IP Routing Questions and Answers

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Q21
Which protocol is used for routing within an autonomous system?
  • A HTTP
  • B FTP
  • C RIP
  • D SMTP
Answer: Option C
Explanation: RIP is a common interior gateway routing protocol.
Q22
What type of routing uses manually entered routes?
  • A Static routing
  • B Dynamic routing
  • C Flood routing
  • D Adaptive routing
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Static routes are added manually and do not change automatically.
Q23
Which metric does RIP use to choose the best route?
  • A Bandwidth
  • B Delay
  • C Hop count
  • D Link quality
Answer: Option C
Explanation: RIP selects routes based on minimum hop count.
Q24
The maximum hop count allowed in RIP is
  • A 5
  • B 10
  • C 15
  • D 20
Answer: Option C
Explanation: RIP allows a maximum of 15 hops; 16 means unreachable.
Q25
Dynamic routing protocols automatically
  • A Shut down unused routers
  • B Adjust routes as network changes
  • C Increase bandwidth
  • D Clean routing table
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Dynamic routing updates routes when topology changes.
Q26
The process of sending a packet to the closest matching network prefix is
  • A Flooding
  • B Multicasting
  • C Longest prefix match
  • D Encryption
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Routers use longest prefix match to pick the most specific route.
Q27
What does next hop in routing represent?
  • A Final destination
  • B Starting point
  • C Next router to forward packet
  • D Gateway of last resort
Answer: Option C
Explanation: The next-hop router is where packets go on their way to the destination.
Q28
Default route in a routing table is represented by
  • A 255.255.255.255
  • B 0.0.0.0/0
  • C 127.0.0.1
  • D 192.168.0.1
Answer: Option B
Explanation: 0.0.0.0/0 means any destination not explicitly listed.
Q29
Which routing protocol uses Dijkstras shortest path algorithm?
  • A RIP
  • B OSPF
  • C SMTP
  • D ARP
Answer: Option B
Explanation: OSPF uses link-state routing with Dijkstras algorithm.
Q30
Which of the following is a link-state routing protocol?
  • A RIP
  • B OSPF
  • C BGP
  • D ARP
Answer: Option B
Explanation: OSPF is a well-known link-state interior routing protocol.

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