Identify When Connection/rate Limits Are Reached F5CAB2 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · medium

   Which F5 BIG-IP resource provides statistics that can indicate when a virtual server's connection limit has been reached?

   • AVLAN statistics
   • BRoute domain statistics
   • CVirtual server statistics
   • DSNAT pool statistics
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2. 2foundation · medium

   An administrator wants to limit the number of requests per second from a client to a virtual server. Which F5 BIG-IP mechanism is designed to enforce this type of rate limit?

   • AVLAN tagging
   • BiRule with a rate-limiting policy
   • CPool load balancing method
   • DSNAT translation address
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4. 3expert · hard

   An administrator configures an iRule to rate-limit requests per client IP to 100 requests per minute using a token bucket with a burst capacity of 50. A client sends 120 requests in the first 10 seconds. What is the expected behavior?

   • AThe first 50 requests are allowed, and the remaining 70 are rejected.
   • BAll 120 requests are allowed because the burst capacity is 50 and the rate is 100 per minute.
   • CAll 120 requests are allowed, but the client is throttled for the rest of the minute.
   • DThe first 100 requests are allowed, and the remaining 20 are rejected.
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5. 4application · medium

   A company runs a critical web application on a BIG-IP virtual server. The pool members are configured with a connection limit of 1000. During a flash sale, the virtual server receives 1500 concurrent connections. The pool members are healthy, and the virtual server has no connection limit set. What is the expected behavior for the 500 excess connections?

   • AThey are load-balanced to a different pool member automatically.
   • BThey are rejected with a TCP RST or an HTTP error response.
   • CThey are silently dropped without any response.
   • DThey are queued until a pool member connection slot frees up.
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6. 5expert · hard

   A BIG-IP administrator is troubleshooting a problem where clients are experiencing timeouts when connecting to a virtual server. The virtual server has a connection limit of 1000, and the current connections are 1000. The virtual server is configured with a 'Drop' action. What is the expected behavior for new connections?

   • ANew connections are rejected with a TCP RST.
   • BNew connections are accepted and the oldest connections are terminated.
   • CNew connections are silently dropped, causing client timeouts.
   • DNew connections are queued until a slot frees up.
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