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Question 1 of 20

1. Question
A network card is not functioning properly. The card was purchased three years ago. You discover that the firmware is outdated and requires an upgrade. You call the vendor, but he refuses to provide an update. What is the reason for the refusal?
- A.The date for End-Of-Life Support (EOLS) has been reached.
- B.The date for End-Of-Support (EOS) has been reached.
- C.The date for End-Of-Life (EOL) has been reached.
- D.The vendor no longer sells the network card and doesn’t have any updated firmware for it.
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Question 2 of 20

2. Question
Which of the following information is not included in baselines for networks and networked devices?
- A.Hard disk subsystem
- B.Memory
- C.Processor
- D.Network Interface Card (NIC)
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Question 3 of 20

3. Question
You are configuring network alerts. You want a protocol that provides a descriptive error message in case of a problem with the authentication or authorization process. Which SNMP version is most suitable in this scenario?
- A.SNMPv1
- B.SNMPv2
- C.SNMPv3
- D.Management Information Base (MIB)
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Question 4 of 20

4. Question
Which method was introduced by SNMPv3 as a replacement for the community string method?
- A.User Security Model (USM)
- B.Community Security Model (CSM)
- C.User Involvement Model (UIM)
- D.Traps Verification Model (TVM)
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Question 5 of 20

5. Question
To what type of system do NetFlow-supported routers and switches initially export the collected flow data from all NetFlow-enabled interfaces?
- A.A sequence collector
- B.A server that does actual traffic analysis
- C.A database server
- D.An SNMP server
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Question 6 of 20

6. Question
How does the baseline anomaly detection and monitoring system identify an event where performance falls below the baseline and alert the concerned personnel?
- A.It gathers the incoming performance data and creates a push notification that can be sent to specialized software as an alert.
- B.It gathers the incoming performance data and sends an email or text message notification to the team to alert them of the issue.
- C.It sends desktop notifications to the monitoring server
- D.It sends the data to a monitoring server and sends a notification via email or text to the team to alert them of the issue.
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Question 7 of 20

7. Question
What does SIEM do after discovering an issue besides collecting valuable data and assessing the aggregated logs in real-time?
- A.Create logging levels
- B.Send alerts to the Syslog server
- C.Collects data for the Syslog server
- D.Generate alerts or notifications
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Question 8 of 20

8. Question
Why is it crucial to use port mirroring at strategic times and only for short periods?
- A.Port mirroring is challenging to configure.
- B.If misconfigured, it can fry the network switches.
- C.It can cause the network switch to restart multiple times
- D.It can cause a lot of overhead on the switch and possibly crash the network
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Question 9 of 20

9. Question
You are troubleshooting the leading network due to slow browsing response time. Which tools allow you to determine which router or switch creates a network bottleneck?
- A.Baseline metrics
- B.AdHoc discovery
- C.Latency monitoring system
- D.Traffic analysis
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Question 10 of 20

10. Question
You have an e-commerce server that processes an average of $1000 transactions per hour. Last time, the team was unaware of the server’s downtime, which caused tremendous loss. Which monitoring system can keep a running tally of the down services by calculating the outages and displaying the network’s total uptime?
- A.Configuration monitoring
- B.Performance monitoring
- C.Availability monitoring
- D.Network monitoring
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Question 11 of 20

11. Question
How can Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) used in SLAs allow IT operations to ensure that the time taken to repair a component or device will not be a factor that causes them to violate the SLAs?
- A.By describing the average time a vendor takes to repair a component or a device.
- B.By describing the average time required to create a planned downtime for system maintenance.
- C.By describing the average time it takes to buy and install a new component or a device.
- D.By describing the average time it takes to replace the component or the device only.
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Question 12 of 20

12. Question
Which of the following is the correct way to calculate the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and the total time it takes to get the device fixed and back online?
- A.Calculate the sum of Mean Time to Failure (MTTR) and Mean Time To Be Online (MTBO)
- B.Calculate the sum of Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) and Mean Time To Delivery (MTTD)
- C.Calculate the sum of Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
- D.Calculate the sum of Mean Time Between Failure and Repair (MTBFR) and Mean Time to Delivery (MTTD)
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Question 13 of 20

13. Question
You have been tasked with creating a disaster recovery plan. While looking for a leased space to build a cold and a warm site, which of the following is considered a drawback of a warm site?
- A.It is expensive to maintain and administratively hard to manage
- B.It takes longer to restore than a hot site
- C.It takes longer to restore than a cold site
- D.It requires dedicated personnel for operations and management
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Question 14 of 20

14. Question
Active/active increases availability by providing more systems for work. In what way does the active/passive provide fault tolerance?
- A.Holding at least one system in reserve in case of a system failure.
- B.Holding at least two systems in reserve in case of a system failure.
- C.Using high availability systems in case of a system failure.
- D.Utilizing a cold site to provide uptime in case of a system failure.
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Question 15 of 20

15. Question
Which of the following is NOT included in a Tabletop exercise?
- A.Highlight flaws in incident response planning.
- B.Provide hands-on training
- C.Clarifies roles and responsibilities
- D.Delegating roles and responsibilities
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Question 16 of 20

16. Question
Systems on an IPv6 network can assign IPv6 addresses to themselves using mechanisms such as DHCPv6 and SLAAC. Which of the following statements about the primary diﬀerence between these two mechanisms are true? (Choose two.)
- A.DHCPv6 is stateful.
- B.SLAAC is stateful.
- C.DHCPv6 is stateless.
- D.SLAAC is stateless.
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Question 17 of 20

17. Question
In what way are Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) used to secure data exchanged in the DNS protocol?
- A.By using DNS over TLS (DOT)
- B.By using DNS over HTTPS (DOH)
- C.By providing cryptographic authentication, authentic denial of existence, and data integrity
- D.By providing authentic denial of service, encrypted authentication, and data identification
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Question 18 of 20

18. Question
Which DNS extensions provide security for the data exchanged in DNS transactions? (Choose two.)
- A.DNS over QUIC (DOQ)
- B.DNS over DHCP (DOD)
- C.DNS over HTTPS (DOH)
- D.DNS over TLS (DOT)
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Question 19 of 20

19. Question
You are configuring Google Workspace for a new custom email address with a different domain name. Which of the following DNS records should be updated to host the custom email address in your Google Workspace? (Choose two)
- A.TXT record
- B.MX record
- C.A record
- D.AAA record
- E.CNAME record
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Question 20 of 20

20. Question
How does Network Time Security (NTS) allow you to introduce encryption into the time distribution system without increasing latency and affecting the accuracy of the time received?
- A.Keeping the encryption process separate from the high-latency time synchronization.
- B.Keeping the time service separate from the high-latency time synchronization.
- C.Keeping the time service separate from the low-latency time synchronization.
- D.Keeping the encryption process separate from the low-latency time synchronization.
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1. Question

A network card is not functioning properly. The card was purchased three years ago. You discover that the firmware is outdated and requires an upgrade. You call the vendor, but he refuses to provide an update. What is the reason for the refusal?

2. Question

Which of the following information is not included in baselines for networks and networked devices?

3. Question

You are configuring network alerts. You want a protocol that provides a descriptive error message in case of a problem with the authentication or authorization process. Which SNMP version is most suitable in this scenario?

4. Question

Which method was introduced by SNMPv3 as a replacement for the community string method?

5. Question

To what type of system do NetFlow-supported routers and switches initially export the collected flow data from all NetFlow-enabled interfaces?

6. Question

How does the baseline anomaly detection and monitoring system identify an event where performance falls below the baseline and alert the concerned personnel?

7. Question

What does SIEM do after discovering an issue besides collecting valuable data and assessing the aggregated logs in real-time?

8. Question

Why is it crucial to use port mirroring at strategic times and only for short periods?

9. Question

You are troubleshooting the leading network due to slow browsing response time. Which tools allow you to determine which router or switch creates a network bottleneck?

10. Question

11. Question

How can Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) used in SLAs allow IT operations to ensure that the time taken to repair a component or device will not be a factor that causes them to violate the SLAs?

12. Question

Which of the following is the correct way to calculate the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and the total time it takes to get the device fixed and back online?

13. Question

You have been tasked with creating a disaster recovery plan. While looking for a leased space to build a cold and a warm site, which of the following is considered a drawback of a warm site?

14. Question

Active/active increases availability by providing more systems for work. In what way does the active/passive provide fault tolerance?

15. Question

Which of the following is NOT included in a Tabletop exercise?

16. Question

Systems on an IPv6 network can assign IPv6 addresses to themselves using mechanisms such as DHCPv6 and SLAAC. Which of the following statements about the primary diﬀerence between these two mechanisms are true? (Choose two.)

17. Question

In what way are Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) used to secure data exchanged in the DNS protocol?

18. Question

Which DNS extensions provide security for the data exchanged in DNS transactions? (Choose two.)

19. Question

You are configuring Google Workspace for a new custom email address with a different domain name. Which of the following DNS records should be updated to host the custom email address in your Google Workspace? (Choose two)

20. Question

How does Network Time Security (NTS) allow you to introduce encryption into the time distribution system without increasing latency and affecting the accuracy of the time received?