CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate — Question 712

What does traffic shaping do?

Answer options

• A. It queues excess traffic
• B. It sets QoS attributes within a packet
• C. It organizes traffic into classes
• D. It modifies the QoS attributes of a packet

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Traffic shaping primarily focuses on managing network traffic by queuing excess traffic to prevent congestion. The other options refer to different aspects of Quality of Service (QoS) management, but they do not specifically describe the queuing function that is characteristic of traffic shaping.