5.6 Explain the Use of Analytics to Optimize Network Configurations and Reporting SD-WAN-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A financial services firm must provide a monthly report to auditors showing which applications were used across all branch sites, the total bandwidth consumed per application, and any policy violations. The report must be reproducible and cover a fixed time period. What is the best reporting practice to meet this requirement?

   • AAsk each branch manager to submit a manual summary of application usage.
   • BCreate a scheduled report with a fixed monthly time range and a consistent export format.
   • CGenerate an on-demand report each month with the current date range and export it to PDF.
   • DUse the live dashboard and take a screenshot at month-end.
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2. 17application · medium

   A hospital network experiences intermittent voice-call drops. The SD-WAN analytics show that the voice application has acceptable average latency, but the jitter spikes above 30 ms for 5-second intervals several times per hour. Which data source is most critical to correlate with the jitter spikes to identify the root cause?

   • AThe application version of the voice client.
   • BTotal bandwidth utilization averaged over the entire day.
   • CLink health metrics such as packet loss and error rates on the same links during the spike windows.
   • DThe number of active users at each site.
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4. 18foundation · easy

   What is a best practice for generating reports to meet compliance requirements?

   • ASchedule reports to run automatically and retain them for the required audit period
   • BDelete reports immediately after reviewing them to save storage
   • CUse a single generic report for all compliance needs
   • DGenerate reports only when an audit is announced
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5. 19foundation · easy

   Which data source would provide information about the health of a WAN link, such as latency and packet loss?

   • ALink quality metrics collected from active probes and interface statistics
   • BApplication version numbers from the software repository
   • CUser login timestamps from the authentication server
   • DConfiguration backup files from the management server
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6. 20foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a type of data collected for SD-WAN analytics?

   • ABuilding access logs
   • BApplication usage statistics
   • CVendor invoice amounts
   • DEmployee HR records
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