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Free Practice Questions for the Cisco Specialist 648-238 Exam (2026 Updated)

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Questions 4

When troubleshooting camera issues, which technology allows you to find the IP address of a Cisco IP camera from the Cisco switch it is connected to?

Options:

A.

DHCP

B.

SNMP

C.

CDP

D.

medianet

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Questions 5

When the CPS-MSP-2RU-K9 server is turned on, it starts beeping and continues to do so, even if the server seems to be operational. What is causing this issue?

Options:

A.

The clock battery in the server is drained and must be replaced.

B.

One of the fans in the power supply has failed.

C.

The incoming power voltage into the power supply is too low or too high.

D.

One of the hard disk drives has failed and must be replaced.

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Questions 6

Which Cisco technology is embedded in Cisco IP cameras that simplifies deployment of video surveillance, saves time, and reduces network configuration errors?

Options:

A.

Medianet MSI

B.

Medianet MSP

C.

Cisco Discovery Protocol

D.

Medianet Experience Engine

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Questions 7

Which two OS + browser combinations are supported for viewing video using Cisco SASD? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Windows XP SP3 + Internet Explorer 8 (32- or 64-bit)

B.

Windows 7 (32-bit) + Internet Explorer 8 (32-bit)

C.

Windows 7 (32-bit) + Internet Explorer 9 (64-bit)

D.

Windows 7 (64-bit) + Internet Explorer 8 (32-bit)

E.

Windows 7 (64-bit) + Internet Explorer 9 (32-bit)

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Questions 8

Which Cisco IP Video Surveillance camera(s) allow for remote focus and zoom through the web interface of the camera?

Options:

A.

CIVS-IPC-2500 and CIVS-IPC-2600

B.

CIVS-IPC-2930

C.

CIVS-IPC-2621V

D.

CIVS-IPC-4500E

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Questions 9

Which two of the following are components of a virtualized VSM 6.3.2 environment? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Cisco Physical Security MSP servers

B.

Cisco SRE 700 running UCS Express on ISR G2 routers

C.

Cisco SRE 910 running UCS Express on ISR G2 routers

D.

VMware vSphere (ESXi)

E.

Microsoft Hyper-V

F.

Citrix XenDesktop

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Questions 10

By default, which two passwords are NOT configured in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 6.3.2? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

VSMC password

B.

VSOM root user password

C.

Operator root user password

D.

Linux root user password

E.

MySQL root password

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Questions 11

Which Cisco Video Surveillance IP cameras can be configured as an indoor, vandal-resistant camera, without the use of a third-party external enclosure?

Options:

A.

CIVS-IPC-3520

B.

CIVS-IPC-3530

C.

CIVS-IPC-4500E

D.

CIVS-IPC-6000P

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Questions 12

Why would a Cisco IP camera show clear, but black and white, video images?

Options:

A.

The IR cut filter is in place.

B.

The camera is not streaming the color data.

C.

The camera has switched to night mode.

D.

The camera is not getting enough power.

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Questions 13

Which three statements about the Cisco 4- and 8-channel standalone encoder are true?

Options:

A.

They both support dual streaming on all ports.

B.

They both support motion detection.

C.

They both support simultaneous video and audio.

D.

They both support H.264 compression.

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Questions 14

Refer to the exhibit.

648-238 Question 14

Cisco VSOM, Cisco VSMS servers, and IP cameras in the shown Cisco VSM deployment are utilizing default NTP behavior to ensure that time settings are synchronized across all devices. What is the IP address of the pointed-to NTP server for the device with IP address 172.168.1.101?

Options:

A.

10.0.0.10

B.

172.168.1.10

C.

172.168.1.101

D.

192.168.1.101

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Questions 15

Refer to the exhibit.

648-238 Question 15

You are the system administrator for a newly deployed Cisco Video Surveillance solution. Branch A cameras are streaming to Cisco VSMS-A and Branch B cameras are streaming to Cisco VSMS-B. Cisco VSOM is reporting a " Timed out waiting for server response " error when trying to load video from camera 192.168.1.102, but network pings are being responded to from your workstation at HQ. All other cameras from the 192.168.1.0 network are working as expected. Which three options could have caused the error message? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

There is a network configuration issue with the switch and switch port that camera 192.168.1.102 is connected to.

B.

Media server 192.168.1.10 is down and not responding.

C.

The Branch A and HQ routers are updating their routing tables and they have not yet converged.

D.

There is an IP address conflict on the 192.168.1.0 network.

E.

The password on the camera was changed.

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Questions 16

Which four camera configurations are valid? (Choose four.)

Options:

A.

CIVS-IPC-3530:1280x720 at 30 fps

B.

CIVS-IPC-3530:1280x800 at 30 fps

C.

CIVS-IPC-3530:1920x1080 at 5 fps

D.

CIVS-IPC-6030:1280x720 at 30 fps

E.

CIVS-IPC-6030:1280x800 at 30 fps

F.

CIVS-IPC-6030:1920x1080 at 15 fps

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Questions 17

Per Cisco best practices, how should you bulk upgrade the firmware of the multiple Cisco IP cameras that are deployed in a Cisco VSM system?

Options:

A.

via the web interface of each camera only

B.

via Cisco VSOM - System Settings - System

C.

via Cisco VSMC - Maintenance - Server Upgrade

D.

via Cisco VSMC - Maintenance - Manage Drivers

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Questions 18

Order the servers from lowest to highest usable capacity.

Options:

A.

2RU (6 x 1 TB), 2RU (12 x 1 TB), 2RU (6 x 2 TB), 2RU (12 x 2 TB)

B.

2RU (6 x 1 TB), 2RU (6 x 2 TB), 2RU (12 x 1 TB), 2RU (12 x 2 TB)

C.

2RU (12 x 2 TB), 2RU (12 x 1 TB), 2RU (6 x 2 TB), 2RU (6 x 1 TB)

D.

2RU (12 x 2 TB), 2RU (6 x 2 TB), 2RU (12 x 1 TB), 2RU (6 x 1 TB)

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Questions 19

On a VSMS server, what is YaST used for?

Options:

A.

To check the status of the RAID storage

B.

To configure the network settings

C.

To monitor the network performance

D.

To troubleshoot video stream errors

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Questions 20

Which two of the following Cisco Physical Security MSP servers support an optional secondary power supply? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

CPS-MSP-1RU-K9

B.

CPS-MSP-2RU-K9

C.

CPS-MSP-4RU

D.

CPS-SS-4RU

E.

CIAC-PAME-1125-K9

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Questions 21

Order the following resolutions, by pixel count, from lowest to highest.

Options:

A.

D1, HD, QCIF, CIF

B.

D1, CIF, 4CIF, HD

C.

QCIF, CIF, D1, HD

D.

QCIF, D1, CIF, HD

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Questions 22

Which camera and lens setup is correct to use IR lighting?

Options:

A.

color camera with IR corrected lens

B.

a camera with day/night mode and IR corrected lens

C.

a camera with day/night mode and varifocal lens

D.

color camera with varifocal lens

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Questions 23

What is the correct camera and lens setup for the use of IR lighting?

Options:

A.

Color camera with IR corrected lens

B.

A camera with day/night mode and IR corrected lens

C.

A camera with day/night mode and varifocal lens

D.

Color camera with varifocal lens

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Questions 24

Which option lists video resolutions in order from lowest to highest (by pixel count)?

Options:

A.

D1, HD, QCIF, CIF

B.

D1, CIF, 4CIF, HD

C.

QCIF, CIF, D1, HD

D.

QCIF, D1, CIF, HD

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Questions 25

What is the advantage of using multicast instead of unicast to transport the camera video stream in the Cisco Video Surveillance solution?

Options:

A.

When the video stream is viewed on multiple operator workstations, the network is taxed only with single multicast stream.

B.

Multicast configuration on switching and routing infrastructure is less complex than the configuration for unicast traffic.

C.

You can configure one camera to stream to two media servers at the same time, for data redundancy purposes.

D.

Multicast is not supported in the Cisco Video Surveillance solution.

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Questions 26

How should the camera capacity for media servers be calculated?

Options:

A.

Cisco UCS Express can handle up to 32 cameras, CPS-MSP-1RU-K9 can handle up to 64 cameras, the CPS-MSP-2RU-K9 can handle up to 200 cameras, Cisco UCS C-Series can handle up to 1000 cameras, and Cisco UCS B-Series can handle up to 1000 cameras per blade.

B.

Camera capacity should be calculated by the maximum storage space on the media server when configured with full HDD utilization.

C.

Camera capacity should be calculated by the aggregate bit rate of all video streams, both inbound and outbound, on a media server.

D.

Camera capacity cannot be calculated, and must be configured on site.

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Questions 27

Refer to the exhibit.

648-238 Question 27

You just deployed a virtual, co-located Cisco VSM 7 OVA image and added a 1 TB virtual disk for media storage. You are trying to add a media server via Cisco VSOM and get the error message shown. What is causing this issue?

Options:

A.

The server should be rebooted.

B.

The Cisco VSM services on the server must be restarted.

C.

Media storage partitions were not created in the virtual machine.

D.

There was an issue with the import of the OVA image. The image should be reimported, new virtual hard drive should be added, and /media# directory created.

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Questions 28

What is the approximate usable drive capacity for a CPS-MSP-2RU-K9 with half of the drive bays populated with 2 TB HDDs?

Options:

A.

4 TB

B.

8 TB

C.

10 TB

D.

20 TB

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Questions 29

Upon power on, the CPS-MSP-2RU-K9 server starts beeping and continues to do so, even if the server seems to be operational. What is the probable cause of this issue?

Options:

A.

The clock battery in the server is empty and needs to be replaced

B.

One of the fans in the power supply has failed

C.

The incoming power voltage into the power supply is too low or too high

D.

One of the hard disk drives has failed and needs to be replaced

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Questions 30

Which statement best describes the physical and virtualized Cisco VSM 7 platforms that Cisco recommends?

Options:

A.

Operations Manager must be deployed on a physical MSP server, media server can be deployed on physical MSP servers and/or as virtual machines on Cisco UCS.

B.

Media server must be deployed on physical MSP server(s), Operations Manager can be deployed on physical MSP or as a virtual machine on Cisco UCS servers.

C.

Cisco VSM deployments should be either on dedicated physical MSP servers or virtualized UCS servers, but not both.

D.

Cisco VSM is interchangeable and interoperable across physical MSP and virtualized Cisco UCS deployments and can be mixed without additional configurations.

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Questions 31

Which switch port capability is recommended for an MSP server?

Options:

A.

Server switch ports should have 10/100 Mb capability

B.

Server switch ports should have 1000 Mb capability

C.

Server switch ports should have 10 Gb capability

D.

Servers should be connected to PoE-capable switches

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Questions 32

What are the two differences between interlaced and progressive scan video? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Progressive scan video is generally better with fast-moving objects

B.

Interlaced video is generally better with fast-moving objects

C.

Interlaced video is constructed out of alternating odd and even lines

D.

Progressive scan video is constructed out of alternating odd and even lines

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Questions 33

Refer to the exhibit.

648-238 Question 33

Cameras and a Cisco VSM server are connected to a Layer 2 switch. Which three steps will allow the Cisco VSM servers to see video traffic from the two IP cameras? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

GigE 0/10 should be configured to accept traffic from all VLANs using the #switchport mode access vlan all command.

B.

GigE 0/10 should be configured to dynamic mode using the #switchport mode dynamic desirable command.

C.

Implement " router-on-a-stick " .

D.

Implement inter-VLAN routing.

E.

The link between GigE 0/5 and FE 1/1 should be configured as a trunk port.

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Questions 34

On a converged network infrastructure, which Layer 2 technology can be easily enabled and configured to ensure separation of video surveillance traffic on the network from other sources (for example, voice, email, and web browsing)?

Options:

A.

IP routing

B.

firewall

C.

QoS

D.

VLAN

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Questions 35

Where should outdoor surveillance cameras be mounted when nearby sources of light are present?

Options:

A.

The camera should be mounted lower than the light source.

B.

The camera should be mounted in parallel with the nearest light source.

C.

The camera should be mounted above the light source.

D.

Location does not matter, as long as the camera is day/night capable.

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Questions 36

Refer to the exhibit.

648-238 Question 36

Which statement can be determined from the output shown?

Options:

A.

This is the output from the show power inline command.

B.

The connected device is an 802.af class 3 PoE camera.

C.

The switch management IP address is 10.10.10.202.

D.

The PoE device is connected to switch port 0.

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Questions 37

What does it mean when the video from a camera is black and white, but otherwise the picture is clear?

Options:

A.

The IR cut filter is in place

B.

The camera is not streaming the color data

C.

The camera has switched to night mode

D.

The camera is not getting enough power

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Questions 38

When should a parent-child proxy be used?

Options:

A.

When you are watching the same camera feed multiple times at a remote site that also has a media server

B.

When you are watching multiple camera feeds simultaneously at a remote site that also has a media server

C.

When you are watching the same camera feed multiple times at the local site

D.

When you are watching multiple camera feeds at the same time at the local site

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Questions 39

From which web interface can the Cisco VSMS be upgraded?

Options:

A.

VSOM admin pages

B.

VSOM operator pages

C.

VSMC management console page

D.

VSMS BWT pages

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Questions 40

In VSM 6.3.2, which of the following options cannot be used to create a snapshot?

Options:

A.

BMP

B.

TIFF

C.

PNG

D.

VSD

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Questions 41

When configuring an event in Cisco VSOM, which of the following is not a valid configuration option?

Options:

A.

Soft Trigger

B.

Analytics Trigger

C.

Time-Based Trigger

D.

Device Trigger

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Questions 42

How are SNMP traps configured?

Options:

A.

SNMP traps can be added in the SNMP Trap Destinations section of VSMC

B.

SNMP traps are configured directly on the operating system

C.

SNMP traps are configured through VSOM, on the server network traps setup pages

D.

SNMP traps cannot be configured directly on the system, and a third-party application is needed

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Questions 43

In the Cisco VSM 7.0.x solution, which three functions is Cisco VSOM used for? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

View live and recorded video.

B.

Record video from IP cameras.

C.

Upgrade the Cisco VSMS.

D.

Modify the IP address of associated media servers.

E.

Configure IP cameras, archives, and events.

F.

Configure storage repositories for the system.

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Questions 44

On a properly qualified client PC that meets workstation requirements, streaming video appears choppy with ghosting artifacts. However, recorded clips that are extracted and saved to the local PC for playback do not display any quality issues. What is causing the issue?

Options:

A.

H.264 video needs to " settle " in the recording for best quality.

B.

network path congestion, QoS, and/or bandwidth issues

C.

camera problem

D.

video card driver

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Questions 45

How should the camera capacity for media servers be calculated?

Options:

A.

The CPS-MSP-1RU-K9 can handle up to 32 cameras. The CPS-MSP-2RU-K9 can handle up to 100 cameras.

B.

Camera capacity should be calculated by the available storage space on the media server

C.

Camera capacity should be calculated by the aggregate bit rate of all video streams, both inbound and outbound, on a media server

D.

Camera capacity cannot be calculated, and must be configured on site

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Exam Code: 648-238
Exam Name: Implementing Cisco Connected Physical Security 1
Last Update: Sep 11, 2026
Questions: 152

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