1.0 Network Infrastructure and Connectivity

Interface & Cable Diagnostics Practice Questions

Updated for CCNA v2.0

Collisions, errors, duplex and speed mismatches, copper and fibre limits, pinouts, and optical signal levels.

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A switch interface shows a growing count of late collisions. Which cause is most likely?

A duplex mismatch, with the counting side operating at half duplex

Late collisions occur when a half-duplex port sees a collision after the first 64 bytes, which is typical of a duplex mismatch or an over-length cable segment. Full-duplex links do not have collisions.

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