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Routing Mcq Question Set 1
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1. In OSI network architecture, the routing is performed by
network layer
data link layer
transport layer
session layer
2. Which one of the following routing algorithm can be used for network layer design?
shortest path algorithm
distance vector routing
link state routing
All of the Mentioned
3. Which of the following command is used to manipulate TCP/IP routing table?
Show ip route
Ipconfig
Route
Traceroute
4. What is the function of a router?
converting the data from one format to another
Forward the packet to the up links
error detection in data
none of the above
5. Which of the following is correct in CIDR(Classless Inter-Domain Routing)?
Class A includes Class B network
There are only two networks
There are high & low class network
There is no concept of class A, B, C networks
6. What is the natural mask for a class C Network?
255.255.255.1
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.254
255.255.255.255
7. 172.31.25.151 is an example of ____________ IP address.
Public
Private
Class A
Class E
8. A switch in a datagram network uses a
destination address
sender address
routing table
headers
9. Routing processor searches in routing table is called
switch fabric
buffer
table lookup
rolling table
10. If you want to find the number of routers between a source and destination, the utility to be used is ______.
route
Ipconfig
Ifconfig
Traceroute
11. Which of the following is related to ipconfig in Microsoft Windows ?
Display all current TCP/IP network configuration values
Modify DHCP settings
Modify DNS settings
All of the above
12. In _______ delivery, both the deliverer of the IP packet and the destination are on the same network.
a connectionless
a direct
an indirect
none of the above
13. In _______ delivery, the deliverer of the IP packet and the destination are on different networks.
a connection-oriented
a direct
an indirect
none of the above
14. In _______ forwarding, the full IP address of a destination is given in the routing table.
next-hop
network-specific
host-specific
default
15. In _______ forwarding, the mask and destination addresses are both 0.0.0.0 in the routing table.
next-hop
network-specific
host-specific
default
16. In _______ forwarding, the destination address is a network address in the routing table.
next-hop
network-specific
host-specific
default
17. In _______ forwarding, the routing table holds the address of just the next hop instead of complete route information.
next-hop
network-specific
host-specific
default
18. The idea of address aggregation was designed to alleviate the increase in routing table entries when using ________.
classful addressing
classless addressing
both a and b
none of the above
19. The principle of ________ states that the routing table is sorted from the longest mask to the shortest mask.
first mask matching
shortest mask matching
longest mask matching
none of the above
20. The use of hierarchy in routing tables can ________ the size of the routing tables.
reduce
increase
both a and b
none of the above
21. ______ deals with the issues of creating and maintaining routing tables.
Forwarding
Routing
Directing
none of the above
22. A _______ routing table contains information entered manually.
static
dynamic
hierarchical
none of the above
23. A _______ routing table is updated periodically using one of the dynamic routing protocols.
static
dynamic
hierarchical
none of the above
24. The input and output ports of a router perform the ________ layer functions of the router.
physical and data link
network
transport
none of the above
25. The routing processor of a router performs the ________ layer functions of the router.
physical and data link
network
transport
none of the above
26. The task of moving the packet from the input queue to the output queue in a router is done by _____
input and output ports
routing processor
switching fabrics
none of the above
27. A static table is one _______.
with manual entries
which is updated automatically
either a or b
None of the mentioned
28. A dynamic table is one _______.
with manual entries
which is updated automatically
either a or b
none of the above
29. For purposes of routing, the Internet is divided into ______
wide area networks
autonomous networks
autonomous systems
none of the above
30. _____ is a group of networks and routers under the authority of a single administration.
An autonomous system
An area
a and b
none of the above
31. Routing inside an autonomous system is referred to as ______
interdomain routing
intradomain routing
both a and b
none of the above
32. Routing between autonomous systems is referred to as ______
interdomain routing
intradomain routing
both a and b
none of the above
33. In _______ routing, the least cost route between any two nodes is the route with the minimum distance.
path vector
distance vector
link state
none of the above
34. In distance vector routing, each node periodically shares its routing table with _________ and whenever there is a change.
every other node
its immediate neighbors
one neighbor
none of the above
35. The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is an intradomain routing based on _________ routing.
distance vector
link state
path vector
none of the above
36. The metric used by _______ is the hop count.
OSPF
RIP
BGP
none of the above
37. The _________ routing uses the Dijkstra algorithm to build a routing table.
distance vector
link state
path vector
none of the above
38. The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is an intradomain routing protocol based on _______ routing.
distance vector
link state
path vector
none of the above
39. The _______ protocol allows the administrator to assign a cost, called the metric, to each route.
OSPF
RIP
BGP
none of the above
40. In OSPF, a ________ link connects two routers without any other host or router in between.
point-to-point
transient
stub
none of the above
41. In OSPF, a _______ link is a network with several routers attached to it.
point-to-point
transient
stub
none of the above
42. In OSPF, a ________ link is a network is connected to only one router.
point-to-point
transient
stub
none of the above
43. 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.
point-to-point
transient
stub
none of the above
44. In ________ routing, we assume that there is one node (or more) in each autonomous system that acts on behalf of the entire autonomous system.
distant vector
path vector
link state
none of the above
45. _____ is an interdomain routing protocol using path vector routing.
BGP
RIP
OSPF
none of the above
46. To create a neighborhood relationship, a router running BGP sends an ________ message.
open
update
keepalive
none of the above
47. An area is _______.
part of an AS
composed of at least two ASs
another term for an AS
none of the above
48. A one-to-all communication between one source and all hosts on a network is classified as a _______ communication.
unicast
multicast
broadcast
none of the above
49. A one-to-many communication between one source and a specific group of hosts is classified as a _______ communication.
unicast
multicast
broadcast
none of the above
50. A one-to-one communication between one source and one destination is classified as a _______ communication.
unicast
multicast
broadcast
none of the above
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