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These 10 free SMBS questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Cisco Small and Medium Business Sales (SMBS) (700-250) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A retailer compares two monthly Cisco offers. One includes licenses and vendor support; the other also includes network monitoring, configuration changes, and incident handling. The owner says, 'Either offer means someone else will run our IT.' What distinction should the account manager make?
Correct answer: A - Recurring billing alone does not transfer responsibility for operating the network.
'Will every employee's web session have to travel through the management cloud?' asks a customer reviewing a Meraki proposal. How should the seller explain Meraki's standard cloud-management architecture?
Correct answer: B - Configuration and monitoring use the management cloud; user traffic follows its LAN or WAN path.
A bookkeeping firm uses Duo to verify access to its business applications. A security review finds that employees' laptops can still resolve known malicious Internet domains. The owner wants to block those lookups before users connect to the destinations. Which expansion addresses the uncovered need?
Correct answer: B - Cross-sell DNS-layer security to block malicious-domain lookups.
At an architecture practice's hybrid design reviews, remote attendees hear the person beside the meeting-room laptop clearly but miss comments from people farther along the table. Connectivity tests at both ends are normal. The partner's next demonstration should focus on:
Correct answer: C - A Cisco room endpoint with microphone coverage suited to the entire table.
Consultants move between client offices and hotels with managed laptops. They need access to a private estimating application through the company's existing compatible VPN gateway. The necessary entitlements are in place. Complete the proposal with the endpoint component that provides the remote connection.
Correct answer: A - Deploy Cisco Secure Client's VPN module to the consultants' laptops.
Cisco Secure Endpoint confirms active malicious file encryption on a managed laptop and reports contact with a command-and-control domain. The laptop can still write to shared business folders. The provider's operator is authorized to use the available isolation control. Which response takes priority?
Correct answer: C - Isolate the affected laptop and initiate the approved incident-response procedure.
An office lease review is due next month. Five weeks of occupancy readings average 35%, yet use reaches 93-97% on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Other periods stay below 40%, and no desk shortages have been reported. What should these findings lead the facilities manager to do?
Correct answer: C - Examine peak demand and work schedules before choosing the next office footprint.
Following an update to a retailer's own checkout application, checkout response time rises from 0.6 to 4.5 seconds at every location. Product searches remain fast. Network round-trip time stays near 25 milliseconds, with 0% packet loss. The team lacks transaction-level code and dependency traces. Where should the partner focus the investigation?
Correct answer: D - Use Splunk AppDynamics to trace checkout transactions and their application dependencies.
Three months after buying 80 collaboration licenses, a customer has activated 72 accounts, but only 18 employees regularly use the service. Team leaders say staff remain with the old workflow because they have not learned how to handle shared customer calls in the new one. The sponsor questions renewing. What would most directly address the renewal risk?
Correct answer: D - Coach teams on shared calling, then measure use of that workflow.
A proposed managed-service agreement promises a one-hour response during business hours but sets no service-restoration target. An online retailer needs a measurable commitment covering recovery from checkout outages overnight as well as during the day. The owner asks for a contract amendment. Which amendment supplies the missing commitment?
Correct answer: D - Add a measured restoration target applying 24/7, with agreed exclusions and escalation.
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