NSE 8 - Core Practical Exam Free Sample Questions

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Covers high availability and SD-WAN architecture, system optimization, SASE, routing, and VPN configuration, authentication solutions, and Security Fabric automation and analytics.

12 free sample questions120 in the full practice test Other versions: NSE8(216),NSE8_811(60),NSE8-812(248)

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NSE8_880 Sample Questions

  1. Question 1

    AdvancedMultiple answers

    Infrastructure · High Availability

    You are designing a High Availability (HA) cluster for a financial institution that requires zero packet loss during failover. You decide to implement FortiGate Session Life Support Protocol (FGSP) across two geographically separated data centers. Which of the following requirements must be met to ensure successful Layer 3 session synchronization between the peers?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answers: A, C

    FGSP requires identical models and firmware versions to synchronize session tables correctly, as kernel structures for sessions must match.

    For Layer 3 FGSP (where peers are in different subnets), you must explicitly define the peer-ip to establish the synchronization channel.

  2. Question 2

    Intermediate

    Infrastructure · SD-WAN Architecture

    A network administrator is troubleshooting an SD-WAN deployment where traffic is not switching to the secondary link despite the primary link exceeding the latency threshold. The administrator reviews the SD-WAN rule configuration shown below:

    config system sdwan
    config service
    edit 1
    set mode sla
    set protocol 6
    set start-port 443
    set end-port 443
    set dst "all"
    set src "all"
    config sla
    edit "latency_check"
    set id 1
    next
    end
    set priority-members 1 2
    next
    end
    end

    What is the most likely cause of the issue?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    In FortiOS, referencing an SLA ID in a rule is not enough; the Performance SLA itself (health-check) must have the 'set sla-fail-log-period' and specific threshold values configured and mapped to the ID referenced. If the threshold isn't breached according to the SLA definition, switching won't occur.

  3. Question 3

    Intermediate

    Infrastructure · System Management

    You are managing a FortiManager device with ADOMs enabled. You need to upgrade the firmware of a managed FortiGate cluster from v7.2.4 to v7.4.1. When you attempt to perform the upgrade via the FortiManager Device Manager, the option is grayed out. What is the primary reason for this restriction?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    FortiManager ADOMs are version-specific. You cannot upgrade a managed device to a major firmware version higher than the ADOM version. You must first upgrade the ADOM to 7.4.

  4. Question 4

    Intermediate

    Infrastructure · High Availability

    In a FortiGate FGCP High Availability cluster, which command would you use to verify if the secondary unit is synchronized with the primary unit's configuration and is ready to take over?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    This command displays the configuration checksums for all cluster members. If the checksums match for global, vdom, and all sub-contexts, the devices are synchronized.

  5. Question 5

    Advanced

    Infrastructure · System Optimization

    You are configuring a FortiGate in a multi-tenant environment using VDOMs. You need to ensure that a specific customer VDOM (VDOM-A) does not consume more than 20% of the total available sessions on the device. Which configuration context should you use to apply this limit?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    The 'config system vdom-property' command in the global context allows you to set per-VDOM limits for resources like sessions, dial-up tunnels, and users.

  6. Question 6

    Advanced

    Networking · VPN

    An organization uses Auto Discovery VPN (ADVPN) to connect 50 branch offices. A shortcut tunnel has been successfully established between Branch A and Branch B. However, users in Branch A cannot access a specific UDP application in Branch B, although ICMP works fine.

    Reviewing the debug flow on Branch A shows:
    id=20085 trace_id=1 func=print_pkt_detail line=5824 msg="vd-root:0 received a packet(proto=17, 10.1.1.2:4500->10.2.2.2:4500) from local. type=1, code=0, ...

    What is the most likely cause of this issue?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    Even if the IPsec shortcut is up, traffic must pass firewall policies. If ICMP works but UDP fails, and the shortcut exists, the most likely cause is a restrictive firewall policy on the FortiGate that allows PING but blocks the specific UDP port.

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