CCNA And CCENT Daily Practice Exam: “Where IS That?”

In today’s CCNA and CCENT practice exam , I’ll quiz you on where several important Cisco router features and files are.  Let’s get started!

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Question 1:   Where will you find the POSTS?

A.   ROM

B.   Flash

C.   RAM

D.   NVRAM

Question 2:   In what portion of a Cisco router’s memory will you find the IOS images?

A.   RAM

B.   NVRAM

C.   TFTP Server

D.   ROM

E.   Flash

Question 3:   During the boot process, a Cisco router will need to load an IOS image.   Name the three locations in which the router will look, in order.    (No choices on this one!)

Question 4:   Once a Cisco router loads an IOS image, it will look for a valid startup configuration file.   In which two of these locations will it look?

A.   Random Access Memory

B.   Non-volatile Random Access Memory

C.   Flash

D.   TFTP Server

E.   FTP Server

F.   Read-Only Memory

Question 5:    The router has looked in both of the locations mentioned in Question 4, and it can’t find a valid startup configuration file.  Exactly what happens now?  (No choices on this question.)

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Answer 1:  The Power-On Self Tests are stored in Read-Only Memory (ROM), choice “A” in that list.

Answer 2:   IOS images are stored in Flash memory, choice “E”.  Generally referred to simply as “flash,” this is erasable and reprogrammable ROM.  Flash content is retained on a reload.

Answer 3:     The router will look for an IOS image first in Flash, then on a TFTP server (if one is defined), and then in Read-Only Memory.

Answer 4:  The router will first look for a valid IOS image in NVRAM.  If none is found, the router looks for a TFTP server.    The correct choices are “B” and “D”.

Answer 5:   When the router can’t find a valid startup configuration file during the boot process, the router will show you the System Configuration Dialog prompt.  The prompt is to get you to enter Setup Mode (or not).

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Chris B.