Question: How does a switch “learn” MAC addresses?

Answer: It reads the source address and keeps a record of which port the sending computer is on.

Question: What component of the computer contains a MAC address?

Answer: NIC

Question: When a NIC is in promiscuous mode, it will process only the frames in which the destination MAC address matches its own MAC address. (T/F)

Answer: False

Question: A wireless access point is most like which other network device, in that all computers send signals through it to communicate with other computers?

Answer: hub

Question: Which of the following are examples of output devices? (Choose all that apply.)

Answer: monitor, printer, and speakers

Question: What is one of the disadvantages of a peer-to-peer network compared to a server-based network?

Answer: limited security

Question: What does a switch store in its switching table?

Answer: The frame’s source MAC address and the port it was received on.

Question: What does a switch do if it doesn’t find the destination MAC address in its switching table?

Answer: forwards the frame out all ports

Question: What is one of the disadvantages of a server-based network compared to a peer-to-peer network?

Answer: additional costs

Question: Using the physical mail analogy, what part of an address on an envelope is most like the IP address?

Answer: zip code