LAN Switching and Wireless
Singapore Polytechnic
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
LAN Switching and Wireless ET0716
Tutorial for Chap 1 Basic Switch Configurations
1. What is the first action in the boot sequence when a switch is powered on?
a) Load the default IOS software
b) Load the boot loader software
c) Low-level CPU initialisation
d) Load a Power-On Self-Test (POST) Program
2. What mode of operation is the switch in when a network technician see the following Cisco
switch prompt after the switch boots?
Switch>
a) User EXEC
b) Privileged EXEC
c) POST
d) Error, IOS not available
3. A network administrator plugs a new PC into a switch port. The LED for that port changes
to solid green. What statement best describes the current status of the port?
a) There is a duplex mismatch error.
b) There is a link fault error. This port is unable to forward frames.
c) The port is operational and ready to transmit packets. *Flashing means transmitting*
d) This port has been disabled by management and is unable to forward frames.
4. What would be the port capacity of a single port on a 48-port Gigabit Ethernet switch?
a) 48 Gbps
b) 10 Mbps
c) 1000 Mbps
d) 100 Mbps
5. A switch that uses MAC addresses to forward frames operates at which layer of the OSI
model?
a) Layer 1
b) Layer 2
c) Layer 3
d) Layer 4
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6.
In the diagram, the switch and the workstation are administratively configured for full-duplex
operation. Which statement accurately reflects the operation of this link?
a) The switch will have priority for transmitting data.
b) The devices will default back to half duplex if excessive collisions occur.
c) Only one of the devices can transmit at a time.
d) No collisions will occur on this link.
7. Which configuration must be in place for the auto-MDIX feature to function on a switch
interface?
a) The interface must be in access mode.
b) The interface must be assigned to VLAN 1.
c) The speed and duplex of the interface must be configured for auto detect.
d) The interface must be manually configured for full-duplex mode.
8. In priv mode
Refer to the exhibit. What can be determined from the partial output of the show running-
config command?
a) Because the default gateway is not configured, connected hosts will have no
connectivity to the Internet.
b) Remote management of the switch can occur on VLAN 1.
c) The switch was unable to find and load the complete IOS.
d) This appears to be the default configuration of the switch.
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9. A network administrator has configured VLAN 99 as the management VLAN and has
configured it with an IP address and subnet mask. The administrator issues the show
interface vlan 99 command and notices that the line protocol is down. Which action can
change the state of the line protocol to up?
a) Connect a host to an interface associated with VLAN 99.
b) Configure a default gateway.
c) Remove all access ports from VLAN 99.
d) Configure a transport input method on the vty lines.
10. In an Ethernet network, frames smaller than 64 bytes are called ________ frame.
a) runt
b) short
c) network management
d) cut-through
11. What is a possible cause of runt Ethernet frames when a switch is being used?
a) Duplex misconfiguration
b) Excessive cable length
c) Late collision
d) Malfunction NIC
**Sometimes also caused by collisions**
12. Write the instructions that can configure a switch with the IP address 200.1.2.3 and can only
access the switch configuration using port 24.
S1# configure terminal
S1(config)# interface vlan 99
S1(config-if)# ip address 200.1.2.3 255.255.255.0
S1(config-if)# no shutdown
S1(config-if)#end
S1(config)#interface fa0/24
S1(config-if)#switchport mode access
S1(config-if)#switchport access vlan 99
S1(config-if)#end
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