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200-301 · Question #489

200-301 Question #489: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: sent to the port identified for the known MAC address. A switch builds its MAC address table by recording the MAC address of each device connected to each of its ports. The switch uses the information in the MAC address table to send frames destined for a specific device out the port, which has been assigned to that device.

Submitted by skyler.x· Mar 5, 2026

Question

When a switch receives a frame for a known destination MAC address, how is the frame handed?

Options

  • Asent to the port identified for the known MAC address
  • Bbroadcast to all ports
  • Cforwarded to the first available port
  • Dflooded to all ports except the one from which it originated

Explanation

A switch builds its MAC address table by recording the MAC address of each device connected to each of its ports. The switch uses the information in the MAC address table to send frames destined for a specific device out the port, which has been assigned to that device.

Topics

#Switch operation#MAC address table#Frame forwarding

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