VLANs
Layer 2 Switching
Layer 2 Protocols
InterVLAN Routing
Port Configurations
100

What is the default VLAN on a Cisco switch?

VLAN 1

100

A network switch forwards frames using information found at which OSI layer?

The data link layer

100

What EtherChannel negotiation protocol belongs exclusively to Cisco?

Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP)

100

Switches forward data using destination MAC Addresses. Routers forward data using what?

IP Addresses

100

What command displays all VLANs configured on a switch, including the VLAN ID, name, status, and assigned ports?

show vlan brief


200

What VLAN ID range is used for normal range VLANs?

1 through 1005

200

When data arrives at a switch port, what is this action called?

Frame ingress


200

Up to how many physical interfaces can be bundled together into one logical port-channel interface?

Eight

200

What type of device is required to split a Layer 2 broadcast domain into smaller, separate broadcast domains?

A Layer 3 device such as a router or multilayer switch

200

What happens to untagged traffic that arrives on an 802.1Q trunk port?

It is placed into the native VLAN

300

VLAN IDs 1002 through 1005 are unusable and are permanently reserved for what legacy technologies?

Token Ring and Fiber Distributed Data Interface


300

What is another name for the MAC address table on a switch?

Content Addressable Memory (CAM)


300

Which command forwards DHCP broadcast requests to a DHCP server located on a different subnet from the clients?

ip helper-address

300

With Router-on-a-Stick inter-VLAN routing, each VLAN's default gateway is provided by what?

A subinterface created on a single physical router interface


300

What happens to ports assigned to a VLAN if that VLAN is deleted before the ports are moved to another VLAN?

The ports become inactive

400

Where are normal range VLAN configurations stored on a Cisco switch?

In flash memory in a file named vlan.dat

400

A frame with a destination address of all ones (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF) represents what kind of traffic?

Broadcast traffic


400

Enabling PortFast on a switch interface has what effect?

The port bypasses the STP listening and learning states and becomes active immediately

400

What kind of port connects a Layer 2 Switch to a Router or Multilayer Switch?

Trunk port or trunk link

400

What command is needed on a Switch in order to make it a Trunk port?

Switchport mode trunk

500

Assigning the native VLAN to a dedicated, unused ID like VLAN 99 or VLAN 999 primarily protects against what threat?

VLAN hopping attacks such as double-tagging

500

What is the maximum end-to-end delay allowed for VoIP traffic to maintain clear call quality?

Less than 150 milliseconds

500

What is the purpose of the switchport nonegotiate command on an access port?

It disables Dynamic Trunking Protocol to help prevent switch spoofing attacks


500

What must a router have in each VLAN in order for it to forward traffic between VLANs?

Subinterface with an IP address

500

What two commands are needed on a Switch to assign a port to VLAN 10

Switchport mode access

Switch access vlan 10

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