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Practise Cisco Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine (SISE, 300-715, CCNP Security) (SISE) Profiler practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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A network administrator needs to profile IP phones using CDP. Which probe must be enabled on the ISE Policy Service Node (PSN) to ensure CDP information is processed?

Trap 1: DHCP probe

DHCP provides OUI and vendor information, not CDP cache data.

Trap 2: RADIUS probe

RADIUS probe handles authentication attributes, not CDP data.

Trap 3: HTTP probe

HTTP probe is used for browser user-agent detection.

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A network administrator needs to profile IP phones using CDP. Which probe must be enabled on the ISE Policy Service Node (PSN) to ensure CDP information is processed?

Where in the Cisco ISE GUI do you configure the Feed Service to download the latest profiling updates?

When using the DHCP probe, which specific DHCP Option is most commonly used to identify a Cisco IP Phone?

You have multiple PSNs. How do you ensure that profiling data is synchronized across the deployment?

You are configuring Cisco ISE Profiling for a network segment with IP phones that do not support LLDP-MED. Which probe combination is most effective for identifying these endpoints with high confidence?

You want to improve profiling accuracy for endpoints that do not send DHCP options. You decide to use SNMP Trap profiling. What is a critical prerequisite for this to function?

Which probe is most effective for identifying the specific operating system and browser type of an endpoint connecting via a web portal?

You are configuring a custom profiling policy and notice that the 'Certainty Factor' is too low for the device to be assigned to the correct group. What is the purpose of the Certainty Factor in ISE?

You are troubleshooting an issue where IP phones are not being profiled. The SNMP read community string on the switch does not match the one configured in ISE. What is the expected behavior?

You have created a custom profiler condition that is not matching endpoints correctly. Where should you check the live authentication and profiling logs to verify if the attribute is being received by ISE?

You are configuring a DHCP probe on a Cisco ISE node to identify endpoints. Which specific configuration step is required to ensure the ISE node receives DHCP traffic when the client and server are on a different subnet?

Which of the following is NOT a valid probe type in Cisco ISE?

Which attribute is used by the MAC OUI probe to determine the device manufacturer?

You are observing that an endpoint is being profiled as 'Unknown' even though it is clearly a Windows workstation. What is the most likely reason?

When setting up a custom endpoint identity group for printers, what is the best practice for assigning devices to that group?

Which component of the Cisco ISE Profiling architecture is responsible for comparing collected attributes against defined profiling policies?

What is the impact of changing the 'Minimum Certainty Factor' in a Profiling Policy?

Where do you view the 'Context Visibility' of endpoints in Cisco ISE?

Which of the following describes the function of the 'Profiling Priority' setting?

You are configuring a device sensor on a Cisco switch to help with ISE profiling. What is the primary benefit of using Device Sensor?

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