Answer 9

Correct answers: c, d, g

Explanation:

The following are characteristics of bridges and switches:

-    Bridges and switches operate at data link layer.

-    They make forwarding decision based on layer 2 addresses.

-    In most occasions, switches have a higher port density compared to bridges.

-    Both bridges and switches forward layer 2 broadcasts. They define broadcast domain i.e. all ports within a bridge or a switch belong to the same broadcast domain. A switch can further redefine the broadcast domain by implementing VLAN.

-    All ports in a bridge belong to the same collision domain while an individual port in a switch has its own collision domain.

-    Switches are hardware based and traffic forwarding is done through a specialized hardware called ASIc. This makes switches much faster than bridges that are software based.

Test Objective:

Bridging/Switching