Quiz 2

Question 1

You connect a PC to a switch, however, for about half a minute you are unable to connect to the network. Which two options could fix this issue and allow you to access the network more quickly?

1. Enable PortFast on the switch port you connect to the PC to.

2. Reduce the STP hello timer.

3. Reduce the STP forward delay timer.

4. Reduce the STP max age timer.

Solution

1. Enable PortFast on the switch port you connect to the PC to.

1. Reduce the STP forward delay timer.

Question 2

A packet capture indicates that a switch port has an STP port ID of 0x8002. What is the STP port priority of this port?

1. 80

2. 32

3. 128

4. 224

Solution

1. 128

Question 3

You want to make sure that a Layer 2 loop will not be caused if a user connects a switch to a switch port. Which spanning tree optional feature achieves this?

1. PortFast

2. Loop Guard

3. Root Guard

4. BPDU Guard

Solution

1. BPDU Guard