Question 790
In a technical design review: A multicast distribution design pushes separate unicast copies of the same high-bitrate stream to dozens of subscribers. Which technical principle BEST explains the design decision?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Multicast can replicate traffic within the network only where receivers need it, reducing redundant source-side transmissions. The correct engineering response is: Deliver a supported multicast stream with correct routing and group membership where network and applications permit it. The observable check is: Source egress traffic no longer scales linearly with receiver count and only joined receivers receive copies.
Incorrect Answers
Multicast can replicate traffic within the network only where receivers need it, reducing redundant source-side transmissions. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: SSM identifies a desired source and group and generally does not rely on ASM RP source discovery. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
Multicast can replicate traffic within the network only where receivers need it, reducing redundant source-side transmissions. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: Bidirectional PIM supports shared-tree forwarding for many-to-many multicast without constructing individual source trees for every sender. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
Multicast can replicate traffic within the network only where receivers need it, reducing redundant source-side transmissions. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: SSM receivers normally signal a particular source/group using IGMPv3 or an equivalent mechanism. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.