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Exam Code: JN0-364

Exam Name: Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP)

Certification Provider: Juniper

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Juniper JN0-364 Practice Test 1

Question 1

During a dual-stack transit pilot at fictional Coppercrest Cloud, the team observes: An alternate port stops receiving BPDUs during a one-way failure and risks incorrectly transitioning to forwarding. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Enable and inspect the relevant IS-IS IPv6 address-family reachability advertisements and verify eligible routes.
  2. Apply root protection on boundary designated ports where upstream superiority must be blocked and verify root placement.
  3. Use loop protection on appropriate nondesignated interfaces and verify the safe state during missing-BPDU events.
  4. Align MST region name, revision, and VLAN-to-instance mapping across all intended region members.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Use loop protection on appropriate nondesignated interfaces and verify the safe state during missing-BPDU events. This treats the fault shown by Coppercrest Cloud: loop protection protects non-designated ports against false transition to forwarding when expected BPDUs disappear. Confirm success when the impacted non-designated port stays protected while BPDUs are absent and returns only after control-plane health is restored.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Enable and inspect the relevant IS-IS IPv6 address-family reachability advertisements and verify eligible routes. Its normal acceptance signal would be IPv6 reachability TLVs are exchanged and peers install the intended IPv6 routes independently of IPv4 reachability. Here the deciding check is different: the impacted non-designated port stays protected while BPDUs are absent and returns only after control-plane health is restored.

B:

Apply root protection on boundary designated ports where upstream superiority must be blocked and verify root placement. That could help in a case involving RSTP root protection. This failure instead depends on RSTP loop protection; loop protection protects non-designated ports against false transition to forwarding when expected BPDUs disappear.

D:

Align MST region name, revision, and VLAN-to-instance mapping across all intended region members. This addresses MSTP region consistency, but the reported symptoms arise from RSTP loop protection. For this case, verify instead that the impacted non-designated port stays protected while BPDUs are absent and returns only after control-plane health is restored.

Question 2

A fictional service-provider team at Sprucewell Transit is reviewing a metro aggregation ring. The finding is: A customer-facing edge port accidentally connects to another switch that begins sending BPDUs and threatens the access topology. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Enable the supported BPDU protection behavior on designated edge ports so unexpected BPDUs trigger a controlled protective response.
  2. Configure and verify the intended VSTP instance and per-VLAN root priorities for the affected VLANs.
  3. Apply root protection on boundary designated ports where upstream superiority must be blocked and verify root placement.
  4. Bind the correct VLAN bridge domain to its intended IRB routed interface and verify gateway addressing and routing.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Enable the supported BPDU protection behavior on designated edge ports so unexpected BPDUs trigger a controlled protective response. This treats the fault shown by Sprucewell Transit: edge BPDU protection is intended for ports expected to connect to hosts, not for ordinary switch-to-switch links that exchange BPDUs. Confirm success when an unexpected BPDU causes the intended protective state and operations receive a traceable port event.

Incorrect Answers

B:

The proposal changes VSTP per-VLAN root choice; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave RSTP edge BPDU protection unresolved even if its own test passed. Edge BPDU protection is intended for ports expected to connect to hosts, not for ordinary switch-to-switch links that exchange BPDUs.

C:

The proposal changes RSTP root protection; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave RSTP edge BPDU protection unresolved even if its own test passed. Edge BPDU protection is intended for ports expected to connect to hosts, not for ordinary switch-to-switch links that exchange BPDUs.

D:

The proposal changes integrated routing and bridging; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave RSTP edge BPDU protection unresolved even if its own test passed. Edge BPDU protection is intended for ports expected to connect to hosts, not for ordinary switch-to-switch links that exchange BPDUs.

Question 3

The operations group at fictional Juniper Glen Telecom, working on a carrier peering cutover, finds: OSPF peers reach ExStart or Exchange but never progress to Full after one side changes its interface MTU. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Audit network type against actual link topology during edge circuit deployment.
  2. Alert on tunnel outer-endpoint reachability failures independently of inner route health.
  3. Include end-to-end MTU alignment and OSPF database exchange checks in circuit acceptance tests.
  4. Compare advertised OSPF timers during provisioning and alert on repeated neighbor-down events.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Include end-to-end MTU alignment and OSPF database exchange checks in circuit acceptance tests. This monitors the behavior that failed at Juniper Glen Telecom; the most useful acceptance signal is that the two peers progress through database synchronization to Full and agree on reachable link-state information.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Audit network type against actual link topology during edge circuit deployment. That ongoing check is for OSPF point-to-point topology; it would not reliably detect recurrence of OSPF MTU negotiation. OSPF database description negotiation can reject incompatible interface MTUs even after hello packets establish initial communication.

B:

Alert on tunnel outer-endpoint reachability failures independently of inner route health. The monitored boundary differs from OSPF MTU negotiation, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. OSPF database description negotiation can reject incompatible interface MTUs even after hello packets establish initial communication.

D:

This is a useful guard against OSPF hello and dead timers, but it is not scoped to the observed OSPF MTU negotiation failure. An appropriate test would show that the two peers progress through database synchronization to Full and agree on reachable link-state information.

Question 4

At fictional Coastline Carrier, during a network change window, engineers report: After adding a new circuit to an ae bundle, only some links forward because their LACP keys or compatibility settings differ. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. LACP aggregates only compatible negotiated member links; physical Up state alone does not prove active bundle participation.
  2. Graceful restart depends on protocol restart and helper behavior; it is not identical to copying live routing protocol state to a backup Routing Engine.
  3. IPv6 link-local next hops are interface-scoped; a bare link-local address can be insufficient to identify the outgoing link.
  4. GRES preserves forwarding and kernel state but does not by itself preserve all routing or bridging state; NSB targets bridge continuity and NSR or graceful restart addresses routing continuity.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

LACP aggregates only compatible negotiated member links; physical Up state alone does not prove active bundle participation. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to align LACP negotiation and member compatibility on both ends, then verify collecting and distributing member state.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Graceful restart depends on protocol restart and helper behavior; it is not identical to copying live routing protocol state to a backup Routing Engine. Those conditions do not account for the specific LACP aggregation consistency problem reported by Coastline Carrier.

C:

This principle matters when troubleshooting IPv6 static next-hop scope, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for LACP aggregation consistency. The relevant distinction is: LACP aggregates only compatible negotiated member links; physical Up state alone does not prove active bundle participation.

D:

Although GRES preserves forwarding not protocols needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. LACP aggregates only compatible negotiated member links; physical Up state alone does not prove active bundle participation.

Question 5

During a backbone recovery drill at fictional Juniper Glen Telecom, the team observes: A failed root-facing link causes a long outage because the team mistakes an alternate port for a disabled edge and never validates its role. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. The prefix SID is advertised and all ingress routers compute consistent transport label behavior for the node destination.
  2. The approved root remains root despite inferior-site superior-BPDU injection, and the boundary behaves as designed.
  3. The alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops.
  4. Adjacent devices report matching MST region configuration and VLANs map to the same intended instances.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. RSTP port roles and rapid state transitions support fast loop-free reconvergence, unlike simply forcing all redundant ports forwarding.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The prefix SID is advertised and all ingress routers compute consistent transport label behavior for the node destination. That establishes segment routing prefix SID rather than a repaired RSTP alternate port reconvergence path. The reported failure still requires this evidence: the alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops.

B:

The check is meaningful for RSTP root protection, but it does not prove that RSTP alternate port reconvergence was repaired. RSTP port roles and rapid state transitions support fast loop-free reconvergence, unlike simply forcing all redundant ports forwarding.

D:

Adjacent devices report matching MST region configuration and VLANs map to the same intended instances. That establishes MSTP region consistency rather than a repaired RSTP alternate port reconvergence path. The reported failure still requires this evidence: the alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops.

Question 6

A fictional service-provider team at Tidewater Hosting is reviewing a provider-edge service migration. The finding is: After a provider port migration, stacked-tag frames drop because the logical units do not match the expected flexible VLAN tag form. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. Tagged test frames of the required service size traverse each handoff without oversize or discard counters rising.
  2. The correct single- and double-tagged service units receive traffic matching their configured VLAN identifiers.
  3. Hosts receive the intended untagged frames and trunk links carry the specified VLAN tags with correct membership.
  4. Authorized clients receive the expected reflected iBGP paths and preserve appropriate originator or cluster-loop protection.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The correct single- and double-tagged service units receive traffic matching their configured VLAN identifiers. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. Junos interface VLAN tagging mode and logical-unit encapsulation must match received frame format for successful delivery.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This measurement tests provider bridging MTU overhead; it cannot distinguish success from failure for the observed flexible VLAN encapsulation alignment condition. Junos interface VLAN tagging mode and logical-unit encapsulation must match received frame format for successful delivery.

C:

Hosts receive the intended untagged frames and trunk links carry the specified VLAN tags with correct membership. It would validate a separate VLAN access trunk distinction operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the correct single- and double-tagged service units receive traffic matching their configured VLAN identifiers.

D:

The check is meaningful for IBGP route reflection, but it does not prove that flexible VLAN encapsulation alignment was repaired. Junos interface VLAN tagging mode and logical-unit encapsulation must match received frame format for successful delivery.

Question 7

The operations group at fictional Skybridge Metro, working on an intercity fiber refresh, finds: After a provider line-card replacement, control-plane label bindings remain visible yet actual packets drop at an incorrect label next hop. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Restore IP reachability to the negotiated LDP transport addresses and verify the TCP session and label exchange.
  2. Verify MPLS forwarding roles and install the correct ingress push, transit swap, and egress pop treatment for the intended LSP.
  3. Configure the same intended OSPF area and compatible interface parameters on both ends of the link.
  4. Inspect transit MPLS forwarding entries and repair the mismatched label-to-next-hop mapping or underlying interface path.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Inspect transit MPLS forwarding entries and repair the mismatched label-to-next-hop mapping or underlying interface path. This treats the fault shown by Skybridge Metro: control-plane LSP state and data-plane label forwarding entries are separate checks; an Up session does not prove the FIB is correct. Confirm success when incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Restore IP reachability to the negotiated LDP transport addresses and verify the TCP session and label exchange. Its normal acceptance signal would be the LDP session establishes over reachable transport addresses and peers exchange expected label bindings. Here the deciding check is different: incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding.

B:

The proposal changes MPLS label push swap pop; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave MPLS label forwarding table mismatch unresolved even if its own test passed. Control-plane LSP state and data-plane label forwarding entries are separate checks; an Up session does not prove the FIB is correct.

C:

The proposal changes OSPF area identity mismatch; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave MPLS label forwarding table mismatch unresolved even if its own test passed. Control-plane LSP state and data-plane label forwarding entries are separate checks; an Up session does not prove the FIB is correct.

Question 8

At fictional Valleycrest Internet, during a multi-tenant service turn-up, engineers report: Two routers exchange LDP discovery hellos but cannot establish the TCP-based LDP session because one transport address is unreachable. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. The MPLS S bit identifies the final label in a stack; it does not describe label priority or path preference.
  2. The IS-IS NET encodes area membership and system identity, which must be consistent with the planned level and unique per node.
  3. Penultimate-hop popping can remove an outer transport label before the egress, reducing egress label processing.
  4. LDP discovery and session setup are distinct; a transport TCP connection must be reachable after hello discovery.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

LDP discovery and session setup are distinct; a transport TCP connection must be reachable after hello discovery. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to restore IP reachability to the negotiated LDP transport addresses and verify the TCP session and label exchange.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The MPLS S bit identifies the final label in a stack; it does not describe label priority or path preference. That describes MPLS label stack bottom bit, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by LDP transport address reachability; it does not predict the reported behavior.

B:

This principle matters when troubleshooting IS-IS NET and system ID, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for LDP transport address reachability. The relevant distinction is: LDP discovery and session setup are distinct; a transport TCP connection must be reachable after hello discovery.

C:

Penultimate-hop popping can remove an outer transport label before the egress, reducing egress label processing. Those conditions do not account for the specific LDP transport address reachability problem reported by Valleycrest Internet.

Question 9

During a regional backbone upgrade at fictional Kingfisher Wholesale, the team observes: A Level 1 edge can reach local area prefixes but not remote areas because the design lacks an appropriate Level 2 exit. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Review IS-IS export policies against owner-approved prefix and origin criteria after service changes.
  2. Compare instance membership, VLAN mappings, and MAC tables for cross-tenant isolation at each deployment.
  3. Compare advertised TLVs and learned route counts before and after IS-IS feature upgrades.
  4. Audit L1/L2 levels, attached-bit behavior, and approved route leaks after backbone changes.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Audit L1/L2 levels, attached-bit behavior, and approved route leaks after backbone changes. This monitors the behavior that failed at Kingfisher Wholesale; the most useful acceptance signal is that the Level 1 router has valid remote-area reachability through the intended L1–L2 boundary without learning the entire L2 topology.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The control protects IS-IS route redistribution policy. It does not establish the ongoing IS-IS L1 and L2 reachability behavior required in this network. IS-IS uses Level 1 within an area and Level 2 between areas; an L1 router needs an appropriate inter-area exit or route leak.

B:

Compare instance membership, VLAN mappings, and MAC tables for cross-tenant isolation at each deployment. That ongoing check is for virtual-switch instance isolation; it would not reliably detect recurrence of IS-IS L1 and L2 reachability. IS-IS uses Level 1 within an area and Level 2 between areas; an L1 router needs an appropriate inter-area exit or route leak.

C:

Compare advertised TLVs and learned route counts before and after IS-IS feature upgrades. The monitored boundary differs from IS-IS L1 and L2 reachability, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. IS-IS uses Level 1 within an area and Level 2 between areas; an L1 router needs an appropriate inter-area exit or route leak.

Question 10

A fictional service-provider team at Eastlake Services is reviewing a virtual-router integration. The finding is: A transit LSR receives labeled packets but the expected outgoing label swap is missing from the forwarding entries. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label.
  2. RSVP-TE establishes LSP state through forward PATH and reverse RESV processing; one-way PATH reception is insufficient.
  3. SR-MPLS prefix SIDs and the segment routing global block provide IGP-signaled reachability without relying on LDP for each FEC.
  4. LACP aggregates only compatible negotiated member links; physical Up state alone does not prove active bundle participation.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to verify MPLS forwarding roles and install the correct ingress push, transit swap, and egress pop treatment for the intended LSP.

Incorrect Answers

B:

RSVP-TE establishes LSP state through forward PATH and reverse RESV processing; one-way PATH reception is insufficient. That describes RSVP PATH and RESV signaling, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by MPLS label push swap pop; it does not predict the reported behavior.

C:

Although segment routing prefix SID needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label.

D:

LACP aggregates only compatible negotiated member links; physical Up state alone does not prove active bundle participation. Those conditions do not account for the specific MPLS label push swap pop problem reported by Eastlake Services.

Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP) (JN0-364) Practice Tests