Routing and Switching MCQs with Answers
Practice important Routing and Switching MCQs with answers and explanations.
Chapter: 65
Q741:
Fill in the blank: To configure a fully specified static route, you need to specify both the _______ and the next-hop IP address.
A. output interface
B. subnet mask
C. default route
D. network address
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 65
Q742:
What is the primary use of a default route?
A. To handle packets for networks not explicitly listed
B. To define specific paths to different networks
C. To replace all static routes
D. To manage dynamic route updates
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 65
Q743:
Fill in the blank: After configuring static routes, you can use the _______ command to check the route entries in the routing table.
A. show ip route
B. ip route list
C. netstat
D. route check
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 65
Q744:
Which static route type is used to avoid recursive lookup problems in older IOS versions?
A. Directly connected static route
B. Fully specified static route
C. Default route
D. Recursive static route
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 65
Q745:
Fill in the blank: The command to configure a recursive static route involves specifying the _______ address.
A. next-hop
B. output interface
C. default route
D. network address
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q746:
What is the purpose of route summarization?
A. To combine multiple routes into a single route
B. To increase the number of routes in the table
C. To remove routes from the routing table
D. To separate routes into smaller subnets
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q747:
Fill in the blank: Route summarization allows for advertising a contiguous set of addresses as a single _______.
A. address
B. network
C. interface
D. route
Correct Answer:
B
Chapter: 66
Q748:
How does CIDR help with route summarization?
A. It allows for summarization with masks smaller than default classful masks
B. It restricts summarization to classful boundaries
C. It prevents summarization of any routes
D. It simplifies the network address calculation
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q749:
Fill in the blank: The process of route summarization involves listing networks in _______ format.
A. binary
B. decimal
C. hexadecimal
D. octal
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q750:
What is the primary benefit of route summarization?
A. Reduces bandwidth utilization for routing updates
B. Increases the number of entries in routing updates
C. Simplifies the network design
D. Adds complexity to the routing table
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q751:
Fill in the blank: To summarize networks into a single address, you first count the number of _______ matching bits.
A. far-left
B. far-right
C. center
D. random
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q752:
What is the subnet mask for a summarized route with 14 matching bits?
A. 255.252.0.0
B. 255.255.0.0
C. 255.255.255.0
D. 255.248.0.0
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q753:
Fill in the blank: After summarizing, the networks 172.20.0.0/16 to 172.23.0.0/16 can be summarized into the network address _______.
A. 172.20.0.0/14
B. 172.20.0.0/16
C. 172.23.0.0/16
D. 172.23.0.0/14
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q754:
What command can be used to verify the summary route configuration?
A. show ip route
B. show ip summary
C. show ip interfaces
D. show route
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 66
Q755:
Fill in the blank: When configuring summary routes, it is crucial to ensure that the summarized route covers the _______ of all individual routes.
A. entire range
B. partial range
C. central range
D. random range
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 67
Q756:
What is the main goal of configuring IPv4 route summarization?
A. To reduce the number of entries in routing tables
B. To increase the complexity of routing tables
C. To isolate routes into separate tables
D. To improve the speed of route lookups
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 67
Q757:
Fill in the blank: To configure IPv4 route summarization, you first need to calculate the _______ for the summarized route.
A. prefix
B. subnet mask
C. network address
D. route metric
Correct Answer:
B
Chapter: 67
Q758:
Which step is NOT part of the route summarization process?
A. Listing networks in decimal format
B. Counting matching bits
C. Determining the summarized network address
D. Configuring the summary route
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 67
Q759:
Fill in the blank: The CIDR notation for a summarized route with a 14-bit prefix is _______.
A. /14
B. /16
C. /24
D. /32
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 67
Q760:
Which command is typically used to verify route summarization configuration?
A. show ip route summary
B. show ip route
C. show ip summary
D. show routes
Correct Answer:
B