CCNA 3 Chapter 5 Exam Answers

1. In which two ways is the information that is contained in BPDUs used by switches? (Choose two.)

to negotiate a trunk between switches

to set the duplex mode of a redundant link

to identify the shortest path to the root bridge

to prevent loops by sharing bridging tables between connected switches

to determine which ports will forward frames as part of the spanning tree

 

2. In which STP state does a port record MAC addresses but not forward user data?

blocking

learning

disabling

listening

forwarding

 

3. Refer to the exhibit. The spanning-tree port priority of each interface is at the default setting. The network administrator enters the spanning-tree vlan 1 root primary command on S4. What is the effect of the command?

Spanning tree blocks Gi0/1 on S3.

Gi0/2 on S3 transitions to a root port.

Port priority makes Gi0/2 on S1 a root port.

S4 is already the root bridge, so there are no port changes.

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