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200-201 Practice Question: An analyst receives a syslog message with…
An analyst receives a syslog message with facility 'authpriv' and severity '3'. What does severity 3 indicate?
⚠ Common exam trap
Cisco often tests the specific numeric-to-name mapping of syslog severity levels, and the trap here is that candidates confuse severity 3 (Error) with severity 2 (Critical) or severity 1 (Alert) because they assume any 'high' severity number means more urgent, when in fact lower numbers indicate higher urgency.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Error
Syslog severity levels range from 0 (Emergency) to 7 (Debug). Severity 3 corresponds to 'Error', which indicates error conditions that require attention but are not immediately critical. This is defined in RFC 5424, where level 3 is explicitly labeled 'Error' and is used for conditions such as configuration failures or service degradation.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Error
Why this is correct
Error is severity 3.
- ✗
Emergency
Why it's wrong here
Emergency is severity 0.
- ✗
Critical
Why it's wrong here
Critical is severity 2.
- ✗
Alert
Why it's wrong here
Alert is severity 1.
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