CCNA1 Pretest Exam - Online Assessment

1. Question

Convert the decimal number 231 into its binary equivalent. Select the correct answer from the list below.

11110010
11011011
11110110
11100111
11100101
11101110

2. Question

Convert the binary number 10111010 into its hexadecimal equivalent. Select the correct answer from the list below.

85
90
BA
A1
B3
1C

3. Question

The failure rate in a certain brand of network interface card has been determined to be 15%. How many cards could be expected to fail in a company that has 80 of the cards installed?

8
10
12
15

4. Question

A local real estate company can have its 25 computer systems upgraded for $1000. If the company chooses only to upgrade 10 systems, how much will the upgrade cost if the same rate is used?

$100
$200
$400
$500
$600

5. Question

Which two devices provide permanent data storage? (Choose two.)

Blu-Ray disc
hard drive
keyboard
monitor
RAM

6. Question

If a technician uses an average of 2 cans of compressed air per week for cleaning, how many cans should be ordered for 8 technicians over the next 10 weeks?

16
20
80
160
200

7. Question

What is a function of the BIOS?

enables a computer to connect to a network
provides temporary data storage for the CPU
performs a power-on self test of internal components
provides graphic capabilities for games and applications

8. Question

Which is a characteristic of the Internet?

It is not centrally governed.
It uses only physical addresses.
It uses private IP addressing.
It is localized to specific geographic locations.

9. Question

Which command can be used to test connectivity between two computers that are attached to a network?

ipconfig
ping
winipcfg
ifconfig
nbtstst -s

10. Question

A person-hour is the amount of work that the average worker can do in one hour. It is anticipated that a company-wide system upgrade will take approximately 60 person-hours to complete. How long will it take five technicians to perform the refresh?

5 hours
8 hours
10 hours
12 hours

11. Question

Considering the average capacity of storage device media, drag the storage media on the left to the capacity list on the right.

Sort elements

largest capacity
2nd largest capacity
3rd largest capacity
smallest capacity

hard drive
DVD
CD
floppy disk

12. Question

Refer to the exhibit. Match the port to the associated letter shown in the exhibit. (Not all options are used.)

CCNA1 v6.0 Pretest Exam 001

Sort elements

PS/2
S/PDIF
USB
IEEE 1394
HDMI
DisplayPort
DVI

A
B
C
D
E
F

13. Question

Match the icon to its likely associated used. (Not all options are used.)

Sort elements

Explorer
Word
IE
Acrobat Reader
Safely Remove Hardware
PowerPoint

search for a file on disk
resume work on an open business letter
access a site on the World Wide Web
resume reading an open .pdf document
safely remove a flash drive

14. Question

Match the form of network communication with its description. (Not all options are used.)

Sort elements

social media
wiki
podcast
instant messaging
weblog (blog)

interactive websites where people create and share user-generated content with friends and family
web pages that groups of people can edit and view together
an audio-based medium that allows people to deliver their recordings to a wide audience
real-time communication between two or more people

15. Question

Match the application with the correct compressed file format. (Not all options are used.)

Sort elements

QuickTime
MPEG
GIF
JPEG
HTML

compressed video formats
compressed video formats
compressed image formats
compressed image formats

16. Question

A user is having problems accessing the Internet. The command ping http://www.cisco.com fails. However, pinging the IP address of cisco.com with the command ping 198.133.219.25 is successful. What is the problem?

The web server is down.
The default gateway is incorrect.
There is a problem with DNS.
The address of the ARP cache is incorrect.

17. Question

Which option shows the proper notation for an IPv6 address?

2001,0db8,3c55,0015,abcd,ff13
2001-0db8-3c55-0015-abcd-ff13
2001.0db8.3c55.0015.abcd.ff13
2001:0db8:3c55:0015::abcd:ff13

18. Question

What is the purpose of the routing process?

to encapsulate data that is used to communicate across a network
to select the paths that are used to direct traffic to destination networks
to convert a URL name into an IP address
to provide secure Internet file transfer
to forward traffic on the basis of MAC addresses

19. Question

Which device should be used for enabling a host to communicate with another host on a different network?

switch
hub
router
host

20. Question

A home user is looking for an ISP connection that provides high speed digital transmission over regular phone lines. What ISP connection type should be used?

DSL
dial-up
satellite
cell modem
cable modem

21. Question

A company is expanding its business to other countries. All branch offices must remain connected to corporate headquarters at all times. Which network technology is required to support this requirement?

LAN
MAN
WAN
WLAN

22. Question

Why would a network administrator use the tracert utility?

to determine the active TCP connections on a PC
to check information about a DNS name in the DNS server
to identify where a packet was lost or delayed on a network
to display the IP address, default gateway, and DNS server address for a PC

23. Question

Refer to the exhibit. Consider the IP address configuration shown from PC1. What is a description of the default gateway address?

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It is the IP address of the Router1 interface that connects the company to the Internet.
It is the IP address of the Router1 interface that connects the PC1 LAN to Router1.
It is the IP address of Switch1 that connects PC1 to other devices on the same LAN.
It is the IP address of the ISP network device located in the cloud.

24. Question

Which subnet would include the address 192.168.1.96 as a usable host address?

192.168.1.64/26
192.168.1.32/27
192.168.1.32/28
192.168.1.64/29

25. Question

A technician uses the ping 127.0.0.1 command. What is the technician testing?

the TCP/IP stack on a network host
connectivity between two adjacent Cisco devices
connectivity between a PC and the default gateway
connectivity between two PCs on the same network
physical connectivity of a particular PC and the network

26. Question

What is the purpose of ICMP messages?

to inform routers about network topology changes
to ensure the delivery of an IP packet
to provide feedback of IP packet transmissions
to monitor the process of a domain name to IP address resolution

27. Question

What is the general term that is used to describe a piece of data at any layer of a networking model?

frame
packet
protocol data unit
segment

28. Question

How does a networked server manage requests from multiple clients for different services?

The server sends all requests through a default gateway.
Each request is assigned source and destination port numbers.
The server uses IP addresses to identify different services.
Each request is tracked through the physical address of the client.

29. Question

Which protocol translates a website name such as http://www.cisco.com into a network address?

HTTP
FTP
DHCP
DNS

30. Question

A network technician is attempting to configure an interface by entering the following command: SanJose(config)# ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0. The command is rejected by the device. What is the reason for this?

The command is being entered from the wrong mode of operation.
The command syntax is wrong.
The subnet mask information is incorrect.
The interface is shutdown and must be enabled before the switch will accept the IP address.

31. Question

What protocol is responsible for controlling the size of segments and the rate at which segments are exchanged between a web client and a web server?

TCP
IP
HTTP
Ethernet

32. Question

A network administrator is troubleshooting connectivity issues on a server. Using a tester, the administrator notices that the signals generated by the server NIC are distorted and not usable. In which layer of the OSI model is the error categorized?

presentation layer
network layer
physical layer
data link layer

33. Question

Which statement is true about variable-length subnet masking?

Each subnet is the same size.
The size of each subnet may be different, depending on requirements.
Subnets may only be subnetted one additional time.
Bits are returned, rather than borrowed, to create additional subnets.

34. Question

A wireless host needs to request an IP address. What protocol would be used to process the request?

FTP
HTTP
DHCP
ICMP
SNMP

35. Question

What will a host on an Ethernet network do if it receives a frame with a destination MAC address that does not match its own MAC address?

It will discard the frame.
It will forward the frame to the next host.
It will remove the frame from the media.
It will strip off the data-link frame to check the destination IP address.

36. Question

Which connection provides a secure CLI session with encryption to a Cisco switch?

a console connection
an AUX connection
a Telnet connection
an SSH connection

37. Question

What are the three ranges of IP addresses that are reserved for internal private use? (Choose three.)

10.0.0.0/8
64.100.0.0/14
127.16.0.0/12
172.16.0.0/12
192.31.7.0/24
192.168.0.0/16

38. Question

What statement describes the function of the Address Resolution Protocol?

ARP is used to discover the IP address of any host on a different network.
ARP is used to discover the IP address of any host on the local network.
ARP is used to discover the MAC address of any host on a different network.
ARP is used to discover the MAC address of any host on the local network.

39. Question

What is the purpose of having a converged network?

to provide high speed connectivity to all end devices
to make sure that all types of data packets will be treated equally
to achieve fault tolerance and high availability of data network infrastructure devices
to reduce the cost of deploying and maintaining the communication infrastructure

40. Question

Refer to the exhibit. Match the packets with their destination IP address to the exiting interfaces on the router. (Not all targets are used.)

CCNA1 v6.0 Pretest Exam 002

Sort elements

FastEthernet0/0
FastEthernet0/1
FastEthernet1/0
FastEthernet1/1
Serial0/0/0
The packet is dropped.

packets with destination of 172.17.6.15
packets with destination of 172.17.14.18
packets with destination of 172.17.12.10
packets with destination of 172.17.10.5
packets with destination of 172.17.8.20

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