Routing and Switching MCQs with Answers
Practice important Routing and Switching MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q1651: Fill in the blank: PoE allows the switch to deliver power to a device over existing _______.
- A: Ethernet cabling
- B: Fiber optic cables
- C: Power outlets
- D: Serial connections
View Answer
A
Q1652: What is the advantage of PoE pass-through in switches like the Cisco Catalyst 2960-C and 3560-C Series?
- A: It allows the switch to power PoE devices as well as itself by drawing power from upstream switches.
- B: It increases the number of ports.
- C: It supports higher forwarding rates.
- D: It reduces the number of power outlets needed.
View Answer
A
Q1653: Fill in the blank: A network administrator should ensure that _______ features are required before using PoE switches.
- A: PoE
- B: High port density
- C: Modular configuration
- D: Stackable configuration
View Answer
A
Q1654: What is one reason why modular switches are preferred in large enterprise networks?
- A: They provide high-port densities and make efficient use of space and power.
- B: They are less expensive.
- C: They support fewer devices.
- D: They have lower forwarding rates.
View Answer
A
Q1655: What criteria does a switch use to make forwarding decisions?
- A: Ingress port and destination address
- B: Source address and ingress port
- C: Egress port and source address
- D: Destination address and egress port
View Answer
A
Q1656: Fill in the blank: A LAN switch uses its table to forward traffic based on the _______ port and the destination address.
- A: Ingress
- B: Egress
- C: Source
- D: Forwarding
View Answer
A
Q1657: How does a LAN switch determine how to forward traffic?
- A: By using a master switching table that associates addresses with ports
- B: By using a static routing table
- C: By manually configuring ports
- D: By relying on external routers
View Answer
A
Q1658: Fill in the blank: Cisco LAN switches forward Ethernet frames based on the _______ address of the frames.
- A: Destination MAC
- B: Source MAC
- C: Ingress port
- D: Egress port
View Answer
A
Q1659: What type of memory is used in high-speed searching applications in switches?
- A: CAM (Content Addressable Memory)
- B: RAM
- C: ROM
- D: Flash memory
View Answer
A
Q1660: Fill in the blank: When a switch receives a frame with a destination MAC address not in the MAC address table, it performs _______ by forwarding the frame out of all ports except the ingress port.
- A: Flooding
- B: Filtering
- C: Routing
- D: Bridging
View Answer
A