A network engineer is deploying switches at a new remote office. The switches have been preconfigured with hostnames and STP priority values. Based on the following table: Which of the following…

The correct answer is B. access-sw01. If two switches have the same priority value, the switch with the lowest MAC address will be selected as the root bridge. Here both core-sw01 and access-sw01 has same STP priority values. access-sw01 has lowest MAC address.

Submitted by lars.no· Mar 6, 2026Networking Concepts

Question

A network engineer is deploying switches at a new remote office. The switches have been preconfigured with hostnames and STP priority values. Based on the following table:

Which of the following switches will become the root bridge?

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Options

Acore-sw01
Baccess-sw01
Cdistribution-sw01
Daccess-sw02

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A
3% (1)
B
89% (33)
C
5% (2)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

If two switches have the same priority value, the switch with the lowest MAC address will be selected as the root bridge. Here both core-sw01 and access-sw01 has same STP priority values. access-sw01 has lowest MAC address.

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