500-560 Practice Questions
Prepare for 500-560 with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $300 USD
- Level
- Express Specialization
- Valid for
- 3 years
Domains covered on the exam 5
- Switching Overview and Features15%
- Routing Overview and Features15%
- Wireless Overview and Features25%
- Meraki Overview and Products35%
- Security Overview and Features10%
- 1
A small law firm is setting up its first office and requires a simple, reliable, and secure network. The firm has 15 employees, uses a cloud-based practice management system, and needs secure Wi-Fi for staff and a separate guest network. They have no dedicated IT staff on-site. The partner wants a solution that can be managed remotely by a consultant.
The consultant proposes a solution using a Meraki MX67 for security and routing, an MS120-24P switch for wired connectivity and PoE, and two MR36 access points for Wi-Fi coverage. The consultant needs to justify the choice of Meraki over a traditional on-premise solution like a Cisco ISR router and Catalyst switches.
Which statement best articulates the primary business value of the proposed Meraki solution for this specific client?
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Correct answer: C
The core value proposition for Meraki in an SMB context with no on-site IT is the radical simplification of network management. The cloud dashboard allows for zero-touch provisioning, centralized configuration, remote troubleshooting, and automatic firmware updates. This drastically reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) by minimizing the need for specialized, on-site personnel, which is the primary pain point for this law firm.
- 2
What is the administrative distance of an OSPF internal route?
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Correct answer: C
The default administrative distance for OSPF routes is 110. This value is used by Cisco routers to determine the trustworthiness of a routing source. A lower administrative distance is preferred over a higher one.
- 3
A Meraki MX appliance is configured with two ISP connections for WAN redundancy. The administrator has configured SD-WAN policies based on application performance. What mechanism does the MX use to determine the performance of each WAN link for policy decisions?
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Correct answer: C
Meraki MX appliances use active probes sent over each WAN link to measure performance metrics like latency, jitter, and packet loss. This data is used to calculate a mean opinion score (MOS) for each link, which then informs the SD-WAN policy decisions for application traffic steering.
- 4
True or False: In a Cisco Mobility Express deployment, one of the Aironet access points is elected to run virtual WLC software, eliminating the need for a separate hardware controller appliance.
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Correct answer: A
True. The core concept of Cisco Mobility Express is its controller-less architecture for small to medium deployments. A designated 'master' access point runs a virtual wireless LAN controller function, managing up to 100 other subordinate APs in the same network.
- 5
An engineer is troubleshooting a routing issue in a complex OSPF network with multiple areas. A router in Area 1 is not receiving specific routes from Area 2. The engineer suspects a filtering issue on the Area Border Router (ABR) that connects Area 0, Area 1, and Area 2.
graph TD Area1[Area 1] -- R1 --- ABR Area2[Area 2] -- R2 --- ABR ABR --- Area0[Area 0]Which OSPF mechanism, if configured on the ABR, would be the most likely cause for specific inter-area routes (Type 3 LSAs) not being propagated from Area 2 into Area 1?
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Correct answer: D
The
area range not-advertisecommand is specifically designed to suppress the advertisement of Type 3 Summary LSAs for the specified range from one area into another, effectively filtering inter-area routes. Anarea filter-listcan also be used, but thearea range not-advertiseis a very common and direct method for summarization and suppression. Adistribute-listfilters routes from entering the local routing table, not from being advertised as LSAs. Apassive-interfacewould stop neighbor adjacencies from forming. - 6
A retail company is deploying Meraki MR access points across 50 stores. The primary goal is to gather location analytics on customer foot traffic patterns to optimize store layouts. Which Meraki license tier is the minimum required to achieve this specific business outcome?
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Correct answer: C
The Meraki 'Upgrade' license (formerly known as Advanced or Analytics license for MR) is required for advanced analytics features, including location heatmaps and journey tracking. The standard 'Enterprise' license provides core wireless functionality but lacks these advanced analytics capabilities. 'Advanced Security' is a license tier for MX security appliances, not MR access points.
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A network administrator is troubleshooting a Cisco Mobility Express environment where clients are complaining of poor voice quality on Wi-Fi calls. Analysis shows that the APs are operating in a congested RF environment with high co-channel interference. Which two features should be tuned to improve voice performance in this scenario? (Select TWO)
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Correct answer: A, C
Optimized Roaming encourages sticky clients to move to a better AP, which is critical for maintaining call quality as users move. Disabling lower data rates (e.g., 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps) frees up airtime and improves overall cell performance, which is highly beneficial for latency-sensitive applications like voice.
Optimized Roaming encourages sticky clients to move to a better AP, which is critical for maintaining call quality as users move. Disabling lower data rates (e.g., 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps) frees up airtime and improves overall cell performance, which is highly beneficial for latency-sensitive applications like voice.
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A small business is using a Cisco ISR 4321 router. The administrator needs to prioritize VoIP traffic over all other traffic types. Which QoS tool is most appropriate for providing strict priority queuing to the voice traffic class?
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Correct answer: C
Low Latency Queuing (LLQ) adds a strict priority queue to Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ). This allows delay-sensitive data such as voice to be dequeued and sent before packets in other queues, making it the ideal choice for VoIP traffic prioritization. WFQ and CBWFQ provide fairness and bandwidth guarantees but do not offer the strict priority needed for voice.
- 9
An engineer is configuring a stack of three Cisco Catalyst 9300 switches. To ensure that a specific switch always becomes the stack master, which configuration parameter should be set to the highest value on that switch?
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Correct answer: B
In a Cisco StackWise stack, the switch with the highest user-configured switch priority value (from 1 to 15) is elected as the stack master. If priorities are equal or not configured, other tie-breakers like configuration level and MAC address are used, but priority is the primary deterministic method.
- 10
True or False: When a Meraki organization's co-termination date is reached, all devices in that organization will cease to pass traffic until the license is renewed.
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Correct answer: B
False. Meraki provides a 30-day grace period after the license expires. During this time, the network continues to function normally, but administrators cannot make configuration changes. After the grace period ends, devices will stop passing traffic.
