This set of Data communication and Networking Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Networking and Internetworking Devices – Distance Vector Routing ”.
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1. The size of an updating packet in distance vector routing is normally ___________ the size of an updating packet in a link state routing.
- smaller than
- larger than
- the same as
- none of the above
B. larger than
2. In distance vector routing, the updating packet conveys the knowledge of the router about ________________.
- the whole internetwork
- the neighborhood
- either a or b
- neither a nor b
A. the whole internetwork
3. In distance vector routing, a router sends its updating packet ______________.
- only to its neighbors
- to every other router in the internetwork (through flooding)
- either a or b
- neither a nor b
A. only to its neighbors
4. In distance vector routing, the updating packets are sent ________________.
- periodically
- when there is a change
- either a or b
- neither a nor b
A. periodically
5. In distance vector routing, if a router is connected to three networks, its original table contains _________ entries.
- no
- one
- three
- none of the above
C. three
6. In distance vector routing, a router has a route as Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B. It receives a packet from C with a route to N as Destination: N, Hop Count: 6. The new route to N should be _______________.
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: C
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 6, Next Hop: C
- none of the above
A. Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
7. In distance vector routing, a router has a route as Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B. It receives a packet from C with a route to N as Destination: N, Hop Count: 5. The new route to N should be _______________.
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 6, Next Hop: C
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 5, Next Hop: C
- none of the above
B. Destination: N, Hop Count: 6, Next Hop: C
8. In distance vector routing, a router has a route as Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B. It receives a packet from C with a route to N as Destination: N, Hop Count: 8. The new route to N should be _______________.
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 8, Next Hop: C
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 9, Next Hop: C
- none of the above
A. Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
9. In distance vector routing, a router has a route as Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B. It receives a packet from B with a route to N as Destination: N, Hop Count: 4. The new route to N should be _______________.
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 4, Next Hop: B
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 5, Next Hop: C
- none of the above
D. none of the above
10. In distance vector routing, a router has a route as Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B. It receives a packet from B with a route to N as Destination: N, Hop Count: 9. The new route to N should be _______________.
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 9, Next Hop: B
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 10, Next Hop: B
- none of the above
C. Destination: N, Hop Count: 10, Next Hop: B
11. In distance vector routing, a router has a route as Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B. It receives a packet from C with a route to N as Destination: N, Hop Count: 7. The new route to N should be _______________.
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: C
- Destination: N, Hop Count: 6, Next Hop: C
- none of the above
A. Destination: N, Hop Count: 7, Next Hop: B
12. In distance vector routing, the routing table for each router is ___________ other routers
- the same as
- different from
- either a or b
- neither a nor b
B. different from
