MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Detailed explanation-1: -When a switch receives a frame, it associates the media access control (MAC) address of the sending device with the port on which it was received. The table that stores such associations is called a MAC address table.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is an example of a network device that associates a network address with a port? Every router today TCP/IP enabled, which is an industry-standard protocol that you use on the Internet and for local addressing.

Detailed explanation-3: -A MAC (Media Access Control) address, sometimes referred to as a hardware or physical address, is a unique, 12-character alphanumeric attribute that is used to identify individual electronic devices on a network. An example of a MAC address is: 00-B0-D0-63-C2-26.

Detailed explanation-4: -Like all Ethernet interfaces, every port on a switch has a unique factory-assigned MAC address.

Detailed explanation-5: -The MAC address table is where the switch stores information about the other Ethernet interfaces to which it is connected on a network. The table enables the switch to send outgoing data (Ethernet frames) on the specific port required to reach its destination, instead of broadcasting the data on all ports (flooding).