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CCNP Practice Question: Which two statements about policing and shaping…
Which two statements about policing and shaping are true? (Choose two.)
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Policing can be configured on both ingress and egress interfaces, whereas shaping is typically applied only on egress interfaces.
Policing drops or re-marks packets that exceed a configured rate, while shaping buffers excess packets and delays them to smooth traffic. Policing can be applied inbound or outbound, but shaping is typically outbound only. Shaping uses a buffer, which can introduce jitter.
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Policing can be configured on both ingress and egress interfaces, whereas shaping is typically applied only on egress interfaces.
Why this is correct
Correct. Policing is bidirectional; shaping is unidirectional (outbound) because it requires buffering.
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Shaping drops packets that exceed the configured rate, while policing buffers them to meet the rate.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. The roles are reversed: policing drops or re-marks; shaping buffers and delays.
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Both policing and shaping use a token bucket algorithm to measure traffic rates.
Why this is correct
Correct. Both mechanisms use token bucket or dual token bucket algorithms to determine conformance.
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Shaping is more suitable than policing for traffic that must be dropped immediately, such as scavenger-class traffic.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Scavenger traffic is often policed (dropped) to protect other classes; shaping would delay it, which is not the goal.
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Policing always introduces additional latency due to queuing, while shaping does not.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Policing does not queue packets; it drops or re-marks them. Shaping introduces latency due to buffering.
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