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📝 Address Resolution Protocol(ARP) in Link Layer Addressing

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-31

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Q1. What is the primary purpose of ARP in an IPv4 network?

🔹 A. To map an IP address to its corresponding MAC address

🔹 B. To assign IP addresses to hosts

🔹 C. To encrypt data at the data‑link layer

🔹 D. To route packets between subnets

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. In a switched network, ARP broadcasts are limited to which segment?

🔹 A. The local broadcast domain

🔹 B. All VLANs

🔹 C. The entire campus

🔹 D. The router’s routing table

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: A

Q3. Synthesize a scenario where ARP and VLAN tagging interact, describing the sequence of frames.

🔹 A. ARP request is sent untagged, then switch adds VLAN tag

🔹 B. VLAN tag is stripped before ARP

🔹 C. ARP bypasses VLAN

🔹 D. VLAN tag is irrelevant to ARP

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: A

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