If there are two to connecting two or more switches to each other through dedicated connecting cables. For example, to connect two switches, you can directly connect the UP stack port of one stack…

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Options

• ATRUE
• BFALSE

• A
  23% (3)
• B
  77% (10)

Explanation

Option B (FALSE) is correct because the question's description contains inaccuracies about switch stacking. While it is true that stacking switches uses dedicated stack cables connecting the UP port of one switch to the DOWN port of another, a proper stack implementation requires completing the connection in a ring topology - meaning the last switch's UP port must loop back to the first switch's DOWN port. A simple one-directional chain (UP → DOWN, done) does not fully utilize the stacking architecture and lacks redundancy.

Additionally, the claim that this "expands ports on a single switch" is misleading: stacking creates a logical stack unit that the network sees as one device, but it does not literally add ports to a single physical switch - it aggregates ports across multiple physical units under one management plane.

Option A (TRUE) is wrong because the description, as stated, is incomplete and imprecise enough to be technically false - accurate stacking requires the ring to be closed, and the framing around "a single switch" misrepresents what stacking actually achieves.

Memory tip: Think of switch stacking like a relay race baton loop - passing UP → DOWN → UP → DOWN must circle back to where it started to work correctly. A chain with no return path breaks the ring and breaks the concept.

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