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Practise interpreting routing-table output, route selection, administrative distance, metrics, next hops and longest-prefix match.

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Question 1hardmultiple choice

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An administrator is configuring static route tracking on a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense device managed by FMC. A tracked IP address becomes unreachable, and the primary static route is removed from the routing table. What mechanism does FTD use to verify the reachability of the tracked destination?

A
ARP request polling sent every 3 seconds to the default gateway MAC address
Why wrong: ARP polling is not used for static route tracking; reachability verification requires layer 3/4 testing via IP SLA.
B
ICMP Echo or TCP Connect probes managed by IP SLA tracking objects
FTD uses IP SLA tracking objects that issue ICMP Echo or TCP probes to determine reachability.
C
Continuous bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) sessions initiated directly from the routing daemon process
Why wrong: While BFD is supported for dynamic routing protocols like OSPF/BGP, standard static route tracking relies on IP SLA tracking objects.
D
SNMP trap polling managed by the Firepower Management Center correlation engine
Why wrong: FMC does not poll devices via SNMP for real-time static route failover decisions.

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Question 2hardmultiple choice

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An engineer is configuring static route tracking on a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense to ensure high availability for outbound internet connectivity. A backup static route is configured with a higher metric. What mechanism does the firewall use to dynamically switch from the primary route to the backup route when the primary next-hop fails?

A
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) or ICMP ping SLA trackers that monitor the next-hop IP.
Static route tracking relies on IP SLA (ping/TCP monitors) or BFD to monitor availability and remove the primary route from the forwarding table upon failure.
B
STP topology change notifications received on the tracked interface.
Why wrong: STP operates at Layer 2 and does not track Layer 3 next-hop IP reachability.
C
FMC heartbeat loss detection between the firewall and the gateway.
Why wrong: FMC heartbeats are for management connectivity, not real-time data plane route tracking.
D
Automatic generation of dynamic OSPF neighbor adjacencies over the static interface.
Why wrong: Static route tracking does not require or use OSPF adjacencies.

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Question 3hardmultiple choice

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An administrator is deploying a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (FTDv) in Microsoft Azure. The architecture calls for a 3-NIC deployment (Management, Inside, and Outside). After deployment, asymmetric routing issues are observed because Azure Load Balancer is forwarding return traffic directly back to a different backend instance. What configuration must be applied to prevent asymmetric drops?

A
Enable Strict Asymmetric Routing Bypass mode in the FTDv Advanced Firewall Settings.
Why wrong: Strict asymmetric routing bypass is generally discouraged and does not solve cloud load balancer return-path issues without SNAT or proper Azure ILB DSR configurations.
B
Disable the Azure UDR (User Defined Route) on the inside subnet.
Why wrong: Disabling UDRs would stop traffic from hitting the firewall entirely.
C
Convert the FTDv deployment from routed mode to transparent mode.
Why wrong: Transparent mode does not eliminate cloud load balancer asymmetric path routing challenges.
D
Configure Source NAT (SNAT) on the FTDv so that traffic appears to originate from the firewall interface IP, ensuring symmetrical return paths.
Using SNAT ensures that return traffic from servers comes back to the firewall instance's IP address rather than directly to the client, preventing asymmetric routing drops.

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Question 4hardmultiple choice

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An administrator is configuring static route tracking on a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense deployment to handle link failure. If the tracked object goes down, the static route should be removed from the routing table. Where is this configuration managed when using Cisco FMC?

A
Under Devices > Device Management > Routing > Static Route, by editing the route and selecting a Monitor Track object.
FMC allows administrators to link a static route directly to a tracked object (such as an ICMP or TCP ICMP Echo SLA) inside the Static Route configuration dialog.
B
Under Policies > Access Control > Routing Policies, by enabling SLA tracking hooks.
Why wrong: Routing policies and access control policies do not configure static route tracking.
C
Under System > Configuration > High Availability > Route Tracking.
Why wrong: Static route tracking is configured per device routing settings, not under general high availability system settings.
D
Under Objects > Object Management > SIEM > Route Track.
Why wrong: SIEM objects are used for external log forwarding, not route tracking.

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Question 5easymulti select

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An administrator wants to view system status and resource metrics directly on an FTD CLI without logging into the FMC. Which TWO commands are commonly used in the FTD diagnostic CLI or expert shell for this purpose? (Choose two)

A
top (in expert mode)
The Linux 'top' command displays real-time process resource consumption.
B
show resource usage
'show resource usage' displays CPU, memory, and connection resource statistics.
C
show hardware firewall-stats
Why wrong: This command does not exist.
D
display cpu-memory
Why wrong: This is not a valid syntax.
E
print system-health
Why wrong: This is not a valid FTD CLI command.

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Question 6mediummultiple choice

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An administrator notices that health alerts from managed FTD devices are not appearing in the FMC health monitor, although traffic logs are updating normally. Which service or daemon on the FMC is primarily responsible for collecting and processing health and performance metrics from managed devices?

A
healthd
The healthd daemon on FMC is responsible for collecting, aggregating, and processing health monitor data from managed devices.
B
mgmtd
Why wrong: mgmtd handles general management tasks, but healthd is specifically responsible for health metrics.
C
snort
Why wrong: Snort handles traffic inspection, not health monitoring metrics.
D
dbus
Why wrong: DBus is an inter-process communication bus in Linux, not an FMC health collector.

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Question 7hardmultiple choice

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An administrator is troubleshooting asymmetric routing issues across an FTD firewall using the FMC connection events and FTD CLI. The administrator wants to disable TCP state bypass or adjust TCP normalization settings to allow non-synchronized SYN packets through for a specific application. Where are TCP normalization and stateful inspection parameters configured for FTD?

A
Policies > Access Control > Advanced > Network Settings
Why wrong: Access Control advanced settings handle general inspection options, but TCP normalization lives in Platform Settings.
B
Objects > Object Management > Advanced > TCP State
Why wrong: TCP state settings are not managed as generic objects.
C
Devices > Platform Settings > Edit Policy > Stateful Inspection / TCP Settings
Platform Settings policies contain global inspection, TCP normalization, and stateful bypass configurations.
D
System > Configuration > Global Parameters > TCP
Why wrong: There is no Global Parameters menu under System Configuration for TCP settings.

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Question 8mediummultiple choice

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An engineer suspects that asymmetric routing is causing packets to be dropped by the FTD firewall. Which command should the engineer run on the FTD CLI to check for dropped packets and view drop reasons in real time?

A
system support firewall-engine-debug with tracing enabled
This utility allows tracing the packet through the inspection engine to identify exact drop points and reasons such as asymmetric routing.
B
show snort statistics drops
Why wrong: Snort statistics show inspection queue drops, not firewall engine security state drops.
C
debug crypto ipsec
Why wrong: This is strictly for VPN tunnel debugging, not general firewall packet drops.
D
show interface counters drops
Why wrong: This only shows interface-level hardware drops, not firewall engine security drops.

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Question 9easymultiple choice

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An administrator wants to generate a health report on the FMC to present hardware utilization trends over the past 30 days. Which section of the FMC GUI provides pre-built health reports and metric tracking?

A
Policies > Actions > Health Reporting
Why wrong: Policies do not generate health reports.
B
Devices > Device Management > Health Status
Why wrong: Device Management shows current real-time status, not historical metric reporting or report generation.
C
Analysis > Health > Monitor
The Health Monitor provides graphical and tabular views of hardware resource utilization and metric trends over time.
D
System > Monitoring > Syslog
Why wrong: Syslog deals with log forwarding, not health reporting.

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Question 10mediummulti select

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When analyzing performance issues, which THREE metrics should an administrator monitor in the FMC Health Monitor?

A
CPU utilization
High CPU directly impacts packet processing.
B
Memory utilization
Low memory leads to process instability.
C
Disk utilization
Disk pressure can prevent logging and updates.
D
User login frequency
Why wrong: This is an audit metric, not a performance metric.
E
Number of active GUI sessions
Why wrong: This does not impact device data plane performance.

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An administrator is configuring static route tracking on a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense deployment to handle link failure. If the tracked object goes down, the static route should be removed from the routing table. Where is this configuration managed when using Cisco FMC?

An administrator wants to view system status and resource metrics directly on an FTD CLI without logging into the FMC. Which TWO commands are commonly used in the FTD diagnostic CLI or expert shell for this purpose? (Choose two)

An engineer suspects that asymmetric routing is causing packets to be dropped by the FTD firewall. Which command should the engineer run on the FTD CLI to check for dropped packets and view drop reasons in real time?

An administrator wants to generate a health report on the FMC to present hardware utilization trends over the past 30 days. Which section of the FMC GUI provides pre-built health reports and metric tracking?

When analyzing performance issues, which THREE metrics should an administrator monitor in the FMC Health Monitor?