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If a router has four interfaces and each interface is connected to four switches, how many broadcast domains are present on the router?

The correct answer is C. 4. A router creates a separate broadcast domain on each of its interfaces, so four interfaces yield four broadcast domains regardless of how many switches are attached to each.

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Question

If a router has four interfaces and each interface is connected to four switches, how many broadcast domains are present on the router?

Options

  • A1
  • B2
  • C4
  • D8

How the community answered

(18 responses)
  • A
    6% (1)
  • B
    6% (1)
  • C
    89% (16)

Why each option

A router creates a separate broadcast domain on each of its interfaces, so four interfaces yield four broadcast domains regardless of how many switches are attached to each.

A1

A single broadcast domain would be the result if a Layer 2 switch connected all devices, but routers segment traffic and create multiple domains.

B2

Two broadcast domains would require only two active router interfaces, not four as described in the scenario.

C4Correct

Routers do not forward broadcast traffic between interfaces, meaning each interface defines the boundary of a distinct broadcast domain. With four interfaces, there are exactly four broadcast domains. The switches connected to each interface extend that single broadcast domain but do not create additional ones.

D8

Eight broadcast domains would only exist if additional segmentation - such as four switches each configured with two separate VLANs - were present, which is not described.

Concept tested: Router interfaces and broadcast domain segmentation

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/12000-series-routers/47321-ciscorouter-flooding.html

Topics

#broadcast domains#router#network segmentation#subnetting

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