Routing and Switching MCQs with Answers
Practice important Routing and Switching MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q281: Fill in the blank: Multicast transmission helps ________.
- A: conserve bandwidth by targeting specific groups
- B: increase traffic for all hosts
- C: reduce network security
- D: increase network latency
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A
Q282: What type of address is used to send data to all hosts in a network?
- A: Broadcast address
- B: Multicast address
- C: Unicast address
- D: Anycast address
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A
Q283: Fill in the blank: Unicast addresses in IPv4 are in the range ________.
- A: 0.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.255
- B: 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255
- C: 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255
- D: 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255
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A
Q284: What is the purpose of a multicast address?
- A: To send data to a selected group of hosts
- B: To send data to all hosts in the network
- C: To send data to one specific host
- D: To send data to a broadcast address
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A
Q285: Fill in the blank: The directed broadcast address for the 172.16.4.0/24 network is ________.
- A: 172.16.4.255
- B: 255.255.255.255
- C: 172.16.0.255
- D: 172.16.4.0
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A
Q286: What is a multicast client?
- A: A host that subscribes to a multicast group
- B: A host that sends data to all hosts
- C: A host that communicates with one specific host
- D: A host that forwards broadcast packets
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A
Q287: Fill in the blank: The IPv4 broadcast address always uses ________.
- A: 255.255.255.255
- B: 224.0.0.0
- C: 239.255.255.255
- D: 192.168.0.0
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A
Q288: What address is used for multicast transmission?
- A: The range from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255
- B: The range from 0.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.255
- C: The range from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255
- D: The range from 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255
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A
Q289: Fill in the blank: A limited broadcast address is used for ________.
- A: communication limited to the local network
- B: communication to all hosts in different networks
- C: communication to specific multicast groups
- D: communication to a single host
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A
Q290: What type of traffic is most common in a network?
- A: Unicast
- B: Broadcast
- C: Multicast
- D: All of the above
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A