WorksheetsVLAN – Basics & Design (15 Questions)
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Worksheet time: 43mins
What is VLAN mainly used for?
Replacing routers
Dividing physical subnets
Dividing logical broadcast domains
Increasing switch speed
In a network with multiple VLANs, what is required for VLANs to communicate with each other?
Layer 2 switch
Trunk
Router or Layer 3 switch
VTP
Each VLAN should be assigned:
Any IP address
Multiple subnets
One IP subnet
No IP address
Which VLAN cannot be deleted on a Cisco switch?
VLAN 10
VLAN 99
VLAN 1002
VLAN 1
VLAN 1 usually carries which type of traffic?
Voice
Data
Management (CDP, VTP)
Multicast
When an access port is not assigned to a specific VLAN, it belongs to:
VLAN 1
VLAN 99
VLANs help improve which of the following?
Router CPU
Broadcast traffic
RAM speed
Cable length
Which command creates VLAN 20 named SALES?
vlan SALES 20
vlan 20 name SALES
vlan 20 → name SALES
create vlan SALES
When a VLAN is deleted, the ports belonging to that VLAN will:
Automatically return to VLAN 1
Be shut down
Be unable to communicate
Become trunk ports
VLANs are best used in which environment?
Small network with one switch
Large network with many departments
WAN
Internet
VLANs do NOT directly help with which of the following?
Security
Network segmentation
Routing
Network management
When designing VLANs, which factor is the most important?
Cable color
Physical location
Organizational structure
NIC speed
VLANs can exist on:
One port
One switch
Multiple switches via trunk
Only one router
VLANs help reduce which problem?
Routing loops
Broadcast storms
IP conflicts
ARP timeouts
VLANs mainly operate at which layer?
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
A trunk port is used to:
Connect PCs
Connect routers
Carry multiple VLANs
Run STP
The current trunking standard on Cisco devices is:
ISL
802.3
802.1Q
802.11
In 802.1Q trunking, the native VLAN:
Is always VLAN 1
Is tagged
Is untagged
Cannot be used
A native VLAN mismatch can cause:
Loops
Security issues
Broadcast leaks
All of the above
Trunking cannot be configured on:
An access port
A switch port
A router subinterface
EtherChannel
The command used to check trunk status is:
show vlan
show trunk
show interfaces trunk
show switchport
A trunk can carry a maximum of how many VLANs?
128
256
1024
4094
When a trunk is active, frames are:
Encrypted
Tagged with VLAN information
Which VLAN should NOT be used as the native VLAN?
VLAN 1
A dedicated management VLAN
An unused VLAN
The default VLAN
Router-on-a-stick is used for:
Running STP
Connecting trunks
Inter-VLAN routing
VTP
Each router-on-a-stick subinterface requires:
A. A unique IP address
B. A VLAN ID
C. 802.1Q encapsulation
D. All of the above
If a trunk goes down, what happens?
VLAN 1 is lost
All VLANs are lost
Local/internal VLANs still operate
The router stops working
Trunking operates at which OSI layer?
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Native VLAN frames are easier to sniff because they are:
Not encrypted
Not tagged
Broadcast frames
Multicast frames
Best practice for native VLAN configuration is to:
Keep VLAN 1
Change it to an unused VLAN
Disable trunking
Leave it unconfigured
VTP is used to:
Routing
Synchronize VLAN information
Loop prevention
QoS
VTP operates at which layer?
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 7
A VTP Server can:
Only receive VLANs
Only forward VLANs
Create / modify / delete VLANs
Do nothing
A VTP Client:
Does not receive VLANs
Does not forward VLANs
Cannot create VLANs
Does not need a domain
VTP Transparent mode:
Does not forward advertisements
Forwards advertisements but does not synchronize VLANs
Synchronizes VLANs
Does not receive advertisements
The revision number is used to:
Identify a switch
Compare VLAN databases
Provide security
Load balancing
The most dangerous VTP issue is:
Wrong domain
Wrong password
A new switch with a higher revision number
Wrong VLAN ID
VTP advertisements are sent using:
Unicast
Broadcast
Multicast
Anycast
The VTP domain name:
Can be deleted
Can be changed freely
Cannot be deleted, only changed
Is not required
Current best practice for VTP is to:
Use Server mode
Use Client mode
C. Disable VTP / use Transparent mode
What is the main purpose of STP?
Load balancing
Prevent Layer 2 loops
Increase bandwidth
Packet routing
A Layer 2 loop can cause:
IP conflicts
Broadcast storms
ARP timeouts
DNS errors
The IEEE standard for STP is:
802.1Q
802.1D
802.1X
802.3
The Root Bridge is elected based on:
Highest MAC address
Highest priority
Lowest Bridge ID
Number of ports
The Bridge ID consists of:
IP + MAC
VLAN + IP
Priority + MAC
Cost + MAC
The default switch priority is:
0
32768
65535
4096
A Root Port is:
The port with the highest cost
The port closest to the root bridge
The port that receives BPDUs
A blocked port
Each non-root switch has how many Root Ports?
0
1
2
Unlimited
A Designated Port is:
A blocked port
The port with the best cost on a segment
A port connected to a PC
A trunk port
A port in Blocking state:
Sends frames
Receives frames
Does not forward frames
Is shut down
The correct order of traditional STP states is:
Blocking → Forwarding
Blocking → Learning → Listening → Forwarding
Blocking → Listening → Learning → Forwarding
Listening → Learning → Forwarding
Traditional STP convergence time is approximately:
5 seconds
15 seconds
30–50 seconds
1 minute
PortFast is used on:
Trunk ports
Root ports
Access ports connected to end devices
EtherChannel
The danger of enabling PortFast incorrectly is:
VLAN loss
Immediate loops
Trunk failure
IP errors
BPDU Guard:
Speeds up STP
Blocks BPDUs
Shuts down the port when a BPDU is received
Forwards BPDUs
RSTP is defined by which standard?
802.1D
802.1Q
The main advantage of RSTP is:
Security
Fast convergence
Load balancing
Fewer VLANs
PVST+ means:
One STP for the entire network
One STP instance per VLAN
No VLAN usage
No root bridge
EtherChannel is used to:
Run VLANs
Bundle multiple links into one
Replace STP
Replace trunking
EtherChannel provides:
Loop reduction
Load balancing and redundancy
VLAN reduction
Reduced routing
STP treats an EtherChannel as:
Multiple ports
One logical port
One VLAN
One trunk
The IEEE standard negotiation protocol for EtherChannel is:
PAgP
DTP
LACP
VTP
EtherChannel requires ports to have:
The same VLAN
The same speed and duplex
The same mode
All of the above
EtherChannel operates at:
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Both Layer 2 and Layer 3
EtherChannel load balancing is based on:
CPU usage
MAC/IP hash
VLAN ID
Port number
A router determines the forwarding path based on:
MAC table
ARP
Routing table
VLAN
Which route has the lowest Administrative Distance (AD)?
RIP
OSPF
EIGRP
Static
Administrative Distance is used to:
Calculate metrics
Select the best route among different routing protocols
Prevent loops
Encryption
An advantage of static routing is:
Automatic
Uses fewer resources
Fast convergence during failures
Easy to scale
A default route uses which address?
255.255.255.255
0.0.0.0
127.0.0.1
224.0.0.0
RIP is a:
Link-State protocol
Distance Vector protocol
Hybrid protocol
Path Vector protocol
The RIP metric is:
Cost
Delay
Hop count
The maximum hop count in RIP is:
10
15
16
255
RIP version 2 supports:
Classful routing
Classless routing and VLSM
IPv6
Encryption
OSPF is a:
Distance Vector protocol
Hybrid protocol
Link-State protocol
Static protocol
The algorithm used by OSPF is:
Bellman-Ford
DUAL
SPF (Dijkstra)
RIP
The OSPF metric is:
Hop count
Cost
Delay
Load
OSPF Hello packets use which multicast address?
224.0.0.9
224.0.0.10
224.0.0.5
239.1.1.1
OSPF supports:
CIDR
VLSM
Areas
All of the above
EIGRP is a protocol developed by:
A. IEEE
B. IETF
C. Cisco
D. ISO
EIGRP is a:
Distance Vector protocol
Link-State protocol
Hybrid protocol
Static protocol
The algorithm used by EIGRP is:
SPF
Bellman-Ford
DUAL
Flooding
EIGRP metrics are based on:
Hop count
Bandwidth and delay
Cost
Load
EIGRP converges quickly because it uses:
Flooding
DUAL
Multicast
Short Hello intervals
EIGRP uses which multicast address?
224.0.0.5
224.0.0.9
224.0.0.10
224.0.0.1
