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Answers to Assessment Test

A. Network Control Protocol identifies the Network layer protocol
used in the packet. See Chapter 10 for more information.

C. The best answer is to use a layer-2 switch and provide collision
domains to each device. This will provide the most bang for the buck
in terms of network equipment. See Chapter 2 for more information.

C. The IPX logical address of a host is typically a combination of the
host's MAC address of the NIC and the network ID of the LAN. See
Chapter 8 for more information.

C. The

command

line

console 0 places you at a prompt where you

can then set your console user-mode password. See Chapter 4 for
more information.

C. The

dialer

load-threshold 125 command tells the router to

bring up the second BRI at 50 percent load. See Chapter 10 for more
information.

C. Link Control Protocol in the PPP stack provides dynamic address-
ing, authentication, and multilink. See Chapter 10 for more information.

B. The show interface command shows the line, protocol, DLCI,
and LMI information of an interface. See Chapter 10 for more
information.

A. IP standard access lists use the numbers 199. See Chapter 9 for
more information.

B. The

passive

command, short for passive-interface, stops

regular updates from being sent out an interface. However, the inter-
face can still receive updates. See Chapter 5 for more information.

10.

C. ICMP is the protocol at the Network layer that is used to send
echo requests and replies. See Chapter 3 for more information.

11.

A. The

show

ipx traffic command shows the RIP and SAP infor-

mation being sent and received on a router. The show ipx interface
command shows the IPX RIP and SAP information being sent and
received on a specific interface. See Chapter 8 for more information.

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