A home office user needs to connect a desktop PC, a printer, a VoIP phone, and a wireless laptop to the internet. The ISP provides a single Ethernet handoff. Which device should be placed at the edge of the SOHO network to provide routing, switching, and wireless access?

A wireless router with an integrated switch and access point

A small business with 10 employees operates from a single office. They need to share files and a printer, and all employees use laptops that connect wirelessly. The office has a cable modem from the ISP. Which topology and devices are most appropriate?

A hub-and-spoke WAN with a central router and remote sites

A three-tier campus network with core, distribution, and access switches

A spine-leaf data center topology

A SOHO network with a wireless router and a switch

A data center is expanding from 20 racks to 200 racks. The current three-tier network is becoming a bottleneck for server-to-server traffic. The architect wants a topology that provides predictable latency and scales horizontally by adding more switches. Which design should be chosen?

Two-tier with collapsed core and more access switches

Three-tier with more distribution switches

Hub-and-spoke with a central core switch

Spine-leaf with additional leaf switches as capacity grows

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1.2 Describe Characteristics of Network Topology Architectures 200-301 Practice Questions (Page 5)

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Questions 21–25

21application · medium
A remote worker needs to connect to the corporate network from home. The home network uses a wireless router. The worker's laptop connects via Wi-Fi. Which device in the home network is responsible for providing the IP address to the laptop?
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22application · easy
A home office user needs to connect a desktop PC, a printer, a VoIP phone, and a wireless laptop to the internet. The ISP provides a single Ethernet handoff. Which device should be placed at the edge of the SOHO network to provide routing, switching, and wireless access?
Select an answer first
23application · medium
A small business with 10 employees operates from a single office. They need to share files and a printer, and all employees use laptops that connect wirelessly. The office has a cable modem from the ISP. Which topology and devices are most appropriate?
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24application · medium
A data center is expanding from 20 racks to 200 racks. The current three-tier network is becoming a bottleneck for server-to-server traffic. The architect wants a topology that provides predictable latency and scales horizontally by adding more switches. Which design should be chosen?
Select an answer first
25application · medium
A data center is experiencing unpredictable east-west traffic patterns between servers. The network team needs to minimize latency and ensure that any server can reach any other server with a consistent number of hops. Which topology should be deployed?
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Questions 21–25

A remote worker needs to connect to the corporate network from home. The home network uses a wireless router. The worker's laptop connects via Wi-Fi. Which device in the home network is responsible for providing the IP address to the laptop?

A home office user needs to connect a desktop PC, a printer, a VoIP phone, and a wireless laptop to the internet. The ISP provides a single Ethernet handoff. Which device should be placed at the edge of the SOHO network to provide routing, switching, and wireless access?

A small business with 10 employees operates from a single office. They need to share files and a printer, and all employees use laptops that connect wirelessly. The office has a cable modem from the ISP. Which topology and devices are most appropriate?

A data center is expanding from 20 racks to 200 racks. The current three-tier network is becoming a bottleneck for server-to-server traffic. The architect wants a topology that provides predictable latency and scales horizontally by adding more switches. Which design should be chosen?

A data center is experiencing unpredictable east-west traffic patterns between servers. The network team needs to minimize latency and ensure that any server can reach any other server with a consistent number of hops. Which topology should be deployed?

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