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What is a characteristic of a Layer 2 switch?

The correct answer is D. makes forwarding decisions based on MAC addresses. A Layer 2 switch uses MAC addresses to decide how to forward frames within a local network.

Submitted by suresh_in· Mar 5, 2026Network Fundamentals

Question

What is a characteristic of a Layer 2 switch?

Options

  • Aprovides a single broadcast domain for all connected devices
  • Btracks the number of active TCP connections
  • Coffers one collision domain for all connected devices
  • Dmakes forwarding decisions based on MAC addresses

How the community answered

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  • A
    7% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    90% (26)

Explanation

A Layer 2 switch uses MAC addresses to decide how to forward frames within a local network.

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#Layer 2 switching#MAC addresses#forwarding decisions

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