A medium-sized business has a single building with 10 VLANs. The network currently uses a router-on-a-stick design, but the router's CPU is peaking during peak hours. The business wants to improve performance without replacing the router. The switches are Layer 2 only. Which option best addresses the performance issue?

Move all devices into a single VLAN to eliminate inter-VLAN routing.

Implement a network controller to manage the existing switches.

Add a second router and split the VLANs between the two routers.

Replace the Layer 2 switches with Layer 3 switches and configure SVIs for inter-VLAN routing.

A company's intrusion prevention system (IPS) has been detecting and blocking a series of SQL injection attempts against its web server. The security team wants to add another layer of defense that can also inspect and filter traffic based on application identity and user, not just signature-based attacks. Which additional component should be deployed?

Another IPS with more signatures

Next-generation firewall (NGFW)

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A medium-sized business has a single building with 10 VLANs. The network currently uses a router-on-a-stick design, but the router's CPU is peaking during peak hours. The business wants to improve performance without replacing the router. The switches are Layer 2 only. Which option best addresses the performance issue?
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2application · medium
A university has 200 access points and 50 switches across multiple buildings. The IT team wants to push a new SSID configuration to all APs and apply the same VLAN configuration to all switches without visiting each device. Which component should be used?
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3application · medium
A company's intrusion prevention system (IPS) has been detecting and blocking a series of SQL injection attempts against its web server. The security team wants to add another layer of defense that can also inspect and filter traffic based on application identity and user, not just signature-based attacks. Which additional component should be deployed?
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What information does a Layer 2 switch use to forward frames within a LAN?
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5application · medium
A company has two buildings connected by a routed WAN link. Each building has its own LAN with multiple VLANs. Users in Building A need to access a server in Building B. Which device is required to forward traffic between the two buildings?
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1.1 Explain the Role and Function of Network Components 200-301 Practice Questions (Page 1)

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A university has 200 access points and 50 switches across multiple buildings. The IT team wants to push a new SSID configuration to all APs and apply the same VLAN configuration to all switches without visiting each device. Which component should be used?

What information does a Layer 2 switch use to forward frames within a LAN?

A company has two buildings connected by a routed WAN link. Each building has its own LAN with multiple VLANs. Users in Building A need to access a server in Building B. Which device is required to forward traffic between the two buildings?

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