A company has a campus network with multiple VLANs for different departments. They need to route traffic between these VLANs without purchasing a separate router. Which network component should be deployed to meet this requirement?

A Layer 2 switch with a single VLAN

A financial firm has a public-facing web application. They currently use a firewall that only filters by IP and port. They have experienced a series of application-layer attacks that the firewall did not block. They want to add a device that can inspect traffic in real-time and block malicious payloads, but they also need to ensure that legitimate traffic is not disrupted. Which device should they add?

Intrusion prevention system (IPS) deployed inline

Intrusion detection system (IDS) deployed passively

Which two pieces of information does a router primarily use to make packet forwarding decisions?

Destination port number and ACL

Source and destination MAC addresses

Destination IP address and routing table

Source IP address and ARP table

A company has a file server that is accessed by employees from multiple departments. The server is connected to a Layer 2 switch. Employees report that access to the server is slow. The network administrator suspects that the server is being overwhelmed by broadcast traffic. What is the most effective way to reduce broadcast traffic affecting the server?

Replace the Layer 2 switch with a hub.

Disable the server's network interface.

Connect the server directly to the router.

Segment the network into multiple VLANs to reduce the broadcast domain size.

What is the primary function of an access point (AP) in a wireless network?

To route packets between different networks

To filter traffic based on application

To provide power to devices over Ethernet

To connect wireless clients to a wired network

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A company has a campus network with multiple VLANs for different departments. They need to route traffic between these VLANs without purchasing a separate router. Which network component should be deployed to meet this requirement?
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A financial firm has a public-facing web application. They currently use a firewall that only filters by IP and port. They have experienced a series of application-layer attacks that the firewall did not block. They want to add a device that can inspect traffic in real-time and block malicious payloads, but they also need to ensure that legitimate traffic is not disrupted. Which device should they add?
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Which two pieces of information does a router primarily use to make packet forwarding decisions?
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A company has a file server that is accessed by employees from multiple departments. The server is connected to a Layer 2 switch. Employees report that access to the server is slow. The network administrator suspects that the server is being overwhelmed by broadcast traffic. What is the most effective way to reduce broadcast traffic affecting the server?
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What is the primary function of an access point (AP) in a wireless network?
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A company has a campus network with multiple VLANs for different departments. They need to route traffic between these VLANs without purchasing a separate router. Which network component should be deployed to meet this requirement?

Which two pieces of information does a router primarily use to make packet forwarding decisions?

What is the primary function of an access point (AP) in a wireless network?

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