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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 6

Question 50

A fictional service-provider team at Fabletree Media is reviewing a wholesale access handoff. The finding is: Two external AS exits advertise the same prefix; inbound traffic favors the congested link because AS-path preparation was not applied as planned. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. BGP communities provide policy metadata for grouping routes; they have no forwarding effect unless a matching policy interprets them.
  2. Ordinary iBGP does not readvertise iBGP-learned routes to another iBGP peer; route reflectors provide a controlled exception.
  3. Provider tag stacking adds frame overhead; an unchanged link MTU may reject frames that previously fitted untagged.
  4. AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to apply an approved outbound AS-path prepend policy on the less-preferred advertised path and validate what peers receive.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This principle matters when troubleshooting BGP communities and routing policy, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for AS-path prepend inbound influence. The relevant distinction is: AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering.

B:

This principle matters when troubleshooting IBGP route reflection, but using it here mistakes a different failure mode for AS-path prepend inbound influence. The relevant distinction is: AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering.

C:

Although provider bridging MTU overhead needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. AS-path prepending can make a path less attractive to other ASes but does not override their local policies or guarantee inbound steering.

Question 51

The operations group at fictional Jasper Data Works, working on an intercity fiber refresh, finds: A connected service prefix exists locally but never appears in IS-IS even though all adjacencies are healthy. 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. Monitor root-bridge identity and test controlled superior-BPDU attempts at trust boundaries.
  3. Compare LSDB consistency and stale LSP age on critical adjacencies after link flaps.
  4. Capture DIS election and pseudonode observations during shared LAN commissioning and role changes.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Review IS-IS export policies against owner-approved prefix and origin criteria after service changes. This monitors the behavior that failed at Jasper Data Works; the most useful acceptance signal is that the intended service route is advertised while nonapproved connected and static prefixes remain outside the IS-IS domain.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This is a useful guard against RSTP root protection, but it is not scoped to the observed IS-IS route redistribution policy failure. An appropriate test would show that the intended service route is advertised while nonapproved connected and static prefixes remain outside the IS-IS domain.

C:

Compare LSDB consistency and stale LSP age on critical adjacencies after link flaps. That ongoing check is for IS-IS LSP database synchronization; it would not reliably detect recurrence of IS-IS route redistribution policy. IS-IS exports externally originated routes through routing policy; forming an adjacency does not redistribute every route automatically.

D:

The control protects IS-IS LAN designated intermediate system. It does not establish the ongoing IS-IS route redistribution policy behavior required in this network. IS-IS exports externally originated routes through routing policy; forming an adjacency does not redistribute every route automatically.

Question 52

At fictional Moorland Carriers, during a network change window, engineers report: A service packet exits a transport label tunnel but the egress processes the inner service label as though it were the final stack entry. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?

  1. Verify full label stack ordering and bottom-of-stack indication on the encapsulated service path.
  2. Verify ABR inter-area advertisement policy and the presence of the appropriate summary reachability in the receiving area.
  3. Restore IP reachability to the negotiated LDP transport addresses and verify the TCP session and label exchange.
  4. Insert the appropriate valid adjacency SID for the required hop and verify the resolved segment list and actual forwarding path.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Verify full label stack ordering and bottom-of-stack indication on the encapsulated service path. This treats the fault shown by Moorland Carriers: the MPLS S bit identifies the final label in a stack; it does not describe label priority or path preference. Confirm success when traces show the transport label above the service label with bottom-of-stack marked only on the last label.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Verify ABR inter-area advertisement policy and the presence of the appropriate summary reachability in the receiving area. That could help in a case involving OSPF area LSA propagation. This failure instead depends on MPLS label stack bottom bit; the MPLS S bit identifies the final label in a stack; it does not describe label priority or path preference.

C:

The proposal changes LDP transport address reachability; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave MPLS label stack bottom bit unresolved even if its own test passed. The MPLS S bit identifies the final label in a stack; it does not describe label priority or path preference.

D:

The proposal changes segment routing adjacency SID; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave MPLS label stack bottom bit unresolved even if its own test passed. The MPLS S bit identifies the final label in a stack; it does not describe label priority or path preference.

Question 53

During a carrier peering cutover at fictional Unionpoint Mobile, the team observes: A wholesale access edge must carry an inner customer VLAN through the network but its outer service tag is inconsistent at handoff. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Validate accepted tag stacks and logical-unit counters when deploying a multi-service port.
  2. Validate VLAN-to-IRB bindings, gateway ARP or neighbor entries, and allowed cross-VLAN flows after provisioning.
  3. Test double-tag preservation and S-tag membership on both ends of each provider handoff.
  4. Audit route-reflector client assignments and reflected prefix visibility during iBGP topology changes.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Test double-tag preservation and S-tag membership on both ends of each provider handoff. This monitors the behavior that failed at Unionpoint Mobile; the most useful acceptance signal is that captured service frames show the expected outer provider tag and unchanged customer tag, with distinct customers isolated.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The control protects flexible VLAN encapsulation alignment. It does not establish the ongoing provider Q-in-Q tagging behavior required in this network. Q-in-Q carries an additional provider VLAN tag around customer-tagged traffic to isolate services with overlapping customer VLAN numbers.

B:

Validate VLAN-to-IRB bindings, gateway ARP or neighbor entries, and allowed cross-VLAN flows after provisioning. The monitored boundary differs from provider Q-in-Q tagging, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. Q-in-Q carries an additional provider VLAN tag around customer-tagged traffic to isolate services with overlapping customer VLAN numbers.

D:

Audit route-reflector client assignments and reflected prefix visibility during iBGP topology changes. The monitored boundary differs from provider Q-in-Q tagging, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. Q-in-Q carries an additional provider VLAN tag around customer-tagged traffic to isolate services with overlapping customer VLAN numbers.

Question 54

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 observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. The peer moves to Established with the agreed local and remote AS values and appropriate session messages.
  2. The prefix SID is advertised and all ingress routers compute consistent transport label behavior for the node destination.
  3. Comparably eligible paths carry intended MEDs and route selection in the agreed test case follows the planned preference.
  4. Internal BGP best paths prefer the approved egress due to the intended local-preference values.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Internal BGP best paths prefer the approved egress due to the intended local-preference values. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. LOCAL_PREF is an intradomain BGP path attribute that normally influences preferred outbound exit for routes inside the AS.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The check is meaningful for BGP ASN and OPEN negotiation, but it does not prove that BGP local preference was repaired. LOCAL_PREF is an intradomain BGP path attribute that normally influences preferred outbound exit for routes inside the AS.

B:

The prefix SID is advertised and all ingress routers compute consistent transport label behavior for the node destination. It would validate a separate segment routing prefix SID operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that internal BGP best paths prefer the approved egress due to the intended local-preference values.

C:

The check is meaningful for BGP MED neighbor consideration, but it does not prove that BGP local preference was repaired. LOCAL_PREF is an intradomain BGP path attribute that normally influences preferred outbound exit for routes inside the AS.

Question 55

The operations group at fictional Jasper Data Works, working on a provider-edge service migration, finds: Two routing processes share a router ID after a cloned virtual router deployment, leading to indistinguishable LSAs. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Monitor hidden BGP routes and next-hop resolution after IGP or route-reflector changes.
  2. Document stable broadcast-segment election priorities and rehearse controlled DR failure and recovery.
  3. Compare advertised OSPF timers during provisioning and alert on repeated neighbor-down events.
  4. Maintain an authoritative router-ID inventory and block duplicate assignments in provisioning checks.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Maintain an authoritative router-ID inventory and block duplicate assignments in provisioning checks. This monitors the behavior that failed at Jasper Data Works; the most useful acceptance signal is that every router has a distinct planned router ID and the LSDB tracks the appropriate originating router consistently.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a useful guard against BGP next-hop reachability, but it is not scoped to the observed stable OSPF router identifier failure. An appropriate test would show that every router has a distinct planned router ID and the LSDB tracks the appropriate originating router consistently.

B:

Document stable broadcast-segment election priorities and rehearse controlled DR failure and recovery. That ongoing check is for OSPF designated router election; it would not reliably detect recurrence of stable OSPF router identifier. OSPF uses the router ID to identify LSA originators; duplicate or unstable IDs undermine link-state identity.

C:

Compare advertised OSPF timers during provisioning and alert on repeated neighbor-down events. That ongoing check is for OSPF hello and dead timers; it would not reliably detect recurrence of stable OSPF router identifier. OSPF uses the router ID to identify LSA originators; duplicate or unstable IDs undermine link-state identity.

Question 56

At fictional Maplewood Exchange, during a wholesale access handoff, engineers report: A wholesale carrier accepts ordinary-sized frames but fails jumbo-frame handoff when encapsulation overhead increases the on-wire size. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. Provider tag stacking adds frame overhead; an unchanged link MTU may reject frames that previously fitted untagged.
  2. Junos interface VLAN tagging mode and logical-unit encapsulation must match received frame format for successful delivery.
  3. Virtual-switch routing instances provide separate bridge contexts; similar VLAN identifiers alone do not imply shared L2 forwarding.
  4. RSVP-TE establishes LSP state through forward PATH and reverse RESV processing; one-way PATH reception is insufficient.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Provider tag stacking adds frame overhead; an unchanged link MTU may reject frames that previously fitted untagged. That is the specific distinction behind the observed outage. The targeted fix is to set an end-to-end MTU that accounts for required additional Ethernet tags and verify supported hardware limits.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Although flexible VLAN encapsulation alignment needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. Provider tag stacking adds frame overhead; an unchanged link MTU may reject frames that previously fitted untagged.

C:

Virtual-switch routing instances provide separate bridge contexts; similar VLAN identifiers alone do not imply shared L2 forwarding. That describes virtual-switch instance isolation, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by provider bridging MTU overhead; it does not predict the reported behavior.

D:

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

Question 57

During a dual-stack transit pilot at fictional Alderbrook Transit, the team observes: A BGP peer stays in OpenSent after a remote peer AS was entered incorrectly on the Junos neighbor configuration. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Validate local-AS and peer-AS inventory against change requests before activating external sessions.
  2. Verify community tagging and matching with advertised-route checks after policy updates.
  3. Audit OSPF export filters against an approved prefix list after every service addition.
  4. Monitor hidden BGP routes and next-hop resolution after IGP or route-reflector changes.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Validate local-AS and peer-AS inventory against change requests before activating external sessions. This monitors the behavior that failed at Alderbrook Transit; 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

B:

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.

C:

Audit OSPF export filters against an approved prefix list after every service addition. 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:

Monitor hidden BGP routes and next-hop resolution after IGP or route-reflector changes. 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.

Question 58

A fictional service-provider team at Skybridge Metro is reviewing an intercity fiber refresh. The finding is: After a provider line-card replacement, control-plane label bindings remain visible yet actual packets drop at an incorrect label next hop. Which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired?

  1. Packet traces follow the specified adjacency rather than merely the IGP shortest path to a node SID.
  2. The prefix SID is advertised and all ingress routers compute consistent transport label behavior for the node destination.
  3. IPv6 reachability TLVs are exchanged and peers install the intended IPv6 routes independently of IPv4 reachability.
  4. Incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding. It tests the failed behavior itself rather than merely confirming that a configuration was committed. Control-plane LSP state and data-plane label forwarding entries are separate checks; an Up session does not prove the FIB is correct. Applied here, the relevant facts are: After a provider line-card replacement, control-plane label bindings remain visible yet actual packets drop at an incorrect label next hop. The question asks which observation would most directly establish that the reported failure has been repaired.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Packet traces follow the specified adjacency rather than merely the IGP shortest path to a node SID. That establishes segment routing adjacency SID rather than a repaired MPLS label forwarding table mismatch path. The reported failure still requires this evidence: incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding.

B:

The prefix SID is advertised and all ingress routers compute consistent transport label behavior for the node destination. It would validate a separate segment routing prefix SID operation, not the change needed here. Confirm instead that incoming labels resolve to valid outgoing label operations and interfaces, and data-plane counters show successful forwarding.

C:

This measurement tests IS-IS IPv6 topology TLVs; it cannot distinguish success from failure for the observed MPLS label forwarding table mismatch condition. Control-plane LSP state and data-plane label forwarding entries are separate checks; an Up session does not prove the FIB is correct.

Question 59

The operations group at fictional Willowrise Transport, working on a metro aggregation ring, finds: A provider ingress forwards customer traffic as ordinary IP despite the path requiring MPLS label imposition. Which networking principle most accurately explains the observed failure?

  1. The MPLS S bit identifies the final label in a stack; it does not describe label priority or path preference.
  2. Penultimate-hop popping can remove an outer transport label before the egress, reducing egress label processing.
  3. Edge BPDU protection is intended for ports expected to connect to hosts, not for ordinary switch-to-switch links that exchange BPDUs.
  4. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

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

Incorrect Answers

A:

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

B:

Penultimate-hop popping can remove an outer transport label before the egress, reducing egress label processing. That describes penultimate hop popping, whereas the observed symptoms are caused by MPLS label push swap pop; it does not predict the reported behavior.

C:

Although RSTP edge BPDU protection needs this consideration, the failure at issue has a different cause. MPLS forwards using labels: ingress commonly pushes labels, intermediate LSRs swap them, and the egress removes the remaining label.

Question 60

At fictional Moorland Carriers, during a virtual-router integration, engineers report: A subset of source traffic should traverse a security inspection RIB, but the global destination route sends it through the ordinary transit exit. Which ongoing control would most directly detect or prevent the same failure from recurring?

  1. Validate accepted tag stacks and logical-unit counters when deploying a multi-service port.
  2. Validate VRF-specific route tables and access boundaries after all cross-instance policy changes.
  3. Audit the RIB group import targets and confirm that only approved prefixes are duplicated across tables.
  4. Exercise matched and unmatched test flows after changes and monitor the filter counters and selected forwarding table.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Exercise matched and unmatched test flows after changes and monitor the filter counters and selected forwarding table. This monitors the behavior that failed at Moorland Carriers; the most useful acceptance signal is that only the selected traffic uses the inspection forwarding table while unmatched traffic follows the ordinary destination route.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Validate accepted tag stacks and logical-unit counters when deploying a multi-service port. The monitored boundary differs from filter-based forwarding table selection, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. Filter-based forwarding selects a routing lookup table using packet classification; it does not rewrite the global best route for every packet.

B:

This is a useful guard against routing instance separation, but it is not scoped to the observed filter-based forwarding table selection failure. An appropriate test would show that only the selected traffic uses the inspection forwarding table while unmatched traffic follows the ordinary destination route.

C:

Audit the RIB group import targets and confirm that only approved prefixes are duplicated across tables. The monitored boundary differs from filter-based forwarding table selection, so the original weakness might reappear unnoticed. Filter-based forwarding selects a routing lookup table using packet classification; it does not rewrite the global best route for every packet.

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