Spanning Tree Protocol - Technical MCQs

Q1:

Layer 2 switching provides which of the following?
  1. Hardware-based bridging (ASIC)
  2. Wire speed
  3. Low latency
  4. Low cost

A 1 and 3

B 2 and 4

C 1, 2 and 4

D All of the above

ANS:D - All of the above

Switches, unlike bridges, are hardware based. Cisco says its switches are wire speed and provide low latency, and I guess they are low cost compared to their prices in the 1990s.