SSID hiding is not generally recommended because some frames require inclusion of the SSID. In what frames is the SSID always included?
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In this question, you will compare the mobility processes of a network that supports WPA2-Personal and WPA2-Enterprise. Assume the use of a
15-character
ASCII passphrase for WPA2-Personal and EAP-TTLS/MSCHAPv2 with WPA2-Enterprise. Also, assume that proprietary roaming protocols are not
supported.
When a device transitions from one BSS to another within the same ESS, what step must be performed in the WPA2-Enterprise transition that are
not performed in the WPA2-Personal transition?
Modulation can be defined as:
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Why does a frame transmitted at 1 Mbps have a greater usable range than the same frame transmitted at 54 Mbps?
What is the meaning of a Real Time FFT graph?
Before performing a pre-deployment passive RF survey of a new deployment using survey mapping software, which of the following must be performed?
An associated STA detects a new BSS with the same SSID as the STA's current BSS. The new BSS uses a different IP subnet than the current BSS.
If the STA is configured to use 802.1X/EAP preauthentication, what is likely to occur?
Name the audience type not addressed in this chapter for HLDs.
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What type of standards-based encryption is used by office extension APs for the traffic tunnel?(Choose all that apply.)
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A business traveler from North America is in Europe. The hotel only provides coverage in 2.4 GHz. The traveler connects to the hotel's SSID and
notices an AP in the hotel room. However, the laptop reports a very low RSSI when connected. The traveler does not have the same problem when
connecting in the lobby. What would be the most likely cause of the low RSSI in the hotel room?
You are validating association capabilities from clients to an 802.1X/EAP secure SSID. The RADIUS server's IP address is 10.100.50.25 and the
default RADIUS authentication port is used. When testing them, none of the clients are able to associate to the SSID. Troubleshooting the WLAN
infrastructure, you found out that the server is up and the RADIUS service is up as well, but the authenticator is not able to communicate properly
with the server. What's your next troubleshooting step?
What service must be implemented on your customers' network to authenticate users against an LDAP database prior to access to the WLAN
infrastructure being granted?
What kind of site survey helps you identify if roaming is working as designed?
Aesthetics are very important in some environments. What common installation technique can be used to best meet this requirement in a
stadium?
You are on site, planning a network at a freight shipping company on a busy harbor. Since the preliminary WLAN design specifies support for the 5
GHz spectrum, you would like to test for radar pulses to determine if DFS channels should be supported at this facility. As a part of your spectral
survey with a laptop-based analyzer, you include DFS testing to identify the presence of radar. This is done by manually observing Real-time FFT,
Duty Cycle, and Active Devices charts of the spectrum analyzer software.
What potential drawback is present with this DFS test method?
If radar has reportedly been detected on your WLAN deployment, what bands would you consider avoiding?
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What limitation exists when WMM is not enabled on an 802.11n WLAN?
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Which type of authentication and encryption method is mandatory for Voice Enterprise certified devices as specified by the Wi-Fi Alliance?
During lunch time in the break room of a company, Wi-Fi connectivity on the 2.4 GHz band is intermittent. Every other time of the day, it works fine. What's the likely cause of this issue?
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In a PC-based spectrum analyzer, what data chart identifies the overall RF utilization of a specific frequency in the environment being surveyed?
In your company’s WLAN, you expect to have a mixed client PHY environment and plan to use protection mechanisms. The protection mechanism used by your client devices is configurable.
What is the best protection mechanism for backward compatibility of 802.11n devices with 802.11b devices?
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When designing a WLAN to support voice in a large office, which design element is of the highest concern for performance?
What frequency and power did 802.11y provide?
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You have initiated a site survey to be performed and the team has been onsite and is halfway through gathering the necessary data.
The project sponsor just asked you to make sure the WLAN supports radio frequency identification (RFID) location tracking. How would you possibly characterize this situation?
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You deployed an AP and installed its antenna, and you now need to set the AP transmit power. Given a desired EIRP of 21 dBm, and an antenna
gain of 5.85 dBd connected through 25 feet of cable with a loss specification of 4 dB/100 feet.
Assuming that there is no significant loss from the connectors, what should be the transmit power level for this AP?
What strategy can be used to ensure efficient cell overlap for VoIP site surveys?
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Which DHCP option, when required, should be configured and enabled to help APs locate their wireless LAN controller?
You are planning for client devices in a WLAN that is be upgraded to 802.11ac. Which one of the following devices is more likely to have support for 3x3:3 radios and 256 QAM?
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When designing for a PTP outdoor link, what important consideration should be made about local vegetation?(Choose all that apply.)
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A table of VLANs in a _________ document should include what device performs ________ services.(Fill in the blanks)
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You told your customer that multipath fading may be mitigated simply by moving one or both of the receivers antennas a small amount, usually by
one to four wavelengths away from its original position. Your customer is prepared to make the change, but does not know the wavelength for
802.11ac.
What is the approximate wavelength of an 802.11ac radio wave?
The thermal noise is at −174 dBm/Hz. A spectrum analyzer has a resolution bandwidth of 1 kHz and a 5 dB noise figure. What is the level of the noise floor?
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In addition to a copy of your design, which tools should you use to ensure the installation team deploys APs where you have them designed to be
located?
The thermal noise is at −174 dBm/Hz. A spectrum analyzer has a resolution bandwidth of 1 kHz and a 5 dB noise figure. What is the level of the noise floor?
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How are EAP messages transported over 802.11 wireless LANS?
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You performed a site survey with two USB Wi-Fi adapters using a special driver written for the site survey software. After deployment, you realized
that the client devices used by your customer are getting lower RSSI values than that shown during your site survey. What is the most likely reason
for this result?
Your new customer is concerned about maintaining privacy for their proprietary information when you conduct information gathering for their
WLAN design. Which document can you use to directly address their concern?
After designing a WLAN infrastructure using predictive design software. What's the best way to validate the predictive design in the physical space before deployment, if time and budget allow for it?
What method improves throughput in a low SNR environment?
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An MSA commonly addresses at least which two legal categories?
Using a SCA means that all APs will be using the same channel in a given layer. How is the AP with which the client associates determined?
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You desire to achieve a 450 Mbps MCS. What 802.11n features (from the numbered list below) are required?
1. Frame aggregation
2. Short GI
3. 40 MHz channels
4. 2 spatial streams
5. 3 spatial streams
6. Transmit beamforming (TxBF)
Who should be in the final meeting from the customer-side after successfully implementing a WLAN infrastructure?
One of your customers plans on providing wireless coverage to a warehouse facility. After performing an initial walkthrough, you collect the
following information:
The central part of the warehouse is between 400 and 600 feet (122 to 183 meters) from the warehouse switches mounted on the walls.
✑The warehouse storage is composed of metallic racks with varying inventory levels and contents, from electronics and plastic toys to food
pallets and juice bottles.
✑Workers need basic data coverage from their working location, and are not highly mobile. They usually work from one single aisle, and their
laptop is on a cart with wheels.
What would be your one recommendation to provide coverage to the central area of the warehouse?
In a convention center, you have received complaints about the WLAN infrastructure. At this moment, the are only two APs in one auditorium.
After analyzing the situation, you determined that there are more client devices that the infrastructure was designed for. There are only two APs to support more than 300 devices using the Wi-Fi at the same time.
What should you do to make the Wi-Fi work as expected?
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The installation crew for your WLAN project wants to install a few APs to locations nearby the ones specified in the RF design document. What next step should occur?
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An enterprise customer is subject to the highest standards for network uptime. When designing their wireless network, you should consider which of the following?(Choose all that apply)
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In a large enterprise (5000+ wireless users), by what would NOT be a recommended method by which IP addresses and VLANs are assigned to
different clients associated to the same AP?
When viewing channel utilization information from a protocol analyzer, if high channel utilization is occurring, what should you ensure does not exist?
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In your regulatory domain, a Tx Power Level of "1" is equivalent to 17 dBm.
For every integer increment (e.g. from 1 to 2) to the Tx Power Level, the APs transmit power is halved.
In units of mW, what is the actual transmit power for an AP configured at a Tx Power Level of "4"?
What differences exist between VLANs in wireless and wired domains?
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A bandpass filter has a maximum in-band loss of 1.5 dB, ripple of 0.4 dB, and a return loss of 15 dB. What is the minimum in-band loss?
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Your customer requires a security solution in which client credentials are used and the authentication server must have a certificate with optional
client certificate use. Which EAP method would be the best fit for their requirement?
What two 802.11 amendments deal with regulatory and transmission requirements?
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What term refers to the security practice of obfuscating actual data from unintended receivers as the data crosses the transmission medium?
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As a device starts to shift to lower PHY rates, what factors usually influence a device decision to shift to lower PHY rates?(Choose all that apply.)
Four buildings are located in a square orientation to each other. Fisch Stix Food Company is requesting a PtMP link between the buildings. On the building with the root bridge link, what type of antenna is the best choice?
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A wireless engineer from your company performed a site survey in an office building where a wireless network extension was needed. He reports
that while performing a Layer 1 sweep near a meeting room full of people, he detected RF activity with a very low duty cycle. He is unsure how to
interpret what he recorded to determine its impact on a future Wi-Fi network.
What is true about this RF environment and its potential impact on the WLAN?
What important item is often left out of operational and maintenance plans?
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What is a radome?
You're about to deploy an Enterprise-class VoWLAN infrastructure. You need to ensure that QoS is properly configured throughout the network.
What Access
Category (AC) should voice frames/packets use?
What are the two types of WLAN discovery/scanning?
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What type of protection should be provided to outdoor antenna installations?
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During a customer walkthrough you notice an area of the CAD drawing where it is not accurate. What next step should you take?
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Given: A WLAN controller is connected to ABC Company's core layer 3 Ethernet switch with an IEEE 802.1Q trunk connection. The WLAN
controller's native
VLAN is VLAN 6 and its IP address is 10.0.14.2 /24. Lightweight APs supporting centralized forwarding are connected to the network on VLANs 7,
8, and 9, and they each build a Layer 3 tunnel back to the WLAN controller's IP address.
The dynamically assigned IP addresses received by each AP from a DHCP server will be ________________.
Assume that your network operates in a regulatory domain that allows use of the entire 5 GHz space allowed in the 802.11ac amendment. In your
upcoming
802.11ac deployment, you would like to take advantage of the performance improvements that result from channel bonding. However, after
extensive testing, you have determined that your mission-critical WLAN should not use channels requiring DFS support.
Given those two criteria (enable channel bonding and disable DFS channels), in the 5 GHz spectrum, how many non-overlapping 40 MHz channels
will your system be able to use?
What are some significant drawbacks that are present with WPA/WPA2-Enterprise that are not present with WPA/WPA2-Personal?(Choose all that apply.)
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When implementing WLAN security according to common best practices, what feature should be enabled when configuring an EAP type?
When installing a cloud-based AP, what is the most common process used?
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