Thursday, June 12, 2008

Steve, Thursday's Mastermind Mail Is Here!


Steve,

Welcome to the Thursday, June 12 edition of The Mastermind!   

We've got a lot of ground to cover today, including the answers to this week's exclusive CCNA question set, so let's get started!
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Thought For The Day:

"Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone."

     - Robert Allen, The One Minute Millionaire
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I've got two sets of CCNA and CCENT questions for you over on the main site.  Both question sets now have the answers posted on that same page.  Enjoy!

CCNA Certification: Frame Relay Questions

CCNA Certification: HDLC And PPP Questions

I'll post another bonus set of questions - maybe two! - on the website over the weekend.

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Here are today's Network+, CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP practice questions!

CCENT And Network+ Certification:

Name the three RFC 1918 private address ranges from which host addresses can be assigned. Include the masks.

Also, name the private address ranges from which host addresses cannot be assigned, and briefly describe the purpose of each.


CCNA Certification:

By default, how many paths does RIP use for unequal-cost load-sharing?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 6

E. 8

F. None of the above.


CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:

An OSPF-enabled router receives an LSA. The sequence number is lower that the most recent LSA received for that link. What will the receiving router do?

A. Accept the update and update its OSPF database.

B. Accept the update and take no further action.

C. Accept the update, update its database, and flood the changes.

D. Ignore the update and take no further action.

E. Ignore the update and send an LSU back to the original sender.


CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:

Identify the true statements regarding SPAN.

A. There can be multiple source ports per session.

B. There can be only one source port per session.

C. There can be multiple destination ports per session.

D. There can be only one destination port per session.


CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam:

Which of the following are asymmetric keys?

A. DES

B. Diffie-Hellman

C. RSA

D. 3DES

E. AES


CCNP Certification / ONT Exam:

Which of the following are examples of Layer Two traffic marking?

A. CoS

B. MPLS

C. DSCP

D. BECN

E. DE

F. IP Precedence

F. FECN

Answers will be posted right here on Friday!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!

Cisco CCENT And Network+ Certification:

What do the terms "physical address", "MAC address", and "hardware address" have in common?


Answer: They all describe the same thing, a Data Link layer address. The terms "physical address" and "hardware address" refer to the physical impression of the MAC address that exists on the hardware (the Network Interface Card).


CCNA Certification:

Short answer: What's the binary equivalent of the hex value c9?

Answer: We've got 12 ("c") units of 16 and 9 units of 1: 192 + 9 = 201. The binary equivalent of 201 is 11001001.


CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:

Of the following, traffic for which ports is translated from a broadcast to a unicast when the ip helper-address command has been configured?

A. TIME

B. TACACS

C. WHO

D. SNMP

E. TALK

F. DNS

Answers: A, B, F. These are the ports that are translated from broadcast to unicast with the ip helper-address command:

TIME, port 37; TACACS, port 49; DNS, port 53; BOOTP/DHCP Server, port 67; BOOTP/DHCP Client, port 68; TFTP, port 69; NetBIOS name service, port 137;NetBIOS datagram service, port 138.



CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:

The full command to disable a switch port's ability to transmit DTP frames is ____________.

Answer: switchport nonegotiate.



CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam:

Briefly describe a "DDoS" attack.

Answer: A Distributed Denial-Of-Service attack is a typical DoS attack, but one that is carried out by a large number of attackers rather than a single host.



CCNP Certification / ONT Exam:

A router is configured for DiffServ. Which of the following values can the router consider when performing QoS?

A. IP Prec

B. CoS marking

C. incoming interface

D. DSCP

Answer: A, C, D. Routers will not use CoS values.

That's it for today!    Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Friday!

To your success,

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