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Cisco 200-301 Practice Test 56

Question 550

An existing DHCP client approaches lease expiry and needs to extend its assigned address without manually creating a static address. Which DHCP lease renewal exchange is appropriate?

  1. Send a fresh DNS query to the resolver and assume the lease timer resets
  2. Drop the existing lease and assign a manually chosen static IPv4 address
  3. Send the appropriate DHCPREQUEST renewal and accept the DHCPACK lease extension
  4. Send an ARP request for the router and treat the ARP reply as an address lease renewal

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

A client normally renews an existing DHCPv4 lease with DHCPREQUEST directed to its lease server and receives DHCPACK with updated lease parameters if accepted; it does not need manual static addressing.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Name resolution has no role in renewing a DHCPv4 address lease.

B:

The client is expected to extend the dynamically assigned address through DHCP renewal, not bypass the server.

D:

ARP resolves local link-layer neighbors; it cannot update a DHCP lease expiration timer.

Question 551

A brand-new DHCPv4 client has no IP address and sends a broadcast to locate available DHCP servers. Which message starts the four-message DHCP discovery/lease acquisition sequence?

  1. DHCPDISCOVER
  2. DHCPOFFER
  3. DHCPREQUEST
  4. DHCPACK

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

DHCPDISCOVER is the initial broadcast by the client seeking an available DHCP server before receiving offers.

Incorrect Answers

B:

DHCPOFFER comes from a responding server after it hears a client discovery; it does not initiate the exchange.

C:

DHCPREQUEST is sent after an offer is selected, requesting that particular proposed address and server.

D:

DHCPACK is the server confirmation of the requested lease, not a new client discovery.

Question 552

A DHCPv4 server receives DHCPDISCOVER and proposes an address and lease options to the client before receiving the client acceptance. Which DHCP message contains this preliminary proposal?

  1. DHCPNAK
  2. DHCPDISCOVER
  3. DHCPOFFER
  4. DHCPREQUEST

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

DHCPOFFER contains the server-proposed address and configuration details for client selection.

Incorrect Answers

A:

DHCPNAK denies a lease request instead of proposing an address in the initial negotiation.

B:

DHCPDISCOVER originates from the client to locate servers; it is not a server allocation proposal.

D:

DHCPREQUEST originates from the client accepting an offer or renewing, not a server proposal.

Question 553

A new DHCPv4 client receives more than one DHCPOFFER and then broadcasts its chosen server identifier and requested address. What specific client message selects the offer?

  1. DHCPDECLINE
  2. DHCPDISCOVER
  3. DHCPOFFER
  4. DHCPREQUEST

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

DHCPREQUEST includes the selected server/lease information and requests the offered address.

Incorrect Answers

A:

DHCPDECLINE tells a server that a proposed address is already in use; it does not select the desired offer.

B:

DHCPDISCOVER requests discovery of DHCP servers before any candidate offer has arrived.

C:

DHCPOFFER is a server proposal of configuration; it is not the selecting client response.

Question 554

A DHCPv4 client has selected an offer and sent DHCPREQUEST. The server has accepted the allocation and now returns the committed lease details to the client. Which final positive-response message completes DORA?

  1. DHCPDISCOVER
  2. DHCPREQUEST
  3. DHCPACK
  4. DHCPRELEASE

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The DHCP server sends DHCPACK to confirm the assigned address and lease configuration after accepting the client request.

Incorrect Answers

A:

DHCPDISCOVER is the initial client solicitation before the address offer, not the final server response.

B:

DHCPREQUEST is the client message selecting an address; it does not itself confirm the server commitment.

D:

DHCPRELEASE is a later client message relinquishing an existing lease, not the affirmative server response.

Question 555

A DNS zone defines `portal.example.test` as an alias of `web01.example.test`, and the actual IPv4 address is associated with the canonical host. Which **DNS resource-record type** represents that alias-to-canonical-name relationship?

  1. An A record mapping a hostname directly to IPv4
  2. A PTR record mapping a reverse lookup to a hostname
  3. An AAAA record mapping a hostname directly to IPv6
  4. A CNAME record naming the canonical host for an alias

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

CNAME points an alias name at its canonical hostname; subsequent resolution obtains the address from records for that canonical name.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A records return IPv4 addresses; they do not designate another hostname as the alias target.

B:

PTR records are used for reverse DNS name lookups instead of mapping one forward alias name to another host name.

C:

AAAA records map names to IPv6 addresses and do not describe a CNAME alias.

Question 556

A central monitoring application needs to read a particular counter from the SNMP agent running on a switch at a scheduled interval. Which manager-initiated SNMP operation polls the MIB value?

  1. Wait for a switch-initiated SNMP trap and treat that as the scheduled GET reply
  2. Use SNMP manager GET requests
  3. Use SNMP SET to overwrite the counter value instead of reading it
  4. Read a syslog message as if it were an SNMP MIB object query

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

SNMP GET requests let a management station read exposed values from the agent’s management information base, such as interface octet counters. Traps and informs move data in the opposite direction as event notifications.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Traps are unsolicited notifications, whereas the situation calls for manager-initiated polling of a named counter.

C:

SET requests changes to writable MIB objects and is inappropriate for observing a read-only counter.

D:

Syslog events are not manager requests for specific SNMP OID values.

Question 557

A switch must notify a monitoring station promptly when an interface or device event occurs without waiting for an SNMP GET poll. Which SNMP event-notification mechanism is configured?

  1. Configure only periodic SNMP GET polling from the manager
  2. Use an SNMP SET operation to change a counter when a link fails
  3. Configure SNMP traps or informs
  4. Enable a syslog-only collector and assume it emits SNMP notifications

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

An SNMP trap or inform pushes an event notification from the device agent to the manager without waiting for the next periodic poll. An inform has acknowledgment semantics that a trap lacks.

Incorrect Answers

A:

GET polling occurs on the manager’s schedule and does not push immediate asynchronous agent notifications.

B:

SET modifies supported writable objects; it is not the event-notification mechanism.

D:

Syslog export is a separate logging protocol and not the SNMP trap/inform service requested.

Question 558

A management station uses numeric OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 to read the device uptime. What does the OID identify in this SNMP exchange?

  1. The SNMPv3 encryption key used to protect every management request
  2. A specific managed object instance in the MIB namespace
  3. The destination IPv4 address of the event collector
  4. A syslog facility value that determines message priority

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The hierarchical OID selects one managed object instance; the SNMP agent returns that variable’s current value.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Security keys are provisioned separately from management object identifiers and are not encoded as a readable uptime OID.

C:

An OID identifies management data rather than a collector endpoint; network delivery addressing resides in the IP packet headers.

D:

Syslog facility is a logging category field, not an SNMP MIB object identifier for uptime.

Question 559

Security policy requires monitoring sessions to authenticate an SNMP user AND encrypt management payloads while reading device counters. Which SNMP security model and level meets both conditions?

  1. SNMPv2c using a nondefault community string
  2. SNMPv3 noAuthNoPriv with a unique username
  3. SNMPv3 authNoPriv with SHA authentication only
  4. SNMPv3 authPriv with a supported authentication hash and AES privacy

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

SNMPv3 authPriv provides cryptographic authentication and privacy; AES encrypts the payload when matching agent and manager settings exist.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An SNMPv2c community string provides neither the required SNMPv3 user authentication nor encrypted payload confidentiality.

B:

A username under noAuthNoPriv is not cryptographic authentication and the payload remains without privacy protection.

C:

authNoPriv authenticates messages but does not encrypt the managed data, violating the explicit confidentiality requirement.

Question 560

The NMS sends SNMP GET to a Cisco switch, which locally retrieves the requested interface counter and returns it. What is the role of the process running on the managed switch?

  1. SNMP manager initiating the query and scheduling periodic polling
  2. SNMP agent exposing supported management objects and answering the query
  3. Central syslog collector that stores device event text messages
  4. NTP reference clock selecting an accurate wall-clock source

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The device SNMP agent exposes MIB values and serves permitted GET requests using its local operational state.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The manager runs at the monitoring station and initiates polling; the managed device does not become the manager by answering.

C:

Syslog transports event messages to a log receiver; it does not implement SNMP object retrieval for on-demand counter queries.

D:

NTP synchronizes time and does not answer SNMP variable requests for interface performance counters.

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