SCP SCP-500 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

SCP SCP-500 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  When adding a node to Orion NPM, which user interface allows you to assign a Universal Device Poller (UnDP) as part of the same workflow?

  A. System Manager
  B. Web Node Management
  C. Network Discovery Wizard
  D. Seed File
  B. Web Node Management

• Question 2:

  A network engineer notices the Syslog server's database is growing significantly in size due to the large number of devices sending Syslog messages. What should the engineer do to control database growth?

  A. configure the Syslog server to discard unwanted messages
  B. configure the devices and the Syslog server to use TCP-based Syslog
  C. configure the devices and the Syslog server to use SNMPv3
  D. configure the Syslog server to capture SNMP traps instead of Syslog
  A. configure the Syslog server to discard unwanted messages

• Question 3:

  While isolating a bandwidth issue using your network management system (NMS), you discover that the percent utilization for an interface is over 100%. What is a possible cause?

  A. There is a duplex mismatch on this interface.
  B. The NMS is configured with the wrong interface speed.
  C. The NMS is monitoring too many interfaces.
  D. Packet loss is exceptionally high on this interface.
  B. The NMS is configured with the wrong interface speed.

• Question 4:

  Which trend analysis report would most accurately predict user count growth?

  A. numbers of active switch ports
  B. network-wide bandwidth utilization
  C. network-wide availability
  D. number of active WAN interfaces
  A. numbers of active switch ports

• Question 5:

  An Orion NPM user wants to be able to make changes to the resources as they view them on the Orion Web Console. What must be done to the user's account?

  A. Allow Node Management Rights must be actived.
  B. Allow Admin Rights must be disabled.
  C. Allow View Customization must be enabled.
  D. An Account Limitation must be defined.
  C. Allow View Customization must be enabled.

• Question 6:

  Which two metrics should be monitored to determine if a network device is overloaded? (Choose two.)

  A. CPU utilization
  B. bandwidth utilization
  C. memory utilization
  D. packet loss
  E. response time
  A. CPU utilization
  C. memory utilization

• Question 7:

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

  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
  A. export a report from Report Writer and then upload it to the Thwack content sharing zone

• Question 8:

  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?

  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.
  B. During network congestion, ICMP packets are being dropped.

• Question 9:

  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?

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

• Question 10:

  An Orion NPM administrator enables audible alerts through the Orion Web Console. Assuming you are on a view that shows alerts, when will the audible alert be triggered?

  A. every 10 minutes if there is an active alert
  B. whenever your view includes Nodes With Problems
  C. whenever a new alert has appeared since the last refresh
  D. when you first log in to the Web Console
  C. whenever a new alert has appeared since the last refresh