Cisco 400-007 Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE v3.1) Exam Practice Test
Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE v3.1) Questions and Answers
While designing a switched topology, in which two options is UplinkFast recommended? (Choose two.)
An organization is looking to perform a major overhaul on their data center storage infrastructure with a focus on high availability and fault tolerance Which approach will accomplish this?
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A customer investigates connectivity options for a DCI between two production data centers. The solution must provide dual 10G connections between locations with no single points of failure for Day 1 operations. It must also include an option to scale for up to 20 resilient connections in the second year to accommodate isolated SAN over IP and isolated, dedicated replication IP circuits. All connectivity methods are duplex 10 Gbps. Which transport technology costs the least over two years, in the scenario?
Implementing a network automation architecture usually follows a phased approach that increases automation as the new technology and processes in the preceding phases are integrated and adopted. What provides a model that greatly simplifies the interaction with network devices?
Drag and drop the design use cases from the left onto the correct uRPF techniques used to prevent spoofing attacks Not all options are used.

Which extensions to GRE tunneling provide session tracking and in-order packet delivery in exchange for additional state stored in tunnel endpoints?
Which two aspects are considered when designing a dual hub dual DMVPN cloud topology? (Choose two.)
When constraint-based routing is under consideration to be added to a network design, what are two inherent characteristics or impacts that must be considered? (Choose two)
An enterprise solution team is analyzing multilayer architecture and multicontroller SDN solutions for multisite deployments. The analysis focuses on the ability to run tasks on any controller via a standardized interface. Which requirement addresses this ability on a multicontroller platform?
Company XYZ branch offices connect to headquarters using two links, MPLS and Internet. The company wants to design traffic flow so voice traffic uses MPLS and all other traffic uses either link, avoiding process switching. Which technique can be used?
A large enterprise is planning a new WAN connection to headquarters. The current dual-homed setup with static routing is not providing consistent resiliency. Users complain when one specific link fails, while failure of the other causes no issues. The organization wants to improve resiliency and ROI.
Which solution should be recommended?
You are designing a network running both IPv4 and IPv6 to deploy QoS. Which consideration is correct about the QoS for IPv4 and IPv6?
A mega store plans to expand its business into the online world, and wants to operate using the highest possible security standards to prove to their customers that they take handling of their payment information seriously. Only TLS v1.3 will be allowed on their websites. Which type of SSL certificate will emphasize their commitment to enforcing high security standards and minimize risk of spoofing?
SDN is still maturing. Throughout the evolution of SDN, which two things will play a key role in enabling a successful deployment and avoiding performance visibility gaps in the infrastructure? (Choose two.)
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An engineer has been asked to redesign the traffic flow toward AS 111 coming from AS 500. Traffic destined to AS 111 network 91.7.0.0/16 should come in via AS 100, while traffic destined to all other networks in AS 111 should continue to use the existing path. Which BGP attributes are best suited to control this inbound traffic coming from BGP AS 500 into the 91.7.0.0/16 network?
A network automation team plans to develop tasks to configure services on a network by using a Python controller The configuration tasks must be implemented by using operations that support network-wide transactions The candidate configuration must be validated automatically for all targeted devices before being applied to each specific device What can be used to apply the configuration to the network devices?
Which purpose of a dynamically created tunnel interface on the design of IPv6 multicast services is true?

Refer to the exhibit Which two design options reduce the size of OSPF database in the shown topology? (Choose two.)
QUESTION 69 Refer to the exhibit. AJI links are P2P Layer 3. A high availability application is synchronizing data between host A and host B. To increase chance of delivery the same data is sent twice from host A on two different NICs toward the two NICs on host B.

Refer to the exhibit. All links are P2P Layer 3. A high availability application is synchronizing data between Host A and Host B. To increase the chance of delivery, the same data is sent twice from Host A on two different NICs toward the two NICs on Host B.
Which solution must be deployed in the network to ensure that any failure in the network does not trigger data loss on Host B?
You have been asked to design a remote access VPN solution to support up to 2000 devices. You must ensure that only corporate assets are allowed to connect to the VPN, and users must authenticate to gain access based on their user role. Users must use a password that they are already using to access existing applications. A user may not always use the same device to access the VPN. Which two options combined meet the requirements? (Choose two)
Which mechanism provides Layer 2 fault isolation between data centers?
A business wants to refresh its legacy Frame Relay WAN and consolidate product specialists via video in 200 branches. Which technology should be used?
A customer with two 10 Mbps Internet links (active-active) experiences degraded performance when one fails. Static routing is used, and bandwidth upgrades aren ' t possible. The design must be failure-resistant without increasing CAPEX.
Which solution should be proposed?
You have been asked to design a high-density wireless network for a university campus. Which two principles would you apply in order to maximize the wireless network capacity? (Choose two.)
Which BGP feature provides fast convergence?
Company XYZ is designing their network using the three-layer hierarchical model. At which layer must the QoS design classify or mark the traffic?
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A customer runs OSPF with Area 5 between its aggregation router and an internal router. When a network change occurs in the backbone, Area 5 starts having connectivity issues due to the SPF algorithm recalculating an abnormal number of times in Area 5. You are tasked to redesign this network to increase resiliency on the customer network with the caveat that Router B does not support the stub area. How can you accomplish this task?
The General Bank of Greece plans to upgrade its legacy end-of-life WAN network with a new flexible, manageable, and scalable solution. The main requirements are ZTP support, end-to-end encryption, application awareness, and segmentation. The CTO states that the main goal of the bank is CAPEX reduction. Which WAN technology should be used for the solution?
Company XYZ allows employees to use any open desk and plug their laptops in. They want authentication using domain credentials and future capability for segmentation within the same subnet. Which protocol can be recommended?
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The development of a connected ecosystem of devices reflects manufacturers ' heightened focus on internal needs and issues as they work to increase product resiliency and improve customer experience In which two ways can network visibility contribute to resilient software defined networking? (Choose two.)
Company XYZ is running a redundant private WAN network using OSPF as the underlay protocol. The current design accommodates for redundancy in the network, but it is taking over 30 seconds for the network to reconverge upon failure. Which technique can be implemented in the design to detect such a failure in a subsecond?
Network orchestration enables network administrators to focus on strategic initiatives, innovation, and value-added tasks rather than spending time on manual and repetitive network management activities. Drag and drop the orchestration types from the left onto the corresponding functions on the right. Not all options are used.

Which feature is supported by NETCONF but is not supported by SNMP?
Which two characteristics are associated with 802.1s? (Choose two)
As network designer, which option is your main concern with regards to virtualizing multiple network zones into a single hardware device?
What are two parameters that can be leveraged by SAML in mixed private/public cloud environments by using identity and asset management? (Choose two)
What statement describes the application layer as defined in the software-defined networking architecture?
Which methodology is the leading lifecycle approach to network design and implementation?
Company XYZ wants to deploy OSPF. The design plan requires that two OSPF networks be mutually redistributed at multiple locations and ensure end-to-end connectivity to all of the company ' s networks. Which technology can be used to fulfill the requirements while avoiding the creation of routing loops?
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This network is running EIGRP as the routing protocol and the internal networks are being advertised in EIGRP. Based on the link speeds, all traffic between London and Rome is getting propagated via Barcelona and the direct link between London and Rome is not being utilized under normal working circumstances. The EIGRP design should allow for efficiency in the routing table by minimizing the routes being exchanged. The link between London and Rome should be utilized for specific routes. Which two steps accomplish this task? (Choose two.)
Which CIA triad principle is used by social media platforms to constitute a standard procedure of user IDs and passwords requirements?
Which regulatory compliance element ensures adherence to regulations and improves speed to market, which gives businesses a competitive advantage?
A networking team needs to prevent spoofing attacks They are describing the different uRPF design use cases so they can identify and deploy the optimal mode in various parts of their network
Drag and drop the use cases from the left onto the corresponding uRPF technique on the right Not all options are used

How many fully established neighbour relationships exist on an Ethernet with five routers running OSPF as network type broadcast?
What is a disadvantage of the traditional three-tier architecture model when east-west traffic between different pods must go through the distribution and core layers?
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Which layer of the SDN architecture orchestrates how the applications are given the resources available in the network?
An enterprise service provider is planning to migrate the customer network to MPLS to connect cloud applications The customer network team and service provider team are analyzing all process (tows before live migration and implementation Before planning the migration, what is a crucial task that must be executed?
It is often seen that companies pick a cloud vendor solely based on technical preferences without putting enough weight on the business strategies that are driving the cloud initiatives Which strategic requirement may come into play where it is more likely that the decision makers will look to leverage laaS over SaaS or PaaS?
Flexibility, scalability, resiliency, and security are all chrematistics of a services-ready network An architecture featuring a modular design enables technologies and services to be added when the organization is ready to deploy. Drag and drop the design considerations on the left to the to type of service on the right Not all options are used

Drag and drop the high-level descriptions of network automation and network orchestration on the left to the corresponding category on the right in no particular order.

Which design consideration is valid when you contrast FabricPath and TRILL?
A European government passport agency considers upgrading its IT systems to increase performance and workload flexibility in response to constantly changing requirements. The budget manager wants to reduce capital expenses and IT staff and must adopt the lowest-cost technology. Which technology choice is suitable?
Company XYZ has two routing domains in their network, EIGRP and OSPF. The company wants to provide full reachability between the two domains by implementing redistribution on a router running both protocols They need to design the redistribution in a way that the OSPF routers will see link costs added to external routes. How must the redistribution strategy be designed for this network?
Which two factors must be considered for high availability in campus LAN designs to mitigate concerns about unavailability of network resources? (Choose two.)
A green data center is being deployed and a design requirement is to be able to readily scale server virtualization. Which IETF standard technology can provide this requirement?
Which two benefits can software-defined networks provide to businesses? (Choose two.)
If the desire is to connect virtual network functions together to accommodate different types of network service connectivity, what must be deployed?
A healthcare provider discovers that protected health information of patients was altered without patient consent. The healthcare provider is subject to HIPAA compliance and is required to protect PHI data. Which type of security safeguard should be implemented to resolve this issue?
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An aerospace firm is considering implementing AI and ML systems to boost output while decreasing line downtime Optimal maintenance schedules and failure prediction of equipment are the end goals
To meet this business demand, which AI/ML solution would be the most effective in boosting productivity and decreasing downtime?
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An engineer is designing the traffic flow for AS 111. Traffic from AS 111 should be preferred via AS 100 for all external routes. A method must be used that only affects AS 111. Which BGP attributes are best suited to control outbound traffic?
An engineer is designing a DMVPN network where OSPF has been chosen as the routing protocol. A spoke-to-spoke data propagation model must be set up. Which two design considerations must be taken into account? (Choose two)
Company XYZ connects its sites over a private WAN. Their overlay network is running a DMVPN setup where the headquarters site is the hub. The company is planning on implementing multicast routing on the network. What should be used in the multicast routing design?
Company XYZ is in the process of identifying which transport mechanism(s) to use as their WAN technology. Their main two requirements are:
A technology that could offer DPI, SLA, secure tunnels, privacy, QoS, scalability, reliability, and ease of management.
A technology that is cost-effective.
Which WAN technology(ies) should be included in the design of company XYZ?
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An engineer is designing a multiarea OSPF network for a client who also has a large EIGRP domain. EIGRP routes are getting redistributed into OSPF. OSPF area 20 has routers with limited memory and CPU resources. The engineer wants to block routes from EIGRP 111 from propagating into area 20 and allow EIGRP 222 routes to flow in. Which OSPF area type fulfills this design requirement?
Indicate the nature of automation and orchestration tasks by dragging the tasks on the left to the corresponding category on the right in no particular order.

SDWAN networks capitalize the usage of broadband Internet links over traditional MPLS links to offer more cost benefits to enterprise customers. However, due to the insecure nature of the public Internet, it is mandatory to use encryption of traffic between any two SDWAN edge devices installed behind NAT gateways. Which overlay method can provide optimal transport over unreliable underlay networks that are behind NAT gateways?
Which protocol does an SD-Access wireless Access Point use for its fabric data plane?
As more links are added to the network, information and attributes related to the link is added to the control plane, meaning every link that gets added will slow down the convergence of the control plane by some measurable amount of time As a result when additional redundancy is built or added the MTTR will increase too Which risk increases along with the increased MTTR?
Drag and drop the multicast protocols from the left onto the current design situation on the right.

Company XYZ was not satisfied with the reconvergence time OSPF is taking. BFD was implemented to try to reduce the reconvergence time, but the network is still experiencing delays when having to reconverge. Which technology will improve the design?
Company XYZ is designing the IS-IS deployment strategy for their multiarea IS-IS domain. They want IS-IS neighbor relationships minimized on each segment and the LSDB size optimized. Which design can be used?
You are tasked to design a QoS policy for a service provider so they can include it in the design of their MPLS core network. If the design must support an MPLS network with six classes, and CEs will be managed by the service provider, which QoS policy should be recommended?
A BGP route reflector in the network is taking longer than expected to converge during large network changes. Troubleshooting shows that the router cannot handle all the TCP acknowledgements during route updates. Which action can be performed to tune the device performance?
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A network architect is tasked to develop a design where it is a requirement to group resources according to their security and trust level in the network. Which tool can be leveraged to achieve this?
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Refer to the exhibit. A new high availability DB server cluster is installed in the network. These two servers require high bandwidth and low latency Layer 2 connectivity for database replication.
Which solution supports these requirements?
Company XYZ, a global content provider, owns data centers on different continents. Their data center design involves a standard three-layer design with a Layer 3-only core. HSRP is used as the FHRP. They require VLAN extension across access switches in all data centers, and they plan to purchase a Layer 2 interconnection between two of their data centers in Europe. In the absence of other business or technical constraints, which termination point is optimal for the Layer 2 interconnection?

Refer to the exhibit. An architect has been tasked to design an ISIS solution for a medium-size financial customer. The resulting design must meet these requirements:
•Traffic from the branches toward major sites is limited to 500 Mbps.
•Traffic from the major sites toward HQ is limited to 1Gbps.
•The number of branch sites will increase to 30 within the next three years.
•Link and node failures in a region must only have an impact within that region
Which two ISIS design aspects must be included? (Choose two.)
Which design method is achieved by layering the network control plane above a redundant physical infrastructure?
A network architect is designing a policy where database applications access the internet directly, while other traffic routes through the data center, with dynamic path switching based on performance. Which solution meets these requirements?
In a controller-based network architecture, between which of the two elements the southbound interface does the communication happen with a goal to program the data plane forwarding tables? (Choose two)
A senior network designer suggests that you should improve network convergence times by reducing BGP timers between your CE router and the PE router of the service provider. Which two factors should you consider to adjust the timer values? (Choose two.)
Which two statements describe the usage of the IS-IS overload bit technique? (Choose two.)
Which two actions must be taken when assessing an existing wireless network implementation for its readiness to support voice traffic? (Choose two.)
What is the most important operational driver when building a resilient and secure modular network design?
A customer migrates from a traditional Layer 2 data center network into a new SDN-based spine-and-leaf VXLAN EVPN data center within the same location. The networks are joined to enable host migration at Layer 2. What is the final migration step after hosts have physically migrated to have traffic flowing through the new network without changing any host configuration?
A consultant needs to evaluate project management methodologies for a new service deployment on the existing network of a customer. The customer wants to be involved in the end-to-end project progress and be provided with frequent updates. The customer also wants the ability to change the requirements if needed, as the project progresses. Which project management methodology should be used?
Company XYZ is planning to deploy primary and secondary (disaster recovery) data center sites. Each of these sites will have redundant SAN fabrics and data protection is expected between the data center sites. The sites are 100 miles (160 km) apart and target RPO/RTO are 3 hrs and 24 hrs, respectively. Which two considerations must Company XYZ bear in mind when deploying replication in their scenario? (Choose two.)
What is an architectural framework created by ETSI that defines standards to decouple network functions from proprietary hardware-based appliances and have them run in software on standard x86 servers?
The Agile Manifesto is a document that defines the key values and principles behind the Agile philosophy and helps development teams work more efficiently and sustainably. Each of the four key values is split into two sections—a left-hand side and a right-hand side. In other words, though there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. What is one of the key values of the Agile Manifesto?
An MPLS service provider is offering a standard EoMPLS-based VPLS service to Customer A, providing Layer 2 connectivity between a central site and approximately 100 remote sites. Customer A wants to use the VPLS network to carry its internal multicast video feeds which are sourced at the central site and consist of 20 groups at Mbps each. Which service provider recommendation offers the most scalability?
Software-defined network and traditional networks might appear the same to the end-user, but behind the scenes, each has unique sets of characteristics. Drag and drop these characteristic found on the left to the corresponding category on the right in no particular order?

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An organization who recently adapted SDWAN has been using CPU intensive policy routing on their new WAN edge device in the HQ to forward traffic to one of its branches which hosts the enterprise firewall What can replace the CPU intensive policy routing?
Which two points must network designers consider when designing a new network design or when evaluating an existing network design to help them understand the high-level design direction with regards to the security aspects? (Choose two)
A legacy enterprise is using a Service Provider MPLS network to connect its head office and branches. They want to extend the existing IP CCTV network to a new branch without routing changes or IP address changes. What is the best approach?
Company XYZ, a global content provider, owns data centers on different continents. Their data center design involves a standard three-layer design with a Layer 3-only core. VRRP is used as the FHRP. They require VLAN extension across access switches in all data centers and plan to purchase a Layer 2 interconnection between two of their data centers in Europe. In the absence of other business or technical constraints, which termination point is optimal for the Layer 2 interconnection?
Drag and drop the correct mitigation methods from the left onto the corresponding types of attack on the right

Hybrid cloud computing allows organizations to take advantage of public and private cloud models. Which best practice should organizations follow to ensure data security in the private cloud?
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A company named XYZ needs to apply security policies for end-user browsing by installing a secure web proxy appliance. All the web traffic must be inspected by the appliance, and the remaining traffic must be inspected by an NGFW that has been upgraded with intrusion prevention system functionality. In which two ways must the routing be performed? (Choose two)
Which two possible drawbacks should you consider when introducing Network Functions Virtualization in a network design? (Choose two.)
A network design includes a long signaling delay in notifying the Layer 3 control plane that an interface has failed. Which two of these actions would reduce that delay? (Choose two.)
Company XYZ is migrating their existing network to IPv6. Some access layer switches do not support IPv6, while core and distribution switches fully support unicast and multicast routing. The company wants to minimize cost of the migration. Which migration strategy should be used?
The modular design model approach allows companies to have a network infrastructure that is better suited for scalable applications What is the benefit for companies that use this model?
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Company XYZ must design a DMVPN tunnel between the three sites. Chicago is going to act as the NHS, and the company wants DMVPN to detect peer endpoint failures. Which technology should be used in the design?
In outsourced IT services, the RTO is defined within the SLA. Which two support terms are often included in the SLA by IT and other service providers? (Choose two.)
The administrator of a small branch office wants to implement the Layer 2 network without running STP. The office has some redundant paths. Which mechanism can the administrator use to allow redundancy without creating Layer 2 loops?
Drag and drop the FCAPS network management reference models from the left onto the correct definitions on the right.

A global e-commerce company is expanding its operations and planning to migrate its entire infrastructure to a hybrid cloud solution. They are concerned about data governance and want to ensure that their customers ' data is treated with utmost respect to sovereignty and privacy. What is an appropriate approach?
You were tasked to enhance the security of a network with these characteristics:
A pool of servers is accessed by numerous data centers and remote sites
The servers are accessed via a cluster of firewalls
The firewalls are configured properly and are not dropping traffic
The firewalls occasionally cause asymmetric routing of traffic within the server data center.
Which technology should you recommend to enhance security by limiting traffic that could originate from a hacker compromising a workstation and redirecting flows at the servers?
Sometimes SDN leverages various overlay networking technologies to create layer(s) of network abstraction. What describes an overlay network?
Company XYZ wants to use the FCAPS ISO standard for network management design. The focus of the design should be to monitor and keep track of any performance issues by continuously collecting and analyzing statistical information to monitor, correct, and optimize any reduced responsiveness across the network. Which layer accomplishes this design requirement?
Company XYZ is running SNMPv1 in their network and understands that it has some flaws. They want to change the security design to implement SNMPv3 in the network. Which network threat is SNMPv3 effective against?
Which DCI technology utilizes a “flood and learn” technique to populate the Layer 2 forwarding table?
As part of a new network design documentation, you are required to explain the reason for choosing Cisco FabricPath for Layer 2 loop avoidance.
Which two elements help Cisco FabricPath mitigate Layer 2 loops if they happen in the Layer 2 MP network? (Choose two)
You are tasked with the design of a high available network. Which two features provide fail closed environments? (Choose two.)
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The modularity built into the architecture allows flexibility in network design and facilitates implementation and troubleshooting Which solution is difficult to implement manage and troubleshoot especially for large networks?

Refer to the exhibit: A customer is migrating from a TDM-based Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN) to an MPLS Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN) in phases. The backbone OSPF connection between HUB A and HUB B will be replaced by eBGP. During the migration, some spokes (A2 and B1) are already moved to the L3VPN. The goal is to avoid routing loops during this hybrid transition.
Which design choice helps prevent routing loops during the backbone link migration?
Organizations that embrace Zero Trust initiatives ranging from business policies to technology infrastructure can reap business and security benefits. Which two domains should be covered under Zero Trust initiatives? (Choose two)
A service provider recently migrated to an SD-WAN solution for delivering WAN connections to its customers. One of the main challenges with the SD-WAN deployment is that branch site volume increases every year, which causes management complexity. Which action resolves the issue?
Which network management framework can be used to develop a network architecture that contains business requirements analysis, gap analysis, and network diagrams as artifacts to be used for design and implementation later?
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Which solution must be used to send traffic from the foreign wireless LAN controller to the anchor wireless LAN controller?
You are designing a new Ethernet-based metro-area network for an enterprise customer to connect 50 sites within the same city. OSPF will be the routing protocol used. The customer is primarily concerned with IPv4 address conservation and convergence time. Which two combined actions do you recommend? (Choose two)
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For Company XYZ, Bangkok is using ECMP to reach the 172.20.2.0/24 network. The company wants a design that would allow them to forward traffic from 172.16.2.0/24 toward 172.20.2.0/24 via the Singapore router as the preferred route. The rest of the traffic should continue to use ECMP. Which technology fulfills this design requirement?
Organic growth or decline comes from a company ' s normal business activities, rather than through acquisitions or divestment. Changes in usage patterns can also cause organic change in network requirements Which tool is useful when designing and operationalizing a network that is in the process of change?
An enterprise network has two core routers that connect to 200 distribution routers and uses full-mesh IBGP peering between these routers as its routing method. The distribution routers are experiencing high CPU utilization due to the BGP process. Which design solution is the most cost effective?
What is a disadvantage of the traditional three-tier architecture model when east-west traffic between different pods must go through the distribution and core layers?
In a multi-cloud environment, which two practices should be implemented to safeguard the integrity of Al-driven network decisions? (Choose two.)
A customer asks you to perform a high-level review of their upcoming WAN refresh for remote sites. The review is specially focused on their retail store operations consisting of 500+ locations connected via multipoint IPsec VPN solution. Which routing protocol would be valid but would also be the most restrictive for the expansion of this deployment model?
A business requirement stating that failure of WAN access for dual circuits into an MPLS provider for a Data Centre cannot happen due to related service credits that would need to be paid has led to diversely routed circuits to different points of presence on the provider’s network. What should a network designer also consider as part of the requirement?
A network security team uses a purpose-built tool to actively monitor the campus network, applications, and user activity. The team also analyzes enterprise telemetry data from IPFIX data records that are received from devices in the campus network. Which action can be taken based on the augmented data?
A European national bank considers migrating its on-premises systems to a private cloud offering in a non-European location to significantly reduce IT costs. What is a primary factor prior to migration?
Which solution component helps to achieve rapid migration to the cloud for SaaS and public cloud leveraging SD-WAN capabilities?
Which two impacts of adding the IP event dampening feature to a network design are true? (Choose two.)
What is a country-specific requirement that data is subject to the laws of the country in which it is collected or processed and must remain within its borders?
You are designing a network for a branch office. In order to improve convergence time, you are required to use the BFD feature. Which four routing protocols can you use to facilitate this? (Choose four.)
Drag and drop the end-to-end network virtualization elements from the left onto the correct network areas on the right.

A company plans to use BFD between its routers to detect a connectivity problem inside the switched network. An IPS is transparently installed between the switches. Which packets should the IPS forward for BFD to work under all circumstances?
The first step to building en A! strategy is understanding how it helps achieve business goals and objectives Al-first scorecard is an assessment of your organization ' s readiness to adopt and integrate AI technologies to gauge your capabilities and align stakeholders. Which scorecard is useful to understand whether the organization ' s digital infrastructure is strong enough to ensure seamless, standardized data flow between systems with optimal performance?
Which service abstracts away the management of the operating system, middleware, and runtime?
Backups and mirror copies of data are part of RPO (Recovery Point Objective) strategies. If a business wants to reduce their CAPEX for disaster recovery, which solution is most applicable?
Which two protocols are used by SDN controllers to communicate with switches and routers? (Choose two.)
You are designing a large-scale DMVPN network with more than 500 spokes using EIGRP as the IGP protocol. Which design option eliminates potential tunnel down events on the spoke routers due to the holding time expiration?
Which two compliance audit functions are useful to meet business requirements? (Choose two.)
A network security team observes phishing attacks on a user machine from a remote location. The organization has a policy of saving confidential data on two different systems using different types of authentication. What is the next step to control such events after the security team verifies all users in Zero Trust modeling?
The network designer needs to use GLOP IP addresses to make them unique within their ASN. Which multicast address range will be considered?
A centralized control plane generally means one or more controllers gather the reachability and topology information from each switching device and calculate some part of the forwarding information at some place. How can a centralized control plane be defined or described?
A multicast network is using Bidirectional PIM. Which two combined actions achieve high availability so that two RPs within the same network can act in a redundant manner? (Choose two)
Which design principle improves network resiliency?
Company XYZ is running OSPF in their network. They have merged with another company that is running EIGRP as the routing protocol. Company XYZ now needs the two domains to talk to each other with redundancy, while maintaining a loop-free environment. The solution must scale when new networks are added into the network in the near future. Which technology can be used to meet these requirements?
When consumers that leverage IaaS reach 100% resource capacity, what can be used to redirect the overflow of traffic to the public cloud so there is no disruption to service?
Which technology is an open-source infrastructure automation tool that automates repetitive tasks for users who work in networks such as cloud provisioning and intraservice orchestration?








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