4.5 Describe the Use of Syslog Features, Including Facilities and Severity Levels 200-301 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A network administrator has configured a Cisco router to send syslog messages to a remote server. After the configuration, the administrator notices that the router is not sending any messages to the server. The router's logging is enabled, and the server is reachable. What is the most likely cause?

   • AThe logging trap level is set to 0, so only emergency messages are sent.
   • BThe router's clock is not synchronized, so messages are not timestamped.
   • CThe router's logging buffer is full.
   • DThe logging host is configured with the wrong port number.
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2. 7application · medium

   A network administrator is troubleshooting a router that intermittently drops OSPF neighbor adjacencies. The administrator wants to receive immediate notification of these events and also wants to be able to query the router's current OSPF neighbor state on demand. Which approach best satisfies both requirements?

   • AConfigure syslog to send all OSPF messages to a central server
   • BConfigure SNMP traps for OSPF events and use SNMP GET requests to poll neighbor state
   • CEnable logging console and monitor the console output
   • DUse NetFlow to capture OSPF traffic and analyze it later
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4. 8foundation · easy

   What is the effect of the command 'logging trap warnings' on a Cisco IOS device?

   • AIt sends all messages with severity level 4 and higher (levels 0-4) to the syslog server
   • BIt disables all syslog logging to remote servers
   • CIt sends only messages with severity level 4 (Warnings) to the syslog server
   • DIt sends only messages with severity level 5 (Notifications) to the syslog server
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5. 9foundation · easy

   What information is typically included in a standard syslog message sent from a Cisco device?

   • ACPU usage, memory usage, and interface bandwidth statistics
   • BSource IP address, destination IP address, protocol, and port number
   • CUsername, password, and authentication method
   • DTimestamp, facility, severity, and message text
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6. 10application · medium

   A network engineer is configuring a Cisco switch to send syslog messages to a central log server at 192.168.10.50. The engineer wants to capture all messages from severity 4 (warnings) and higher, but wants to exclude lower-severity informational and debugging messages. Which configuration command should be applied on the switch?

   • Alogging trap 4
   • Blogging trap 7
   • Clogging trap 0
   • Dlogging trap warnings
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