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IT445 Midterm Exam Review Spring 2014

50 Points Total

Multiple Choice Single Answer Questions 25 Points Know how STP determines the Root Switch Know how determine ports assigned to a VLAN and how to assign them to a VLAN

Know how to make switches communicate with each other and how to make it possible for a network manager to communicate and configure a switch remotely Know how VTP works Know how to determine the number of broadcast and collision domains in a network of routers and switches Know what the benefits are when adding switches to a network Know the advantages of setting up host name addressing on routers and switches Know the advantages of full duplex ports on switches

Know the functions and names of the Three Layer Model (Chapter 1) Know the advantages and disadvantages of hubs and switches Know how to trouble shoot ports on a switch that do not work Know what the all the LEDS on a switch indicate Know the CLIs to setup a port as a trunk or as an access port assigned to a VLAN Know the sequence of events of STP BPDUs Know what the CAM Table contains in a switch and how it is populated Know the differences in cut-through, fast-forward, fragment-free, and store-and-forward

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IP Addressing Problem - 5 Points (This is an example- it will be similar to this)

Given IP Address 200 25 41 50

Given Mask 255 255 255 192 Binary

Notation of IP Address

Network Address

First Host Address

Last Host Address

Broadcast Address

One Essay Questions from one of the following areas 20 points

1. Describe Spanning-Tree Protocol and how it works

2. Describe Virtual Trunk Protocol and how it works

3. Describe the various port security configurations and the results of each