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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 200-301 Practice Test 53

Question 520

At an insurance company, the infrastructure lead must validate loss of the active default-gateway router without disrupting client gateway configuration. During review, someone proposes: "Only check that both routers respond to their distinct physical interface IPs." Which technical explanation most directly shows why this proposal does not solve the requirement?

  1. A failover test verifies the standby can take over the shared next hop while client configuration stays unchanged.
  2. Lease time does not prove gateway failover.
  3. WLAN roaming is not equivalent to first-hop router redundancy.
  4. Physical addresses do not prove virtual gateway ownership transfers.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Physical addresses do not prove virtual gateway ownership transfers. The effective remedy is to test FHRP failover and verify the virtual IP remains reachable through the backup member.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A failover test verifies the standby can take over the shared next hop while client configuration stays unchanged. That distinction is technically relevant elsewhere, but it does not identify the failure of the proposed only check that both routers respond to their distinct physical interface ips. The actual issue is that physical addresses do not prove virtual gateway ownership transfers.

B:

Lease time does not prove gateway failover. The statement addresses a different mechanism. Here the engineer specifically proposed only check that both routers respond to their distinct physical interface ips; the decisive limitation is that physical addresses do not prove virtual gateway ownership transfers.

C:

WLAN roaming is not equivalent to first-hop router redundancy. It concerns a different proposed change, not the change being evaluated.

Question 521

At a university, an implementation partner wants fixed public mapping 203.0.113.91 for internal server 10.71.1.167. Which Cisco IOS command configures basic static inside-source NAT?

  1. ip route 10.71.1.167 255.255.255.255 203.0.113.91
  2. ip nat inside source static 10.71.1.167 203.0.113.91
  3. ip nat outside source static 10.71.1.167 203.0.113.91
  4. ip nat inside source static 203.0.113.91 10.71.1.167

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The inside source static statement maps inside-local 10.71.1.167 to inside-global 203.0.113.91. Inside and outside interfaces must also be marked correctly.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A host route forwards packets but does not translate source or destination addresses as static NAT.

C:

Outside-source translation applies a different address role and is not the configured inside source mapping.

D:

This reverses the local/global mapping and would not translate the designated private inside host to the chosen public address.

Question 522

At a factory, the campus network lead is preparing a dynamic inside-source NAT pool on global 203.0.113.0/24, beginning at 203.0.113.100 and ending at 203.0.113.190. Which pool definition reflects the stated subnet?

  1. ip nat pool BRANCH 203.0.113.100 203.0.113.190 netmask 255.255.0.0
  2. ip nat pool BRANCH 203.0.113.100 203.0.113.190 netmask 255.255.255.0
  3. ip nat inside source static 10.23.1.63 203.0.113.100
  4. ip nat pool BRANCH 10.23.1.63 10.23.1.63 netmask 255.255.255.0

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

This defines a pool of outside/global addresses on 203.0.113.0/24; a matching inside-source list and NAT rule must also be configured to actually use the pool.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This mask defines a different address boundary and is inappropriate for the stipulated 203.0.113.0/24 outside pool.

C:

Static NAT maps one inside host to one fixed outside address; it does not define the required dynamic pool for multiple clients.

D:

Private inside addresses are not the requested pool of outside/global public translations.

Question 523

At a bank branch, an implementation partner configured inside source NAT for 10.50.1.55 but sees no translations across the LAN-to-ISP path. What interface role assignment should be verified first?

  1. Configure inside-source NAT but classify the LAN-facing router interface as `ip nat outside`.
  2. Configure the NAT mapping but omit `ip nat outside` on the egress interface.
  3. Mark the trusted LAN-facing interface ip nat inside and the uplink ip nat outside.
  4. Mark both trusted LAN and ISP uplink as ip nat inside.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

NAT inside/outside role assignment tells IOS which traffic boundary to translate as inside source; host 10.50.1.55 resides on the inside and 203.0.113.150 represents the outside address.

Incorrect Answers

A:

NAT translation direction depends on correctly designating inside and outside interfaces; a reversed LAN role can break expected translations.

B:

NAT rules alone do not establish direction. IOS inside-source NAT needs correct inside and outside interface roles for the flow.

D:

With no outside boundary marked, intended inside-to-outside source NAT may not operate as configured.

Question 524

At a bank branch, a network administrator must verify that live inside-source NAT changed source 10.64.1.134 to a global address such as 203.0.113.107. Which IOS observation is most direct?

  1. Inspect only the SSH login banner to verify address rewrite.
  2. Use show mac address-table as proof of NAT translations on the router.
  3. Use show spanning-tree as the direct NAT table.
  4. Check show ip nat translations for entries mapping 10.64.1.134 to the intended global pool or 203.0.113.107.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

show ip nat translations displays the active inside-local/inside-global mappings, allowing verification that 10.64.1.134 translated into the configured global space.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A management login banner does not expose dynamic NAT mapping operation.

B:

An Ethernet MAC table records Layer 2 forwarding, not IPv4 NAT mappings.

C:

Spanning tree shows Layer 2 bridge roles, not routed packet address translation.

Question 525

At a municipal utility, a network administrator wants fixed public mapping 203.0.113.149 for internal server 10.168.1.42. Which Cisco IOS command configures basic static inside-source NAT?

  1. ip nat inside source static 203.0.113.149 10.168.1.42
  2. ip nat inside source static 10.168.1.42 203.0.113.149
  3. ip nat outside source static 10.168.1.42 203.0.113.149
  4. ip route 10.168.1.42 255.255.255.255 203.0.113.149

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The inside source static statement maps inside-local 10.168.1.42 to inside-global 203.0.113.149. Inside and outside interfaces must also be marked correctly.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This reverses the local/global mapping and would not translate the designated private inside host to the chosen public address.

C:

Outside-source translation applies a different address role and is not the configured inside source mapping.

D:

A host route forwards packets but does not translate source or destination addresses as static NAT.

Question 526

A router has a valid NAT overload rule and matching ACL, but no translations appear when inside clients reach an outside network. The LAN-facing interface lacks `ip nat inside`. Which correction is needed?

  1. Apply ip nat inside on the LAN-facing interface, with ip nat outside on the external interface.
  2. Set the LAN-facing interface as ip nat outside instead.
  3. Delete the matching source ACL so all clients can translate.
  4. Create a static ARP entry for each outside web server.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

IOS inside-source NAT depends on marking the inside/outside interface roles. An ACL and overload statement alone do not determine direction without those interface roles.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Reversing the LAN role does not classify private client traffic as inside for the intended inside-source translation.

C:

The source ACL selects which inside addresses are eligible; removing it can break or broaden translation unexpectedly.

D:

ARP on the local link does not configure IOS NAT roles or match source translations.

Question 527

Cisco NAT maps inside-local server 10.66.144.78 to global address 203.0.113.15. After this static mapping is applied and inside/outside interface roles are configured, which command describes the exact inside source translation?

  1. ip nat inside source static 10.66.144.78 203.0.113.15
  2. ip route 10.66.144.78 255.255.255.255 203.0.113.15
  3. ip nat outside source static 10.66.144.78 203.0.113.15
  4. ip nat inside source static 203.0.113.15 10.66.144.78

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

This creates a static inside-local 10.66.144.78 to inside-global 203.0.113.15 mapping, preserving the intended address roles. It can be verified with the NAT translation table.

Incorrect Answers

B:

A host static route selects a path but performs no NAT address translation.

C:

Outside source NAT is a different mapping role and is not a normal inside-server public static mapping.

D:

This swaps the local and global operands and does not represent the authorized mapping direction.

Question 528

A dynamic NAT pool has only four public addresses with no overload configured. Four inside clients already have active bindings. A fifth client attempts a new session. What is the likely issue?

  1. Ethernet STP automatically blocks NAT when more than four hosts send traffic.
  2. No unassigned inside-global address remains in the pool for the fifth concurrent mapping.
  3. The fifth client must be assigned the WAN router’s link-local IPv6 address.
  4. The router can reuse one dynamic address for unlimited clients even without overload.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Without port overload, a dynamic address-pool translation consumes an available public address for each active inside host binding. Expand the pool or use an appropriate PAT design.

Incorrect Answers

A:

STP handles Layer 2 loop prevention and does not allocate NAT pool addresses.

C:

The issue is IPv4 dynamic NAT address capacity, not IPv6 link-local addressing.

D:

Ordinary address-only dynamic NAT does not differentiate concurrent inside hosts by translation ports like PAT.

Question 529

At an airport terminal, the migration lead wants fixed public mapping 203.0.113.16 for internal server 10.165.1.105. Which Cisco IOS command configures basic static inside-source NAT?

  1. ip nat inside source static 203.0.113.16 10.165.1.105
  2. ip nat outside source static 10.165.1.105 203.0.113.16
  3. ip route 10.165.1.105 255.255.255.255 203.0.113.16
  4. ip nat inside source static 10.165.1.105 203.0.113.16

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

The inside source static statement maps inside-local 10.165.1.105 to inside-global 203.0.113.16. Inside and outside interfaces must also be marked correctly.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This reverses the local/global mapping and would not translate the designated private inside host to the chosen public address.

B:

Outside-source translation applies a different address role and is not the configured inside source mapping.

C:

A host route forwards packets but does not translate source or destination addresses as static NAT.

Question 530

Forty internal hosts share one public IPv4 address and initiate many outbound TCP sessions. Which NAT function makes that many-to-one mapping possible?

  1. Assign the same inside-local IPv4 address to all forty hosts.
  2. PAT or NAT overload distinguishes concurrent flows with translated transport-layer ports.
  3. Use only one-to-one static NAT with no port translation for all forty hosts.
  4. Turn off NAT while assuming Internet routers will return RFC1918 destinations.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Many inside-local clients can share an inside-global address when different port mappings keep sessions distinct. Without port translation a simple one-to-one model is insufficient.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Duplicate private IP addresses produce conflicts and are not how PAT multiplexes flows.

C:

A single static address mapping cannot simultaneously identify forty distinct source hosts without additional translation design.

D:

Private RFC1918 addresses generally are not globally routed over the public Internet.

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