CCNP SWITCH (Version 6.0) Chapter 1 Exam Answers

Assessment – SWITCH Chapter 1 – CCNP ROUTE (Version 6.0) Exam Answers

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