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400-007 Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE v3.1) Questions and Answers

Questions 4

What are two descriptions of network optimization? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Maintain high availability

B.

Proactive network management

C.

Network redesign

D.

Network health maintenance

E.

Identify network requirements

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Questions 5

An engineer must redesign the QoS strategy for Company XYZ The current network is experiencing many dropped packets due to oversubscription of the guaranteed bandwidth allocated by the service provider Company XYZ wants a design with a QoS strategy that controls the traffic flow leaving the Edge router to minimize packet drops Which QoS technique can be recommended as a solution?

Options:

A.

LLQ

B.

rate-Limiting

C.

policing

D.

traffic shaping

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Questions 6

What is the most important operational driver when building a resilient and secure modular network design?

Options:

A.

Reduce the frequency of failures requiring human intervention

B.

Minimize app downtime

C.

Increase time spent on developing new features

D.

Dependencies on hardware or software that is difficult to scale

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Questions 7

which two actions must be taken when assessing an existing wireless network implementation for its readliness to support voice traffic? (choose two)

Options:

A.

Validate antenna settings on APs

B.

Verify that RX level are not above -6WBm.

C.

Analyze typical roaming delays.

D.

Identify frequent TX power changes.

E.

Check for high channel utilization

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Questions 8

Which two statements describe network automation and network orchestration? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

Network orchestration is done through programmatic REST APIs enabling automation across devices and management platforms

B.

Network automation does not provide governance or policy management

C.

Network orchestration is used to run single, low-level tasks without human intervention

D.

Network automation spans multiple network services, vendors and environments

E.

Provisioning network services is an example of network automation

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Questions 9

400-007 Question 9

Refer to the table. A customer investigates connectivity options for a DCI between two production data centers to aid a large-scale migration project. The migration is estimated to take 20 months to complete but might extend an additional 10 months if issues arise. All connectivity options meet the requirements to migrate workloads.

Which transport technology provides the best ROI based on cost and flexibility?

Options:

A.

CWDM over dark fiber

B.

MPLS

C.

DWDM over dark fiber

D.

Metro Ethernet

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Questions 10

Company XYZ has implemented policy-based routing in their network. Which potential problem must be kept in mind about network reconvergence and PBR?

Options:

A.

It can limit network scalability

B.

It can create microloops during reconvergence.

C.

It increases convergence time.

D.

It reduces convergence time.

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Questions 11

A company with an existing multivendor network is moving from 1 G dark fiber to an ISP virtual leased-line solution The company ' s internal security policy states that any traffic traversing a network that is not owned by the company must be encrypted What must be used to meet the requirements?

Options:

A.

IPsec AH

B.

Dynamic Multipoint VPN tunnel

C.

IPsec ESP

D.

GETVPN tunnel

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Questions 12

An enterprise wants to provide low-cost delivery of network systems that can be scaled on business demand, followed by an initiative to reduce capital expenses for new IT equipment Which technology meets these goals?

Options:

A.

IaaS within a private cloud

B.

IaaS within an on-premises location

C.

PaaS within a public cloud

D.

SaaS within an on-premises location

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Questions 13

Which development model is closely associated with Agile project management?

Options:

A.

static model

B.

evolutionary delivery model

C.

lifecycle model

D.

starfish model

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Questions 14

Which two statements describe the functionality of OSPF packet-pacing timers? (Choose two )

Options:

A.

The group-pacing timer controls the interval that is used for group and individual LSA refreshment

B.

OSPF flood-pacing timers allow dynamic control of the OSPF transmission queue size

C.

OSPF retransmission-pacing timers allow control of interpacket spacing between consecutive link-state update packets in the OSPF retransmission queue

D.

OSPF retransmission-pacing timers allow control of packet interleaving between nonconsecutive link-state update packets in the OSPF retransmission queue

E.

OSPF flood-pacing timers allow control of interpacket spacing between consecutive link-state update packets in the OSPF transmission queue

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Questions 15

What are two parameters that can be leveraged by SAML in mixed private/public cloud environments by using identity and asset management? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

unified directories

B.

policy-based tokens

C.

link federations

D.

identity federations

E.

multifactor hard tokens

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Questions 16

Modem IT departments are more service oriented than they used to be To meet the needs oí their customers. IT departments are spending more time analyzing and documenting their processes for delivering services A focus on processes helps to ensure effective service delivery and to avoid wasted expenditures on technology that doesn ' t provide a needed service What defines frameworks and processes that can help an organization match the delivery of IT services with the business needs of the organization?

Options:

A.

IT Service Management

B.

remedy management

C.

IT helpdesk

D.

service desk monitoring

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Questions 17

Which service abstracts away the management of the operating system, middleware, and runtime?

Options:

A.

PaaS

B.

MaaS

C.

laaS

D.

SaaS

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Questions 18

Company XYZ was not satisfied with the reconvergence time OSPF is taking BFD was implemented to try to reduce the reconvergence time, but the network is still experiencing delays when having to reconverge Which technology will improve the design?

Options:

A.

OSPF fast hellos

B.

BFD echo

C.

Change the protocol to BGP

D.

Change the OSPF hello and dead intervals

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Questions 19

In the wake of a security compromise incident where the internal networks were breached by an outside attacker at the perimeter of the infrastructure, an enterprise is now evaluating potential measures that can help protect against the same type of incident in the future. What are two design options that can be employed? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

microzoning

B.

segmentation

C.

domain fencing

D.

virtualization

E.

microperimeters

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Questions 20

A centralized control plane generally means one or more controllers gather the reachability and topology information from each switching device and calculate some part of the forwarding information at some place. How can a centralized control plane be defined or described?

Options:

A.

ability to detect and react to changes remotely at each device

B.

set of processes running in a virtual or physical machine

C.

protocol running on each device

D.

set of algorithms implemented on all devices

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Questions 21

The first step to building en A! strategy is understanding how it helps achieve business goals and objectives Al-first scorecard is an assessment of your organization ' s readiness to adopt and integrate AI technologies to gauge your capabilities and align stakeholders. Which scorecard is useful to understand whether the organization ' s digital infrastructure is strong enough to ensure seamless, standardized data flow between systems with optimal performance?

Options:

A.

Transfer Capabilities

B.

Data Adoption

C.

Al Architecture

D.

Data Governance

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Questions 22

Which type of interface are OpenFlow and OpFlex?

Options:

A.

southbound interface

B.

eastbound interface

C.

cloud-bound interface

D.

northbound interface

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Questions 23

If the desire is to connect virtual network functions together to accommodate different types of

network service connectivity, what must be deployed?

Options:

A.

Bridging

B.

Service Chaining

C.

Linking

D.

Daisy Chaining

E.

Switching

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Questions 24

In a multi-cloud environment, which two practices should be implemented to safeguard the integrity of Al-driven network decisions? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

executing real-time change monitoring for all Al model modifications and setups across cloud platforms

B.

employing a centralized Al control plane to oversee and supervise all machine learning models in the cloud

C.

implementing machine learning models exclusively within isolated, on-premises data centers to mitigate cloud vulnerabilities

D.

employing federated learning to guarantee data privacy and integrity across multiple cloud environments

E.

implementing rigorous network segmentation among cloud providers to avert cross-cloud data leaks

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Questions 25

Which technique facilitates analytics and knowledge discovery in big data systems to recognize hidden and complex patterns?

Options:

A.

predictive monitoring

B.

deep learning

C.

traffic classification

D.

network mobility

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Questions 26

Indicate the nature of automation and orchestration tasks by dragging the tasks on the left to the corresponding category on the right in no particular order.

400-007 Question 26

Options:

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Questions 27

An Agile for Infrastructure transition often means dismantling traditional IT hierarchies and rebuilding it to align with business objectives and workflows Organizations are seeing the benefits of using automation tools in the network such as faster more efficient more effective delivery of products and services. Which two components help increasing overall productivity and improve company culture? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

dedicated infrastructure

B.

controlled infrastructure

C.

DevOps practices

D.

Agile code practices

E.

infrastructure-as-code

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Questions 28

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is designing the network for a multihomed customer running in AS 111 does not have any other Ass connected to it. Which technology is more comprehensive to use in the design to make sure that the AS is not being used as a transit AS?

Options:

A.

Configure the AS-set attribute to allow only routes from AS 111 to be propagated to the neighbor ASs.

B.

Use the local preference attribute to configure your AS as a " non-transit " AS.

C.

Include an AS path access list to send routes to the neighboring ASs that only have AS 111 in the AS path field.

D.

Include a prefix list to only receive routes from neighboring ASs.

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Questions 29

400-007 Question 29

Refer to the exhibit A solution architect is tasked with designing a quick fault detection and convergence solution based on a set of requirements

•Due to the use of voice applications, users must ideally not experience traffic disruption in excess of 100 milliseconds in case of link or node failures in OSPF area 100. •The enterprise requires the network to be highly available

•Traffic must quickly switch to another path without waiting for the OSPF dead interval to kick in What can be included in the design in order to meet these requirements?

Options:

A.

Make OSPF peers use BFD and set the BFD timers to an appropriate value.

B.

Enable IP SLA tracking with next hop to OSPF peer

C.

Use fault propagation timers specified in milliseconds for the OSPF SPF algorithm.

D.

Adjust SPF delay and LSA interval timers in OSPF protocol.

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Questions 30

What are two advantages of the Agile project management methodology? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

brief but detailed feedback loops

B.

extensive documentation

C.

well-detailed and reliable budget estimates

D.

creation of shippable enhancements

E.

tight and rigid model

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Questions 31

To provide network resilience organizations need to adopt a holistic approach that includes several key practices and technologies What are two effective ways to enhance network resilience by providing backup and alternative options to maintain network functionality?

Options:

A.

scalability

B.

flexibility

C.

recovery

D.

diversity

E.

redundancy

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Questions 32

A software-defined network can be defined as a network with an API that allows applications to understand and react to the state of the network in near real time A vendor is building an SDN solution that exposes an API to the RIB and potentially the forwarding engine directly The solution provides off-box processes with the capability to interact with the routing table in the same way as a distributed routing process Which SDN framework model does the solution use?

Options:

A.

replace

B.

augmented

C.

hybrid

D.

distributed

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Questions 33

Software-defined networking architecture is used for cost-effective, adaptable, and easily manageable applications. In which two software-defined networks is SDN commonly used? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

control network

B.

mobile network

C.

metro network

D.

application network

E.

wide area network

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Questions 34

An enterprise service provider is planning to migrate the customer network to MPLS to connect cloud applications The customer network team and service provider team are analyzing all process (tows before live migration and implementation Before planning the migration, what is a crucial task that must be executed?

Options:

A.

real-time process monitoring and maintenance

B.

impact forecasts and risk analysis

C.

application packaging and deployment

D.

impact analysis and application refactoring

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Questions 35

Which two factors must be considered while calculating the RTO? (Choose two . )

Options:

A.

Cost of lost data and operations

B.

how often backups are taken and how quickly these can be restored

C.

importance and priority of individual systems

D.

maximum tolerable amount of data loss that the organization can sustain

E.

steps needed to mitigate or recover from a disaster

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Questions 36

A network architect is working on the baseline policies dealing with the use of Infrastructure-as-Code within an IT department, and has been requested to present the plan at the monthly management board meeting. What are two examples of operational aspects of Infrastructure-as-Code that can be highlighted during the presentation? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

API for programmatic control

B.

automatic trouble ticketing

C.

automated workflows

D.

source code management repository

E.

telemetry and monitoring

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Questions 37

Company XYZ wants to implement an IPS device to detect and block well-known attacks against their network They want a design solution where all packets that are forwarded to the network are checked against a signature database before being allowed through This check must be done with the minimum effect on performance Which design is recommended?

Options:

A.

Deploy an IPS behind the firewall in in-line mode.

B.

Deploy an IPS in front of the firewall in in-line mode.

C.

Deploy an IPS behind the firewall in promiscuous mode.

D.

Deploy an IPS in front of the firewall in promiscuous mode.

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Questions 38

What are the two benefits of using northbound APIs in SDN architecture? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

They provide a way to manage the SDN and configure network policies

B.

They connect the SDN controller to the underlying network devices.

C.

They provide a way for the SDN controller to communicate with network devices

D.

They provide, a way for the SDN to control change management

E.

They connective SDN controller to higher-level management, systems

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Questions 39

400-007 Question 39

Reter to the exhibit This network is running OSPF and EIGRP as the routing protocols Mutual redistribution of the routing protocols has been contoured on the appropriate ASBRs The OSPF network must be designed so that flapping routes m EIGRP domains do not affect the SPF runs within OSPF The design solution must not affect the way EIGRP routes are propagated into the EIGRP domains Which technique accomplishes the requirement?

Options:

A.

route summarization on the ASBR interfaces facing the OSPF domain

B.

route summarization on the appropriate ASBRs

C.

route summarization on the appropriate ABRs

D.

route summarization on EIGRP routers connecting toward the ASBR

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Questions 40

The Enterprise Edge infrastructure modules aggregate the connectivity from the various elements outside the campus—using various services and WAN technologies as needed typicaly provisioned from service providers and route the traffic into the Campus Core layer The Enterprise Edge modules perform security functions when enterprise resources connect across public networks and the internet Drag and drop the network device types from the left onto the corresponding modules on the right Not all options are used

400-007 Question 40

Options:

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Questions 41

Most security monitoring systems use a signature-based approach to detect threats. In which two instances are systems based on Network Behavior Anomaly Detection better than signature-based systems when it comes to detecting security threat vectors? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

encrypted threat traffic

B.

spyware detection

C.

malware detection

D.

new zero-day attacks

E.

intrusion threat detection

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Questions 42

Which hybrid cloud environment enables businesses to more readily stage data-intensive and time-sensitive tasks closer to the source, which reduces latency, eases networking requirements, and improves data protection?

Options:

A.

edge computing

B.

application migration

C.

digital transformation

D.

distributed data processing

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Questions 43

A multinational enterprise integrates a cloud solution with these objectives

Achieve seamless connectivity across different countries and regions

Extend data center and private clouds into public clouds and provider-hosted clouds

What are two outcomes of deploying data centers and fabrics that interconnect different cloud networks? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

Enhanced security

B.

Data and network ownership

C.

Ability to place workloads across clouds

D.

Centralized visibility

E.

Unidirectional workload mobility across the cloud

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Questions 44

A network uses an SDN architecture with switches and a centralized controller What should be on the switches but not on the controller?

Options:

A.

control plane functions

B.

data plane functions

C.

northbound interface

D.

a southbound interface

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Questions 45

Which aspect of BGP-LS makes it scalable in large network when multiarea topology information must be gathered?

Options:

A.

Transmit flow control

B.

Open-loop flow control

C.

Hardware flow control

D.

TCP-based flow control

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Questions 46

monitoring solution, an organization wants to ensure they can collect feedback from network devices, particularly with a focus on being able to perform anomaly detection and automatically react to these events as they come m A key requirement is that the resources required to collect the data must be distributed Which data reporting approach is good fit for this use case?

Options:

A.

model-driven monitoring

B.

pull-based methodology

C.

data-flow monitoring

D.

streaming tele

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Questions 47

Which action must be taken before new VoIP systems are implemented on a network to ensure that the network is ready to handle the traffic?

Options:

A.

Enable special requirements such as direct DID lines on pickup.

B.

Make recommendations to limit the size of the half-open session table on routers.

C.

Evaluate bandwidth utilization and connection quality.

D.

Check if anomaly detection is enabled for SIP and H.323 on Layer 3 devices.

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Questions 48

What is the best approach to ensure both scalability and high availability for a cloud-based storage solution over the IP network?

Options:

A.

Using a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) setup to provide data redundancy and improve performance.

B.

Deploying a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to cache and serve frequently accessed storage content.

C.

Implementing Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices in a clustered configuration for load balancing.

D.

Utilizing a Storage Area Network (SAN) with redundant controllers and paths for storage access.

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Questions 49

Company XYZ is running SNMPvl in their network and understands that it has some flaws They want to change the security design to implement SNMPv3 in the network Which network threat is SNMPv3 effective against?

Options:

A.

DDoS attack

B.

brute force dictionary attack

C.

masquerade threats

D.

man-in-the-middle attack

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Questions 50

Refer to the exhibit. This network is running legacy STP 802.1 d. Assuming " hello_timer " is fixed to 2 seconds, which parameters can be modified to speed up convergence times after single link/node failure?

Options:

A.

The transit_delay = 5 and bpdu_delay = 20 are recommended values, considering hello_timer = 2 and specified diameter.

B.

Only the maximum_transmission_halt_delay and diameter parameters are configurable parameters in 802.1d to speed up STP convergence process.

C.

The max_age and forward_delay parameters can be adjusted to speed up STP convergence process.

D.

Only the transit_delay and bpdu_delay timers are configurable parameters in 802.1d to speed up STP convergence process.

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Questions 51

400-007 Question 51

Refer to the exhibit. A customer needs to implement a connectivity model by using one active link for inbound and outbound traffic and a second link for backup. The backup link is low speed and is required only during outages of the primary link. Which design solution should be implemented?

Options:

A.

Advertise a longer AS PATH to ISP 2. Increase the MED to ISP 2.

B.

Advertise more specific routes to ISP 1. Increase the local preference attribute of inbound BGP from ISP1.

C.

Advertise less specific routes to ISP 2. Increase the AS PATH inbound from ISP 1.

D.

Advertise a higher local preference to ISP 2. Increase the AS PATH inbound from ISP 1.

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Questions 52

Company XYZ network runs IPv4 and IPv6 and they want to Introduce a multidomain, multicast-based network. The new design should use a flavor of PIM that forwards traffic using SPT. Which technology meets this requirement?

Options:

A.

BIDIR-PIM

B.

PIM-SM

C.

PIM-SSM

D.

PIM-DM

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Questions 53

What are two primary design constraints when a robust infrastructure solution is created? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

monitoring capabilities

B.

project time frame

C.

staff experience

D.

component availability

E.

total cost

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Questions 54

Drag and drop the design characteristics from the left onto the correct network filter techniques on the right. Not all options are used.

400-007 Question 54

Options:

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Questions 55

Which undesired effect of increasing the jitter compensation buffer is true?

Options:

A.

The overall transport jitter decreases and quality improves

B.

The overall transport jitter increases and quality issues can occur.

C.

The overall transport delay increases and quality issues can occur.

D.

The overall transport delay decreases and quality improves.

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Questions 56

The development of a connected ecosystem of devices reflects manufacturers ' heightened focus on internal needs and issues as they work to increase product resiliency and improve customer experience In which two ways can network visibility contribute to resilient software defined networking? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

by prioritizing critical applications

B.

by detecting and preventing network issues early

C.

by ensuring reliability by static architecture

D.

by abstracting traffic patterns from operators

E.

by reducing costs by removing low-priority traffic

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Questions 57

Which interface between the controller and the networking device enables the two to communicate and allows the controller to program the data plane forwarding tables of the networking device?

Options:

A.

Controller interface

B.

Southbound interface

C.

Application programming interface

D.

Northbound interface

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Questions 58

risk is a major determining factor in whether a company chooses to go with a public cloud, a private, or a hybrid of both. what are two factors that impact the decision on which cloud service placement model to use? (choose two)

Options:

A.

cross zone redundancy

B.

regulation

C.

organization skills

D.

legacy architectures

E.

data ownership

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Questions 59

An enterprise requires MPLS connected branches to access cloud-based Microsoft 365 services over an SD-WAN solution. Internet access Is available only at dual regional hub sites that are connected to the MPLS network. Which connectivity method provides an optimum access method to the cloud-based services If one ISP suffers loss or latency?

Options:

A.

Cloud onRamp gateway site

B.

Cloud onRamp SWG

C.

Cloud onRamp

D.

Cloud onRamp SaaS

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Questions 60

If the desire is to connect virtual network functions together to accommodate different types of network service connectivity, what must be deployed?

Options:

A.

daisy chaining

B.

linking

C.

service chaining

D.

bridging

E.

switching

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Questions 61

As more links are added to the network, information and attributes related to the link is added to the control plane, meaning every link that gets added will slow down the convergence of the control plane by some measurable amount of time As a result when additional redundancy is built or added the MTTR will increase too Which risk increases along with the increased MTTR?

Options:

A.

management visibility

B.

slower data plane convergence

C.

overlapping outages

D.

topology change detection

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Exam Code: 400-007
Exam Name: Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE v3.1)
Last Update: Apr 19, 2026
Questions: 206

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