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Practise Juniper Networks Enterprise Routing and Switching, Professional (JNCIP-ENT, JN0-650) (JNCIP-ENT) troubleshooting practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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1

Which TWO types of OSPF areas allow the generation of Type-7 LSAs? (Choose two)

Medium
2

You are troubleshooting MAC address learning on an EX Series switch and want to display dynamic MAC entries learned specifically on interface ge-0/0/5. Which operational command should you use?

Easy
3

You are configuring private VLANs (PVLANs) on a Juniper EX switch to isolate customer ports from one another while sharing a common gateway. Which VLAN type is configured to allow communication only with promiscuous ports?

Easy
4

Which TWO factors can cause an EVPN instance on a Junos device to fail in importing incoming Type-2 MAC/IP routes? (Choose two)

Medium
5

Which standard Junos forwarding class is reserved for control plane traffic such as routing protocols and management traffic?

Easy
6

Which TWO BGP attributes are classified as well-known mandatory attributes that must be recognized by all BGP implementations? (Choose TWO)

Easy
7

You are troubleshooting a scenario where multi-field classifiers and behavior aggregate classifiers are both configured on the same ingress interface. In what order does Junos process classification?

Hard
8

An engineer needs to ensure that a Junos router balances BGP traffic across multiple paths with unequal IGP costs. Which feature must be configured to achieve this?

Easy
9

Which THREE statements are true regarding voice VLAN technologies and implementation on Junos EX Series switches? (Choose three.)

Medium
10

You want to filter OSPF Type-3 Summary LSAs leaving Area 1 on an ABR running Junos OS. Where must this export policy be applied?

Medium
11

An engineer is troubleshooting a newly configured EVPN-VXLAN multi-homed setup where the Designated Forwarder (DF) is constantly toggling between two PE routers. What is the most likely cause of this DF churn?

Medium
12

Which command allows an administrator to view the active BGP routes along with their associated communities on a Junos device?

Easy
13

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?

Hard
14

Which command displays the global status, TLV counters, and operational state of LLDP on an EX Series switch?

Easy
15

Which TWO commands are used to troubleshoot OSPF issues on Junos devices? (Choose two)

Medium
16

Which THREE statements describe the behavior of critical authentication (fallback) when a RADIUS server becomes unreachable on an EX Series switch? (Choose three)

Hard
17

You are troubleshooting a Q-in-Q tunneling implementation on an MX Series router where customer VLAN tags are being stripped instead of preserved across the service provider core. Under which configuration hierarchy should the 'vlan-tagging' and 'pop-pop' or 'push' actions be applied on the interface?

Medium
18

What is the default number of forwarding classes available on Juniper MX Series routers equipped with Modular Port Concentrators (MPCs)?

Medium
19

You are troubleshooting a BGP route selection issue on a Junos device. Two otherwise identical paths are received from external peers. According to the standard BGP route selection algorithm implemented by Junos, which tie-breaking attribute is evaluated immediately AFTER comparing the Router ID (RID) of the advertising routers?

Hard
20

Which operational command is used to verify the operational status and peer state of MSDP sessions on a Junos device?

Easy
21

An 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?

Medium
22

When configuring OSPFv3 authentication, which mechanism is natively utilized in modern Junos implementations since OSPFv3 relies on IPv6 AH/ESP or OSPFv3 Authentication Trailer (RFC 7166)?

Hard
23

Which OSPFv3 LSA type is responsible for carrying IPv6 prefix information within the same area, replacing the role of Router and Network LSAs carrying IP addresses in OSPFv2?

Easy
24

An administrator implements LLDP-MED on an EX Series switch network. To prevent unauthorized devices from masquerading as IP phones and requesting voice VLAN access, which feature should be combined with LLDP-MED?

Hard
25

Which TWO of the following characteristics apply to EVPN Route Type 3 (Inclusive Multicast Ethernet Tag Route)? (Choose two)

Hard
26

Which Junos command displays the link-state database for OSPFv2, showing router LSAs and network LSAs?

Easy
27

Which TWO statements describe the function and operation of a PIM Bootstrap Router (BSR)? (Choose two)

Medium
28

Which statement is true regarding the behavior of the supplicant mode 'single' on an EX Series switch port?

Easy
29

When configuring voice VLANs and PoE on an EX Series switch, which THREE benefits are achieved by implementing LLDP-MED alongside standard PoE? (Choose three.)

Medium
30

You are reviewing syslog messages on an EX Series switch and see frequent entries indicating PoE power budgeting warnings. You want to configure a custom trap/syslog threshold so that warnings trigger when the total power consumption exceeds 85% of the total available PoE budget. How is this configured?

Hard
31

An enterprise network uses a BGP route reflector (RR) architecture where client routers reflect routes to each other. A non-client router sends a route with an Originator ID and Cluster List to the RR. How does the route reflector handle these attributes when reflecting the route to other clients?

Hard
32

An 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?

Medium
33

You need to configure a classifier that inspects the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) experimental (EXP) bits. Which classifier type must you specify?

Medium
34

An 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?

Medium
35

In Junos CoS architecture, what role does a forwarding class play?

Easy
36

An administrator is troubleshooting BGP route reflector operations in a Junos environment. Which TWO statements regarding route reflection behavior and loop prevention are correct? (Choose two)

Hard
37

An administrator notices that an EX4300 switch is supplying power using LLDP-MED power negotiation, but the IP phone is drawing more power than the initial hardware class allows. Where would you check the advertised LLDP-MED TLV power value received from the phone?

Hard
38

An administrator configures a BGP routing policy to match routes with community members using regex matching in Junos. Which statement accurately describes how Junos represents standard BGP communities in policy matching?

Medium
39

When applying a rewrite rule on an interface, you notice that packets are being remarked incorrectly. You realize that both a DSCP rewrite rule and an IEEE 802.1p rewrite rule are configured on the same physical interface. What is the rule regarding multiple rewrite rules on a single interface in Junos?

Hard
40

How do you examine the specific OSPF routing table entries learned via OSPF on a Junos device?

Easy
41

Which THREE optional BGP attributes are supported and processed by Junos routing devices? (Choose three)

Medium
42

An engineer is configuring PIM sparse-mode in an enterprise network. Which TWO characteristics are true regarding PIM sparse-mode operation? (Choose two)

Medium
43

A 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?

Hard
44

Which TWO well-known BGP communities are recognized universally to control route propagation? (Choose two)

Easy
45

You are configuring MACsec (Media Access Control Security) on an EX Series switch interface to secure Layer 2 links between two enterprise buildings. Which requirement is mandatory for MACsec to establish a secure session successfully between the two switches?

Medium
46

An administrator needs to implement a traffic conditioning profile on a Juniper MX Series router to limit traffic to a specific burst size and drop packets exceeding the rate. Which policing action parameter is required to ensure that exceeding traffic is dropped immediately without coloring?

Hard
47

Which Junos configuration command enables MD5 cryptographic authentication on an OSPFv2 interface?

Easy
48

When redistributing BGP routes into OSPF, what is the default OSPF metric assigned to the redistributed routes in Junos if no metric is specified in the export policy?

Medium
49

An administrator needs to filter Type-3 LSAs entering an OSPF stub area on a Junos routing device. Which statement under the area hierarchy is required?

Hard
50

You want to configure voice VLAN functionality on a Juniper EX switch so that IP phones automatically place voice traffic into VLAN 50 while passing PC data through unchanged. Which feature should you configure?

Easy
51

You are configuring Ethernet switching on an EX4300 switch and need to implement storm control to prevent broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast traffic from overwhelming access links. Where is storm-control applied in the Junos configuration hierarchy?

Medium
52

Which statement describes the function of a drop-profile in Junos CoS?

Easy
53

An 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)

Medium
54

During BGP route resolution on Junos, an indirect next hop is encountered. What mechanism does Junos use to resolve this indirect next hop to a direct forwarding next hop?

Hard
55

You are configuring a BGP Route Reflector (RR) in a Junos environment. To prevent routing loops within the iBGP cluster, what mechanism does the route reflector use to track the path of reflected routes?

Medium
56

Which THREE of the following statements describe the behavior and purpose of EVPN Route Type 5 (IP Prefix Route)? (Choose three)

Hard
57

Which command allows you to verify the real-time PoE power consumption, allocated wattage, and operational status of all interfaces on an EX Series switch?

Easy
58

An enterprise is designing a BGP confederation to reduce iBGP mesh complexity across multiple data centers. Which statement is correct regarding how confederation members interact with BGP attributes?

Hard
59

An EX3400 switch experiences a total PoE power budget exhaustion after multiple high-power IP phones and security cameras are plugged in. You want to ensure that if a power deficit occurs, the switch immediately cuts power to lower-priority ports while maintaining power to executive phones on specific ports. How should you configure this?

Hard
60

An administrator needs to ensure that a Junos routing device performs unequal-cost multi-path (UCMP) load balancing across multiple BGP paths with different local preferences or path attributes. Which BGP feature must be enabled to allow multipath load balancing across paths with different AS path lengths?

Easy
61

An EX Series switch is configured with multiple-supplicant mode on an access port connected to an IP phone with a PC daisy-chained behind it. The IP phone authenticates via 802.1X, but the PC uses MAC RADIUS. The phone authenticates successfully and moves to the voice VLAN. However, when the PC boots, it fails authentication because the switch rejects a second supplicant on the same logical port index. Which configuration parameter resolves this issue?

Hard
62

When designing an EVPN-VXLAN fabric with integrated routing and bridging (IRB), which THREE considerations are critical for proper inter-subnet forwarding across VTEPs? (Choose three)

Hard
63

You are troubleshooting an IP phone that is failing to discover its voice VLAN via LLDP-MED on an EX4600 switch. You issue the show lldp interface command and see that LLDP is transmitting properly, but the phone reports no voice VLAN TLV received. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

Hard
64

Which TWO statements are true regarding Junos OSPF routing policies and policy evaluation? (Choose two)

Medium
65

You are configuring OSPF domain-id when redistributing routes between OSPF and BGP (or multiarea setups). Which configuration statement sets the OSPF domain identifier?

Hard
66

A BGP routing policy on a Junos router uses an 'as-path' regular expression '^[0-9]+$' in a match condition. Which routes will this regular expression match?

Hard
67

When configuring a hierarchical scheduler map on an MX Series router, what is the primary purpose of the aggregate level shaping?

Hard
68

You are troubleshooting a scenario where an MX Series router running an EVPN-VXLAN instance receives Type-2 routes from a remote PE, but the local data plane fails to install the forwarding entries because of a mismatch in encapsulation types. Where is the encapsulation type for VXLAN defined within a Junos EVPN instance?

Hard
69

An enterprise network operates VSTP across 150 VLANs. The network engineering team notices high CPU utilization on the Routing Engine due to VSTP BPDU processing. Which Junos command or feature can mitigate this control-plane load while keeping VSTP operational?

Hard
70

Which command allows you to view the configured drop-profile statistics and monitor packet drop counts on an MX Series router?

Easy
71

Which TWO operational commands are valid for troubleshooting VSTP on Juniper EX switches? (Choose two)

Easy
72

An engineer needs to verify which multicast groups have active receivers joined on an interface using IGMP. Which operational command should be used?

Easy
73

You are configuring a voice VLAN on an EX Series switch access port where an IP phone is connected in series with a PC. Which configuration is required on the switch interface to handle both tagged voice traffic and untagged data traffic?

Medium
74

Which command should an engineer use on a Junos device to verify whether a BGP next hop is successfully resolved via the routing table?

Easy
75

In 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?

Hard
76

An 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?

Hard
77

Which THREE actions occur during the BGP next-hop resolution process on a Junos device when evaluating an eBGP-learned route? (Choose THREE)

Hard
78

Which command allows an administrator to verify the active supplicant states and authentication status on a specific EX Series switch interface?

Easy
79

An administrator configures EVPN with VXLAN encapsulation and wants to ensure that interfaces assigned to bridge domains drop frames whose source MAC address is not learned or is unauthorized. Which feature should be enabled?

Medium
80

What is the default authentication order when authentication is enabled on an EX Series switch interface without explicit ordering configuration?

Easy
81

A network administrator needs to verify the PoE status, power draw, and allocated class for all connected IP phones across all interfaces on an EX2300 switch. Which operational command should be used?

Easy
82

An 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?

Hard
83

You are configuring OSPFv2 on a Junos device and need to inject default routes into an OSPF NSSA area. Which configuration command under protocols ospf area should be used?

Medium
84

An administrator configures PoE management mode on an EX4300 switch to 'consumption'. An IP phone connects, but before booting up completely, the switch denies power. Upon investigation, you find that the switch's static power reservation table is maxed out. What is the reason for this behavior in consumption mode?

Hard
85

A 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?

Easy
86

An administrator is configuring a Junos device to support IGMPv3 on user-facing VLAN interfaces. Which configuration statement enables IGMPv3 processing on interface irb.10?

Easy
87

An administrator wishes to configure VXLAN data plane encapsulation on an MX Series router with an EVPN instance. Which statement under the routing-instances hierarchy defines the local VTEP source interface?

Medium
88

An engineer configures a two-color policer on an MX router. What are the two states or outcomes for evaluated packets in a standard two-color policer?

Hard
89

Which TWO parameters can be configured within a Junos scheduler definition? (Choose two)

Hard
90

Which EVPN route type is responsible for advertising MAC addresses combined with IP addresses (MAC/IP Advertisement Route)?

Easy
91

You are analyzing BGP EVPN updates and observe an Extended Community attached to a Type-2 route containing a sequence number. What is the primary function of this MAC Mobility Extended Community?

Hard
92

An 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)

Hard
93

Which TWO actions occur when an 802.1X supplicant fails authentication and a guest VLAN is configured on the EX Series switch port? (Choose two)

Medium
94

Which TWO of the following statements regarding EVPN Route Type 1 (Ethernet Auto-Discovery Route) are correct? (Choose two)

Hard
95

An EX4300 switch is configured with captive portal authentication. Unauthenticated users are successfully redirected when attempting HTTP traffic, but HTTPS traffic fails to redirect properly and instead shows a certificate warning or connection timeout in the user's browser. What is the fundamental reason for this behavior with standard captive portal implementations?

Hard
96

You are configuring traffic shaping on an egress interface and need to ensure that the shaper accounts for Layer 2 framing overhead (such as Ethernet headers and preambles). Which configuration statement achieves this?

Hard
97

An enterprise network uses BGP communities to tag routes at regional branch offices. Headquarters needs to strip these specific communities from routes before advertising them to external transit providers. Which Junos routing policy action accomplishes this?

Medium
98

Which TWO statements are correct regarding the behavior and configuration of multi-supplicant mode on EX Series switches? (Choose two)

Medium
99

You are redistributing BGP routes into OSPF on an MX Series router. By default, what metric type and cost are assigned to these redistributed routes when they enter the OSPF domain?

Hard
100

In a Juniper Virtual Chassis scaling deployment comprising 10 EX4600 switches, how are control and management planes structured across member switches to maintain high availability and failover resilience?

Hard
101

Which TWO statements are correct regarding OSPF NSSA (Not-So-Stubby Area) behavior and configuration in Junos OS? (Choose two)

Hard
102

Which Junos configuration hierarchy is used to define a BGP peer group to simplify neighbor configurations?

Easy
103

An EX Series switch is configured with 802.1X and MAC RADIUS. A client device connects that does not support 802.1X. The switch attempts 802.1X, times out, and successfully falls back to MAC RADIUS. However, the administrator notices a significant delay (several seconds) before the MAC RADIUS request is sent to the server. What parameter should be tuned to reduce this delay?

Hard
104

Which TWO statements describe the characteristics of Random Early Detection (RED) and drop profiles in Junos? (Choose two)

Hard
105

Which THREE parameters must match between two OSPF routers on a shared broadcast segment for an adjacency to successfully form? (Choose three)

Medium
106

You are configuring an EX Series switch to support IP phones that require both data and voice VLAN segregation on a single access port. You implement an access port configured with a voice VLAN. Which underlying Junos mechanism allows the switch to process untagged data traffic into the native/access VLAN and tagged voice traffic into the voice VLAN simultaneously?

Hard
107

An engineer is troubleshooting a BGP route reflection topology where a non-client IBGP peer sends a route to a route reflector. Will the route reflector reflect this route to other non-client IBGP peers?

Medium
108

An 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?

Medium
109

An administrator needs to verify the operational state of an MSTP instance named 'MSTI-1' on an EX Series switch, including its designated root and regional parameters. Which operational command should be executed?

Easy
110

Which command allows an operator to view the local and remote MAC addresses learned via EVPN control plane and data plane across all bridge domains on an MX Series router?

Easy
111

An administrator configures 802.1X authentication with local server fallback on an EX Series switch. When the external RADIUS server is unreachable, the switch fails over to the local user database. However, users authenticated via the local database are placed in the default access VLAN instead of the VLAN specified in their local user profile. What is the cause of this behavior?

Hard
112

Which THREE types of classifiers are natively supported in Junos Class of Service? (Choose three)

Medium
113

An enterprise engineer is configuring Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) on a Junos device. Which THREE statements accurately describe MSDP behavior and functions? (Choose three)

Hard
114

An administrator is deploying EVPN multi-homing with all-active mode on an MX Series router. Which configuration element uniquely identifies the provider edge (PE) router's attachment circuit to an Ethernet segment?

Medium
115

You are configuring MAC limiting on an EX Series switch interface to restrict the maximum number of learned MAC addresses to 10. What happens when the 11th unique MAC address attempts to communicate through the interface?

Medium
116

Which THREE components are required to fully configure a custom Class of Service scheme on an MX Series router? (Choose three)

Medium
117

What is the default OSPF reference bandwidth in Junos OS?

Easy
118

Which LLDP TLV (Type-Length-Value) is mandatory for LLDP-MED operation and is used to distinguish media endpoint devices from standard network switches and routers?

Easy
119

Which command allows you to view the real-time tracing of OSPF packet exchanges and state changes on a Junos device?

Easy
120

An EX4300 switch running Junos OS supports multiple PoE power management options. Which THREE PoE management modes or settings are valid in Junos configuration? (Choose three.)

Hard
121

An administrator is configuring LLDP-MED on an EX Series switch for a new deployment of IP phones. Which TWO configuration steps are required to properly advertise network policies to these endpoints? (Choose two.)

Medium
122

You are troubleshooting an 802.1X deployment on an EX4300 switch. Clients fail to authenticate when using Supplicant-based authentication combined with MAC RADIUS fallback. You notice that the switch does not attempt MAC RADIUS after 802.1X times out. Which configuration error most likely caused this?

Medium
123

Which THREE configuration tasks are required when implementing OSPFv3 on Junos devices? (Choose three)

Hard
124

You want to tune the speed at which OSPF processes link-state updates by modifying the SPF calculation delay and hold timers. Where are these timers configured?

Medium
125

You are configuring an EX Series switch to support MAC RADIUS authentication. You want to ensure that the switch sends accounting start and stop packets to the RADIUS server. Which configuration hierarchy is required to enable RADIUS accounting for access clients?

Medium
126

Which THREE features or protocols are used in Juniper enterprise switching environments to prevent Layer 2 bridging loops while avoiding traditional Spanning Tree blocking ports? (Choose three)

Hard
127

An administrator is configuring IGMP snooping on an EX Series switch. Which TWO benefits does IGMP snooping provide in a switched Ethernet environment? (Choose two)

Medium
128

You are configuring Power over Ethernet (PoE) on an EX4300 switch to power an IP phone requiring 15.4W (802.3af). By default, the switch allocates power based on dynamic classification. However, the IP phone frequently reboots under heavy traffic load. Which command should you configure on the switch interface to ensure the phone receives a guaranteed dedicated power budget?

Medium
129

You are troubleshooting a suboptimal traffic forwarding issue in an EVPN-VXLAN fabric with multi-homed devices. Traffic destined for a multi-homed server is being sent to only one of the PEs despite all-active mode being configured. Which EVPN route type and mechanism are responsible for enabling load balancing across all available PEs attached to the same Ethernet segment?

Hard
130

You need to modify the priority of a Junos OSPF interface to ensure it becomes the designated router (DR). Which command accomplishes this?

Medium
131

What does the LLDP-MED acronym stand for in the context of enterprise networking and IP telephony?

Easy
132

A 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?

Easy
133

Which statement correctly describes the function of an OSPF Stub Area?

Easy
134

In a Juniper Q-in-Q deployment, customer frames are received with an EtherType of 0x8100 (IEEE 802.1Q). The service provider network uses a custom provider EtherType of 0x9100 for outer tags. Where and how is this custom EtherType configured on an MX Series router?

Hard
135

Which TWO statements describe characteristics of EVPN All-Active Multi-Homing compared to Single-Active Multi-Homing? (Choose two)

Medium
136

An administrator implements MAC RADIUS authentication on an EX Series switch. Several legacy printers connected to the ports fail to authenticate because they send their MAC addresses in uppercase letters with no separators (AABBCCDDEEFF), while the RADIUS server expects lowercase with colons (aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff). How can you resolve this mismatch on the Junos switch?

Hard
137

You are configuring captive portal on an EX Series switch. You want users to be redirected to an external web server hosted at https://portal.enterprise.com/login. Where do you specify this redirection URL in the Junos OS CLI?

Medium
138

You want to configure LLDP-MED to advertise a specific voice VLAN (VLAN ID 200) with a DSCP value of 46 to all connected IP phones across all switch ports. Which configuration hierarchy is used to define this global network policy in Junos OS?

Medium
139

You want to tag specific BGP routes with a community value using a Junos policy framework. Which configuration snippet correctly defines a community named 'CUSTOM-COMM' with value 65000:100?

Easy
140

Which specific EVPN route type is responsible for carrying IP prefix routes, often used for inter-subnet forwarding in an IP-VRF-to-EVPN integration scenario?

Easy
141

Which TWO conditions must be satisfied for an EX Series switch to successfully process a RADIUS Change of Authorization (CoA) request? (Choose two)

Medium
142

Which TWO statements are correct regarding hierarchical scheduling (H-QoS) on Juniper MX Series routers? (Choose two)

Hard
143

You are implementing MAC RADIUS authentication on an EX4600 switch. You notice that when a device connects, the switch sends the MAC address in the Username attribute (RADIUS attribute 1) with hyphen separators (e.g., aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff). Your RADIUS server expects colons (aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff). Where must you configure this format change on Junos OS?

Medium
144

You need to configure an LLDP-MED network policy for voice traffic on an EX switch, ensuring that the DSCP value is set to 46 and the VLAN ID is set to 150. Which configuration achieves this?

Medium
145

Which Junos configuration hierarchy is used to disable the generation of OSPF Type-7 to Type-5 LSA translation on an NSSA Area Border Router (ABR)?

Easy
146

Which THREE requirements must be met for an IP phone to successfully discover and use a voice VLAN configured via LLDP-MED on an EX Series switch? (Choose three)

Hard
147

What is the primary function of the RADIUS server attribute 'Tunnel-Medium-Type' (Attribute 65) when received during an 802.1X authentication exchange on an EX Series switch?

Easy
148

When designing a BGP confederation architecture, which TWO rules govern how sub-AS numbers and attributes behave across confederation boundaries? (Choose two)

Hard
149

Which TWO parameters are part of the standard MSTP configuration digest computed across switches in an MST region? (Choose two)

Medium
150

Which TWO actions can be performed using Junos BGP routing policies? (Choose two)

Easy
151

Which TWO actions can you take in Junos OS to optimize OSPF convergence times in a large enterprise network? (Choose two)

Hard
152

You need to prevent an OSPF interface from participating in Designated Router (DR) election, forcing it to always act as a DROTHER, even if it has the highest priority. How is this achieved in Junos?

Hard
153

An operator configures a BGP routing policy to modify the Local Preference attribute. Under which BGP neighbor relationship type can Local Preference be advertised and evaluated?

Easy
154

Which TWO actions can be triggered when a MAC address limit is exceeded on a Juniper switch interface configured with MAC limiting? (Choose two)

Medium
155

Which THREE types of LSAs are blocked from entering an OSPF Totally Stubby Area? (Choose three)

Hard
156

What is the primary function of a behavior aggregate (BA) classifier in Junos CoS?

Easy
157

An administrator is designing a high-availability PIM sparse-mode network. Which THREE mechanisms are used to provide redundancy for Rendezvous Points (RPs)? (Choose three)

Hard
158

An 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?

Medium
159

Which TWO statements correctly describe the role of the Designated Router (DR) on a multi-access network running PIM sparse-mode? (Choose two)

Medium
160

Which TWO statements are correct regarding the behavior of policers in Junos? (Choose two)

Medium
161

An engineer is deploying VSTP on a Juniper EX Series network. Which THREE characteristics or limitations of VSTP should be considered during the design phase? (Choose three)

Medium
162

When deploying IP phones that utilize a voice VLAN on EX Series access ports, which THREE characteristics or configurations typically apply to this design? (Choose three.)

Medium
163

When configuring OSPF sham-links in Junos to support MPLS VPN back-door links, which TWO characteristics apply? (Choose two)

Hard
164

You want to map three loss priorities (low, medium-low, high) to different drop profiles within a specific forwarding class. Which statement should you use inside the scheduler configuration?

Medium
165

An enterprise network administrator needs to configure 802.1X authentication on EX Series switches. Which statement is correct regarding the default behavior of the supplicant timeout timer?

Easy
166

Which TWO statements describe the behavior of VSTP (VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol) on Juniper EX Series switches? (Choose two)

Medium
167

During 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?

Hard
168

Which configuration stanza is used to define custom forwarding classes in Junos?

Easy
169

When configuring advanced Layer 2 tunneling (Q-in-Q) on Juniper EX Series switches, which THREE statements are correct regarding VLAN stacking behavior and limitations? (Choose three)

Hard
170

An 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?

Hard
171

Which TWO actions can be performed by an OSPF routing policy export filter when redistributing routes into OSPF? (Choose two)

Medium
172

You are troubleshooting a switching loop issue in an enterprise core utilizing MSTP. You run 'show mstp interface' and notice that a specific port is stuck in the discarding state for MSTI 1. Which command should you run to verify if root guard has been triggered on this port?

Medium
173

An administrator needs to enable LLDP globally on an EX Series switch running Junos OS to support IP phones. Which command accomplishes this task?

Easy
174

Which IPv4 multicast address range is designated for Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) operations according to IANA standards?

Easy
175

An enterprise network architect is designing an EVPN-VXLAN fabric and wants to ensure that MAC address churn (frequent moving of a MAC between ports) does not destabilize the control plane. Which feature should be enabled in the EVPN instance?

Medium
176

An administrator wants to configure MSTP on Juniper switches and needs to assign VLANs 10 through 50 to MST Instance 2. Which configuration command hierarchy is correct in Junos?

Medium
177

Which TWO statements describe characteristics of BGP route reflectors? (Choose two)

Easy
178

Which TWO statements are correct regarding captive portal redirection behavior on EX Series switches? (Choose two)

Medium
179

Which TWO attributes are considered transitive BGP path attributes? (Choose two)

Easy
180

During a maintenance window, an administrator needs to manually force a Designated Forwarder (DF) role change on a multi-homed Ethernet segment for an EVPN instance. Which parameter must be adjusted to influence the DF election algorithm in Junos OS?

Hard
181

Which THREE mechanisms are utilized by Junos to protect OSPF routing operations and control plane resources? (Choose three)

Hard
182

An 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?

Hard
183

An enterprise network engineer is designing a redundant Layer 2 topology with MSTP across Juniper EX switches. Two switches have identical bridge priorities and MAC addresses that result in a tie for regional root. How does MSTP deterministically break the tie to select the regional root bridge?

Hard
184

You are configuring VSTP (VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol) on Juniper EX switches to interoperate with legacy third-party switches running PVST+. Which operational command allows you to verify the VSTP bridge identifier and root bridge status per VLAN?

Easy
185

When designing advanced enterprise campus VLAN architectures with Juniper EX Series switches, which TWO considerations are critical for large-scale Layer 2 domains? (Choose two)

Hard
186

Which statement accurately describes the function of the 'server-timeout' setting within a Juniper access profile?

Easy
187

An administrator needs to configure PoE power management on an EX3400 switch to prioritize port ge-0/0/0 for a critical emergency IP phone. Which statement correctly describes the default PoE priority behavior on Junos EX switches if no explicit priority is configured?

Easy
188

Which command verifies the OSPF neighbor states and adjacency progress on a Junos device?

Easy
189

An 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?

Medium
190

You are configuring a policer and want to specify the rate in terms of bits per second. Which keyword is used to define the bandwidth limit in the policer configuration?

Medium
191

An engineer is configuring OSPFv3 on Junos OS and notices that adjacencies are failing to form over a point-to-point link. Reviewing the interface configuration, what is a mandatory requirement for OSPFv3 interface configuration that differs fundamentally from OSPFv2?

Hard
192

An 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)

Hard
193

You are troubleshooting a power budget shortfall on an EX4300 switch where multiple PoE devices are failing to power up. Which TWO actions can you take to resolve or mitigate this power deficit? (Choose two.)

Hard
194

You are designing an EVPN network with active-active multi-homing. A host sends traffic to a multi-homed PE. The PE receives the traffic on a designated link. How does EVPN suppress unnecessary flooding across the core for unknown unicast traffic originating from a multi-homed site?

Hard
195

An engineer needs to prevent Type-5 LSAs from entering an OSPF stub area while still allowing external routes to be reached via a default route. Which configuration statement under [edit protocols ospf area] achieves this on a Juniper device?

Medium
196

Which TWO statements are correct regarding IGMP version 2 (IGMPv2) features compared to IGMPv1? (Choose two)

Medium
197

An 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)

Hard
198

Which component of a scheduler configuration determines how memory resources are allocated among different queues?

Medium
199

An engineer is verifying MAC learning behavior in an EVPN instance. A remote host's MAC address is learned via BGP Type 2 routes, but when the local host sends traffic to it, the packet drops. The engineer runs 'show route table bgp.evpn.0' and sees the route. What is the most likely reason the packet is dropping in the data plane?

Medium
200

You are designing a routing policy to tag routes being redistributed from OSPF into BGP. Where in the routing policy should the tag match condition be placed?

Medium
201

Which configuration statement enables PIM sparse-mode globally across all interfaces in a Junos routing instance?

Easy
202

Which THREE methods are valid for marking packet headers using CoS rewrite rules in Junos? (Choose three)

Medium
203

You need to ensure that an OSPF interface does not send or receive OSPF hellos, but its subnet is still advertised into the OSPF domain. What configuration achieves this in Junos?

Medium
204

Which TWO security features can be configured on Juniper EX switches to prevent DHCP spoofing and ARP poisoning attacks on Layer 2 access ports? (Choose two)

Easy
205

Which command displays the configured scheduler maps and their association with forwarding classes on a Junos device?

Medium
206

Which THREE parameters are typically included or evaluated when configuring and verifying BGP EVPN peer sessions on Junos OS devices? (Choose three)

Medium
207

An engineer notices that a Junos device is not installing a BGP route into the forwarding table because the BGP next hop is unresolved. Which tool or command can be used to troubleshoot how the BGP next hop is being resolved in the Junos routing table?

Medium
208

An engineer is configuring QinQ (802.1ad) tunneling on a Juniper EX Series switch to transport customer VLANs across a service provider core. The customer-facing access port receives tagged frames with outer VLAN ID 100 and inner VLAN ID 200. Which configuration statement correctly defines the interface encapsulation and VLAN mapping?

Medium
209

An 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)

Medium
210

An administrator applies a policy containing 'as-path-prepend "65001 65001"' to outbound BGP updates sent to an external provider. What is the primary objective of this configuration?

Medium
211

You want to tune OSPF convergence by reducing the hello and dead intervals on a point-to-point interface. Which configuration is valid?

Medium
212

Which Junos command displays the LLDP neighbor information specifically for a single interface, such as ge-0/0/1?

Easy
213

Which THREE parameters must match between OSPF routers for an adjacency to successfully form on a point-to-point network? (Choose three)

Hard
214

You are configuring Q-in-Q tunneling on an MX Series router where customer frames arrive with VLAN tag 100, and you need to encapsulate them with a service provider outer VLAN tag 3000 using 'vlan-map'. Where is the VLAN map applied?

Medium
215

When configuring a BGP confederation, how are external peers outside the confederation affected by the internal sub-AS structure?

Medium
216

An 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?

Medium
217

Which TWO statements are true regarding Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) operation in Junos? (Choose two)

Medium
218

Which EVPN route type is responsible for establishing ingress replication lists for Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, and Multicast (BUM) traffic?

Easy
219

A Junos router receives a BGP route containing multiple extended and large communities. The administrator writes a routing policy to filter routes based on large communities. Which format is used to define a large community in Junos policy-options?

Hard
220

Which EVPN route type is known as the Ethernet Segment Route and is advertised by a PE router to signal its connectivity to a multi-homed Ethernet segment?

Easy
221

Which TWO options are valid configurable parameters under an access profile in Junos OS? (Choose two)

Medium
222

Which BGP community is a well-known transitive community used to prevent a route from being advertised outside of a local autonomous system?

Easy
223

You want to change the OSPF reference bandwidth globally on a Junos routing device to accurately calculate costs for high-speed interfaces. Where is this configured?

Medium
224

Which TWO statements are true regarding traffic shapers versus policers in Junos? (Choose two)

Hard
225

An enterprise network uses Q-in-Q tunneling over an MX Series provider network. Customer BPDUs must pass transparently across the provider core without being processed by the provider's own VSTP/MSTP instances. Which feature must be enabled on the provider switch access ports to achieve this?

Hard
226

An 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?

Hard
227

You are tasked with summarizing internal OSPF routes on an Area Border Router (ABR). Which configuration statement accomplishes route summarization for an area?

Medium
228

When configuring a hierarchical policer on a Juniper MX Series router, what is the significance of the logical-interface-policer setting?

Hard
229

An administrator implements BGP entropy labels and path load balancing on a Junos routing platform. During packet forwarding for a BGP-learned IPv4 prefix with multiple equal-cost paths, how does Junos determine the output interface when hash-based load balancing is active?

Hard
230

When configuring advanced Q-in-Q tunneling on Juniper MX Series routers, which THREE encapsulation or tagging parameters must be correctly aligned between the customer edge and provider edge interfaces? (Choose three)

Hard
231

An engineer is configuring a QinQ tunnel where the service provider bridge needs to transparently carry customer control traffic (like STP BPDUs) through the core without processing them. What feature must be enabled on the provider edge access ports?

Easy
232

An 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?

Medium
233

Which command is used to verify the operational state of forwarding classes and their assigned queues on a specific interface on Junos?

Easy
234

Which command is used to clear dynamic MAC RADIUS authentication states and force a re-authentication on interface ge-0/0/5?

Easy
235

In a BGP confederation setup, two member ASNs (65001 and 65002) belong to a larger confederation AS (65100). When routes are advertised between these two member ASs, how is the AS path attribute handled?

Hard
236

Which RADIUS attribute is commonly used to assign a specific session timeout value to an 802.1X authenticated client on an EX Series switch?

Easy
237

Which THREE mechanisms are provided by Juniper switches running MSTP to protect against bridging loops caused by unidirectional link failures or misbehaving switches? (Choose three)

Hard
238

Which THREE diagnostic tools or show commands are useful when troubleshooting MAC RADIUS authentication failures on an EX Series switch? (Choose three)

Hard
239

You are configuring an EX3400 switch to support IP phones that require power redundancy. Which PoE management feature allows the switch to allocate power based on available PSU capacity while reserving a safety margin?

Medium
240

Which THREE parameters are typically included in an LLDP-MED network policy TLV for voice application? (Choose three.)

Medium
241

When configuring Power over Ethernet (PoE) on an EX Series switch, which THREE parameters can be explicitly managed or configured per interface? (Choose three)

Medium
242

Which THREE actions can be executed by a firewall filter policer when traffic exceeds the specified rate? (Choose three)

Medium
243

You are configuring MAC RADIUS authentication on an EX Series switch and want to ensure that devices failing MAC RADIUS are assigned to a restricted quarantine VLAN. Where is the quarantine VLAN configured for failed MAC RADIUS attempts?

Medium
244

An EX4300 switch is experiencing a PoE budget shortage, causing newly connected IP phones to be denied power. You need to change the PoE power management mode from the default to dynamic consumption-based allocation rather than static class-based allocation. Which command achieves this?

Medium
245

When configuring advanced VLAN mapping on a Juniper MX Series router using flexible VLAN tagging, which term describes the action of replacing an incoming inner VLAN tag with a new tag before forwarding into the provider core?

Easy
246

An enterprise network running VSTP (VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol) across Juniper EX Series switches experiences unexpected loops because a newly added switch does not participate in VSTP for VLAN 50. Upon investigation, you discover the VSTP BPDU multicast destination MAC address is being dropped by a third-party non-Juniper intermediate switch. What is the standard VSTP MAC address used for BPDU transmission?

Hard
247

Which THREE actions occur during the EVPN Designated Forwarder (DF) election process on a multi-homed Ethernet segment? (Choose three)

Hard
248

Which THREE attributes or conditions must be met for successful dynamic VLAN assignment via RADIUS during 802.1X authentication on Junos EX Series switches? (Choose three)

Hard
249

An 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?

Medium
250

An engineer is troubleshooting EVPN type 2 routes between two MX Series routers and notices that MAC addresses learned locally are not being advertised to the remote VTEP. Which command should the engineer use to verify that the EVPN instance is actively generating and exporting MAC-VRF routes?

Medium
251

An engineer needs to ensure that routes received from an external BGP peer are evaluated using multipath load balancing across different next hops. By default, Junos requires several conditions to be met for multipath. Which condition is mandatory for BGP multipath to consider two paths as valid candidates?

Medium
252

You are configuring captive portal on an EX Series switch using J-Web and CLI. Users are redirected to the captive portal page, but after successful authentication, they still cannot access the external network. Inspecting the routing table and firewall filters, what is the most likely reason for this post-authentication restriction?

Hard
253

An operator configures BGP attribute value manipulation using a Junos routing policy. Specifically, the policy uses 'as-path-action prepend' combined with community matching. When is this outbound policy evaluated relative to BGP route selection?

Hard
254

You need to ensure that delay-sensitive voice traffic is serviced before all other queues on an egress interface. Which scheduler property should you configure for the voice forwarding class?

Medium
255

Which THREE parameters must be configured when implementing captive portal on an EX Series switch? (Choose three)

Hard
256

You are configuring a Junos EVPN-VXLAN environment where Type-3 (Inclusive Multicast Ethernet Tag) routes are being exchanged. A remote MX router is failing to establish ingress replication tunnels because it does not import the Type-3 route. Which configuration statement under the routing-instance is missing or misconfigured?

Hard
257

Which THREE statements describe the behavior of LLDP-MED capability on Junos EX Series switches? (Choose three.)

Medium
258

You need to adjust the OSPF cost on a specific interface to manipulate path selection. Which command sets the OSPF cost on an interface?

Medium
259

A network engineer is configuring a Junos routing device to use BGP Prefix-Independent Convergence (PIC) edge for faster failover. What is the fundamental mechanism that enables BGP PIC to achieve sub-second convergence upon primary path failure?

Hard
260

An 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?

Hard
261

An engineer is configuring BGP route resolution and next-hop tracking in Junos. Which TWO circumstances will cause a BGP next hop to be marked as unresolved or unusable? (Choose two)

Hard
262

A 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?

Medium
263

When configuring a BGP route reflector cluster in Junos, which THREE guidelines or operational behaviors should an engineer keep in mind? (Choose THREE)

Medium
264

Which Junos configuration hierarchy is used to define an EVPN routing instance of type 'evpn'?

Easy
265

You are configuring an EX Series switch for 802.1X authentication. You want to ensure that if a supplicant fails authentication, the port is moved into a specific guest VLAN. Where is the guest VLAN referenced within the dot1x interface configuration?

Medium
266

When configuring OSPFv3, which Junos address-family hierarchy is used to enable OSPFv3 on an interface?

Easy
267

When troubleshooting EVPN control plane connectivity in Junos OS, which THREE commands provide essential diagnostic information regarding EVPN routing tables and peers? (Choose three)

Medium
268

You notice that an EX4300 switch power budget calculation is set to use 'class-based' allocation. What does this mean regarding how power is reserved for connected IP phones?

Medium
269

When designing a high-scale enterprise campus network using Juniper EX Series switches, which THREE best practices should be followed for Spanning Tree Protocol design? (Choose three)

Hard
270

An administrator wants to verify LLDP and LLDP-MED operation on an EX Series switch. Which THREE operational commands provide relevant diagnostic information? (Choose three.)

Hard
271

Which TWO actions occur by default on a Junos EX Series switch port when an IP phone successfully negotiates its voice VLAN using LLDP-MED? (Choose two)

Hard
272

An enterprise network uses 802.1X authentication with dynamic VLAN assignment on EX Series switches. A client authenticates, and the RADIUS server returns both a VLAN name and a set of dynamic firewall filter names via RADIUS attributes (Filter-Id). When the client connects, the VLAN assignment works perfectly, but the firewall filters are not applied to the interface. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
273

You are configuring voice VLANs on an EX2300 switch. You want to ensure that untagged frames entering the interface are placed into the data VLAN, while frames generated by the attached IP phone are tagged with VLAN 50. Which CLI configuration snippet correctly achieves this?

Medium
274

You are deploying a new IP telephony network on an EX4300 switch. The voice VLAN must be automatically communicated to connected IP phones using LLDP-MED. Which configuration parameter under system services lldp med fast-start-repeat-count must you configure to ensure rapid initial device discovery?

Medium
275

Which Junos command displays the status of all captive portal sessions currently active on an EX Series switch?

Easy
276

You are integrating an EVPN-VXLAN fabric with an existing MPLS L3VPN backbone using a data center gateway. Which route type allows seamless translation and communication of prefix routes between the EVPN instance and the IP-VRF MPLS VPN backbone?

Hard
277

You are troubleshooting voice quality issues on an IP phone connected to an EX Series switch. You suspect that the switch is not trusting the DSCP markings (DSCP 46) sent by the IP phone. Which Junos class-of-service (CoS) configuration ensures that incoming voice traffic DSCP bits are trusted at the ingress interface?

Medium
278

An administrator needs to enable BPDU protection on edge access ports in a VSTP environment to prevent loops caused by unauthorized switches. Which command under 'protocols vstp' accomplishes this globally or per-interface?

Easy
279

Which THREE types of information can be examined using the command 'show class-of-service interface' on a Junos device? (Choose three)

Medium
280

An 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?

Medium
281

Which TWO configuration statements are required when setting up an MSTP region on a Juniper EX Series switch? (Choose two)

Medium
282

An IP phone connected to an EX4300 switch is assigned to voice VLAN 50 via LLDP-MED. However, when a PC is plugged into the IP phone's pass-through port, the PC cannot obtain an IP address via DHCP. The switch port is configured with interface-mode access and a native VLAN for data. What is the most likely root cause?

Medium
283

An 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?

Medium
284

When configuring centralized gateway or distributed gateway routing models in an EVPN-VXLAN environment, how does a distributed gateway using Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interfaces operate regarding default gateway functionality?

Hard
285

You have configured a custom scheduler map, but traffic in the best-effort queue is being starved during periods of heavy congestion. Which scheduler parameter should you adjust to guarantee a minimum bandwidth for this queue?

Medium
286

A Junos router is configured with BGP path selection, and multiple paths arrive with different MED values. Under what specific condition does Junos compare the MED values of paths from different autonomous systems during route selection?

Hard
287

Which THREE methods can be used on Junos devices to influence inbound BGP traffic selection from external ASNs? (Choose three)

Medium
288

When configuring EVPN multi-homing in all-active mode, which THREE key components or concepts must be properly established across the PE routers? (Choose three)

Medium
289

An administrator is reviewing the BGP route selection process on a Junos device and notices that two paths have identical weights, local preferences, AS path lengths, origins, and MEDs. Which tie-breaking criterion does Junos evaluate next in the BGP route selection algorithm?

Easy
290

Which TWO conditions must be met when configuring strict priority queuing for a forwarding class in Junos? (Choose two)

Hard
291

An enterprise network runs MSTP across an EX Series core. An administrator wants to ensure that a specific core port never becomes the root port for any MSTI, protecting the upstream core path. Which command achieves this?

Hard
292

An enterprise network uses IP phones that require LLDP-MED to receive voice VLAN information. However, security policy dictates that LLDP should be disabled on all user-facing access ports that do not have IP phones. Which configuration statement disables LLDP on a per-interface basis?

Hard
293

You are redistributing static routes into OSPF on a Junos device and want to assign a specific metric type to the resulting External LSAs. Where is this metric-type defined?

Medium
294

Which BGP address family must be enabled under the BGP neighbor configuration to exchange EVPN routes between PE routers?

Easy
295

An 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?

Hard
296

An engineer is troubleshooting a large-scale enterprise network with multiple MSTP regions connected by a legacy RSTP region. How do boundary switches running MSTP interact with RSTP switches on shared segments?

Hard
297

An IP phone connected to an EX4600 switch fails to power up. You run show poe interface ge-0/0/1 and find the status displays 'Hardware error'. What is the most appropriate troubleshooting step?

Hard
298

Which THREE conditions must be met for an EX Series switch to successfully supply PoE power to an attached IP phone? (Choose three.)

Hard
299

Which TWO of the following statements accurately describe EVPN Route Type 2 (MAC/IP Advertisement Route)? (Choose two)

Hard
300

A network engineer has configured BGP multipath on a Junos routing device using the 'multipath' statement under the routing-options bgp hierarchy. However, traffic is still only utilizing a single path. Which condition must be met for BGP multipath to become active for a destination prefix?

Medium
301

An engineer configures an EVPN instance with multiple bridge domains. Each bridge domain requires a unique VNI. Where are the VNI values mapped to their respective bridge domains in Junos OS?

Medium
302

Which TWO of the following statements correctly describe the operation and benefits of EVPN MAC mobility? (Choose two)

Medium
303

When configuring VXLAN data plane encapsulation inside an EVPN routing instance on Junos OS, which logical interface type must be bound to the bridge domain to provide VXLAN VNI mapping?

Easy
304

Which IPv4 address is assigned as the all-systems multicast group address, used by routers to query all hosts on a local subnet?

Easy
305

An enterprise deploys 802.1X with dynamic VLAN assignment. When a user authenticates, the RADIUS server returns the correct VLAN name, but the switch places the port into a different VLAN. Upon checking the switch, you find that the VLAN name returned by RADIUS does not match any VLAN configured in the local 'vlans' configuration hierarchy. How does Junos OS handle this discrepancy?

Hard
306

An enterprise network engineer needs to configure a trunk port on a Juniper EX Series switch running Junos OS to allow multiple VLANs while explicitly blocking VLAN 99. Which configuration statement under 'interfaces ge-0/0/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching' correctly achieves this?

Easy
307

Which THREE conditions must be met for a Junos routing device to consider two BGP paths as valid candidates for multipath load balancing when standard multipath is configured? (Choose three)

Medium
308

You are configuring OSPF database overflow protection to prevent a router from running out of memory due to an excessive number of external LSAs in the LSDB. Which configuration enables this feature globally?

Hard
309

You are troubleshooting an IP phone that is failing to learn its assigned voice VLAN via LLDP-MED from an EX4600 switch. You run show lldp interface ge-0/0/5 and verify LLDP is active. However, the phone's voice VLAN ID TLV is missing from the neighbor information. Which configuration command under the interface must be verified to ensure voice VLAN advertisements are properly transmitted?

Hard
310

An OSPF area in your network contains multiple ABRs. You need to suppress the generation of Type-4 summary LSAs into a totally stubby area. How does Junos handle this natively?

Hard
311

You are configuring an OSPF NSSA and want to suppress the translation of Type-7 LSAs into Type-5 LSAs on one of the ABRs because another ABR is already performing the translation. Which statement is used?

Hard
312

An 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?

Medium
313

A network administrator wants to advertise an aggregate BGP route while suppressing the more specific component routes from being sent to external peers. Which Junos routing-options configuration achieves this?

Medium
314

You need to configure OSPFv2 graceful restart as a helper on a Junos router to assist neighboring routers during their routing engine switchover. Which command enables helper mode?

Hard
315

Which protocol version introduces explicit source inclusion and exclusion lists (TO_EX, TO_IN, IS_IN, IS_EX) in membership reports?

Easy
316

You are configuring selective Q-in-Q stacking on an MX Series router. Unlike standard Q-in-Q where all customer VLANs are encapsulated into a single provider VLAN, selective Q-in-Q allows you to map specific customer VLAN ranges to different provider VLANs. Which configuration element enables this granularity?

Medium
317

An 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)

Hard
318

You are troubleshooting an OSPF network where virtual links are deployed to connect a non-backbone area to Area 0 across a transit area. Which statement is true regarding virtual link configuration in Junos?

Hard
319

An administrator notices that broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast (BUM) traffic sent from a local host is looping back to the originating multi-homed PE when using an all-active Ethernet segment. Which mechanism prevents this loop in EVPN?

Medium
320

You are configuring an EX Series switch to use MAC RADIUS authentication. You notice that when devices connect, the switch sends authentication requests, but the accounting start packets are not being sent. What configuration is missing?

Medium
321

You are configuring a captive portal on an EX Series switch. You want to ensure that specific management traffic and critical server subnets are accessible to clients *before* they authenticate through the captive portal. Which configuration feature accomplishes this?

Medium
322

Which THREE parameters are part of the standard Junos BGP route selection algorithm prior to evaluating the router ID? (Choose three)

Medium
323

Which command is used to view LLDP-MED specific neighbor details, including device type, capabilities, and network policies on an EX Series switch?

Easy
324

You want to apply a rewrite rule on an outgoing interface to remark the DSCP bits of packets leaving your Juniper router. Where must this rewrite rule be applied within the CoS hierarchy?

Medium
325

An administrator configures a scheduler map with a transmit-rate of percent 20 for a queue, but the total sum of transmit-rates in the map equals 110%. How does Junos handle this configuration?

Hard
326

You are troubleshooting an issue where an 802.1X supplicant on a Windows client fails to connect to an EX Series switch port. The switch logs show 'EAPOL-TIMEOUT' errors. What does this error indicate?

Medium
327

An administrator notices that LLDP neighbors are failing to populate on an EX Series switch interface. Which THREE troubleshooting steps should be performed? (Choose three.)

Hard
328

A network designer needs to implement BGP route reflection where multiple route reflectors are deployed in the same cluster to provide redundancy. What parameter must be identical across all route reflectors in that same cluster to prevent routing loops?

Medium
329

Which TWO options are valid authentication methods that can be specified in the 'authentication-order' statement on an EX Series switch interface? (Choose two)

Medium
330

You need to design a scalable Layer 2 architecture across multiple data center buildings using Juniper switches, avoiding single points of failure while preventing bridging loops. Which scaling mechanism allows Active-Active multihoming without running Spanning Tree Protocol across the core?

Hard
331

An administrator configures BGP dampening on a Junos router to mitigate the impact of flapping routes. When a route exceeds the reuse threshold after being suppressed, what happens to its penalty value?

Medium
332

What is the default behavior of an EX Series switch when an LLDP-MED capable IP phone connects and requests a network policy for voice VLAN?

Easy

Frequently asked questions

What does the troubleshooting domain cover on the JNCIP-ENT exam?
troubleshooting questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
How many questions are in this domain?
This page lists all 332 troubleshooting questions in the JNCIP-ENT question bank. The actual exam draws from this domain proportionally to its weighting in the official exam blueprint.
What is the best way to practise this domain?
Start with a short focused session (10 questions) to identify gaps, then work through explanations. Repeat with a longer session once the weak areas feel solid.
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Yes — the session launcher on this page filters questions to this domain only. Choose any session length for inline explanations and scoring.