Refer to the exhibit. A network engineer is deploying a Cisco ThousandEyes agent to monitor the network for a SaaS application without affecting the performance of the employee endpoints. Which…

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Options

• AEndpoint Agent
• BApplication Agent
• CEnterprise Agent
• DCloud Agent

• A
  5% (2)
• B
  8% (3)
• C
  85% (34)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Enterprise Agent is correct because it is a software agent deployed on dedicated hardware (a physical server, VM, or container) within the enterprise network - in this case at Branch A - allowing it to run continuous, active tests and collect network metrics without consuming resources on employee endpoints.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Endpoint Agent - installed directly on employee devices (laptops/desktops) and would impact their performance, which the question explicitly wants to avoid.
• B. Application Agent - not a real ThousandEyes agent type; this is a fabricated distractor.
• D. Cloud Agent - hosted by Cisco in public cloud/data centers worldwide, so it cannot monitor internal branch network paths or reach internal SaaS traffic from within Branch A.

Memory tip: Think of it as "Enterprise Agent = Enterprise network, your hardware." If the question involves monitoring from inside a corporate site without touching user machines, Enterprise Agent is always the answer. Cloud Agents monitor from the outside in, and Endpoint Agents live on user machines.

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