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Chapter 3
Generic Troubleshooting Tools
Answers to Review Questions
1.
D. A breakout box is the best choice for this application. A multimeter
could be used to check for electrical signaling, but you would have to
manually test for the proper pin-out.
2.
B. A TDR could be used, but a quick test can be accomplished with a
cable tester.
3.
A, D. Such detailed information can only be supplied by a TDR or an
Optical TDR.
4.
C. A multimeter is the best tool for this job because it provides infor-
mation regarding electrical properties such as resistance, voltage, and
current.
5.
A. An OTDR is the right tool for this task because it is designed for
fiber optic Time Domain testing.
6.
D. Simple Network Management Protocol collects several types of
statistical and environmental information from routers, switches, and
computers.
7.
B. B is the best answer because it allows for the possibility of filters. If
no filter were applied, all packets would be copied into the buffer.
8.
B, C. Capture filters define what will be captured and display filters
allow frames matching the criteria to be displayed.
9.
D. "Total Frames" means that there were 224 frames seen by the ana-
lyzer; however, only 128 of them met the filter criteria and were kept
in the capture buffer.
10.
A. Display filters allow the user to view only frames that meet certain
criteria.
11.
A, C. RTMP is an AppleTalk protocol, thus the packet is both an
RTMP and an AppleTalk packet.
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