Contestant Number: ____________________

Time: ___________________
Rank: _______________

NETWORK
ADMINISTRATION USING
CISCO
(315)
REGIONAL 2021

TOTAL POINTS __________ (100 points)

Test Time: 60 minutes

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Please select the answer that best answers the question.

1. What command turns a port off on a Cisco switch?
a. Shutdown
b. Turn-off
c. Terminate
d. No enable

2. What command brings the user into privilege execute mode?

a. Enable
b. Privilege
c. Configure terminal
d. Letmein

3. What command is used to go from an interface configuration mode back directly to

privilege user mode?
a. Enable
b. Exit
c. End
d. Eject

4. What command is used to go from an interface configuration mode back one level to
global configuration mode?
a. End
b. Exit
c. Enable
d. Eject

5. What command is used to view the current configuration of the Cisco switch or router?
a. Show running-config
b. Show startup-config
c. Show config
d. Display confi

6. What command is used to save your current configuration so that it will not be lost when
the switch/router is rebooted?
a. Copy running-config backup-config
b. Save config
c. Backup running-config startup-config
d. Copy running-config startup-config
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7. How many hosts (actually assignable) are allowed with the subnet mask 255.255.255.0?
a. 128
b. 256
c. 254
d. 512

8. Which of the following is the CIDR notation for the subnet mask 255.255.255.0?
a. /24
b. /16
c. /8
d. /28

9. Which of the following is the CIDR notation for the subnet mask 255.255.0.0?
a. /24
b. /16
c. /8
d. /28

10. Which of the following is the subnet mask notation for /8?
a. 255.0.0.0
b. 255.255.0.0
c. 255.255.255.0
d. 255.255.255.255

11. Which of the following is the subnet mask notation for /16?
a. 255.0.0.0
b. 255.255.0.0
c. 255.255.255.0
d. 255.255.255.255

12. Which cable would you use to connect a host (such as a PC) to a switch?
a. Serial Cable
b. Crossover Cable
c. Straight Cable
d. Roll-over Cable

13. Which cable would you use to connect a switch to another switch?
a. Straight Cable
b. Crossover Cable
c. Roll-over Cable
d. Serial Cable
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14. Which cable would you use to connect a device to a switch specifically just for
management purposes?
a. Straight Cable
b. Serial Cable
c. Crossover Cable
d. Roll-over Cable

15. When you first connect to a switch, you observe you have the prompt “Switch>”. What
mode are you currently in?
a. User Exec
b. Privilege Exec
c. Global Configuration
d. Interface Configuration

16. When you first connect to a switch, you observe you have the prompt “Switch(config-
if)#”. What mode are you currently in?
a. Interface Configuration
b. User Exec
c. Privilege Exec
d. Global Configuration

17. Which of the following is regarded primarily as a layer 1 device?

a. Router
b. Switch
c. Cable
d. PC

18. Which of the following is regarded as a layer 2 device?

a. Switch
b. Router
c. PC
d. Cable

19. Which of the following is regarded primarily as a layer 3 device?

a. Switch
b. Router
c. Transceiver
d. Cable

20. What is layer 3 of the OSI 7 Layer Model?

a. Datalink
b. Physical
c. Transport
d. Network
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21. What is layer 2 of the OSI 7 Layer Model?

a. Network
b. Physical
c. Datalink
d. Transport

22. On a Cisco router, what command displays what routes the device knows?
a. Show ip route
b. Show route
c. Show routing
d. Show networks

23. What command displays IP addresses assigned on the Cisco switch/router?

a. Show ip
b. Show ip interface brief
c. Show addresses
d. Show interface status

24. What does the command “show interface status” display?

a. Information about all ports and their current statuses in a very detail form
b. Information about the management serial interface and its connected status
c. Information about all ports and their current statuses in a table format
d. Information about what transceivers are inserted into the SFP ports

25. When at Privilege EXEC mode, what does the command “reload” do?
a. Reboots the device without saving the configuration.
b. Reboots the device while saving the configuration.
c. Reloads the saved configuration only.
d. Rearms the security enabled on the ports of the device.

26. When creating a network cable that currently has T-568A on one end, what does the other
end need to be for it to be straight cable?
a. T-568A
b. T-568B
c. 9-pin Serial
d. T-568C

27. Which one of the following IP address settings allows a PC to reach the Internet as
opposed to just local devices?
a. IP Address
b. Subnet Mask
c. DNS Server
d. Gateway
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28. How many binary bits does an IP Address consist of?

a. 16
b. 32
c. 48
d. 128

29. What tool can be easily used to verify connectivity to a local IP-based device?
a. Ping
b. Trace route
c. Wireshark
d. Fox-and-Hound

30. What technology allows a switch to be logically subdivided into 2 or more broadcast
domains?
a. Spanning-Tree
b. Port Aggregation
c. VLAN
d. Port-Split

31. If host1 is in VLAN 10 and host2 is in VLAN 11, they will be able to communicate
directly without the need of a router.
a. True
b. False

32. Which of the following port modes describes a port that is a part of a single VLAN and
does not communicate using VLAN Tags?
a. Trunk Port
b. Access Port
c. Secure Port
d. General Port

33. Which of the following port modes describes a port that can be a part of multiple VLANs
and can communicate using VLAN Tags?
a. Trunk Port
b. Access Port
c. Secure Port
d. General Port

34. Which of the following is an invalid VLAN ID?

a. 312
b. 1
c. 4097
d. 255
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35. How many binary bits are in an IPv6 Address?

a. 64
b. 32
c. 16
d. 128

36. Which of the following protocols is considered a layer-2 protocol?

a. Ethernet
b. IP
c. TCP
d. HTTP

37. Telnet allows a user to connect securely to a remote device and ensures all
communication is encrypted.
a. True
b. False

38. What type of interface connects a site to other networks such as the Internet?
a. WAN
b. LAN
c. WLAN
d. Serial

39. Which level of the OSI 7-layer model is the Application Layer?
a. 1st Level
b. 5th Level
c. 3rd Level
d. 7th Level

40. FTP and TFTP are both used to transfer files to and from remote systems.
a. True
b. False

41. Which of the following concepts describes the environment that causes two different
hosts to pause and wait to talk because they cannot both send data at the same time due to
layer-1 restrictions?
a. Broadcast Domain
b. Collision Domain
c. Active Directory Domain
d. Multicast Domain
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42. What device naturally is the barrier for a broadcast domain?

a. Router
b. Switch
c. Bridge
d. Repeater

43. Which communication is described with “single host to single host” traffic?
a. Multicast
b. Broadcast
c. Unicast
d. Anycast

44. Which protocol does not normally use TCP?

a. SSH
b. FTP
c. DNS
d. HTTP

45. What IP Address is commonly used as the loopback IP Address on end-devices?

a. 169.254.X.X
b. 192.168.0.1
c. 10.0.0.0
d. 127.0.0.1

46. Which IP Address below is a valid private Class-A IP Address?

a. 10.255.40.10
b. 11.0.52.1
c. 172.16.13.4
d. 192.168.100.83

47. Which IP Address below is a valid Class-B IP Address?

a. 11.0.52.1
b. 172.16.13.4
c. 10.255.40.10
d. 192.168.100.83

48. Which IP Address below is a valid Class-C IP Address?

a. 192.168.100.83
b. 10.255.40.10
c. 11.0.52.1
d. 172.16.13.4
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49. What part of the IP settings on a host is used to identify if another IP address is on the
same network or must be reached by use of a router?
a. IP Address
b. Gateway
c. Subnet Mask
d. DNS Server

50. What do all IPv6 Link-local IP addresses begin with?

a. FE80::
b. FDxx::
c. 200x::
d. 300x::
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TOTAL POINTS ______________ (100 points)

Test Time: 60 minutes

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1 A 26 A
2 A 27 D
3 C 28 B
4 B 29 A
5 A 30 C
6 D 31 B
7 C 32 B
8 A 33 A
9 B 34 C
10 A 35 D
11 B 36 A
12 C 37 B
13 B 38 B
14 D 39 D
15 A 40 A
16 A 41 B
17 C 42 A
18 B 43 C
19 B 44 C
20 D 45 D
21 C 46 A
22 A 47 B
23 B 48 A
24 A 49 C
25 C 50 A