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1. A company has recently shifted to a zero-trust model and is facing challenges with its legacy network infrastructure, which was not designed for such a model. The company is particularly concerned about the security of its network as it accommodates a growing number of remote users and IoT devices.

What solution could help them create role-based access policies and ensure continuous, closed-loop security across their network?

Implementing ClearPass to enable role-based access policies and device profiling.

Adding more traditional firewalls to strengthen the network perimeter.

Deploying additional VPNs for remote user access.

2. In a network utilizing ClearPass and RADIUS CoA, a client initially connects without profile data and is assigned limited access.

How does ClearPass ensure that the client eventually gains full access?

ClearPass uses the initial connection data to grant full access without further profiling.

ClearPass profiles the client after receiving a DHCP request, terminates the session, and allows the client to re-authenticate with full access.

ClearPass immediately grants full access upon receiving the DHCP request without terminating the session.

3. A network engineer is tasked with creating enforcement profiles for a multi-vendor environment. They want to minimize the number of enforcement profiles they need to write.

Which approach should the engineer take?

Enable SNMP services on all network devices.

Utilize IETF attributes instead of vendor-specific attributes.

Write separate enforcement profiles for each device vendor type.

4. A network engineer is configuring a policy enforcement service on a wired network to minimize deployment effort. They choose a non-AAA enforcement method.

What is the main benefit of this approach?

It does not require client configuration and requires minimal configuration on the actual switches.

It enables advanced security protocols such as 802.1

It allows dynamic VLAN assignment based on user roles.

5. In a corporate network following Zero Trust best practices, a security team notices unusual activity from a previously authenticated and authorized device.

What should the team do next to ensure the network’s security?

Increase the device’s access privileges to monitor more closely.

Ignore the activity since the device was already authenticated.

Reduce the device’s privileges or quarantine it for further investigation.

6. An IT technician is tasked with ensuring that the Network Access Device’s (NAD) trust chain is properly configured on ClearPass.

They select RadSec for the network device and observe that the PSK is automatically set to ‘radsec’.

What critical step should the technician take next to ensure secure communication?

Manually override the PSK field with a custom value.

Reboot the network device to apply the RadSec configuration.

Verify that the NAD’s trust chain is trusted on ClearPass.

7. An IT professional is setting up a Pre-Authentication Check using RADIUS. They need to ensure that the same service will authenticate the user to the Network Access Device (NAD).

What is a crucial step they must take to configure this correctly?

Set up a separate RADIUS server to handle the Pre-Authentication Check.

Configure the RADIUS server to process the Pre-Authentication Check and the NAD authentication request.

Use a different authentication protocol for the NA

8. In a university setting where users often connect more than five devices to the network, an IT administrator notices some devices are problematic and require frequent upgrades.

How can ClearPass assist in identifying the impact of these upgrades?

By profiling devices and allowing the administrator to see the types and number of devices affected quickly

By blocking all problematic devices from connecting to the network

By automatically upgrading all devices to the latest firmware

9. An IT administrator is configuring ClearPass for a secure network. They have enabled the OCSP authentication method and are now deciding whether to enable the ‘Override OCSP URL from Client’ option.

What will ClearPass do if the ’Enable’ option is unchecked and the certificate includes an OCSP URL?

ClearPass will use the OCSP URL from the authentication method.

ClearPass will use the OCSP URL included in the certificate.

ClearPass will prompt the user for a valid OCSP UR

10. A company uses ClearPass with Active Directory as both the authentication and authorization source.

What is the advantage of this setup?

It allows for both credential validation and account attribute retrieval.

It simplifies the network topology by eliminating external servers.

It ensures that only internal devices can access the network.

11. An IT administrator is configuring ClearPass to authenticate users in a large organization. They set the Base DN to the OU containing user accounts but noticed that computer accounts are not authenticated .

What could be the reason for this issue?

The password for the service account has expired.

The ClearPass account does not have write access to the directory.

The Base DN is too narrow, excluding the OU with computer accounts.

12. An organization uses ClearPass to verify client certificates for network access. A client attempts to authenticate using a TLS certificate.

What does ClearPass need to verify to ensure the certificate is valid?

ClearPass only needs to verify the issuing date and timestamp.

ClearPass must verify the certificate’s issuing organization and the client’s private key.

ClearPass must verify the certificate’s issuing organization, issuing date, and timestamp within the allowed clock skew.

13. A facility manager is concerned about the security of their network after discovering that an attacker could potentially replace a wired IP camera with a laptop using the same MAC address.

How does the ClearPass profiler mitigate this risk?

By creating separate networks for each type of device to prevent unauthorized access.

The network can distinguish between the camera and a spoofed device by comprehensively profiling the real client device type.

By automatically blocking any device that attempts to connect with a MAC address already in use.

14. An IT specialist is configuring authentication methods for a network resource in ClearPass. They need to ensure that only valid methods are used and that the client credentials are authenticated against multiple sources in a specific order.

What should the specialist do?

Use the Authorization tab to configure authentication methods

Add new RADIUS CoA Action for each authentication source

Select multiple authentication sources and order them from top-down

15. While configuring ClearPass for a new network setup, an administrator needs to ensure that a service for a specific wireless SSID at a corporate office is correctly prioritized. They notice that a generic service that processes requests from any wireless SSID is placed above the specific service in the list.

What is the likely outcome of this configuration?

The specific service for the corporate office SSID will never be used.

The generic service will be ignored in favor of the specific service.

The specific service for the corporate office SSID will be processed first.

16. A company is transitioning to a cloud-first strategy and has noticed an increase in the number of IoT devices and remote users connecting to their network. They are concerned about maintaining security and visibility as they migrate more applications to the cloud.

Which strategies would best address their concerns?

Implementing a traditional perimeter-based security approach to monitor all activities.

Adopting a Zero Trust model with continuous, closed-loop security and role-based access policies.

Limiting network access to only a few trusted devices to minimize threats.

17. In a scenario where the OCSP server replies with an ‘unknown’ status, what action will ClearPass take regarding the certificate-based authentication?

ClearPass will retry the OCSP request.

ClearPass will accept the authentication but log a warning.

ClearPass will reject the authentication.

18. A network engineer needs to ensure secure and reliable communication between network devices and the RADIUS server over an unsecured network .

Which configuration should they implement?

Implement RadSec because it encrypts all RADIUS communication and uses TCP for reliable packet delivery.

Use UDP for faster message transport and rely on internal network security.

Implement RADIUS with PSK because it is simpler to configure and only encrypts passwords.

19. A security analyst needs to ensure that ClearPass sends a notification whenever a report is ready. They want to receive these notifications via SMS.

What is the correct procedure to set this up?

Set up an email relay and configure it to forward the emails as SMS messages.

Configure the SMS Gateway under ClearPass Guest and ensure report notifications are enabled in Insight.

Enable SMS notifications in the Administration > External Servers > Messaging Setup menu.

20. A fitness club has implemented a new security system. Members must scan their membership card at the entrance to gain access. The system verifies the card against the club’s database to check the membership status. If the membership is active, access is granted.

Which phase of this process is similar to a network access model?

Authorization, because it involves granting permissions based on membership type.

Accounting, because it involves tracking the usage of the club facilities.

Authentication involves verifying the credentials and validating the account status.

21. An IT administrator is setting up a network for a multinational company with multiple sites. They need to ensure that requests to different Active Directory servers are properly filtered.

How should the administrator configure the network to meet this need?

Create multiple Network Device Groups and filter requests by belongs to group.

Rely on the default settings of the Active Directory servers for request filtering.

Use a single Network Device Group for all sites and filter requests by IP address.

22. An organization wants to enhance its network security by integrating external systems to provide rich context to its authorization logic. They plan to use ClearPass Policy Manager for this purpose.

Which feature of the Policy Manager will be most beneficial for integrating with these external systems?

Self-service device onboarding with built-in certificate authority

Guest access with extensive customization and sponsor-based approvals

Configuring external context servers and context server actions through APIs or HTTP/REST calls

23. A network engineer is troubleshooting an issue where a user is receiving unexpected access rights. They decide to use the LDAP browser in ClearPass.

What feature of the LDAP browser should they use to determine why the user is getting a certain type of access?

Edit the list of pre-built filters to include more attributes.

Browse the directory tree and look at the user’s attributes.

Modify the configuration of the ClearPass User Role in the enforcement profile.

24. A network administrator is tasked with setting up a secure network for a company. They decide to use ClearPass to manage network access. The administrator needs to configure authentication sources to ensure that only authorized users can access the network.

Given that the company uses Microsoft Active Directory for user management, what is the most critical step the administrator should take to integrate ClearPass with the existing system?

Configure ClearPass to interact with Microsoft Active Directory and validate user credentials.

Set up ClearPass to log all user activities for auditing purposes.

Ensure that ClearPass can enforce network policies based on user roles.

25. A company is setting up a RADIUS server for their wireless network authentication. They want to use a certificate with a generic CN for all their ClearPass RADIUS servers.

What must they ensure for the certificate to be valid for the clients managed by an Active Directory domain?

The domain component of the CN must be a domain that the client can verify.

The SAN must include the IP addresses of all RADIUS servers.

The CN must match the exact hostname of each RADIUS server.

26. A web developer is tasked with creating a series of web pages with a unified look and feel using ClearPass Guest. The pages must mirror the company’s internal website.

Which type of skin should they use?

Default Skins, as they provide an out-of-the-box look and feel.

Fully Custom or Personalized Skins are fee-paid services that can be downloaded as plug-ins.

Built-in Custom Skins allow for customization but do not change the overall look and feel.

27. In an enterprise environment, a network administrator is tasked with configuring ClearPass to interact with various network access devices (NADs). The administrator needs to ensure that only specific devices can send authentication requests to ClearPass.

After navigating to the ‘Devices’ section under the ‘Network’ menu, what critical step must the administrator take to add a new NAD to ClearPass properly?

Set up a VPN tunnel between the NAD and ClearPass.

Configure the device’s MAC address in the Add Device window.

Enter a source IP address or address range for the device.

28. An organization is implementing certificates for their internal servers and wants to ensure security and reliability. They decide to use SAN records in their certificates.

What critical step must they take to ensure all hostnames are properly validated?

Use separate certificates for each server to avoid conflicts.

Use IP addresses instead of hostnames in the SAN for better security.

Include all hostnames in the SAN, even those listed in the C

29. A security analyst is reviewing a ClearPass configuration and notices that the system is set to gather device location information from network device attributes.

Which attribute is likely being used to gather this information?

SSID

Client-Domain-Name

Network device attribute settings

30. An organization is setting up a ClearPass server for their network authentication. The administrator has installed a certificate issued by an internal Certificate Authority. The clients cannot fully validate the server’s certificate during the validation process.

What additional step must the administrator take to ensure the clients can successfully validate the certificate?

Disable the trust check in the client’s validation process.

Install the root certificate from the internal Certificate Authority on all client devices.

Reissue the certificate from a public Certificate Authority.

31. A company has implemented ClearPass Policy Manager to manage network access. ClearPass gathers user credentials, endpoint profile context, and the client’s health status during a network access request. After collecting all the necessary data, ClearPass must decide whether to grant access based on the organization’s policies.

Which stage of the ClearPass process is responsible for making this final decision and replying to the request?

Profile Information Gathering

Roles and Enforcement process

Service Selection

32. An organization is implementing ClearPass and wants to avoid using the internal database for authentication unless necessary.

What is the primary reason for this recommendation?

The internal database is less scalable and lacks rich context about users.

The internal database is not compatible with ClearPass.

The internal database requires specialized hardware.

33. A network administrator is setting up ClearPass for a large organization and needs to ensure that user credentials are validated efficiently while also gathering rich context about the users.

Which authentication source should the administrator prioritize to meet the need?

Active Directory

SQL Servers

Internal Database

34. An IT administrator is configuring ClearPass to connect to an AD server. They decide to set the server timeout to 20 seconds .

What potential issue might arise from this configuration?

The AD server will reject the connection from ClearPass.

The backup AD server will be contacted immediately, bypassing the primary server.

The client may timeout before ClearPass has time to contact a second AD server.

35. An IT administrator needs to configure multiple profile collectors to gather endpoint context data for a diverse network .

What is the primary benefit of using ClearPass for this task?

It helps manage devices and their security levels by profiling client devices when they connect to the network.

It automatically blocks non-corporate devices.

It provides a single security policy for all devices.

36. When a client device requests a webpage from a server, the server needs to determine the correct version of the webpage to send .

How does ClearPass Guest utilize the information sent by the client’s browser to profile the device and update its database?

ClearPass Guest reads the HTTP User Agent information sent with the page request to profile the device automatically.

ClearPass Guest requires a separate plugin to read and profile the device based on HTTP User Agent information.

ClearPass Guest relies on the DHCP options to profile the device and update the database.

37. A network administrator is configuring a ClearPass service to enhance security by integrating multiple authentication and authorization sources. They decided to use Active Directory (AD) for both authentication and authorization and integrated mobile device management for device validation.

What advantage does this configuration provide in terms of security and user management?

It eliminates the need for OnGuard and Onboard services in ClearPass.

It allows for comprehensive user credential validation and provides additional context about the device’s security status.

It enables the network administrator to bypass the need for user account attributes in the Active Directory.

38. An IT administrator needs to monitor the network for authentication failures of high-priority devices and receive notifications in near-real-time.

Which feature of the ClearPass Insight reporting tool should they use to accomplish this task?

Audit trails

Customized reports

Alerts

39. An IT professional configures a network access control device to properly manage client licenses without causing unnecessary resource strain. They decide to configure RADIUS Start/Stop Accounting but not RADIUS Interim accounting .

What is the likely outcome of this configuration?

The Policy Manager will continuously display license limit exceeded messages.

The network will efficiently monitor client activity without excessive resource usage.

The network will fail to register any client traffic, leading to connectivity issues.

40. An IT specialist is trying to create a reliable profile for a new endpoint device using ClearPass. They want to ensure the profiling is as accurate as possible.

What approach should they take?

Interface multiple profiling collectors between the client device and ClearPass.

Only the HTTP network function is used to detect device fingerprints.

Rely solely on the DHCP network function for profiling.

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