HPE Aruba Network Switching Associate (HPE6-A86) Certification Sample Questions

01. Forty branch switches managed in HPE Aruba Networking Central must share one standard configuration. Only values such as the hostname and management IP address differ between branches. Which approach meets this requirement with the least ongoing effort?
a) Configure each switch at its own CLI from a copy of the first switch's file
b) Put the switches in one group with a template using per-switch variables
c) Export the configuration from one switch web UI and import it on each
d) Put each switch in its own group so that each can hold unique settings

02. Which two statements accurately describe collision domains and broadcast domains?
(Select two.)
a) Collision domains are a Layer 2 concept, while broadcast domains are a Layer 3 concept.
b) Broadcast domains are mainly a problem when you use a hub device.
c) A routing device defines the edge of a broadcast domain.
d) Collisions are quite common in modern network switches.
e) A switch port defines the edge of a collision domain.

03. An AOS-CX switch has two routed interfaces: VLAN 10 at 10.1.10.1/24 and VLAN 99 at 172.16.0.2/30. It runs no routing protocol and has no default route. An engineer adds a static route to 192.168.50.0/24 with next hop 172.16.5.1. The static route appears in the configuration, but the routing table does not list it, and traffic to 192.168.50.0/24 fails.
What is the most likely reason?
a) Static routes need to be redistributed into OSPF before they are used
b) The route's distance of 1 conflicts with the connected VLAN 99 route
c) A static route is installed only after the configuration is saved
d) The next hop is not reachable through any connected or known route

04. New AOS-CX switches will be shipped to branch offices with no IT staff. Each switch must receive its configuration from HPE Aruba Networking Central when it is first plugged in, with no local setup. Which two conditions are required?
(Select two.)
a) The switch gets an IP address and can reach the internet from its uplink
b) The switch is added to the Central account and assigned to a group
c) DHCP gives the switch a TFTP server and file name in options 66 and 67
d) A technician enters the Central address at the switch console

05. A converged network carries voice, video and data. Users report jitter and dropped words on VoIP calls, especially while large file transfers are running. What is the primary role of Quality of Service (QoS) in resolving this issue?
a) To prioritize delay-sensitive voice traffic over bulk file transfers.
b) To encrypt the voice traffic to protect it from the data traffic.
c) To block the file transfer traffic whenever a voice call is active.
d) To increase the total bandwidth of the network connection.

06. Which statement best describes Dynamic Segmentation on HPE Aruba Networking switches?
a) Users are separated only by placing each department in its own VLAN
b) Every switch port is statically placed in one VLAN according to its wall jack
c) Policy follows the user's role to whichever port they connect to
d) Traffic is segmented by blocking redundant paths between switches

07. Hosts in VLAN 30 use the subnet 10.30.0.0/23. The AOS-CX switch interface for VLAN 30 will be their default gateway. Which address can be assigned to that interface?
a) 10.30.2.1/23
b) 10.30.1.254/23
c) 10.30.1.255/23
d) 10.30.0.0/23

08. An administrator has configured a static default route on an AOS-CX switch and wants to confirm both that the route is in the configuration and that it has been installed for forwarding. Which two commands should the administrator use?
(Select two.)
a) show running-config
b) show spanning-tree
c) show ip route
d) show version

09. Two AOS-CX aggregation switches are configured as a VSX pair. An access switch has one uplink to each aggregation switch. Both uplinks must forward traffic at the same time, and neither may be blocked by spanning tree.
How should the access switch uplinks be configured?
a) As two separate LAGs, one toward each aggregation switch
b) Run RSTP and let one uplink stay blocked as an alternate path
c) Join the access switch to the aggregation pair with VSF
d) As one LAG spanning both switches of the VSX pair

10. A newly installed access point on an AOS-CX PoE switch does not power on. The switch detects a valid powered device on the port but delivers no power to it. The switch PoE summary shows that the power already allocated to other ports is almost equal to the power available. Other powered devices on the switch work normally.
What is the most likely cause?
a) The cable to the access point is longer than 100 meters
b) The access point's port is configured as a trunk port
c) The switch has used up its PoE power budget
d) The access point uses a different VLAN from the other devices