Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Solutions

Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is a limitation of early networks that used a
daisy-chain method of connecting computers? (Choose two.)
a. Total number of computers that could be connected
b. The processing speed of the computers connected
c. Cable length
d. No Internet access
2. Which of the following is true of a repeater?
a. Receives frames and forwards them
b. Determines to which network to send a packet
c. Receives bit signals and strengthens them
d. Has a burned-in MAC address for each port
3. Which of the following is true of a hub? (Choose two.)
a. Usually has just two ports
b. Transmits regenerated signals to all connected ports
c. Usually has four or more ports
d. Works with MAC addresses
4. Which of the following is the unit of measurement by which a
network device’s bandwidth is usually specified?
a. Bytes per second
b. Bits per second
c. Packets per second
d. Bytes per minute
5. Which of the following is a step in the operation of a switch?
(Choose two.)
a. Reads source and destination IP addresses
b. Reads source and destination MAC addresses
c. Updates the switching table with destination IP address and port
information
d. Looks up the destination MAC address in its switching table
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6. What unit of information do switches work with?

a. Frames
b. Bits
c. Packets
d. Bytes
7. Which of the following describes how devices connected to a
switch use the bandwidth of the switch?
a. Dedicated bandwidth
b. Half-duplex bandwidth
c. Half-scale bandwidth
d. Shared bandwidth
8. Which element of incoming data does a switch use to create its
switching table?
a. Source IP address
b. Destination logical address
c. Destination physical address
d. Source MAC address
9. What purpose does the timestamp serve in a switching table?
a. Tells the switch when to forward a frame
b. Tells the switch how long to wait for a response
c. Tells the switch when to delete an entry
d. Tells the switch how long it has been running
10.What feature of a switch allows devices to effectively
communicate at 200 Mbps on a 100 Mbps switch?
a. Uplink port
b. Full-duplex mode
c. Shared bandwidth
d. Bit strengthening
e. Frame doubling
11.To which device is a wireless access point most similar in how it
operates?
a. Hub
b. Switch
c. NIC
d. Router
12.What’s the purpose of an RTS signal in wireless networking?
a. It allows the AP to request which device is the transmitting
station.
b. It allows the AP to tell all stations that it’s ready to transmit
data.
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c. It allows a client to notify the AP that it’s ready to send data.

d. It allows a client to request data from the AP.

13.Which of the following is a common operating speed of a wireless

access point?
a. 10 Kbps
b. 110 Gbps
c. 600 Kbps
d. 54 Mbps
14.Which of the following is a task performed by a NIC and its
driver? (Choose three.)
a. Provides a connection to the network medium
b. Converts bit signals into frames for transmission on the medium
c. Receives packets from the network protocol and creates frames
d. Adds a header before sending a frame to the network protocol
e. Adds error-checking data to the frame
15.Which of the following best describes a MAC address?
a. A 24-bit number expressed as 12 decimal digits
b. Two 24-bit numbers, in which one is the OUI
c. A 48-bit number composed of 12 octal digits
d. A dotted decimal number burned into the NIC
16.Under which circumstances does a NIC allow inbound
communications to pass through the interface? (Choose two.)
a. The source MAC address is the broadcast address.
b. The destination MAC address matches the built-in MAC
address.
c. The destination MAC address is all binary 1s.
d. The NIC is operating in exclusive mode.
17.How does a protocol analyzer capture all frames?
a. It configures the NIC to capture only unicast frames.
b. It sets all incoming destination addresses to be broadcasts.
c. It configures the NIC to operate in promiscuous mode.
d. It sets the exclusive mode option on the NIC.
e. It captures only multicast frames.
18.Where do you usually find a MAC address?
a. In nonvolatile memory on the NIC
b. In a switch’s configuration file
c. In the routing table
d. In the header of a packet
19.Which of the following is the purpose of an SSID?
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a. Assigns an address to a wireless NIC

b. Acts as a unique name for a local area connection
c. Acts as a security key for securing a network
d. Identifies a wireless network
20.Which of the following describe the function of routers? (Choose
two.)
a. Forward frames from one network to another.
b. Connect LANs.
c. Attach computers to the internetwork.
d. Work with packets and IP addresses.
21.What information is found in a routing table?
a. Computer names and IP addresses
b. Network addresses and interfaces
c. MAC addresses and ports
d. IP addresses and MAC addresses
22.You currently have 15 switches with an average of 20 stations
connected to each switch. The switches are connected to one
another so that all 300 computers can communicate with one
another in a single LAN. You have been detecting a high
percentage of broadcast frames on this LAN. You think the
number of broadcasts might be having an impact on network
performance. What should you do?
a. Connect the switches in groups of five and connect each group
of switches to a central hub.
b. Configure the switches to operate in half-duplex mode.
c. Reorganize the network into smaller groups and connect each
group to a router.
d. Disable broadcast forwarding on the switches.
23.Which of the following is true about a router versus a switch?
a. Routers connect LANs, switches connect computers.
b. Routers work with physical (MAC) addresses, switches work
with logical (IP) addresses.
c. Routers work with frames, switches work with packets.
d. Routers forward broadcast packets, switches do not.
24.If a router receives a packet with a destination network address
unknown to the router, what does the router do?
a. Sends the packet out all interfaces
b. Discards the packet
c. Adds the destination network to its routing table
d. Queries the network for the destination network
25.Which of the following is true about a router? (Choose two.)
a. Forwards broadcasts
b. Uses default routes for unknown network addresses
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c. Forwards unicasts
d. Is used primarily to connect workstations
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True/False

1. When a NIC is in promiscuous mode, it will process only the frames in which
the destination MAC address matches its own MAC address.
a. True
b. False

2. Routers do not forward broadcast packets.

a. True
b. False

3. If a router receives a packet and it does not have an entry in its routing table for
the destination network, it will send the packet to its default route, if configured.
a. True
b. False

4. A computer's default gateway setting is the MAC address of a router on a remote

network.
a. True
b. False

5. The name assigned to a wireless network is called the SSID.

a. True
b. False

Multiple Choice
6. Which device receives a frame and reads the source and destination MAC
addresses before forwarding the frame out another port?
a. router
b. switch
c. repeater
d. hub

7. What does a switch do if it doesn't find the destination MAC address in its
switching table?
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a. sends an error to the sending device

b. discards the frame
c. sends an ARP to learn the MAC address
d. forwards the frame out all ports

8. Which of the following is NOT a function of a hub?

a. cleans up the signal
b. transmits the frame out the correct port
c. receives the signal from a connected computer on one of its
ports
d. regenerates the signal

9. How does a switch "learn" MAC addresses?

a. All the MAC addresses must be entered manually.
b. The switch comes loaded with the most frequently used addresses.
c. It reads the source address and keeps a record of which port the sending
computer is on.
d. The switch uses a mathematical formula to determine what the MAC
address would be for each computer connected to it.

10. Which of the following is true about hubs?

a. Devices on a hub have to share the available bandwidth.
b. They can operate in full-duplex and half-duplex mode.
c. They maintain a table of MAC addresses.
d. They can handle several computer conversations
simultaneously.

11. What does a switch store in its switching table?

a. The frame's source MAC address and the port it was received on.
b. The frame's destination MAC address and the port it was received
on.
c. The frame's source IP address and the port it was received on.
d. The frame's destination IP address and the port it was received on.
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12. What type of frame is addressed to a specific computer?

a. broadcast
b. unicast
c. multicast
d. anycast

13. Just as a switch keeps records of MAC addresses that it has learned, so does
your computer. What protocol does your computer use to learn MAC addresses?
a. ARP
b. ICMP
c. DHCP
d. IP

14. What does it mean if the full-duplex indicator on a switch port is on?
a. The switch is detecting collisions.
b. The port can transmit and receive frames
simultaneously.
c. Bandwidth sharing is enabled.
d. The MAC address table is full.

15. What component of the computer contains a MAC address?

a. motherboard
b. NIC
c. CPU
d. BIOS

16. A MAC address is composed of two 24-bit numbers. What does the first 24-bit
number represent?
a. A unique serial number assigned by the
manufacturer.
b. The address it uses for a multicast packet.
c. The decryption key used for security purposes.
d. The organizationally unique identifier.

17. What command issued from the command prompt will show the route that a
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packet travels from the issuing computer to another computer?

a. route
b. tracert
c. ipconfig
d. arp

18. What is the purpose of the default route?

a. It serves as a guideline for how to configure routes.
b. It's a route set by Microsoft so that all information comes to their servers
first.
c. It's where the router sends all packets with destination addresses of which
it has no knowledge.
d. It's a route that all routers use to get to the Internet.

19. A wireless access point is most like which other network device, in that all
computers send signals through it to communicate with other computers?
a. switch
b. router
c. hub
d. modem

20. When referring to network bandwidth, what is the basic unit of measurement?
a. bytes per second
b. bits per second
c. bandwidth per second
d. bytes per minute

21. In some wireless network configurations, a computer must send a special

message to the AP before it can transmit data. What is this message called?
a. RTS
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b. ARP
c. CTS
d. DNS

22. Which of the following is true about a NIC?

a. For incoming messages, it creates frames from packets.
b. For outgoing messages, it assembles bit signals into frames.
c. For incoming messages, it adds a source and destination MAC
address.
d. For outgoing messages, it converts frame data into bit signals.

23. What command would you issue from the command prompt to test whether
your computer has connectivity to the network?
a. ping IPaddress
b. arp -d IPaddress
c. ipconfig IPaddress
d. ipconfig /all

24. Which of the following are features of a router? (Choose all that apply)
a. connects computers to the LAN
b. connects LANs to one another
c. works with MAC addresses
d. forwards broadcast packets
e. works with packets

25. Which of the following are true about routers? (Choose all that apply.)
a. break up a network into functional groups
b. make larger broadcast domains
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c. work with IP addresses

d. forward broadcasts out all connected ports
e. allow computers on different networks to
communicate

Complete missing word

26. The ______________ address is composed of two 24-bit numbers.

27. In a computer's IP address settings, the default _____________ is the address

of the router to which a computer sends all packets that are intended for networks
outside of its own.

28. A __________ frame is a message that is intended to be processed by all

devices on the LAN.

29. The network ____________ is a measurement of the amount of data that can
pass through a network in a certain period of time.

30. A switch operating in full ___________ mode can send and receive data at the
same time.

Match each item with a statement below.

a. switch
b. default route
c. half-duplex mode
d. router
e. bandwidth sharing
f. repeater
g. CTS
h. network interface card
i. uplink port
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j. network bandwidth

31. device that uses MAC addresses to determine the destination of frame

32. routing table entry that tells a router where to send a packet with a destination
network address that can't be found in the routing table

33. communication in which a device can send and receive signals but not at the
same time

34. device that connects LANs

35. how devices connected to a hub use network bandwidth

36. device that only regenerates incoming signals

37. indicates that the wireless computer can transmit data

38. device that connects a computer with the network medium

39. designated port on a hub or switch used to connect to another hub or switch

40. amount of data that can be transferred on a network in a specified interval