SpringSource SCP-500 Exam
SCP-500 SolarWinds Certified Professional Exam (Page 3 )

Updated On: 26-Jan-2026

You are investigating sudden slowness throughout the network. The routing tables are changing continuously and routes to many areas of the network are appearing and disappearing with each update. How should you investigate the cause of this issue?

  1. examine the available memory
  2. analyze routing protocol packets
  3. look for switch ports that are off
  4. look forWAN interfaces changing status

Answer(s): D



What is the most direct way to measure an application's performance?

  1. ping the application server
  2. collect application data in NetFlow
  3. time application transactions
  4. collect application server CPU and memory statistics

Answer(s): C



You notice that several routers are showing an increase in CPU and memory utilization that is starting to concern you.
What will likely happen if this trend continues?

  1. Latency through the routers will increase.
  2. The network management system (NMS) will stop monitoring the routers.
  3. Access control lists (ACLs) will be bypassed by the routers.
  4. The routers will deprioritize and drop packets over 1500 bytes.

Answer(s): A



When monitoring the performance of the WAN connection to a remote site, you notice that latency varies from 10 to 1700 milliseconds and that bandwidth utilization is commonly over 90%.
Which type of traffic would be the most adversely affected by this situation?

  1. email
  2. SNMP polling
  3. VoIP
  4. Syslog

Answer(s): C



You have created a new account in the Orion NPM website thatrequires that only nodes that contain the string 'Core' in their hostname should be seen.
Which two steps should you take inOrion NPM to accomplish this? (Choose two.)

  1. add an Account Limitation based on Node Name Pattern
  2. set the pattern to Core*
  3. add an Account Limitation based on Machine Type pattern
  4. set the pattern to *Core*
  5. add an Account Limitation based on Single Network Node
  6. set the pattern to *Core

Answer(s): A,D



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