Ciena CE-A Certification Test

  1. Which Open System Interconnection (OSI) layer is responsible for data trnaslation, compression and encryption?




    D) Presentation layer

    Page 17
  2. True or False. Each layer of the OSI add its overhead information to the data from the layer above, a process known as encapsulation?
    True

    pg 17:
  3. Which OSI layer has been subdivided into two sublayers: Logical Link Contros (LLC) and Media Access Control (MAC)?




    B) Data Link Layer

    pg 18
  4. Which one of the following is the correct size of the Media Access Control (MAC) address?




    C) 6 bytes

    pg 20
  5. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic elements of the IEEE 802.3 standard?




    A) Ethernet architecture, internetworking, and management

    IEEE 802.3 - defines 1: physical media (fiber or copper) used to transport Ethernet signals over a network 2: MAC learning and forwarding rules 3: format of the Ethernet frame
  6. True or False: For an Ethernet frame, when the I/G (Individual/Group) bit is set to a zero (0) the frame is to be sent to a group of NE's.
    True

    pg 29 - Multi cast frames I/G is set to 1 then sent to group
  7. What are the Communication Modes (CM) that operate on a Ethernet Netowk



    C) All of the above

    pg 25
  8. What was the first commercially successful version of Ethernet 10BASE-T supported by?




    C) Half-Duplex Mode

    PG 26
  9. Select which action, or actions, would be performed by a Switch when it receives and inspects a unicast destination MAC address for an Ethernet frame.




    D) Look for the address in the MAC addresstable. if found, forward the frame on the egress port where the device can be reached.

    pg 31
  10. True or False: Ethernet Switch can only forward traffic if knows where the MAC address exists in relation to its physical ports. This called a MAC Learning Table.
    True

    pg 30. MAC Learning and Frame Forwarding
  11. Broadcast frame is a special type of multicast frame that is intended to be delivered to all devices in L2 broadcast domain. What Hexadecimal character indicates it?




    A) FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

    pg 29
  12. True or False:
    Multicast frames provide a switch the ability to efficiently handle what types of traffic?
    True

    Real-time video channels, Video conferencing,
  13. Using Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) offers many benefits in a network. Select which of the following is NOT a benefit of using VLANs.




    A) Reduction in provisioning requirements

    pg 32
  14. IEEE Standard 802.1Q -
    Standard specifies how the MAC service is supported by Bridged Networks, the principles of operation of those networks, and the operation of MAC Bridges and VLAN Bridges, including management, protocols, and algorithms.
  15. Select which IEEE standard defines how a single tagged Ethernet frame is formatted.




    D) 802.1Q

    pg 33
  16. True or False: The minimum frame size of an Ethernet frame is 46 bytes.
    False

    the minimum is 64 bytes
  17. Which of the following is a Network Element (NE) in a Carrier Ethernet (CE) network?




    D) Switch
  18. What is the purpose of an age timer?
    Address information is stored in a MAC learning table is not retained indefinitely. If no activity is detected for a period of time, and the age timer expires, the entry is considered inactive and is removed. Age timer is typically five minutes or 300 seconds.  page 30
  19. what are the common physical media types in use for data transmission.
    Copper, Fiber, and Wireless
  20. Explain the difference between half-duplex and full-duplex communication modes.
    • one way - Half duplex
    • Two way - full duplex
  21. Which of the following frame types is used to replicate a frame and send it out all ports except the  port it was received on?
    Unicast
    Multicast
    Broadcast
    Broadcast frame
  22. How is traffic segmented in a VLAN?
    Reduces the number of Broadcast domains. If not apart of VLAN its dropped.
  23. List the benefits of VLAN's
    Service Deliverability, Security, Broadcast, hardware
  24. List the benefits of Ethernet over other layer 2 technologies.
    Cost effective, common, standardized, supports higher speeds, easier to deploy
  25. Choose three characteristics that are requirements for a Network Element (NE) to function in the network core.
    a: High-speed ports
    b: Scalability
    c: SLA support
    d: CoS support
    e: QoS support
    f: Auto-provisioning
    • a: High-speed ports
    • b: Scalability
    • d: CoS support
  26. Choose Two characteristics that were discussed as applicable at the metro edge in a Carrier Ethernet (CE) network.
    a: Scalability 
    b: Video on demand
    c: x25 connection
    d: Resiliency
    e: Virus protection
    • a: Scalability 
    • d:Resiliency
  27. Select which of the following is NOT a requirement for customer edge Network Elements (NEs)




    C) Scalability

    pg 54
  28. What is the Metro Ethernet Forum?
    The MEF is a global industry alliance, comprised of more than 200 organizations from different technological backgrounds.
  29. Choose THREE serrvice topologies that are used as the basis of standardized services.





    • D. Point-to-Point
    • c. Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP)
    • e. Multipoint-to-Multipoint (MP2MP)

    p87
  30. Name the Five MEF attributes.
    • Standardized services
    • Scalability
    • Reliability
    • Service Management
    • Quality of Service
  31. Name three business CE applications.
    • Private line service
    • VPN
    • VoIP
  32. Name three residential CE applications.
    • Video
    • voice
    • data
  33. Give an example of how a private line service would be used.
    Internal customer to customer service
  34. What trend in wireless technology has created a high demand for CE service delivery in wireless backhaul?
    5G service
  35. What are the three major divisions in the CE network topology?
    • Core
    • Metro edge
    • Customer edge
  36. IEEE standard 802.1Q is?
    VLAN
  37. IEEE 802.1D?
    MAC Bridges
  38. IEEE 802.1ad?
    Provider Bridges
  39. IEEE 802.1ag?
    Connectivity Fault Management
  40. IEEE 802.1AS ?
    Timing and Synchronization
  41. IEEE 802.1Qay?
    Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering
  42. IEEE 802.1Qat?
    Stream Reservation Protocol
  43. IEEE 802.3ba?
    40G and 100G Ethernet
  44. IEEE 802.3av?
    10G EPON
  45. IEEE 802.3?
    Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
  46. ITU-T SG13 Y.1730 ?
    Requirements for OAM functions in Ethernet-based Networks and Ethernet Services.
  47. +ITU-T SG13 Y.1731?
    OAM Functions and Mechanisms for Ethernet-based Networks
  48. Select which Carrier Ethernet (CE) attribute is considered by the MEF to be a key difference between a Local Area Network (LAN) and a service provider network?




    D) Scalability
  49. Select which of the following is NOT a requirement for equipment to be considered as Carrier Ethernet (CE) reliable.




    C) The equipment must support legacy fibre optic transmission systems
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