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1. Name 3 types of console connectors found on Cisco routers?
a. DB-25
e. RJ-11
b. DTE
f. XJ-8
c. DB-9
g. RJ-45
d. DB-15
h. DB-60
2. What type of synchronous serial connector is typically found on a Cisco router?
a. DB-25
e. RJ-45
b. DB-60
f. RS-232
c. DB-15
g. RS-442
d. DB-9
3. Which format describes the serial interface 0 on port adapter I on slot 3 of a Cisco 7500 series router?
a. Serial 013
d. Serial 3/1/0
b. SerialO-1-3
e. Serial 1/0/3
c. Serial 0/1/3
4. Which pins are used for transmission with 10Base-T using an RJ-45 connector?
a. 1 and 3
e. 3 and 4
b. 2 and 6
f. 7 and 8
c. 1 and 2
g. 5 and 9
d. 3 and 6
5. Which format describes the serial interface 0 on slot 1 of a modular 2600 series access router?
a. Serial 10
e. Serial 01
b. Serial 1-0
f. Serial 0/1
c. Serial 1/0
g. Serial 0\1
d. Serial 1\0
6. Which cable end is needed when connecting the serial interface to a Cisco router from a Telco Service Provider's
CSU/DSU?
a. U
e. RJ-45
b. DCE
f. RS-232
c. DTE
g. S/T
d. DB-15
h. AUI
7. Which cable would be used to connect a router's Ethernet port to a catalyst switch port?
a. rollover
e. DB-60
b. DTE/DTE
f. DCE
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c. DTE
g. crossover
d. straight-thru
h. DCE/DTE
i. DCE/DCE
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8. What: config-register setting configures the router to enter ROM Monitor mode?
a. 0x0
e. 0xF
b. 0x1
f. none of these
c. 0x2
d. 0x3
9. What is the name for the 16-bit value that determines a router's boot procedure?
a. Command Register
d. Flash Register
b. Configuration Register
e. Boot Field
c. Boot Register
10. Which configuration register setting will force the router to load an IOS image from the boot ROM upon reload
a. 0x2100
e. All the previous
b. 0x2101
c. 0x2102
f. None of these
d. x2142
11. What configuration register setting is used on a router to force it to boot from flash but ignore its saved
configuration?
a. 0x2100
d. 0x2142
b. 0x2101
e. 0x210F
c. 0x2102
12. What IOS command can be used to display the configuration register?
a. show config
d. show nvram
b. show register
e. show startup
c. show version
f. show running-config
13. How long does a user have to issue a break sequence upon restarting a router to enter ROM Monitor mode?
a. 10 seconds
e. 1 minute
b. 15 seconds
f. 30 seconds
c. 2 minutes
d. 90 seconds
14. What two commands can be used to change the configuration register on a Cisco IOS router?
a. register
d. config-register
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b. set register
e. confreg
c. configure
Which TWO of the following commands would set the bandwidth of Serial 0 to T1 speed
a. Router(config)#band width t1
b. Router(config-if)#bandwidth t1
c. Router(config)#bandwidth 1544k
d. Router(config-if)#bandwidth 1544
e. Router(config)#band width 1544000
f. Router(config-if)#bandwidth 1544000
g. Router(config-if)#bandwidth s0 1544000
h. You normally need to do nothing, the default bandwidth is already set to T1 speed
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16. What is the wide area networking acronym that describes the default router device type?
a. DCE
e. CPE
b. DXE
f. ATM
c. DTE
g. FRAD
d. CO
17. You do a show interface command and the status is:
Serial0 is up,
line protocol is down
Which THREE of the following statements may explain this message?
a. A physical problem exists on the interface
b. Both the local & remote interfaces are configured as DCE's
c. Neither the local nor remote interfaces are configured as a DCE
d. The local interface is in a shutdown interface mode
e. The remote interface has been administratively shut down
f. There is a problem with the physical cabling between the 2 routers
g. The frame type is incorrectly configured
h. The IP addresses on each end are not on the same logical network
i. You issued the show interface command from user mode not privileged mode
18. Which of the following commands would you use to set the clockrate on interface Serial 0 to 64 kbps?
a. Router(config)#clockrate 64
b. Router(config)#clockrate 64k
c. Router(config)#clock rate 64000
d. Router(config)#clock rate 64 k
e. Router(config-if)#clock rate 64000
f. Router(config-if)#clock rate 64
g. Router(config-if)#clockrate 64000
h. Router(config-if)#clock rate 64 k
19. What are TWO Rom Monitor mode commands to change the value of the Configuration Register?
a. configreg
e. config-register
b. o/r
f. show version
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c. confreg
g. 0x0
d. o\r
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