Routing and Switching MCQs with Answers
Practice important Routing and Switching MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q1671: Fill in the blank: A Layer 2 broadcast frame has a destination MAC address set to all _______ ones.
- A: Binary
- B: Hexadecimal
- C: Decimal
- D: ASCII
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A
Q1672: When a switch receives a broadcast frame, where does it forward the frame?
- A: Out each of its ports, except the ingress port
- B: Only to the ingress port
- C: To all ports equally
- D: To a specific port based on the destination MAC address
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A
Q1673: Fill in the blank: Broadcasts are sometimes necessary for initially locating other devices and network services, but they also _______ network efficiency.
- A: Reduce
- B: Increase
- C: Stabilize
- D: Improve
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A
Q1674: How can too many broadcasts affect network performance?
- A: They can cause congestion and slow down network performance.
- B: They increase the overall network speed.
- C: They have no impact on network performance.
- D: They only affect non-critical network services.
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A
Q1675: What is the first step in the boot sequence of a Cisco switch?
- A: Load the IOS operating system
- B: Perform a power-on self-test (POST)
- C: Initialize the flash file system
- D: Load the boot loader software
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B
Q1676: Fill in the blank: The boot loader initializes the CPU _______ and the flash file system.
- A: Registers
- B: Ports
- C: Interfaces
- D: Switches
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A
Q1677: How does the boot loader find the Cisco IOS image?
- A: By using the BOOT environment variable
- B: By searching for files in the flash file system
- C: By loading it from external storage
- D: By using a pre-configured URL
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A
Q1678: Fill in the blank: In a depth-first search of the file system, the search begins at the first _______ directory.
- A: Top-level
- B: Sub-level
- C: Intermediate
- D: Bottom-level
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A
Q1679: What command is used to check the current IOS boot file setting?
- A: show bootvar
- B: show running-config
- C: show version
- D: show interfaces
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A
Q1680: Fill in the blank: To prepare a switch for remote management, it must be configured with an IP address, subnet mask, and a _______.
- A: Default gateway
- B: Port number
- C: VLAN ID
- D: Static route
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A