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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
(29 responses)- A7% (2)
- C3% (1)
- D90% (26)
Explanation
A Layer 2 switch uses MAC addresses to decide how to forward frames within a local network.
Topics
#Layer 2 switching#MAC addresses#forwarding decisions
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