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Question 1
You are asked to display your network devices using the Juniper Mist GUI as a single solution. Your network is made up of a wireless infrastructure of only Juniper APs and the wired infrastructure has a mix of Juniper and non-Juniper switches. Your solution must ensure that all devices are displayed in the Juniper Mist GUI.
Given this scenario, how would you accomplish this task?
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Correct answer: B. Use WiFi Management and Assurance with LLDP enabled on all switches.
Juniper Mist access points learn about the switches they connect to through LLDP and report that information to the cloud. With WiFi Management and Assurance in place and LLDP enabled on every switch, the Mist portal displays the Juniper APs together with the upstream Juniper and non-Juniper switches, including details such as vendor, model, software version, AP-to-port mapping and PoE usage. This visibility is read-only for third-party switches, but it places every device in a single view without requiring the switches themselves to be adopted by Juniper Mist.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wired Assurance cannot adopt or manage non-Juniper switches, so a Monitoring option is not what places the third-party switches in the portal; their details come from the LLDP data that the Juniper APs report.
- C. Marvis Actions surfaces detected network issues and recommended fixes; it does not discover or display devices.
- D. Asset Visibility locates BLE tags and assets on floor plans and does not discover network switches.
Question 2
Which two statements about webhooks and APIs are correct? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: B, D. Webhooks are a push from Juniper Mist, and APIs are a pull by the client; There is an hourly limit to the number of API calls that an organization can have.
Webhooks and APIs move data in opposite directions. A webhook is a push: when a subscribed event occurs, Juniper Mist sends an HTTP POST to the receiver URL the administrator configured, so the client does not have to ask. The REST API is a pull: the client sends requests to Juniper Mist to read or change data. API usage is rate limited, with a cap on the number of calls allowed per hour, so scripts and integrations must be written to stay within that hourly limit.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Webhooks only deliver event notifications and cannot configure Juniper Mist objects; configuration is done through the API.
- C. Juniper Mist does not impose an hourly limit on the number of webhooks an organization can have.
Question 3
With which two external directory services does Juniper Mist Access Assurance integrate? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: A, B. Microsoft Azure Active Directory; Okta Workforce Identity
Juniper Mist Access Assurance can query external identity providers to look up users and their group memberships for authentication and policy decisions. Microsoft Azure Active Directory (now Microsoft Entra ID) and Okta Workforce Identity are both supported directory integrations, letting administrators build access policies around existing user and group information instead of maintaining a separate user database in Juniper Mist.
Why the other options are wrong
- C. Meta Social Verify is not a directory service and is not an Access Assurance identity provider.
- D. RESTful API Fingerprinting is not a directory service; device fingerprinting is a separate function from identity provider integration.
Question 4
Which Juniper Mist feature tracks the location of important devices and objects within a building?
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Correct answer: C. Asset Visibility
Asset Visibility uses the BLE radios in Juniper Mist access points to detect BLE tags and other Bluetooth devices attached to important equipment and objects. The access points report what they hear to the cloud, which calculates each asset's position and shows it on the site floor plan. This lets organizations find items such as medical carts, tools or inventory inside a building and see where they have been.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wireless Assurance focuses on the Wi-Fi user experience through SLEs and troubleshooting, not on tracking the location of objects.
- B. IoT Assurance concerns onboarding and securing IoT devices on the network, not tracking their location within a building.
- D. User Engagement provides location-based experiences such as wayfinding and proximity notifications on mobile apps, not tracking of equipment and objects.
Question 5
Which two configuration elements are available in a WLAN template? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: B, D. template policies; WLANs
A WLAN template is a reusable container for wireless service configuration. Its main element is the WLANs themselves, each holding the SSID, security, VLAN and related settings. The template also holds policies, the WxLAN rules that permit or block traffic for specific users and resources on those WLANs, along with tunneling settings when Mist Edge is used. The finished template is then applied to the whole organization, to site groups or to individual sites.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Organizations are the scope a template is applied to, not a configuration element inside the template.
- C. Radio management settings such as channels, bands and power are configured in RF templates, not WLAN templates.
Question 6
Which two statements describe port profiles? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: A, B. They include a set of interface configurations; They can be assigned to multiple ports.
A port profile bundles a set of interface settings, such as port mode, VLANs, PoE, speed and duplex, 802.1X and storm control, under a single name. Because the profile is defined once and referenced by name, the same profile can be assigned to many ports across one or more switches. This keeps port configuration consistent and means a change to the profile updates every port that uses it.
Why the other options are wrong
- C. Port profiles define interface-level settings; routing configuration is defined elsewhere in the switch template or device settings.
- D. Port profiles are designed for reuse and are not restricted to a single port.
Question 7
Which statement about microservices is correct?
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Correct answer: D. Microservices communicate with each other using APIs.
In a microservices architecture, such as the one behind the Juniper Mist cloud, each function runs as a small, independent service. These services exchange data with one another through well-defined APIs rather than through shared code or a shared database. This loose coupling allows each service to be developed, scaled and updated on its own schedule, so new features and fixes can be delivered quickly without affecting the rest of the platform.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Updating an entire suite at once describes a monolithic application, whereas microservices are updated independently.
- B. Microservices typically own their own data stores rather than sharing a common database.
- C. Microservices are designed to be independent so that one failure does not stop the remaining services.
Question 8
Which two statements are true about switch configurations at the site level? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: A, C. Switch configurations at the site level are an additional way to apply a switch template to a specific site; Site-level switch configurations override org-level templates.
Juniper Mist applies switch configuration in layers. Organization-level switch templates hold common settings, and the site-level switch configuration offers another way to apply template-style settings that are specific to one site. When the same setting is defined in both places, the more specific level wins, so site-level switch configuration overrides the organization-level template. Settings made on an individual switch are more specific still and take precedence over both.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Individual switches are configured directly on the switch details page, so site-level configuration is not required for that.
- D. Precedence runs from most specific to least specific, so the site level overrides the organization template, not the reverse.
Question 9
Which statement about microservices is correct?
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Correct answer: D. Microservices are designed to be independent to ensure that if one process fails, the remaining processes will continue to operate.
Microservices are small, loosely coupled services that each perform a specific function. Because they are independent, a failure in one service is contained and the remaining services continue to operate. This is a key reason the Juniper Mist cloud uses a microservices design: it improves resiliency and allows individual services to be scaled, updated or restarted without taking down the whole platform.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Microservices typically own their own data rather than sharing a common database.
- B. Microservices communicate through APIs; NETCONF is a network device management protocol.
- C. Building and updating a complete application as one unit describes a monolithic design, not microservices.
Question 10
In the Mist UI, what should you do to support mobile device engagement?
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Correct answer: C. Enable vBLE.
Mobile device engagement, such as wayfinding and proximity notifications in a mobile app, relies on Bluetooth Low Energy location. Juniper Mist access points with a virtual BLE (vBLE) antenna array create virtual beacons, and enabling vBLE engagement for the site lets mobile apps that use the Mist SDK determine their location and receive location-based content without deploying physical battery beacons.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. The Local Status Page provides AP status information locally and has nothing to do with mobile engagement.
- B. Wi-Fi 6 is a wireless standard and does not by itself provide location-based mobile engagement.
- D. Electronic shelf labels are retail display devices and are not used to enable mobile device engagement.
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Question 11
What is responsible for Mist AI data collection and analysis across the wireless, wired, and WAN domains?
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Correct answer: A. Predictive Analytics and Correlation Engine (PACE)
The Predictive Analytics and Correlation Engine (PACE) is the Mist AI component that collects and analyzes data across the wireless, wired and WAN domains. PACE applies data science and machine learning to the telemetry streamed from Juniper devices, correlating events to understand the actual end-user experience. Its output is presented as Service Level Expectation metrics and feeds the insights and root cause analysis used throughout the Juniper Mist portal, including the findings Marvis presents to administrators.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Marvis VNA is the virtual assistant that consumes Mist AI analysis rather than the engine collecting and correlating the data.
- C. Data science is a discipline applied by Mist AI, not the named component responsible for collection and analysis.
- D. Juniper Mist full stack describes the overall portfolio, not the analytics engine itself.
Question 12
What are two ways that Juniper Mist Access Assurance enforces network access control? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: B, C. It groups users into network segments; It assigns specific roles to users.
Juniper Mist Access Assurance is a cloud-delivered network access control service that authenticates users and devices and then applies policy. Its authentication policy rules match identity attributes, such as certificate fields, identity provider groups or MAC labels, and return results that place the client into the appropriate network segment, for example by assigning a VLAN. The same rules can also assign roles to users, and those roles drive the access the client receives on the wired or wireless network. Segmentation and role assignment are therefore the two enforcement mechanisms.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Access Assurance does not build IPsec VPN tunnels; it authenticates clients and applies access policy.
- D. Monitoring traffic is an observation function, not the way Access Assurance enforces access control.
Question 13
How often does Marvis Minis execute automatic validations?
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Correct answer: A. every hour
Marvis Minis runs its automatic validations on an hourly basis. Each hour it tests services such as DHCP, ARP, DNS and application reachability for the active VLANs in scope, and it also refreshes that scope every hour based on the active client VLANs and RRM details. Administrators can additionally trigger an on-demand validation at any time with the Test Now option, for example after a configuration change.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Daily runs would be far less frequent than the hourly validations Marvis Minis performs.
- C. Marvis Minis does not run validations every 30 minutes.
- D. Weekly runs would be far less frequent than the hourly validations Marvis Minis performs.
Question 14
Which statement is true about Radio Resource Management (RRM)?
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Correct answer: D. The RRM global optimization system automatically runs once a day.
Juniper Mist RRM works in two tiers. The global optimization tier collects data throughout the day, builds a long-term baseline and runs once a day, applying its channel and power changes during the night to minimize disruption. The event-driven tier, also called local RRM, runs continuously and reacts immediately to sudden events such as radar detection or interference, with the Capacity SLE used to judge whether changes helped.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Event-driven RRM reacts as events occur rather than on a once-a-day schedule.
- B. Event-driven RRM is triggered by events, not by an hourly schedule.
- C. Global optimization runs once a day, not every hour.
Question 15
Which statement about Marvis Minis is correct?
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Correct answer: C. Marvis Minis works with Juniper Mist AI to validate network configuration to optimize user experiences.
Marvis Minis is a digital experience twin that works with Juniper Mist AI. It runs simulated user connections from the network infrastructure, testing services such as DHCP, DNS, authentication and application reachability, even when no real users are present. By validating network configuration in this way, Marvis Minis finds problems proactively so they can be fixed before they affect actual users, helping optimize the user experience.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Marvis Minis is a software capability of Juniper Mist AI, not an onsite technical support team.
- B. Marvis Actions reports detected issues and recommended fixes; simulating user connections is done by Marvis Minis.
- D. Marvis is a virtual network assistant for operations and troubleshooting, not a tool that designs network infrastructure.
Question 16
Which statement is correct about the relationship between Juniper Mist organizations and sites?
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Correct answer: B. One Juniper Mist organization can contain multiple sites.
The organization is the top level of the Juniper Mist hierarchy and represents a customer or business. Beneath it, an organization can contain many sites, each representing a physical location such as a campus, building or branch. Devices, floor plans and site settings belong to sites, while templates, subscriptions and administrator accounts are managed at the organization level and can apply to many sites at once.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A single administrator login can be given access to many sites; a separate login per site is not required.
- C. A Super User role applies to the organization where it is granted, not to every organization.
- D. Sites are contained in an organization, so a site cannot contain organizations.
Question 17
You are asked to create a real time visualization dashboard which displays clients on a map.
Which two Juniper Mist functions would you use in this scenario? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: A, C. WebSocket; Live View
A real-time client map depends on live location data and a map that renders it as it changes. The Juniper Mist WebSocket API provides the live data: a client opens a persistent connection, subscribes to a streaming channel for a site map, and Juniper Mist pushes client location updates continuously without the dashboard having to poll. Juniper documents data visualization dashboards and maps that must reflect real-time values as a typical WebSocket use case. Live View is the Juniper Mist location view that plots clients on the floor plan in real time, giving the map display of where each client is right now.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. The RESTful API works on a request and response basis, returning data only when it is asked, so it does not stream live location changes to a map.
- D. Webhooks deliver event notifications by HTTP POST to a server you host, rather than a live session that keeps a map continuously updated.
Question 18
In Juniper Mist, which three devices send data to the Juniper Mist cloud? (Choose three.)
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Correct answer: B, D, E. Juniper Mist Edge; session smart router; access point
Juniper devices managed by Juniper Mist stream telemetry, events and statistics to the cloud, where Mist AI analyzes them. Access points send wireless and client data that drive the wireless SLEs, location services and Marvis insights. Juniper Mist Edge sends its health and tunnel information to the cloud, where it is managed alongside the APs it serves. Session Smart Routers acting as WAN edges send application, path and device data that power WAN Assurance.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A syslog server is a third-party collector that receives logs, not a device that reports to the Juniper Mist cloud.
- C. An external RADIUS server is a third-party system, not a device managed by and reporting to the Juniper Mist cloud.
Question 19
You are asked to configure WPA3/Enterprise (802.1X) security on the corporate employee SSID on every access point in your multi-site organization.
Which Juniper Mist template would you use for this task?
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Correct answer: A. WLAN template
A WLAN template defines SSIDs, including their security settings such as WPA3 Enterprise with 802.1X, and can be applied to the entire organization, to site groups or to individual sites. Configuring the corporate employee SSID once in a WLAN template and applying it to all sites pushes the same secure configuration to every access point in the multi-site organization, ensuring consistency and avoiding per-site configuration work.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. A WAN Edge template configures WAN routers, not SSIDs on access points.
- C. An RF template controls radio settings such as bands, channels and power, not SSID security.
- D. A switch template configures switches and ports, not wireless SSIDs.
Question 20
Which two statements are correct when considering Juniper Mist clouds? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: A, D. Creating a new user enables the user only for the cloud in which it was created; Users created in a specific regional cloud can only manage organizations in that cloud.
Juniper Mist runs several independent regional cloud instances, such as Global, Europe and Asia-Pacific clouds. User accounts are not shared between them: an account created in one cloud exists only in that cloud. As a result, a user created in a specific regional cloud can manage only the organizations hosted in that cloud, and working with an organization in another cloud requires a separate account created there.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Accounts are local to their regional cloud, so they cannot manage organizations hosted in other clouds.
- C. Regional clouds are independent, so a new user is not enabled across all of them.
Question 21
Your company hosts its own enterprise-wide monitoring solution. You want to receive events from Juniper Mist.
How would you accomplish this task?
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Correct answer: B. using a webhook
Webhooks push events from Juniper Mist to an external HTTP endpoint as they occur, which is exactly what an in-house monitoring platform needs. The administrator configures the webhook URL and selects the topics of interest, such as alarms, device events or audits, and Juniper Mist sends each event as a JSON payload to the receiving system. This avoids constant polling and delivers events in near real time.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A WebSocket requires the client to open and maintain a streaming session, rather than having events pushed to the monitoring system.
- C. Email notifications are intended for people and are not a practical event feed for a monitoring platform.
- D. The REST API requires the monitoring system to poll for data rather than receive events as they occur.
Question 22
What is the purpose of assigning roles to switches?
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Correct answer: C. to assign configurations at scale
Assigning a role to a switch lets a switch template apply configuration automatically to every switch that shares that role. Switch rules in the template can match on role and push the corresponding port profiles and settings, so access switches, distribution switches and other categories each receive the right configuration without per-device work. This is how Wired Assurance delivers consistent configuration at scale across many sites.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Switch roles are a configuration mechanism, not a traffic monitoring feature.
- B. WLANs are configured for access points, not through switch roles.
- D. User accounts and admin roles are managed separately from switch roles.
Question 23
Your manager asks you to configure all your remote Juniper EX Series switches to use Dynamic Port Configuration.
In this scenario, what are two criteria used for matching connected devices and assigning them their correct port and VLAN? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: A, C. MAC; LLDP chassis ID
Dynamic Port Configuration lets a Juniper EX Series switch managed by Juniper Mist identify what is plugged into a port and automatically apply the matching port profile, including its VLAN. Matching rules use attributes the switch can learn from the connected device, such as the device MAC address and LLDP information like the LLDP chassis ID or system name, as well as RADIUS-derived attributes. When a device matches a rule, the switch applies the corresponding port profile to that port without manual port-by-port configuration.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. The serial number of a connected device is not a Dynamic Port Configuration matching criterion.
- D. The IP address of a connected device is not used to match devices for Dynamic Port Configuration.
Question 24
What does the AI-driven RRM in Juniper Mist Wireless Assurance optimize?
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Correct answer: D. radio resource settings
Radio Resource Management in Juniper Mist uses Mist AI to optimize radio resource settings across a site, chiefly the channel, transmit power and channel bandwidth of each AP radio. It learns from the user experience reflected in the SLEs, such as capacity and coverage, and adjusts the RF plan to reduce interference and improve coverage. Changes are made globally on a scheduled basis and locally in response to events such as interference or radar detection, so the wireless network adapts continuously without manual tuning.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. RRM tunes the RF environment of the APs, not any user interface.
- B. Band steering between 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz is only one of the settings RRM can adjust; RRM optimizes the full set of radio resource settings, chiefly channel and transmit power.
- C. SSID names are configured manually in WLAN settings and have nothing to do with radio resource optimization.
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