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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 58

Question 570

A fictional service-provider team at Seabright Networks is reviewing a regional backbone upgrade. The finding is: Two OSPF exits both converge but a high-capacity core path loses because the configured cumulative costs favor a slower path. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. The broadcast segment has the planned DR and BDR and expected adjacency states after a controlled election event.
  2. The best route's cumulative OSPF cost selects the approved path and changes predictably when the alternative fails.
  3. Packets to the remote outer endpoint resolve through an ordinary underlay route and GRE probes reach the peer.
  4. The approved external route is advertised with the intended type and metric while unapproved routes are not redistributed.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The best route's cumulative OSPF cost selects the approved path and changes predictably when the alternative fails. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. OSPF chooses lowest-cost paths computed from link-state topology; a Full adjacency alone does not guarantee the desired route preference. Applied here, the relevant facts are: Two OSPF exits both converge but a high-capacity core path loses because the configured cumulative costs favor a slower path. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The broadcast segment has the planned DR and BDR and expected adjacency states after a controlled election event. It would validate a separate OSPF designated router election operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the best route's cumulative OSPF cost selects the approved path and changes predictably when the alternative fails.

C:

Packets to the remote outer endpoint resolve through an ordinary underlay route and GRE probes reach the peer. It would validate a separate GRE endpoint underlay routing operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the best route's cumulative OSPF cost selects the approved path and changes predictably when the alternative fails.

D:

The approved external route is advertised with the intended type and metric while unapproved routes are not redistributed. That establishes OSPF external route export rather than a repaired OSPF interface metric selection path. The reported failure still requires this evidence: the best route's cumulative OSPF cost selects the approved path and changes predictably when the alternative fails.

Question 571

The operations group at fictional Pinecrest Hosting, working on a backbone recovery drill, finds: A router-ID change during a maintenance event causes unexpected LSA identity churn despite stable physical interface addresses. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. OSPF point-to-point interfaces do not use a DR or BDR; this differs from a shared multiaccess Ethernet network.
  2. OSPF external redistribution is controlled by export policy; stable IGP neighbor state does not imply arbitrary static or direct routes are advertised.
  3. OSPF uses the router ID to identify LSA originators; duplicate or unstable IDs undermine link-state identity.
  4. Equal routing candidates do not prove the forwarding engine is using ECMP; Junos load-balancing policy and flow hashing determine installed next hops.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

OSPF uses the router ID to identify LSA originators; duplicate or unstable IDs undermine link-state identity. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to assign each OSPF router a unique stable router ID and confirm the resulting neighbor and link-state database identities. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A router-ID change during a maintenance event causes unexpected LSA identity churn despite stable physical interface addresses. The question asks which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure.

Incorrect Answers

A:

OSPF point-to-point interfaces do not use a DR or BDR; this differs from a shared multiaccess Ethernet network. That describes OSPF point-to-point topology, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by stable OSPF router identifier; it does not predict the reported behavior.

B:

Although OSPF external route export needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. OSPF uses the router ID to identify LSA originators; duplicate or unstable IDs undermine link-state identity.

D:

This principle matters when troubleshooting equal-cost forwarding flow hashing, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for stable OSPF router identifier. The relevant distinction is: OSPF uses the router ID to identify LSA originators; duplicate or unstable IDs undermine link-state identity.

Question 572

At fictional Unionpoint Mobile, during a carrier peering cutover, engineers report: A traffic-engineered LSP fails admission on a low-capacity link even though its IGP shortest path reaches the destination. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. RSVP traffic engineering applies resource reservation and constrained path selection, not merely IP shortest-path routing.
  2. A native VLAN determines how untagged frames are classified on a trunk; inconsistent native mappings can silently bridge the wrong domain.
  3. Control-plane LSP state and data-plane label forwarding entries are separate checks; an Up session does not prove the FIB is correct.
  4. The MPLS S bit identifies the final label in a stack; it does not describe label priority or path preference.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

RSVP traffic engineering applies resource reservation and constrained path selection, not merely IP shortest-path routing. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to adjust the RSVP-TE bandwidth request or planned constraint-capable path and validate reservation availability. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A traffic-engineered LSP fails admission on a low-capacity link even though its IGP shortest path reaches the destination. The question asks which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure.

Incorrect Answers

B:

A native VLAN determines how untagged frames are classified on a trunk; inconsistent native mappings can silently bridge the wrong domain. That describes native untagged VLAN drift, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by RSVP path bandwidth admission; it does not predict the reported behavior.

C:

Although MPLS label forwarding table mismatch needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. RSVP traffic engineering applies resource reservation and constrained path selection, not merely IP shortest-path routing.

D:

Although MPLS label stack bottom bit needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. RSVP traffic engineering applies resource reservation and constrained path selection, not merely IP shortest-path routing.

Question 573

During a virtual-router integration at fictional Highpoint Exchange, the team observes: A backbone migration changes one router's circuit type to Level 2 while the other endpoint remains Level 1, leaving the IS-IS adjacency absent. 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. Audit OSPF export filters against an approved prefix list after every service addition.
  3. Check interface level settings on both ends during migration and alert on missing expected adjacency levels.
  4. Validate supported metric style, actual LSP metric values, and computed paths during topology expansion.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Check interface level settings on both ends during migration and alert on missing expected adjacency levels. This monitors the behavior that failed at Highpoint Exchange; the most useful acceptance signal is that the expected L1 or L2 IS-IS adjacency appears and routing information for the selected level is exchanged.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The control protects IS-IS route redistribution policy. It does not establish the ongoing IS-IS adjacency circuit level behavior required in this network. IS-IS peers must support a common adjacency level; active Ethernet transport does not compensate for a level mismatch.

B:

This is a useful guard against OSPF external route export, but it is not scoped to the observed IS-IS adjacency circuit level failure. An appropriate test would show that the expected L1 or L2 IS-IS adjacency appears and routing information for the selected level is exchanged.

D:

The control protects IS-IS wide metrics. It does not establish the ongoing IS-IS adjacency circuit level behavior required in this network. IS-IS peers must support a common adjacency level; active Ethernet transport does not compensate for a level mismatch.

Question 574

A fictional service-provider team at Coppercrest Cloud is reviewing a dual-stack transit pilot. The finding is: An alternate port stops receiving BPDUs during a one-way failure and risks incorrectly transitioning to forwarding. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. The impacted non-designated port stays protected while BPDUs are absent and returns only after control-plane health is restored.
  2. Every router has a distinct planned router ID and the LSDB tracks the appropriate originating router consistently.
  3. Each VLAN's spanning-tree state selects its planned root and forwarding ports without creating a cross-VLAN loop.
  4. The approved root remains root despite inferior-site superior-BPDU injection, and the boundary behaves as designed.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

The impacted non-designated port stays protected while BPDUs are absent and returns only after control-plane health is restored. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. Loop protection protects non-designated ports against false transition to forwarding when expected BPDUs disappear. Applied here, the relevant facts are: An alternate port stops receiving BPDUs during a one-way failure and risks incorrectly transitioning to forwarding. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This measurement tests stable OSPF router identifier; it cannot distinguish success from failure for the observed RSTP loop protection condition. Loop protection protects non-designated ports against false transition to forwarding when expected BPDUs disappear.

C:

Each VLAN's spanning-tree state selects its planned root and forwarding ports without creating a cross-VLAN loop. It would validate a separate VSTP per-VLAN root choice operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the impacted non-designated port stays protected while BPDUs are absent and returns only after control-plane health is restored.

D:

The approved root remains root despite inferior-site superior-BPDU injection, and the boundary behaves as designed. It would validate a separate RSTP root protection operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that the impacted non-designated port stays protected while BPDUs are absent and returns only after control-plane health is restored.

Question 575

The operations group at fictional Ridgefield Carrier, working on a regional backbone upgrade, finds: A shared access segment has unexpected forwarding behavior after root failure because alternate and designated roles were not identified. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Align MST region name, revision, and VLAN-to-instance mapping across all intended region members.
  2. Enable the supported BPDU protection behavior on designated edge ports so unexpected BPDUs trigger a controlled protective response.
  3. Restore IP reachability to the negotiated LDP transport addresses and verify the TCP session and label exchange.
  4. Review RSTP roles and convergence expectations and ensure the valid alternate path can transition safely when the root path fails.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Review RSTP roles and convergence expectations and ensure the valid alternate path can transition safely when the root path fails. This treats the fault shown by Ridgefield Carrier: RSTP port roles and rapid state transitions support fast loop-free reconvergence, unlike simply forcing all redundant ports forwarding. Confirm success when the alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Align MST region name, revision, and VLAN-to-instance mapping across all intended region members. That could help in a case involving MSTP region consistency. This failure instead depends on RSTP alternate port reconvergence; RSTP port roles and rapid state transitions support fast loop-free reconvergence, unlike simply forcing all redundant ports forwarding.

B:

Enable the supported BPDU protection behavior on designated edge ports so unexpected BPDUs trigger a controlled protective response. Its normal acceptance signal would be an unexpected BPDU causes the intended protective state and operations receive a traceable port event. Here the deciding check is different: the alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops.

C:

Restore IP reachability to the negotiated LDP transport addresses and verify the TCP session and label exchange. This addresses LDP transport address reachability, but the reported symptoms arise from RSTP alternate port reconvergence. For this case, verify instead that the alternate port assumes an appropriate forwarding role on failure without allowing simultaneous Layer 2 loops.

Question 576

At fictional Eastlake Services, during a multi-tenant service turn-up, engineers report: A new region is missing reflected route reachability because the route reflector does not classify intended clients correctly. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Continuously diff effective import/export policies against approved prefix filters and peer relationships.
  2. Monitor hidden BGP routes and next-hop resolution after IGP or route-reflector changes.
  3. Audit route-reflector client assignments and reflected prefix visibility during iBGP topology changes.
  4. Audit MPLS forwarding tables and labeled traffic counters after routing or hardware transitions.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Audit route-reflector client assignments and reflected prefix visibility during iBGP topology changes. This monitors the behavior that failed at Eastlake Services; the most useful acceptance signal is that authorized clients receive the expected reflected iBGP paths and preserve appropriate originator or cluster-loop protection.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Continuously diff effective import/export policies against approved prefix filters and peer relationships. The monitored boundary differs from IBGP route reflection, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. Ordinary iBGP does not readvertise iBGP-learned routes to another iBGP peer; route reflectors provide a controlled exception.

B:

The control protects BGP next-hop reachability. It does not establish the ongoing IBGP route reflection behavior required in this network. Ordinary iBGP does not readvertise iBGP-learned routes to another iBGP peer; route reflectors provide a controlled exception.

D:

Audit MPLS forwarding tables and labeled traffic counters after routing or hardware transitions. That ongoing check is for MPLS label forwarding table mismatch; it would not reliably detect recurrence of IBGP route reflection. Ordinary iBGP does not readvertise iBGP-learned routes to another iBGP peer; route reflectors provide a controlled exception.

Question 577

During a network change window at fictional Kingfisher Wholesale, the team observes: A downstream provider switch advertises superior BPDUs and unexpectedly becomes spanning-tree root for a customer segment. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. MP-BGP requires the appropriate address-family capability and route processing; an Established IPv4 BGP session alone does not carry IPv6 NLRI.
  2. Root protection blocks acceptance of an unexpected superior root across designated boundary ports; it is not the same as BPDU edge protection.
  3. RSTP port roles and rapid state transitions support fast loop-free reconvergence, unlike simply forcing all redundant ports forwarding.
  4. Loop protection protects non-designated ports against false transition to forwarding when expected BPDUs disappear.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Root protection blocks acceptance of an unexpected superior root across designated boundary ports; it is not the same as BPDU edge protection. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to apply root protection on boundary designated ports where upstream superiority must be blocked and verify root placement. Applied here, the relevant facts are: A downstream provider switch advertises superior BPDUs and unexpectedly becomes spanning-tree root for a customer segment. The question asks which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure.

Incorrect Answers

A:

MP-BGP requires the appropriate address-family capability and route processing; an Established IPv4 BGP session alone does not carry IPv6 NLRI. That describes multiprotocol BGP IPv6 AFI, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by RSTP root protection; it does not predict the reported behavior.

C:

This principle matters when troubleshooting RSTP alternate port reconvergence, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for RSTP root protection. The relevant distinction is: root protection blocks acceptance of an unexpected superior root across designated boundary ports; it is not the same as BPDU edge protection.

D:

This principle matters when troubleshooting RSTP loop protection, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for RSTP root protection. The relevant distinction is: root protection blocks acceptance of an unexpected superior root across designated boundary ports; it is not the same as BPDU edge protection.

Question 578

A fictional service-provider team at Cypress Fiber is reviewing a regional backbone upgrade. The finding is: A redundant Routing Engine pair has GRES enabled, yet BGP peers reset on switchover because routing protocol state is not synchronized. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Configure and verify compatible protocol graceful-restart capability and planned helper behavior between neighbors.
  2. Enable supported NSR with required GRES on the platform, then verify routing protocol state replication and switchover behavior.
  3. Configure the appropriate EBGP multihop reachability and neighbor addressing, then verify session setup on the intended loopback endpoints.
  4. Keep GRES for forwarding continuity and enable the appropriate supported NSB for bridging or NSR or graceful restart for routing sessions as required.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Enable supported NSR with required GRES on the platform, then verify routing protocol state replication and switchover behavior. This treats the fault shown by Cypress Fiber: NSR uses GRES infrastructure while preserving routing protocol state on the backup Routing Engine, avoiding reliance on neighbor restart helpers. Confirm success when during a controlled primary RE loss, eligible routing adjacencies continue using state maintained by the backup RE.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Configure and verify compatible protocol graceful-restart capability and planned helper behavior between neighbors. That could help in a case involving graceful restart peer assistance. This failure instead depends on NSR protocol state replication; NSR uses GRES infrastructure while preserving routing protocol state on the backup Routing Engine, avoiding reliance on neighbor restart helpers.

C:

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 NSR protocol state replication; NSR uses GRES infrastructure while preserving routing protocol state on the backup Routing Engine, avoiding reliance on neighbor restart helpers.

D:

The proposal changes GRES preserves forwarding not protocols; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave NSR protocol state replication unresolved even if its own test passed. NSR uses GRES infrastructure while preserving routing protocol state on the backup Routing Engine, avoiding reliance on neighbor restart helpers.

Question 579

The operations group at fictional Silverstone Wireless, working on a dual-stack transit pilot, finds: A service backbone needs subsecond detection, but administrators only tune route preference and leave failed neighbors in place. 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. Test forwarding, bridge MAC state, and protocol-neighbor continuity separately during redundant Routing Engine failover drills.
  3. Monitor LACP partner IDs, actor keys, member state, and bundle bandwidth after changes.
  4. Compare OSPF area IDs at both ends of every new inter-router link before production cutover.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Test BFD session negotiation and routing reaction times during controlled failures. This monitors the behavior that failed at Silverstone Wireless; the most useful acceptance signal is that A controlled link or peer failure causes BFD Down and timely routing reconvergence rather than waiting for long protocol timers.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Test forwarding, bridge MAC state, and protocol-neighbor continuity separately during redundant Routing Engine failover drills. That ongoing check is for GRES preserves forwarding not protocols; it would not reliably detect recurrence of BFD fast failure detection. BFD provides rapid bidirectional path liveness detection; it triggers routing response but is not by itself a replacement route.

C:

Monitor LACP partner IDs, actor keys, member state, and bundle bandwidth after changes. The monitored boundary differs from BFD fast failure detection, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. BFD provides rapid bidirectional path liveness detection; it triggers routing response but is not by itself a replacement route.

D:

Compare OSPF area IDs at both ends of every new inter-router link before production cutover. The monitored boundary differs from BFD fast failure detection, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. BFD provides rapid bidirectional path liveness detection; it triggers routing response but is not by itself a replacement route.

Question 580

At fictional Bluehaven Mobile, during a regional backbone upgrade, engineers report: After a transient LAN outage, peers disagree on LSP sequence numbers and one router temporarily lacks the new topology. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Compare LSDB consistency and stale LSP age on critical adjacencies after link flaps.
  2. Document stable broadcast-segment election priorities and rehearse controlled DR failure and recovery.
  3. Check interface level settings on both ends during migration and alert on missing expected adjacency levels.
  4. Capture DIS election and pseudonode observations during shared LAN commissioning and role changes.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Compare LSDB consistency and stale LSP age on critical adjacencies after link flaps. This monitors the behavior that failed at Bluehaven Mobile; the most useful acceptance signal is that the two peers converge to consistent current LSP sequence information and compute the same intended topology reachability.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This is a useful guard against OSPF designated router election, but it is not scoped to the observed IS-IS LSP database synchronization failure. An appropriate test would show that the two peers converge to consistent current LSP sequence information and compute the same intended topology reachability.

C:

Check interface level settings on both ends during migration and alert on missing expected adjacency levels. That ongoing check is for IS-IS adjacency circuit level; it would not reliably detect recurrence of IS-IS LSP database synchronization. IS-IS LSP sequencing and sequence-number PDUs keep link-state databases synchronized; adjacency status alone does not ensure database parity. Applied here, the relevant facts are: After a transient LAN outage, peers disagree on LSP sequence numbers and one router temporarily lacks the new topology. The question asks which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring.

D:

Capture DIS election and pseudonode observations during shared LAN commissioning and role changes. That ongoing check is for IS-IS LAN designated intermediate system; it would not reliably detect recurrence of IS-IS LSP database synchronization. IS-IS LSP sequencing and sequence-number PDUs keep link-state databases synchronized; adjacency status alone does not ensure database parity.

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