Networking Essentials: Module 6: Network Design and Access Layer

Network device that can serve as a boundary to divide a Layer 2 broadcast domain

Router

How much data can be encapsulated into a normal sized Ethernet frame before it is sent over the network?

46 to 1500 bytes

Which two devices would commonly be found at the access layer of the hierarchical enterprise LAN design model

Access Point Layer 2 Switch

Which statement is true about broadcast and collision domains?

Adding a switch to a network will increase the size of the broadcast domain.

Which term refers to the process of placing one message format inside another message format

Encapsulation

Which destination address is used in an ARP request frame

FFFF.FFFF.FFFF

Which three fields are found in an 802.3 Ethernet frame?

Frame Check Sequence Destination Physical Address Source Physical Address

What is the purpose of the core layer in the Cisco hierarchical network design model

High-Speed Backbone Switching

What information does an Ethernet switch examine and use to build its address table?

Source MAC Address

Which network device has the primary function to send data to a specific destination based on the information found in the MAC address table?

Switch

What is the purpose of ARP in an IPv4 network?

to obtain a specific MAC address when an IP address is known