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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 200-301 Practice Test 1

Question 1

At an insurance company, the infrastructure lead must forward between two distinct routed subnets and choose a Layer 3 next hop; a basic bridging device cannot meet the request. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Deploy a standalone access point in bridge mode.
  2. Install an unmanaged Layer 2 switch.
  3. Install a router with an interface or subinterface in each routed network.
  4. Add a passive IDS on the uplink.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Routers use Layer 3 forwarding decisions to connect distinct IP subnets.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An AP joins wireless clients to a LAN and does not automatically provide intersubnet routing.

B:

It bridges Ethernet frames without an intersubnet routing interface.

D:

An IDS observes rather than forwards between networks.

Question 2

At a regional office, the migration lead needs local high-speed switching and inter-VLAN routing at the distribution layer without an external router-on-a-stick bottleneck. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Configure routed SVIs on a Layer 3 switch and enable IP routing.
  2. Assign the same VLAN ID to every department.
  3. Create more access ports on a Layer 2-only switch.
  4. Install a standalone syslog collector.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

A multilayer switch routes between its active VLAN interfaces in hardware.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Collapsing segmentation is not inter-VLAN routing and removes intended boundaries.

C:

More bridge ports do not form routed gateways.

D:

Central logging does not move packets between VLANs.

Question 3

At a research campus, a network operations engineer requires active inspection capable of dropping malicious traffic based on application-aware signatures rather than merely collecting packets. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Mirror all traffic to a passive SPAN receiver.
  2. Use an appropriately deployed next-generation firewall or inline IPS policy.
  3. Use an ordinary router ACL that matches only source and destination IPs, without application-aware inspection.
  4. Deploy an IDS policy off a SPAN session and expect it to block transit frames.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

An inline enforcement device can block matches rather than only report them.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A mirrored capture receives copies without being in the forwarding path.

C:

A conventional IP-based ACL can block matching addresses, but the requested signature-level application inspection needs the appropriate inline security function.

D:

Out-of-band IDS analysis may detect malicious flows but cannot drop transit packets unless a separate enforcement path is in use.

Question 4

At a satellite office, the campus network lead needs to bring Wi-Fi clients onto an existing Ethernet LAN without assigning each client to a separate routed WAN connection. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Deploy a wireless access point that bridges associated stations to the correct VLAN.
  2. Replace the access switch with a NAT gateway.
  3. Install a passive network tap in the wiring closet.
  4. Connect each laptop directly to an optical line terminal.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

The AP provides the 802.11-to-Ethernet access path and retains VLAN policy.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Address translation does not create the required wireless radio cells.

C:

A tap observes physical traffic and never advertises an SSID.

D:

An OLT is unrelated to enterprise Wi-Fi association.

Question 5

At a research campus, the on-call technician is designing a centrally managed WLAN and must apply common SSID, RF, and security policy to many lightweight APs. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Configure each lightweight AP with an unrelated local SSID profile and skip controller policy synchronization.
  2. Use a wireless LAN controller to coordinate managed AP configuration.
  3. Move every AP to an isolated VLAN without management.
  4. Deploy only an unmanaged PoE switch and rely on power delivery for radio-policy coordination.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

A WLC centralizes policy and AP management in a controller-based WLAN.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Independent configurations do not guarantee the unified RF, SSID and security management required across the AP fleet.

C:

Segmentation without control-plane reachability can prevent AP management.

D:

PoE can power APs but does not provide a central WLAN controller for coordinated RF and security policies.

Question 6

At a logistics provider, the security and networking lead must power a ceiling-mounted AP over the same structured cable used for Ethernet, with sufficient power budget. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Use PoE-capable switch ports with the required power class and budget.
  2. Replace the cable with single-mode optical fiber alone.
  3. Enable only 802.1Q tagging on the port.
  4. Enable CDP on a non-PoE switch.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Power over Ethernet injects electrical power on the same copper Ethernet link when standards and budgets match.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Passive fiber does not deliver the standard copper PoE power feed.

C:

VLAN tagging concerns traffic classification, not available electrical power.

D:

A neighbor-discovery protocol does not add physical PoE circuitry.

Question 7

At a bank branch, the infrastructure lead must terminate many employee requests for a shared database and keep that application accessible as clients move. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Deploy the database on appropriately secured server hosts behind service addressing.
  2. Run each employee client as a separate, unmanaged copy of the database server.
  3. Use an LACP bundle as the database process.
  4. Configure a switch MAC aging timer as the database service.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Servers provide the application service; clients initiate requests to its listener.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Separate desktop database instances cannot provide a consistent shared service endpoint, controlled storage, and central availability as users move.

C:

LACP aggregates links but cannot answer SQL requests.

D:

MAC aging maintains an Ethernet forwarding table, not application data.

Question 8

At a school district, the campus network lead needs a workstation to initiate a TLS session to an application but not act as the application listener for all branch users. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Enable STP root guard to create client connections.
  2. Use the routing table to store the submitted form.
  3. Turn the access point into the application database.
  4. Use the workstation as an endpoint client of the application service.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

The endpoint initiates traffic; the server-side process accepts and services it.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Root guard protects a bridge topology and does not implement client software.

B:

Routing tables hold forwarding prefixes, not application transactions.

C:

An AP supplies network access rather than the described application logic.

Question 9

At an engineering company, the migration lead needs a firewall that recognizes the state of approved conversations before applying an application-layer inspection rule. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Turn off routing on all distribution devices.
  2. Place a stateful next-generation firewall on the relevant traffic path.
  3. Use only a passive Ethernet splitter.
  4. Configure a static ARP entry for the server.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Stateful inspection correlates return traffic to established flows before policy decisions.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Removing routing disables required paths without implementing a stateful firewall.

C:

A splitter does not enforce stateful policy.

D:

ARP maps addresses on a link and does not recognize session state.

Question 10

At a nonprofit organization, the security and networking lead must increase a voice phone port power budget after several devices report power denied, with Ethernet data functioning normally. Which choice best addresses the stated requirement?

  1. Enable BPDU guard on the phone cable.
  2. Check per-port PoE draw and the switch power budget before changing switch power provisioning.
  3. Raise each switchport PoE limit blindly to 60 W without first checking the switch-wide power budget.
  4. Replace the 802.3at-capable power supply with a lower-rated 802.3af-only unit.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Power denial with intact data forwarding is a PoE allocation or class problem.

Incorrect Answers

A:

BPDU guard is Layer 2 loop protection rather than device power allocation.

C:

Per-port power settings cannot create power that the total switch PoE supply does not have; measure budget and class demand first.

D:

Reducing available power cannot resolve power-denied messages from phones requiring a higher negotiated power class.

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