Cisco Trimester3 Vocabulary & Questions Chapter 3

Vocabulary

Access control list (ACL)

Broadcast

Broadcast domain

Broadcast storm

Collision domain

Dynamic VLAN

Firewall

Flat Network

Frame

Frame filtering

Frame tagging

Frame identification

Hub

MAC address

Microsegmentation

Multicast

Port

Port-centric VLAN

Static VLAN

VLAN

Questions

1. What network problems might be caused if many LAN users change their location within a building over the course of a year?

2. Describe the benefits of VLANs.

3. What is the effect of VLANs on LAN broadcasts?

4. What are the three main VLAN implementations?

5. What is the purpose of VLAN frame tagging?

6. VLAN technology is a cost-effective and efficient way of grouping network users into virtual workgroups, regardless of their physical location on the network. Explain why.

7. The problems associated with shared LANs and switches are causing traditional LAN configurations to be replaced with switched VLAN networking configurations. Why do VLAN configurations solve the shared LAN and switches problem?

8. How do VLANs reduce administration cost?

9. How do VLANs provide network security?

10. Why are VLANs less expensive?