SCP SOLARWINDS NPM
CERTIFICATION MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Your weekly scheduled discoveries consistently detect 5 Windows 10 workstations.
What can you do to remove those devices from being discovered in the future? -
Correct Answers -Add to Ignore List
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? - Correct Answers -
Summarize detailed data into hourly data after 30 days, summarize hourly data into
daily data after 60 days
How can you encrypt the username, password, and data between your NPM server and
the Orion database? - Correct Answers -Use Windows authentication to encrypt the
user name and password and SSL to encrypt the data
Where can you find information on instances/VMs by cloud account and region? -
Correct Answers -Cloud Server Infrastructure
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. - Correct Answers -
Create an Account Limitation and Select Limitation Type: Hardware Manufacturers
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? -
Correct Answers -Use Web Console settings to upload your company logo
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? - Correct Answers -Add an external website to the Menu bar
You can only monitor Virtual Network Gateways with NPM - Correct Answers -True
What is the difference between an Operationally Up interface, and an Operationally
Down interface? - Correct Answers -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 can only poll status and response time using only ICMP when SNMP is disabled
and ICMP is enabled on the device. - Correct Answers -True
Which agent is required to run NetPath services? - Correct Answers -Windows Agent
NetPath™ services are monitored by ____. - Correct Answers -Probes
You can use Orion Groups in Maps. - Correct Answers -True
How do you configure Automatic Geolocation in the Worldwide Map? - Correct Answers
-Configure Latitude and Longitude custom properties and enable Automatic Geolocation
By default, what is the longest time period taken into account for calculating the capacity
forecast? - Correct Answers -180 Days
You can view interface, node, and volume information in one capacity forecasting
widget. - Correct Answers -False
What can you use custom pollers for? Select what doesn't apply. - Correct Answers -
Monitor capacity usage trends on the network
Which data source can you not use for polling devices? - Correct Answers -A custom
property value through on the Orion Web Console
By default, all sensors available in the selected MIB are monitored on devices with
enabled hardware health monitoring. - Correct Answers -True
Hardware health information is collected only for ______ where the hardware sensors
are enabled. - Correct Answers -Nodes
How do you verify you have vPCs configured for Nexus devices? - Correct Answers -
Run 'show vpc brief' command on the device
How do you enable the Network Insight for Palo Alto Site-to-Site VPNs and
GlobalProtect VPN sub views? - Correct Answers -Enable polling of Palo Alto devices
monitored in NPM via the Palo Alto REST API
What is the default retention for Syslog Messages before messages are deleted from
the database? - Correct Answers -7 Days
Why might you receive unreadable trap messages from NPM? - Correct Answers -The
device MIBs are not in your MIB database or it uses SNMPv3 and has not been added
as a monitored node for authentication
CERTIFICATION MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Your weekly scheduled discoveries consistently detect 5 Windows 10 workstations.
What can you do to remove those devices from being discovered in the future? -
Correct Answers -Add to Ignore List
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? - Correct Answers -
Summarize detailed data into hourly data after 30 days, summarize hourly data into
daily data after 60 days
How can you encrypt the username, password, and data between your NPM server and
the Orion database? - Correct Answers -Use Windows authentication to encrypt the
user name and password and SSL to encrypt the data
Where can you find information on instances/VMs by cloud account and region? -
Correct Answers -Cloud Server Infrastructure
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. - Correct Answers -
Create an Account Limitation and Select Limitation Type: Hardware Manufacturers
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? -
Correct Answers -Use Web Console settings to upload your company logo
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? - Correct Answers -Add an external website to the Menu bar
You can only monitor Virtual Network Gateways with NPM - Correct Answers -True
What is the difference between an Operationally Up interface, and an Operationally
Down interface? - Correct Answers -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 can only poll status and response time using only ICMP when SNMP is disabled
and ICMP is enabled on the device. - Correct Answers -True
Which agent is required to run NetPath services? - Correct Answers -Windows Agent
NetPath™ services are monitored by ____. - Correct Answers -Probes
You can use Orion Groups in Maps. - Correct Answers -True
How do you configure Automatic Geolocation in the Worldwide Map? - Correct Answers
-Configure Latitude and Longitude custom properties and enable Automatic Geolocation
By default, what is the longest time period taken into account for calculating the capacity
forecast? - Correct Answers -180 Days
You can view interface, node, and volume information in one capacity forecasting
widget. - Correct Answers -False
What can you use custom pollers for? Select what doesn't apply. - Correct Answers -
Monitor capacity usage trends on the network
Which data source can you not use for polling devices? - Correct Answers -A custom
property value through on the Orion Web Console
By default, all sensors available in the selected MIB are monitored on devices with
enabled hardware health monitoring. - Correct Answers -True
Hardware health information is collected only for ______ where the hardware sensors
are enabled. - Correct Answers -Nodes
How do you verify you have vPCs configured for Nexus devices? - Correct Answers -
Run 'show vpc brief' command on the device
How do you enable the Network Insight for Palo Alto Site-to-Site VPNs and
GlobalProtect VPN sub views? - Correct Answers -Enable polling of Palo Alto devices
monitored in NPM via the Palo Alto REST API
What is the default retention for Syslog Messages before messages are deleted from
the database? - Correct Answers -7 Days
Why might you receive unreadable trap messages from NPM? - Correct Answers -The
device MIBs are not in your MIB database or it uses SNMPv3 and has not been added
as a monitored node for authentication
