IEEE Standards

Question 1

IEEE 802.3

Answer 1

Ethernet

Question 2

IEEE 802.11

Answer 2

Wi-Fi

Question 3

IEEE 802.3x

Answer 3

Flow control - allows a server to instruct the switch to pause traffic temporarily to avoid overwhelming its buffer and causing it to drop frames.

Question 4

IEEE 802.3af

Answer 4

PoE
-up to15.4 watts
-requires CAT 5 or higher copper cable

Question 5

IEEE 802.3at

Answer 5

PoE+
-up to 25.5 watts
- requires CAT or higher copper cable

Question 6

IEEE 802.3bt

Answer 6

Ultra Poe

Question 7

IEEE 802.1Q

Answer 7

VLAN ID (VID) - inserted into Ethernet frame during communication between different VLAN configured Switch trunk links.

Question 8

IEEE 802.3ad

Answer 8

Link Aggregation- combines multiple physical connections into a single logical connection to minimize or prevent congestion.

Question 9

802.1x

Answer 9

Part of Extensible Authentication Protocol. (EAP)
User Network Authentication- requires users to authenticate themselves before gaining access to the network.

Question 10

IEEE 802.1d

Answer 10

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Question 11

IEEE 802.1q

Answer 11

VLAN Trunking
-Multiple VLANs transmitted over the same physical cable