Exam 7: Network Hardware in Depth

What are the three most common encryption protocols for wireless security? Which is the strongest? Which is the weakest?

A switch that is configured to use the Spanning Tree Protocol will place a port in ____________ mode if sending traffic to it may cause a switching loop.

A router's final task when handling a packet is to send the packet on to its next and possibly final destination; this is referred to as packet ____________.

MATCHING:

What are the three ways that a router can populate its routing table?

A wireless router is actually composed of three devices, a wireless access point and which two other devices?

Which of the following combinations will you find in a switching table?

What is the difference between the way that a distance-vector routing protocol and a link-state routing protocol update their networks?

Communications through a router are noticeably faster than communications through a switch.

A ____________ is used to make connections between the network interface card and the other vital components of the computer, such as the central processing unit.

What does the Spanning Tree Protocol do?

What type of hacker uses a scanning device to find unsecured wireless networks and break into those networks?

What is a broadcast storm?

Briefly describe the three types of switching methods.

Which of the following is the fastest switching mode?

What is a trunk port?

Which is the strongest form of wireless security?

The major disadvantage to using store-and-forward switching in a large network is that it will slow down the speed of network traffic.

One type of security for wireless networks involves entering a list of the MAC addresses for the devices that are allowed to access the network and excluding all others. This is called MAC ____________.

A distance-vector protocol sends updates to its neighbors that include the entire contents of its routing table.