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Ethernet Lan Switching
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Which field of an Ethernet frame provides receiver clock synchronization?
How long is the physical (MAC) address of a network device?
What does the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) in a MAC address represent?
Which field of an Ethernet frame does a switch use to populate its MAC address table?
What kind of frame does a switch flood out of all interfaces except the one it was received on?
Which of these messages is sent to all hosts on the local network?
Which fields are present in the output of the show mac address-table command on a Cisco switch?
Which types of frames does a switch send out of all interfaces, except the one the frame was received on?
What is the minimum Ethernet frame size (header + payload + trailer)?
What is the destination MAC address used for a broadcast frame?
Which protocol is used to discover the MAC address of a device when its IP address is known?
What is the purpose of the Frame Check Sequence (FCS) field in an Ethernet frame?
What is the role of the Type/Length field in an Ethernet frame?
Which command is used on a Cisco switch to clear all dynamic MAC addresses from the MAC address table?
How does a switch handle a unicast frame with a destination MAC address not in its MAC address table?
What is the minimum payload size of an Ethernet frame?
The minimum payload size of an Ethernet frame is
The ___________________________ of an Ethernet frame is 46 bytes.
The total frame size of an ethernet frame, including the header and trailer, must be at least
If the payload of an Ethernet frame is smaller than 46 bytes, _________________ is added to meet this minimum size
What kind of MAC address is dynamically learned by a switch?
What does the ARP table on a host map?
What happens to a dynamic MAC address entry in the MAC address table if no traffic is received from that address for a specific period?
Which message type in ARP is sent as a unicast?
What is the hexadecimal representation of IPv4 in the Ethernet Type field?
What does the "Type" field in an Ethernet frame indicate when its value is greater than 1536?
Which command shows the ARP table on a Windows device?
What happens when a switch receives a broadcast frame?
What does the "aging time" in a switch’s MAC address table refer to?
What does the broadcast MAC address FFFF.FFFF.FFFF signify?
What is the primary function of the clear mac address-table dynamic command?
What type of frame is used to resolve IP addresses into MAC addresses in a local network?
What is the command to view the MAC address table on a Cisco switch?
What does the "Type" field in the output of show mac address-table indicate?
Which protocol does the Ethernet Type value 0x0806 represent?
What is the purpose of padding in an Ethernet frame?
Which MAC address is used as the destination in an ARP Request?
Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for defining physical characteristics like voltage levels, maximum transmission distances, and physical connectors?
What is the size of a MAC address?
Which part of a MAC address identifies the organization that manufactured the device?
The Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) is the first ______________________ of the MAC address and identifies the organization that manufactured the device
What field in an Ethernet frame does a switch use to populate its MAC address table?
Which value in the Ethernet frame's Type/Length field indicates that the frame is carrying an IPv4 packet?
Which of these messages is sent to all hosts on the local network?
What command on a Cisco switch clears all dynamic MAC addresses on a specific interface?
Which command is used on a Cisco switch to clear all dynamic MAC addresses on a specific interface from the MAC address table?
What happens if an Ethernet frame’s payload size is smaller than the minimum 46 bytes?
What type of message is an ARP reply?
Which field in an Ethernet frame indicates the type of encapsulated packet (e.g., IPv4 or IPv6)?
What does the command arp -a display on a device?
What is the minimum size of an Ethernet frame, including the header, payload, and trailer?
What protocol is used to test reachability between two network devices?
Which two ICMP messages are used in a ping operation?
What does the VLAN field in the show mac address-table command represent?
What does the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) in the Frame Check Sequence (FCS) detect?
What does an ARP request include as the destination MAC address?
Which command on a Cisco switch shows the list of MAC addresses and their associated VLANs, types, and ports?
What does a switch do when it receives a frame with a destination MAC address already in its MAC address table?
What is the hexadecimal representation of the decimal value 255?
Which part of the MAC address is unique to the manufacturer?
What is the primary purpose of the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)?
Which field in an Ethernet frame contains the checksum used for error detection?
What is the main purpose of the ping command?
What type of Ethernet frame is generated when the switch does not know the destination MAC address?
Which MAC address is considered globally unique and hardcoded into a device?
Which Ethernet frame field determines if padding is needed to meet the minimum payload size?