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General Knowledge Practice Quiz: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Concepts Quiz 1

Enjoy the following 10 question quiz from GoCertify

1. In which port state does the port not forward frames, but instead learn source addresses from all frames received and add them to the MAC table? *This question is required.
2. Combining features and functionalities of STP, RSTP, MSTP, and others is Shortest Path Bridging (SPB). Which of the following IEEE standards defines this? *This question is required.
3. With STP, all the switches in the network need to elect one bridge that as the focal point in the network. What is this bridge known as? *This question is required.
4. With RSTP, three hello times, by default, is equal to how many seconds? *This question is required.
5. Which of the following is an extension to RSTP created to add more usefulness for VLANs? *This question is required.
6. Why must each VLAN must have its own root bridge?
7. Which of the following protocols is defined by IEEE 802.1w?
8. Which command shows the current state of the spanning tree for a particular VLAN ID from the perspective of the switch where you issued the command?
9. What is a root bridge in a switching network known as?
10. Which of the following could be considered the primary purpose for using STP in a network?