Routing and Switching MCQs with Answers
Practice important Routing and Switching MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q771: What should you do to make a floating static route less preferred than a primary route?
- A: Increase its administrative distance
- B: Decrease its administrative distance
- C: Set its administrative distance to zero
- D: Make it a directly connected route
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A
Q772: Fill in the blank: To verify that failover to a floating static route occurs, you need to _______ the primary route.
- A: shut down
- B: configure
- C: test
- D: remove
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A
Q773: Which of the following is true about floating static routes?
- A: They are always used as the primary route
- B: They have the same administrative distance as dynamic routes
- C: They are used as backup routes when primary routes fail
- D: They cannot be used with backup routes
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C
Q774: Fill in the blank: To configure a floating static route, specify the _______ and the administrative distance.
- A: destination address
- B: exit interface
- C: network mask
- D: routing protocol
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A
Q775: What is an important consideration when configuring floating static routes?
- A: Convergence time
- B: Routing table size
- C: Link speed
- D: Network topology
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A
Q776: Fill in the blank: A floating static route becomes active when the primary route _______.
- A: fails
- B: is configured
- C: is added
- D: is removed
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A
Q777: Which statement is correct regarding the failover mechanism of floating static routes?
- A: They failover immediately without delay
- B: They require manual intervention to failover
- C: They are only used for direct routes
- D: They activate only if the primary route is down
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D
Q778: What was one of the first routing protocols used in networks?
- A: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- B: Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP)
- C: Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
- D: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
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C
Q779: Fill in the blank: To accommodate larger networks, RIP was updated to _______.
- A: RIPv2
- B: OSPF
- C: IGRP
- D: EIGRP
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A
Q780: Which protocol is used between ISPs to exchange routing information?
- A: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- B: Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)
- C: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- D: Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP)
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A