- 1. The method of Media Access Control is determined by two things: Media Sharing and the Logical ________________.
A) topology
B) application
C) virtual circuit
D) device
- 2. Three factors are crucial to consider when implementing a Layer 2 protocol in a network: the number of hosts to be connected, the physical layer implementation, and the geographic scope of the __________________.
A) domain
B) logistics
C) server
D) network
- 3. When a host device sends out a packet, the packet must have two MAC addresses: the MAC address of the host and the MAC address of: ______________________________.
A) the LAN's own primary switch
B) the LAN's own gateway
C) the destination device
D) the neighboring LAN's gateway
- 4. Contention-based media access for a shared media have the following 3 properties except:
A) collisions exist
B) only one station can transmit at one time
C) non-deterministic
D) less overhead
- 5. Although the logical and physical topologies of a LAN may be different, the logical topology will always consist of virtual ____________________ between nodes.
A) gateways
B) domains
C) connections
D) servers
- 6. The following are 3 main characteristics of MAC/Ethernet Layer 2 addresses except:
A) they are 48 binary bits in length
B) they are considered physical addresses
C) they are generally shown in hexadecimal not decimal
D) they are 128 binary bits in length
- 7. The primary purpose of the trailer in a data link layer frame is to support frame ____________ detection.
A) gateway
B) error
C) hop-control
D) time-to-live
- 8. The primary purpose of Data Link Layer encapsulation (surrounding data within a packet) is to facilitate the entry and exit of data onto the network ______________.
A) domain
B) media
C) gateway
D) server
- 9. In a logical Point-to-Point topology (think DSL/WAN/PPOE), the frames do NOT need need a lot of overhead information; therefore, the media access control protocol will tend to be a very _______________ protocol.
A) segmented
B) complicated
C) simple
D) complex
- 10. To summarize the role of the Data Link Layer, it can be said that it provides for the exchange of data over a common local ___________.
A) Ethernet system
B) media
C) wireless system
D) cabling system
- 11. If an end device is moved from one network or subnet to another, the device will still have the same MAC address, and _______________________ address must be reassigned to allow it to communicate on the network.
A) a new IP
B) a new MAC
C) a new gateway
D) a new routing table entry
- 12. Which sublayer of the data link layer prepares a signal to be transmitted at the physical layer?
A) POP3
B) TCP
C) MAC
D) IP
- 13. When a host device sends a packet to an end device on another network, the source and destination IP addresses _________________ change/s.
A) never
B) often
C) always
D) sometimes
- 14. When a host device sends a packet to an end device on another network, the source and destination MAC addresses _________________ change/s.
A) hardly ever
B) always
C) rarely
D) never
- 15. (L7.3.4): On its a way to a destination device, the Frame Check Sequence (FCS) section of a frame's trailer will be calculated twice each time for comparison; except at the source device, where the FCS (Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)) will only be calculated ___________________.
A) three times
B) five times
C) four times
D) one time
- 16. In the OSI Model Layer 2, the physical address added to a frame is the address burned into the __________________________.
A) network interface card
B) NAT gateway interface
C) gateway interface
D) application duplex binary interface
- 17. In a frame that has been configured with the Ethernet protocol (7.3.5), the two purposes of the header 'preamble' section is to mark the end of transmission and ______________________.
A) segmentation
B) multiplexing
C) synchronization
D) full-duplexing
- 18. If a network administrator is asked where and what type of network wiring is present in the building, s/he would be expected to show a ______________ ________________ diagram.
A) logical topology
B) IP subnetting
C) physical topology
D) virtual circuit
- 19. In a logical token-passing topology, end devices can only transmit when they possess a "token," and this token must be passed _____________________.
A) sequentially (one by one in order)
B) dynamically (as determined by the DHCP)
C) nationally (from a tier 1 to tier 2 ISP)
D) statically (as determined by the ISP)
- 20. Media Access Control methods and protocols control how data frames are defined on the media. Ethernet is the most popular of these protocols as it uses the ________________ method.
A) CSMA/CD
B) Token-Passing
C) CSMA/CA
D) CCNA-NP
- 21. The standards set for Ethernet (802.3) and Wireless (802.11) are set by the:
A) ANSI
B) ISO
C) ITU
D) IEEE
- 22. One of the advantages of Controlled Access Methods was that collisions _____________________________.
A) often took place
B) sometimes took place
C) never took place
D) always took place
- 23. When a data packet or PDU arrives at the Data Link Layer and is encapsulated with header and trailer information, that PDU is now called a:
A) frame
B) byte
C) bit
D) PDA
- 24. The company that has greatly contributed to advances of technology through its research and development lab at Palo Alto, CA is:
A) Microsoft
B) Apple, Inc.
C) IBM Corp.
D) Xerox
- 25. Computers only understand binary information. Binary data is comprised of bits: 1s and 0s. A Byte is composed of _____ bits.
A) 8
B) 16
C) 4
D) 128
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