Cisco 350-401 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: 350-401
- Exam Name: Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)
- Certification Provider: Cisco
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
What is a benefit of a virtual machine when compared with a physical server?
- A . Multiple virtual servers can be deployed on the same physical server without having to buy additional hardware.
- B . Virtual machines increase server processing performance.
- C . The CPU and RAM resources on a virtual machine cannot be affected by other virtual machines.
- D . Deploying a virtual machine is technically less complex than deploying a physical server.
Refer to the Exhibit.

What is the cause of the log messages?
- A . hello packet mismatch
- B . OSPF area change
- C . MTU mismatch
- D . IP address mismatch
Which data is properly formatted with JSON?
A)

B)

C)

D)

- A . Option A
- B . Option B
- C . Option C
- D . Option D
Refer to the exhibit.

Which configuration establishes EBGP neighborship between these two directly connected neighbors and exchanges the loopback network of the two routers through BGP?
- A . R1(config)#router bgp 1
R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.10.2 remote-as 2
R1(config-router)#network 10.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
R2(config)#router bgp 2
R2(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.10.1 remote-as 1
R2(config-router)#network 10.2.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0 - B . R1(config)#router bgp 1
R1(config-router)#neighbor 10.2.2.2 remote-as 2
R1(config-router)#network 10.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
R2(config)#router bgp 2
R2(config-router)#neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 1
R2(config-router)#network 10.2.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0 - C . R1(config)#router bgp 1
R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.10.2 remote-as 2
R1(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0
R2(config)#router bgp 2
R2(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.10.1 remote-as 1
R2(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0 - D . R1(config)#router bgp 1
R1(config-router)#neighbor 10.2.2.2 remote-as 2
R1(config-router)#neighbor 10.2.2.2 update-source |o0
R1(config-router)#network 10.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
R2(config)#router bgp 2
R2(config-router)#neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 1
R2(config-router)#neighbor 10.1.1.1 update-source |o0
R2(config-router)#network 10.2.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0
Refer to the exhibit.

A network engineer is configuring OSPF between router R1 and router R2. The engineer must ensure that a DR/BDR election does not occur on the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces in area 0.
Which configuration set accomplishes this goal?
- A . R1(config-if)interface Gi0/0
R1(config-if)ip ospf network point-to-point
R2(config-if)interface Gi0/0
R2(config-if)ip ospf network point-to-point - B . R1(config-if)interface Gi0/0
R1(config-if)ip ospf network broadcast
R2(config-if)interface Gi0/0
R2(config-if)ip ospf network broadcast - C . R1(config-if)interface Gi0/0
R1(config-if)ip ospf database-filter all out
R2(config-if)interface Gi0/0
R2(config-if)ip ospf database-filter all out - D . R1(config-if)interface Gi0/0
R1(config-if)ip ospf priority 1
R2(config-if)interface Gi0/0
R2(config-if)ip ospf priority 1
Refer to the Exhibit.

Which configuration change will force BR2 to reach 209 165 201 0/27 via BR1?
- A . Set the weight attribute to 65.535 on BR1 toward PE1.
- B . Set the local preference to 150 on PE1 toward BR1 outbound
- C . Set the MED to 1 on PE2 toward BR2 outbound.
- D . Set the origin to igp on BR2 toward PE2 inbound.
What are two differences between the RIB and the FIB? (Choose two.)
- A . The FIB is derived from the data plane, and the RIB is derived from the FIB.
- B . The RIB is a database of routing prefixes, and the FIB is the Information used to choose the egress interface for each packet.
- C . FIB is a database of routing prefixes, and the RIB is the information used to choose the egress interface for each packet.
- D . The FIB is derived from the control plane, and the RIB is derived from the FIB.
- E . The RIB is derived from the control plane, and the FIB is derived from the RIB.
