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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 19

Question 180

At fictional Beacon Data Exchange, during a carrier peering cutover, engineers report: After a core migration, route selection changes while neighbors remain Full because interface cost on the new links was not adjusted. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary.
  2. OSPF chooses lowest-cost paths computed from link-state topology; a Full adjacency alone does not guarantee the desired route preference.
  3. OSPF point-to-point interfaces do not use a DR or BDR; this differs from a shared multiaccess Ethernet network.
  4. OSPF limits most intra-area LSAs to their areas while ABRs advertise inter-area route information using summary LSAs.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

OSPF chooses lowest-cost paths computed from link-state topology; a Full adjacency alone does not guarantee the desired route preference. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to tune the intended OSPF interface costs and verify SPF-selected reachability for the affected destinations.

Incorrect Answers

A:

BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary. Those conditions do not account for the specific OSPF interface metric selection problem reported by Beacon Data Exchange.

C:

Although OSPF point-to-point topology needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. OSPF chooses lowest-cost paths computed from link-state topology; a Full adjacency alone does not guarantee the desired route preference.

D:

This principle matters when troubleshooting OSPF area LSA propagation, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for OSPF interface metric selection. The relevant distinction is: OSPF chooses lowest-cost paths computed from link-state topology; a Full adjacency alone does not guarantee the desired route preference.

Question 181

During an intercity fiber refresh at fictional Bluehaven Mobile, the team observes: A service provider moves a tunnel peer and forgets to update underlay routing to its GRE destination, leaving encapsulation blackholed. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Guard tunnel outer endpoint routes against redistribution into the overlay routing table.
  2. Test tunnel path MTU and fragmentation behavior with realistic payload sizes after transport changes.
  3. Alert on tunnel outer-endpoint reachability failures independently of inner route health.
  4. Verify community tagging and matching with advertised-route checks after policy updates.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Alert on tunnel outer-endpoint reachability failures independently of inner route health. This monitors the behavior that failed at Bluehaven Mobile; the most useful acceptance signal is that packets to the remote outer endpoint resolve through an ordinary underlay route and GRE probes reach the peer.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The control protects GRE recursive route avoidance. It does not establish the ongoing GRE endpoint underlay routing behavior required in this network. GRE encapsulates packets between outer IP endpoints; the underlay must route the outer destination before inner traffic can succeed.

B:

Test tunnel path MTU and fragmentation behavior with realistic payload sizes after transport changes. The monitored boundary differs from GRE endpoint underlay routing, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. GRE encapsulates packets between outer IP endpoints; the underlay must route the outer destination before inner traffic can succeed.

D:

The control protects BGP communities and routing policy. It does not establish the ongoing GRE endpoint underlay routing behavior required in this network. GRE encapsulates packets between outer IP endpoints; the underlay must route the outer destination before inner traffic can succeed.

Question 182

A fictional service-provider team at Fernstone Logistics is reviewing a backbone recovery drill. The finding is: A provider edge leaks unapproved customer prefixes to a transit provider after an export policy is broadened. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Correct the specific BGP import or export policy at the peer or group, matching approved prefix and path criteria.
  2. Set and test a coherent MED policy between comparable paths, acknowledging peer AS comparison behavior and upstream policies.
  3. Correct the route-reflector client topology and validate reflected path distribution without introducing loops.
  4. Set compatible IS-IS circuit levels on both ends of the interface and verify hello and neighbor state.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct the specific BGP import or export policy at the peer or group, matching approved prefix and path criteria. This treats the fault shown by Fernstone Logistics: BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary. Confirm success when only approved prefixes are advertised to or accepted from the intended neighbor, as confirmed by received and advertised route views.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Set and test a coherent MED policy between comparable paths, acknowledging peer AS comparison behavior and upstream policies. Its normal acceptance signal would be comparably eligible paths carry intended MEDs and route selection in the agreed test case follows the planned preference. Here the deciding check is different: only approved prefixes are advertised to or accepted from the intended neighbor, as confirmed by received and advertised route views.

C:

Correct the route-reflector client topology and validate reflected path distribution without introducing loops. Its normal acceptance signal would be authorized clients receive the expected reflected iBGP paths and preserve appropriate originator or cluster-loop protection. Here the deciding check is different: only approved prefixes are advertised to or accepted from the intended neighbor, as confirmed by received and advertised route views.

D:

Set compatible IS-IS circuit levels on both ends of the interface and verify hello and neighbor state. That could help in a case involving IS-IS adjacency circuit level. This failure instead depends on BGP import export control; BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary.

Question 183

The operations group at fictional Meadowrise Internet, working on a regional backbone upgrade, finds: An intended customer prefix is visible in the local routing table but is not accepted by a peer because the wrong import/export direction was modified. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Correct the route-reflector client topology and validate reflected path distribution without introducing loops.
  2. Correct the specific BGP import or export policy at the peer or group, matching approved prefix and path criteria.
  3. Assign each OSPF router a unique stable router ID and confirm the resulting neighbor and link-state database identities.
  4. Correct the locally expected peer AS and actual neighbor AS identity and validate the BGP OPEN exchange.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct the specific BGP import or export policy at the peer or group, matching approved prefix and path criteria. This treats the fault shown by Meadowrise Internet: BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary. Confirm success when only approved prefixes are advertised to or accepted from the intended neighbor, as confirmed by received and advertised route views.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The proposal changes IBGP route reflection; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave BGP import export control unresolved even if its own test passed. BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary.

C:

Assign each OSPF router a unique stable router ID and confirm the resulting neighbor and link-state database identities. That could help in a case involving stable OSPF router identifier. This failure instead depends on BGP import export control; BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary.

D:

Correct the locally expected peer AS and actual neighbor AS identity and validate the BGP OPEN exchange. That could help in a case involving BGP ASN and OPEN negotiation. This failure instead depends on BGP import export control; BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary.

Question 184

At fictional Winterfield Utilities, during a multi-tenant service turn-up, engineers report: A tunnel carries IPv6 service packets over IPv4, but the remote IPv4 tunnel endpoint becomes unreachable after an IGP change. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Audit BGP address-family negotiation and received IPv6 routes whenever dual-stack peering changes.
  2. Track link cost and selected SPF path together in post-upgrade route-validation tests.
  3. Track IPv4 and IPv6 IS-IS reachability separately in dual-stack health checks.
  4. Monitor tunnel endpoint reachability and overlay IPv6 loss as separate service checks.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Monitor tunnel endpoint reachability and overlay IPv6 loss as separate service checks. This monitors the behavior that failed at Winterfield Utilities; the most useful acceptance signal is that both IPv4 endpoint paths are reachable and IPv6 packets traverse the encapsulated link end to end.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The control protects multiprotocol BGP IPv6 AFI. It does not establish the ongoing IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel underlay behavior required in this network. An IPv6-over-IPv4 tunnel depends on the IPv4 underlay that transports encapsulated packets; overlay route presence cannot replace underlay connectivity.

B:

This is a useful guard against OSPF interface metric selection, but it is not scoped to the observed IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel underlay failure. An appropriate test would show that both IPv4 endpoint paths are reachable and IPv6 packets traverse the encapsulated link end to end.

C:

The control protects IS-IS IPv6 topology TLVs. It does not establish the ongoing IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel underlay behavior required in this network. An IPv6-over-IPv4 tunnel depends on the IPv4 underlay that transports encapsulated packets; overlay route presence cannot replace underlay connectivity.

Question 185

During a backbone recovery drill at fictional Summit Gate Network, the team observes: A provider interconnect moves the peer endpoint across two routed hops but eBGP still assumes single-hop reachability and TTL behavior. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Correct the route-reflector client topology and validate reflected path distribution without introducing loops.
  2. Specify a reachable IPv6 next hop with correct interface scope where required and verify IPv6 route installation.
  3. Configure the appropriate EBGP multihop reachability and neighbor addressing, then verify session setup on the intended loopback endpoints.
  4. Apply an approved outbound AS-path prepend policy on the less-preferred advertised path and validate what peers receive.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Configure the appropriate EBGP multihop reachability and neighbor addressing, then verify session setup on the intended loopback endpoints. This treats the fault shown by Summit Gate Network: EBGP sessions to nonadjacent neighbors need suitable multihop TTL and transport reachability; routing reachability alone can be insufficient. Confirm success when the intended multi-hop peer establishes while IP reachability and any required loopback-source configuration are correct.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Correct the route-reflector client topology and validate reflected path distribution without introducing loops. That could help in a case involving IBGP route reflection. This failure instead depends on EBGP multihop reachability; EBGP sessions to nonadjacent neighbors need suitable multihop TTL and transport reachability; routing reachability alone can be insufficient.

B:

The proposal changes IPv6 static next-hop scope; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave EBGP multihop reachability unresolved even if its own test passed. EBGP sessions to nonadjacent neighbors need suitable multihop TTL and transport reachability; routing reachability alone can be insufficient.

D:

Apply an approved outbound AS-path prepend policy on the less-preferred advertised path and validate what peers receive. Its normal acceptance signal would be external route advertisements show the intended relative AS-path lengths and measured inbound behavior is compared with the goal. Here the deciding check is different: the intended multi-hop peer establishes while IP reachability and any required loopback-source configuration are correct.

Question 186

A fictional service-provider team at Everfield Rail is reviewing a provider-edge service migration. The finding is: A replacement edge router sends an OPEN claiming the wrong AS and the upstream session never reaches Established. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Verify community tagging and matching with advertised-route checks after policy updates.
  2. Validate local-AS and peer-AS inventory against change requests before activating external sessions.
  3. Continuously diff effective import/export policies against approved prefix filters and peer relationships.
  4. Exercise matched and unmatched test flows after changes and monitor the filter counters and selected forwarding table.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Validate local-AS and peer-AS inventory against change requests before activating external sessions. This monitors the behavior that failed at Everfield Rail; the most useful acceptance signal is that the peer moves to Established with the agreed local and remote AS values and appropriate session messages.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a useful guard against BGP communities and routing policy, but it is not scoped to the observed BGP ASN and OPEN negotiation failure. An appropriate test would show that the peer moves to Established with the agreed local and remote AS values and appropriate session messages. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A replacement edge router sends an OPEN claiming the wrong AS and the upstream session never reaches Established. The question asks which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring.

C:

Continuously diff effective import/export policies against approved prefix filters and peer relationships. The monitored boundary differs from BGP ASN and OPEN negotiation, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. BGP peers validate AS identity during OPEN negotiation; transport reachability by itself does not establish a valid BGP session.

D:

This is a useful guard against filter-based forwarding table selection, but it is not scoped to the observed BGP ASN and OPEN negotiation failure. An appropriate test would show that the peer moves to Established with the agreed local and remote AS values and appropriate session messages.

Question 187

The operations group at fictional Cypress Fiber, working on a regional backbone upgrade, finds: A redundant Routing Engine pair has GRES enabled, yet BGP peers reset on switchover because routing protocol state is not synchronized. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Test BFD session negotiation and routing reaction times during controlled failures.
  2. Exercise VRRP failover and confirm virtual gateway reachability under device and link failure.
  3. Capture DIS election and pseudonode observations during shared LAN commissioning and role changes.
  4. Verify backup RE protocol-state synchronization and rehearse switchover in an approved maintenance window.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Verify backup RE protocol-state synchronization and rehearse switchover in an approved maintenance window. This monitors the behavior that failed at Cypress Fiber; the most useful acceptance signal is that during a controlled primary RE loss, eligible routing adjacencies continue using state maintained by the backup RE.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Test BFD session negotiation and routing reaction times during controlled failures. The monitored boundary differs from NSR protocol state replication, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. NSR uses GRES infrastructure while preserving routing protocol state on the backup Routing Engine, avoiding reliance on neighbor restart helpers.

B:

Exercise VRRP failover and confirm virtual gateway reachability under device and link failure. The monitored boundary differs from NSR protocol state replication, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. NSR uses GRES infrastructure while preserving routing protocol state on the backup Routing Engine, avoiding reliance on neighbor restart helpers.

C:

Capture DIS election and pseudonode observations during shared LAN commissioning and role changes. The monitored boundary differs from NSR protocol state replication, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. NSR uses GRES infrastructure while preserving routing protocol state on the backup Routing Engine, avoiding reliance on neighbor restart helpers.

Question 188

At fictional Jasper Data Works, during a multi-tenant service turn-up, engineers report: Two gateway routers use inconsistent VRRP group IDs and therefore fail to provide a common active virtual router. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. Every router has a distinct planned router ID and the LSDB tracks the appropriate originating router consistently.
  2. During a controlled routing restart, participating neighbors retain forwarding state only for the permitted grace interval and then converge correctly.
  3. The same virtual gateway remains reachable when the active VRRP router is failed in a controlled test.
  4. A controlled link or peer failure causes BFD Down and timely routing reconvergence rather than waiting for long protocol timers.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The same virtual gateway remains reachable when the active VRRP router is failed in a controlled test. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. VRRP coordinates an active virtual default gateway among participating routers, unlike independent physical interface addresses. Applied here, the relevant facts are: Two gateway routers use inconsistent VRRP group IDs and therefore fail to provide a common active virtual router. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Every router has a distinct planned router ID and the LSDB tracks the appropriate originating router consistently. It would validate a separate stable OSPF router identifier operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the same virtual gateway remains reachable when the active VRRP router is failed in a controlled test.

B:

During a controlled routing restart, participating neighbors retain forwarding state only for the permitted grace interval and then converge correctly. It would validate a separate graceful restart peer assistance operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the same virtual gateway remains reachable when the active VRRP router is failed in a controlled test.

D:

A controlled link or peer failure causes BFD Down and timely routing reconvergence rather than waiting for long protocol timers. It would validate a separate BFD fast failure detection operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the same virtual gateway remains reachable when the active VRRP router is failed in a controlled test.

Question 189

During a network change window at fictional Skybridge Metro, the team observes: An IS-IS shared LAN floods excess link-state information after the engineer treats it as point-to-point and ignores its pseudonode. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Give each router a unique system ID and a NET whose area portion matches intended Level 1 membership.
  2. Verify LAN circuit type, DIS election priorities, and pseudonode LSP origin under the planned shared-segment design.
  3. Enable compatible OSPFv3 IPv6 operation on the intended peers and validate neighbor and route state.
  4. Ensure a healthy Level 1–Level 2 boundary and appropriate reachable exit or leaked route for the remote destination.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Verify LAN circuit type, DIS election priorities, and pseudonode LSP origin under the planned shared-segment design. This treats the fault shown by Skybridge Metro: on an IS-IS broadcast LAN the DIS originates pseudonode LSPs and may be re-elected when priority changes; the process differs from OSPF DR behavior. Confirm success when the shared LAN shows the intended DIS and pseudonode information, and adjacency remains stable through a controlled election.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The proposal changes IS-IS NET and system ID; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave IS-IS LAN designated intermediate system unresolved even if its own test passed. On an IS-IS broadcast LAN the DIS originates pseudonode LSPs and may be re-elected when priority changes; the process differs from OSPF DR behavior.

C:

The proposal changes OSPFv3 IPv6 neighbor reachability; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave IS-IS LAN designated intermediate system unresolved even if its own test passed. On an IS-IS broadcast LAN the DIS originates pseudonode LSPs and may be re-elected when priority changes; the process differs from OSPF DR behavior.

D:

The proposal changes IS-IS L1 and L2 reachability; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave IS-IS LAN designated intermediate system unresolved even if its own test passed. On an IS-IS broadcast LAN the DIS originates pseudonode LSPs and may be re-elected when priority changes; the process differs from OSPF DR behavior.

Question 190

A fictional service-provider team at Winterfield Utilities is reviewing an intercity fiber refresh. The finding is: Two exit links reach the same prefix, but the AS prefers the wrong outbound egress because import policy sets local preference improperly. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Exercise VRRP failover and confirm virtual gateway reachability under device and link failure.
  2. Test MED behavior in realistic same-neighbor-AS scenarios and monitor actual received path attributes.
  3. Exercise multihop peering tests with source addresses and routed hop counts before production turn-up.
  4. Verify best paths on multiple iBGP speakers after local-preference policy revisions.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Verify best paths on multiple iBGP speakers after local-preference policy revisions. This monitors the behavior that failed at Winterfield Utilities; the most useful acceptance signal is that internal BGP best paths prefer the approved egress due to the intended local-preference values.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Exercise VRRP failover and confirm virtual gateway reachability under device and link failure. That ongoing check is for VRRP virtual gateway failover; it would not reliably detect recurrence of BGP local preference. LOCAL_PREF is an intradomain BGP path attribute that normally influences preferred outbound exit for routes inside the AS.

B:

Test MED behavior in realistic same-neighbor-AS scenarios and monitor actual received path attributes. The monitored boundary differs from BGP local preference, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. LOCAL_PREF is an intradomain BGP path attribute that normally influences preferred outbound exit for routes inside the AS.

C:

The control protects EBGP multihop reachability. It does not establish the ongoing BGP local preference behavior required in this network. LOCAL_PREF is an intradomain BGP path attribute that normally influences preferred outbound exit for routes inside the AS.

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