Olete.in – MCQs, Mock Tests & Government Job Prep | Routing Routing Mcq Question Set 1

In OSI network architecture, the routing is performed by

1. network layer
2. data link layer
3. transport layer
4. session layer

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following routing algorithm can be used for network layer design?

1. shortest path algorithm
2. distance vector routing
3. link state routing
4. All of the Mentioned

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following command is used to manipulate TCP/IP routing table?

1. Show ip route
2. Ipconfig
3. Route
4. Traceroute

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What is the function of a router?

1. converting the data from one format to another
2. Forward the packet to the up links
3. error detection in data
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is correct in CIDR(Classless Inter-Domain Routing)?

1. Class A includes Class B network
2. There are only two networks
3. There are high & low class network
4. There is no concept of class A, B, C networks

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What is the natural mask for a class C Network?

1. 255.255.255.1
2. 255.255.255.0
3. 255.255.255.254
4. 255.255.255.255

✅ Correct Answer: 2

172.31.25.151 is an example of ____________ IP address.

1. Public
2. Private
3. Class A
4. Class E

✅ Correct Answer: 2

A switch in a datagram network uses a

1. destination address
2. sender address
3. routing table
4. headers

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Routing processor searches in routing table is called

1. switch fabric
2. buffer
3. table lookup
4. rolling table

✅ Correct Answer: 3

If you want to find the number of routers between a source and destination, the utility to be used is ______.

1. route
2. Ipconfig
3. Ifconfig
4. Traceroute

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is related to ipconfig in Microsoft Windows ?

1. Display all current TCP/IP network configuration values
2. Modify DHCP settings
3. Modify DNS settings
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In _______ delivery, both the deliverer of the IP packet and the destination are on the same network.

1. a connectionless
2. a direct
3. an indirect
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In _______ delivery, the deliverer of the IP packet and the destination are on different networks.

1. a connection-oriented
2. a direct
3. an indirect
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In _______ forwarding, the full IP address of a destination is given in the routing table.

1. next-hop
2. network-specific
3. host-specific
4. default

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In _______ forwarding, the mask and destination addresses are both 0.0.0.0 in the routing table.

1. next-hop
2. network-specific
3. host-specific
4. default

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In _______ forwarding, the destination address is a network address in the routing table.

1. next-hop
2. network-specific
3. host-specific
4. default

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In _______ forwarding, the routing table holds the address of just the next hop instead of complete route information.

1. next-hop
2. network-specific
3. host-specific
4. default

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The idea of address aggregation was designed to alleviate the increase in routing table entries when using ________.

1. classful addressing
2. classless addressing
3. both a and b
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The principle of ________ states that the routing table is sorted from the longest mask to the shortest mask.

1. first mask matching
2. shortest mask matching
3. longest mask matching
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The use of hierarchy in routing tables can ________ the size of the routing tables.

1. reduce
2. increase
3. both a and b
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

______ deals with the issues of creating and maintaining routing tables.

1. Forwarding
2. Routing
3. Directing
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

A _______ routing table contains information entered manually.

1. static
2. dynamic
3. hierarchical
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A _______ routing table is updated periodically using one of the dynamic routing protocols.

1. static
2. dynamic
3. hierarchical
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The input and output ports of a router perform the ________ layer functions of the router.

1. physical and data link
2. network
3. transport
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The routing processor of a router performs the ________ layer functions of the router.

1. physical and data link
2. network
3. transport
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The task of moving the packet from the input queue to the output queue in a router is done by _____

1. input and output ports
2. routing processor
3. switching fabrics
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A static table is one _______.

1. with manual entries
2. which is updated automatically
3. either a or b
4. None of the mentioned

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A dynamic table is one _______.

1. with manual entries
2. which is updated automatically
3. either a or b
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

For purposes of routing, the Internet is divided into ______

1. wide area networks
2. autonomous networks
3. autonomous systems
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

_____ is a group of networks and routers under the authority of a single administration.

1. An autonomous system
2. An area
3. a and b
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Routing inside an autonomous system is referred to as ______

1. interdomain routing
2. intradomain routing
3. both a and b
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Routing between autonomous systems is referred to as ______

1. interdomain routing
2. intradomain routing
3. both a and b
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In _______ routing, the least cost route between any two nodes is the route with the minimum distance.

1. path vector
2. distance vector
3. link state
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In distance vector routing, each node periodically shares its routing table with _________ and whenever there is a change.

1. every other node
2. its immediate neighbors
3. one neighbor
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is an intradomain routing based on _________ routing.

1. distance vector
2. link state
3. path vector
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The metric used by _______ is the hop count.

1. OSPF
2. RIP
3. BGP
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The _________ routing uses the Dijkstra algorithm to build a routing table.

1. distance vector
2. link state
3. path vector
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is an intradomain routing protocol based on _______ routing.

1. distance vector
2. link state
3. path vector
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The _______ protocol allows the administrator to assign a cost, called the metric, to each route.

1. OSPF
2. RIP
3. BGP
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In OSPF, a ________ link connects two routers without any other host or router in between.

1. point-to-point
2. transient
3. stub
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In OSPF, a _______ link is a network with several routers attached to it.

1. point-to-point
2. transient
3. stub
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In OSPF, a ________ link is a network is connected to only one router.

1. point-to-point
2. transient
3. stub
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In OSPF, when the link between two routers is broken, the administration may create a _________ link between them using a longer path that probably goes through several routers.

1. point-to-point
2. transient
3. stub
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In ________ routing, we assume that there is one node (or more) in each autonomous system that acts on behalf of the entire autonomous system.

1. distant vector
2. path vector
3. link state
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

_____ is an interdomain routing protocol using path vector routing.

1. BGP
2. RIP
3. OSPF
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

To create a neighborhood relationship, a router running BGP sends an ________ message.

1. open
2. update
3. keepalive
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

An area is _______.

1. part of an AS
2. composed of at least two ASs
3. another term for an AS
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A one-to-all communication between one source and all hosts on a network is classified as a _______ communication.

1. unicast
2. multicast
3. broadcast
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A one-to-many communication between one source and a specific group of hosts is classified as a _______ communication.

1. unicast
2. multicast
3. broadcast
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

A one-to-one communication between one source and one destination is classified as a _______ communication.

1. unicast
2. multicast
3. broadcast
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1