Routing and Switching MCQs with Answers
Practice important Routing and Switching MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q1341: What is the main purpose of an ACL when applied to a network interface?
- A: To classify traffic for priority processing
- B: To add encryption to packets
- C: To filter traffic based on defined criteria
- D: To speed up packet forwarding
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C
Q1342: An ACL can be used to filter which of the following criteria?
- A: Source address
- B: Destination address
- C: Protocol
- D: All of the above
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D
Q1343: Which command is used to configure ACLs on a router?
- A: ip access-list
- B: access-list
- C: configure access-list
- D: ip acl
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B
Q1344: The implicit deny at the end of an ACL will _______.
- A: Allow all traffic
- B: Block all traffic
- C: Log all traffic
- D: Encrypt all traffic
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B
Q1345: What information does an ACL extract from the Layer 3 packet header?
- A: Source and destination IP address
- B: Source and destination port
- C: ICMP message type
- D: Both A and C
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D
Q1346: ACLs are primarily used for which type of network management?
- A: Traffic analysis
- B: Packet filtering
- C: Network performance improvement
- D: Encryption
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B
Q1347: Which of the following is NOT a common use for ACLs?
- A: Filtering email traffic
- B: Blocking Telnet traffic
- C: Encrypting data packets
- D: Controlling access to network services
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C
Q1348: What type of ACL only evaluates the source IPv4 address?
- A: Standard ACL
- B: Extended ACL
- C: Named ACL
- D: Numbered ACL
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A
Q1349: What does a wildcard mask use binary 1s and 0s to determine?
- A: The network and subnet portion of an IP address
- B: The source and destination IPv4 addresses
- C: Which bits of the address to examine for a match
- D: The protocol type of the packet
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C
Q1350: The host keyword in a wildcard mask substitutes for which mask?
- A: 255.255.255.255
- B: 0.0.0.0
- C: 255.255.0.0
- D: 0.0.255.255
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B