3. Describe the Function of Common Networking Components (such as Switches, Routers, Firewalls, and Load Balancers) 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–37

1. 36expert · hard

   A company has a firewall that filters traffic based on source and destination IP addresses and ports. The firewall is placed between the internet and a web server. The web server also needs to be accessed by internal users on the LAN. The firewall has a rule that allows HTTPS from the internet to the web server. Internal users can access the web server directly because the firewall is not in the path. What is the most likely reason?

   • AThe firewall has a rule that allows internal traffic
   • BThe firewall is not enforcing the rule for internal traffic
   • CThe firewall is only filtering traffic that passes through it
   • DThe firewall is configured in transparent mode
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2. 37application · medium

   A company runs an online service with multiple application servers. The servers are placed behind a load balancer. The load balancer is configured to use a round-robin algorithm. Recently, one of the servers has been experiencing performance issues and is responding slowly. What is the most effective way to prevent the load balancer from sending new requests to the unhealthy server?

   • AConfigure a health check on the load balancer that marks the server as down if it fails to respond within a timeout
   • BAdd more servers to the load balancer pool
   • CChange the load-balancing algorithm to least connections
   • DConfigure the firewall to block traffic to the unhealthy server
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