Cisco exams demand detailed knowledge of debugs, Security Device Manager, and multicasting – among many other topics! Test your knowledge of these vital exam topics with these practice exam questions – answers are at the end of the quiz.


CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:

What loop prevention service or protocol is in effect in the following command output? What command produced the output?


R3# ?
RIP: sending v2 update to 224.0.0.9 via Serial0 (172.12.123.3)
172.12.123.0/24 -> 0.0.0.0, metric 1, tag 0
1.1.1.1/32 -> 172.12.123.1, metric 2, tag 0
2.2.2.2/32 -> 172.12.123.2, metric 3, tag 0
3.3.3.3/32 -> 0.0.0.0, metric 16, tag 0



CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:

Which of the following are enabled in SDM's IPS wizard by default?


A. Enable Syslog Notification

B. Engine Fail Closed

C. Enable Deny Action On IPS Interface

D. Use Built-In Signature (As Backup)



CCNA Wireless:

Name the four WMM preset priority levels and the traffic type handled by each level.




CCNA Voice:




Of MGCP, SIP, and H.323, which are IETF standard signaling protocols?





CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:

What version of PIM can be described as a strict "flood-and-prune" operation?


A. Sparse

B. Flood

C. Dense

D. Sparse-Dense



CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:

The following commands are changing how many default values?

SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 hello 2
SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 forward-time 10
SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 max-age 15




CCNP / ONT Exam:


Which of the following can NBAR not analyze?



A. non-IP traffic

B. packet fragments

C. MPLS packets

D. packets created or destined for the local router


Here are the answers….

CCNA / CCENT Answer: The command is debug ip rip, and the last route shows route poisoning in effect.

CCNA Security / ISCW Exam Answers: A, C.

CCNA Wireless Answer:

Platinum (for voice)
Gold (for video)
Silver (for everything else - best-effort)
Bronze (background traffic)

CCNA Voice Answers: MGCP and SIP. H.323 is an ITU standard.

CCNP / BSCI Answer: C.

CCNP / BCMSN Answer: Two - the default forward-time is 15 seconds, and the default max-age value is 20 seconds. The Hello interval is two seconds by default.

CCNP / ONT Answer: A, B, C, D. All four of those are NBAR limitations.


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