Chapter: Chapter Review Questions
| 1: | What is a MAC address? |
| 2: | What are the components of a MAC address? |
| 3: | How is a MAC address represented? |
| 4: | How does Ethernet operate? |
| 5: | What is a collision, and what happens when a collision occurs on an Ethernet network segment? |
| 6: | Describe a repeater and how it operates. |
| 7: | Describe a hub and how it operates. |
| 8: | Describe a bridge and how it operates. |
| 9: | Describe a switch and how it operates. |
| 10: | Describe a router and how it operates. |
| 11: | What is a backoff algorithm? |
| 12: | What Ethernet technologies operate in half-duplex mode? Full-duplex mode? |
| 13: | Given the MAC address 00-aa-00-62-c6-09, identify the OUI and vendor-assigned serial number. |
| 14: | How does a bridge determine whether a frame is forwarded or filtered? |
| 15: | What is the difference between cut-through and store-and-forward switching? |
| 16: | In what LAN environment are routers most commonly used? |
 | LAN switching first-step |
