Objective 4.04 Interpret ASM Performance Metrics and Draw Conclusions 303 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a hardware limitation of an ASM device that can affect performance?

   • ANumber of policy rules
   • BVirtual server IP address
   • CLogging verbosity level
   • DMaximum throughput capacity
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2. 7expert · hard

   An ASM administrator is analyzing resource consumption patterns and notices that CPU usage is high during specific times of the day. The traffic during those times includes many requests with SQL injection attempts. The administrator has already tuned the policy to reduce checks, but CPU remains high. What is the most likely reason?

   • AThe backend servers are slower
   • BThe network is congested
   • CThe attack traffic is still triggering extensive logging
   • DThe requests are larger
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4. 8application · medium

   An ASM administrator notices that during peak hours, the BIG-IP's CPU utilization consistently reaches 90%, while memory usage remains stable at 60%. The requests per second (RPS) metric has not increased, but the average latency for legitimate requests has doubled. Which metric is most directly indicating the performance bottleneck?

   • AThroughput
   • BRequests per second
   • CMemory utilization
   • DCPU utilization
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5. 9foundation · easy

   An administrator notices that CPU utilization spikes during periods of high traffic with many large file uploads. What is the most likely cause of this pattern?

   • AThe ASM is misconfigured.
   • BLarge file uploads require more processing and memory, increasing CPU usage.
   • CThe network is saturated.
   • DThe ASM is under attack.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   Which configuration change is most likely to reduce CPU consumption caused by SSL processing?

   • AOffloading SSL decryption to a dedicated hardware or service.
   • BDisabling ASM entirely.
   • CAdding more policy rules.
   • DIncreasing the logging level.
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