hardMultiple SelectObjective-mapped
300-410 Practice Question: Which THREE symptoms indicate that an…
Which THREE symptoms indicate that an administrative distance misconfiguration might be causing routing issues? (Choose THREE.)
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
✓
The router prefers a route learned via a less reliable protocol over a more reliable one.
When AD is misconfigured, the router may prefer a less reliable route, causing suboptimal or intermittent connectivity. Common symptoms include incorrect route selection, flapping routes, and traffic taking unexpected paths. These are all signs that the AD values should be reviewed.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
The router prefers a route learned via a less reliable protocol over a more reliable one.
Why this is correct
This indicates that the AD for the less reliable protocol is set lower than for the more reliable one.
- ✗
Routes are flapping in the routing table due to metric changes.
Why it's wrong here
Route flapping due to metric changes is a metric issue, not AD. AD changes would cause a more stable switch.
- ✓
Traffic to a destination takes a suboptimal path.
Why this is correct
A lower AD for a suboptimal protocol can cause traffic to be sent via a longer path.
- ✗
The routing table shows two routes to the same network with different AD values.
Why it's wrong here
The router only installs the route with the lowest AD; multiple routes with different ADs are not simultaneously in the table.
- ✓
Connectivity to a remote network is intermittent, depending on which protocol converges first.
Why this is correct
If AD values are close or misconfigured, the router may switch between routes as protocols converge, causing intermittent connectivity.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
This 300-410 question is part of Courseiva's 1,966-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This 300-410 practice question is part of Courseiva's free Cisco certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the 300-410 exam.