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9. MAC addresses are bits in length

A. 12 B. 24 C. 48 D. 64
10. What is the name of the access method used in Ethernet that explains how Ethernet
works?

A. TCP/IP. B. CSMA/CD. C. CMDA/CS. D. CSMA/CA.

11. Where does the MAC address reside?

A. Transceiver. B. Computer BIOS. C. NIC. D. CMOS.

12. Media Access Control refers to what?

A. The state in which a NIC has captured the networking medium and is ready to
transmit.
B. Rules that govern media capture and release.

C. Protocols that determine which computer on a shared-medium environment is
allowed to transmit the data.

D. A formal byte sequence has been transmitted.

13. Which best describes a CSMA/CD network?

A. One node’s transmission traverses the entire network and is received and
examined by every node.
B. Signals are sent directly to the destination if the source knows both the MAC and
IP addresses.

C. One node’s transmission goes to the nearest router, which sends it directly to the
destination.
D. Signals always are sent in broadcast mode.

14. The Spanning-Tree Protocol allows which of the following? A. Bridges to communicate
Layer 3 information.
B. A redundant network path without suffering the effects of loops in the network.

C. Static network paths for loop prevention.

D. None of the above.
15. Which of the following is not one of the STP port states?

A. Blocking. B. Learning. C. Listening. D. Transmitting.