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CCNP Security 300-710 SNCF Practice Test 3 (Hard) - High Availability - Failover and Active/Standby

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1 / 10

Which Secure Firewall Threat Defense high availability configuration designates one unit as actively passing traffic while a second unit remains in a standby state ready to take over if the active unit fails?

Routed mode with no redundancy configuration

Transparent mode with no redundancy configuration

Inline tap-based redundancy

Active/Standby failover

Passive SPAN-based monitoring redundancy

Active/Active clustering with load distribution across all units

2 / 10

Which dedicated link type is required between two Secure Firewall Threat Defense units in a failover pair to synchronize configuration and state information?

A health monitoring policy link with no dedicated interface

A DNS zone transfer link

A NAT pool synchronization link

The failover link (and optionally a separate stateful failover link)

A standard access control policy link with no dedicated interface, in accordance with common design practices

A VPN tunnel group synchronization link

3 / 10

Which benefit does a dedicated stateful failover link provide beyond what a basic (non-stateful) failover configuration offers?

It allows both units to actively pass traffic simultaneously at all times

It eliminates the need for any failover link at all

It removes the need for matching hardware between the two units

It allows the standby unit to run a completely different software version indefinitely, which does not align with best practices, under typical configuration conditions, in accordance with common design practices

Existing connections (such as active TCP sessions) can be preserved and continue seamlessly after a failover event, rather than being dropped and requiring reconnection

It eliminates the need for any health monitoring of interfaces

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Which requirement must generally be met between two Secure Firewall Threat Defense units before they can be configured as a failover pair?

The units must be located in two entirely different data centers with no direct link

The units must have entirely different licensing tiers applied

The units must each have a completely different firewall mode (one routed, one transparent)

The units must be the same model/hardware platform and run compatible software versions

The units must use entirely different interface naming conventions

The units must be managed by two completely separate, unsynchronized management platforms

5 / 10

Which failover event would trigger the standby unit to become active, assuming interface monitoring is properly configured?

The active unit loses connectivity on a monitored interface or otherwise fails a health check

A scheduled backup job completes successfully on the active unit

The standby unit receives a routine software update notification

The active unit's clock synchronizes with an NTP server

A new access control rule is added to the shared policy

An administrator logs into the standby unit's management interface to view status

6 / 10

Which term describes the specific set of interface and unit health checks that a Secure Firewall Threat Defense failover pair continuously performs to determine whether a failover event should occur?

Intrusion rule signature updating

NAT translation table aging

Dynamic routing protocol convergence, in most deployment scenarios, based on standard platform behavior

Failover health monitoring (interface and unit-level health checks)

Malware file reputation lookup

VPN rekey interval enforcement

7 / 10

Which operational practice would help minimize the risk of both units in a failover pair being affected by the same localized outage, such as a single power circuit failure?

Placing both units in the exact same rack unit position stacked directly on top of each other with shared cabling only

Connecting both units to the exact same single power strip for simplicity

Provisioning the two units with independent power sources and, where feasible, physically separating them

Running both units on a single shared power supply unit

Removing all redundant power supplies from both units to reduce cost

Disabling the failover link entirely to reduce cabling complexity

8 / 10

Which statement correctly describes licensing behavior for a Secure Firewall Threat Defense failover pair?

Failover eliminates the need for any licensing on either unit

Licensing must be manually re-entered from scratch after every single failover event

Failover pairs are entirely incompatible with Cisco Smart Licensing

Only the standby unit requires any licensing at all, with the active unit requiring none

Licensing is typically managed so that the standby unit does not require a fully independent duplicate license for every feature, often through failover-aware licensing

Both units must always be licensed completely independently with zero shared licensing consideration, under typical configuration conditions, which does not align with best practices

9 / 10

Which troubleshooting step would be most appropriate first when a failover pair unexpectedly shows both units in an active state simultaneously (a split-brain condition)?

Immediately delete all access control policies on both units

Immediately disable all interfaces on both units permanently

Check the failover link connectivity and health monitoring status, since a lost failover link is a common cause of split-brain

Assume the condition is expected normal behavior and take no action

Immediately physically destroy one of the two units

Immediately reinstall the operating system on both units with no further investigation, though this is not generally recommended

10 / 10

Which combination of design elements together provides the most resilient Secure Firewall Threat Defense high availability deployment for a critical data center environment?

A single standalone unit with no redundancy of any kind

Active/Standby failover with a dedicated stateful failover link, redundant independent power, monitored interfaces on all critical links, and matched hardware/software versions

Active/Standby failover with no stateful link, shared single power source, and no interface monitoring

Two units with mismatched hardware models and mismatched software versions

Two units sharing a single point of power and a single point of network connectivity

Failover configured with no health monitoring on any interface

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