HPE7-A11 Sample Questions & Answers
Mapping technologies to requirements and sketching wired or wireless topologies ties with writing the technical proposal and finalizing a BOM for the heaviest weighting, alongside identifying stakeholders, documenting the environment, and defending the solution.
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- Question 1AdvancedSelect 2
Discover customers' requirements · Identify, collect, analyze, and document the current environment
When gathering dependencies for a wireless network upgrade to Wi-Fi 6E in a historic building, which TWO constraints must the architect explicitly document as part of the current-state analysis? (Select TWO)
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Correct answers: A, C
Wi-Fi 6E APs typically require 802.3at (PoE+) or 802.3bt (Class 4/6) to operate at full capacity. Documenting that existing switches only support 802.3af (15.4W) is a critical physical constraint. Historic building restrictions on mounting also dictate AP placement and installation methods.
Wi-Fi 6E APs typically require 802.3at (PoE+) or 802.3bt (Class 4/6) to operate at full capacity. Documenting that existing switches only support 802.3af (15.4W) is a critical physical constraint. Historic building restrictions on mounting also dictate AP placement and installation methods.
- Question 2Beginner
Discover customers' requirements · Interpret the technical requirements
True or False: A customer's requirement that the new campus network must support 802.1X authentication using EAP-TLS is considered a non-functional requirement.
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Correct answer: B
False. Supporting 802.1X authentication using EAP-TLS is a functional requirement because it describes a specific behavior or function the system must perform. Non-functional requirements typically describe how the system performs those functions (e.g., performance, scalability, availability SLAs).
- Question 3Intermediate
Discover customers' requirements · Interpret the technical requirements
A financial services customer states that their trading floor network must never experience a single point of failure and must recover from any link or node failure in under 50 milliseconds. How should the architect interpret this technical requirement when designing the core-to-distribution topology?
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Correct answer: C
To meet strict sub-50ms or sub-second failover requirements without a single point of failure, relying on RSTP is insufficient. Deploying Aruba VSX with MC-LAG ensures high availability, active-active forwarding, and near-instantaneous failover by eliminating the need for spanning tree convergence upon link failure.
- Question 4Advanced
Discover customers' requirements · Interpret the technical requirements
A government agency requires that all management traffic for their network infrastructure be fully encrypted and compliant with FIPS 140-2 standards. Additionally, the network must support role-based access control (RBAC) for administration. Which combination of HPE Aruba Networking features best translates these compliance constraints into a technical design?
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Correct answer: B
To meet FIPS 140-2 compliance, Aruba CX switches must be operated in FIPS mode, which enforces strict cryptographic algorithms. Management traffic must be encrypted using secure protocols (SSHv2, HTTPS). ClearPass Policy Manager using TACACS+ satisfies the RBAC requirement for administrative access.
- Question 5Intermediate
Discover customers' requirements · Document assumptions
During a design workshop, a customer states, 'We believe our current fiber optic uplinks between buildings are single-mode and capable of 10Gbps, but we do not have the fiber test reports.' The architect records this information. How should this be classified in the design documentation?
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Correct answer: B
Because the statement is based on belief without empirical proof (no fiber test reports), it must be documented as an assumption. If the fiber turns out to be multi-mode or degraded, the proposed 10Gbps transceivers may fail, introducing significant risk to the project scope and budget.
- Question 6Beginner
Discover customers' requirements · Document assumptions
Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of documenting scope boundaries in a campus network architecture proposal?
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Correct answer: B
Documenting scope boundaries clearly defines what is included and excluded from the project. This manages customer expectations, prevents scope creep, and ensures both parties understand the limits of the proposed architecture.
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