Question 1
A branch design for Eastbrook Labs has two requirements: (1) understand Rapid PVST+ alternate-port behavior, and (2) separate finance endpoints from engineering devices at Layer 2. Which option addresses both requirements?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Both outcomes are covered: (1) An alternate port provides a backup path that does not forward user frames during normal loop-free operation. (2) VLAN membership creates separate Layer 2 broadcast domains even on the same physical switch. Neither action is a substitute for the other.
Incorrect Answers
The first step covers (1), but the second addresses prevent an unused VLAN from crossing a trunk link. The allowed list determines which tagged VLANs may traverse the trunk. It leaves outcome (2) unfulfilled.
The second step covers (2), but the first addresses diagnose why a new AP cannot join its WLC despite an active Ethernet port. Layer 1 link up alone does not establish controller discovery and join reachability. It leaves outcome (1) unfulfilled.
Neither step is the requested pair: Create and enable the WLAN/SSID in the controller GUI is for publish a wireless network name for corporate users from a WLC, and Add routing through an SVI or router gateway is for explain why newly created VLAN hosts cannot talk across VLANs by default. The WLAN profile binds an SSID to its wireless security and policy configuration. The proposed plan misses the two stated outcomes.