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IP Multicast
Practise Juniper Networks Enterprise Routing and Switching, Professional (JNCIP-ENT, JN0-650) (JNCIP-ENT) IP Multicast practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.
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- ▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.
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During an audit of a multiregion enterprise network using PIM Sparse-Mode, an engineer needs to ensure that only designated Bootstrap Routers (BSRs) can inject candidate-RP information into the domain. Which Junos configuration feature should be applied on the core routers to secure the BSR domain?
Hard2Which operational command is used to verify the operational status and peer state of MSDP sessions on a Junos device?
Easy3An administrator wants to configure a static Rendezvous Point (RP) with IP address 192.168.100.1 for all multicast groups on a Junos router. Which configuration accomplishes this?
Medium4Which TWO statements describe the function and operation of a PIM Bootstrap Router (BSR)? (Choose two)
Medium5An administrator wants to configure Candidate-RP (C-RP) advertisements using the Bootstrap Router (BSR) mechanism in PIM sparse-mode. Which hierarchy level in Junos is used to configure the local router as a Candidate-RP?
Medium6An engineer wants to restrict IGMP membership reports to only accept version 2 on a specific VLAN interface configured on an MX Series router. Which configuration statement achieves this requirement?
Medium7An engineer is configuring PIM sparse-mode in an enterprise network. Which TWO characteristics are true regarding PIM sparse-mode operation? (Choose two)
Medium8A network engineer troubleshoots an issue where multicast data packets are being dropped due to an RPF (Reverse Path Forwarding) check failure. The unicast routing table uses OSPF, but MBGP is deployed for multicast routing. Which operational command should the engineer use to verify the multicast RPF path for a specific source IP?
Hard9An enterprise architect is designing an IP multicast solution using PIM Sparse-Mode and needs to configure a Rendezvous Point (RP) redundantly using Auto-RP. However, Junos OS does not natively support listening to Cisco Auto-RP discovery and announcement messages without specific helper configurations. Which TWO configuration steps are required on Junos to interoperate with or process Auto-RP messages? (Choose two)
Medium10An engineer needs to verify which multicast groups have active receivers joined on an interface using IGMP. Which operational command should be used?
Easy11In an enterprise network running PIM sparse-mode, an engineer notices that multicast traffic is switched from the shared tree (*,G) to the source-specific tree (S,G) prematurely, causing micro-bursts on core links. Which command disables this automatic switchover behavior on a Junos router?
Hard12An enterprise design requires configuring an Anycast RP setup using two Junos routers to provide redundancy for PIM sparse-mode. Which mechanism is required to synchronize source state information between the two Anycast RPs within the same AS?
Hard13An enterprise network uses PIM sparse-mode across multiple routing instances. An administrator notices that source registration messages are looping between the designated router (DR) and the RP. Which configuration statement under [edit protocols pim] will prevent the DR from continuously encapsulating and sending register messages when no receivers are joined?
Hard14A network administrator needs to display the multicast routing table entries, including incoming interfaces and outgoing interface lists (OIL), on a Junos device. Which operational command should be used?
Easy15An administrator is configuring a Junos device to support IGMPv3 on user-facing VLAN interfaces. Which configuration statement enables IGMPv3 processing on interface irb.10?
Easy16An administrator is troubleshooting an MSDP deployment between two autonomous systems. Which THREE factors can cause an MSDP peer session to fail to establish? (Choose three)
Hard17An engineer needs to verify the Rendezvous Point (RP) currently learned via the Bootstrap Router (BSR) mechanism on a Junos device. Which operational command should be used?
Medium18An enterprise engineer is configuring Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) on a Junos device. Which THREE statements accurately describe MSDP behavior and functions? (Choose three)
Hard19An administrator is configuring IGMP snooping on an EX Series switch. Which TWO benefits does IGMP snooping provide in a switched Ethernet environment? (Choose two)
Medium20A network administrator is configuring an enterprise router to join the Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) range. According to RFC standards, what is the standard IPv4 address block reserved for SSM?
Easy21An administrator is designing a high-availability PIM sparse-mode network. Which THREE mechanisms are used to provide redundancy for Rendezvous Points (RPs)? (Choose three)
Hard22An engineer wants to configure a Junos router to act as a Bootstrap Router (BSR) for PIM sparse-mode. Which configuration hierarchy is used to enable the BSR function?
Medium23Which TWO statements correctly describe the role of the Designated Router (DR) on a multi-access network running PIM sparse-mode? (Choose two)
Medium24During multicast troubleshooting, an engineer notices that a router is not accepting MSDP Source-Active messages from a specific peer. Where should an export policy be applied to control which SA messages are sent or accepted via MSDP?
Hard25An administrator configures MSDP peering between two routers. After configuration, the MSDP session remains in the 'Connect' or 'Active' state and never transitions to 'Established'. Which underlying protocol dependency must be verified and operational for MSDP sessions to establish?
Hard26Which IPv4 multicast address range is designated for Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) operations according to IANA standards?
Easy27An enterprise design uses PIM sparse-mode with a BSR. An engineer notices that the router has successfully elected a BSR, but no Candidate-RP messages are being processed. Which operational command should the engineer use to verify the BSR candidate information and elected BSR address on the router?
Hard28An administrator wants to configure an MSDP peer relationship on a Junos device and ensure that the MD5 password authentication is applied to the TCP session. Where is the MD5 authentication key configured for an MSDP peer?
Medium29An engineer is troubleshooting a multicast forwarding issue where data from a specific source is not reaching receivers in a remote PIM sparse-mode domain. Which THREE operational commands and diagnostic steps should be used to verify the multicast forwarding state and RPF path on a Junos router? (Choose three)
Hard30Which TWO statements are correct regarding IGMP version 2 (IGMPv2) features compared to IGMPv1? (Choose two)
Medium31An enterprise network uses MBGP (Multicast BGP) alongside PIM sparse-mode. Which THREE statements accurately describe the function of MBGP in a multicast environment? (Choose three)
Hard32Which configuration statement enables PIM sparse-mode globally across all interfaces in a Junos routing instance?
Easy33An enterprise network administrator is configuring PIM Sparse-Mode and needs to control which multicast groups are allowed to be joined or forwarded through the network. Which THREE methods or configuration elements can be used in Junos OS to filter multicast join messages or control group memberships? (Choose three)
Medium34An engineer needs to view the MSDP Source-Active (SA) cache on a Junos router to verify which sources are currently active across different PIM domains. Which operational command should be executed?
Medium35Which TWO statements are true regarding Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) operation in Junos? (Choose two)
Medium36An enterprise network uses multiple routing instances with PIM sparse-mode. An engineer needs to configure Inter-AS multicast routing using MSDP. Which component is required to establish MSDP peering across different autonomous systems where BGP is also running?
Hard37An engineer is troubleshooting PIM Sparse-Mode on a Junos device and notices that source traffic is not switching from the shared tree (*,G) to the shortest path tree (S,G) at the Last-Hop Router. Which configuration statement on the Junos routing instance allows adjusting the threshold for this switchover behavior?
Medium38An engineer needs to verify the Rendezvous Point (RP) currently learned by a Junos router via the Bootstrap Router (BSR) mechanism. Which operational command should be executed?
Medium39An administrator troubleshooting an IGMP snooping issue on an EX Series switch notices that multicast traffic is flooding all ports in a VLAN. Which Junos command verifies the IGMP snooping status and active querier on a specific VLAN?
Hard40A network engineer must implement Anycast RP using MSDP between two data center routers running Junos OS. Which statement correctly describes a core requirement for MSDP peer establishment?
Medium41An administrator wants to configure MSDP (Multicast Source Discovery Protocol) between two autonomous system border routers to share active source information. Which configuration hierarchy in Junos is used to define the MSDP peer relationship?
Medium42An enterprise administrator wants to limit PIM sparse-mode join messages to prevent unauthorized sources from registering. Where should a policy be applied to filter PIM join/prune messages in Junos?
Medium43An enterprise has deployed MSDP between two independent PIM sparse-mode domains. An administrator notices that Source-Active (SA) messages are looping between MSDP peers. Which Junos mechanism should be configured to prevent SA message loops in an MSDP topology?
Hard44Which IPv4 address is assigned as the all-systems multicast group address, used by routers to query all hosts on a local subnet?
Easy45An engineer configures protocol independent multicast (PIM) sparse-mode on a Junos device and notices that join messages are not reaching the Rendezvous Point (RP). Which CLI command should the engineer use to verify the operational state of the PIM neighbor adjacencies and confirm that the hello messages are successfully exchanged?
Medium46Which protocol version introduces explicit source inclusion and exclusion lists (TO_EX, TO_IN, IS_IN, IS_EX) in membership reports?
Easy47An engineer is troubleshooting multicast forwarding and RPF failures on a Junos routing instance. Which THREE conditions will cause a multicast RPF check failure? (Choose three)
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