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Answers to Assessment Test

B. The Spanning Tree Protocol was designed to help stop networks
loops that can happen with transparent bridge networks running
redundant links. See Chapter 5 for more information.

B, C, D. MLSP is the routing protocol for MLS, MLS-SE is the
switching engine, and MLS-RP is the route processor. MLS-CP is an
invalid answer. See Chapter 7 for more information.

A, B, C. If you have Token Ring, you would want to run VTP version
2. For more information, see Chapter 3.

C. To see both the virtual IP address and the virtual hardware address
used by HSRP, use the show standby command. See Chapter 8 for more
information on HSRP.

C. The first two are not valid commands. Ip mroute cache allows
the interface to use fast switching or other types of interface switching
for multicast traffic. See Chapter 10 for more information.

A, B. When a port is in blocking state, no frames are forwarded. This
is used to stop network loops. However, the blocked port will listen
for BPDUs received on the port. For more information on STP, see
Chapter 4.

C. XTAG values are locally significant values that are assigned by the
Multilayer Switching Switching Engine (MLS-SE) to keep track of
the Multilayer Switching Route Processors (MLS-RPs) in the net-
work. See Chapter 7 for more information.

B, C, D. The 2926G, 5000 series, and 6000 series were specifically
designed to provide distribution layer functions. See Chapter 1 for
more information on the distribution layer and the Cisco switches
designed to run at the distribution layer.

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