TDC 363 901 Spring 2008                 Student Name:
Instructor: John Kristoff
April 17, 2008 Quiz #2

Instructions: Circle the best answer.  Don't forget your name.


1.  What are the two primary tasks of an Ethernet transparent bridge?

    A. Source address learning and destination address learning

    B. Source address learning and making a forwarding decision

    C. Making a forwarding decision and filtering malicious frames

    D. Making a forwarding decision and LAN switching



2.  Which one of the following is NOT a common physical or logical
    topology scheme used in LANs?

    A. Star

    B. Bus

    C. Ring

    D. Helix



3.  The spanning tree algorithm

    A. Prevents loops

    B. Creates an optimal path between every end station

    C. Is only used in Token Ring LAN networks

    D. Ensures all LAN segments use the same maximum size frame