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Question 1mediummultiple choice
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A network engineer is designing a new switched network and needs to ensure that broadcast traffic from one department does not reach another department's workstations. The engineer plans to use VLANs. Which of the following must be configured on the switches to isolate broadcast domains as intended?

Question 2easymultiple choice
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A network administrator is troubleshooting a connectivity issue and suspects the problem is related to the physical cabling. At which layer of the OSI model should the administrator begin their investigation?

Question 3easymultiple choice
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A network administrator needs to generate a report of all MAC addresses learned on each switch port to assist with inventory management. Which command-line utility can be used to view the MAC address table on a switch?

Question 4mediummultiple choice
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A network administrator needs to identify which application protocols are consuming the most bandwidth on the company WAN link. Which of the following tools should the administrator use?

Question 5mediummultiple choice
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A network engineer is configuring a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) between two switches. Switch A is set to LACP active mode. Which mode should be configured on Switch B to form the LAG?

Question 6mediummultiple choice
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A security engineer is configuring port security on a switch to prevent unauthorized devices from connecting. The requirement is that only the first device to connect to a port is allowed, and if a different device connects, the port should be disabled. Which port security violation mode should be configured?

Question 7hardmultiple choice
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A network engineer is configuring a new wireless LAN for a high-density environment such as a conference hall. The engineer needs to minimize co-channel interference. Which of the following should be configured on the access points?

Question 8hardmultiple choice
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A network engineer is troubleshooting connectivity issues between two data center switches that are configured to support jumbo frames with an MTU of 9000. The link is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber connection. Large file transfers fail, but small transfers succeed. What is the most likely cause?

Question 9hardmultiple choice
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A network engineer is configuring a router to provide IPv6 addressing via SLAAC for hosts on a subnet. The ISP has delegated a prefix 2001:db8:1::/48 and requires the router to advertise a specific prefix 2001:db8:1:1::/64. Which command must be configured on the router's interface to advertise this prefix?

Question 10mediummultiple choice
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A network engineer is implementing VLANs for a company. The finance department's workstations are connected to switch ports configured as access ports in VLAN 20. The finance server is located in a different building and is connected to a second switch. The two switches are interconnected via a trunk link. What must be configured on the trunk link to allow finance workstations to communicate with the finance server?

Question 11hardmultiple choice
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A company wants to deploy a wireless network for employee devices using the highest security standard. The network will use a RADIUS server for authentication. Which authentication method should be configured?

Question 12hardmultiple choice
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A network administrator is configuring OSPF on routers in a multi-area network. The administrator wants to ensure that a router in area 1 does not learn external routes (Type 5 LSAs) injected by an ASBR in area 0, but it must still learn inter-area routes (Type 3 LSAs). The administrator wants to reduce the routing table size. Which OSPF area type should be configured for area 1?

Question 13mediummultiple choice
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A network administrator is troubleshooting communication between two switches connected via a trunk port. The trunk link is up/up, but devices in VLAN 20 cannot communicate across the trunk. The administrator has verified that both switches have VLAN 20 created and that the access ports are configured correctly. Which command should the administrator run on each switch to verify the trunk's allowed VLAN list?

Question 14mediummultiple choice
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A network administrator is configuring a trunk link between two switches. The link is up, but devices on VLAN 30 cannot communicate across the trunk. Devices on VLAN 10 and 20 can communicate. What should the administrator verify?

Question 15mediummultiple choice
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A network administrator needs to be notified immediately when the CPU utilization on a core router exceeds 90%. Which SNMP mechanism should be configured on the router?

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