2.2 Explain External (north-South) and Internal (east-West) Traffic Flow Patterns for Environments CYBERSECURITY-APPRENTICE Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   A company migrates its monolithic application to a microservices architecture in the cloud. The microservices communicate with each other over the internal network. Which traffic pattern is likely to increase significantly?

   • ANorth-south, because the application is now in the cloud.
   • BNorth-south, because microservices are external.
   • CEast-west, because the application is monolithic.
   • DEast-west, because microservices communicate internally.
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2. 12foundation · easy

   Which statement best defines north-south traffic in a network?

   • ATraffic that flows between two servers in the same data center rack
   • BTraffic that is generated by network management protocols such as SNMP or NetFlow
   • CTraffic that stays entirely within a single virtual LAN (VLAN)
   • DTraffic that enters or leaves the network perimeter, typically between internal hosts and external networks
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4. 13foundation · easy

   In a traditional data center, which traffic pattern is most dominant?

   • ANorth-south traffic
   • BPeer-to-peer traffic
   • CEast-west traffic
   • DManagement traffic
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5. 14foundation · easy

   Which security measure is specifically designed to address east-west traffic risks?

   • APerimeter firewall
   • BLoad balancer
   • CMicro-segmentation
   • DVPN concentrator
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6. 15expert · hard

   A network administrator is troubleshooting a slow application. The application is hosted on a server that is accessed by both internal users and external customers. The administrator has captured traffic and sees high latency on the path to the external customers but not for internal users. Which traffic flow should the administrator analyze to find the cause?

   • AOnly the traffic from the server to the external customers.
   • BBoth north-south and east-west traffic equally.
   • CNorth-south traffic between the server and external customers.
   • DEast-west traffic between the server and internal users.
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