What is the primary goal of Network Access Control (NAC)?

To monitor network traffic for intrusion attempts

To enforce security policies on devices before they are granted network access

To encrypt all data stored on endpoint devices

To provide a backup solution for network configuration files

A financial institution is designing a network for its trading platform. The platform must be highly available and have low latency. The team is considering whether to use active-active or active-passive redundancy for its network devices. Which factor is most important in this decision?

Active-active configurations provide higher performance and utilization but are more complex to implement.

Active-passive configurations provide better performance because they use dedicated standby devices.

Active-active configurations are simpler to manage and require less expertise.

Active-passive configurations are always more reliable than active-active.

What is the primary goal of redundancy in network architecture?

To ensure network availability by eliminating single points of failure

To increase the speed of the network

To simplify network configuration

To reduce the cost of network equipment

Which mechanism is commonly used to provide automatic failover between redundant network paths?

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) or First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP)

Domain Name System (DNS) caching

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Which technology allows a network administrator to create multiple isolated broadcast domains within a single physical switch?

Network address translation (NAT)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

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A financial institution is designing a network for its trading platform. The platform must be highly available and have low latency. The team is considering whether to use active-active or active-passive redundancy for its network devices. Which factor is most important in this decision?
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What is the primary goal of redundancy in network architecture?
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Which mechanism is commonly used to provide automatic failover between redundant network paths?
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