CCST Basic Routing and Switching 2

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of a default gateway in a network?

Accepted Answer

To forward traffic destined for networks outside the local subnet

Answer

To assign IP addresses to devices

Answer

To filter incoming traffic based on MAC addresses

Answer

To provide DNS resolution services

Question 2

Which command displays the routing table on a Cisco router?

Accepted Answer

show ip route

Answer

show arp

Answer

show interfaces

Answer

show mac-address-table

Question 3

What does a Layer 2 switch use to make forwarding decisions?

Accepted Answer

MAC addresses

Answer

IP addresses

Answer

Port numbers

Answer

Routing protocols

Question 4

What is the administrative distance of a directly connected route?

Accepted Answer

0

Answer

1

Answer

5

Answer

110

Question 5

Which switching method examines only the destination MAC address before forwarding a frame?

Accepted Answer

Cut-through

Answer

Store-and-forward

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Fragment-free

Answer

Adaptive switching

Question 6

What is the purpose of the ARP protocol in networking?

Accepted Answer

To resolve IP addresses to MAC addresses

Answer

To translate domain names to IP addresses

Answer

To assign IP addresses dynamically

Answer

To encrypt data during transmission