NPM Exam Questions Sample

What is the default retention for Syslog Messages before messages are deleted from the database? A. 7 days B. 30 days C. 180 days D. 365 days

A. 7 days

Your weekly scheduled discoveries consistently detect 5 Windows 10 workstations. What can you do to remove those devices from being discovered in the future? A. Add to Ignore List B. Add to Watch List C. Add to Black List D. Add to White List

A. Add to Ignore List

How do you configure Automatic Geolocation in the Worldwide Map? A. Configure Latitude and Longitude custom properties and enable Automatic Geolocation B. Enable Automatic Geolocation on the Worldwide Map C. Configure custom dependencies and turn on Automatic Geolocation D. Configure automatic dependencies and turn on Automatic Geolocation

A. Configure Latitude and Longitude custom properties and enable Automatic Geolocation

You want to ensure that an NPM user is only able to see Windows devices on any and all views in NPM. What steps will allow you do this? Choose two. A. Create an Account Limitation B. Create a View Limitation C. Select Limitation Type: Hardware Manufacturers D. Select Limitation Type: Single Machine Type E. Create a new account for Windows

A. Create an Account Limitation C. Select Limitation Type: Hardware Manufacturers

What can you use custom pollers for? Select all that apply. A. Monitor a specific metric which is not monitored out-of-the box B. Monitor special equipment C. Monitor objects although the number of monitored objects exceeds a poller's capacity limitation D. Monitor capacity usage trends on the network

A. Monitor a specific metric which is not monitored out-of-the box B. Monitor special equipment C. Monitor objects although the number of monitored objects exceeds a poller's capacity limitation

Which of the following object types can you apply in Universal Device Poller? Choose two. A. Nodes B. Volumes C. Interfaces D. Servers

A. Nodes C. Interfaces

By default, all sensors available in the selected MIB are monitored on devices with enabled hardware health monitoring. A. True B. False

A. True

You can only monitor Virtual Network Gateways with NPM. A. True B. False

A. True

You can only poll status and response time using only ICMP when SNMP is disabled and ICMP is enabled on the device. A. True B. False

A. True

You can use Orion Groups in Maps. A. True B. False

A. True

For an upcoming maintenance window, you want to ensure that alerts about affected devices do not trigger. What should you do? A. Unmanage the device for the duration of maintenance window B. Delete the Node. Add it back after the maintenance window C. Go to List Interfaces and deselect all the interfaces of device D. Nothing, this is the default Orion setting

A. Unmanage the device for the duration of maintenance window

You deployed Orion agents on several Windows and Linux servers in your environment. Which port do you need to open on your network to ensure that secure, agent-initiated communication from Windows and Linux agents can get through? A. 17790 B. 17778 C. 17791 D. 17777

B. 17778

You are creating an alert for a Universal Device Poller (UnDP). Which of the following trigger condition helps you target the custom poller you want? A. A trigger condition where the custom poller MIB is equal to the MIB used in your UnDP B. A trigger condition where the custom poller Unique Name is equal to the name of your UnDP C. A trigger condition where the custom poller enabled is equal to true D. A trigger condition where the custom poller SNMP get type is equal to GetNext

B. A trigger condition where the custom poller Unique Name is equal to the name of your UnDP

Your company has two sites. Both have a local IT staff who use NPM. You want to make sure that each site can only view and manage monitored devices in their respective sites. Choose two features that when used together allow you to efficiently fulfill this requirement? A. View Limitations B. Account Limitations C. Device Studio D. Custom Property Editor E. Perfstack

B. Account Limitations D. Custom Property Editor

Where can you find information on instances/VMs by cloud account and region? A. Cloud Asset Summary B. Cloud Server Infrastructure C. Cloud Instances Status Summary Active Cloud Alerts

B. Cloud Server Infrastructure

Your core router is about to reboot. What should you do so that alerts about the status of devices behind the core router do not fire during the reboot? A. Suppress the alert if the core router is down B. Configure dependencies between the core router and affected devices C. Disable all alerts during the reboot D. Configure longer thresholds on the alerts

B. Configure dependencies between the core router and affected devices

You want link statuses to be displayed on a map you are creating in Network Atlas. How do you accomplish this task? A. Drag and drop the status object on the link line B. Edit the link line and select the appropriate router interface C. Edit the router interface and enable Link Status D. Edit Router Status and enable the Link Status option

B. Edit the link line and select the appropriate router interface

How do you enable the Network Insight for Palo Alto Site-to-Site VPNs and GlobalProtect VPN sub views? A. Enable Palo Alto sub views in the Additional Monitoring options B. Enable polling of Palo Alto devices monitored in NPM via the Palo Alto REST API C. Access the Orion Web Console using an administrative account with permissions set for the XML API D. Add the sub view by configuring the Left Navigation pane

B. Enable polling of Palo Alto devices monitored in NPM via the Palo Alto REST API

When you create a manual dependency in NPM, a group can be designated as a child object, but NOT as a parent object. Parent objects must not be a member of any group in order to be designated as a parent object. A. True B. False

B. False

While manually adding a single node, it is not possible to assign Universal Device Pollers from the Add Nodes page. You can only assign Universal Device Pollers from the Universal Device Pollers application. A. True B. False

B. False

You can view interface, node, and volume information in one capacity forecasting widget. A. True B. False

B. False

One of your hub sites is experiencing slow network performance. You decide to use PerfStack to find the cause of the problem. From which device would you start your analysis? A. From the central site's core router B. From the affected hub site's edge router C. From the affected hub site's firewall D. From one of the central site's switches

B. From the affected hub site's edge router

You want to change the calculation method for calculating the capacity forecast for all monitored interfaces. Where do you go to change this? A. Orion Thresholds B. NPM Thresholds C. Web Console Settings D. Manage Alerts

B. NPM Thresholds

NetPath™ services are monitored by ____. A. Network Traffic Analysis B. Probes C. Wireshark D. Agents

B. Probes

How do you verify you have vPCs configured for Nexus devices? A. Enable CLI polling and review the node details view B. Run 'show vpc brief' command on the device C. Enable Nexus VPC in Status & Response Time D. Check the Interfaces subview

B. Run 'show vpc brief' command on the device

You created nested maps in Network Atlas. You want the top-level map to show as down when half of the objects under it are down. How do you accomplish this? A. Set availability thresholds for devices to above 50% B. Set map status thresholds to above 50% C. Set map status thresholds to below 50% D. Set availability thresholds for devices to below 50%

B. Set map status thresholds to above 50%

Why might you receive unreadable trap messages from NPM? Select all that apply. A. A firewall between the device and the NPM server is blocking SNMP B. The device MIBs are not in your MIB database C. The device does not support SNMP D. The device uses SNMPv3 and has not been added as a monitored node for authentication

B. The device MIBs are not in your MIB database D. The device uses SNMPv3 and has not been added as a monitored node for authentication

Instead of the SolarWinds logo, you want your company logo to display on the banner area of the Orion Web Console. Which of the following will allow you to do this? A. Use the Custom Property Editor and apply your company logo to all monitored nodes B. Use Web Console settings to upload your company logo C. Use Network Atlas to display your company images and branding D. Use Manage Views to add a custom HTML resource that contains your logo

B. Use Web Console settings to upload your company logo

By default, what is the longest time period taken into account for calculating the capacity forecast? A. 24 hours B. 30 days C. 180 days D. 365 days

C. 180 days

You need to ensure that an Orion user account can make changes to resources and views as needed. Which permission will allow the user account to do this with the least amount of privilege? A. Allow Node Management Rights must be active B. Allow Admin Rights must be disabled C. Allow View Customization must be enabled D. An Account Limitation must be defined

C. Allow View Customization must be enabled

You receive a number of alerts on high traffic utilization from several interfaces. When you view the Orion Web Console, you find that traffic utilization has returned within normal ranges. Traffic utilization spikes every now and then and you don't usually consider it a problem. How should you modify the alert definitions so that it fires only when high utilization is sustained for 10 minutes or more? A. The polling frequency on the interfaces should be longer than 10 minutes B. The polling frequency on the interfaces should be shorter than 10 minutes C. Configure the alert to trigger only when traffic utilization is sustained for 10 minutes D. Configure the alert to reset if traffic utilization is sustained for 10 minutes

C. Configure the alert to trigger only when traffic utilization is sustained for 10 minutes

You need to deploy the Orion agent software en masse via Active Directory Group Policy. You've already created the Group Policy but you need the MST file. What's the quickest way to get the MST file? A. Download it from https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/ B. Find the download link in THWACK C. From the Settings pages of the Orion Web Console D. From the SolarWinds installation folder

C. From the Settings pages of the Orion Web Console

Hardware health information is collected only for ______ where the hardware sensors are enabled. A. Indexes B. Volumes C. Nodes D. Interfaces

C. Nodes

What is the difference between an Operationally Up interface, and an Operationally Down interface? A. Operationally Up, is an interface that is up and running, Operationally Down is an interface that has gone down B. Operationally Up is an interface that is available to use but is not being used, Operationally Down is an interface that is not available to use C. Operationally Up is an interface that is up and running and being used, Operationally Down is an interface that is available to use but not being used D. Operationally Up is an interface that is up and running and being used, Operationally Down is an interface that is disabled in the device configuration file

C. Operationally Up is an interface that is up and running and being used, Operationally Down is an interface that is available to use but not being used

You want to avoid reaching a certain usage level on a number of critical devices. Which forecast calculation method should you use on these devices? A. Automatic calculation B. Manual Calculation C. Peak Calculation D. Average Calculation

C. Peak Calculation

Users in a remote office are reporting that access to network resources is slow. You decide to use PerfStack to investigate the issue. Which statistics should you use in order to find a correlation between the amount of traffic and how close the interface is to being fully saturated? Choose two. A. Status B. Transmit Discards C. Transmit Percent Utilization D. Average transmit bps E. Average CPU Load

C. Transmit Percent Utilization D. Average transmit bps

Which agent is required to run NetPath services? A. AIX agent B. Linux Agent C. Windows Agent D. Any agent

C. Windows Agent

Which data source can you not use for polling devices? A. A polled value or values reported by a device on an OID B. A calculated value that results from the transformation of polled values C. A fixed value in the form of a constant number or text D. A custom property value through on the Orion Web Console

D. A custom property value through on the Orion Web Console

Your company uses a web-based ticketing tool to handle IT incidents and requests. You want it to be accessible without leaving Orion Web Console. How do you accomplish this? A. Add a custom property that points to you ticketing tool's URL B. Add user-defined links to the Menu bar C. Add a custom link to the Modules bar D. Add an external website to the Menu bar

D. Add an external website to the Menu bar

You sent a link to a report you created in NPM to key stakeholders. These individuals do not have an account in the Orion Web Console. You want them to be able to view the reports without having to create an account for them. What should you do? A. Create a service account for that they can share B. Enable the Link only option on the report C. Allow the Guest account to access the report D. Create a DirectLink account in the Orion Web Console

D. Create a DirectLink account in the Orion Web Console

You need to create a report on bandwidth utilization in your network during office hours over the previous month. How do you fulfill this requirement? A. Pull all of the usage data and average it by month B. Pull last month's usage data and sort it by time of day C. Pull this year's usage data and filter by month D. Pull last month's usage data and filter out non-business hours

D. Pull last month's usage data and filter out non-business hours

You are required to report on hourly average response time of the last 60 days. How should you configure your data collection and summarization parameters to meet these requirements without unnecessarily using database size? A. Collect response time data every hour, summarize hourly data into daily data after 30 days B. Collect response time data every hour, summarize hourly data into daily data after 60 days C. Summarize detailed data into hourly data after 60 days, summarize hourly data into daily data after 90 days D. Summarize detailed data into hourly data after 30 days, summarize hourly data into daily data after 60 days

D. Summarize detailed data into hourly data after 30 days, summarize hourly data into daily data after 60 days

You want to reduce the number of decimal places returned by an UnDP you created. Which Transform should you use to do this? A. Maximum B. Minimum C. ColumnMaximum D. Truncate

D. Truncate

How can you encrypt the username, password, and data between your NPM server and the Orion database? A. Use Windows authentication to encrypt the username, password, and data B. Use SSL to encrypt the username, password, and data C. Use Windows authentication to encrypt data and SSL to encrypt the username and password D. Use Windows authentication to encrypt the user name and password and SSL to encrypt the data

D. Use Windows authentication to encrypt the user name and password and SSL to encrypt the data

You need to ensure that each NPM user has exclusive access to reports he is responsible for. Which of the following will help you achieve this? A. Save the reports in different sub-directories under \Reports and set those as the Report Folder for each account. B. Save the reports in different sub-directories and set the permissions for each user. C. Create the reports while logged in as each user and set the appropriate permissions. D. Use custom properties and account limitations to control report access.

D. Use custom properties and account limitations to control report access.

You notice that you are no longer receiving volume statistics from the Windows servers you are monitoring. None of them are shown as down on the Orion Web Console. You run a packet trace and you can verify that the requests are making it to the servers. Everything was fine yesterday. What is the most likely cause of this issue? A. Issues with firewall rules B. Windows services are stalled C. WMI version conflict D. Windows credentials stored in NPM are expired

D. Windows credentials stored in NPM are expired