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