Question 1

What is the most efficient way to share a custom report with other Orion NPM users?

Accepted Answer

A)  export a report from Report Writer and then upload it to the Thwack content sharing zone 
B)  download a model report from Thwack, and then paste it in your custom SQL query 
C)  upload a report to Thwack directly from System Manager 
D)  upload a report to Thwack from the Orion Web Console Report view

Question 2

From your core site, your network management system (NMS) has detected that both the WAN router and the switch in one of your remote sites are unreachable. What should be your first step in identifying the root cause?

Accepted Answer

A)  examine the state of the adjacent core router's interface 
B)  examine the switch configuration at the core site 
C)  examine the router configuration at the remote site 
D)  examine the state of the remote router's WAN interface

Question 3

Which two management protocols should you use to measure the effectiveness of your QoS implementation? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Syslog 
B)  SNMP 
C)  NetFlow 
D)  WMI 
E)  SSHv2

Question 4

The network management system (NMS) has detected that a router has an interface going up and down unexpectedly. You do not have permissions to log in to the router. Which data, gathered by the NMS, should you review to help determine the cause?

Accepted Answer

A)  interface utilization 
B)  Syslog messages 
C)  previously saved configurations 
D)  CPU utilization

Question 5

What is a potential root cause of a slow response time across a WAN circuit?

Accepted Answer

A)  interface re-indexing on a WAN router 
B)  high disk queue length on the SQL server 
C)  database replication across the circuit 
D)  large database re-indexing

Question 6

Why are management loopback interfaces important when managing routers, switches, and firewalls?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have an IP address of 127.0.0.1, and therefore, are not routable. 
B)  They are always available, even if the device is down. 
C)  They provide unique statistics on interface traffic. 
D)  They are "up" and reachable as long as the device itself is reachable.

Question 7

While troubleshooting issues on your network, you notice that route paths frequently change. Which change to your OSPF configuration would capture this issue in Syslog?

Accepted Answer

A)  log-ospf-statistics 
B)  log-status-changes 
C)  default-route-originate 
D)  log-adjacency-changes

Question 8

Which Orion NPM module allows you to create user-experience monitors?

Accepted Answer

A)  NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 
B)  Network Configuration Manager 
C)  Application Performance Monitor 
D)  IP Address Manager

Question 9

Wireless users are complaining of sporadic network access issues. After reviewing the data collected by Orion, it seems that there is one specific wireless user that is causing the issue and that every WAP that they connect to is adversely affected. What should you do to resolve this issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  block this user's MAC address from connecting to your WAPs 
B)  block this user's IP address from connecting to your WAPs 
C)  implements QoS to de-prioritize this user's network traffic 
D)  increase the bandwidth allocation for the connections to the WAPs from the wired network

Question 10

You notice that several routers are showing an increase in CPU and memory utilization that is starting to concern you. What will likely happen if this trend continues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Latency through the routers will increase. 
B)  The network management system (NMS) will stop monitoring the routers. 
C)  Access control lists (ACLs) will be bypassed by the routers. 
D)  The routers will deprioritize and drop packets over 1500 bytes.

Question 11

Which two reporting requirements should you consider when specifying data roll-up settings for a network management system (NMS)? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  data encryption 
B)  data format 
C)  data granularity 
D)  monitoring coverage 
E)  data retention

Question 12

While monitoring your network with Orion NPM, you notice that several of the devices in your remote offices periodically go into a "warning" state, but then quickly go back into an "up" state. While the devices are in "warning" state, the users at those sites report normal operations. What is the most likely cause of this occurrence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Orion NPM is configured to poll too frequently. 
B)  During network congestion, ICMP packets are being dropped. 
C)  Orion NPM is not configured to poll frequently enough. 
D)  Firewall rules are periodically blocking ICMP packets.

Question 13

Company A and company B have merged and are currently planning to combine their network backbones. All 18 of company A's routers run OSPF, but company B's hardware only supports RIPv2. You need to monitor both networks from a single NMS. Which solution in volves the fewest configuration steps to meet these monitoring requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)  move to static routing for all routers 
B)  change the routing protocol on company A's routers to RIP 
C)  use router redistribution 
D)  configure company A's routers to run RIP along with OSPF

Question 14

On a device in your network, there are many interfaces with similar identifiers (such as FastEthernet0/43 and FastEthernet0/44). Using only Orion NPM, how should you modify the name of each interface to provide a more descriptive identifier?

Accepted Answer

A)  use a configuration utility to edit the interface's name on the network device 
B)  use an SSH client to edit the interface's name on the network device 
C)  use the Orion Web Console to edit the interface's Name field 
D)  use Orion System Manager to edit the Node Details field

Question 15

Which two actions are required to integrate Engineer's Toolset with the Orion Web Console? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  install Toolset on the user's machine 
B)  install Orion Web Console on the user's machine 
C)  enable Allow Administrator Rights on the user's account 
D)  enable Allow Browser Integration on the user's account 
E)  enable Advanced Customization on the user's account

Question 16

You fail to receive any SNMP traps on the Orion NPM Server for 24 hours. What should you check first?

Accepted Answer

A)  firewall rules 
B)  Windows services 
C)  polling frequency 
D)  bandwidth utilization

Question 17

You believe that a QoS misconfiguration may be causing poor performance on your network. What should you check to verify that QoS is the root cause?

Accepted Answer

A)  response and errors 
B)  CPU and memory 
C)  bandwidth and availability 
D)  bandwidth and packet drops

Question 18

What is the maximum allowable downtime for a node with a"four nines" (99.99%) service level agreement (SLA) for availability, based on a 30-day month?

Accepted Answer

A)  fourseconds 
B)  fourminutes 
C)  fourhours 
D)  fourdays

Question 19

You want to configure a device to send a message when a specific event happens and have Orion NPM send an email when it receives that message. Which two steps must you take to achieve this goal? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  configure Orion System Manager to trigger an alert when any type of message is received 
B)  configure the device to send the target SNMP trap to the Orion IP address 
C)  configure the Orion Web Console to trigger an alert when any type of message is received 
D)  configure a rule in the Orion Trap Viewer to trigger when the target trap is received 
E)  configure Orion SNMP Trap service to trigger an alert when a target Syslog message is received

Question 20

What can you determine from a packet capture that you CANNOT learn from NetFlow data?

Accepted Answer

A)  network traffic statistics 
B)  router Telnet password 
C)  client to server communication ports 
D)  device up/down status

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