HP OpenView Certification Program

HP OpenView Sample Exam for

Network Node Manager I for UNIX, NT & UNIX/NT
(490-013, 490-023, 490-033)
(Correct answers at bottom of test)

NT skills for NNM

1. How is the TCP/IP stack on a Windows NT machine or workstation configured?

A. Via the control panel's driver bindings applet.

B. Via the control panel's network applet.
C. Via the control panel's services applet.
D. Via the control panel's system protocols applet.

2. What is required to configure IPX networking on a Windows NT machine?

A. An NWLink Protocol stack.

B. The NetWare Link State Protocol.
C. A valid Novell Network Number.
D. The MAC address of the Novell server.

3. Which type of addressing is required by an OSI layer 3 packet?

A. IP address
B. MAC address
C. Ethernet address
D. Hostname (assuming name resolution)

4. If the hostname for a node supporting TCP/IP is not available via hostname
resolution, how will NNM label the object?

A. The label will use the MAC address.

B. The label will use the IP Address.
C. The label will use the sysObjectID.
D. The label will use the oid_to_sym.

5. At the node level, which interface is displayed under the IPX network hierarchy for
a device which supports both IP and IPX?

A. The IP interface only.

B. The IPX interface only.
C. The IPX and IP interfaces.
D. The MAC and IPX addresses.

6. Under NNM for Windows NT, how is the status of a level two device established?

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A. Via MAC layer demand poll.

B. Via reverse address resolution.
C. Via indirect SNMP information supplied by the Bridge MIB.
D. Via level two ping.

7. Which type of addressing is required by an OSI layer 3 packet?

A. IP address
B. MAC address
C. IEEE 802.3 address
D. Subnet mask
E. Hostname (assuming name resolution)

8. Which protocol does the ping command use?

A. RIP
B. HTTP
C. ICMP
D. DHCP

9. What is the minimum PC processor required for a Windows NT NNM management

station?

A. a Pentium/90
B. a Pentium/333
C. a Pentium/133
D. a Pentium/150

UNIX Skills for NNM

10. On an HP-UX 10.x system, in which directory would you find the system log file
(syslog)?

A. /system/log/syslog
B. /usr/adm/syslog
C. /var/adm/syslog
D. /var/logging/syslog

11. Which daemon controls the run level a UNIX system is in at a particular time?

A. init
B. config
C. syslev
D. levset

12. Which daemon executes scheduled jobs on a UNIX system?

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A. init
B. cron
C. clock
D. sched

13. Which UX tool provides information regarding running processes?

A. lp
B. pr
C. p
D. ipcrm

14. Which of the following are mechanisms used for hostname resolution? (Choose
two that apply.)

A. RIP
B. DNS
C. NIS
D. RARP

15. What is a web browser an example of?

A. a web client
B. a java application
C. a web server
D. a distributed application
E. a web protocol
F. a web mark-up language

16. What happens if NNM has low memory? (Choose two)

A. Data Warehouse queries fail.

B. netmon polling falls behind.
C. Fewer nodes can be managed.
D. ovstart fails with an error message.

NNM Skills
17. Which command starts an OpenView GUI session with a map name my_map?

A. ovw -ro my_map

B. ovw -map my_map
C. ovw -map:my_map
D. ovw -submap my_map

18. Which statement defines an OpenView submap?

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A. A view of network devices and their current status.

B. The OpenView Databases, including network status, network events and data
collection.
C. A window containing symbols and connections corresponding to a given level of a
network's hierarchy.
D. A collection of submaps and corresponding symbols which comprise a hierarchical
view of a network and its systems.

19. Which submap levels are NOT managed by ipmap? (Choose all that apply.)

A. node
B. network
C. segment
D. interface
E. internet

20. Which statement is true about an unmanaged node/device?

A. That node/device is deleted from the database after a specified time.

B. That node/device is NOT discovered.
C. That node/device is actively being polled.
D. That node/device is NOT actively being polled.
E. That node/device is NOT in the OpenView database.

21. Which protocol is used by the NNM Data Collector to gather data?

A. CMIPB
B. CMPC
C. ARPD -S
D. NMP

22. How are Counter MIB variables stored and tested for thresholds in the NNM Data
Collector?

A. absolute value of the variable

B. difference from previous collection
C. rate of change in units per second
D. value of the counter variable modulo 1,000,000,000

23. While installing NNM for Windows NT, a person decides to postpone network
discovery by UN-checking the box for "start discovery". Which of the following
would prompt such a decision?

A. An NNM permanent license must be installed prior to initial discovery.

B. A seed file and discovery filter are desired for customizing discovery.
C. Location symbols need to be added to the Internet submap so discovery will
automatically place new symbols in their correct Location submap.
D. Multiple maps are wanted and should be created before the first discovery so all are

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populated automatically.

24. To restrict remote access to maps and submaps, you would:

A. edit ovw.auth and ovwdb.auth

B. edit map.auth and jovw.auth
C. configure UserAccess in session.conf.
D. make the submaps transient and thus not viewable from the web.

25. To restrict web-based operator access to some alarm browser functionality you
would:

A. deny their permissions in ovwdb.auth by using a "-".

B. disable the application in their WLRF by commenting it out.
C. change their access level in session.conf.
D. modify the ovalarmsrv startup parameters using a "-B".

26. When an "important nodes" filter has been established, the effect for the
specified nodes is that:

A. they are only pinged when the router is up

B. they are pinged less frequently that other nodes
C. the management station does not indicate that the node is down
D. the management station attempts to reverse a down status more quickly

27. Which of the following AVAs would be used to limit discovery to devices in the
network 135.20.0.0?

A. IsNetwork && ("IP Address" ~ 135.20.*.*)

B. IsNode && ("IP Address" ~ 135.20.*.*)
C. IsInterface && ("IP Address" ~ 135.20.*.*.)
D. IsNode && ("IP Address" ~ "135.20.*.*")

28. What is the ovtrapd daemon responsible for?

A. Receiving SNMP traps from port 162

B. Routing SNMP traps to other ovtrapd processes
C. Writing formatted SNMP traps to the trapd.log file
D. Running specialized scripts based upon SNMP traps received

29. Which daemon is responsible for the discovery of new IP devices?

A. pmd
B. netmon
C. ovrepld
D. ovtopmd
E. snmpd

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30. Which protocol is used in Status Polls?

A. CMIP
B. DHCP
C. ICMP
D. SNMP

31. When NNM is installed, which is true regarding the difference between the NNM
250 and Enterprise product?

A. They use different licenses.

B. They use different databases.
C. They use different configuration files.
D. They manage different device types.
E. They use different bits (executable files).

32. Which file must be modified to specify the use of a seed file to extend initial
discovery?

A. ovstart.lrf
B. netmon.lrf
C. ovstart.conf
D. netmon.conf

33. Which is required for re-doing initial discovery?

A. Modify netmon.lrf file.

B. Remove snmpd.conf file.
C. Purge the NNM openview databases.
D. Select the re-do discovery button on the ovw GUI.

An operator notices that several nodes in his network have been down for 5 days
still show up in the map and are still being polled by NNM. What would you
recommend he do to remove the nodes from the database and stop polling the nodes
that have been down for more than 5 days?

34. Set up the "Delete Nodes if down for" option under Network Polling:

A. General Polling
B. Status Polling
C. IP Discovery Polling
D. Secondary Failures

35. "MIB" can be defined as:

A. The minimum data required to manage a node.

B. A set of data available from a node via SNMP.

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C. Predefined SNMP traps supplied with NNM.

D. Exported topology data in the Data Warehouse.

36. Using the EMANATE agent, if a get-community name is not configured on the
agent, what get-community name must be specified in the get request to get a proper
response?

A. nothing
B. OpenView
C. public
D. anything

37. One use for Community Names is to:

A. define a set of nodes managed by NNM

B. configure SNMP Agents to send traps
C. validate SNMP get requests
D. change NNM's status polling interval

38. Which file on an NNM station configures community names to be used to

communicate with the SNMP simple agent, EMANATE agent, or Extensible agent
running on that station?

A. snmpd.conf
B. ov.auth
C. ovsnmp.conf
D. ovsnmpd.auth

39. Why might a PC have trouble communicating with hosts located in other IP
networks? (Choose two that apply.)

A. The default route is incorrect.

B. The host has not configured NETBUEI.
C. The PC's IP subnet mask is incorrect.
D. The host is unable to resolve IP addresses to host names.

40. Which action does the nmdemandpoll (Fault:Network Connectivity:Poll Node)

NOT perform?

A. check for ARP cache contents

B. check status of the node’s interfaces
C. update the map database with status changes
D. configure the time for next status check

41. What are pop-up windows used for?

A. user interactions
B. sending users messages

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C. right-click mouse actions

D. monitoring treshold values

42. Who can create a new event category?

A. any ovw user on any map

B. only ovw users on Read/Write maps
C. only ovw users on the default map
D. the root ovw user on any map

43. What is the name of the script which actually performs the backup of the
SnmpCollect database?

A. nnm_checkpoint.ovpl
B. nnm_operational.ovpl
C. nnm_analytical.ovpl
D. nnm_integrated.ovpl}

44. The logical OR operator may be used to combine:

A. AVAs with filters

B. filters with sets
C. boolean attributes with filter expressions
D. filters with filter expressions

45. The object database is NOT updated when:

A. the topology database is updated

B. the user modifies a submap background
C. the user creates a new map
D. netmon discovers a new node
E. an interface fails to respond to pings

46. Your network status polling cycle is taking too long. Which filter type
determines which nodes are status polled during normal operation?

A. DHCP
B. Important node
C. Discovery
D. Persistence
E. Failover

47. The command to add a node to the topology database is:

A. netadd
B. loadhosts
C. xnmaddnode
D. ovload

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E. netmon –add
F. gethost

48. Which of the following processes runs ONLY when you run ovw?

A. netmon
B. ovactiond
C. ovmaps
D. ipmap
E. ovuispmd

49. The process which derives object attributes from the sysObjectID is:

A. netmon
B. ovtopmd
C. ipmap
D. snmpd
E. ovwdb

50. Which of the following does the Launcher NOT provide: (Choose 2.)

A. the ability to restrict user access based on password security

B. alternative language selection when mulitiple languages are installed
C. monitoring of NNM URL access by operators
D. access to administrative functions such as ovstart and ovstop
E. the ability to limit the capabilities of web alarm browser operators

Answers:

1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. C
14. BC
15. A
16. BC
17. B
18. C
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19. D
20. D
21. D
22. C
23. B
24. A
25. D
26. D
27. C
28. A
29. B
30. C
31. A
32. B
33. C
34. B
35. A
36. D
37. C
38. A
39. AC
40. C
41. B
42. A
43. A
44. D
45. B
46. C
47. B
48. D
49. C
50. DE

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