Read the Junos routing table and determine which route becomes active based on route preference, and configure static routes and OSPF area summarization correctly. The key point: lower preference wins, so protocol defaults decide which route is installed.
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Routing Fundamentals covers how Junos builds and selects routes: protocol-independent route types (direct, local, static), preference-based active route selection, the routing table versus forwarding table, and OSPF areas, summarization, and default route advertisement. Questions test show route commands, route preference values, and configuration syntax for static and OSPF routes.
Exam objectives
Protocol-independent route types in Junos: direct, local, and static routes
Using show route for a specific prefix to see active and backup routes
OSPF area range configuration to summarize subnets advertised into the backbone
Static route preference versus OSPF default preference in active route selection
Assuming lower preference wins: in Junos, the lower preference value is preferred, so OSPF default preference 1 beats static preference 10.
Confusing the routing table with the forwarding table; the forwarding table holds only routes installed for packet forwarding.
Mixing up area range summarization with export policy; area range is configured under the OSPF area, not as a routing policy.
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A network engineer is troubleshooting a connectivity issue and wants to see the active routes in the routing table. Which Junos CLI command should they use?
2An organization has two ISPs and wants to load-balance traffic equally across both links for all outbound traffic. Which routing configuration approach should be used?
3During a routing table lookup, a packet matches both a static route and an OSPF route to the same destination. Which route will be installed in the forwarding table?
4Which THREE route types are considered protocol-independent in Junos?
5Refer to the exhibit. Which route is active for the 192.168.1.0/24 prefix?
6Your Juniper router is running OSPF with multiple neighbors. You have a prefix 10.10.10.0/24 that is being learned via OSPF from two different routers: Router A with metric 30 and Router B with metric 20. The OSPF route from Router B is active. You want to ensure that traffic to 10.10.10.0/24 uses the path through Router A instead, even though it has a higher metric. You cannot change the OSPF metric on Router A. Which action should you take?
7A router has two routes to the same destination: one with preference 10 and metric 5, and another with preference 15 and metric 3. Which route will be installed in the forwarding table?
8Which Junos command displays the route to a specific IP address, including the active route and any backup routes?
9A network administrator wants to filter routes from being installed in the routing table based on certain criteria. Which Junos feature should be used?
10Refer to the exhibit. The router has three static routes configured. Which route will be used to forward a packet destined to 172.16.1.100?
11You are managing a small enterprise network with one Juniper router and two switches. The router connects to an ISP via ge-0/0/0 and to the internal network via ge-0/0/1. The internal network uses the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet. You need to configure a default route on the router to send all Internet-bound traffic to the ISP gateway at 203.0.113.1. You also want to ensure that internal hosts can reach the Internet. After configuring the default route, you test connectivity from a host on the internal network to an external website, but the ping fails. You verify that the host has an IP address of 192.168.1.100/24 and a default gateway of 192.168.1.1 (the router's internal interface). On the router, you run 'show route 0.0.0.0/0' and see the default route active. You also run 'ping 203.0.113.1' from the router and it succeeds. However, pinging from the host to the ISP gateway fails. What is the most likely cause?
12Refer to the exhibit. The router has a default static route and a static route to 10.0.0.0/24. An engineer updates the next-hop for the default route from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.2. Which command should the engineer use to verify that the change is active?
13Order the steps to configure firewall filters (ACLs) in Junos.
14Order the steps to reset the root password on a Junos device via the console.
15A network administrator configures a static route on a Juniper device: `set routing-options static route 192.168.100.0/24 next-hop 10.0.0.1`. The administrator verifies the route is present in the routing table but notices it is not active. What is the most likely cause?
16An engineer observes that traffic destined to 203.0.113.0/24 is being load-balanced across two equal-cost paths via OSPF. The engineer wants to ensure that all traffic for this prefix uses only one path unless the primary path fails. Which configuration change should be made?
17A router has two ISIS adjacencies to the same router, both with equal metrics. The router installs both routes in the routing table and performs load balancing. The network team wants to verify that both next-hops are being used for a particular destination. Which command provides this information?
18A Juniper device receives several routes to the same destination prefix from different routing protocols. Which parameter is used first to select the active route?
19A network administrator configures the following: `set routing-options static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 192.168.1.1`. After committing, the administrator notices that the default route is not active. What could be the reason?
20An engineer wants to configure a static route that will be used only if the primary route (learned via OSPF) becomes unavailable. Which feature should be used?
21Which two statements are true about static routes on Juniper devices? (Choose two.)
22Refer to the exhibit. Why is the static route not active?
23Refer to the exhibit. What does the 'user' type indicate about the route?
24A network administrator configures a default route using 'set routing-options static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 10.0.0.1 preference 10' and later enables OSPF which also advertises a default route with default preference 150. Which route becomes active in the routing table?
25An engineer configures a static route to 192.168.0.0/16 with next-hop 172.16.1.1. The static route appears as 'hidden' in the routing table. What is the most likely cause?
26Two routers running IBGP with full mesh have a routing loop for prefix 10.1.1.0/24. Both routers have an IBGP route (preference 170) for the prefix with next-hop 10.2.2.2, and an OSPF route (preference 10) for the same prefix. The OSPF next-hop on each router points to the other router's loopback interface. Which action should be taken to stop the loop while preserving BGP route advertisement?
27An enterprise uses OSPF across multiple areas. To reduce routing table size in the backbone area, the engineer wants to advertise a single summary route for all subnets in area 2. Which configuration is appropriate?
28An administrator suspects that routing protocol updates are being sent to an incorrect next-hop. Which command can be used to capture and analyze the routing protocol packets on an interface?
29A route learned via BGP appears as 'hidden' in the routing table. Which condition is most likely the cause?
30Which TWO statements are true about the default route in JunOS? (Choose two.)
31Which TWO factors are directly used when comparing route preferences in JunOS? (Choose two.)
32Refer to the exhibit. Why is the route for 192.168.1.0/24 hidden?
33Refer to the exhibit. The route for 192.168.0.0/16 is hidden. What is the most likely reason?
34A network engineer configures a static route to a remote network. They want the route to be automatically removed from the routing table if the directly connected interface used to reach the next hop fails. Which configuration approach should be used?
35A network administrator is troubleshooting a missing route in the routing table. The route is learned via OSPF, and the OSPF neighbor adjacency is up. Which command would help determine if OSPF received the route?
36A network engineer configures a static route to 10.0.0.0/8 with a preference of 20. An OSPF internal route to 10.0.0.0/8 has a default preference of 10. Which route will be active in the routing table?
37A network is experiencing intermittent routing loops. The engineer discovers that routes are being redistributed from OSPF into BGP and then from BGP back into OSPF on different routers. What is the most effective way to prevent this?
38A static route is configured with next-hop 10.0.0.1, but the route does not appear in the routing table. The interface ge-0/0/0 has IP 192.168.1.2/24 and is up. What is the most likely reason?
39An engineer is configuring multiple static routes to the same destination for redundancy. The primary link uses 192.168.1.1 and the backup uses 192.168.2.1. They want the backup to be used only when the primary next-hop is unreachable. Which configuration is correct?
40Which TWO statements about route preferences in Junos are correct?
41Which TWO configuration statements are valid for defining a static route on a Junos device?
42Refer to the exhibit. How many next hops are installed for the 10.1.1.0/24 route?
43Refer to the exhibit. If the primary next-hop (192.168.1.1) becomes unreachable, what will happen to the route?
44Refer to the exhibit. What is the most likely cause of this BGP route being hidden?
45An administrator configures a static route to 192.168.2.0/24 with next-hop 10.0.0.1. The route does not appear in the routing table. What is the most likely cause?
46A router has an OSPF route to 10.10.10.0/24 with preference 10 and a static route to the same prefix with preference 5. Which route is active in the routing table?
47An engineer configures two static routes to 172.16.0.0/16 with next-hops 10.0.1.1 and 10.0.2.1, both with the same preference and same metric. How does Junos handle traffic to this prefix?
48An administrator executes 'show route 192.168.1.0/24' and sees no output, but the route is configured. Which command should be used to display the reason the route is not active?
49You configure an aggregate route for 172.16.0.0/16. What must exist for this aggregate to be active in the routing table?
50A static route to 10.0.0.0/8 has next-hop 192.168.1.1. The route is not installed in the routing table. Which condition must be met for the route to become active?
51A router receives two OSPF routes for 10.10.10.0/24: one intra-area with preference 10 and metric 1, and one external type 2 with preference 150 and metric 20. Which route is selected as active?
52A router has a directly connected route to 10.10.10.0/24 on interface ge-0/0/0.0, a static route to the same prefix with next-hop 192.168.1.1, and an OSPF route to the same prefix. Which route is active in the routing table?
53An administrator wants to drop traffic destined to the 10.10.10.0/24 network without sending an ICMP unreachable message back to the source. Which static route option should be used?
54Which two factors does Junos use to select the best route when multiple routes to the same prefix exist? (Choose two.)
55Which three characteristics are true for OSPF? (Choose three.)
56Refer to the exhibit. Why is the route via 10.0.0.1 selected as the active route?
57Which TWO statements about static routes in Junos OS are correct? (Choose two.)
58Which THREE factors influence the selection of the active route in the Junos routing table when multiple routes exist for the same destination? (Choose three.)
59Your company recently acquired a small office that uses a Juniper MX router to connect to two ISPs for redundancy. The router has two uplinks: xe-0/0/0 to ISP-A (next-hop 10.0.0.1) and xe-0/0/1 to ISP-B (next-hop 10.0.1.1). The router receives a full BGP table from both ISPs. You want to prefer ISP-A for most traffic, but use ISP-B as a backup. You have configured BGP with local-preference 200 on routes from ISP-A and local-preference 100 on routes from ISP-B. After committing, you check the routing table and see that for some destinations, the route from ISP-B is active despite having lower local-preference. What is the most likely reason?
60You are configuring a Juniper MX router to act as a BGP route reflector for your ISP network. The router has several iBGP peers, including clients and non-clients. You have configured the route-reflector-cluster-id and set the clients. After the configuration, you notice that some prefixes are not being reflected to a specific client router. The client has a valid BGP session to the route reflector and can see other prefixes. You check the BGP routing table on the route reflector and see that the missing prefixes are present but have the 'non-routable' flag. The route reflector's BGP table shows the prefix with a next-hop that is not reachable via an IGP route. What is the most likely cause?
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