Chapter Review Questions

1:What is a MAC address?
2:What are the components of a MAC address?
3:How is a MAC address represented?
4:How does Ethernet operate?
5:What is a collision, and what happens when a collision occurs on an Ethernet network segment?
6:Describe a repeater and how it operates.
7:Describe a hub and how it operates.
8:Describe a bridge and how it operates.
9:Describe a switch and how it operates.
10:Describe a router and how it operates.
11:What is a backoff algorithm?
12:What Ethernet technologies operate in half-duplex mode? Full-duplex mode?
13:Given the MAC address 00-aa-00-62-c6-09, identify the OUI and vendor-assigned serial number.
14:How does a bridge determine whether a frame is forwarded or filtered?
15:What is the difference between ...

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