: In an ISDN BRI, we've got two B-channels and one D-channel. The D-channel is responsible for call maintenance and teardown, while the B-channels carry the actual data. Each B-channel has a capacity of 64 kbps, while the D-channel is a 16 kbps channel. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: If a router receives a BGP update and sees its own AS in the update, what action is taken? Answer: That particular route update is ignored. This is a loop prevention feature. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What is the default root path
New Cisco CCENT And CCNA Tutorials! Here's a quick introduction to the OSI model and what each layer does: The OSI Model For CCENT And CCNA Exam Candidates And on the following page, there are several new CCENT and CCNA tutorials that have been posted this week. Cisco CCENT And CCNA Exam Tutorials Enjoy! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
New CCNA and CCENT Exam Tutorials! Whether you're working on the 640-801 CCNA, 640-802 CCNA, or 640-822 CCENT exam, you'll find these five new tutorials helpful! CCENT / CCNA Tutorial: TCP And UDP Header Comparison CCENT / CCNA Exam Tutorial: Telnet And VTY Passwords CCENT / CCNA Exam Training: Hubs, Repeaters, and Collision Domains CCENT / CCNA Exam Training: Broadcasts And Broadcast Storms CCENT / CCNA Exam Training: How Different Network Devices Handle Broadcasts Enjoy! And don't forget, my CCENT Exam Study Package comes out in less than three weeks - buy now and get FREE CCNA training for the 640-802 exam in November! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
Thought For The Day: It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top . - Arnold Bennett Here are your free Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP practice questions for Wednesday, October 3! CCENT Certification: Which of the following is *not* associated with UDP? A. guaranteed delivery B. sliding window C. sequence numbering D. acknowledgement numbers The rest of today's questions are short answer! CCNA Certification: Briefly describe the channels that make up an ISDN BRI. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: If a router receives a BGP update and sees its own AS in the update, what action is taken? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What is the default root path cost of a Fast Ethernet port? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: What protocol number does Authentication Header use? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Name three Frame Relay marking values and briefly describe them. Answers will be posted Thursday, October 4. I'll have some new CCNA and CCENT tutorials posted for yo
Here are the answers to your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP practice questions for Tuesday, October 2! CCENT Certification: Which of the following does *not* occur or run at the Transport layer of the OSI model? A. TCP B. IP C. routing D. switching E. UDP F. segments G. packets Answers: B, C, D, G. TCP, UDP , and segments are all terms associated with the Transport layer. IP , packets , and routing are associated with the Network layer of the OSI model, while switching occurs at the Data Link layer. CCNA Certification Exam: How often will OSPF send hello packets out a Serial interface? A. Every 10 seconds. B. Every 30 seconds. C. Every 45 seconds. D. Every 60 seconds. E. OSPF does not send Hellos via Serial interfaces. Answer: OSPF's default time for sending hellos out Serial interfaces is 30 seconds. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Regarding policy routing, why would you create a set statement to send packets to the interface null0? A. This sends the packets to the routing eng
Here are your free CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP exam training questions for Tuesday, October 2! CCENT Certification: Which of the following does *not* occur or run at the Transport layer of the OSI model? A. TCP B. IP C. routing D. switching E. UDP F. segments G. packets CCNA Certification Exam: How often will OSPF send hello packets out a Serial interface? A. Every 10 seconds. B. Every 30 seconds. C. Every 45 seconds. D. Every 60 seconds. E. OSPF does not send Hellos via Serial interfaces. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Regarding policy routing, why would you create a set statement to send packets to the interface null0? A. This sends the packets to the routing engine to be routed normally while ignoring the policy. B. This allows the packets to be transmitted via Queue Zero. C. This sends the packets to the virtual interface dynamically created with policy routing. D. This causes matching packets to be dropped. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: In a typical Enterprise Edge block, wha