350-501 Timed Practice Test 3 — 10 Questions

Question 1

A network engineer is automating BGP configuration using the Cisco IOS-XE YANG model. They want to enable the 'always-compare-med' feature under BGP. Which XPath expression correctly targets this leaf?

Accepted Answer

/native/router/bgp/scope/global/always-compare-med. Option B is correct because the Cisco IOS-XE native YANG model (urn:cisco:params:xml:ns:yang:cisco-native) structures BGP configuration under /native/router/bgp/scope/global/always-compare-med. The 'scope' container is required to differentiate between global and VRF-specific BGP settings, and 'always-compare-med' is a leaf within the global scope. This path accurately reflects the hierarchical model used by Cisco for BGP automation.

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/bgp/global/always-compare-med

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/native/router/bgp/always-compare-med

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/router/bgp/global/always-compare-med

Question 2

A service provider is troubleshooting BGP route advertisement for a VPNv4 prefix. The PE router receives the prefix from the route reflector but does not install it in the VRF routing table. The BGP table shows the prefix as valid but not best. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The next-hop is not reachable via the IGP with an MPLS label.. For a VPNv4 prefix to be installed in the VRF routing table, BGP must select it as the best path. A key requirement for best-path selection is that the next-hop address must be reachable via the IGP with an associated MPLS label (via LDP or other label distribution protocol). If the next-hop is not reachable with a label, the route remains valid but not best, and thus is not installed in the VRF.

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The VRF does not have the correct route-target import.

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The BGP table is full and cannot accept more prefixes.

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The MPLS label is missing in the BGP update.

Question 3

Based on the exhibit, which statement is true about the QoS policy?

Accepted Answer

The VOICE class is allocated a strict priority queue with a bandwidth limit of 10% of the interface bandwidth.. The exhibit shows a QoS policy where the VOICE class is configured with the 'priority' command and a bandwidth statement of 10 percent. In Cisco IOS, the 'priority' command under a class map creates a strict priority queue (LLQ), and the bandwidth percentage defines the maximum amount of interface bandwidth that can be used by this queue, ensuring low-latency treatment for voice traffic. Therefore, option C is correct.

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The class-default will use weighted fair queuing (WFQ).

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The VIDEO class will be limited to 30% of the total interface bandwidth.

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The VIDEO class is guaranteed at least 30% of the total interface bandwidth.

Question 4

A service provider is implementing QoS on an MPLS network to support voice, video, and data traffic. Which queuing mechanism provides the lowest latency for real-time traffic?

Accepted Answer

LLQ. LLQ (Low Latency Queuing) is the correct choice because it provides a strict priority queue specifically designed for real-time traffic like voice and video. By placing delay-sensitive packets into a dedicated priority queue that is serviced before all other queues, LLQ ensures minimal and predictable latency, which is essential for maintaining voice quality in an MPLS network.

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FIFO

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WRED

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CBWFQ

Question 5

An engineer is troubleshooting a QoS policy on a Cisco router. The policy is intended to mark voice traffic with DSCP EF and video traffic with DSCP AF41. After applying the policy, voice traffic is correctly marked, but video traffic is marked as DSCP 0. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The class map for video traffic does not match the traffic correctly.. Option A is correct because the most common reason for video traffic being marked as DSCP 0 (default) while voice traffic is correctly marked is that the class map for video traffic fails to match the intended packets. This could be due to an incorrect match statement (e.g., using the wrong ACL, protocol, or DSCP value) or a misconfigured match criterion that does not capture the video flows. Since voice traffic is marked correctly, the policy itself is applied and functional, isolating the issue to the video class map's matching logic.

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The video traffic is being policed and dropped.

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The trust boundary is set to 'trust dscp' and the incoming video traffic is not marked.

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The policy is not applied to the correct interface direction.

Question 6

A service provider uses an MPLS-TE tunnel to carry voice and data traffic. The tunnel is experiencing packet loss during congestion. The engineer wants to ensure that voice traffic receives guaranteed bandwidth and low latency while data traffic uses remaining bandwidth. Which QoS configuration should be applied on the tunnel interface?

Accepted Answer

LLQ with a priority queue for voice and a default class for data. Option A is correct because Low Latency Queuing (LLQ) allows you to place voice traffic into a strict priority queue, ensuring guaranteed bandwidth and low latency during congestion, while the default class uses CBWFQ to allocate remaining bandwidth to data traffic. This matches the requirement of prioritizing voice without starving data entirely, as the priority queue is policed to prevent voice from consuming all bandwidth.

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CBWFQ with bandwidth allocation for voice and data

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Policing on voice traffic to limit its rate

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Shaping on the tunnel to 75% of bandwidth with no queuing

Question 7

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is configuring Segment Routing for BGP (BGP-SR) on a PE router to assign labels to prefixes learned from a CE. The route-policy SET-LABEL is applied to the neighbor under the address-family ipv4 unicast. However, the CE prefix 10.1.1.0/24 is not receiving the label. What is the most likely reason?

Accepted Answer

The neighbor is missing 'send-community extended' under address-family ipv4 unicast.. For BGP-SR (Segment Routing for BGP) to advertise labels for prefixes learned from a CE, the neighbor must be configured with 'send-community extended' under the address-family. This is because BGP-SR uses the BGP Prefix-SID attribute, which is carried as an extended community. Without this command, the PE will not send the label information to the CE, even if the route-policy is correctly applied.

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The route-policy syntax is incorrect; 'destination' should be 'ip prefix-list'.

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The update-source should be the interface facing the CE, not Loopback0.

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The 'set label-index' command should be 'set label' for BGP-SR.

Question 8

An engineer is troubleshooting a BGP route propagation issue. The customer is receiving a default route from upstream provider, but the route is not being installed in the routing table. The BGP table shows the route is valid but not best. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

A static default route with lower administrative distance exists. Option D is correct because a static default route with a lower administrative distance (e.g., 1) will be preferred over a BGP default route (AD 20 for eBGP). Even though the BGP route is valid in the BGP table, it is not installed in the routing table because the static route is more trustworthy. This is a common scenario where the routing table already has a better path, preventing the BGP route from becoming 'best' and being installed.

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The next-hop is unreachable

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The route is filtered by an inbound route-map

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The BGP session is not established

Question 9

A service provider is deploying Segment Routing in the MPLS core using IS-IS. Which extension is required in IS-IS to advertise the prefix-SID?

Accepted Answer

Sub-TLV 3 (Prefix-SID). In IS-IS, the Prefix-SID is advertised using Sub-TLV 3, which is carried within TLV 135 (Extended IP Reachability). This sub-TLV contains the SID value and flags, enabling Segment Routing in the MPLS core. Without Sub-TLV 3, the prefix-SID cannot be signaled, making it the required extension.

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TLV 22 (Extended IS Reachability)

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TLV 242 (Router Capability)

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TLV 135 (Extended IP Reachability)

Question 10

A service provider is deploying MPLS-TE with RSVP-TE in their core network. They notice that some LSPs are not being established due to resource contention. Which action would best address this issue without redesigning the entire traffic engineering deployment?

Accepted Answer

Enable preemption on RSVP-TE LSPs with appropriate priority levels.. Enabling preemption on RSVP-TE LSPs with appropriate setup and hold priorities allows higher-priority LSPs to tear down lower-priority LSPs to free up bandwidth, resolving resource contention without redesigning the entire TE deployment. This is the standard mechanism defined in RFC 3209 for managing bandwidth contention in MPLS-TE networks.

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Increase the bandwidth of all core links.

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Configure LSP path-option explicit paths with strict hops.

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Disable RSVP-TE and use LDP for label distribution.