2.7. Answers to Review Questions

  1. C. VLANs provide separate broadcast domains on switches by logically dividing the switch.

  2. B. Hosts are typically connected to access links.

  3. C. The IEEE standard for trunking is 802.1Q.

  4. A. The Cisco proprietary trunking protocol is ISL.

  5. C. ISL can only carry 1000 VLANs as compared to dot1q carrying 4095.

  6. B. Dynamic desirable is the default for Cisco switch ports.

  7. B. If both ends are set to auto, then no trunk will be formed because no DTP request packets are being sent.

  8. B. False. VLANs are recommended to be configured as local VLANs.

  9. A. VTP maintains the VLAN database across all of your switches.

  10. C. Router on a stick is the feature with this setup to provide inter-VLAN routing.

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