A network admin is explaining to a junior technician how switches forward frames. The admin says that a switch learns MAC addresses by examining the source MAC address of incoming frames. What does the switch do with the source MAC address?

It adds the destination MAC address and the ingress port to the MAC address table.

It adds the source MAC address and the ingress port to the MAC address table.

It forwards the frame to the port associated with the source MAC address.

It drops the frame if the source MAC is unknown.

What is the purpose of a trunk link between two switches?

To isolate broadcast domains between switches

To connect a switch to a single end device

To carry traffic for multiple VLANs over a single physical link

To provide redundancy for a single VLAN

A network administrator is looking at a MAC address table on a switch and sees an entry for MAC address 00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E on port Gi0/5. What does this entry indicate?

The switch has blocked this MAC address on port Gi0/5.

The switch has learned that the device with this MAC address is reachable via port Gi0/5.

The switch has forwarded a frame to this MAC address on port Gi0/5.

The switch has assigned this MAC address to VLAN 5.

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1. Describe the Purpose and Usage of MAC Addresses and VLANs 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 8)

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A network admin is explaining to a junior technician how switches forward frames. The admin says that a switch learns MAC addresses by examining the source MAC address of incoming frames. What does the switch do with the source MAC address?
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A network administrator is looking at a MAC address table on a switch and sees an entry for MAC address 00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E on port Gi0/5. What does this entry indicate?
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1. Describe the Purpose and Usage of MAC Addresses and VLANs 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–38

A network admin is explaining to a junior technician how switches forward frames. The admin says that a switch learns MAC addresses by examining the source MAC address of incoming frames. What does the switch do with the source MAC address?

What is the purpose of a trunk link between two switches?

A network administrator is looking at a MAC address table on a switch and sees an entry for MAC address 00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E on port Gi0/5. What does this entry indicate?

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