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SolarWinds NPM Exam
Network Performance Monitor (Page 2 )

Updated On: 1-Feb-2026
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PDF with 103 Questions

Which is not true for Device Studio Poller?

  1. Collects data from Orion Failover Engine or Hot Standby Engines
  2. Can perform logical operations or transformations on the polled data
  3. Polled values are displayed in existing resources
  4. Can poll multiple OIDs for a given technology

Answer(s): C


Reference:

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/npm/content/core-testing- device-studio-pollers.htm



You add several nodes for monitoring and can see detailed information on those nodes in the Orion

Web Console. However, when you look at the nodes in Orion Maps, the connections between the nodes are not showing. What is a likely reason?

  1. A firewall is blocking polling between the nodes and the Orion server
  2. You did not enable Layer 2 and Layer 3 topology polling on those nodes
  3. You did not add the node topology OIDs to the MIB database
  4. You did not enable SNMP polling

Answer(s): B



The finance department asks to view select reports from NPM. Because of compliance policies, you cannot create accounts in the Web Console for users outside of the IT department. How do you allow the finance department to view reports without a user account?

  1. Create a DirectLink account in the Web Console
  2. Enable the Guest account
  3. Create a service account for Finance
  4. Enable the Link only option on the report

Answer(s): C



You want a user to be able to acknowledge alerts. Which permissions do you assign to the user account?

  1. Allow Account to Unmanage Objects
  2. Allow Node Management Rights
  3. Allow Account to Clear Events and Acknowledge Alerts and Syslogs
  4. Allow Administrator Rights

Answer(s): C



Network performance over an inter-campus Ethernet link is slow. One side of the connection is experiencing a high number of packet drops. What information in NPM can you review to help discover the cause of the issue?

  1. Packet loss on the nodes on either side of the connection
  2. MTU of each side of the link
  3. Possible Duplex Mismatches
  4. Routing tables on each side of the link

Answer(s): C



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