(Week 2) The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking - The Network Layer Exam

Address Resolution Protocol

Address Resolution Protocol

ARP stands for ______.

Subnetting

The process of taking a large network and splitting it up into many individual and smaller subnetworks is known as ________.

Request For Comments

RFC stands for ______.

Demarcation Point

A ________ is where one network ends and another begins.

/24

Using CIDR notation, the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 would be written as _______.

To account for network changes

Why do entries in a local Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table expire after a short amount of time?

Exterior Gateway

What protocol communicates data between routers representing the edges of autonomous systems?

Physical MAC Address

On a Local Area Network, or LAN, what identification do nodes use to communicate with each other internally?

436

Which number cannot be represented by eight bits of data?

192.37.48.98

Which IP address is Class C?

To let a computer broadcasting an ARP message know what MAC address to put into the destination hardware address field

What is the purpose of an ARP response?

Which part of an IP address is the subnet ID and which is the host ID

What does the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 tell a router?

1

What will the operator 1 AND 1 return?

2

How many possible host IDs do you always lose per network?

Distance-vector protocols

Link State Routing protocols

Which are a type of interior gateway protocol? (Check all that apply)