CISCO CCNA Exam – Q225

What SNMP message alerts the manager to a condition on the network?

A. response
B. get
C. trap
D. capture

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:
An agent can send unsolicited traps to the manager. Traps are messages alerting the SNMP manager to a condition on the network. Traps can mean improper user authentication, restarts, link status (up or down), MAC address tracking, closing of a TCP connection, loss of connection to a neighbor, or other significant events.

CISCO CCNA Exam – Q219

What are the alert messages generated by SNMP agents called?

A. TRAP
B. INFORM
C. GET
D. SET

Correct Answers: A, B

Explanation:
A TRAP is a SNMP message sent from one application to another (which is typically on a remote host). Their purpose is merely to notify the other application that something has happened, has been noticed, etc. The big problem with TRAPs is that they’re unacknowledged so you don’t actually know if the remote application received your oh-so-important message to it. SNMPv2 PDUs fixed this by introducing the notion of an INFORM, which is nothing more than an acknowledged TRAP.