Network Administration Quiz 1

What is the basic purpose of a router?

• Running video editing software

• Playing multimedia files

• Connecting printers to computers

• Sending packets over the data network

Which component of a router stores the running copy of the configuration file and the routing table?

• Random access memory (RAM)

• Read-only memory (ROM)

• Flash memory

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

What command is used to view information about the router during the boot-up process?

• show ip route

• show interfaces

• show running-config

• show version

Which type of interface is used to connect routers to external networks that interconnect LANs?

• WAN Interfaces

• LAN Interfaces

• Ethernet Interfaces

• Serial Interfaces

What is the purpose of a routing table in a router?

• To store information about directly and remotely connected networks

• To play music

• To edit videos

• To create graphics

Which metric is used by routing protocols to determine the best path to a destination?

• Memory size

• Bandwidth

• Processor speed

• Hop count

What is the process used by a router to switch a packet from an incoming interface to an outgoing interface on the same router?

• Decoding Process

• Switching Function

• Transmitting Process

• Encoding Process

Which field in the Internet Protocol (IP) packet format provides information about the sending and receiving hosts?

• Version & TTL

• Packet length

• Destination IP address

• Source MAC address

When should static routes be used in a network?

• All of the above

• When network only consists of a few routers

• When network is connected to the internet only through one ISP

• When hub & spoke topology is used on a large network

What is the purpose of Equal Cost Load Balancing in routing?

• To slow down the network speed

• To discard packets with high TTL values

• To prioritize certain types of packets

• To send packets over multiple exit interfaces with the same metric