Q&A
The questions and scenarios in this book are designed to be challenging and to make sure that you know the answer. Rather than allowing you to derive the answers from clues hidden inside the questions themselves, the questions challenge your understanding and recall of the subject.
You can find the answers to these questions in Appendix A. For more practice with exam-like question formats, use the exam engine on the CD-ROM.
| 1. | List the layers of the hierarchical network model and give a short description of each one. |
| 2. | Describe the enterprise campus component of the enterprise composite model. |
| 3. | How is the enterprise campus component of the enterprise composite model different from the hierarchical model? |
| 4. | How do WAN services fit into the enterprise composite model? |
| 5. | How many links does it take to make a full mesh of seven locations? |
| 6. | How many links are required to make a hub and spoke connection if there are seven locations including the hub? |
| 7. | In the hierarchical design model, where would network policy be implemented? |
| 8. | What are the differences between a server farm and a switch block? |
| 9. | From a design perspective, what is a "converged" network? |
| 10. | What is the difference between IIN, SONA, and AON? |
| 11. | Briefly describe the SONA framework in terms of layers and responsibilities. |
| 12. | List the routing protocols that converge quickly and are classless. |
| 13. | What is a classful routing protocol? |
| 14. | Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the routing protocols from the answer to question 12. |
