QUESTION 181
A customer calls the help desk to report that resources are no longer reachable. The resources were available before network changes were made. The technician verifies the report, investigates, and discovers that a new logical layout is segmenting the network using tagging. Which of the following appliances most likely needs to be reviewed to restore the connections?
A. Access point
B. Firewall
C. Switch
D. Load balancer
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 182
A network administrator is looking for a solution to extend Layer 2 capabilities and replicate backups between sites. Which of the following is the best solution?
A. Security Service Edge
B. Data center interconnect
C. Infrastructure as code
D. Zero Trust architecture
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 183
Users are reporting latency on the network. The network engineer notes the following:
1. Confirms the only change was a new network switch
2. Confirms all users are experiencing latency
3. Thinks the issue is a network loop caused by the lower bridge ID of the new switch
Which of the following describes the next step in the troubleshooting methodology?
A. Identify the problem.
B. Test the theory.
C. Implement the solution.
D. Verify full system functionality.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 184
A network administrator installs wireless APs inside an industrial warehouse. A wireless survey shows a large amount of electromagnetic interference. Which of the following cable types should the administrator use to connect the APs to the switch?
A. UTP
B. STP
C. Multimode
D. Single-mode
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 185
A technician needs to quickly set up a network with five wireless devices. Which of the following network types should the technician configure to accomplish this task?
A. Ad hoc
B. Spine and leaf
C. Point to point
D. Mesh
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 186
Which of the following protocols is used to send networking status messages between clients and servers?
A. SSH
B. DHCP
C. NTP
D. SNMP
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 187
Which of the following allows for the fastest recovery during a catastrophic event?
A. Warm site
B. Asynchronous replication
C. Cold site
D. Hot site
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 188
Which of the following ports is used to transfer data between mail exchange servers?
A. 21
B. 25
C. 53
D. 69
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 189
A company recently experienced outages of one of its critical, customer-facing applications. The root cause was an overutilized network router, but the Chief Technology Officer is concerned that the support staff was unaware of the issue until notified by customers. Which of the following is the best way to address this issue in the future?
A. Packet capture
B. SNMP
C. Syslog collector
D. SIEM
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 190
An imaging workstation at a hospital is experiencing intermittent connectivity loss. Which of the following would most likely be used to resolve the issue at the least expense?
A. Single-mode fiber
B. Twinaxial cable
C. Spanning tree
D. Shielded twisted pair
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 191
Users report performance issues on the network. A network administrator notices broadcast storms occurring. Which of the following protocols should the administrator configure to mitigate this issue?
A. Spanning Tree
B. Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing
C. Cisco Discovery
D. Link Layer Discovery
E. Border Gateway
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 192
A user tries to visit www.abc.com , but the website that displays is www.cba.com. Which of the following should be done in order to reach the correct website?
A. Modify the CNAME record.
B. Update the PTR record.
C. Change the NTP settings.
D. Delete the TXT record.
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 193
A network architect of a stock exchange broke is implementing a DR, high-availability plan. Which of the following approaches would be the best fit?
A. Warm site
B. Active-active
C. Full mesh
D. ln-band
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 194
An organization recently connected a new computer to the LAN. The user is unable to ping the default gateway. The technician examines the configuration and sees a self-assigned IP address. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
A. The DHCP server is not available.
B. An RFC1918 address is being used.
C. The TCP/IP stack is disabled.
D. Astatic IP is assigned.
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 195
Which of the following is a type of NAC that uses a set of policies to allow or deny access to the network based on the user’s identity?
A. Standard ACL
B. MAC filtering
C. 802.1X
D. SSO
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 196
A company’s network is experiencing high levels of suspicious network traffic. The security team finds that the traffic is coming from an unknown, foreign IP address. Which of the following is the most cost-efficient way to mitigate this threat?
A. ACL
B. IDS
C. NAT
D. DoS prevention
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 197
Which of the following is most closely associated with having a leased line to a public cloud provider?
A. VPN
B. Direct Connect
C. Internet gateway
D. Private cloud
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 198
A firewall receives traffic on port 80 and forwards it to an internal server on port 88. Which of the following technologies is being leveraged?
A. TLS
B. FHRP
C. SSL
D. PAT
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 199
Which of the following OSI model layers is responsible for accepting input through a GUI?
A. Layer 1
B. Layer 3
C. Layer 5
D. Layer 7
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 200
A customer purchases a new UTM device and wants the development team to integrate some of the device’s data reporting capabilities into the company’s custom, internal support software. Which of the following features should the development team use to obtain the device’s data?
A. API
B. SNMPv2c
C. SIEM
D. MIB
Correct Answer: A