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Here are your free CCNA 640-802, CCENT, and CCNP certification exam questions for Thursday, November 29! CCENT Certification: Short answer: At which layer of the OSI model does data take the form of segments ? 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 that should be dropped first, but not CoS. F. Neither CoS nor I...

Here are the answers to your free CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT certification exam questions for Wednesday, November 28! 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 single command c...

Welcome! It's Thursday, November 29, and I've got a lot of great stuff for you today! -- The next part of my "router on a stick" CCNA 640-802 exam tutorial . Of course, I have quite a few CCNA 640-802 and CCENT tutorials waiting for you now! -- The answers to yesterday's CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP certification practice questions -- A new set of Cisco certification exam training questions Enjoy those free tutorials, and I'll see you back here later today! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

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Here's a new CCNA 640-802 exam tutorial for you to give you an introduction to "router on a stick", as well as when to use it. Yeah, that's right. I said "router on a stick"! CCNA 640-802 Exam Tutorial: When To Configure Router On A Stick To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

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Here are your free CCNA 640-802, CCENT, and CCNP certification exam training questions! CCNA 640-802 and CCENT Exam: Here's a classic, but you gotta know it! 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 fa...

Welcome! Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification practice questions for Tuesday, November 27! CCNA 640-802 Certification: In LMI Autosense, how many LMI messages are initially sent by the DTE? How does the DCE respond? Answer: The DTE sends three LMI messages, one of each type. The DCE then responds a single LMI message. CCENT Certification: How does the creation of a VLAN impact the default broadcast domain on a switch? Answer: As you create VLANs, you're creating multiple broadcast domains, which in turn help to limit the scope of those broadcasts. When a host in a VLAN sends a broadcast, only hosts in that same VLAN will receive it. By default, all ports on a switch belong to the native VLAN, VLAN 1. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Name the tables in which the EIGRP successor route can be seen. Answer: The route and topology tables both hold the EIGRP successor. The feasible successor is found only in the topology table. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: You...

Welcome back! It's Wednesday, November 28, and here's what I've got coming up for you later today... A new CCNA 640-802 Certification Exam tutorial introducing you to "Router On A Stick" - click that link to see the CCNA 640-802 and CCENT exam tutorials I already have waiting for you! And of course, I've got over 200 Cisco, CompTIA, and Microsoft certification exam tutorials for you on the main Tutorials page! I'll also have a new set of CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP training questions for you, and the answers to yesterday's questions .... plus it's only 13 days until the release of my fully revised CCNA 640-802 Study Package ! Reserve your copy today and I'll send you the CCENT Study Package immediately so you can start preparing for exam success immediately! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are your free CCNA 640-802, CCENT, and CCNP practice questions for Tuesday, November 26! CCNA 640-802 Certification: In LMI Autosense, how many LMI messages are initially sent by the DTE? How does the DCE respond? CCENT Certification: How does the creation of a VLAN impact the default broadcast domain on a switch? CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Name the tables in which the EIGRP successor route can be seen. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: You're decided to implement Uplinkfast in your network. What switches should be configured with Uplinkfast, and which ones should not? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Describe the basic purpose of a Cisco IOS Authentication Proxy. CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: At which level(s) of the Cisco switching model should traffic classification and marking be avoided whenever possible? Answers will be posted Wednesday, November 28! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Welcome back! Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Monday, November 26! CCNA 640-802 And CCENT Certification 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". Identify the most accurate statement. What's the most likely reason? A. The peer relationship is up, but it's not in use at the moment. B. The local router has no idea how to reach the remote router's IP address. C. The local router...

Welcome back! Here are your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Monday, November 26! CCNA 640-802 And CCENT 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 in use at the moment. B. The local router has no idea how to reach the remote router's IP address. C. The local router has sent an Open packet to the potential neighbor, but has received no response. D. The peer relationship has been terminated by the remote router. CCNP Certification / BCMS...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Saturday, November 24! Cisco CCNA 640-802 / CCENT Certification: Which of the following is NOT true regarding a Cisco router's default settings? A. HDLC is the encapsulation type on Serial interfaces. B. Password encryption is enabled. C. Router interfaces will be closed. D. IP addresses are not assigned to the router's interfaces. Answer: B. By default, password encryption is disabled. You can enable it with the global command service password-encryption. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: By default, how does an OSPF routing table indicate routes that were learned by the OSPF domain via redistribution? Answer: By default, those routes are marked "E2". CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: 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 fe...

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Welcome! It's Sunday, November 25, and here's what I've got lined up for you today... 1. A new CCNA 640-802 / CCENT tutorial . Click that link to see the ones already posted, and don't forget I've got well over 200 free CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP tutorials on the main site! 2. A new batch of CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP practice questions 3. The answers to Saturday's questions ... and that's not all! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you later! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are your free Cisco certification training questions for Saturday, November 24! CCNA & CCENT Certification: Which of the following is NOT true regarding a Cisco router's default settings? A. HDLC is the encapsulation type on Serial interfaces. B. Password encryption is enabled. C. Router interfaces will be closed. D. IP addresses are not assigned to the router's interfaces. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: By default, how does an OSPF routing table indicate routes that were learned by the OSPF domain via redistribution? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: 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? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Users who telnet successfully into your router should be placed directly into privileged exec mode. What command will accomplish this? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: You're worki...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification training questions for Friday, November 23! CCNA 640-802 & CCENT 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 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? Answer: RSVP, the Resource Reservation Protocol. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: When a routing table lookup is performed for every packet in a transmission, what kind of switching is being performed? Answer: Process switching. And from that description, it's easy t...

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Welcome! It's Saturday, November 24, and here's what I have coming up for you later today! A new CCNA 640-802 / CCENT certification exam tutorial - click that link to see the ones I already have for you! A new batch of CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP training questions The answers to Friday's questions .. and more! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you later! And don't forget - it's only 16 days until my fully updated CCNA 640-802 Ultimate Study Package is released! Purchase yours today and you'll get my Ultimate CCENT Certification Study Package download immediately so you can start studying right away for CCENT and CCENT exam success! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Welcome! Here are your free CCNA 640-802, CCENT, and CCNP certification exam training questions for Friday, November 23! CCNA 640-802 And CCENT 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 feature sets supported by the Wireless Control System. Answers will be posted Saturday, November 24! And look for a new CCNA / CCENT certification exam tutorial later today as well - and just click on that link to see the many free tutorials I already have up for those exams! To your success, Chris Bry...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification questions for Tuesday, November 20! CCNA 640-802 And CCENT 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 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 switc...

Welcome! It's Thursday, November 22, and here's what I have coming up for you later today! A new CCNA 640-802 / CCENT certification exam tutorial - click that link to see the ones I already have for you! A new batch of CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP training questions The answers to Wednesday's questions .. and more! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you later! And don't forget - it's only 17 days until my fully updated CCNA 640-802 Ultimate Study Package is released! Purchase yours today and you'll get my Ultimate CCENT Certification Study Package download immediately so you can start studying right away for CCENT and CCENT exam success! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

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Here's a new CCNA 640-802 And CCENT certification exam tutorial for you! Frame Relay FECN, BECN, and The DE Bit Enjoy! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are your free Cisco exam practice questions for Tuesday, November 20! CCNA 640-802 And CCENT 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 statements regarding IPSec modes. A. Transport mode retains the original IP header. B. Transport mode does not retain the original IP header. C. Tunnel mode retains the ...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam for Monday, November 19! CCNA & CCENT 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 defining inspection rules on a Cisco firewall. What command are you using? Ans...

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Here are your CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP questions for Monday, November 19! CCNA 640-802 and CCENT 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. 00110011 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 detection? A. WEP B. WPA C. WEP2 D. WPA2 Answers will be posted Tuesday, November 20! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ Free CCNA 640-802 Exam Tutorials!

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam questions for Sunday, November 18! CCENT And CCNA 640-802 Certification: What is the default administrative distance of a route created with the ip route command? Answer: That's a static route, and static routes have an AD of 1. 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 cost of a Fast Ethernet port? Answer: 19. The cost is dependent on the speed of the port. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: What protocol number does the Authentication Header use? Answer: The AH header uses protocol number 51. CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Name three Frame Relay marking values and briefly describe them. Answer: Actually, these go back to your CCNA studies! BECN - Backward Explicit Congestion Notification - indicates ...

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It's Monday, November 19, and I know a lot of folks here in the States will be on the road this weekend and over the next week - please drive carefully! :) Coming up later today... At least one new CCNA 640-802 / CCENT Certification Exam Tutorial . Click that link to read the ones I've already got up and waiting for you! The answers to Sunday's free Cisco training questions A new set of CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP questions ... and more! Take care, and I'll see you later today! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here's a new CCNA 640-802 exam tutorial that you CCENT exam candidates should read as well! Frame Relay LMI On Cisco Routers Enjoy! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are your free Cisco certification exam questions for Sunday, November 18! All of today's questions are short answer, no choices given! CCENT And CCNA 640-802 Certification: What is the default administrative distance of a route created with the ip route command? 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.

Here are the answers to this past Thursday's questions! Beginning today, we're back on a daily schedule - I promise! :) CCENT Certification: What value does a Cisco switch use to build a MAC address table in a dynamic fashion? Answer: The source MAC address of incoming frames. 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 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? Answer: RSVP, the Resource Reservation Protocol. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: When a routing tabl...

It's Saturday, November 17, and I know a lot of folks here in the States will be on the road this weekend and over the next week - please drive carefully! :) Coming up later today... At least one new CCNA 640-802 / CCENT Certification Exam Tutorial . Click that link to read the ones I've already got up and waiting for you! The answers to Thursday's free Cisco training questions A new set of CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP questions ... and more! Take care, and I'll see you later today! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

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Here are your free Cisco certification questions for Thursday, November 16! CCENT Certification: What value does a Cisco switch use to build a MAC address table in a dynamic fashion? 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 feature sets supported by the Wireless Control System. Answers will be posted Friday, November 16! New CCNA 640-802 and CCENT tutorials will be posted on Friday and over the weekend as well, so visit early and often! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 htt...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco questions for Wednesday, November 14! CCENT & 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 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 nei...

Welcome back! It's Thursday, November 15, and here's what I've got for you today.... A new CCNA 640-802 And CCENT certification exam tutorial on configuring and troubleshooting HDLC on point-to-point links A new set of CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP questions to be posted right here on the blog The answers to yesterday's Cisco certification practice questions ... and more! See you later today! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are your free Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP certification training questions for Wednesday, November 14! CCNA 640-802 / CCENT 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 statements regarding IPSec modes. A. Transport mode retains the original IP header. B. Transport mode does not retain the original IP head...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification questions for Tuesday, November 12! CCENT / CCNA 640-802 Combination Question: A router has learned a route via four separate methods. The subnet mask length is the same for all four methods. Which method will the router consider to be the most believable? A. static route B. RIP v2 C. OSPF D. EIGRP Answer: A. If the route is exactly the same and the mask length is the same for all four routes, the route source with the lowest Administrative Distance will be trusted above the others. Static routes have a much lower AD than do RIP, OSPF, and EIGRP. 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. 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 Certificat...

Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA 640-802, and CCNP training questions for Tuesday, November 13! CCENT / CCNA 640-802 Combination Question: A router has learned a route via four separate methods. The subnet mask length is the same for all four methods. Which method will the router consider to be the most believable? A. static route B. RIP v2 C. OSPF D. EIGRP 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. CoS can be assigned as frames are switched from one port to another on the same switch. D. CoS can be assigned as frames are sent across a trunk. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: What protocol number does the Encapsulating Security Payload use? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Which ...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification training questions for Monday, November 13! CCENT Certification: From this list, identify the devices that run at Layer 2 of the OSI model: router, switch, wireless access point, hub, repeater. Answer: Switches and wireless access points run at Layer 2. Routers run at Layer 3, the Network layer, and hubs and repeaters both run at the Physical layer (Layer 1). 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 Exa...

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Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Saturday, November 13! CCENT Certification: From this list, identify the devices that run at Layer 2 of the OSI model: router, switch, wireless access point, hub, repeater. Answers: Switches and wireless access points run at the Data Link layer, as do bridges (not included in the list). 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, as seen in this excerpt of show ip ospf interface. R1#show ip ospf interface serial0 Serial0 is up, line protocol is up Internet Address 172.12.123.1/24, Area 0 Process ID 1, Router ID 1.1.1.1, Network Type NON_BROADCAST, Cost: 64 Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State DR, Priority 1 Designated Router (ID) 1.1.1.1, Interfac...

Here are your free Cisco certification exam questions for Monday, November 12! CCENT Certification: From the following list, identify the devices that run at the Network layer of the OSI model: router, switch, hub, repeater, hub, bridge. 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. 00110011 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 detection? A. WEP B. WPA C. WEP2 D. WPA2 Answers will be posted Tuesda...

Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA,and CCNP questions for Saturday, November 10! CCENT Certification: From this list, identify the devices that run at Layer 2 of the OSI model: router, switch, wireless access point, hub, repeater. 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, what switch layers are present? A. Access...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam questions for Thursday, November 9! CCENT and CCNA Certification: You want to create a static route that will send packets out the ethernet0 interface on your local router if there is no other match for the actual destination in the routing table. What command will create such a route? Answer: The ip route command is used to create a default static route, such as the one needed here. The syntax: ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 ethernet0 CCNA Certification: Short answer: The binary string 11010101, converted to hex, equals ____________ . Answer: That string converts to the decimal 213, which converts to the hex value D5, or d5. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What LSA type is generated by an ABR and describe inter-area links? Answer: Type 3 LSAs are generated by ABRs and describe inter-area routes. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: While visiting a client's network, you notice that VLAN 25 is configured as the nati...

Here are today's free Cisco certification exam training questions for Thursday, November 8! All of today's questions are short answer, no choices given! CCENT and CCNA Certification: You want to create a static route that will send packets out the ethernet0 interface on your local router if there is no other match for the actual destination in the routing table. What command will create such a route? CCNA Certification: Short answer: The binary string 11010101, converted to hex, equals ____________ . CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What LSA type is generated by an ABR and describe inter-area links? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: While visiting a client's network, you notice that VLAN 25 is configured as the native VLAN. No hosts are actually in VLAN 25, though. What kind of network attack does this guard against? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Which of the following QoS models uses PHB? A. Integrated Services B. Differentiated Services C. Distributed Serv...

Here are the answers to your Cisco certification exam training questions for Wednesday, November 7! CCENT Certification: What is the range of multicast MAC addresses? Answer: 01-00-5e-00-00-00 through 01-00-5e-7f-ff-ff. Watch that 7! :) CCNA Certification: Arrange the following route types in order of believability, from best to worst: static route, directly connected network, OSPF route, RIPv1 route, RIPv2 route, IGRP, EIGRP route. Answer: The administrative distance is the measure of believability; the lower the AD, the more trustworthy the route. From lowest to highest: Directly connected (0) Static route (1, *possibly* 0, depending on configuration) EIGRP (90) IGRP (100) OSPF (110) RIP v1 and v2 (120) CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: You want to view the LSAs on an OSPF-enabled router, along with the amount of time since the last LSA for each link was received. What command will give you this vital troubleshooting information? Answer: show ip ospf database. CCNP Certification / ...

Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP certification exam training questions for Wednesday, November 7! CCENT Certification: What is the range of multicast MAC addresses? CCNA Certification: Arrange the following route types in order of believability, from best to worst: static route, directly connected network, OSPF route, RIPv1 route, RIPv2 route, IGRP, EIGRP route. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: You want to view the LSAs on an OSPF-enabled router, along with the amount of time since the last LSA for each link was received. What command will give you this vital troubleshooting information? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What two blocks of the Enterprise Composite Network Model work together to bring WAN connectivity and Internet access to users? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: You want to display a message to users who connect to your router via Telnet. What command will you use to do so? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: By default, Cisco routers support three different algo...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Tuesday, November 6! CCENT Certification: Identify the devices that run at the bottommost layer of the OSI model. A. router B. switch C. hub D. wireless access point E. repeater Answers: C, E. Both hubs and repeaters run at Layer 1 of the OSI model, the Physical layer. CCNA Certification Exam: Identify the frame relay encapsulation options. A. Cisco (default) B. IETF (default) C. ANSI (default) D. Cisco E. IETF F. ANSI Answer: A, E. The encapsulation options are cisco and ietf, and cisco is the default. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What LSA type indicates the location of the ASBR? Answer: Type 4 LSAs indicate the route to the ASBR. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Which of the following is true of the "collapsed core" design? A. There is no dedicated core switch. B. There is no dedicated distribution-layer switch. C. There is no dedicated access-layer switch. D. A single switch ...

Here are your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Tuesday, November 6! CCENT Certification: Identify the devices that run at the bottommost layer of the OSI model. A. router B. switch C. hub D. wireless access point E. repeater CCNA Certification Exam: Identify the frame relay encapsulation options. A. Cisco (default) B. IETF (default) C. ANSI (default) D. Cisco E. IETF F. ANSI CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What LSA type indicates the location of the ASBR? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Which of the following is true of the "collapsed core" design? A. There is no dedicated core switch. B. There is no dedicated distribution-layer switch. C. There is no dedicated access-layer switch. D. A single switch will handle the tasks of all three of these layers. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: What term is given to the network attack that occurs when an intruder gathers information in preparation for a larger attack in the future? CC...

Here are the answers to your free Cisco certification exam questions for Monday, November 5! CCENT Certification: Describe the fundamental difference between the way routers and switches each handle broadcasts. Answer: Routers do not forward broadcasts, and switches do. CCNA Certification: Identify the true statements. A. Full routing tables are exchanged when distance vector protocols are used. B. When distance vector protocols are in use, only changes to the network are advertised. C. Full routing tables are exchanged when link state protocols are used. D. When link state protocols are in use, only changes to the network are advertised. Answers: A, D. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: At what point(s) do BGP peers exchange full updates? A. Every 30 seconds. B. Every 90 minutes. C. Immediately after the adjacency is formed. D. Upon a change in the network topology. Answer: C. After that point, only changes themselves are advertised. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: You want to apply por...

Here are your free Cisco certification exam questions for Monday, November 5! CCENT Certification: Describe the fundamental difference between the way routers and switches each handle broadcasts. CCNA Certification: Identify the true statements. A. Full routing tables are exchanged when distance vector protocols are used. B. When distance vector protocols are in use, only changes to the network are advertised. C. Full routing tables are exchanged when link state protocols are used. D. When link state protocols are in use, only changes to the network are advertised. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: At what point(s) do BGP peers exchange full updates? A. Every 30 seconds. B. Every 90 minutes. C. Immediately after the adjacency is formed. D. Upon a change in the network topology. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: You want to apply port security to a switch port. No other configuration has been added. The switch is a 2950. What do you first have to do? A. Make the port an access port. B. Not...

Here are the answers to Saturday's Cisco exam practice questions! CCENT Certification: Which of the following uses cells to transport data? A. Frame relay B. ATM C. PPP D. HDLC Answer: B. ATM transmits data in fixed-size, 53-byte cells. CCNA Certification: What are the frame relay LMI types? Answer: Cisco, ansi, and q933a. Cisco is the default. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What port number does BGP use to create neighbor adjacencies? Answer: That's TCP port 179. Make sure to leave that one unblocked by ACLs! CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Classification and marking of data should be done at what layer of the Cisco switching model? Answer: That should take place as close to the origination point of the data as possible, which means the Access layer. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: You notice that TCP keepalives are enabled on a router, and you want to disable this feature. What global configuration command will you need to use? Answer: This is a router service, so we'll...

Here are your free Cisco certification practice questions for Saturday, November 3! CCENT Certification: Which of the following uses cells to transport data? A. Frame relay B. ATM C. PPP D. HDLC CCNA Certification: What are the frame relay LMI types? CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What port number does BGP use to create neighbor adjacencies? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Classification and marking of data should be done at what layer of the Cisco switching model? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: You notice that TCP keepalives are enabled on a router, and you want to disable this feature. What global configuration command will you need to use? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: RED has three different modes of packet dropping. Name them. Answers will be posted Sunday! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

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Here are the answers to Friday's Cisco certification practice questions! CCENT Certification: What protocol allows a host to learn a remote host's Layer 3 address when only the remote host's name is known? Answer: That's the job of DNS. CCNA Certification: A trunk port is considered a member of what VLANs, if any? A. The native VLAN only. B. None of them. C. All of them. D. The VLANs configured with the "vlan member" command. Answer: C. By default, a trunk port is considered a member of all VLANs. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What is the prefix length of the mask used with Class B private addresses? Answer: /12 or 255.240.0.0. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: How often are VTP Summary Advertisements sent? A. Every 5 minutes. B. Every 5 minutes or upon a change in the VTP database. C. Only upon a change in the VTP database. D. There is no fixed time period, and Summary Advertisements are not sent when the VTP database changes. Answer: B. Summa...

Here are your free CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP questions for November 2, 2007! CCENT Certification: What protocol allows a host to learn a remote host's Layer 3 address when only the remote host's name is known? CCNA Certification: A trunk port is considered a member of what VLANs, if any? A. The native VLAN only. B. None of them. C. All of them. D. The VLANs configured with the "vlan member" command. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What is the prefix length of the mask used with Class B private addresses? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: How often are VTP Summary Advertisements sent? A. Every 5 minutes. B. Every 5 minutes or upon a change in the VTP database. C. Only upon a change in the VTP database. D. There is no fixed time period, and Summary Advertisements are not sent when the VTP database changes. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Which of the following are parts of the Intelligent Information Network? A. Integrated transport B. Network Infrastructure C....

Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco certification exam training questions! CCENT And CCNA Certification: Convert the binary string 10101010 into a hex value. Answer: In decimal, that string equals 170; that's AA (or aa, case does not matter). CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In the BGP best-path selection process, what is the first attribute a Cisco router examines? Answer: The Cisco-proprietary attribute weight is the first attribute considered. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: On a Cisco L3 switch, what command converts a routing port to a switching port? Answer: The command is switchport. To change a port from switching to routing, run no switchport. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Basically, what is a "demilitarized zone"? Answer: A DMZ is the area between a company's private network ("inside network") and the outside world. Packets going from the inside network to the DMZ and from the DMZ to external networks are generally examined by security ...

Here are your free Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP certification questions for Thursday, November 1! 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 Friday! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/