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SNMP Practice Questions

Updated for CCNA v2.0

Simple Network Management Protocol versions and configuration.

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Which command configures a read-only SNMP community string named Flackbox1 on a router?

snmp-server community Flackbox1 ro

The keyword ro at the end of the snmp-server community command marks that string as read only, allowing polling but not configuration changes.

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  1. An engineer wants a router to send syslog messages of every severity level to an external syslog server at 10.0.0.100. Which pair of commands achieves this?

    • logging host 10.0.0.100 and logging trap debugging
    • logging 10.0.0.100 and logging trap emergencies
    • logging server 10.0.0.100 and logging severity 7
    • logging trap 10.0.0.100 and logging host debugging

  2. Which command displays the currently configured syslog trap severity level along with counts of messages logged to the console, monitor, and buffer?

    • show snmp
    • show running-config | include logging
    • show logging
    • show syslog status

  3. Does naming an SNMP community private automatically give it read/write permission on Cisco IOS?

    • Yes, private is a reserved read/write keyword
    • No, the configured ro or rw permission determines access, not the string's name
    • Yes, any string other than public grants write permission
    • No, community-based SNMP cannot support writes

  4. A technician configures snmp-server community Flackbox2 rw on a router. What does this allow an authenticated SNMP manager to do?

    • Only view MIB values, never change them
    • Both view and modify MIB values on the device
    • Only receive unsolicited trap notifications
    • Only reset the SNMP engine ID

  5. After an engineer shuts down an interface, which message most directly reports the resulting administrative link-state change?

    • %SYS-5-CONFIG_I informational messages only
    • %LINK-5-CHANGED identifying the interface as administratively down
    • %SNMP-3-AUTHFAIL messages for the community string
    • %SEC-6-IPACCESSLOGP messages for denied traffic

  6. Which SNMPv3 security level provides both message authentication and encryption?

    • noAuthNoPriv
    • authNoPriv
    • authPriv
    • A read-only community

  7. How does an SNMP inform differ from an SNMP trap?

    • An inform can only read an interface counter
    • A trap requires acknowledgment but an inform does not
    • An inform always encrypts the message
    • An inform expects a response acknowledging receipt; a trap does not