Answers and Explanations

Objective 2.1

A1: Answer: A. 00-D0-59-09-07-51 is a valid MAC address. MAC addresses are represented in six parts, not five. 199.221.34.10 is an example of an IP address. MAC addresses are hexadecimal and can therefore only be comprised of the letters A through F and numbers.
A2: Answer: A. A six-byte MAC address is unique for each device on a network. MAC addresses are programmed into NIC cards in workstations, so that if the workstation is moved, the MAC addresses are moved with it.
A3: Answer: C. Ethernet addresses are commonly called “MAC addresses” or “physical addresses.” This is used to differentiate them from logical addresses assigned at the Network layer (in Network layer software). Because a MAC address is hard-wired ...

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