CCIE Qualification Test

Sample Questions
The samples herein are intended to reflect the type of
questions presented on the CCIE Qualification Test. In no
way does this sample test reflect the diversity of the true test
and Cisco assumes no responsibility for the performance of
any person taking the CCIE Qualification Test subsequent to
passing this sample.

Network Fundamentals:

1. Which layer<s> of the OSI Reference Model provide<s>

for internetwork connectivity?

a. Data Link
b. Physical
c. Session
d. Network
e. Presentation

2. The DSAP and SSAP of an IEEE 802.2 header both are

set to 'AA' hex to indicate:

a. There is routing information included in the packet.

b. There is a SNAP header to follow.
c. The packet suffered a collision.
e . The Ethertype is Localtalk.
e. The address was recognized and the frame accepted.

Bridge/Router Technology:

3. In a bridged, IEEE 802.5/Token Ring environment,

which combination of bits indicate to the source that a
packet has been forwarded across a bridging device?
a. A is 0, C is 0 and there is a RIF.
b. A is 1, C is 0 and RII is 0.
c. A is 0, C is 1 and there is no RIF.
d. A is 1, C is 1 and RII is 1.
e. The question is not applicable in a Token Ring
environment.

4. Certain protocols such as SNA, Netbios and LAT are

not routable and therefore must be bridged or
encapsulated because:

a. Native IBM protocols do not conform to the OSI RM stack.

b. SNA and Netbios cannot be routed but LAT can.
c. They would be too CPU intensive.
d. They only run in "batch mode" processes where routing is
not an issue.
e. These protocols have no explicit network address.

5. What is <are> the purpose<s> of the Spanning Tree

Algorithm?

a. To keep routing updates from being transmitted onto the

same port on which they were received.
b. To prevent a "loop free" logical tree topology.
c. To discover a "loop free" topology and provide, as possible,
a path between every pair of LAN's.
d. To provide a path between every LAN segment.
e. To help ensure that messages will arrive over all possible
paths.

6. Some disadvantages of bridging versus routing are:

(more than one answer)

a. Bridges cannot provide any form of flow control.

b. Bridges cannot provide congestive feedback information to
end nodes.
c. Bridges offer no form of filtering.
d. Bridges are more difficult to administer/maintain than
routers.
e. Bridges create more overhead traffic than routers.

7. Split Horizon is primarily designed to: (more than one

answer)

a. Prevent routing loops between adjacent routers.

b. Ensure that information about a route is always sent back
over the path on which it arrived.
c. Functions to provide extra algorithm stability to "Hold
Downs".
d. Replace the "Poison Reverse Updates" algorithm.
e. Ensure that hop counts are not exceeded.

Internet Protocols:

8. What is the maximum number of hosts that can be

assigned to a class "C", non-subnetted network?

a. 1024
b. 65025
c. 254
d. 16
e. 48

9. The main difference between OSPF and RIP are:

a. Both are IGP's, but the RIP convergence time is much

shorter than that of OSPF.
b. RIP is a distance vector protocol whereas OSPF is a link
state protocol.
c. There is no difference between the two, other than RIP is
used for IP and OSPF is used for OSI.
d. OSPF allows for a lower hop count than RIP.
e. RIP works better in large internetworks than OSPF.

10. Given the IP address of 193.243.12.43 and a subnet

mask of 255.255.255.128, what is the subnet address?

a. 194.243.12.32
b. 193.243.0.0
c. 194.243.12.43
d. 193.243.12.128
e. None of the above.

11. Which of the following is a function of ICMP: (more

than one answer)

a. Report TCP, time to exist exceeded..

b. Redirect UDP messages.
c. Transport SNMP Gets
d. Discover subnet masks.
e. Report routing failures.

Cisco-Specific Technology:

12. What EXEC command would display the hardware

configuration of a Cisco router: (more than one answer)

a. list ports
b. sh ha
c. disp hard
d. sh all
e. sh ver

13. What EXEC command will copy the current

configuration information to nonvolatile memory?

a. write memory
b. write erase
c. write term
d. write ram
e. write nvm

Network Scenarios

14. Refer to Exhibit A below. Router R1 and R2, T0 and

T1 ports are configured, functionally, the same. The
primary path between these router nodes will be:

a. If OSPF routing, the primary path is T0.

b. If RIP routing, the primary path is T0.
c. If IGRP routing, the primary path is T1.
d. This is a misconfiguration and would cause beaconing on
T0, therefore T1 is the primary.
e. These rings would always be handled equally.

Exhibit A

Router R1#show interface tokenring 0

1.) TokenRing 0 is up, line protocol is up
2.) Hardware is Dual Token Ring, address is 0000.3080.5fca
(bia 0000.3080.5fca)
3.) Internet address is 1.1.0.7, subnet mask is 255.255.0.0
4.) MTU 8136 bytes, BW 4000 Kbit, DLY 630 usec, rely
255/255, load 1/255
5.) Encapsulation SNAP, loopback not set, keepalive set (10
sec)
6.) ARP type: SNAP, ARP Timeout 4:00:00
7.) Ring speed: 16 Mbps
8.) Single ring node, Source Route Transparent Bridge
capable
9.) Source bridging enabled, srn 300 bn 2 trn 1000 (ring
group)
10.) proxy explorers disabled, spanning explorer enabled,
NetBIOS cache disabled
11.) Group Address: 0x00000000, Functional Address:
0x0000011A
12.) Ethernet Transit OUI: 0x0000F8
13.) Last input 0:00:00, output 0:00:00, output hang never
14.) Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
15.) Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 1/75, 0 drops
16.) Five minute input rate 19000 bits/sec, 32 packets/sec
17.) Five minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
18.) 4282800 packets input, 267762944 bytes, 0 no buffer
19.) Received 75020 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants
20.) 0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0
abort
21.) 2710102 packets output, 178779701 bytes, 0 underruns
22.) 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets, 0 restarts
23.) 4 transitions

Router R1#show interface tokenring 1

1.) TokenRing 1 is up, line protocol is up
2.) Hardware is Dual Token Ring, address is 0000.3080.5fba
(bia 0000.3080.5fba)
3.) Internet address is 1.3.0.8, subnet mask is 255.255.0.0
4.) MTU 8136 bytes, BW 16000 Kbit, DLY 630 usec, rely
255/255, load 1/255
5.) Encapsulation SNAP, loopback not set, keepalive set (10
sec)
6.) ARP type: SNAP, ARP Timeout 4:00:00
7.) Ring speed: 16 Mbps
8.) Single ring node, Source Route Transparent Bridge
capable
9.) Source bridging enabled, srn 561 bn 2 trn 1000 (ring
group)
10.) proxy explorers disabled, spanning explorer enabled,
NetBIOS cache disabled
11.) Group Address: 0x00000000, Functional Address:
0x0000011A
12.) Ethernet Transit OUI: 0x0000F8
13.) Last input 0:00:00, output 0:00:00, output hang never
14.) Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
15.) Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 1/75, 0 drops
16.) Five minute input rate 19000 bits/sec, 32 packets/sec
17.) Five minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
18.) 4365800 packets input, 297762942 bytes, 0 no buffer
19.) Received 6020 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giant
20.) 0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0
abort
21.) 3610303 packets output, 1264779801 bytes, 0 underruns
22.) 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets, 0 restarts
23.) 2 transitions

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