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PSE-PLATFORM · Question #316

Which virtual router feature determines if a specific destination IP address is reachable?

The correct answer is C. Path Monitoring. Path Monitoring (C) is correct because it actively tests reachability to a specific destination IP address, allowing the virtual router to verify that a particular network path is actually usable before routing traffic over it. Heartbeat Monitoring (A) checks whether a peer…

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Question

Which virtual router feature determines if a specific destination IP address is reachable?

Options

  • AHeartbeat Monitoring
  • BFailover
  • CPath Monitoring
  • DPing-Path

How the community answered

(15 responses)
  • A
    7% (1)
  • B
    7% (1)
  • C
    87% (13)

Explanation

Path Monitoring (C) is correct because it actively tests reachability to a specific destination IP address, allowing the virtual router to verify that a particular network path is actually usable before routing traffic over it.

Heartbeat Monitoring (A) checks whether a peer device is alive (typically via keepalive messages between redundant devices), but it does not test reachability to a specific destination IP. Failover (B) is the action that occurs when a failure is detected - it's the result of monitoring, not the monitoring mechanism itself. Ping-Path (D) is a plausible-sounding distractor but is not a standard virtual router feature name.

Memory tip: Think of "Path Monitoring" literally - it monitors a path to a destination. If you need to know whether you can reach a specific IP, you monitor the path to it.

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#virtual router#path monitoring#destination IP#routing

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