CCNA 200-301 exam questions/review Updated 2024/2025 Verified 100%

CCNA 200-301 exam questions/review
A frame enters a switch fails the Frame Check Sequence. Which two interface counters are incremented?
- Input erros

CRC



A router located between an OSPF routing domain and a non-OSPF routing network is called what? -
autonomous system boundary router (ASBR)



A__________ route is a route that matches all packets. Commonly called quad zero route, uses 0.0.0.0
0.0.0.0 - default



AD of directly connected routing - 0



AD of External EIGRP - 170



AD of internal EIGRP - 90



AD of IS-IS? - 115



AD of OSPF - 110



AD of RIP - 120



AD of static route - 1



All OSPF routers within the same OSPF area must be config with the same _____________ on all routers
- area ID

,An ACL list of commands are processed in order, from _____ to _____ - first state to last
statement.



An API provides data to an administrator from a centralized controller. What network management
technique is being used? - Network Automation

A user configured OSPF and advertised the Gigabit Ethernet interface in OSPF. By default, which type of
OSPF network does this interface belong to? - broadcast



An LACP channel group on SwitchA is configured to operate in active mode.

Which mode could you configure the corresponding channel group on SwitchB to create a valid
EtherChannel config? - ACTIVE/PASSIVE



applied to the WLAN for wireless client communication - dynamic interface



Are unicast link local IPv6 addreses routable? - NO.

Used for neighbor discovery



Best practice in 802.11 when expanding an existing 802.11 wireless network? - Config each AP
with the same SSID and a unique, non overlapping channel



By default the maximum time that a Cisco switch will retain LLDP info before discarding it when it is
enabled on an interface is ______ - 120 seconds



By default, a cisco switch will send LLDP advertisements every ____ seconds when LLDP is enabled on an
interface - 30



Characteristic of Ansible? - -Agentless

-Uses YAML

-Uses SSH/NETCONF for remote device communication

-Uses a push model

-Has a 'playbook'

,-Written in PYTHON



Characteristic of Chef? - -Agent based

-Written in RUBY

-Uses a Pull model

-Has a 'recipe' and 'Cookbook'

-Use HTTP (REST)

-Not supported by a lot of Cisco devices

-uses TCP 10002 config for push jobs



Characteristic of distance vector? - -sends entire routing table

-slow convergence

-doesn't know network topology

-simpler to configure

-examples: RIP, IGRP



Characteristic of NETCONF? - uses XML and RPCs to config the network devices



Characteristic of OnePK? - cisco proprietary API



Characteristic of OpenFlow? - uses an imperative SDN model

detailed instructions are sent to the SDN controller when a new policy is to be configured.



Characteristic of OpFlex? - uses a declarative SDN model

instructions that are sent to the controller are not so detailed.



Characteristic of Puppet? - -Agent based

-Written in RUBY

, -Uses a pull model

-Has a 'manifest'-where config elements are stored

-Uses HTTP (REST) to communicate

-uses TCP 8140



Characteristics of CDP? - -60 second update frequency

-180 second hold timer (the top end timer is 255)

-enabled by default

-L2 protocol

-Cisco proprietary

-Can convey VTP information



Characteristics of DHCP Server - -assigns a default gateway to a client

-holds the TCP/IP settings to be distributed to the clients

-assigns IP addresses to enabled clients



Characteristics of DNS Server - -resolves web URLs to IP addresses

-stores a list of IP addresses mapped to names



Characteristics of Link state? - -sends only link state information

-fast convergence

-less susceptible to routing loops

-always uses multicast for the routing updates

-knows the entire network topology

-can be harder to configure

-examples: OSPF, IS-IS



Characteristics of LLDP? - -30 second update frequency