A company is designing a network for a building with multiple floors. They need to minimize the impact of a single device failure and reduce broadcast traffic. Which combination of devices and topology best meets these requirements?

Routers in a ring topology with no switches.

Switches in a hierarchical star topology with routers between floors.

Hubs in a bus topology with a single router.

Switches in a mesh topology without routers.

When a receiving host processes an incoming frame, what is the correct order of de-encapsulation as the data moves up the protocol stack?

Remove the Ethernet header, then the IP header, then the TCP header

Remove the IP header, then the Ethernet header, then the TCP header

Remove the IP header, then the TCP header, then the Ethernet header

Remove the TCP header, then the IP header, then the Ethernet header

During the encapsulation process, what is added to the data as it moves down the protocol stack from the transport layer to the network layer?

A network layer header containing source and destination IP addresses

A data link layer header containing source and destination MAC addresses

A transport layer header containing source and destination port numbers

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Foundations of Network Communication GISF Practice Questions (Page 6)

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Questions 26–30

26expert · hard
A company is designing a network for a building with multiple floors. They need to minimize the impact of a single device failure and reduce broadcast traffic. Which combination of devices and topology best meets these requirements?
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27foundation · easy
When a receiving host processes an incoming frame, what is the correct order of de-encapsulation as the data moves up the protocol stack?
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28foundation · easy
Which IPv4 address class is designated for multicast use and has a first octet range of 224 to 239?
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29expert · medium
A network engineer is designing a new subnet for 300 hosts. The available address block is 10.0.0.0/23. Which subnet mask should be used to accommodate exactly 300 hosts with the least waste?
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30foundation · easy
During the encapsulation process, what is added to the data as it moves down the protocol stack from the transport layer to the network layer?
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Foundations of Network Communication GISF Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

A company is designing a network for a building with multiple floors. They need to minimize the impact of a single device failure and reduce broadcast traffic. Which combination of devices and topology best meets these requirements?

When a receiving host processes an incoming frame, what is the correct order of de-encapsulation as the data moves up the protocol stack?

Which IPv4 address class is designated for multicast use and has a first octet range of 224 to 239?

A network engineer is designing a new subnet for 300 hosts. The available address block is 10.0.0.0/23. Which subnet mask should be used to accommodate exactly 300 hosts with the least waste?

During the encapsulation process, what is added to the data as it moves down the protocol stack from the transport layer to the network layer?

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