CCIE R/S Lab Sample Open-Ended Exam Questions

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Here are some facts regarding this portion of the exam:

• You must complete this portion of the exam before you start the traditional configuration portion.
• You have a total of 30 minutes to complete this section, you may finish early if you like.
• You will receive 4 to 5 questions via the computer and you must provide short answers using the computer interface. The questions are not oral in nature.
• You will not receive a score when you complete this section, but you must pass this portion to pass the CCIE. You will receive your score in the open-ended section if you fail the exam.
• Most students finish the 4 to 5 questions in approximately 12 minutes.
• The configuration portion of the exam has been reduced to accommodate this initial 30 minutes.
• You still have a total of 8 hours that makeup the open-ended questions and the configuration portion.
• You may not access the DOC-CD to answer these questions.

Here are some samples for the many, many different open-ended questions Cisco could ask for the R/S track. Please notice there is no need for panic if you are using one of our recommended study approaches.
Bridging and Switching

• What is the size of the 802.1Q tag?
• Examine the diagram shown, describe the flow of traffic in VLAN 12 from Switch A to Switch D.

IP IGP Routing

• What are the five possible metric components for EIGRP and which two are used by default?
• Given the network diagram shown, what is the path traffic will take from Router A to Router B?

BGP

• What issues can the use of a peer group solve in BGP?
• What are the default administrative distances for BGP?

IP and IOS Features

• How can a Cisco router assist a client PC to obtain a DHCP address from a DHCP server located on a remote subnet?

IP Multicast

• Which multicast PIM method uses a push and pull approach?
• Which option for RP assignment is an open standard?

QoS

• What happens to traffic in the priority queue of the LLQ method that exceeds the specified rate?
• Which bits of the ToS byte are used for DSCP markings?
• Between AF21 and AF31, which has the higher drop probability?

Security

• Given the access list and assignment shown in the diagram, what happens to Telnet traffic?

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