CCST Level 1

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of the management network port?

Accepted Answer

Connect to a low-speed out-of-band management network

Answer

Provide access to the device's command-line interface

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Carry customer traffic within the local network

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Carry customer traffic to destinations outside the local network

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of the console port?

Accepted Answer

Provide access to the device's command-line interface

Answer

Carry customer traffic within the local network

Answer

Connect to a low-speed out-of-band management network

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Carry customer traffic to destinations outside the local network

Question 3

How are ports numbered on a router?

Accepted Answer

Kind of port, module or slot, submodule, and port number on the module

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Module or slot, kind of port, submodule, and port number on the module

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Port number, kind of port, module or slot, submodule

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By the physical location of the port on the device

Question 4

What are the four common light indicators on network devices?

Accepted Answer

Green, operating correctly; green flashing, passing traffic; yellow, connecting or malfunctioned; red, malfunctioned

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Green, malfunctioned; green flashing, passing traffic; yellow, connecting or malfunctioned; red, operating correctly

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Green, passing traffic; green flashing, operating correctly; yellow, connecting or malfunctioned; red, malfunctioned

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Green, operating correctly; green flashing, malfunctioning; yellow, passing traffic; red, disconnected

Question 5

Do the color and status of lights on all routers and switches indicate the same things?

Accepted Answer

The colors and flashing patterns may vary between individual devices

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Every network device uses the same colors and patterns of lights to mean the same thing

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The colors of the lights always mean the same things, but the flashing patterns may vary between vendors

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The colors of the lights may vary between vendors, but the flashing patterns always mean the same thing

Question 6

What diagrams are commonly used in network engineering?

Accepted Answer

Physical and logical

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Topological and physical

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Topological and logical

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Overlay and routing

Question 7

Why is it important to manage cables through management hardware?

Accepted Answer

To prevent cables from hanging off their connectors

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Because OSHA regulations require well-organized cables

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Because engineers generally like neatness

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To aid in the end-to-end tracing of cables

Question 8

What is the importance of separating hot and cold air in a networking equipment room?

Accepted Answer

To prevent the mixing of hot and cold air, increasing equipment cooling efficiency

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To provide a comfortable environment for technicians

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To prevent the mixing of hot and cold air, increasing equipment heating efficiency

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To use the heat from the equipment more efficiently in the building

Question 9

Use light to transmit data and offer high-speed, long-distance connectivity.

Accepted Answer

Fiber optic cables

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Coaxial cables

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Mac address tables

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Patch cables

Question 10

A cloud computing model providing a platform for developers to build and deploy applications.

Accepted Answer

PaaS (Platform as a Service)

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DaaS (Desktop as a Service)

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IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

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SaaS (Software as a Service)