CNX-001Preview

A company is experiencing Wi-Fi performance issues. Three Wi-Fi networks are available, each running on the 2.4 GHz band and on the same channel. Connecting to each Wi-Fi network yields slow performance. Which of the following channels should the networks be configured to?

A company hosts a cloud-based e-commerce application and only wants the application accessed from certain locations. The network team configures a cloud firewall with WAF enabled, but users can access the application globally. Which of the following should the network team do?

A network architect must ensure only certain departments can access specific resources while on premises. Those same users cannot be allowed to access those resources once they have left campus. Which of the following would ensure access is provided according to these requirements?

A security architect needs to increase the security controls around computer hardware installations. The requirements are:
Auditable access logs to computer rooms
Alerts for unauthorized access attempts
Remote visibility to the inside of computer rooms
Which of the following controls best meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

A network security engineer must secure a web application running on virtual machines in a public cloud. The virtual machines are behind an application load balancer. Which of the following technologies should the engineer use to secure the virtual machines? (Choose two.)

A company is expanding operations and opening a new facility. The executive leadership team decides to purchase an insurance policy that will cover the cost of rebuilding the facility in case of a natural disaster. Which of the following describes the team's decision?

A network engineer is establishing a wireless network for handheld inventory scanners in a manufacturing company's warehouse. The engineer needs an authentication mechanism for these scanners that uses the Wi-Fi network and works with the company's Active Directory. The business requires that the solution authenticate the users and authorize the scanners. Which of the following provides the best solution for authentication and authorization?

A company is migrating an application to the cloud for modernization. The engineer needs to provide dependencies between application and database tiers in the environment. Which of the following should the engineer reference in order to best meet this requirement?

A network administrator recently deployed new Wi-Fi 6E access points in an office and enabled 6GHz coverage. Users report that when they are connected to the new 6GHz SSID, the performance is worse than the 5GHz SSID. The network administrator suspects that there is a source of 6GHz interference in the office. Using the troubleshooting methodology, which of the following actions should the network administrator do next?

A SaaS company is launching a new product based in a cloud environment. The new product will be provided as an API and should not be exposed to the internet. Which of the following should the company create to best meet this requirement?

A network administrator is configuring firewall rules to lock down the network from outside attacks. Which of the following should the administrator configure to create the most strict set of rules?

A network engineer is installing new switches in the data center to replace existing infrastructure. The previous network hardware had administrative interfaces that were plugged into the existing network along with all other server hardware on the same subnet. Which of the following should the engineer do to better secure these administrative interfaces?

A network architect is designing a solution to place network core equipment in a rack inside a data center. This equipment is crucial to the enterprise and must be as secure as possible to minimize the chance that anyone could connect directly to the network core. The current security setup is:
In a locked building that requires sign in with a guard and identification check.
In a locked data center accessible by a proximity badge and fingerprint scanner.
In a locked cabinet that requires the security guard to call the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to get permission to provide the key.
Which of the following additional measures should the architect recommend to make this equipment more secure?

An organization has centralized logging capability at the on-premises data center and wants a solution that can consolidate logging from deployed cloud workloads. The organization would like to automate the detection and alerting mechanism. Which of the following best meets the requirements?

A network administrator receives a ticket from one of the company's offices about video calls that work normally for one minute and then get very choppy. The network administrator pings the video server from that site to ensure that it is reachable:

Which of the following is most likely the cause of the video call issue?

Security policy states that all inbound traffic to the environment needs to be restricted, but all external outbound traffic is allowed within the hybrid cloud environment. A new application server was recently set up in the cloud. Which of the following would most likely need to be configured so that the server has the appropriate access set up? (Choose two.)

A company is experiencing multiple switch failures. The network analyst discovers the following:
Network recovery time is unacceptable and occurs after the shutdown of some switches.
Some loops were detected in the network.
No broadcast storm was detected.
Which of the following is the most cost-effective solution?

An architect needs to deploy a new payroll application on a cloud host. End users' access to the application will be based on the end users' role. In addition, the host must be deployed on the 192.168.77.32/30 subnet. Which of the following Zero Trust elements are being implemented in this design? (Choose two.)

A network architect is creating a network topology for a global SD-WAN deployment. The business has offices in Asia, Europe, and the United States and makes use of data centers in the United States and Europe. Most traffic between sites must have the lowest latency possible. Which of the following topologies best meets this requirement?

A network administrator is troubleshooting an outage at a remote site. The administrator examines the logs and determines that one of the internet links at the site appears to be down. After the service provider confirms this information, the administrator fails over traffic to the backup link. Which of the following should the administrator do next?

A network architect is designing an expansion solution for the branch office network and requires the following business outcomes:
Maximize cost savings with reduced administration overhead
Easily expand connectivity to the cloud
Use cloud-based services to the branch offices
Which of the following should the architect do to best meet the requirements?

End users are getting certificate errors and are unable to connect to an application deployed in a cloud. The application requires HTTPS connection. A network solution architect finds that a firewall is deployed between end users and the application in the cloud. Which of the following is the root cause of the issue?

A large commercial enterprise that runs a global video streaming platform recently acquired a small business that serves customers in a geographic area with limited connectivity to the global telecommunications infrastructure. The executive leadership team issued a mandate to deliver the highest possible video streaming quality to all customers around the world. Which of the following solutions should the enterprise architect suggest to meet the requirements?

A company is transitioning from on premises to a hybrid environment. Due to regulatory standards, the company needs to achieve a high level of reliability and high availability for the connection between its data center and the cloud provider. Which of the following solutions best meets the requirements?