A network administrator would like to enable NetFlow on a Layer 3 switch but is concerned about how the
feature may impact the switch. Which of the following metrics should the administrator graph using SNMP to
BEST measure the feature's impact?


A. CPU usage
B. Temperature
C. Electrical consumption
D. Bandwidth usage

Users attending security training at work are advised not to use single words as passwords for corporate
applications. Which of the following does this BEST protect against?


A. An on-path attack
B. A brute-force attack
C. A dictionary attack
D. MAC spoofing
E. Denial of service

A network administrator is troubleshooting the communication between two Layer 2 switches that are reporting
a very high runt count. After trying multiple ports on both switches, the issue persists. Which of the following
should the network administrator perform to resolve the issue?


A. Increase the MTU size on both switches.
B. Recertify the cable between both switches.
C. Perform a factory reset on both switches.
D. Enable debug logging on both switches.

Which of the following protocols would allow a secure connection to a Linux-based system?


A. SMB
B. FTP
C. RDP
D. SSH

A company with multiple routers would like to implement an HA network gateway with the least amount of
downtime possible. This solution should not require changes on the gateway setting of the network clients.
Which of the following should a technician configure?


A. Automate a continuous backup and restore process of the system's state of the active gateway.
B. Use a static assignment of the gateway IP address on the network clients.
C. Configure DHCP relay and allow clients to receive a new IP setting.
D. Configure a shared VIP and deploy VRRP on the routers.

A network administrator is trying to identify a device that is having issues connecting to a switchport. Which of
the following would BEST help identify the issue?


A. A syslog server
B. Change management records
C. A rack diagram
D. The security log

Which of the following ports are associated with IMAP? (Choose two.)


A. 25
B. 110
C. 143
D. 587
E. 993
F. 995

A network technician was hired to harden the security of a network. The technician is required to enable
encryption and create a password for AP security through the web browser. Which of the following would BEST
support these requirements?


A. ESP
B. WPA2
C. IPSec
D. ACL

A company just migrated its email service to a cloud solution. After the migration, two-thirds of the internal
users were able to connect to their mailboxes, but the connection fails for the other one-third of internal users.
Users working externally are not reporting any issues. The network administrator identifies the following output
collected from an internal host:
c:user> nslookup newmail.company.com
Non-Authoritative answer:
Name: newmail.company.com
IPs: 3.219.13.186, 64.58.225.184, 184.168.131.243
Which of the following verification tasks should the network administrator perform NEXT?


A. Check the firewall ACL to verify all required IP addresses are included.
B. Verify the required router PAT rules are properly configured.
C. Confirm the internal DNS server is replying to requests for the cloud solution.
D. Validate the cloud console to determine whether there are unlicensed requests.

A network technician reviews an entry on the syslog server and discovers the following message from a switch:
SPANNING-TREE Port 1/1 BLOCKED
Which of the following describes the issue?


A. A loop was discovered, and the impact was mitigated.
B. An incorrectly pinned cable was disconnected.
C. The link-local address on the port is incorrect.
D. The port was shut down, and it needs to be reactivated.