CCNA Exercise Lab 3
Write the subnet, broadcast address, and valid host range for the following:
1. 172.16.10.5 255.255.255.128
Subnet – 255.255.255.128/25
Broadcast – 172.16.10.127
Valid host - 172.16.10.1 to 172.16.10.126
2. 172.16.10.33 255.255.255.224
Subnet – 255.255.255.224/27
Broadcast –172.16.10.64
Valid host - 172.16.10.33 to 172.16.10.63
3. 172.16.10.65 255.255.255.192
Subnet - 255.255.255.192/26
Broadcast –172.16.10.127
Valid host - 172.16.10.65 to 172.16.10.126
4. 172.16.10.17 255.255.255.252
Subnet – 255.255.255.252/30
Broadcast –172.16.10.18
Valid host - 172.16.10.17
5. 172.16.10.33 255.255.255.240
Subnet – 255.255.255.240/28
Broadcast –172.16.10.41
Valid host - 172.16.10.28 to 172.16.10.40
6. 192.168.100.25 255.255.255.252
Subnet – 255.255.255.252/30
Broadcast –192.168.100.26
Valid host - 192.168.100.25
7. 192.168.100.17, with 4 bits of subnetting
Subnet – 255.255.255.240/28
Broadcast – 192.168.100.27
Valid Host – 192.168.100.15 to 192.168.100.26
8. 192.168.100.66 with 3 bits of subnetting
Subnet – 255.255.255.224/27
Broadcast – 192.168.100.95
Valid Host – 192.168.100.65 to 192.168.100.94
9. 192.168.100.17 255.255.255.248
Subnet – 255.255.255.248/29
Broadcast – 192.168.100.23
Valid Host – 192.168.100.17 to 192.168.100.22
10. 10.10.10.5 255.255.255.252
Subnet – 255.255.255.252/30
Broadcast – 10.10.10.6
Valid Host – 10.10.10.5
Review Questions
1. Which protocol working at the Transport layer provides a connectionless service between hosts?
- IP
- ARP
- TCP
- UDP
- Ans- D
2. Which protocol works at the Transport layer and provides virtual circuits between hosts?
- IP
- ARP
- TCP
- UDP
- Ans- C
3. Which protocol works at the Internet layer and provides a connection service between hosts?
- IP
- ARP
- TCP
- UDP
- Ans- A
4. If a host broadcasts a frame that includes a source and destination hardware address, and its purpose is to assign IP addresses to itself, which protocol at the Network layer does the host use?
- RARP
- ARPA
- ICMP
- TCP
- IPX
- Ans- B
5. If a router interface is congested, which protocol in the IP suite is used to tell neighbor routers?
- RARP
- ARP
- ICMP
- IP
- TCP
- Ans- C
6. What is the valid host range the IP address 172.16.10.22 255.255.255.240 is a part of?
- 172.16.10.20 through 172.16.10.22
- 172.16.10.1 through 172.16.10.255
- 172.16.10.16 through 172.16.10.23
- 172.16.10.17 through 172.16.10.31
- 172.16.10.17 through 172.16.10.30
- Ans- E
7. What range of addresses can be used in the first octet of a Class B network address?
- 1–126
- 1–127
- 128–190
- 128–191
- 129–192
- 192–220
- Ans- D
8. What range of addresses can be used in the first octet of a Class C address?
- 1–127
- 129–192
- 203–234
- 192–223
- Ans- D
9. How many bytes is an Ethernet address?
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 16
- Ans- D
10. What protocol is used to find the hardware address of a local device?
- RARP
- ARP
- IP
- ICMP
- BootP
- Ans- B
11. Which of the following is the broadcast address for a Class B network ID using the default subnet mask?
- 172.16.10.255
- 172.16.255.255
- 172.255.255.255
- 255.255.255.255
- Ans- B
12. Which class of IP address provides a maximum of only 254 host addresses per network ID?
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- Ans- C
13. What is the broadcast address of the subnet address 10.254.255.19 255.255.255.248?
- 10.254.255.23
- 10.254.255.24
- 10.254.255.255
- 10.255.255.255
- Ans- A
14. What is the broadcast address of the subnet address 172.16.99.99 255.255.192.0?
- 172.16.99.255
- 172.16.127.255
- 172.16.255.255
- 172.16.64.127
- Ans- A
15. If you wanted to have 12 subnets with a Class C network ID, which subnet mask would you use?
- 255.255.255.252
- 255.255.255.248
- 255.255.255.240
- 255.255.255.255
- Ans- C
16. What is the port number range that a transmitting host can use to set up a session with another host?
- 1–1023
- 1024 and above
- 1–256
- 1–65534
- Ans- B
17. Which of the following ranges are considered well-known port numbers?
- 1–1023
- 1024 and above
- 1–256
- 1–65534
- Ans- A
18. What is the broadcast address of the host subnet address 10.10.10.10 255.255.254.0?
- 10.10.10.255
- 10.10.11.255
- 10.10.255.255
- 10.255.255.255
- Ans- B
19. What broadcast address will the host 192.168.210.5 255.255.255.252 use?
- 192.168.210.255
- 192.168.210.254
- 192.168.210.7
- 192.168.210.15
- Ans- C
20. If you need to have a Class B network address subnetted into exactly 510 subnets, what subnet mask would you assign?
- 255.255.255.252
- 255.255.255.128
- 255.255.0.0
- 255.255.255.192
- Ans- B