CWDP-304 Certified Wireless Design Professional Questions and Answers
What is the minimum PoE budget needed on a switch to support 6 (six) APs that can only be powered using IEEE 802.3at if no other details are provided?
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Assume that your network operates in a regulatory domain that allows use of the entire 5 GHz space allowed in the 802.11ac amendment. In your
upcoming
802.11ac deployment, you would like to take advantage of the performance improvements that result from channel bonding. However, after
extensive testing, you have determined that your mission-critical WLAN should not use channels requiring DFS support.
Given those two criteria (enable channel bonding and disable DFS channels), in the 5 GHz spectrum, how many non-overlapping 40 MHz channels
will your system be able to use?
You must perform a site survey that defines signal strength, throughput and latency What kind of survey should you perform?
What are some significant drawbacks that are present with WPA/WPA2-Enterprise that are not present with WPA/WPA2-Personal?(Choose all that apply.)
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You have initiated a site survey to be performed and the team has been onsite and is halfway through gathering the necessary data.
The project sponsor just asked you to make sure the WLAN supports radio frequency identification (RFID) location tracking. How would you possibly characterize this situation?
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A wireless network with fewer APs at higher power levels to cover a large area is said to be which of the following?
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While configuring your site survey software for an upcoming manual survey project, you notice the configuration option for " Network Card
Simulation " . What is the purpose of such a feature and when would you use it?
For an antenna 35 dBi of gain is needed. What antenna type should be used to achieve this gain?
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What strategy can be used to ensure efficient cell overlap for VoIP site surveys?
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What is the most suitable antenna option to be used when designing a WLAN infrastructure with APs mounted on a ceiling with a height of more than 20 feet and having all of the client stations used from the floor?
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In the enterprise, when is WPA/WPA2-Personal generally a recommended solution?(Choose all that apply.)
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You and 10 other people are connected to a public hot-spot. You issue a ping sweep on the network, but you can ' t find any devices on the same
subnet as yours.
What feature might be enabled on the WLAN infrastructure that is preventing you from communicating with other devices on that subnet?
You have been asked to design a WLAN for an organization. They will be replacing an existing WLAN Currently each AP operates 8 SSlDs on each radio What will you communicate with the organization so that they understand the need to reduce the number of SSlDs?
Four buildings are located in a square orientation to each other. Fisch Stix Food Company is requesting a PtMP link between the buildings. On the building with the root bridge link, what type of antenna is the best choice?
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You are conducting a physical site survey where heavy machinery is repaired. What is a common item required specifically for this type of survey?
An organization is implementing a new WLAN. They are upgrading a very old 802.11g network that only a few devices used Now. they expect more than 250 devices to use the new WLAN that will operate 802.11ax Aps. What wired-side consideration should you address in your design recommendations?
While performing a validation site survey, you realize that overlapping channels are being used on the 2.4 GHz bad due to the automatic channel assignment algorithm of the WLAN infrastructure.
What should you do to prevent this?
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While using a USB adapter attached to a USB hub and your laptop for protocol analysts you notice that the SNR is lower than expected. The USB adapter is an 802 11 ac 3x3 3 adapter and is connected to a USB 3 hub. What is likely causing the SNR variation?
After deploying a 5 GHz-only WLAN infrastructure in the USA, using 20 MHz channel-widths and all 25 available channels, one of the managers of
the company brings his 802.11n tablet to the office to test the Guest SSID. While testing, there were several spots where we would get poor RSSI
(below -80dBM) or none at all. You checked the WLAN infrastructure and all APs are up and running and you ' ve validated coverage after
deployment. What is causing this issue?
Even when a full pre-design site survey is not performed, what is always recommended to be performed within the deployment areas?
During the deployment of a WLAN the customer complains that the chosen locations for several APs are ruining the aesthetics of the building Instead of changing AP locations and requiring a redesign, what action can you recommend1?
What are the three biggest WLAN enterprise verticals?(Choose all that apply.)
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What might limit the ability to locate 802.11 clients using a WLAN infrastructure without an 802.11 tag?
When selecting a centralized WLAN architecture, what new problem may arise when you change the data forwarding model from centralized to
distributed?
An organization has chosen to implement Wi-Fi 6E and operates in a regulatory domain allowing the use of all 6 GHz channels. Why can 40 MHz channels be used more easily in this network than one operating in the 5 GHz band?
What type of standards-based encryption is used by office extension APs for the traffic tunnel?(Choose all that apply.)
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What are three potential benefits when an organization lets their employees bring their own device onto the company s network " ?
What should you do during the design process of a point to point bridge link to minimize CCI and ACl?
What term refers to the security practice of obfuscating actual data from unintended receivers as the data crosses the transmission medium?
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When performing an active site survey in an existing WLAN infrastructure, in addition to gathering throughput data, what other important function
will you typically be testing at the same time?
iPerf is a tool used in site surveys and validation surveys for what purpose?
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You ' re preparing to perform a site survey for a company that processes meat. Some areas are restricted due to high-security. What do you have to
do in order to proceed with the site survey?
Location technology (RTLS) can use which of the following methods?(Choose all that apply.)
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Left to its simplest form, what method does a location algorithm use to determine location within a WLAN coverage area?
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To ensure that your design meets the requirements of the WLAN, what should be defined in your WLAN design software that will result in different requirements at varying locations on the floor plan1?
During an RFP analysis, one of the vendors mentioned that you ' ll need to upgrade your Gigabit Ethernet switches to MultiGig switches to ensure
support for
802.11ac and 802.11ax, which both offer data rates over 1Gbps. Why is this not sound advice?
When deploying APs outdoors, what additional component needs to be used that is not needed indoors?
When doing some frame capturing over the air during a voice call, you realized that frames on the downlink (from the AP to the client) direction are
not being transmitted with the correct UP value for voice frames, but on the uplink (from the client to the AP) direction are being transmitted
correctly. What ' s the cause of this issue?
When implementing WLAN security according to common best practices, what feature should be enabled when configuring an EAP type?
During a post-deployment verification, you are requested to troubleshoot an area where users are experiencing poor throughput. They are using
data communication only, mainly from laptops. You captured the frame showing an incorrect FCS. This frame is typical of those that were
captured by the analyzer.
What does this frame reveal about the RF network in this area?
During a validation site survey, you realize that the installers mounted some of the APs above the ceiling. They said that this was a request from
the building architect due to aesthetics constraints. During the requirements gathering, you weren ' t advised about any aesthetics constraints from
the main stakeholder of the project. What should you do in this case?
In this question, you will compare the mobility processes of a network that supports WPA2-Personal and WPA2-Enterprise. Assume the use of a
15-character
ASCII passphrase for WPA2-Personal and EAP-TTLS/MSCHAPv2 with WPA2-Enterprise. Also, assume that proprietary roaming protocols are not
supported.
When a device transitions from one BSS to another within the same ESS, what step must be performed in the WPA2-Enterprise transition that are
not performed in the WPA2-Personal transition?
Which document provided to your customer should include all devices and parts that are going to be used during the deployment of their WLAN
infrastructure?
While performing a validation site survey, you realize that overlapping channels are being used on the 2.4 GHz bad due to the automatic channel assignment algorithm of the WLAN infrastructure.
What should you do to prevent this?
Before performing a pre-deployment passive RF survey of a new deployment using survey mapping software, which of the following must be performed?
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You have been tasked with performing safety and operations training for outdoor bridge link installation. The antennas are to be installed on a 70-foot tower on one end and the roof top of an office building on the other end.
What might be required for the tower installation?
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You deployed an AP and installed its antenna, and you now need to set the AP transmit power. Given a desired EIRP of 21 dBm, and an antenna
gain of 5.85 dBd connected through 25 feet of cable with a loss specification of 4 dB/100 feet.
Assuming that there is no significant loss from the connectors, what should be the transmit power level for this AP?
What kind of antenna results in a nearly circular pattern on the azimuth chart but a very flat donut shape on the elevation chart?
What are some advantages of designing guest access with all guest users tunneled directly into the DMZ?
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You desire to achieve a 450 Mbps MCS. What 802.11n features (from the numbered list below) are required?
1. Frame aggregation
2. Short GI
3. 40 MHz channels
4. 2 spatial streams
5. 3 spatial streams
6. Transmit beamforming (TxBF)
What is the most cost-effective way to accurately measure the height of a ceiling when ladder use is not allowed?
After successfully deploying and validating a WLAN intra structure, who should be trained for a better understanding and management of the solution? (Choose the single best answer)
What kind of applications has the character traits of many communications back and forth between the server and client for each transaction initiated by the user?
For example, several files, images and other data files may be required to download to the client with each click from the user. Choose the best answer.
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What statement is true of a WLAN design that supports Real-Time Location Services (RTLS) with 802.11 RFID asset tags?
When performing an indoor predictive site survey to make the WLAN planning and design cycle more efficient, what is a best practice for
configuration of the simulated APs in the predictive modeling software?
Given: You are evaluating the theoretical and real-world RF gain benefits of transmit and receive features introduced by 802.11 with MIMO. This
exercise allows you to quantify the features value in a real-world environment.
What is the maximum theoretical signal gain of chip-based TxBF and MRC (as features) when compared to the same AP using only a single
antenna for transmit and receive (effectively simulating a 1x1 chip)?
What commonly used item can help lo prevent back pain during lengthy site surveys?
During lunch time in the break room of a company, Wi-Fi connectivity on the 2.4 GHz band is intermittent. Every other time of the day, it works fine.
What ' s the likely cause of this issue?
Which of the following items could be considered constraints when performing a network design?(Choose all that apply.)
You are using site software design features. You have imported a floor plan, but the simulated RF coverage is nowhere close to the real RF coverage you see with a walkabout.
Given that the simulation is significantly different, when step was likely missed when using the software?
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When surveying an existing WLAN infrastructure for a possible redesign, you use two Wi-Fi USB adapters to collect RSSI data and two USB
spectrum analysis adapters to collect RF spectrum data. Since your laptop doesn ' t have enough USB ports, you use a 4-port powered USB 3.0 hub.
What issues could be caused by the use of USB 3.0 that will impact your site survey?
What is the purpose of Friis transmission equation [ (LdB) = 20 log(d) + 20 log (f) - 27.55 ]?
When deploying long-distance 802.11 bridge links (10 miles / 16 km), what parameter may be critical for improving data flow by reducing retries
caused by the long distances?
You are designing a WLAN and nave been asked to recommend a security solution for the network The organization requires that 802 1X/EAP be implemented, but they do not have a PKI and do not wish to deploy one They suggest that mostly Windows clients. Apple phones and Android phones will be used What do you recommend?
Which type of authentication and encryption method is mandatory for Voice Enterprise certified devices as specified by the Wi-Fi Alliance?
Which of the following items could be considered constraints when performing a network design?(Choose all that apply.)
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One of your customers plans on providing wireless coverage to a warehouse facility. After performing an initial walkthrough, you collect the
following information:
The central part of the warehouse is between 400 and 600 feet (122 to 183 meters) from the warehouse switches mounted on the walls.
✑ The warehouse storage is composed of metallic racks with varying inventory levels and contents, from electronics and plastic toys to food
pallets and juice bottles.
✑ Workers need basic data coverage from their working location, and are not highly mobile. They usually work from one single aisle, and their
laptop is on a cart with wheels.
What would be your one recommendation to provide coverage to the central area of the warehouse?
A table of VLANs in a _________ document should include what device performs ________ services.(Fill in the blanks)
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For what purposes are VPNs typically used in modern WLANs?(Choose all that apply.)
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In a convention center, you have received complaints about the WLAN infrastructure. At this moment, the are only two APs in one auditorium.
After analyzing the situation, you determined that there are more client devices that the infrastructure was designed for. There are only two APs to support more than 300 devices using the Wi-Fi at the same time.
What should you do to make the Wi-Fi work as expected?
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What type of protection should be provided to outdoor antenna installations?
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When a WLAN controller sends an 802.11 frame to a lightweight AP for transmission on the wireless medium, how does it mark the frame for
802.11 QoS priority?
What is the best method of gathering attenuation measurements from any building materials or objects?
When deploying a new WLAN infrastructure using PoE to power the APs, you realize that a known good AP is not powering up. You use the same
cable to connect your laptop and connect without any trouble. What is the most likely reason the AP did not power up?
A customer is acquiring a new VoWLAN system to replace their existing wired phone system. When reading about his system ' s requirements, you
learned that is requires 25 db of SNR to work as expected. After surveying the environment, you discovered that the noise floor is -88 dBm. What
should be the minimum RSSI value to meet the system ' s requirements?
In 802.11, clients are required to be calibrated for RSSI and SNR reporting to:
As a device starts to shift to lower PHY rates, what factors usually influence a device decision to shift to lower PHY rates?(Choose all that apply.)
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