1. CCNA 1 v3.1
Module 8 Review

2. Which switching mode describes a switch that transfers a frame as soon as the destination MAC address is read?
cut-through

3. What does a switch broadcast to let other switches know of its existence on the LAN?
BPDUs

4. What network type uses networking devices to extend the distances that cable can be run?
extended shared media

5. What is the term associated with replacing hubs with switches to increase the number of collision domains?
segmentation

6. While working on her computer, Mary noticed longer than normal network data transfers. Mary investigates the problem and notices that her co-worker John has been hosting an online video conference. What is the network probably experiencing?
A broadcast storm

7. What does a router use to make a forwarding decision?
destination IP address

8. A network administrator has a multi-floor LAN to monitor and maintain
A network administrator has a multi-floor LAN to monitor and maintain. Through careful monitoring, the administrator has noticed a large amount of broadcast traffic slowing the network. Which device would you use to best solve this problem?
A router, or as they say in Great Britain, a rooter.

9. What is a disadvantage of cut-through switching?
no error checking

10. What are two things that would alleviate the problem of excessive collisions in a LAN?
reduce the size of collision domains
add extra managed switches

11. What protocol is used to eliminate switching loops?
Spanning Tree Protocol

12. Name the OSI layers at which each device operates:
Router
Switch
Repeater
Bridge
Hub
Layer 3
Layer 2
Layer 1

13. Which of the following are not to be exceeded when implementing the 5-4-3-2-1 Rule? (Choose three.)
five broadcast domains
four hubs
three routers
three host segments
one collision domain
five broadcast domains
four hubs
three routers
three host segments
one collision domain

14. What describes the concept of full-duplex mode?
traffic passing equally in both directions with no collisions

15. Which switching mode has the lowest latency?
cut-through
Why?
Because it reads the beginning of the frame up to the destination MAC address as the traffic flow through the switch and “cuts through” to its destination without continuing to read the rest of the frame.

16. What are two ways in which a bridge has an impact on a network?
increases number of collision domains
has no impact on broadcast domains

17. What are two items that are contributors to latency in a switched network?
circuit delays
software delays

18. What are 2 devices that perform the tasks of viewing and forwarding frames based on MAC addresses?
switch
bridge

19. What does a switch build as it reads MAC addresses that pass through it?
Content Addressable Memory table

20. What will a bridge do if it receives a frame with a MAC address that is not within the table?
send frame to all ports except source port

21. A switch reads the first 64 bytes of a data field and forwards data, before the entire data field has been read. Which switching method allows this?
fragment-free

22. Which switching mode has the highest latency?
What are the three switching modes?
store-and-forward
fragment-free
cut-through
Which switching mode has the highest latency?
store-and-forward
Why?
Because it reads the entire frame, checks for errors, decides where it needs to go, and then sends it on its way.

23. What does a workstation broadcast to learn an unknown MAC address?
ARP request