BSCI - BGP Questions

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Here you will find answers to BGP questions

Question 1:

Refer to the exhibit. Router RIP is attempting to establish BGP neighbor

relationships with routers RT1 and RT3. On the basis of the information that is
presented in the exhibit, which two statements are true? (Choose two)

A - RTR has a BGP password set but neighbor 10.0.0.1 does not
B - RTR has a BGP password set but neighbor 10.0.0.5 does not
C - RTR has a BGP password set but neighbor 10.0.0.1 has an incorrect
password set
D - RTR has a BGP password set but neighbor 10.0.0.5 has an incorrect
password set
E - Neighbor 10.0.0.1 has a BGP password set but RTR does not
F - Neighbor 10.0.0.5 has a BGP password set but RTR does not

Answer: A D

Explanation:

You can configure MD5 authentication between two BGP peers, MD5
authentication must be configured with the same password on both BGP
peers; otherwise, the connection between them will not be made. If a router
has a password configured for a peer, but the other peer does not, a message
"No MD5 digest from..." will appear on the console while the routers attempt
to establish a Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) session between
them. Therefore A is correct because RT1 (with an ip address of 10.0.0.1) is
not configured with a password.

Similarly, if the two routers have different passwords configured, a message

"Invalid MD5 digest from..." will appear on the screen.

Question 2:

Refer to the exhibit diagram and configuration. RTB is summarizing its

networks from AS 64100 with the aggregate-address command. However, the
show ip route command on RTA reveals the RTB individual networks as well
as its summary route. Which option would ensure that only the summary route
would appear in the routing table of RTA?
A - Delete the four network statements and leave only the aggregate-address
statement in the BGP configuration
B - Add the keyword summary-only to the aggregate-address command
C - Add a static route with a prefix of 192.168.24.0 255.255.252.0 pointing to
the null interface
D - Create a route map permitting only the summary address

Answer: B

Explanation:

When the aggregate-address command is used within BGP routing, the

aggregated address is advertised, along with the more specific routes. The
exception to this rule is through the use of the summary-only command. The
“summary-only” keyword suppresses the more specific routes and announces
only the summarized route.

Question 3:
Refer to the exhibit The neighbor 10.1.1.1 weight 200 BGP configuration
command has been configured on router A. What will be the result of this
configuration?

A - Router A will prefer the path through router B for network 172.20.0.0
B - Router A will prefer the path through router C for network 172.20.0.0
C - Packets from router D will prefer the path through router B for networks
advertised by router A
D - Packets from router D will prefer the path through router C for networks
advertised by router A

Answer: A

Explanation:

The weight attribute is a special Cisco attribute that is used in the path
selection process when there is more than one route to the same destination.
The higher the weight value, the bettwe the path. The default weight is 0.
Therefore, by configuring weight 200 to the neighbor 10.1.1.1, router A will
prefer the path through router B for network 172.20.0.0 then the path through
router C.
The weight attribute is local to the router and not propagated to other routers.
In this case the weight is local to router A so it has no effect on the decision of
transferring packets from router D.

Question 4:

Based on the show ip bgp summary output. which two statements are true?
(Choose two)

A - The BGP session to the 10.1.1.1 neighbor is established

B - The BGP session to the 10.2.2.2 neighbor is established
C - The BGP session to the 10.3.3.3 neighbor is established
D - The router is attempting to establish a BGP peering session with the
10.1.1.1 neighbor
E - The BGP session to the 10.3.3.3 neighbor is established, but the router
has not received any BGP routing updates from the 10.3.3.3 neighbor
F - The router is attempting to establish a BGP peering session with the
10.2.2.2 neighbor

Answer: A F

Explanation:

The main point of this question is the "State/PfxRcd" column, which shows the
BGP states. Below is the list of BGP states in order, from startup to peering:
1 - Idle: the initial state of a BGP connection. In this state, the BGP speaker is
waiting for a BGP start event, generally either the establishment of a TCP
connection or the re-establishment of a previous connection. Once the
connection is established, BGP moves to the next state.

2 - Connect: In this state, BGP is waiting for the TCP connection to be

formed. If the TCP connection completes, BGP will move to the OpenSent
stage; if the connection can not complete, BGP goes to Active

3 - Active: In the Active state, the BGP speaker is attempting to initiate a TCP
session with the BGP speaker it wants to peer with. If this can be done, the
BGP state goes to OpenSent state.

4 - OpenSent: the BGP speaker is waiting to receive an OPEN message from

the remote BGP speaker

5 - OpenConfirm: Once the BGP speaker receives the OPEN message and
no error is detected, the BGP speaker sends a KEEPALIVE message to the
remote BGP speaker

6 - Established: All of the neighbor negotiations are complete. You will see a
number (2 in this case), which tells us the number of prefixes the router has
received from a neighbor or peer group.

Question 5:

Which command displays the IBGP and EBGP neighbors that are configured?

A - show ip bgp
B - show ip bgp paths
C - show ip bgp peers
D - show ip bgp summary

Answer: D

Explanation:
The picture below shows the output of the show ip bgp summary

Notice that the "show ip bgp" command to display BGP topology database.
Below is the output of the "show ip bgp" command:

Question 6:

BGP contains two paths to a destination. Assuming both routes were

originated locally and have an equal weight. what will be the next determining
factor in choosing the best path?

A - lowest MED
B - highest local preference
C - lowest neighbor IP address
D - lowest origin code
E - shortest AS-path
Answer: B

Explanation:

Memorizing the BGP decision process steps is very useful and you should
remember them. The table below lists the complete path selection process:

1. Weight (Bigger is better)

2. Local preference (Bigger is better)
3. Self originated (Locally injected is better than iBGP/eBGP learned)
4. AS-Path (Smaller is better)
5. Origin (Prefer ORIGIN code I over E, and E over ?)
6. MED (Smaller is better)
7. External (Prefer eBGP over iBGP)
8. IGP cost (Smaller is better)
9. EBGP Peering (Oldest is best)
10. RID (Lowest is best)