CCNP SWITCH Chapter 1 Exam Answers (Version 7) – Score 100%

1. What are three properties of peer-to-peer applications? (Choose three.)

• require dedicated bandwidth allocation
• can be used in video conference applications
• require real-time interaction between peer devices
• can be used to fulfill the requirements for IP phone calls
• require a direct physical connection between devices
• require centralized authentication

2. Which two features are unavailable on a Layer 2 switch? (Choose two.)

• use of ASICs
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping
• QoS marking
• Time to Live (TTL) decrementing
• rewrite of the source and destination MAC addresses

3. On what is Layer 3 switching fundamentally based?

• Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)
• the ability to circumvent CPU processing
• software-based forwarding
• Parallel eXpress Forwarding (PXF)

4. During an evaluation of the currently installed network, the IT staff performs a gap analysis to determine whether the existing network infrastructure can support certain new features. At which stage of the Cisco Lifecycle Services approach does this activity occur?

• prepare phase
• plan phase
• design phase
• implement phase
• operate phase
• optimize phase

5. Refer to the exhibit. Given the traditional hierarchical design model, which set of features correctly identifies the modules of an enterprise network?

1. Multilayer
2. Edge
3. Security
4. Internet Gateway

1. Workgroup Switch
2. PSTN
3. Connectivity
4. Telecommuter Gateway

1. VoIP and Multilayer
2. PSTN Edge
3. Firewall
4. Home Branch

1. Workgroup and VoIP
2. Core
3. Internet Backbone
4. Telecommuter Edge

1. Building Access and Distribution
2. Internet Connectivity
3. Edge Distribution
4. Remote Access and VPN

1. Campus Edge
2. WAN Services
3. Core Security
4. PSTN Edge

6. What two traffic types must be included when calculating the bandwidth requirements to support a voice stream in an IP telephony network? (Choose two.)

• voice queues
• voice carrier stream
• voice services traffic
• call control signaling
• routing updates

7. What type of specialized memory is used to facilitate high performance switching in Cisco multilayer switches?

• content-addressable memory (CAM)
• ternary content addressable memory (TCAM)
• address resolution protocol (ARP) memory
• Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) memory

8. Which Catalyst 6500 switch component integrates on individual line modules as well as on the supervisor engine?

• CPU
• Flash
• ASIC
• NVRAM

9. Which phase of the Cisco Lifecycle Services strategy may prompt a network redesign if too many network problems and errors arise the network?

• prepare
• plan
• design
• implement
• operate
• optimize

10. Which technology consistently increases CPU load on multilayer Catalyst switches?

• quality of service (QoS)
• access control lists (ACLs)
• policy-based routing (PBR)
• network address translation (NAT)

11. What is the purpose of the Cisco Enterprise Architecture?

• It replaces the three-layer hierarchical model with a flat network approach.
• It provides an enterprise-wide system network architecture that helps protect, optimize, and grow the network infrastructure tha supports the business processes of a company.
• It provides services and functionality to the core layer by grouping various components into a single component that is located the access layer.
• It reduces overall network traffic by grouping server farms, the management server, corporate intranet, and e-commerce router the same layer.

12. A network designer must provide a rationale to a customer for a design that will move an enterprise from a flat network topology to a hierarchical network topology. Which two features of the hierarchical design make it the better choice? (Choose two.)

• reduced cost
• scalability
• less equipment required
• higher availability
• lower bandwidth requirements

13. A user needs to access a file server that is located in another department. Which layer of the Cisco Hierarchical Network Model will process the traffic first?

• access
• core
• distribution
• control

14. What are the responsibilities of devices that are located at the core layer of the hierarchical design model? (Choose two.)

• access list filtering
• packet manipulation
• high-speed backbone switching
• interconnection of distribution layer devices
• redundancy between the core devices only

15. Which family of Cisco switches supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)?

• Catalyst 4948G
• Catalyst 4500
• Catalyst 6500
• Nexus 5000

16. In its network design, a company lists this equipment:

• Two Catalyst 4503 Layer 3 switches
• One 5500 security appliance firewall
• Two Catalyst 6509 switches
• Two lightweight access points
• Two Catalyst 2960 switches

Which two types of devices from the list would be appropriate to use at the access layer to provide end-user connectivity? (Choose two.)

• Catalyst 4503 switches
• Cisco 5500 security appliance firewall
• Catalyst 6509 switches
• lightweight access points
• Catalyst 2960 switches

17. Which portion of the enterprise network provides access to network communication services for the end users and devices that are spread over a single geographic location?

• enterprise edge
• campus module
• WAN module
• Internet edge
• data center

18. Which family of Cisco switches supports the greatest number of slots?

• Catalyst 4500
• Catalyst 6500
• Nexus 5000
• Nexus 7000

19. Which family of Cisco switches is specifically designed for data centers?

• Catalyst 6500
• Catalyst 2000
• Nexus 7000
• Catalyst 4500

20. Which protocol is required for Cisco Express Forwarding to be able to successfully forward packets on a multilayer switch?

• Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Address Resolution Protocol
• Dynamic Trunking Protocol
• VLAN Trunking Protocol