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Part A:

1. Which is not a discipline that best describes the functional parts of network management?

Network management

System management

Application management

Both network and application management

Protocol management

2. One of the main goals of network management is to make operations more efficient and operators more _____.

Efficient

Secure

Productive

Stable

knowledgeable

3. Which is not one of the four steps of the management life cycle?

Operate

Decommission

Plan

Optimize

None of the above

4. In the network management system, OID identifies unique objects in the _____.

MIB database

NMS query agent

NMS response

5. Which is not a part of all management agents?

The MIB

Core agent logic

Management interface

XML

Both core agent logic and XML

6. One of the key words found in the definition of network management is administration. Select the best definition of administration from the following choices.

Keeping the network up and running smoothly

Performing repairs and upgrades and taking corrective and preventive proactive measures to make the network run better

Configuring resources in the network to support a given service

Keeping track of resources in the network and how they are assigned

None of the above

7. Select the name of the language used in conjunction with the common management information protocol (CMIP).

Common information model (CIM)

Managed object format (MOF)

Structure of management information (SMI)

Abstract syntax notation version 1 (ASN.1)

Guidelines for the definition of managed objects (GDMO)

8. Which item is not one of the benefits of network discovery?

Inventory records possibly not being accurate

Performs backup and restore operations

Mitigates surprises to service providers and network operators

Provides up-to-date records on changes made by personnel in the network

Provides a more effective way to discover network devices

9. Which is not one of the reasons why polling a managed device for operational data and state information is generally done?

Troubleshooting

Device viewing

Diagnostics

Device update

None of the above

10. Which is not one of the events in network management event taxonomy?

Fault alerts

Configuration-change events

Threshold-crossing alerts

Informational events

Logging events

Part B:
1. Select the best features for an operational support system designed to assist users who must sift through large volumes of management information.

Visual highlighting of information that seems out of the ordinary

Graphical representation of large data sets-diagrams and curves to visualize trends

Functions to sort, search, and filter information according to a wide variety of criteria

None of the above

All of the above

2. Select the ways in which an effective network management system contributes to network availability.

Reducing errors made by network operators and administrators, ensuring that network devices are properly configured, spotting and resolving troubles quickly, identifying top talkers on the network

Reducing errors made by network operators and administrators, ensuring that network devices are properly configured, spotting and resolving troubles quickly

Reducing errors made by ensuring that network devices are properly configured, spotting and resolving troubles quickly, identifying top talkers on the network

Reducing errors made by network operators and administrators, ensuring that network devices are properly configured, identifying top talkers on the network

Reducing errors made by network operators and administrators, identifying top talkers on the network

3. A cost-effective way for allowing management applications to scale consists of which technique?

Serialize application requests.

Reduce the number of hosts running the application.

Amortize cost of the operations support infrastructure.

Centralize the application in the operations support center.

Distribute the application across multiple hosts.

4. Select the best answer from the list below that captures the essence of an effective network management system.

Provides a foundation for determining when maintenance must be scheduled, provides a basis for determining where investment will have the biggest impact, provides a basis for developing ROI models

Helps determine where to direct investment into network management technology, provides a foundation for determining when maintenance must be scheduled, provides a basis for developing ROI models.

Helps determine where to direct investment into network management technology, provides a basis for determining where investment will have the biggest impact, provides a basis for developing ROI models.

Helps determine where to direct investment into network management technology, provides a foundation for determining when maintenance must be scheduled, provides a basis for determining where investment will have the biggest impact

Helps determine where to direct investment into network management technology, provides a foundation for determining when maintenance must be scheduled, provides a basis for determining where investment will have the biggest impact, provides a basis for developing ROI models

5. Which gives the best definition of MTBF?

A classical measure of reliability that gives an indication of how often a service or device becomes unavailable

Percentage of time during which a service is functioning properly

Time from service order to service activation

Customer defections from slow order fulfillment and lack of consistent quality

A classical measure for indicating how long it takes for services that are impacted by failures to be restored

6. Which two methods for integrating management systems will a network service provider and an enterprise-size business usually rely upon?

Purchase a custom off-the-shelf software package; interact with a custom development project and contract with a systems integrator

Perform a custom development project internally; contract with a systems integrator

Purchase a custom off-the-shelf software package; contract with a systems integrator

Contract with a systems integrator; purchase a custom off-the-shelf software package and write middleware and scripts to link the systems together

Write middleware and scripts to link systems together; purchase a custom off-the-shelf software package

7. Select the two types of policies (choose from goals, rules, plans, or requests) that can be distinguished in network management systems.

Policy goals and policy requests

Policy rules and policy plans

Policy plans and policy requests

Policy goals and policy rules

Policy rules and policy requests

8. Select the definition for the network management term known as management mediation.

Translating between managed systems and the management information base (MIB) due to the differences in management protocols

Translating between managing and managed systems due to the differences in protocols and services within the same manager level

Translating between managing and managed systems due to the differences in system appliances only

Translating between managing and managed systems due to the differences in protocols, services, and management information between hierarchical management layers

Translating between managing and managed systems due to the differences in software applications only

9. Which is not one of the management layer primitives that are found in most management protocols and that form the basis of management communication patterns between manager-agent relationships?

Action primitives

Write primitives

Update primitives

Event-reporting primitives

Read primitives

10. Which type of event typically requires management attention in a network management system?

A configuration change alert

A threshold-crossing alert

A syslog message alert

An alarm event

An operator activity alert