WAN MCQ Solved Paper for SSC Stenographer

1. A Class A address has _________ host bits.
A. 8
B. 16
C. 20
D. 24
Answer : D

2. When connecting a switch to a router, use a ___________ cable.
A. Crossover
B. Straight-through
C. Rollover
D.
Answer : B

3. VLSM allows you to summarize __________ back to the class boundary.
A. Subnets
B. Networks
C.
D.
Answer : A

4. When you have configured PPP on an interface and use the show interfaces command, what state indicates the successful negotiation of a network layer protocol?
A. ACK
B. CHALLENGE
C. CLOSED
D. OPEN
Answer : D

5. Which of the following situations are best for DDR connections?
A. Primary WAN connection
B. A lot of constant traffic
C. Long phone calls
D. Backup connection
Answer : D

6. Which of the following is the most expensive type of WAN connection?
A. Dedicated circuit connection
B. Circuit-switched connection
C. Packet-switched connection
D.
Answer : A

7. You are given the following addressing information: 172.17.16.255/23. What type of address is this?
A. Network
B. Directed Broadcast
C. Host
D.
Answer : C

8. The _________ command takes you from User EXEC mode to Privilege EXEC mode
A. DISABLE
B. ENABLE
C.
D.
Answer : B

9. The TCP/IP protocol stack has ________ layers.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Answer : B

10. The root switch is the one elected with the __________ __________.
A. Lowest MAC address
B. Highest MAC address
C. Lowest switch ID
D. Highest switch ID
Answer : C

11. Which of the following is false concerning CHAP?
A. It sends an encrypted password.
B. It sends a challenge.
C. It is more secure than PAP.
D. It uses a three-way handshake.
Answer : A

12. A _________ uses Gigabit Ethernet as a media type
A. WAN
B. LAN
C. MAN
D. LAN and MAN
Answer : D

13. What command assigns a User EXEC password to a 2950 switch?
A. password
B. login
C. enable password
D. enable password level
Answer : A

14. Which command activates an IP ACL on a router's interface?
A. access-list
B. ip access-group
C. access-class
D. access-group
Answer : B

15. A VTP server switch generates a summary advertisement every _________ minutes.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
Answer : D

16. You have a total of five routers. ________ circuits are required to fully mesh the network, where every router needs ___________ interfaces.
A. 5, 5
B. 8, 4
C. 10, 5
D. 10, 4
Answer : D

17. How would you suspend a telnet session?
A. CTRL-SHIFT-X 6
B. CTRL-SHIFT-6 X
C. CTRL-6 X
D. CTRL-C
Answer : B

18. You are given a class C network, 192.168.1.0/24. You need three networks with 60 hosts and two networks with 30 hosts. What are the subnet mask values you could use?
A. 255.255.255.128 and 255.255.255.192
B. 255.255.255.224 and 255.255.255.240
C. 255.255.255.192 and 255.255.255.224
D. None of these
Answer : A

19. OSPF hellos are sent every __________ seconds on a multi-access medium.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 40
Answer : B

20. Which prompt indicates that you are at User EXEC mode?
A. >
B. #
C. %
D. @
Answer : A

21. You are at User EXEC mode and type the letter e. What message appears?
A. % Incomplete command.
B. % Ambiguous command:
C. % Unknown command or computer name
D. % Invalid input detected at '^'.
Answer : B

22. OSPF supports a ________-layer hierarchical design.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. Multi
Answer : B

23. If the 1900's mode is FDUP, and the LED is _________, the port speed is set to autodetect.
A. Green
B. Off
C. Amber
D. None of these
Answer : D

24. EIGRP generates hellos every _________ seconds on LAN segments.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 30
Answer : A

25. Which of the following is a private address?
A. 192.169.7.17
B. 172.32.28.39
C. 10.1.256.8
D. 172.16.255.89
Answer : D

26. An OSPF's router ID is based on __________.
A. The lowest IP address on its loopback interface, if configured, or the lowest IP address onits active interfaces
B. The highest IP address on its loopback interface, if configured, or the highest IP address on its active interfaces
C. The highest IP address on its active interfaces, if configured, or the highest IP address on its loopback interfaces
D. The lowest IP address on its active interfaces, if configured, or the lowest IP address on its loopback interfaces
Answer : B

27. Which command is used to define the local addresses that are statically translated to global addresses?
A. ip nat inside source static
B. ip nat inside
C. ip nat inside source list
D. ip nat pool
Answer : A

28. Which of the following is stored in ROM? (Choose all correct answers.)
A. POST
B. ROMMON
C. Configuration file
D. System recovery file
Answer : A

29. Frames sent above the __________ limit will have their _________ bit set.
A. CIR, DE
B. BC, DE
C. BC, FECN
D. CIR, FECN
Answer : B

30. Which 1900 command enables port security?
A. port security
B. switchport security
C. port secure
D. switchport port-security
Answer : C

31. What would you use to prevent a packet from traveling around a routing loop forever?
A. Split horizon
B. Poison reverse
C. Hold-down timer
D. TTL
Answer : D

32. Which controller command specifies how ones and zeros are represented on a digital circuit?
A. framing
B. linecode
C. clock source
D. interface
Answer : B

33. The slot number of a 1900's Fast Ethernet uplink ports is ________.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. No slot number is used
Answer : A

34. A __________ topology uses a single connection to connect all devices together.
A. Bus
B. Star
C. Point-to-point
D. Ring
Answer : A

35. Which of the following is false concerning VLANs?
A. A VLAN is a broadcast domain.
B. A VLAN is a logical group of users.
C. A VLAN is location-dependent.
D. A VLAN is a subnet.
Answer : C

36. IGRP generates an update every ___________ seconds.
A. 30
B. 60
C. 90
D. 120
Answer : C

37. A routing protocol that supports route summarization must perform all except which of the following?
A. Carry the subnet mask with the network entry.
B. Make routing decisions based on the entire destination IP address.
C. Summarize entries so that the same lowest-order bits match.
D. None of these.
Answer : C

38. Which of the following reasons might you need to use address translation?
A. You have to use public addressing because your ISP didn't assign you enough private addresses.
B. You are using private addresses but have changed ISPs, and your new ISP won't support these private addresses.
C. You want to assign the same IP address to multiple machines so that users on the Internet see this offered service as a single logical computer.
D. You are merging two companies that use different address spaces.
Answer : C

39. Which of the following are not features of ACLs?
A. Restricting telnet access to a router
B. Prioritizing WAN traffic
C. Filtering traffic from the router
D. Triggering dialup phone calls
Answer : C

40. OSPF uses __________ as a metric.
A. Bandwidth
B. Delay
C. Cost
D. Hop count
Answer : C

41. Which router command clears all of the static translations in the address translation table?
A. erase ip nat translation *
B. clear ip nat translation *
C. clear ip nat translation all
D. None of these commands
Answer : D

42. Which metric components, by default, are used in IGRP? (Choose all the correct answers.)
A. Delay
B. Reliability
C. Load
D. Bandwidth
Answer : A

43. Which router-on-a-stick command defines the VLAN for the interface?
A. vlan
B. encapsulation
C. trunk
D. frame-type
Answer : B

44. _________ describe(s) users that can connect to a network from any location.
A. SOHO
B. Branch office
C. Mobile users
D. Corporate office
Answer : C

45. With _________ switching, the switch reads the destination MAC address of the frame and
immediately starts forwarding the frame.
A. Store-and-forward
B. Cut-through
C. Fragment-free
D. Runtless
Answer : B

46. The ___________ is the point where the carrier's responsibility ends and yours begins.
A. Local loop
B. Demarcation point
C. CPE
D. Toll network
Answer : B

47. You are given a Class C network with 25 bits of networking. How many subnets do you have?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer : B

48. When using debug with PAP, which of the following message types might you see?
A. AUTH-ACK
B. SUCCESS
C. CHALLENGE
D. None of these
Answer : A

49. The _________ reference point defines the connection between the NT2 and the NT1.
A. P
B. Q
C. R
D. T
Answer : D

50. Cisco routers generate LMI enquiries every _______ seconds and a full status update every _________ seconds.
A. 10, 60
B. 10, 6
C. 60, 300
D. 15, 60
Answer : C