Cisco 350-401 Exam Toolkit: Pass CCNP in 6 WeeksCisco 350-401 Exam Toolkit: Pass CCNP in 6 Weeks
The Cisco 350-401 exam—120 minutes, 100 questions—sounds tough, right? Don’t worry, this isn’t a scare-off; it’s a “toolkit” built just for you to nail the CCNP in 6 weeks. Packed with strategies, 15 free practice questions, and the ultimate gem—my recommended Pass4itsure with a full question and answers. Ready to turn the tables? Open the toolkit and grab your weapons!
Toolkit 1: 350-401 Exam—Aim at these test points
First, understand the battlefield: Cisco 350-401 (ENCOR) has 6 key points and 100 questions waiting for you to conquer:
- Architecture (15%): SD-WAN and EVN, don’t mix up the logical layers.
- Virtualization (10%): VXLAN encapsulation, focusing on key configurations.
- Infrastructure (35%): OSPF and BGP have the most questions, and practice convergence optimization.
- Network assurance (15%): BFD detection, detailed inspection of traffic.
- Security (20%): ACL priority needs to be understood.
- Automation (15%): Python script, don’t write the wrong loop.
Self-test: Can BGP neighbors be configured? If you don’t know, just check it from the Cisco official website (cisco.com/training).
Toolkit 2: 6-week exam preparation checklist – fast pace
6 weeks is not enough? Enough! This list gets you straight to the point:
Week 1: Starting Line
Use Packet Tracer (netacad.com) to practice OSPF, 1 hour/day.
Week 2: Core Breakthrough
Take infrastructure questions (35%), 5 questions per day from Cisco Learning (learningnetwork.cisco.com).
Week 3: Scenario Walkthrough
Configure VXLAN and BGP and fix one error every day.
Week 4: Security + Automation
Practice ACL and scripts until they are 80% correct.
Week 5: Fix weaknesses
Find your weak areas with my 15 free practice questions.
Week 6: Sprint Mode
Simulate 100 questions, 1.2 minutes per question, adjust the pace.
Weekly checkpoint: Less than 70%? Practice that more!
Toolkit 3: “Secrets to Speeding Up” on Exam Day – Don’t panic for 100 questions
The exam is a tough battle, these tips will help you win:
- Time cutting: Scan 60 multiple-choice questions first, and leave 40 minutes for Lab questions.
- Scan for clues: Look for “bandwidth” and “routing” in the question stem to lock in the answer range.
- Eliminate quick cuts: Cut out obviously wrong options (such as static routing and fix dynamic ones) and choose the best one.
Example: “OSPF does not converge”? Check neighbor status in 10 seconds. Save time and score points.
Toolkit 4: 350-401 ENCOR 15 free practice questions
Want to test the waters? I have shared 15 of the latest Cisco 350-401 practice questions for free: covering high-frequency points such as BGP and VXLAN. You can understand the details by practicing casually.
Question 1:
Refer to the exhibit.
An engineer must configure a SPAN session. What is the effect of the configuration?
A. Traffic sent on VLANs 10 and 12 only is copied and sent to interface g0/1
B. Traffic received on VLANs 10, 11, and 12 is copied and sent to interface g0/1
C. Traffic received on VLANs 10 and 12 only is copied and sent to interface g0/1.
D. Traffic sent on VLANs 10, 11 , and 12 is copied and sent to interface g0/1
Correct Answer: B
Question 2:
An engineer must configure a new WLAN that supports 802.11r and requires users to enter a passphrase. What must be configured to support this requirement?
A. 802.1X and Fast Transition
B. FT PSK and Fast Transition
C. 802.1X and SUITEB-1X
D. FT PSK and SUITEB-1X
Correct Answer: B
Question 3:
A client with IP address 209.165.201.25 must access a web server on port 80 at 209.165.200.225. To allow this traffic, an engineer must add a statement to an access control list that is applied in the inbound direction on the port connecting to the web servers. Which statement allows this traffic?
A. permit tcp host 209 165 200 225 eq 80 host 209.165.201.25
B. permit tcp host 209 165.201 25 host 209.165.200.225 eq 80
C. permit tcp host 209.165.200 225 It 80 host 209.165.201.25
D. permit tcp host 209.165.200.225 host 209.165.201.25 eq 80
Correct Answer: A
Question 4:
Refer to the exhibit.
On which interfaces should VRRP commands be applied to provide first hop redundancy to PC-01 and PC-02?
A. G0/0 and G0/1 on Core
B. G0/0 on Edge-01 and G0/0 on Edge-02
C. G0/1 on Edge-01 and G0/1 on Edge-02
D. G0/0 and G0/1 on ASW-01
Correct Answer: C
Correct as the FRRP protocol should be configured on interfaces that have the end nodes network.
Question 5:
Refer to the exhibit.
What does the snippet of code achieve?
A. It creates a temporary connection to a Cisco Nexus device and retrieves a token to be used for API calls.
B. It opens a tunnel and encapsulates the login information, if the host key is correct.
C. It opens an ncclient connection to a Cisco Nexus device and maintains it for the duration of the context.
D. It creates an SSH connection using the SSH key that is stored, and the password is ignored.
Correct Answer: C
ncclient is a Python library that facilitates client-side scripting and application development around the NETCONF protocol. The above Python snippet uses the ncclient to connect and establish a NETCONF session to a Nexus device (which is also a NETCONF server).
Question 6:
An engineer must enable a login authentication method that allows a user to log in by using local authentication if all other defined authentication methods fail Which configuration should be applied?
A. aaa authentication login CONSOLE group radius local-case enable aaa
B. authentication login CONSOLE group radius local enable none
C. aaa authentication login CONSOLE group radius local enable
D. aaa authentication login CONSOLE group tacacs+ local enable
Correct Answer: D
Question 7:
Which TCP setting is tuned to minimize the risk of fragmentation on a GRE/IP tunnel?
A. MTU
B. Window size
C. MRU
D. MSS
Correct Answer: D
The TCP Maximum Segment Size (TCP MSS) defines the maximum amount of data that a host is willing to accept in a single TCP/IP datagram. This TCP/IP datagram might be fragmented at the IP layer.
The MSS value is sent as a TCP header option only in TCP SYN segments. Each side of a TCP connection reports its MSS value to the other side.
Contrary to popular belief, the MSS value is not negotiated between hosts. The sending host is required to limit the size of data in a single TCP segment to a value less than or equal to the MSS reported by the receiving host.
TCP MSS takes care of fragmentation at the two endpoints of a TCP connection, but it does not handle the case where there is a smaller MTU link in the middle between these two endpoints. PMTUD was developed in order to avoid fragmentation in the path between the endpoints. It is used to dynamically determine the lowest MTU along the path from a packet\’s source to its destination.
Reference: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/generic-routing-encapsulationgre/ 25885-pmtud-ipfrag.html (there is some examples of how TCP MSS avoids IP Fragmentation in this link but it is too long so if you want to read please visit this link)
Note: IP fragmentation involves breaking a datagram into a number of pieces that can be reassembled later.
Question 8:
Which two statements about IP SLA are true? (Choose two)
A. It uses NetFlow for passive traffic monitoring
B. It can measure MOS
C. The IP SLA responder is a component in the source Cisco device
D. It is Layer 2 transport-independent correct
E. It uses active traffic monitoring correct
F. SNMP access is not supported
Correct Answer: DE
IP SLAs allows Cisco customers to analyze IP service levels for IP applications and services, to increase productivity, to lower operational costs, and to reduce the frequency of network outages. IP SLAs uses active traffic monitoringhe generation of traffic in a continuous, reliable, and predictable manneror measuring network performance. Being Layer-2 transport independent, IP SLAs can be configured end-to- end over disparate networks to best reflect the metrics that an end-user is likely to experience.
Question 9:
Refer to the exhibit.
An engineer is troubleshooting an issue with client devices triggering excessive power changes on APs in the 2.4 GHz band. Which action resolves this issue?
A. Disable Aironet IE.
B. Set the 802.11b/g/n DTIM interval to 0.
C. Enable MFP Client Protection.
D. Disable Coverage Hole Detection.
Correct Answer: D
“The device discriminates between coverage holes that can and cannot be corrected. For coverage holes that can be corrected, the device mitigates the coverage hole by increasing the transmit power level for that specific access point” https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/ewc/16-12/config-guide/ewc_cg_16_12/coverage_hole_detection.pdf
Question 10:
Refer to the exhibit.
Which network script automation option or tool is used in the exhibit?
A. EEM
B. Bash script
C. REST correct
D. NETCONF
E. Python
Correct Answer: C
Question 11:
If the maximum power level assignment for global TPC 802.11a/n/ac is configured to 10 dBm, which power level effectively doubles the transmit power?
A. 13dBm
B. 14 dBm
C. 17dBm
D. 20 dBm
Correct Answer: A
Suppose a transmitter is configured for a power level of 10 dBm. A cable with 5-dB loss connects the transmitter to an antenna with an 8-dBi gain. The resulting EIRP of the system is EIRP = 10 dBm ?5 dB + 8 dBi = 13 dBm.
Question 12:
Which A record type should be configured for access points to resolve the IP address of a wireless LAN controller using DNS?
A. CISCO.CONTROLLER.localdomain
B. CISCO.CAPWAP.CONTROLLER.localdomain
C. CISCO-CONTROLLER.localdomain
D. CISCO-CAPWAP-CONTROLLER.localdomain
Correct Answer: D
Question 13:
Refer to the exhibit.
The web server is configured to listen only to TCP port 8080 for all HTTP requests. Which command is required to allow Internet users to access the web server on HTTP port 80?
A. ip nat outside static tcp 10.1.1.100 8080 10.1.1.100 80
B. ip nat inside static tcp 10.1.1.100 80 10.1.1.100 8080
C. ip nat inside static tcp 10.1.1.100 8080 10.1.1.100 80
D. ip nat outside static tcp 10.1.1.100 80 10.1.1.100 8080
Correct Answer: C
Question 14:
A wireless administrator must create a new web authentication corporate SSID that will be using ISE as the external RADIUS server. The guest VLAN must be specified after the authentication completes. Which action must be performed to allow the ISE server to specify the guest VLAN?
A. Enable AAA Override.
B. Enable Network Access Control State.
C. Set AAA Policy name.
D. Set RADIUS Profiling.
Correct Answer: A
Question 15:
Which of the following are valid statements when configuring Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) with Stateful Switchover (SSO) on a Cisco device? (Choose two.)
A. supports multicast routing protocols
B. Supports IPv4 and IPv6
C. Nonstop Forwarding requires SSO to also be configured
D. HSRP is not supported with NSF/SSO
E. Improper implementation of NSF/SSO can result in routing loops
Correct Answer: CD
NSF capability is supported for IPv4 routing protocols only. NSF capability is not supported for IPv6 routing protocols.
NSF does not support IP Multicast Routing, as it is not SSO-aware.
You must configure SSO in order to use NSF with any supported protocol.
The Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) is not supported with NSF SSO. Do not use HSRP with NSF SSO.
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Ignite your 6-week journey
Cisco 350-401 is your ticket to CCNP, and this toolbox is the key. 6 weeks, 100 questions, starting with 15 free questions, and backed by Pass4Itsure’s complete exam questions, you can do it.