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SY0-501 · Question #285
A consultant has been tasked to assess a client's network. The client reports frequent network outages. Upon viewing the spanning tree configuration, the consultant notices that an old and law perform
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Submitted by deeparc· Mar 4, 2026Security architecture
Question
A consultant has been tasked to assess a client's network. The client reports frequent network outages. Upon viewing the spanning tree configuration, the consultant notices that an old and law performing edge switch on the network has been elected to be the root bridge. Which of the following explains this scenario?
Options
- AThe switch also serves as the DHCP server
- BThe switch has the lowest MAC address
- CThe switch has spanning tree loop protection enabled
- DThe switch has the fastest uplink port
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#spanning tree protocol#root bridge election#network switching#STP