Describe BGP Operations SONIC-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A network engineer is monitoring a BGP session on a Dell SONiC switch and observes that the session is stuck in the Active state. What does this indicate?

   • AThe switch is actively trying to connect to the remote peer but has not yet established a TCP connection.
   • BThe switch has received an UPDATE message and is processing the routes.
   • CThe switch has established a TCP connection and is sending an OPEN message.
   • DThe switch has received an OPEN message and is waiting for a KEEPALIVE message.
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2. 7expert · hard

   A network engineer is monitoring a BGP session on a Dell SONiC switch and observes that the session is stuck in the OpenConfirm state. What does this indicate?

   • AThe switch has received an UPDATE message and is processing the routes.
   • BThe switch is actively trying to connect to the remote peer but has not yet established a TCP connection.
   • CThe switch has established a TCP connection and is sending an OPEN message.
   • DThe switch has sent and received OPEN messages and is waiting for a KEEPALIVE message.
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4. 8foundation · easy

   Which BGP attribute is used to tag routes for policy-based actions such as filtering or preference?

   • ANEXT_HOP
   • BLOCAL_PREF
   • CAS_PATH
   • DCommunity
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5. 9foundation · easy

   Which statement about iBGP is TRUE?

   • AiBGP requires a full mesh of sessions (or route reflectors) to ensure all routers have complete routing information.
   • BiBGP sessions can be established between routers in different ASes.
   • CiBGP routes are advertised to other iBGP peers by default.
   • DiBGP uses a different port than eBGP.
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6. 10application · medium

   A company has two internet service providers (ISPs) for redundancy. The network engineer wants to prefer one ISP for all inbound traffic. Which BGP attribute should be manipulated on the routes advertised to the ISPs to influence inbound traffic?

   • ACommunity attribute on the routes received from the ISPs.
   • BLocal preference on the routes received from the ISPs.
   • CMED on the routes received from the ISPs.
   • DAS path prepending on the routes advertised to the less preferred ISP.
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