300-710 SNCF Practice Test 4 — 10 Questions

Question 1

When deploying an FTD in a virtual environment, what is the primary role of the 'GigabitEthernet0/0' interface by default?

Accepted Answer

Management interface.. In most virtual FTD deployments, the first interface is typically reserved for the management or diagnostic connectivity.

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Failover link.

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Data transit.

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State link.

Question 2

In the context of FTD, what does 'FMC' stand for?

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Firepower Management Center. FMC is the central management platform for FTD devices.

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Firewall Management Console

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Firewall Monitoring Center

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Firepower Managed Cloud

Question 3

An engineer is troubleshooting a stateful failover issue in a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Active/Standby high availability pair. The firewall units are passing data traffic, but failover state synchronization fails. Which dedicated interface must be verified for correct physical connectivity and configuration?

Accepted Answer

The Failover and State Link. In a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Active/Standby high availability pair, stateful failover requires a dedicated Failover and State Link to synchronize state information (such as connection tables and VPN state) between the units. If data traffic passes but failover state synchronization fails, this dedicated link must be verified for physical connectivity and correct configuration.

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The Cluster Control Link (CCL)

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The Management Interface (eth0)

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The Diagnostic Interface

Question 4

Which TWO protocols or mechanisms are used to integrate Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense? (Choose two)

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SXP. Cisco ISE integrates with Secure Firewall using pxGrid (for identity/context sharing) and SXP (for SGT tag and IP mapping propagation).

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NetFlow v5

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LDAP direct bind

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SNMPv1

Question 5

Which THREE steps are part of a standard FTD upgrade workflow managed via the FMC?

Accepted Answer

Upload the upgrade package to the FMC. Option C is correct because the standard FTD upgrade workflow managed through the FMC begins by uploading the FTD software upgrade package (image) to the FMC, which then stages it for deployment to managed devices. Option E is correct because after the package is available, the administrator selects the target device(s) in the FMC's Upgrade management page to initiate and schedule the upgrade. Option D is correct because the workflow includes running a readiness/health check on the device and reviewing and approving the resulting health check report before proceeding with the actual upgrade. Options A and B are incorrect: manually deleting all existing access rules is not a step in the upgrade workflow and would disrupt policy, and running a factory reset on the FTD is not part of a standard upgrade—it would wipe the configuration rather than upgrade the software.

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Manually delete all existing access rules

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Run a factory reset on the FTD

Question 6

You are deploying a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense in an existing core network as an out-of-band intrusion prevention system. Which NGIPS deployment mode should you configure to ensure the firewall performs deep packet inspection and generates alerts without dropping any production traffic in the event of a device failure or high load?

Accepted Answer

Passive deployment mode using a SPAN or tap source. Passive deployment mode using a SPAN or tap source copies traffic to the Threat Defense without placing it inline in the forwarding path, so deep packet inspection and alerts occur without any risk of dropping production traffic. Even if the device fails or is overloaded, the production network is unaffected because traffic never flows through the firewall. This matches the requirement for out-of-band IPS with zero traffic impact.

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Transparent mode with inline bypass enabled

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Inline deployment mode with fail-open enabled

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Routed mode with asymmetric routing tolerance

Question 7

An engineer is configuring an Identity Policy in FMC to enforce user-based access control. Active Directory integration has been established via User Agent, but the engineer notices that some users authenticated via remote access VPN are not being resolved to their IP addresses. Which feature must be integrated into the identity configuration to capture IP-to-user mappings for remote access VPN users?

Accepted Answer

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) via pxGrid or RADIUS Accounting. Remote access VPN users are authenticated by the VPN headend (e.g., Cisco ASA/FTD or ISE), and their IP-to-user mappings are not learned by the User Agent, which relies on Active Directory security event log parsing on domain controllers. To capture these mappings, FMC must integrate with Cisco ISE via pxGrid or receive RADIUS Accounting records, which provide the user-to-IP binding at the time of VPN session establishment. This allows the Identity Policy to resolve VPN users to their assigned IP addresses.

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FMC Captive Portal

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Terminal Services Agent (TS Agent)

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SNMP polling of the DHCP server

Question 8

When deploying a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense device, what is the purpose of configuring Security Zones?

Accepted Answer

To logically group one or more interfaces together for simplified Access Control Policy application.. Security Zones on FTD are used to logically group one or more interfaces together so that Access Control Policies can be applied to the zone rather than individual interfaces. This simplifies policy management and allows consistent enforcement across multiple interfaces that share the same security posture.

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To establish High Availability stateful synchronization between primary and secondary nodes.

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To assign VLAN IDs to physical switch ports connected to the firewall.

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To encrypt traffic passing between interfaces belonging to different zones using IPsec.

Question 9

When you have multiple overlapping NAT rules, which rule is applied?

Accepted Answer

The first matching rule. The FTD matches NAT rules using a top-down approach, similar to Access Control rules.

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The rule that matches the interface

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The rule with the lowest priority

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The most specific rule

Question 10

In an FTD cluster, what happens if the cluster control link fails?

Accepted Answer

The cluster nodes may disable themselves to avoid split-brain.. If the control link fails, the cluster members cannot synchronize state or status, typically leading to a split-brain scenario or the standby nodes disabling themselves to prevent inconsistency.

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The FMC takes over the cluster.

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The cluster continues to operate normally.

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The entire cluster reboots.