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How are PDUs handled during the peer-communication process? (Choose two) A. The Internet layer encapsulates data and attaches a header to create a PDU known as a frame B. Header information within a PDU is required and can include information such as source and destination logical addressing C. The link layer provides a service to the network layer by encapsulating the network-layer packet into a PDU called a segment D. The application layer protocol begins the process by delivering PDUs to the transport layer https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-1/building-a-network/tcpip-internet-layer.html You have configured your PC with multiple default gateways. R1 is the primary default gateway. R2 is the secondary default gateway. What is the best action to ensure redundancy of the default gateway if R1 goes down? A. Create an entry in the R1 routing table to route traffic to R2 B. Manually change the primary default gateway from R1 to R2 C. Ensure that you are using a First Hop Redundancy Protocol D. Nothing, as multiple gateways have been configured How many default vty lines exist on a Cisco IOS router? A. 20 B. 1 C. 5 D. 10 E. 15 An engineer connects to Router R1 and issues a show ip ospf neighbor command. The status of neighbor 2.2.2.2 lists FULL/BDR. What does the BDR mean? A. R1 is an Area Border Router. B. R1 is a backup designated router. C. Router 2.2.2.2 is an Area Border Router. D. Router 2.2.2.2 is a backup designated router. What source will be chosen when a destination network offers multiple sources? A. The dynamic route B. The route with the highest metric C. The source with the lowest administrative distance D. The static route https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-1/lan-connections/functions-of-routing.html Which protocol number represents ICMPv6? A. 89 B. 88 C. 17 D. 1 E. 58 F. 6 Which of the following behaviors are applied to a low latency queue in a Cisco router or switch? (Choose two) A. Shaping B. Policing C. Priority scheduling D. Round-robin scheduling What value is primarily used to determine which port becomes the root port on each nonroot switch in a spanning-tree topology? A. path cost B. lowest port MAC address C. VTP revision number D. highest port priority number E. port priority number and MAC address https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-2/vlans-and-spanning-tree/spanning-tree-operations.html Connections can be verified using a variety of troubleshooting commands. Which of the following commands uses ICMP messages to determine whether a host is active? A. netstat B. tracert C. ping D. nslookup https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-1/lan-connections/packet-delivery-process-at-l3.html If a lightweight AP provides at least one BSS for wireless clients, which one of the following modes does it use? A. Local B. Normal C. Monitor D. Client How is Telnet used to verify connectivity? (Choose two) A. It shows you the path required to reach the end device B. To determine if you have access to a particular service on a device C. It uses ICMP Echo requests to test connectivity D. To verify basic connectivity to a device You are implementing a VLSM network. You are using the Class A network of 10.0.0.0/8 and need to create networks that support 254 hosts that will be used for each LAN. The tenth network that was created will be used for addressing all the point-to-point links between routers at HQ, all the point-to-point WAN links, and any point-to-point links in the branch offices. What is the subnet ID of the second point-to-point network created? A. 10.0.9.8/30 B. 10.0.9.2/30 C. 10.0.9.6./30 D. 10.0.9.4/30 E. 10.0.10.4/30 F. 10.0.10.2/30 Which of the following describes the RSTP protocol? A. Assumes one 802.1D spanning tree for the entire bridged network B. Provides a separate 802.1D spanning tree for each virtual LAN, or VLAN, configured C. Provides fast conversion with a single instance of STP D. Provides fast conversion with an instance of spanning tree per VLAN https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-2/vlans-and-spanning-tree/stp-protocol-types.html Which QoS feature is typically used outbound to an ISP to reduce the amount of traffic that is dropped by exceeding the purchased rate? A. Traffic shaping B. Traffic policing C. Traffic limiting D. Traffic classification Which three statements accurately describe Layer 2 Ethernet switches? (Choose three) A. Spanning Tree Protocol allows switches to automatically share VLAN information. B. Establishing VLANs increases the number of broadcast domains. C. Switches that are configured with VLANs make forwarding decisions based on both Layer 2 and Layer 3 address information. D. Microsegmentation decreases the number of collisions on the network. E. In a properly functioning network with redundant switched paths, each switched segment will contain one root bridge with all its ports in the forwarding state. All other switches in that broadcast domain will have only one root port. F. If a switch receives a frame for an unknown destination, it uses ARP to resolve the address. https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-1/ethernet-lans/developing-design-for-layer-2.html Which command stores passwords as an SHA-256 or MD5 hash? A. service password-encryption B. service password-encryption {sha256 \| md5} C. enable password {sha256 \| md5} D. enable hash-password E. None of the above. What options are required criteria for a service to be a cloud service? (Choose two) A. Broad network access B. Resource pooling C. Agile network access D. Proactive service Which address and wildcard mask combination will match all IPv4 addresses in the networks 192.168.0.0/24 through 192.168.63.0/24? A. 192.168.0.0 0.0.31.255 B. 192.168.0.0 0.0.3.255 C. 192.168.0.0 0.0.15.255 D. 192.168.0.0 0.0.7.255 E. 192.168.0.0 0.0.127.255 F. 192.168.0.0 0.0.1.255 G. 192.168.0.0 0.0.63.255 Which of these are QoS requirements when designing a Cisco TelePresence video network? (Choose two) A. One-way delay < 200 ms B. Round-trip delay < 200 ms C. Loss < 5% D. Loss < 0.05% E. Jitter < 100 ms F. Jitter < 50 ms When using NAT to translate private IPv4 addresses to public IPv4 addresses, what term is used to identify the private IPv4 address? A. Inside local B. Outside local C. Outside global D. Inside global Host A and Host B sit in two different subnets. The path between the subnets of these two hosts runs through three different Layer 3 forwarding devices (routers and Layer 3 switches). A network engineer uses the APIC-EM Path Trace ACL Analysis tool to analyze the path used for Host A to send packets to Host B. Which part of the function is done specifically by the ACL Analysis or ACL Trace part of the tool? A. Discovery of the topology that exists between the two hosts B. Analysis of the Layer 3 forwarding decisions in the path from Host A to B C. Analysis of the Layer 2 forwarding decisions in the path from Host A to B D. Analysis of the impact of ACLs on the packets that would flow from Host A to B Which cloud service is owned and operated by a third party and allows people from a variety of different companies to request and use its resources? A. Hybrid cloud B. Internet cloud C. Private cloud D. Public cloud R1, R2, R3, and R4 have their Fast Ethernet 0/0 interfaces attached to the same VLAN. A network engineer has typed a configuration for each router by using a word processor. He will later copy and paste the configuration into the routers. Examine the following exhibit, which lists configuration for the four routers, as typed by the network engineer. Assuming that all four routers can ping each other’s LAN IP addresses after the configuration has been applied, choose the routers that will be able to form a neighbor relationship with the other routers on the LAN. (You can assume that, if not shown in the exhibit, all other related parameters are still set to their defaults.) (Choose two) A. R1 B. R2 C. R3 D. R4 E. None of the routers will exchange routing information. Which Cisco IOS command is used to advertise a default route into an OSPF domain regardless of whether a default static route is configured? A. default-information originate B. default-information originate always C. default-information originate permanent D. default-information originate no-check In a switched environment, what does the IEEE 802.1Q standard describe? A. the operation of VTP B. a method of VLAN trunking C. an approach to wireless LAN communication D. the process for root bridge selection E. VLAN pruning https://www.learncisco.net/courses/ccna/part-5-virtual-lans-vlans/vlans-review.html Which physical layer media are used today for connecting network devices (switches and routers) together in a LAN? (Choose two) A. Coaxial B. Twisted copper pair C. Fiber optic D. Wireless What statements describe the purpose and functions of VLANs for improving a poorly designed network? (Choose three) A. The prevention of specific users within one VLAN from accessing a designated remote server B. The option to group stations that are segmented logically by functions or groups C. The ability to implement access and security policies within particular groups of users D. The flexibility of implementing VLANs across multiple floors E. The provision of protocols and port numbers https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-1/medium-size-switched-network-construction/vlans-and-trunk.html Given the output from a working OSPF router, as seen in the exhibit, how many neighboring routers exist? B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. More than 3 If you want to be alerted when a device configuration differs from the intended configuration, what should you implement? A. Version control B. Centralized configuration C. Configuration drift D. Configuration monitoring What is the name of the Cisco feature that allows for the identification of protocols that are traditionally hard to classify because of their operation? A. DSCP B. NBAR C. DTerm D. CBWFQ Identify the statements that describe how ACLs operate. (Choose two) A. Extended ACLs provide more criteria on which to base the ACL B. They allow, limit, or restrict access to network resources C. Extended ACLs provide 300 possible ACLs to provide greater range of control D. Inbound ACLs process incoming packets routed to the outbound interface first, and then the outbound ACL https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-1/acls-and-nat/understanding-acls.html Of the figures shown, which depicts an accurate Clos Architecture? A. Topology A B. Topology B C. Topology C D. Topology D Refer to the exhibit. A technician has installed SwitchB and needs to configure it for remote access from the management workstation connected to SwitchA. Which set of commands is required to accomplish this task? A. SwitchB(config)# interface FastEthernet 0/1 SwitchB(config-if)# ip address 192.168.8.252 255.255.255.0 SwitchB(config-if)# no shutdown B. SwitchB(config)# interface vlan 1 SwitchB(config-if)# ip address 192.168.8.252 255.255.255.0 SwitchB(config-if)# ip default-gateway 192.168.8.254 255.255.255.0 SwitchB(config-if)# no shutdown C. SwitchB(config)# ip default-gateway 192.168.8.254 SwitchB(config)# interface vlan 1 SwitchB(config-if)# ip address 192.168.8.252 255.255.255.0 SwitchB(config-if)# no shutdown D. SwitchB(config)# ip default-network 192.168.8.254 SwitchB(config)# interface vlan 1 SwitchB(config-if)# ip address 192.168.8.252 255.255.255.0 SwitchB(config-if)# no shutdown E. SwitchB(config)# ip route 192.168.8.254 255.255.255.0 SwitchB(config)# interface FastEthernet 0/1 SwitchB(config-if)# ip address 192.168.8.252 255.255.255.0 SwitchB(config-if)# no shutdown Some IOS commands store passwords as clear text, but you can then encrypt the passwords with the service password-encryption global command. By comparison, other commands store a computed hash of the password, rather than storing the password. Comparing the two options, which one answer is the most accurate about why one method is better than the other? A. Using hashes is preferred because encrypted IOS passwords can be easily decrypted. B. Using hashes is preferred because of the large CPU effort required for encryption. C. Using encryption is preferred because it provides stronger password protection. D. Using encryption is preferred because of the large CPU effort required for hashes. You are configuring HSRP for VLAN 10. You want its primary default gateway to be R1 and secondary default gateway be R2. What should you consider when configuring HSRP for R1? (Choose two) A. Ensure that you use the same group number for all your configuration commands B. Ensure that pre-emption is disabled C. To ensure R1 always has priority, use the IP address of the physical interface of R1 for the virtual IP address D. Ensure that you specify R2 has a lower priority than R1 Wired Ethernet and Wi-Fi are based on which two IEEE standards, respectively? A. 802.1, 802.3 B. 802.1, 802.3 C. 802.3, 802.11 D. 802.11, 802.3 Which hash method is used by default when using the enable secret Cisco IOS command? A. 3DES B. MD5 C. SHA-0 D. HMAC Which command is used to monitor and verify ACLs? A. show access-lists B. show port-security C. show running-config D. show ip interface https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-1/acls-and-nat/type-of-acls.html Refer to the exhibit. Which two statements are true of the interfaces on Switch? (Choose two) A. Multiple devices are connected directly to FastEthernet0/1. B. A hub is connected directly to FastEthernet0/5. C. FastEthernet0/1 is connected to a host with multiple network interface cards. D. FastEthernet0/5 has statically assigned MAC addresses. E. FastEthernet0/1 is configured as a trunk link. F. Interface FastEthernet0/2 has been disabled. Which of the following cloud services is most likely to be purchased and then used to later install your own software applications? A. IaaS B. PaaS C. SaaS D. SLBaaS Which of the following parameters are necessary when creating a new WLAN with the controller GUI? (Choose two) A. SSID B. VLAN number C. Interface D. BSSID E. IP subnet Refer to the diagram. What is the name of the device (referenced with the arrow) that communicates with wireless clients? A. Wireless controller B. Access point C. Router D. Wireless bridge What are the considerations when using First Hop Redundancy Protocols? (Choose two) A. They must exist in their own VLAN B. They allow you to implement multiple physical routers in your environment, but have them appear as a single virtual router to your end stations C. They require additional configuration for the end user D. The transition from one forwarding router to another is transparent to the end devices You have connected to your Cisco IOS router using SSH for remote management. You have entered the command “debug ip rip“ to verify that RIP updates are being sent and received by the router. You wait for 90 seconds and notice that no RIP updates are being sent or received. After reviewing the RIP configuration, you conclude that the configuration is fine. You also verify that logging to the vty lines is set to debugging. Why are you not seeing the RIP updates? A. You need to issue the logging monitor 7 command B. You need to wait longer since RIP updates are every 180 seconds C. Debugs are not available for vty sessions D. You need to enable RIP E. You need to connect to the console port first F. You need to issue the terminal monitor command Which of the following layer 2 WAN protocols is the most scalable transport technology ever developed? A. HDLC B. Ethernet C. Frame Relay D. ATM E. PPP https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-2/wan-technologies/serial-encapsulation.html During a maintenance window, you make some changes to R2. You document these changes in your configuration management system. Later that night, you are called in to fix an issue that requires you to make additional changes to R2. The next morning your co-worker addresses another issue but this time on R1. All of these changes are documented properly but neither you or nor your coworker discuss the changes. These changes stay implemented for months. What is this best described as? A. Version control B. Centralized configuration C. Configuration drift D. Configuration monitoring What protocol is used to synchronize time between various Cisco IOS devices in your network? A. LACP B. NTP C. DTP D. VTP E. CDP F. STP G. PAgP Which is true in a spine-leaf architecture? (Choose two) A. Each leaf switch must connect to every spine switch. B. Each leaf switch must connect to one spine switch. C. Each spine switch must connect to every leaf switch. D. Each spine switch must connect to one leaf switch. Which of the following are benefits of VLANs? (Choose three) A. They increase the size of collision domains. B. They allow logical grouping of users by function. C. They can enhance network security. D. They increase the size of broadcast domains while decreasing the number of collision domains. E. They increase the number of broadcast domains while decreasing the size of the broadcast domains. F. They simplify switch administration. https://www.learncisco.net/courses/ccna/part-5-virtual-lans-vlans/vlans-review.html Which of the following components contains the running copy of the configuration file? A. Interface B. ROM C. Flash D. RAM E. CPU F. NVRAM https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-2/network-management/router-internal-components-overview.html Identify the command used to discover a neighboring IP address using CDP. A. show cdp traffic B. show cdp neighbors C. show cdp neighbors details D. show cdp entry https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-1/network-environment-management/neighbors-on-the-network.html Which command would you use to specify a VLAN's ID on a switch? A. vlan 20 B. configure vlan 20 C. name 20 D. vlan sales What statements reflect the types of routers in an OSPF area structure? (Choose two) A. An autonomous system boundary router, or ASBR, connects any OSPF area to a different routing administration B. Routers that make up Area 0 are known as backbone routers C. An internal router connects Area 0 to the non-backbone areas D. Routers that make up non-backbone areas, with all interfaces in one area only, are known as area border routers, or ABRs https://www.learncisco.net/courses/icnd-2/an-overview-of-ospf/ospf-data-overview.html A switch’s port Gi0/1 has been correctly enabled with port security. The configuration sets the violation mode to restrict. A frame that violates the port security policy enters the interface, followed by a frame that does not. Which of the following answers correctly describe what happens in this scenario? (Choose two) A. The switch puts the interface into an err-disabled state when the first frame arrives. B. The switch generates syslog messages about the violating traffic for the first frame. C. The switch increments the violation counter for Gi0/1 by 1. D. The switch discards both the first and second frame. What is the purpose of the “service password-encryption“ command? A. It encrypts all passwords on your router. B. It encrypts the line console password only. C. It encrypts the vty password only. D. It is not a valid cisco command

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