GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst
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IP Headers GCIA Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Network Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~35% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~33–56 in this domain), expect 7–11 from this objective — we provide 42 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 11–15
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Which field is present in the IPv4 header but was removed in the IPv6 header?
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A network architect is designing a new network and must decide between IPv4 and IPv6. The architect is concerned about the overhead of header processing on routers. Which of the following is a key advantage of IPv6 over IPv4 in terms of header processing?
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What is the primary purpose of the Time-to-Live (TTL) field in an IPv4 header?
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What is the size of the fixed IPv6 header in bytes?
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A network engineer is configuring a firewall to filter IPv6 traffic. Which field in the IPv6 base header should be inspected to determine whether the packet carries TCP, UDP, or ICMPv6?
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