Nokia IS-IS Routing Protocol

(exam number: 4A0-112)

The following questions will test your knowledge and prepare you for the
Nokia IS-IS Routing Protocol written exam. Compare your responses with
the Answer Key at the end of the document.

1. Consider the exhibit. Which of the following statements about the output shown is FALSE?

A. The system interface is configured with IPv6 address 2001:db8:1:100::1/128.

B. All interfaces are configured for IPv4 and IPv6.
C. Interface "toR2" is configured with a global unicast IPv6 address.
D. Interface "toR3" is not configured with a global unicast IPv6 address.

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2. Consider the exhibit. Router R6 advertises the prefix 172.10.3.0/24 using a routing protocol
that supports ECMP. All routers are configured with an ECMP value of 4. All links shown in the
exhibit have the same cost. How many entries with a destination prefix of 172.10.3.0/24 are
in router R1's routing table?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

3. Which of the following is NOT a convention used to represent IPv6 addresses?

A. An IPv6 address is expressed as eight groups of hex digits separated by colons.
B. Each group represents 16 bits of the total 128 bits that make up the IPv6 address.
C. One or more consecutive groups of zeros can be omitted and replaced by two
colons.
D. At most, two instances of double colons can exist in the shortened address
expression.
E. Leading zeroes in each hex group can be omitted.

4. What is the destination address of the Neighbor Discovery message sent by a router to
resolve an IPv6 address to a MAC address?
A. The IPv6 address to resolve
B. The solicited-node multicast address
C. The link-local multicast address
D. The broadcast IPv6 address

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5. Which of the following statements about an indirect static route is FALSE?
A. It requires that the target subnet is directly connected to the router where it is
configured.
B. It is only valid if the configured in direct address matches a valid entry in the route
table.
C. Its configured indirect address cannot be resolved through another static route.
D. It imposes no overhead on the router's link bandwidth or on its CPU.

6. Consider the exhibit. A static route is configured on router R1 to reach the PC at

139.120.121.2. What needs to be the next-hop IP address of the configured route?

A. 172.31.1.1
B. 172.31.1.2
C. 139.120.121.1
D. 139.120.121.2

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7. Consider the exhibit. Router R2 is a Nokia 7750 SR. What is the correct command to
configure a default route on router R2 to reach the corporate headquarters?

A. Configure router default-route route-type unicast next-hop 10.1.1.1 admin-state

enable
B. Configure router default-route route-type unicast next-hop 10.1.1.2 admin-state
enable
C. Configure router static-routes route 0.0.0.0/0 route-type unicast next-hop 10.1.1.1
admin-state enable
D. Configure router static-routes route 0.0.0.0/0 route-type unicast next-hop 10.1.1.2
admin-state enable

8. Which database is used by a link-state protocol to perform the SPF calculation that creates
the shortest-path tree?
A. Adjacency database
B. Link-state database
C. Forwarding database
D. Metric database

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9. A router receives a copy of a link state advertisement that is already in the local link-state
database (LSDB), but the newly received copy has a sequence number higher than the one
in the LSDB. Which of the following actions is NOT performed by the router?
A. The router updates its link state database.
B. The router transmits an acknowledgement to the sender.
C. The router increases the sequence number of the received link state advertisement.
D. The router floods the new link state advertisement to its neighbors.
E. The router runs the SPF algorithm against the new link state database.

10. In the process of moving data packets from source to destination, which of the following
statements about addressing is FALSE?
A. Ethernet MAC addresses identify the devices connected to the same local-area
network or subnet.
B. A public IP address identifies a device worldwide.
C. If two hosts are in the same subnet, the sender does not need to use an IP address
to identify the intended destination of the data.
D. If two hosts are in different subnets of a layer-3 domain, the sender needs to use
both a MAC address and an IP address to ensure that the data is properly forwarded.

11. Assume that a router receives an IP packet and finds multiple entries in the routing table
that match the destination IP address. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The packet is forwarded to all the next-hop routers, pointed to by the matching
routing table entries.
B. The packet is dropped and an ICMP destination unreachable message is sent back to
the source.
C. The router sends an ICMP echo request message to all the next-hop routers, pointed
to by the matching routing table entries to confirm if they can properly forward the
packet.
D. If multiple routing protocols include the same IP prefix in their forwarding databases,
only the one generated by the routing protocol with the best preference will become
active.

12. Which of the following statements about IP packet forwarding on a Nokia 7750 SR is FALSE?
A. Each active routing protocol builds its own forwarding database, but not all entries
from all protocols are necessarily active.
B. There is an active forwarding database that is built by the routing table manager
(RTM) from the contributions of multiple routing protocols.
C. If multiple routing protocols include overlapping IP prefixes in their forwarding
databases, only the prefix with the longest subnet mask will become active.
D. The packet is forwarded to the next-hop router, pointed to by the routing table entry
with the longest prefix match.

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13. Which of the following statements about route redistribution and route filtering is TRUE?
A. Route redistribution means redirecting packets to an intermediate point before
allowing them to go to their intended destination.
B. Route filtering implies controlling which route advertisements received from routing
peers are accepted and/or deciding which locally known prefixes are advertised to
routing peers.
C. Route redistribution is the exchange of information among routers to establish the
best paths to forward packets to all the known subnetworks.
D. Route filtering means deciding in real time which packets are forwarded, and which
ones are dropped.

14. Which of the following is NOT a function of the CPM card in a Nokia 7750 SR?
A. Running dynamic routing protocols.
B. Populating the routing table.
C. Re-establishing routing paths in case of failure.
D. Performing a route-table lookup on incoming packets to make forwarding decisions.

15. Which of the following is NOT a failure detection option for static routes?
A. Static route Hello handshake.
B. Manual ping and traceroute commands.
C. Customer Premises Equipment Check (CPE-Check).
D. Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

16. Routers in a routing domain are running a link state routing protocol. Which of the following
is a type of information that will NOT be exchanged by the routers?
A. Router IDs.
B. The metric of links interconnecting the routers.
C. IP prefixes of the subnetworks attached to the routers.
D. The optimum next hop for each of the known IP prefixes.

17. A router is running a link state routing protocol. Which of the following is a type of
information that is NOT included in its Forwarding database?
A. List of neighboring routers and the state of each adjacency.
B. List of directly attached IP prefixes.
C. List of IP prefixes attached to other routers in the routing domain.
D. Optimum next hop for each known IP prefix.

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18. Which of the following is NOT one of the generic types of messages exchanged by routers
running a link state routing protocol?
A. Hello messages.
B. Link state advertisements.
C. Messages to exchange advertisements reliably.
D. Disconnect messages.
19. Which of the following is NOT an advantage introduced by the link state protocol
optimizations?
A. Electing a designated router on a broadcast interface reduces the number of logical
connections among routers, thus decreasing the complexity of the SPF algorithm.
B. Electing a designated router on a broadcast interface adds redundancy by offering
an alternative path to forward packets.
C. Dividing the routing domain into separate areas reduces the amount of time needed
to flood new link state information.
D. Dividing the routing domain into separate areas can help reduce route table sizes
because the IP prefixes advertised between areas can be summarized.

20. Which of the following statements about the system IP address on a Nokia 7750 SR is
FALSE?
A. It has a prefix length of /32 for IPv4 and /128 for IPv6.
B. The system interface exists by default.
C. It belongs to a physical interface.
D. If the router-id is not configured, it inherits the system IPv4 address.

21. Which of the following statements about the data plane in a Nokia 7750 SR router is FALSE?
A. The data plane utilizes the forwarding tables to forward packets to their destination.
B. The data plane must process every incoming packet.
C. The data plane exchanges signalling messages with other routers.
D. Input/Output cards perform data plane functions.

22. Which of the following types of information are included in an IS-IS Hello packet?
A. Intermediate system neighbors and authentication information.
B. Intermediate system neighbors and list of LSP entries in the link-state database.
C. The IP internal reachability information and authentication information.
D. The IP external reachability information and intermediate system neighbors.

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23. Which of the following statements about the implementation of IS-IS for IPv6 in the Nokia
7750 SR is FALSE?
A. With native IPv6 routing, a router's IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes are contained in the same
LSP for each routing level.
B. With multi-topology IS-IS, a router's IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes are contained in two
different LSPs for each routing level.
C. With native IPv6 routing, IPv4 and IPv6 are considered as a single topology, and a
single SPF calculation is performed for all prefixes at each routing level.
D. Multi-topology IS-IS considers IPv4 and IPv6 as distinct topologies with separate SPF
calculations at each routing level.

24. Which of the following statements about IS-IS is FALSE?

A. Any change in the immediate vicinity of a router triggers the transmission of a new
link state update.
B. It supports summarization of the prefixes advertised between areas.
C. It uses IP to carry its protocol-specific messages.
D. Each router sends Hello messages to multicast addresses during the discovery
process.

25. Which of the following statements about the IS-IS complete sequence number PDU (CSNP)
is FALSE?
A. IS-IS routers exchange CSNPs to help achieve link state database consistency.
B. Only the designated IS (DIS) sends periodic CSNPs on a broadcast link.
C. A router receiving a CSNP that references an older LSP transmits a copy of the LSP
from its database to its neighbor.
D. A router receiving a CSNP that references a newer LSP sends a CSNP to its neighbor
to request the LSP.

26. How does an IS-IS router acknowledge the receipt of an IS-IS LSP message on a broadcast
link?
A. The router sends a PSNP message to the sender.
B. The router sends an LSP message to the sender.
C. The router sends a CSNP message to the sender.
D. The periodic CSNP messages sent by the DIS implicitly acknowledge the LSP
message.

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27. Which of the following statements about IS-IS adjacencies is FALSE?
A. Two neighboring routers configured as level-1 and level-2 form two adjacencies if
they have a common area ID.
B. On a point-to-point link, a single Hello message is used for both level-1 and level-2
adjacencies.
C. An adjacency is only considered UP after the LSDBs of the two routers are
synchronized.
D. Adjacent routers on a broadcast link periodically exchange CSNPs to maintain
database consistency.

28. Which of the following statements about the role of L1-only, L2-only, and L1/L2 routers in
IS-IS is TRUE?
A. An L1-only router installs a default route to the nearest L1/L2 router that sets the
ATT bit in its L1 LSP.
B. AnL1-only router can form an adjacency with an L2-only neighbor as long as both of
them are in the same area.
C. An L2-only router exchanges link state information only with other L2-only routers.
D. AnL1/L2 router advertises its L2 routes to L1-only routers in its own area by default.

29. Consider the exhibit, which shows IS-IS output from routers R1 and R2. Which of the
following is TRUE?

A. Router R1 is an L1 router.
B. Router R3 is an L1/L2 router.
C. RoutersR2 and R4 must be in the same area.
D. RoutersR1 and R3 must be in the same area.

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30. Consider the exhibit. Routers R1 and R2 are connected through a 1 Gbps link with an
assigned prefix 10.1.2.0/27. The two routers have formed a level-1 IS-IS adjacency. Based
on the LSP shown in the exhibit, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Reference-bandwidth has been set to 100 Gbps and wide-metrics-only has been
enabled on router R1.
B. Reference-bandwidth has been set to 100 Gbps on router R1 but wide-metrics-only
has not been enabled.
C. Wide-metrics-only has been enabled on router R1 but reference-bandwidth has not
been configured.
D. Neither reference-bandwidth nor wide-metrics-only have been configured on router
R1.

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31. Consider the exhibit, which shows IS-IS link metrics. What path does traffic follow from
router R2 to router R7, and from router R7 to router R2?

A. R2 to R7 follows R2-R1-R3-R4-R5-R7; R7to R2 follows R7-R8-R6-R5-R4-R3-R1-R2.

B. R2 to R7 follows R2-R1-R3-R4-R5-R7; R7to R2 follows R7-R8-R6-R4-R3-R1-R2.
C. R2 to R7 follows R2-R5-R7; R7 toR2 follows R7-R8-R6-R5-R4-R3-R1-R2.
D. R2 to R7 follows R2-R5-R7; R7 toR2 follows R7-R5-R2.

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32. Consider the exhibit. The routers are running IS-IS. Given the content of the L2 LSP
originated by router R3, which of the following is TRUE?

A. RouterR3 summarizes the loopback prefixes from router R1 as 192.168.10.0/30 and

from router R2 as 192.168.20.0/30.
B. RouterR3 only summarizes the loopback prefixes from router R1 as
192.168.10.0/30.
C. RouterR3 only summarizes the loopback prefixes from router R2 as
192.168.20.0/30.
D. RouterR3 does not summarize any of the loopback prefixes from routers R1 and R2.

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33. Consider the exhibit, which shows IS-IS routers and their level capability. Assume that all
links have the same cost. Based on the show command output, which of the following
statements is TRUE?

A. Route leaking is not configured on any router.

B. The system IP address of router R3 is leaked on router R2 but not on router R5.
C. The system IP address of router R3 is leaked on router R5 but not on router R2.
D. The system IP address of router R3 is leaked on both router R2 and router R5.

34. Which of the following statements about IS-IS authentication is FALSE?

A. Authentication for IS-IS is disabled by default.
B. IS-IS supports IPsec Authentication Header (AH) and Encapsulation Security Payload
(ESP) protocols.
C. Authentication parameters can be configured that apply to all IS-IS messages.
D. Authentication parameters can be configured per interface for Hello messages.

35. Two IS-IS routers sitting in different areas have not been able to establish an adjacency.
Which of the following is NOT a likely cause?
A. One or both routers are L1-only.
B. Adjacencies have been limited to L1-only at the interface level on one or both
routers.
C. Another router in either area is already advertising that it is attached through the
ATT bit.
D. There is an authentication mismatch between the two routers.
E. One interface is configured as broadcast, and the other as point-to-point.

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36. Consider the exhibit. In the IS-IS network to which the command output corresponds, why
does router R2 generate multiple LSPs?

A. Because it is an L1/L2 router.

B. Because it has established adjacencies with routers of multiple areas.
C. Because it has been elected the DIS of some broadcast interfaces.
D. Because some of its interfaces are configured as point-to-point and others as
broadcast.

37. Consider the exhibit. The IS-IS routers have established adjacencies on the interfaces
displayed. All the interfaces are configured as broadcast. Considering that router R6 is
L1/L2, how many LSPs are there in its link state databases?

A. Two in its L1 database and two in its L2 database.

B. Two in its L1 database and six in its L2 database.
C. Three in its L1 database and three in its L2 database.
D. Three in its L1 database and twelve in its L2 database.

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38. Consider the exhibit. The IS-IS routers have established adjacencies on the interfaces
displayed. All the interfaces are configured as point-to-point. Considering that router R5 is
an L1/L2 router, it generates one LSP that will be advertised to its L1 peers and one LSP
that will be advertised to its L2 peers. Which of the following statements about these LSPs
is TRUE?

A. The L1 LSP includes all subnets directly attached to routers in area 49.001.
B. The L1 LSP includes subnets directly attached to itself plus subnets advertised by
router R6.
C. The L2 LSP only includes subnets directly attached to itself.
D. The L2 LSP includes all subnets directly attached to routers in area 49.001.

39. Enabling loopfree-alternate for a link state routing protocol does not change on its own the
way a router forwards data packets. However, it makes important calculations that can be
used by other features on a Nokia 7750 SR. Which of the following features requires
loopfree-alternate as a prerequisite to achieve its goal?
A. SPF algorithm
B. IP fast re-route
C. Route summarization
D. Route leaking

40. In IS-IS, which of the following statements regarding the default behaviour of an L1/L2
router is TRUE?
A. An L1/L2 router calculates one SPF tree for both level-1 andlevel-2 topologies.
B. An L1/L2 router advertises its known L2 routes to other L1routers in the same area.
C. An L1/L2 router sets the ATT bit in its L2 LSP to indicate that it knows about routes
in other areas.
D. AnL1/L2 router can have adjacencies with routers in different areas.

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Answer Key
1. B 11. D 21. C 31. C

2. B 12. C 22. A 32. B

3. D 13. B 23. B 33. C

4. B 14. D 24. C 34. B

5. A 15. A 25. D 35. C

6. B 16. D 26. D 36. C

7. C 17. A 27. C 37. C

8. B 18. D 28. A 38. D

9. C 19. B 29. D 39. B

10. C 20. C 30. B 40. D

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