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Cisco 200-301 Practice Test 34

Question 330

A router displays `S* 0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via 192.0.2.1` in `show ip route`. What does the `S*` route-code prefix convey?

  1. It is a static route that is a candidate default route
  2. It is an OSPF-learned local interface host route
  3. It is a directly connected network with a /32 host prefix
  4. It is a RIP route that can only be used after an OSPF failure

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

S denotes static; the asterisk marks a candidate default route. The /0 destination confirms this is the fallback prefix.

Incorrect Answers

B:

OSPF entries use O-related codes, and local interface host routes use L; neither is represented by S*.

C:

Connected prefixes use C and local host addresses use L, not a static candidate-default code.

D:

RIP routes use R and the asterisk does not imply a dynamic protocol failover policy.

Question 331

Router R1 has `ip address 10.80.6.1 255.255.255.0` configured under GigabitEthernet0/1, but `show ip interface brief` reports this interface as administratively down/down. Why is there no connected `C 10.80.6.0/24` route in `show ip route`?

  1. An administratively shut interface is not an operational Layer 3 connection, so its connected route cannot be installed
  2. Cisco IOS always hides connected routes from `show ip route` unless the `static` filter is added
  3. The router must also configure `ip route 10.80.6.0 255.255.255.0 GigabitEthernet0/1` to create any connected entry
  4. Every directly attached IPv4 subnet requires an OSPF neighbor before a connected route can exist

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

A connected route depends on the Layer 3 interface being usable; `shutdown` leaves the configured address present but the physical/logical interface down.

Incorrect Answers

B:

The ordinary route table includes `C` connected routes when installed; `static` is a different source filter and would not make a shut port operational.

C:

A functioning addressed interface automatically installs its connected prefix; a separate static route is neither required nor a substitute for enabling the interface.

D:

OSPF is a dynamic route-exchange protocol. Locally connected networks can be installed without any OSPF adjacency.

Question 332

Cisco IOS displays `O 10.90.8.0/24 [110/30] via 192.0.2.2, 00:00:42, GigabitEthernet0/0`. What does `00:00:42` describe in this installed route entry?

  1. A guarantee that packets to the prefix will take 42 milliseconds to arrive
  2. The number of seconds since the routing information for that path was last updated
  3. A 42-second remaining DHCP lease on the router egress interface
  4. The administrative distance, which overrides the first bracket value

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

IOS route output uses elapsed route-update time after the next hop to help operators assess route freshness. It is separate from the AD/metric pair `[110/30]`.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The time field is not a per-packet latency measurement. Forwarding delay depends on queuing, link conditions, and traffic paths, not the route age.

C:

DHCP lease state is not encoded as this route-table age field, and the route was learned with an OSPF source code.

D:

The first bracket number is administrative distance 110; `00:00:42` is in a later field and represents elapsed update time.

Question 333

R1 receives the same destination prefix 10.70.4.0/24 from internal EIGRP with AD 90 and from OSPF with AD 110. Both next hops resolve, and neither protocol has a customized distance. Which route source should appear for that prefix in the installed IOS routing table?

  1. OSPF, because a lower routing-protocol metric always overrides administrative distance across protocols
  2. Both sources are always installed as equal-cost paths because the prefix lengths match
  3. Internal EIGRP, because its AD 90 is lower than OSPF AD 110 for this identical prefix
  4. RIP, because Cisco automatically converts any conflicting route to a distance-vector entry

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

With both candidate routes usable, the lower default AD of internal EIGRP wins installation for that exact /24. Forwarding uses the installed route.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Metrics from different routing protocols are not generally comparable; the route source with better administrative distance wins for the identical prefix.

B:

Two candidates with different administrative distances do not automatically become equal-cost multipath entries in the same routing table.

D:

RIP is not part of this scenario and is never an automatic conversion mechanism for OSPF/EIGRP entries.

Question 334

Within one OSPF process, a router learns the same 10.90.0.0/16 prefix as an intra-area route (`O`) with cost 90 and an interarea route (`O IA`) with cost 15. Both candidates are otherwise valid. Which OSPF path type is preferred?

  1. The interarea path, because metric 15 is numerically smaller than 90
  2. The intra-area OSPF path, because OSPF path-type preference ranks intra-area ahead of interarea within the same process
  3. Both paths, because O and O IA are always equal-cost regardless of metrics
  4. Neither path, because different OSPF path types cannot advertise the same prefix

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

An OSPF intra-area route outranks an OSPF interarea route to the same destination within the same OSPF process, even with a higher numeric cost.

Incorrect Answers

A:

OSPF compares path type before cost here; the lower interarea cost does not override the intra-area path-type preference inside the same process.

C:

Equal-cost multipath does not combine different preferred OSPF route types merely because two candidates exist.

D:

A router may know both intra-area and interarea candidates for a prefix, but path-type selection chooses the preferred one.

Question 335

An IOS router using RIPv2 receives an update advertising prefix 10.60.9.0/24 with RIP hop-count metric 16. What is the appropriate routing interpretation of this advertised metric?

  1. The path is reachable with 16 hops because 16 is the largest usable RIP metric
  2. The prefix must be installed as a static route with AD 16
  3. Metric 16 represents RIP infinity/unreachability; it is not a usable path to install for forwarding
  4. The update establishes an OSPF external type 2 route with cost 16

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

RIP uses hop-count metric 16 as unreachable/infinity, often to poison a failed path and help suppress loops.

Incorrect Answers

A:

RIP supports reachable hop counts only up to 15. At 16 the route is treated as unreachable rather than as the longest permitted path.

B:

A RIP hop metric does not convert a learned route into a static route or become its administrative distance.

D:

An OSPF external advertisement is unrelated to this RIPv2 route metric; route types are not automatically converted.

Question 336

`show ip route` contains `S 203.0.113.9/32 via 192.0.2.2`, an exception for one host without covering its adjacent addresses. What prefix type is /32 in IPv4 routing?

  1. A /32 host route
  2. A /24 network route covering all 256 addresses in a subnet
  3. A default route /0 for traffic to every unmatched network
  4. A summary /16 aggregating multiple /24 networks

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

An IPv4 /32 specifies all 32 address bits and matches one destination address.

Incorrect Answers

B:

A /24 is broader and includes many destinations; a /32 matches precisely one IPv4 address.

C:

A default route is the broadest possible prefix, opposite the specified single-host exception.

D:

A /16 aggregates a much larger block and cannot represent only 203.0.113.9.

Question 337

A route table entry `S* 0.0.0.0/0 via 192.0.2.1` is used only when no more-specific installed prefix matches. Which route category does the /0 represent?

  1. A /32 host-specific route for the next-hop address
  2. A /0 default route
  3. A connected /24 network whose subnet address is 0.0.0.0
  4. An OSPF inter-area route to the provider LAN

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

A /0 contains no fixed destination bits and is the least-specific route.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A /32 matches one IP address; the destination 0.0.0.0/0 instead matches any destination as fallback.

C:

The all-zero /0 prefix does not identify a normal directly connected network.

D:

S* denotes a static candidate default route, not an OSPF inter-area advertisement.

Question 338

After an Ethernet interface comes up with 10.20.30.1/24, IOS installs the 10.20.30.0/24 network without any manual `ip route`. Which route-source category identifies that prefix?

  1. A connected network route
  2. An administratively configured static route even though no ip route exists
  3. An OSPF learned route based on a neighbor LSA
  4. A host-only /32 local route for the interface address

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

An active interface IP subnet can install a connected prefix automatically.

Incorrect Answers

B:

The router derived 10.20.30.0/24 from the active interface, so this is connected-source state.

C:

No routing-protocol advertisement is needed to install a connected prefix from its own interface.

D:

IOS may also install a separate local /32, but the situation calls for the complete /24 subnet route.

Question 339

An IOS route entry for 172.16.0.0/16 includes `via 192.0.2.2`, while another is directly connected. Which route-entry type explicitly names the adjacent forwarding router?

  1. A directly connected C route without a via address
  2. A via next-hop route entry
  3. A local L /32 route associated with this router’s interface IP
  4. A static route with only an exit-interface and no next-hop IP

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The via address is the upstream forwarding target for matching destinations.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A connected route is attached to a local interface rather than explicitly naming a separate adjacent router.

C:

The local host route identifies the router’s address, not a neighboring forwarding router.

D:

An exit-only route does not explicitly identify an adjacent forwarding router by IP.

Question 340

Two OSPF paths to the same installed network have different cost values; `show ip route` brackets show `[110/30]`. What does the second bracket value represent in route selection?

  1. The first number, administrative distance 110, which ranks route sources
  2. The 16-bit destination prefix length, shown separately as /16
  3. A metric field attached to its route source
  4. The next-hop address following via, used for forwarding adjacency

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

In IOS [AD/metric] notation, the second value is the routing protocol metric; here OSPF path cost is 30.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The first bracket value is administrative distance, indicating route-source preference, not the second-position OSPF cost.

B:

The prefix length is the /16 in the destination network, not the numeric metric inside [110/30].

D:

The next-hop address appears in the via field of the route entry; it is a forwarding IP address, not an OSPF cost number.

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