IP Addressing Assessment

What is the major purpose of IP addressing?

• To exchange data across the network

• To encrypt data packets

• To manage network security

• To assign unique names to devices

Which component is used to identify each host on the network?

• IP address

• Gateway address

• Subnet mask

• Broadcast address

What is the range of Class A IP addresses?

• 192 - 223

• 128 - 191

• 0 - 127

• 224 - 239

How many available IP addresses does IPv4 allow?

• 2,147,483,648

• 4,294,967,296

• 1,073,741,824

• 8,388,608

What is the purpose of a subnet mask?

• To manage network security

• To assign IP addresses

• To encrypt data packets

• To identify the host portion of an IP address

Which class of IP addresses is reserved for multicast purposes?

• Class D

• Class C

• Class B

• Class A

If the IP address is 172.16.10.100, what is the network portion?

• 172.16

• 100

• 172.16.10

• 10.100

What type of communication does unicast refer to?

• Sending a packet to all hosts

• Sending a packet to a selected group of hosts

• Sending a packet to a network

• Sending a packet to an individual host

Which of the following is a private IP address range?

• 192.0.2.0 to 192.0.2.255

• 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255

• 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255

• All of the above

What is the binary representation of the first octet in a Class B address?

• 10

• 0

• 1110

• 110