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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 17

Question 160

At fictional Eastlake Services, during a virtual-router integration, engineers report: A transit LSR receives labeled packets but the expected outgoing label swap is missing from the forwarding entries. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Inspect RSVP PATH and RESV state hop by hop and correct the interface or reservation block preventing completion.
  2. Interpret the advertised implicit-null behavior and verify label disposition on the penultimate LSR and egress.
  3. Align compatible wide-metric support across the IS-IS domain and validate advertised metrics and SPF path selection.
  4. Verify MPLS forwarding roles and install the correct ingress push, transit swap, and egress pop treatment for the intended LSP.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Verify MPLS forwarding roles and install the correct ingress push, transit swap, and egress pop treatment for the intended LSP. This treats the fault shown by Eastlake Services: MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label. Confirm success when packet traces or label forwarding entries show the planned push, swap, and pop sequence across the path.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The proposal changes RSVP PATH and RESV signaling; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave MPLS label push swap pop unresolved even if its own test passed. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label.

B:

The proposal changes penultimate hop popping; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave MPLS label push swap pop unresolved even if its own test passed. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label.

C:

The proposal changes IS-IS wide metrics; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave MPLS label push swap pop unresolved even if its own test passed. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label.

Question 161

During a backbone recovery drill at fictional Silverstone Wireless, the team observes: An IS-IS adjacency looks healthy but a router still holds older link-state information and computes a route through a removed link. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. IS-IS LSP sequencing and sequence-number PDUs keep link-state databases synchronized; adjacency status alone does not ensure database parity.
  2. AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering.
  3. IS-IS exports externally originated routes through routing policy; forming an adjacency does not redistribute every route automatically.
  4. IS-IS uses TLVs inside its PDUs to encode prefix and protocol capabilities; adjacency alone is not proof of expected reachability advertisements.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

IS-IS LSP sequencing and sequence-number PDUs keep link-state databases synchronized; adjacency status alone does not ensure database parity. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to inspect the IS-IS link-state database and CSNP/PSNP exchange to resolve synchronization or flooding problems. Applied here, the relevant facts are: An IS-IS adjacency looks healthy but a router still holds older link-state information and computes a route through a removed link. The question asks which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure.

Incorrect Answers

B:

AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering. That describes AS-path prepend inbound influence, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by IS-IS LSP database synchronization; it does not predict the reported behavior.

C:

This principle matters when troubleshooting IS-IS route redistribution policy, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for IS-IS LSP database synchronization. The relevant distinction is: IS-IS LSP sequencing and sequence-number PDUs keep link-state databases synchronized; adjacency status alone does not ensure database parity.

D:

Although IS-IS TLV reachability needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. IS-IS LSP sequencing and sequence-number PDUs keep link-state databases synchronized; adjacency status alone does not ensure database parity.

Question 162

A fictional service-provider team at Cedarline Broadband is reviewing a virtual-router integration. The finding is: A staff workstation port receives rogue spanning-tree control messages but remains forwarding because edge protection is missing. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. The alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops.
  2. The two peers progress through database synchronization to Full and agree on reachable link-state information.
  3. An unexpected BPDU causes the intended protective state and operations receive a traceable port event.
  4. Adjacent devices report matching MST region configuration and VLANs map to the same intended instances.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

An unexpected BPDU causes the intended protective state and operations receive a traceable port event. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. Edge BPDU protection is intended for ports expected to connect to hosts, not for ordinary switch-to-switch links that exchange BPDUs. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A staff workstation port receives rogue spanning-tree control messages but remains forwarding because edge protection is missing. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops. That establishes RSTP alternate port reconvergence rather than a repaired RSTP edge BPDU protection path. The reported failure still requires this evidence: an unexpected BPDU causes the intended protective state and operations receive a traceable port event.

B:

The two peers progress through database synchronization to Full and agree on reachable link-state information. That establishes OSPF MTU negotiation rather than a repaired RSTP edge BPDU protection path. The reported failure still requires this evidence: an unexpected BPDU causes the intended protective state and operations receive a traceable port event.

D:

This measurement tests MSTP region consistency; it cannot distinguish success from failure for the observed RSTP edge BPDU protection condition. Edge BPDU protection is intended for ports expected to connect to hosts, not for ordinary switch-to-switch links that exchange BPDUs.

Question 163

The operations group at fictional Kingfisher Wholesale, working on a network change window, finds: A downstream provider switch advertises superior BPDUs and unexpectedly becomes spanning-tree root for a customer segment. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Apply root protection on boundary designated ports where upstream superiority must be blocked and verify root placement.
  2. Align prefix-SID advertisements and SRGB interpretation on the participating routers and verify labels assigned for the FEC.
  3. Enable the supported BPDU protection behavior on designated edge ports so unexpected BPDUs trigger a controlled protective response.
  4. Use loop protection on appropriate nondesignated interfaces and verify the safe state during missing-BPDU events.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Apply root protection on boundary designated ports where upstream superiority must be blocked and verify root placement. This treats the fault shown by Kingfisher Wholesale: root protection blocks acceptance of an unexpected superior root across designated boundary ports; it is not the same as BPDU edge protection. Confirm success when the approved root remains root despite inferior-site superior-BPDU injection, and the boundary behaves as designed.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Align prefix-SID advertisements and SRGB interpretation on the participating routers and verify labels assigned for the FEC. That could help in a case involving segment routing prefix SID. This failure instead depends on RSTP root protection; root protection blocks acceptance of an unexpected superior root across designated boundary ports; it is not the same as BPDU edge protection.

C:

Enable the supported BPDU protection behavior on designated edge ports so unexpected BPDUs trigger a controlled protective response. That could help in a case involving RSTP edge BPDU protection. This failure instead depends on RSTP root protection; root protection blocks acceptance of an unexpected superior root across designated boundary ports; it is not the same as BPDU edge protection.

D:

Use loop protection on appropriate nondesignated interfaces and verify the safe state during missing-BPDU events. That could help in a case involving RSTP loop protection. This failure instead depends on RSTP root protection; root protection blocks acceptance of an unexpected superior root across designated boundary ports; it is not the same as BPDU edge protection.

Question 164

At fictional Ridgefield Carrier, during a network change window, engineers report: Following a provider transport swap, OSPF hellos continue but database description exchange stalls where the advertised MTUs differ. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. OSPF database description negotiation can reject incompatible interface MTUs even after hello packets establish initial communication.
  2. OSPF external redistribution is controlled by export policy; stable IGP neighbor state does not imply arbitrary static or direct routes are advertised.
  3. NSR uses GRES infrastructure while preserving routing protocol state on the backup Routing Engine, avoiding reliance on neighbor restart helpers.
  4. OSPF neighbor formation requires compatible hello and dead timers; link-layer carrier does not override timer mismatch.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

OSPF database description negotiation can reject incompatible interface MTUs even after hello packets establish initial communication. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to resolve the underlying link MTU mismatch and validate successful database description exchange rather than masking the check.

Incorrect Answers

B:

OSPF external redistribution is controlled by export policy; stable IGP neighbor state does not imply arbitrary static or direct routes are advertised. That describes OSPF external route export, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by OSPF MTU negotiation; it does not predict the reported behavior.

C:

This principle matters when troubleshooting NSR protocol state replication, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for OSPF MTU negotiation. The relevant distinction is: OSPF database description negotiation can reject incompatible interface MTUs even after hello packets establish initial communication.

D:

OSPF neighbor formation requires compatible hello and dead timers; link-layer carrier does not override timer mismatch. Those conditions do not account for the specific OSPF MTU negotiation problem reported by Ridgefield Carrier.

Question 165

During a carrier peering cutover at fictional Unionpoint Mobile, the team observes: A traffic-engineered LSP fails admission on a low-capacity link even though its IGP shortest path reaches the destination. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Audit explicit segment lists against intended physical-hop constraints before deployment.
  2. Inspect label forwarding entries at ingress, transit, and egress after every LSP change.
  3. Review per-link reserved and unreserved bandwidth before creating or resizing TE tunnels.
  4. Compare OSPF area IDs at both ends of every new inter-router link before production cutover.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Review per-link reserved and unreserved bandwidth before creating or resizing TE tunnels. This monitors the behavior that failed at Unionpoint Mobile; the most useful acceptance signal is that the intended LSP is admitted on a path satisfying its bandwidth constraints without oversubscribing reserved resources.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The control protects segment routing adjacency SID. It does not establish the ongoing RSVP path bandwidth admission behavior required in this network. RSVP traffic engineering applies resource reservation and constrained path selection, not merely IP shortest-path routing.

B:

The control protects MPLS label push swap pop. It does not establish the ongoing RSVP path bandwidth admission behavior required in this network. RSVP traffic engineering applies resource reservation and constrained path selection, not merely IP shortest-path routing.

D:

Compare OSPF area IDs at both ends of every new inter-router link before production cutover. That ongoing check is for OSPF area identity mismatch; it would not reliably detect recurrence of RSVP path bandwidth admission. RSVP traffic engineering applies resource reservation and constrained path selection, not merely IP shortest-path routing.

Question 166

A fictional service-provider team at Fernstone Logistics is reviewing a dual-stack transit pilot. The finding is: A regional gateway needs a summary that inherits forwarding from an eligible contributing route, but an aggregate discard route is used instead. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. The forwarding table contains the intended next-hop set and several independent flows distribute across healthy equal-cost paths.
  2. Every router has a distinct planned router ID and the LSDB tracks the appropriate originating router consistently.
  3. The affected customer's lookup uses the intended instance RIB and reaches only the destinations deliberately made available to that instance.
  4. The generated route becomes active when eligible contributors exist and forwards through the intended resolved contributing next hop.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

The generated route becomes active when eligible contributors exist and forwards through the intended resolved contributing next hop. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. Generated routes can derive their next-hop behavior from qualifying contributing routes, unlike aggregate discard summaries. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A regional gateway needs a summary that inherits forwarding from an eligible contributing route, but an aggregate discard route is used instead. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This measurement tests equal-cost forwarding flow hashing; it cannot distinguish success from failure for the observed generated route qualified next hop condition. Generated routes can derive their next-hop behavior from qualifying contributing routes, unlike aggregate discard summaries.

B:

This measurement tests stable OSPF router identifier; it cannot distinguish success from failure for the observed generated route qualified next hop condition. Generated routes can derive their next-hop behavior from qualifying contributing routes, unlike aggregate discard summaries. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A regional gateway needs a summary that inherits forwarding from an eligible contributing route, but an aggregate discard route is used instead. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

C:

The affected customer's lookup uses the intended instance RIB and reaches only the destinations deliberately made available to that instance. That establishes routing instance separation rather than a repaired generated route qualified next hop path. The reported failure still requires this evidence: the generated route becomes active when eligible contributors exist and forwards through the intended resolved contributing next hop.

Question 167

The operations group at fictional Highpoint Exchange, working on a regional backbone upgrade, finds: A provider ring replacement uses area zero on one endpoint and a nonbackbone area on the other, leaving the pair absent from the neighbor table. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Set and verify the suitable point-to-point OSPF network type on both intended endpoints.
  2. Inspect the IS-IS link-state database and CSNP/PSNP exchange to resolve synchronization or flooding problems.
  3. Review interface network type and DR priorities, then plan election behavior with the existing DR and BDR state in mind.
  4. Configure the same intended OSPF area and compatible interface parameters on both ends of the link.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Configure the same intended OSPF area and compatible interface parameters on both ends of the link. This treats the fault shown by Highpoint Exchange: OSPF area identity is part of neighbor compatibility, and mismatched area membership prevents formation of the intended adjacency. Confirm success when the pair establishes the expected OSPF adjacency with matching area assignment and reachable learned prefixes.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Set and verify the suitable point-to-point OSPF network type on both intended endpoints. This addresses OSPF point-to-point topology, but the reported symptoms arise from OSPF area identity mismatch. For this case, verify instead that the pair establishes the expected OSPF adjacency with matching area assignment and reachable learned prefixes. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A provider ring replacement uses area zero on one endpoint and a nonbackbone area on the other, leaving the pair absent from the neighbor table. The question asks which focused engineering action would best correct the fault.

B:

Inspect the IS-IS link-state database and CSNP/PSNP exchange to resolve synchronization or flooding problems. That could help in a case involving IS-IS LSP database synchronization. This failure instead depends on OSPF area identity mismatch; OSPF area identity is part of neighbor compatibility, and mismatched area membership prevents formation of the intended adjacency.

C:

The proposal changes OSPF designated router election; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave OSPF area identity mismatch unresolved even if its own test passed. OSPF area identity is part of neighbor compatibility, and mismatched area membership prevents formation of the intended adjacency.

Question 168

At fictional Tidewater Hosting, during a regional backbone upgrade, engineers report: A service operator edits the global routing table expecting an isolated routing instance to follow the new route, but its traffic does not change. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Ensure a healthy Level 1–Level 2 boundary and appropriate reachable exit or leaked route for the remote destination.
  2. Correct the static route's reachable next hop and preference, then verify that its active route resolves to an operational forwarding interface.
  3. Inspect the forwarding lookup in the correct routing instance and apply explicit, authorized route sharing only where required.
  4. Validate eligible equal-cost next hops and the configured forwarding-table export load-balancing behavior, measuring distribution across multiple flows.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Inspect the forwarding lookup in the correct routing instance and apply explicit, authorized route sharing only where required. This treats the fault shown by Tidewater Hosting: routing instances maintain separate routing and forwarding contexts; entries in one RIB do not automatically appear in another. Confirm success when the affected customer's lookup uses the intended instance RIB and reaches only the destinations deliberately made available to that instance.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The proposal changes IS-IS L1 and L2 reachability; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave routing instance separation unresolved even if its own test passed. Routing instances maintain separate routing and forwarding contexts; entries in one RIB do not automatically appear in another.

B:

Correct the static route's reachable next hop and preference, then verify that its active route resolves to an operational forwarding interface. Its normal acceptance signal would be the intended destination appears as an active route with a resolvable next hop in the routing table and forwarding table. Here the deciding check is different: the affected customer's lookup uses the intended instance RIB and reaches only the destinations deliberately made available to that instance.

D:

Validate eligible equal-cost next hops and the configured forwarding-table export load-balancing behavior, measuring distribution across multiple flows. Its normal acceptance signal would be the forwarding table contains the intended next-hop set and several independent flows distribute across healthy equal-cost paths. Here the deciding check is different: the affected customer's lookup uses the intended instance RIB and reaches only the destinations deliberately made available to that instance.

Question 169

During a backbone recovery drill at fictional Meridian Cloud, the team observes: An MPLS route exists in the IP RIB but no usable label mapping is received from the downstream peer. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Track IPv4 and IPv6 IS-IS reachability separately in dual-stack health checks.
  2. Alert on missing LDP label mappings for required FECs after peer resets and topology changes.
  3. Confirm implicit-null advertisements and expected transport-label popping during LSP validation.
  4. Monitor RSVP reservation state and LSP establishment success, not only underlying IGP reachability.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Alert on missing LDP label mappings for required FECs after peer resets and topology changes. This monitors the behavior that failed at Meridian Cloud; the most useful acceptance signal is that the forwarding table has a valid outgoing label for the selected next hop and labeled traffic reaches the intended prefix.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Track IPv4 and IPv6 IS-IS reachability separately in dual-stack health checks. The monitored boundary differs from LDP label binding completeness, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. LDP supplies label bindings for eligible FECs; IP reachability without a usable label binding does not prove labeled forwarding.

C:

The control protects penultimate hop popping. It does not establish the ongoing LDP label binding completeness behavior required in this network. LDP supplies label bindings for eligible FECs; IP reachability without a usable label binding does not prove labeled forwarding.

D:

This is a useful guard against RSVP PATH and RESV signaling, but it is not scoped to the observed LDP label binding completeness failure. An appropriate test would show that the forwarding table has a valid outgoing label for the selected next hop and labeled traffic reaches the intended prefix.

Question 170

A fictional service-provider team at Bluehaven Mobile is reviewing an intercity fiber refresh. The finding is: A service provider moves a tunnel peer and forgets to update underlay routing to its GRE destination, leaving encapsulation blackholed. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Account for GRE/IP header overhead in tunnel MTU and path-MTU handling, then test large representative packets.
  2. Restore underlay IP reachability between GRE tunnel endpoints and validate encapsulated probe traffic.
  3. Add an approved encryption layer such as IPsec when confidentiality is required, while retaining GRE only if needed for routing encapsulation.
  4. Configure and verify compatible protocol graceful-restart capability and planned helper behavior between neighbors.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Restore underlay IP reachability between GRE tunnel endpoints and validate encapsulated probe traffic. This treats the fault shown by Bluehaven Mobile: GRE encapsulates packets between outer IP endpoints; the underlay must route the outer destination before inner traffic can succeed. Confirm success when packets to the remote outer endpoint resolve through an ordinary underlay route and GRE probes reach the peer.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Account for GRE/IP header overhead in tunnel MTU and path-MTU handling, then test large representative packets. Its normal acceptance signal would be maximum expected encapsulated packets cross the tunnel without fragmentation blackholes or oversized drop counters. Here the deciding check is different: packets to the remote outer endpoint resolve through an ordinary underlay route and GRE probes reach the peer.

C:

Add an approved encryption layer such as IPsec when confidentiality is required, while retaining GRE only if needed for routing encapsulation. That could help in a case involving GRE confidentiality limitation. This failure instead depends on GRE endpoint underlay routing; GRE encapsulates packets between outer IP endpoints; the underlay must route the outer destination before inner traffic can succeed.

D:

Configure and verify compatible protocol graceful-restart capability and planned helper behavior between neighbors. Its normal acceptance signal would be during a controlled routing restart, participating neighbors retain forwarding state only for the permitted grace interval and then converge correctly. Here the deciding check is different: packets to the remote outer endpoint resolve through an ordinary underlay route and GRE probes reach the peer.

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