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  • Differentiate a MAC address and an IP address and describe how and when each address type is used in a network?


  • Correct Answer
  • A MAC address is a hexadecimal number identifying the physical connection of a host MAC addresses are said to operate on layer 2 of the OSI model IP addresses, which can be expressed in binary or decimal format, are logical identifiers that are said to be on layer 3 of the OSI model Hosts on the same physical segment locate one another with MAC addresses, while IP addresses are used when they reside on different LAN segments or subnets Even when the hosts are in different subnets , a destination IP address will be converted to a MAC address when the packet reaches the destination network via routing 


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    • 1. Which two descriptions are correct about characteristics of IPv6 unicast addressing? (Choose two) A. Global addresses start with 2000::/3. B. Link-local addresses start with FF00::/10. C. Link-local addresses start with FE00:/12. D. There is only one loopback address and it is ::1.
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    • 2. What are the six OSPF route types?
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    • 3. How many non- overlapping channels are available with 802.11b?

    • Options
    • A. 3
    • B. 12
    • C. 23
    • D. 40
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    • 4. Which IEEE committee has been sanctioned by WAP and is called WPA2?
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    • 5. When a station sends a transmission to the MAC address ff : ff : ff : ff : ff : ff, what type of transmission is it?

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    • A. Unicast
    • B. Multicast
    • C. Anycast
    • D. Broadcast
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    • 6. In the operation of CSMA/CD, which host(s) have priority after the expiration of the backoff algorithm?

    • Options
    • A. All hosts have equal priority
    • B. The two hosts that caused the collision will have equal priority
    • C. The host that sent the jam signal after the collision
    • D. The host with the highest MAC address
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    • 7. What is the Classs A Private IP address space?
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    • 8. What is the Class C private IP address space?
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    • 9. To use VLSM, what capability must the routing protocols in use possess?

    • Options
    • A. Support for multicast
    • B. Multi-protocol support
    • C. Transmission of subnet mask information
    • D. Support for unequal load balancing
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    • 10. If you wanted administrators to see a message when logging into the router, which command would you use?

    • Options
    • A. message banner motd
    • B. banner message motd
    • C. banner motd
    • D. message motd
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