What are the characteristics of STP cable?

• It provides better noise protection than UTP cabling provides.
• It is easy to install compared to UTP installation.
• It is the most common network media.
• It is primarily used as backbone cabling for corporate networks.

Which statement describes an extended star topology?

• End devices are connected together by a bus and each bus connects to a central intermediate device.
• Each end system is connected to its respective neighbor via an intermediate device.
• End devices connect to a central intermediate device, which in turn connects to other central intermediate devices.
• All end and intermediate devices are connected in a chain to each other.

In what communication mode does an Ethernet switch operate by default?

• mesh
• half-duplex
• full-duplex
• point-to-point

What network address and subnet mask combination would be used to create a default static route that matches any IPv4 destination?

• 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
• 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0
• 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255
• 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255

If the default gateway is configured incorrectly on the host, what is the impact on communications?

• The host is unable to communicate on the local network.
• There is no impact on communications.
• The host can communicate with other hosts on the local network, but is unable to communicate with hosts on remote networks.
• The host can communicate with other hosts on remote networks, but is unable to communicate with hosts on the local network.

A computer has to send a packet to a destination host in the same LAN. How will the packet be sent?

• The packet will be sent to the default gateway first, and then, depending on the response from the gateway, it may be sent to the destination host.
• The packet will be sent only to the default gateway.
• The packet will be sent directly to the destination host.
• The packet will first be sent to the default gateway, and then from the default gateway it will be sent directly to the destination host.

Which two OSI model layers have the same functionality as two layers of the TCP/IP model?

• data link & session
• network & transport
• physical & session
• session & physical

Which type of UTP cable is used to connect a PC to a switch port?

• console
• rollover
• crossover
• straight

What is the dotted decimal representation of the IPv4 address 11001011.00000000.01110001.11010011?

• 192.0.2.199
• 198.51.100.201
• 203.0.113.211
• 209.165.201.223

Which domain name would be an example of a top-level domain?

• www.cisco.com
• cisco.com
• .com
• root.cisco.com