A network has multiple VLANs for different departments. The administrator wants to route traffic between these VLANs without using a separate router. What is the most efficient solution?

Connect each VLAN to a separate port on a router.

Configure a trunk port on the switch and connect it to a router with a single interface.

Use a single VLAN and disable routing.

Configure a Layer 3 switch with SVIs (Switched Virtual Interfaces) for each VLAN.

What is the purpose of configuring a switch port as a trunk port?

To provide power to a connected device

To connect a single end device to the network

To carry traffic for multiple VLANs between switches

What is the primary purpose of assigning a switch port to a specific VLAN?

To enable Power over Ethernet on that port

To place the connected device into a specific broadcast domain

To allow the port to connect to the internet

To increase the switch's forwarding rate

What is the purpose of Power over Ethernet (PoE)?

To encrypt data transmitted over the network

To deliver electrical power over the same Ethernet cable used for data

To provide wireless connectivity to devices

To increase the speed of the Ethernet connection

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Switching Technologies N10-009 Practice Questions (Page 2)

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6application · medium
A network has multiple VLANs for different departments. The administrator wants to route traffic between these VLANs without using a separate router. What is the most efficient solution?
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Which IEEE standard defines the trunking protocol that adds a 4-byte tag to Ethernet frames to identify VLAN membership?
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What is the purpose of configuring a switch port as a trunk port?
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What is the primary purpose of assigning a switch port to a specific VLAN?
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What is the purpose of Power over Ethernet (PoE)?
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