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400-007 Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE v3.1) Questions and Answers

Questions 4

What is an advantage of using Agile over Waterfall methodology in the network design lifecycle?

Options:

A.

dosed loop operation

B.

lower total cost

C.

ideal for large projects

D.

reduced risk in the design process

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Questions 5

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?

Options:

A.

change management

B.

modularity

C.

mobility

D.

Monitoring

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Questions 6

PaaS provides a cloud-based platform for developing, running, managing applications. Users access the PaaS through a GUI, where development or DevOps teams can collaborate on all their work across the entire application lifecycle including coding, integration, testing, delivery, deployment, and feedback. Which benefit does an organization get by using PaaS?

Options:

A.

improved access

B.

comprehensive security

C.

improved responsiveness

D.

faster time to market

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Questions 7

What are two advantages of the Agile project management methodology? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

brief but detailed feedback loops

B.

extensive documentation

C.

well-detailed and reliable budget estimates

D.

creation of shippable enhancements

E.

tight and rigid model

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Questions 8

Refer to the exhibit. A company is running their data center based on VXLAN and BGP EVPN with stretched subnets for servers attaching to the edge devices being an important feature. The security team has defined a requirement where server group A must not be able to communicate with each other but is allowed to communicate with server group B. while servers in Group B must be able to communicate with all servers. Which scalable solution can be deployed to support these requirements?

Options:

A.

VACL

B.

VRF with route leaking

C.

private VLAN

D.

transparent firewall

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Questions 9

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?

Options:

A.

on premises

B.

private cloud

C.

public cloud

D.

hybrid cloud

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Questions 10

Refer to the table. 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?

Options:

A.

Metro Ethernet

B.

DWDM

C.

CWDM

D.

MPLS

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Questions 11

Company XYZ asks for design recommendations for Layer 2 redundancy. The company wants to prioritize fast convergence and resiliency elements In the design. Which two technologies are recommended? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Design MLAG/MC-LAG into the network wherever possible

B.

Configure DHCP snooping on the switches.

C.

Use root guard.

D.

Use BPDU guard.

E.

Use UniDirectional Link Detection.

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Questions 12

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is designing the network for a multihomed customer running in AS 111 does not have any other Ass connected to it. Which technology is more comprehensive to use in the design to make sure that the AS is not being used as a transit AS?

Options:

A.

Configure the AS-set attribute to allow only routes from AS 111 to be propagated to the neighbor ASs.

B.

Use the local preference attribute to configure your AS as a " non-transit " AS.

C.

Include an AS path access list to send routes to the neighboring ASs that only have AS 111 in the AS path field.

D.

Include a prefix list to only receive routes from neighboring ASs.

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Questions 13

Which three items do you recommend for control plane hardening of an infrastructure device? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

redundant AAA servers

B.

Control Plane Policing

C.

warning banners

D.

to enable unused services

E.

SNMPv3

F.

routing protocol authentication

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Questions 14

By monitoring the effects of the design variations, you can characterize the relative resilience of the design. Which method involves disturbing the network by removing an active interface and monitoring how the change is handled by the network?

Options:

A.

randomized configuration

B.

nondeterministic analysis

C.

failover testing

D.

passive monitoring

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Questions 15

Over the years, many solutions diveloped to limit control plane state which reduces the scope or the speed of control plane information propagation Which solution removes more specific information about a particular destination as topological distance is covered in the network?

Options:

A.

Aggregation

B.

Summarization

C.

Back-off timers

D.

Layering

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Questions 16

When planning their cloud migration journey what is crucial for virtually all organizations to perform?

Options:

A.

SASE framework deployment

B.

optimizing the WAN environment

C.

assessment of current infrastructure

D.

RPO and RTO calculations duration planning

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Questions 17

In the wake of a security compromise incident where the internal networks were breached by an outside attacker at the perimeter of the infrastructure, an enterprise is now evaluating potential measures that can help protect against the same type of incident in the future. What are two design options that can be employed? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

microzoning

B.

segmentation

C.

domain fencing

D.

virtualization

E.

microperimeters

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Questions 18

An architect receives a business requirement from a CTO that states the RTO and RPO for a new system should be as close as possible to zero. Which replication method and data center technology should be used?

Options:

A.

asynchronous replication over geographically dispersed dual data centers via CWDM

B.

synchronous replication over dual data centers via Metro Ethernet

C.

asynchronous replication over dual data centers via DWDM

D.

synchronous replication over geographically dispersed dual data centers via MPLS

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Questions 19

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

Options:

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Questions 20

Refer to the exhibit in the topology, each router has a BGP session to each firewall in a hub-and-spoke BGP design The peering LAN implements an Ethernet Virtual Private LAN service from a service provider that offers carrier Ethernet services from its MPLS-enabled network Each router has an IP address in the 10.192 255.0/24 subnet. Spoke BGP routers must communicate with each other directly without traffic passing through the firewall AS PATH is used for policy enforcement.

How can BGP sessions be established between the routers and the firewalls?

Options:

A.

eBGP sessions

B.

iBGP sessions

C.

firewalls as route reflectors

D.

firewalls as route servers

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Questions 21

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

Options:

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Questions 22

Company XYZ has 30 sites using MPLS L3 VPN and the company is now concerned about data integrity. The company wants to redesign the security aspect of their network based on these requirements:

Securely transfer the corporate data over the private WAN

Use a centralized configuration model.

Minimize overhead on the tunneled traffic.

Which technology can be used in the new design to meet the company’s requirements?

Options:

A.

GET VPN

B.

MGRE

C.

DMVPN

D.

S-VTI

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Questions 23

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?

Options:

A.

ability to detect and react to changes remotely at each device

B.

set of processes running in a virtual or physical machine

C.

protocol running on each device

D.

set of algorithms implemented on all devices

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Questions 24

multinational corporation with offices in various regions worldwide are looking for a network architecture that provides a balance between low- latency and cost-effectiveness for connecting their offices to the cloud. Which cloud connectivity option is the best fit for this corporation?

Options:

A.

DMVPN

B.

SDWAN SDCI

C.

MPLS direct connect

D.

cloud on-ramp

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Questions 25

A network uses an SDN architecture with switches and a centralized controller What should be on the switches but not on the controller?

Options:

A.

control plane functions

B.

data plane functions

C.

northbound interface

D.

a southbound interface

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Questions 26

A lead network architect is tasked with designing the optimal cloud-based solution for a rapidty growing e-commerce company that heavily relies on its online platform for sales and customer interactions The company’s business critical operations induce real time inventory management, order processing, and payment processing The executive team has decided to migrate their infrastructure to the cloud to improve scalability and recoce operational costs Which cloud service model(s) needs to considered?

Options:

A.

SaaS and PaaS

B.

SaaS

C.

laaS and PaaS

D.

laaS

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Questions 27

Refer to the exhibit Which impact of using three or more ABRs between the backbone area and area 1 is true?

Options:

A.

In a large-scale network LSA replication by all ABRs can cause serious scalability issues

B.

Multiple ABRs reduce the CPU processing on each ABR due to splitting prefix advertisement

C.

In a large-scale network multiple ABRs can create microloops

D.

Prefixes from the non-backbone area are advertised by one ABR to the backbone

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Questions 28

The advantages of a hybrid SDN/OSPF control plane are broadly recognized in the networking community, as it promises the best of two worlds: programmability and agility of SDN and the reliability and fault tolerance of OSPF, but there are tradeoffs. Which two challenges of a hybrid SDN control plane exist in an operational network? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

forwarding anomalies due to uncorrected control planes

B.

distributed routing protocol for packet forwarding

C.

model optimization for network management

D.

total cost of ownership for migration to SDN

E.

increased forwarding information base size

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Questions 29

Which three tools are used for ongoing monitoring and maintenance of a voice and video environment? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

flow-based analysis to measure bandwidth mix of applications and their flows

B.

call management analysis to identify network convergence-related failures

C.

call management analysis to identify CAC failures and call quality issues

D.

active monitoring via synthetic probes to measure loss, latency, and jitter

E.

passive monitoring via synthetic probes to measure loss, latency, and jitter

F.

flow-based analysis with PTP time-stamping to measure loss, latency, and jitter

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Questions 30

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?

Options:

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Questions 31

A multinational corporation intends to deploy Al/ML-driven analytics for consumer data The company operates in multiple locations, including the EU, where data protection regulations are rigorous The organization must guarantee that its Al/ML solution adheres to local regulations, especially with data storage and processing

Which cloud environment will most effectively meet the company’s data sovereignty needs while assuring adherence to regional data protection regulations?

Options:

A.

storing client data in a public cloud environment situated outside the EU and processing it via a centralized AI/ML system in the United States

B.

employing a hybrid cloud infrastructure, wherein customer data from the EU is retained in local data centers and processed within a centralized AI/ML system situated in a separate jurisdiction

C.

storing client data in a private cloud situated within the EU region to adhere to local data protection regulations

D.

using a public cloud infrastructure that permits the storage and processing of customer data in any worldwide region, devoid of specific local limitations

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Questions 32

Which two advantages of using DWDM over traditional optical networks are true? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

inherent topology flexibility and service protection provided without penalty through intelligent oversubscription of bandwidth reservation

B.

inherent topology flexibility with a service protection provided through a direct integration with an upper layer protocol

C.

inherent topology flexibility with built-in service protection

D.

ability to expand bandwidth over existing optical infrastructure

E.

inherent topology flexibility with intelligent chromatic dispersion

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Questions 33

Refer to the exhibit. This network is running legacy STP 802.1 d. Assuming " hello_timer " is fixed to 2 seconds, which parameters can be modified to speed up convergence times after single link/node failure?

Options:

A.

The transit_delay = 5 and bpdu_delay = 20 are recommended values, considering hello_timer = 2 and specified diameter.

B.

Only the maximum_transmission_halt_delay and diameter parameters are configurable parameters in 802.1d to speed up STP convergence process.

C.

The max_age and forward_delay parameters can be adjusted to speed up STP convergence process.

D.

Only the transit_delay and bpdu_delay timers are configurable parameters in 802.1d to speed up STP convergence process.

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Questions 34

Company XYZ is designing the network for IPv6 security and they have these design

requirements:

A switch or router must deny access to traffic from sources with addresses that are correct, but are topologically incorrect

Devices must block Neighbor Discovery Protocol resolution for destination addresses that are not found in the binding table.

Which two IPv4 security features are recommended for this company? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

IPv6 DHCP Guard

B.

IPv6 Source Guard

C.

IPv6 Destination Guard

D.

IPv6 Prefix Guard

E.

IPv6 RA Guard

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Questions 35

Which component of the SDN architecture automatically ensures that application traffic is routed according to policies established by network administrators?

Options:

A.

southbound API

B.

northbound API

C.

SDN controller

D.

packet forwarding engine

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Questions 36

Refer to the exhibit Which two design options reduce the size of OSPF database in the shown topology? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Loop Free Alternate

B.

type 3 LSA filtering

C.

prefix suppression

D.

Layer 2 link aggregation between core switches

E.

incremental SPF

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Questions 37

A multinational enterprise integrates a cloud solution with these objectives

Achieve seamless connectivity across different countries and regions

Extend data center and private clouds into public clouds and provider-hosted clouds

What are two outcomes of deploying data centers and fabrics that interconnect different cloud networks? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

Enhanced security

B.

Data and network ownership

C.

Ability to place workloads across clouds

D.

Centralized visibility

E.

Unidirectional workload mobility across the cloud

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Questions 38

A bank recently had their security compromised during an initial key exchange between devices using a symmetric cryptography algorithm, and as a result the key was revealed/leaked. Going forward, they want to ensure that key exchanges are performed using asymmetric cryptography algorithms. Which algorithm offers the desired functionality?

Options:

A.

AES

B.

RSA

C.

RC4

D.

Diffie-Hellman

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Questions 39

With virtualization being applied in many parts of the network, every physical link is likely to carry one or more virtual links, but what is a drawback in cases like this?

Options:

A.

unneeded tunneling

B.

fate sharing

C.

serialization delay

D.

bandwidth utilization

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Questions 40

A well-executed network design provides improved performance and efficiency, increased security, and reduced downtime and support costs Which feature helps to achieve resilience in the network?

Options:

A.

automatically reroute traffic or restart services

B.

implementing layers of protection

C.

optimizing your network traffic

D.

setting up adequate user permissions

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Questions 41

A company with an existing multivendor network is moving from 1 G dark fiber to an ISP virtual leased-line solution The company ' s internal security policy states that any traffic traversing a network that is not owned by the company must be encrypted What must be used to meet the requirements?

Options:

A.

IPsec AH

B.

Dynamic Multipoint VPN tunnel

C.

IPsec ESP

D.

GETVPN tunnel

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Questions 42

A network architect is working on the baseline policies dealing with the use of Infrastructure-as-Code within an IT department, and has been requested to present the plan at the monthly management board meeting. What are two examples of operational aspects of Infrastructure-as-Code that can be highlighted during the presentation? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

API for programmatic control

B.

automatic trouble ticketing

C.

automated workflows

D.

source code management repository

E.

telemetry and monitoring

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Questions 43

Most security monitoring systems use a signature-based approach to detect threats. In which two instances are systems based on Network Behavior Anomaly Detection better than signature-based systems when it comes to detecting security threat vectors? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

encrypted threat traffic

B.

spyware detection

C.

malware detection

D.

new zero-day attacks

E.

intrusion threat detection

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Questions 44

Virtualization pose a special challenges for NAC because virtual servers can move around a data center, and the VLAN can change as the servers move. What is an option that can be used to improve security in this condition?

Options:

A.

role-based control

B.

in-band traffic control

C.

application-based security

D.

application-based security

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Questions 45

In a multi-cloud environment, which two practices should be implemented to safeguard the integrity of Al-driven network decisions? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

executing real-time change monitoring for all Al model modifications and setups across cloud platforms

B.

employing a centralized Al control plane to oversee and supervise all machine learning models in the cloud

C.

implementing machine learning models exclusively within isolated, on-premises data centers to mitigate cloud vulnerabilities

D.

employing federated learning to guarantee data privacy and integrity across multiple cloud environments

E.

implementing rigorous network segmentation among cloud providers to avert cross-cloud data leaks

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Questions 46

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)

Options:

A.

Configure all the sites as network type broadcast.

B.

The network type on all sites should be point-to-multipoint.

C.

The network type should be point-to-multipoint for the hub and point-to-point for the spokes.

D.

The hub should be set as the DR by specifying the priority to 255.

E.

The hub should be the DR by changing the priority of the spokes to 0.

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Questions 47

A large defense organization is planning their cloud migration journey, but they have high data sovereignty concerns, major regulation or compliance requirements, and very restrictive SLAs. Which cloud architecture model can be adopted?

Options:

A.

public cloud

B.

hybrid cloud

C.

private cloud

D.

PaaS

E.

laaS

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Questions 48

While positive feedback loops generally don ' t last long enough to bring down a network completely, they can still last long enough to disrupt traffic flows or to cause the network to converge more slowly than it should.

What are two examples of cases where a positive feedback loop can be long-lived and devastating to the network ' s control plane? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

During redistribution of reachability information between multiple control planes

B.

Modifying the flow of traffic through the network by steering traffic based on QoS attributes

C.

When input traffic volumes on an interfaces causes the interface queue to overflow.

D.

The rate at which the information earned in the various control plane protocols changes

E.

When more paths available in any given routing process than are installed in the routing table

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Questions 49

Which two factors must be considered while calculating the RTO? (Choose two . )

Options:

A.

Cost of lost data and operations

B.

how often backups are taken and how quickly these can be restored

C.

importance and priority of individual systems

D.

maximum tolerable amount of data loss that the organization can sustain

E.

steps needed to mitigate or recover from a disaster

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Questions 50

What are the two benefits of using northbound APIs in SDN architecture? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

They provide a way to manage the SDN and configure network policies

B.

They connect the SDN controller to the underlying network devices.

C.

They provide a way for the SDN controller to communicate with network devices

D.

They provide, a way for the SDN to control change management

E.

They connective SDN controller to higher-level management, systems

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Questions 51

Company XYZ plans to run OSPF on a DMVPN network They want to use spoke-to-spoke tunnels in the design What is a drawback or concern in this type of design?

Options:

A.

Additional host routes will be inserted into the routing tables

B.

Manual configuration of the spoke IP address on the hub will be needed

C.

There will be split-horizon issue at the hub

D.

Manual configuration of the spokes with the appropriate priority will be needed

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Questions 52

What are two descriptions of network optimization? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Maintain high availability

B.

Proactive network management

C.

Network redesign

D.

Network health maintenance

E.

Identify network requirements

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Questions 53

which two actions must be taken when assessing an existing wireless network implementation for its readliness to support voice traffic? (choose two)

Options:

A.

Validate antenna settings on APs

B.

Verify that RX level are not above -6WBm.

C.

Analyze typical roaming delays.

D.

Identify frequent TX power changes.

E.

Check for high channel utilization

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Questions 54

Two routers R1 and R2 are directly connected through an Ethernet link Both routers are running OSPF. OSPF has been registered with BFD and BFD is running in asynchronous mode with the echo function enabled Which two actions occur that are related to the echo function? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

BFD control packets are sent at a slower pace because the echo function is enabled

B.

BFD echo packets are sent from forwarding engines along the Layer 2 path to perform detection

C.

BFD control packets are sent at a higher pace because the echo function is enabled

D.

Only BFD control packets are sent from forwarding engines along the Layer 2 path to perform detection

E.

BFD sessions at either end actively participate in the forwarding of echo packets

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Questions 55

The SD-WAN architecture is composed of separate orchestration management, control, and data planes Which activity happens at the orchestration plane?

Options:

A.

packet forwarding

B.

central configuration and monitoring

C.

automatic onboarding of the SD-WAN routers into the SD-WAN overlay

D.

decision-making process on where traffic flows

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Questions 56

An enterprise wants to provide low-cost delivery of network systems that can be scaled on business demand, followed by an initiative to reduce capital expenses for new IT equipment Which technology meets these goals?

Options:

A.

IaaS within a private cloud

B.

IaaS within an on-premises location

C.

PaaS within a public cloud

D.

SaaS within an on-premises location

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Questions 57

Refer to the exhibit. A customer needs to implement a connectivity model by using one active link for inbound and outbound traffic and a second link for backup. The backup link is low speed and is required only during outages of the primary link. Which design solution should be implemented?

Options:

A.

Advertise a longer AS PATH to ISP 2. Increase the MED to ISP 2.

B.

Advertise more specific routes to ISP 1. Increase the local preference attribute of inbound BGP from ISP1.

C.

Advertise less specific routes to ISP 2. Increase the AS PATH inbound from ISP 1.

D.

Advertise a higher local preference to ISP 2. Increase the AS PATH inbound from ISP 1.

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Questions 58

A communication network failure is usually defined as a situation where the network is unable to deliver communication services Thus a failure can be viewed as a disruption of service rather than degradation due to congestion One of the survivability techniques for improving network resilience is traffic management Which network-level traffic management and restoration technique can be used to achieve this?

Options:

A.

Multi-homing nodes for link level failure mitigations

B.

Prevention technique to improve component and system performance

C.

Provisioning backup power supplies for network equipment

D.

Pre-configured backup LSP paths in MPLS networks

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Questions 59

Which two elements are key in strategic network design and planning?

Options:

A.

customer requirements

B.

network distribution

C.

business strategy

D.

production delivery

E.

demand and supply ratio

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Questions 60

If the desire is to connect virtual network functions together to accommodate different types of

network service connectivity, what must be deployed?

Options:

A.

Bridging

B.

Service Chaining

C.

Linking

D.

Daisy Chaining

E.

Switching

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Questions 61

Reter to the exhibit This network is running OSPF and EIGRP as the routing protocols Mutual redistribution of the routing protocols has been contoured on the appropriate ASBRs The OSPF network must be designed so that flapping routes m EIGRP domains do not affect the SPF runs within OSPF The design solution must not affect the way EIGRP routes are propagated into the EIGRP domains Which technique accomplishes the requirement?

Options:

A.

route summarization on the ASBR interfaces facing the OSPF domain

B.

route summarization on the appropriate ASBRs

C.

route summarization on the appropriate ABRs

D.

route summarization on EIGRP routers connecting toward the ASBR

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Exam Name: Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE v3.1)
Last Update: Apr 7, 2026
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