Block 3 Unit 1b

Question 1

Establishes communication directly between two network devices without-relying on any host or network system. Is a data link layer protocol that operates over a point-to-point link.

Answer 1

Point to Point

Question 2

Is a loop-preventing protocol that allows switches to communicate to prevent loops in a network. Defined by IEEE 802.1D. _____

Answer 2

Spanning Tree Protocol

Question 3

Occurs when traffic in one of two directions fail on a link.

Answer 3

Unidirectional Link Direction

Question 4

Vendor neutral neighbor discovery protocol.

Answer 4

Link layer discovery protocol

Question 5

Cisco proprietary neighbor discovery protocol that shares information of connected Cisco devices.

Answer 5

Cisco Discovery Protocol

Question 6

What are the two VLAN trunking methods for encapsulating Frames?_______. Which one is non-proprietary?______

Answer 6

8021.q & ISL, 8021.q

Question 7

______ switches store the entire frame in internal memory and check the frame for errors before forwarding the frame to its destination

Answer 7

Store and forward

Question 9

_____ switching is a hybrid of store and forward and cut-through switching. It stores the first 64 bytes before forwarding

Answer 9

Fragment-free

Question 10

When two systems transmission occur at the same time, on shared bandwith, the result is a_______

Answer 10

Collision

Question 11

A late collision indicates that another system attempted to transmit after a host has transmitted at least the_________

Answer 11

First 64 bytes of a frame