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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 55

Question 540

At fictional Unionpoint Mobile, during a redundant core router pair, engineers report: A service edge expects a summary to be visible, but the aggregate is inactive because no qualifying component route contributes to it. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Alert when the required static route becomes hidden or its next hop stops resolving, and validate reachability before committing changes.
  2. Test route contributor withdrawal in staging and compare active aggregates with constituent route inventory after changes.
  3. Check inter-area prefix availability at each ABR after changes to area boundaries and route filters.
  4. Check forwarding-table next-hop sets and multi-flow traffic after any export-policy or path-cost change.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Test route contributor withdrawal in staging and compare active aggregates with constituent route inventory after changes. This monitors the behavior that failed at Unionpoint Mobile; the most useful acceptance signal is that the aggregate is active only with the expected contributors and disappears when the contributor precondition is removed.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a useful guard against static route next-hop resolution, but it is not scoped to the observed aggregate route contributor failure. An appropriate test would show that the aggregate is active only with the expected contributors and disappears when the contributor precondition is removed.

C:

Check inter-area prefix availability at each ABR after changes to area boundaries and route filters. That ongoing check is for OSPF area LSA propagation; it would not reliably detect recurrence of aggregate route contributor. An aggregate route is conditional on active contributing routes and normally uses a discard or reject next hop to avoid creating a forwarding loop.

D:

Check forwarding-table next-hop sets and multi-flow traffic after any export-policy or path-cost change. The monitored boundary differs from aggregate route contributor, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. An aggregate route is conditional on active contributing routes and normally uses a discard or reject next hop to avoid creating a forwarding loop.

Question 541

During an intercity fiber refresh at fictional Lighthouse Education, the team observes: A customer tries to influence remote inbound selection by changing LOCAL_PREF only inside its own AS, with no change to external advertisements. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Verify LAN circuit type, DIS election priorities, and pseudonode LSP origin under the planned shared-segment design.
  2. Apply an approved outbound AS-path prepend policy on the less-preferred advertised path and validate what peers receive.
  3. Set and test a coherent MED policy between comparable paths, acknowledging peer AS comparison behavior and upstream policies.
  4. Configure the appropriate EBGP multihop reachability and neighbor addressing, then verify session setup on the intended loopback endpoints.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Apply an approved outbound AS-path prepend policy on the less-preferred advertised path and validate what peers receive. This treats the fault shown by Lighthouse Education: AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering. Confirm success when external route advertisements show the intended relative AS-path lengths and measured inbound behavior is compared with the goal.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Verify LAN circuit type, DIS election priorities, and pseudonode LSP origin under the planned shared-segment design. Its normal acceptance signal would be the shared LAN shows the intended DIS and pseudonode information, and adjacency remains stable through a controlled election. Here the deciding check is different: external route advertisements show the intended relative AS-path lengths and measured inbound behavior is compared with the goal.

C:

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: external route advertisements show the intended relative AS-path lengths and measured inbound behavior is compared with the goal.

D:

Configure the appropriate EBGP multihop reachability and neighbor addressing, then verify session setup on the intended loopback endpoints. That could help in a case involving EBGP multihop reachability. This failure instead depends on AS-path prepend inbound influence; AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering.

Question 542

A fictional service-provider team at Eastlake Services is reviewing a network change window. The finding is: An operator enables multiple routes but expects alternating packets; the observed forwarding selection is stable per flow instead. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Exercise matched and unmatched test flows after changes and monitor the filter counters and selected forwarding table.
  2. Alert when the required static route becomes hidden or its next hop stops resolving, and validate reachability before committing changes.
  3. Check forwarding-table next-hop sets and multi-flow traffic after any export-policy or path-cost change.
  4. Validate tag behavior, allowed VLAN membership, and connected device expectations at port provisioning.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Check forwarding-table next-hop sets and multi-flow traffic after any export-policy or path-cost change. This monitors the behavior that failed at Eastlake Services; the most useful acceptance signal is that the forwarding table contains the intended next-hop set and several independent flows distribute across healthy equal-cost paths.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Exercise matched and unmatched test flows after changes and monitor the filter counters and selected forwarding table. The monitored boundary differs from equal-cost forwarding flow hashing, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. Equal routing candidates do not prove the forwarding engine is using ECMP; Junos load-balancing policy and flow hashing determine installed next hops.

B:

Alert when the required static route becomes hidden or its next hop stops resolving, and validate reachability before committing changes. That ongoing check is for static route next-hop resolution; it would not reliably detect recurrence of equal-cost forwarding flow hashing. Equal routing candidates do not prove the forwarding engine is using ECMP; Junos load-balancing policy and flow hashing determine installed next hops.

D:

The control protects VLAN access trunk distinction. It does not establish the ongoing equal-cost forwarding flow hashing behavior required in this network. Equal routing candidates do not prove the forwarding engine is using ECMP; Junos load-balancing policy and flow hashing determine installed next hops.

Question 543

The operations group at fictional Foxglove Broadband, working on a regional backbone upgrade, finds: IPv6 routes vanish after OSPFv3 was configured on one side of a link while the peer runs only OSPFv2. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. Both IPv4 endpoint paths are reachable and IPv6 packets traverse the encapsulated link end to end.
  2. The expected OSPFv3 neighbor reaches Full and IPv6 routes appear with intended next hops.
  3. The intended IPv6 destination has an active route with a resolved next hop and working egress interface.
  4. Packet traces or label forwarding entries show the planned push, swap, and pop sequence across the path.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The expected OSPFv3 neighbor reaches Full and IPv6 routes appear with intended next hops. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. OSPFv3 provides OSPF routing for IPv6; successful IPv4 OSPFv2 peering does not establish an IPv6 adjacency. Applied here, the relevant facts are: IPv6 routes vanish after OSPFv3 was configured on one side of a link while the peer runs only OSPFv2. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Both IPv4 endpoint paths are reachable and IPv6 packets traverse the encapsulated link end to end. It would validate a separate IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel underlay operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the expected OSPFv3 neighbor reaches Full and IPv6 routes appear with intended next hops.

C:

The intended IPv6 destination has an active route with a resolved next hop and working egress interface. That establishes IPv6 static next-hop scope rather than a repaired OSPFv3 IPv6 neighbor reachability path. The reported failure still requires this evidence: the expected OSPFv3 neighbor reaches Full and IPv6 routes appear with intended next hops.

D:

The check is meaningful for MPLS label push swap pop, but it does not prove that OSPFv3 IPv6 neighbor reachability was repaired. OSPFv3 provides OSPF routing for IPv6; successful IPv4 OSPFv2 peering does not establish an IPv6 adjacency.

Question 544

At fictional Willowrise Transport, during a metro aggregation ring, engineers report: A provider ingress forwards customer traffic as ordinary IP despite the path requiring MPLS label imposition. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Validate MST digest and instance mapping consistency as part of configuration review.
  2. Alert on missing LDP label mappings for required FECs after peer resets and topology changes.
  3. Inspect label forwarding entries at ingress, transit, and egress after every LSP change.
  4. Review per-link reserved and unreserved bandwidth before creating or resizing TE tunnels.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Inspect label forwarding entries at ingress, transit, and egress after every LSP change. This monitors the behavior that failed at Willowrise Transport; the most useful acceptance signal is that packet traces or label forwarding entries show the planned push, swap, and pop sequence across the path.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Validate MST digest and instance mapping consistency as part of configuration review. That ongoing check is for MSTP region consistency; it would not reliably detect recurrence of MPLS label push swap pop. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label.

B:

Alert on missing LDP label mappings for required FECs after peer resets and topology changes. That ongoing check is for LDP label binding completeness; it would not reliably detect recurrence of MPLS label push swap pop. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A provider ingress forwards customer traffic as ordinary IP despite the path requiring MPLS label imposition. The question asks which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring.

D:

This is a useful guard against RSVP path bandwidth admission, but it is not scoped to the observed MPLS label push swap pop failure. An appropriate test would show that packet traces or label forwarding entries show the planned push, swap, and pop sequence across the path.

Question 545

During a wholesale access handoff at fictional Maplewood Exchange, the team observes: An LSP is signaled as Up but the transit FIB points an incoming label to a disabled interface. 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. Monitor high-frequency MAC moves and correlate them with spanning-tree and bridge-interface events.
  3. Capture representative stacked-label packets and verify transport-versus-service label parsing in acceptance tests.
  4. Audit MPLS forwarding tables and labeled traffic counters after routing or hardware transitions.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Audit MPLS forwarding tables and labeled traffic counters after routing or hardware transitions. This monitors the behavior that failed at Maplewood Exchange; the most useful acceptance signal is that incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The control protects segment routing adjacency SID. It does not establish the ongoing MPLS label forwarding table mismatch behavior required in this network. Control-plane LSP state and data-plane label forwarding entries are separate checks; an Up session does not prove the FIB is correct.

B:

This is a useful guard against MAC address learning and moves, but it is not scoped to the observed MPLS label forwarding table mismatch failure. An appropriate test would show that incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding.

C:

The control protects MPLS label stack bottom bit. It does not establish the ongoing MPLS label forwarding table mismatch behavior required in this network. Control-plane LSP state and data-plane label forwarding entries are separate checks; an Up session does not prove the FIB is correct.

Question 546

A fictional service-provider team at Meadowrise Internet is reviewing a regional backbone upgrade. The finding is: 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 observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. Incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding.
  2. The intended multi-hop peer establishes while IP reachability and any required loopback-source configuration are correct.
  3. Only approved prefixes are advertised to or accepted from the intended neighbor, as confirmed by received and advertised route views.
  4. The peer moves to Established with the agreed local and remote AS values and appropriate session messages.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Only approved prefixes are advertised to or accepted from the intended neighbor, as confirmed by received and advertised route views. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary. Applied here, the relevant facts are: 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. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The check is meaningful for MPLS label forwarding table mismatch, but it does not prove that BGP import export control was repaired. BGP import policy governs received routes and export policy governs outbound advertisements; changing the wrong direction cannot enforce the intended boundary.

B:

The intended multi-hop peer establishes while IP reachability and any required loopback-source configuration are correct. It would validate a separate EBGP multihop reachability operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that only approved prefixes are advertised to or accepted from the intended neighbor, as confirmed by received and advertised route views.

D:

The peer moves to Established with the agreed local and remote AS values and appropriate session messages. It would validate a separate BGP ASN and OPEN negotiation operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that only approved prefixes are advertised to or accepted from the intended neighbor, as confirmed by received and advertised route views.

Question 547

The operations group at fictional Sprucewell Transit, working on a dual-stack transit pilot, finds: After a core migration, a node SID is missing from the IGP advertisement and ingress nodes cannot build the intended SR-MPLS path. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Enable appropriate LDP interface discovery and verify discovery hellos and eventual neighbor session state.
  2. Inspect RSVP PATH and RESV state hop by hop and correct the interface or reservation block preventing completion.
  3. Build a narrowly scoped IS-IS export policy that matches approved active prefixes and verify received advertisements.
  4. Align prefix-SID advertisements and SRGB interpretation on the participating routers and verify labels assigned for the FEC.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Align prefix-SID advertisements and SRGB interpretation on the participating routers and verify labels assigned for the FEC. This treats the fault shown by Sprucewell Transit: SR-MPLS prefix SIDs and the segment routing global block provide IGP-signaled reachability without relying on LDP for each FEC. Confirm success when the prefix SID is advertised and all ingress routers compute consistent transport label behavior for the node destination.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Enable appropriate LDP interface discovery and verify discovery hellos and eventual neighbor session state. Its normal acceptance signal would be the intended interface discovers the peer and the LDP neighbor appears with an operational session. Here the deciding check is different: the prefix SID is advertised and all ingress routers compute consistent transport label behavior for the node destination.

B:

The proposal changes RSVP PATH and RESV signaling; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave segment routing prefix SID unresolved even if its own test passed. SR-MPLS prefix SIDs and the segment routing global block provide IGP-signaled reachability without relying on LDP for each FEC.

C:

Build a narrowly scoped IS-IS export policy that matches approved active prefixes and verify received advertisements. That could help in a case involving IS-IS route redistribution policy. This failure instead depends on segment routing prefix SID; SR-MPLS prefix SIDs and the segment routing global block provide IGP-signaled reachability without relying on LDP for each FEC.

Question 548

At fictional Coastline Carrier, during a virtual-router integration, engineers report: A shared Ethernet OSPF segment elects an unexpected DR after its existing DR leaves, even though a new high-priority router is added. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. IS-IS metric encoding must support the configured value range; mixed or incompatible styles can alter SPF interpretation.
  2. OSPF broadcast networks elect a DR and BDR; raising priority does not automatically preempt an already elected DR.
  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 broadcast networks elect a DR and BDR; raising priority does not automatically preempt an already elected DR. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to review interface network type and DR priorities, then plan election behavior with the existing DR and BDR state in mind. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A shared Ethernet OSPF segment elects an unexpected DR after its existing DR leaves, even though a new high-priority router is added. The question asks which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Although IS-IS wide metrics needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. OSPF broadcast networks elect a DR and BDR; raising priority does not automatically preempt an already elected DR.

C:

Although OSPF point-to-point topology needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. OSPF broadcast networks elect a DR and BDR; raising priority does not automatically preempt an already elected DR.

D:

This principle matters when troubleshooting OSPF area LSA propagation, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for OSPF designated router election. The relevant distinction is: OSPF broadcast networks elect a DR and BDR; raising priority does not automatically preempt an already elected DR.

Question 549

During a dual-stack transit pilot at fictional Summit Gate Network, the team observes: A firewall filter matches inbound customer traffic, yet there is no forwarding-class-based table selection, so special traffic follows the global route. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Apply a narrowly scoped ingress filter-based-forwarding match that selects the intended forwarding routing instance and validate lookup there.
  2. Correct the static route's reachable next hop and preference, then verify that its active route resolves to an operational forwarding interface.
  3. Treat the reserved or martian prefix as invalid for production routing and correct the source instead of overriding safety rejection blindly.
  4. Verify LAN circuit type, DIS election priorities, and pseudonode LSP origin under the planned shared-segment design.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Apply a narrowly scoped ingress filter-based-forwarding match that selects the intended forwarding routing instance and validate lookup there. This treats the fault shown by Summit Gate Network: filter-based forwarding selects a routing lookup table using packet classification; it does not rewrite the global best route for every packet. Confirm success when only the selected traffic uses the inspection forwarding table while unmatched traffic follows the ordinary destination route.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Correct the static route's reachable next hop and preference, then verify that its active route resolves to an operational forwarding interface. That could help in a case involving static route next-hop resolution. This failure instead depends on filter-based forwarding table selection; filter-based forwarding selects a routing lookup table using packet classification; it does not rewrite the global best route for every packet.

C:

Treat the reserved or martian prefix as invalid for production routing and correct the source instead of overriding safety rejection blindly. This addresses martian source address rejection, but the reported symptoms arise from filter-based forwarding table selection. For this case, verify instead that only the selected traffic uses the inspection forwarding table while unmatched traffic follows the ordinary destination route.

D:

The proposal changes IS-IS LAN designated intermediate system; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave filter-based forwarding table selection unresolved even if its own test passed. Filter-based forwarding selects a routing lookup table using packet classification; it does not rewrite the global best route for every packet.

Question 550

A fictional service-provider team at Coppercrest Cloud is reviewing a metro aggregation ring. The finding is: Neighboring IS-IS devices exchange physical frames but one interface is Level 1-only while the peer runs Level 2-only. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. IS-IS metric encoding must support the configured value range; mixed or incompatible styles can alter SPF interpretation.
  2. IS-IS LSP sequencing and sequence-number PDUs keep link-state databases synchronized; adjacency status alone does not ensure database parity.
  3. IS-IS peers must support a common adjacency level; active Ethernet transport does not compensate for a level mismatch.
  4. OSPF neighbor formation requires compatible hello and dead timers; link-layer carrier does not override timer mismatch.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

IS-IS peers must support a common adjacency level; active Ethernet transport does not compensate for a level mismatch. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to set compatible IS-IS circuit levels on both ends of the interface and verify hello and neighbor state. Applied here, the relevant facts are: Neighboring IS-IS devices exchange physical frames but one interface is Level 1-only while the peer runs Level 2-only. The question asks which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This principle matters when troubleshooting IS-IS wide metrics, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for IS-IS adjacency circuit level. The relevant distinction is: IS-IS peers must support a common adjacency level; active Ethernet transport does not compensate for a level mismatch.

B:

IS-IS LSP sequencing and sequence-number PDUs keep link-state databases synchronized; adjacency status alone does not ensure database parity. Those conditions do not account for the specific IS-IS adjacency circuit level problem reported by Coppercrest Cloud.

D:

OSPF neighbor formation requires compatible hello and dead timers; link-layer carrier does not override timer mismatch. That describes OSPF hello and dead timers, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by IS-IS adjacency circuit level; it does not predict the reported behavior.

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