CCNA CHEET SHEETS

1. What will happen to traffic flowing into E0, given the following standard access-list?
access-list 1 deny 1.1.1.1
access-list 1 deny 2.2.2.2
int e0
ip access-group 1 in
All IP packets will be stopped.

2. What command displays all SHOW parameters?

Show ?

3. What Cisco command line matches the Ethernet_II encapsulation method?

Arpa

4. What command will load the file ‘VERN’ from the Network File server at 1.2.3.4 during the next
boot?
boot system tftp VERN 1.2.3.4

5. What command displays IOS version?

show version

6. What command is used to set the Secret password?

enable secret [passwordname]

7. Within enable mode you type ‘R’ and hit enter. There are several commands beginning with ‘R.’
What message is returned?
“Ambiguous Command.”

8. What is provided by the User Datagram Protocol?

Connectionless datagram service.

9. What command views IPX RIP routing updates?

debug ipx routing activity

10. What ISDN term refers to a native ISDN modem?

TA.

11. What switching type reads only the address portion of frames before immediately forwarding them?
Cut-Through.

12. What command displays the IPX SAP table?

show ipx servers

13. What is the standard ISDN term for a native ISDN telephone?
TE1.

14. What command begins a User mode session?

Just press <ENTER>.

15. What user device connects to a DCE?

DTE.

16. What layer manages access to the Network layer?

Datalink - LLC Sublayer.
17. What command enables CHAP on a serial interface using PPP?
ppp authentication chap

18. How does a router contact a device when its IP address, but not its MAC address is known?
It uses ARP.

19. What command shows all Ethernet interfaces configured for IPX?
Show ipx interface.

20. What command will view the ARP cache?

show arp

21. What command allows you to see all access-lists on Serial1 for telnet?
show ip int s1

22. Which of the following are examples of the Session layer?

Netbios Names*
SQL*
NFS*
X-Windows*
TCP

23. Which of the following are examples of the Physical Layer?

FDDI*
Token Ring*
Ethernet*
ARP
LLC

24. Which of the following are classful routing protocols?

EIGRP
RIP*
OSPF
IP
TCP
IGRP*

25. What Channel is provided by ISDN and BRI?

2B + 1D Channel.

26. What are the five steps of data encapsulation?

a. User information is converted into data
b. Data is converted into segments
c. Segments are converted into datagrams and packets
d. Packets are put into logical frame
e. Frames are put into bits

27. Of the devices available to segment a network running SNA and NetBIOS, what should never be used?
A router.

28. What PPP feature binds multiple channels to form a single logical channel?
multi-link ppp.

29. What switching technology reduces the size of a broadcast domain?

VLAN.
30. What command within global configuration mode will change the console password?
enable password [password]

31. Which of the following operate within the Datalink Layer?

IPX
MAC*
LLC*
SQL
TCP

32. Which of the following operate within the Network Layer?

RARP*
DDP*
LLC
Token Ring
SPX

33. How many K are ISDN BRI D and B channels?

16K and 64K, respectively.

34. What command displays the IPX network and node address on Serial 2 interface?
show ipx int serial 2

35. What ranges are assigned to Class addresses A, B, and C?

Class A: 1-126
Class B: 128-191
Class C: 192-223

36. What command Displays RIP routing updates?

Debug IP Rip

37. You want to enable RIP on your router for interface E0. What command must be entered first?
router rip

38. What command determines the number of seconds a dialup connection will wait without traffic until
hanging up?
dialer idle-timeout

39. What OSI layer integrates logical addressing?

Network.

40. In what OSI layer do bridges operate?

Datalink.

41. What solutions are available for Distance-Vector routing problems?

a. Defining a Maximum
b. Triggered Updates
c. Split Horizon.

42. What command moves the cursor to the beginning of the line in CLI mode?
Ctrl-A.

43. What advantage is offered by LAN segmentation?

Decreased broadcasts.
44. What OSI layer supports optional reliability?
Transport.

45. You want the text, ‘You are connected’ to display when the command ‘show interface serial 0’ is
entered. What command will enable this?
description You are connected

46. Which command enables a display message when someone tries to log on to the router?
banner motd

47. What is the most effective solution to the distance-vector ‘count to infinity’ problem?
Defining a Maximum.

48. Image files like GIF, PICT, and JPEG are contained in what OSI layer?
Presentation.

49. What protocols are included in the OSI Network layer?

a. IP
b. IPX
c. AppleTalk
d. DECnet

50. What command displays the current time on a router?

show clock

51. What command enables NetWare frame type Ethernet_802.2?

sap

52. What command displays Cisco Discovery Protocol adjacencies?

show cdp neighbors

53. What TCP/IP address class is used for multicast?

D.

54. What command-line keywords are valid when choosing Frame-Relay LMI types?
a. q933a
b. cisco
c. ansi

55. What command encrypts the enable password with strong encryption?
enable secret [password]

56. What technologies prevent network loops in a switched environment?

Spanning Tree Protocol and IEEE 802.ld.

57. How does flow control work?

A station that is being overloaded with data tells the transmitting station to stop until its buffer is
clear.

58. At what point between the customer’s site and the phone carrier is responsibility transferred?
Demarc.

59. What command displays the encapsulation type of interface serial 0?

show interface s0

60. What OSI layer controls end-to-end communication?

Transport.

61. What are the five steps of data encapsulation?

a. User information is converted into data
b. The data is converted into segments
c. The segments are converted into datagrams and packets
d. The packers are put into logical frame
e. The frames are put into bits

62. What protocol is the address ‘2b.0012.0c83.3879’ originated from?

IPX.

63. What command would enable full duplex on the first port of the card in slot 3 on a Cisco Catalyst
5000?
set port duplex 3/1 full

64. What process uses LMI to resolve an IP address from a DLCI number?
Inverse ARP.

65. Which of the following WAN components are not owned by the customer?
LAN
CO*
T1 line*
DTE

66. What command will display Ethernet 0’s IP address?

show ip interface e0

67. Which of the following are contained in the OSI Application layer?
Internet Browser*
Video Game*
TCP
LLC

68. What methods provide login access to a router?

a. Aux
b. Console
c. Telnet
d. HTTP

69. Given the IPX address 4adecn3n.0000.9a33.2643, what is the network portion of the address?
4adecn3n.

70. What command will permit SMTP mail to only host 1.2.3.4?
access-list 102 permit tcp any host 1.2.3.4 eq smtp

71. Packets are a concept tied to which OSI layer?

Network.

72. What acronym is assigned to equipment located on the customer’s site?

CPE (Customer Premise Equipment).

73. What OSI layer allows Ethernet devices to identify one another at the Datalink layer?
Datalink - MAC Sublayer.

74. What command displays the IPX routing table?

show ipx route

75. What global configuration command grants access to a serial interface on a 7500?
int s 1/0/0

76. What features are common to ISDN BRI?

a. Multiprotocol support
b. SNMP MIB support
c. Call waiting
d. Compression

77. What Ethernet operation type allows only one device to transmit at a time?
Half-duplex.

78. What command line option determines what traffic is interesting enough for a dialup connection?
dialer-list

79. What global command loads an IOS file from FLASH memory on the next boot?
boot system flash [iosfilename]

80. What function is served by Autosense?

It allows the router to determine which LMI type a frame relay switch is using.

81. Which of the following operate in the OSI Physical layer?

FDDI*
Token Ring*
SQL
TCP
FDDI*

82. When entering a command longer than one line, what character is used for delimiting?
‘#’

83. What command assigns and enables IPX on an interface?

ipx network 4a

84. What command copies router configuration from NVRAM to a file server?
copy startup-config tftp

85. How does TCP provide flow control and error checking?
Acknowledgements and windowing.

86. Using Cisco IOS, what PPP data compression methods can be used?
Stacker and Predictor.

87. What command can verify Application layer connectivity?

Telnet.

88. What command switches from User to Privileged mode?

enable

89. What command will deny all telnet traffic from subnet 2.1.3.0?
deny all telnet traffic from 2.1.3.0

90. Which of the following exist at the Transport Layer?

LLC
IP
SQL
UDP*
ARP

91. What command line keyword matches Ethernet_SNAP?

snap

92. Among the five classes of TCP/IP addresses, how many are available to the public?
3.

93. After entering the command ‘router igrp 50,’ what command enables IGRP on the router for interace
E1, with an address of 155.88.3.5 and a mask of 255.255.255.0?
network 157.89.0.0

94. In what OSI layer do EBCDIC and ASCII exist?

Presentation.

95. What command sets the clock rate to 64K on interface serial 2 while in interface configuration mode?
clock rate 64000

96. Describe the concept of Split Horizon.

It is never useful to send the same routing update packet back out the same interface that it was
learned.

97. Given the command ‘ip route 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255.0 1.2.1.2 12,’ what number accounts for the
administrative distance?
12.

98. Which of the following are complications of Distance-Vector routing?

Routing loops*
Complexity of configuration
Counting to infinity*
Slow convergence*
Periodic updates slow convergence*

99. For less CPU strain, how should Cisco routers be configured for logging?
Syslog server routing.

100. What protocol uses connection-oriented updates?

BGP uses TCP for reliable delivery.

101. Which of the following are Transport layer protocols?

NBP*
IP
TCP*
UDP*
SPX*

102. When would the following day banner be displayed?

‘banner motd #’
‘Howdy #’
Before login.

103. What command views router CPU utilization?

show processes cpu
104. From a Windows 95 computer, what command will backup the IOS to the local drive using tftp
(provided you have a connection between the router and tftp-server)?
copy flash tftp

105. What command format is used for configuring a port on a 7xxx Cisco router with a VIP card?
slot/port-adapter/port.

106. What command enables debugging of IPX RIP updates?

debug ipx routing activity

107. What command enables frame relay on a router’s interface?

encapsulation frame-relay

108. What range of IP numbers are available for extended TCP/IP access-lists?
100-199.

109. What command verifies Network layer connectivity between two hosts?
Ping

110. What does the parameter ‘log’ do on IPX access lists?

It logs IPX access violations when packets match particular access list entries.

111. What OSI layer controls conversation between applications?

Session.

112. What function is served by the Datalink-LLC layer?

It establishes media independence, provides SAP’s, and provides flow control.

113. Bits are a concept essential to which OSI layer?

Physical.

114. In what OSI layer does IP operate?

Network.

115. Which TCP/IP class allows for the fewest valid Internet hosts?
Class C.

116. What command sets encapsulation type to PPP?

encapsulation ppp

117. What command starts a Cisco IOS file image upgrade?

copy tftp flash

118. What command changes the CDP default interval?

cdp timer 111

119. Which of the following are displayed by the command ‘show cdp neighbor detail’?
Hostname*
Hardware type*
Subnet mask
Flash memory available
Incoming/outgoing port*

120. What OSI model provides services to the Application layer via a Session layer connection?
Presentation.
121. What command loads the IOS from Read Only memory?
boot system rom

122. How does Poison Reverse alert the network of an unavailable connected network?
It sends a special routing update packet which informs all connected routers that the distance to the
dead network is infinity.

123. Given the AppleTalk address ‘202.95’ what part it the node portion of the address?
95.

124. What PPP authentication types are supported by the Cisco IOS?
PAP and CHAP.

125. What switching type varies latency through a switch?

Store and Forward.

126. What ISDN specification implements Setup and Teardown?

Q-Series.

127. What command will deny the source address 1.2.1.2?

access list 9 deny 1.2.1.2 0.0.0.0

128. What LAN segmentation rule is specified by Cisco?

70% local, 30% over the router.

129. Which of the following operate in the OSI Session layer?

Netbios*
SQL*
NFS*
X Windows*
RPC*
TCP

130. What command restarts a router?

Reload

131. Which of the following are valid Cisco commands?

down
restart
system exit
shutdown system
snap*

132. What command displays Data Link Connection Identifiers?

show frame-relay pvc

133. What command enables round-robin style load balancing?

IPX Maximum-paths

134. What affect do Store and Forward switches have on latency?

They increase latency.

135. What encapsulation type should be used when configuring a frame-relay network between a Cisco
router and a non-Cisco router?
IETF.
136. What is the default Cisco Encapsulation on an Ethernet interface for IPX?
novell-ether

137. Which of the following are true of SMTP?

It sends email*
It uses TCP*
It uses port 25*
It manages IP devices
It receives mail

138. What commands display previous commands?

a. Up arrow
b. show history
c. CTRL-P.

139. What device provides line clocking?

DCE.

140. What OSI layer is FRAME-RELAY mapped to?

Datalink.

141. What command should be used for turning off enhanced editing?
terminal no editing

142. In what portion of an IP address is the network portion represented?

Segment.

143. What command will configure Interface E0 with an IP address of 12.23.7.6 using a Subnet mask of
255.255.255.0?
ip address 12.23.7.6 255.255.255.0

144. What command is used to set a router’s network name?

hostname [router_name]

145. Which of the following operate at the OSI Network layer?

SPX
LLC
Token Ring
SQL
IPX*

146. What command enables load balancing over multiples paths on IPX?
ipx maximum-paths 2

147. What command changes to global configuration mode from within interface configuration mode?
Exit

148. At what telco office do customers’ local loops terminate?

CO (Central Office).

149. At what OSI layer do MIDI and MPEG operate?

Presentation.

150. Before changing your Telnet password, what command must first be executed from global
configuration mode?
line vty 0 4

151. What command will save a configuration stored in RAM to NVRAM?

copy running-config startup-config

152. What term is given to the division of responsibility where the CPE ends and the local loop begins?
Demarcation.

153. Which of the following are true of HDLC?

Supports Stacker compression
Supports point-to-point and multipoint*
Default serial encapsulation*
Open standard

154. What is the default bandwidth of a serial connection?

1.544 Mbps (T1).

155. Which of the following are IP applications?

SMTP*
ARP
AURP
Telnet*
DNS*

156. What is the length of an IPX address?

80 bits: 32 bit network, 48 bit node.

157. Which of the following are IPX access-list functions?

Block IPX traffic*
Limit the number of Novell servers on a network
Limit the number of workstations on a network
Control SAP traffic*

158. What command will configure IP address 10.120.15.1 255.255.255.0?

Router(config-if)# ip address 10.120.15.1 255.255.255.0

159. Which OSI layer performs end to end communication, segmentation, and re-assembly?
Transport.

160. What command will connect access-list 101 inbound to interface e0?
Router(config-if)# ip access-group 101 in

161. Where is the backup configuration file stored?

In NVRAM.

162. Which of the following is performed by ICMP?

Transporting routing updates
Sending error and control messages*
Avoiding routing loops
Collision detection

163. What command will display all configured IP routing protocols?

show ip protocols

164. Which of the following are required for two routers using IGRP to communicate their routes?
Ethernet connection
Configured for PPP
Identical autonomous system number*
Composite metric

165. What encapsulation type should be selected when configuring a Cisco router to connect to a non-Cisco
router across a Frame Relay network?
IETF.

166. What is the default IPX Ethernet encapsulation?

Novell-Ether.

167. What command will display the SAP table?

show ipx servers

168. What command displays all valid commands in the present mode?
?

169. Which of the following two items do TCP and UDP share in common?
They operate at the Network layer
They both use port numbers to identify upper level*
Both are reliable
Both are Transport protocols*

170. What is the maximum legal number of bits that can be borrowed from a Class C network?
6.

171. What command reloads a router?

Router# reload

172. Which of the following are not LAN technologies?

802.5
HDLC*
SDLC*
FDDI
HSSI*
Frame Relay*

173. Which of the following is true of full duplex?

It allows for transmission and reception of data simultaneously*
It only works in a multipoint configuration
It allows for transmission and reception of data but not simultaneously
It does not affect bandwidth

174. Which of the following are key features of the Cisco Discovery Protocol?
Verify connectivity*
Does not require any layer 3 protocols to be configured*
Open standard
Disabled by default
Will allow for the discovery of layer 3 addresses on neighbor routers*

175. What command will configure all default VTY ports?

Router(config)# line vty 0 4

176. What command displays the IP routing table?

show ip route
177. What is the access-list range for an extended IP access-list?
100-199.

178. What OSI layer supports the communication component of applications?

Application.

179. Which OSI layer incorporates the MAC address and the LLC?
Data Link.

180. What command shows ethernet0/1 interface status?

show interface ethernet0/1

181. Which of the following are characteristics of IPX RIP?

Distance vector*
Does not support multiple paths
Default encapsulation is SAP
Uses ticks and hop count as a metric*
60 second updates*

182. Which of the following methods will prevent routing loops?

Split horizon*
Holddown timers*
Poison reverse*
SPF algorithm
LSPs

183. What is the X.25 addressing standard?

X.121.

184. What command will configure a router to boot from an IOS located on a TFTP server?
boot system tftp IOS.exe 172.16.5.1

185. Which of the following is a layer 2 device?

Hub
Repeater
Switch*
Router

186. Which of the following are characteristics of IP RIP?

Distance vector*
60 second updates
Administrative distance of 120*
Load balancing*
Uses composite metric

187. What IP command tests the entire IP stack?

Telnet.

188. Which of the following is true regarding the user exec and privileged exec mode?
They are identical
They both require the enable password
The ‘?’ only works in priveleged exec mode
User exec is a subset of priveleged exec mode*
189. What 2 hardware components are used to manage and/or configure a router?
Console port and auxiliary port.
190. What command will display the IP host table?
show hosts

191. In a wildcard mask consisting of 0’s and 1’s, what is indicated by the 0 and 1 setting?
1 = no match, 0 = match.

192. What keystroke terminates setup mode?

Ctrl-C.

193. Which of the following are key features of IGRP?

Flash updates*
60 periodic updates
Poison reverse*
New horizon
Composite metric*

194. What switching method receives an entire frame before dispatching it?
Store and forward.

195. What purpose is served by DLCI?

It identifies the PVC in a Frame Relay network.

196. What is the default serial encapsulation?

HDLC.

197. Which of the following are enabled by default in IGRP’s composite metric?
Bandwidth*
Load
Delay*
MTU
Reliability

198. What command configures the configuration-register?

Router(config)# config-register 0x2102

199. What command will configure the clock rate for 56000 on a serial 0 interface?
Router(config-if)#clock rate 56000

200. What switching method examines the destination MAC address as the frame is being received and then
begins forwarding the frame prior to receiving the entire frame?
Cut-through.