SCP-500 SCP-500 Server & Application Management 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which SolarWinds module is designed to monitor server hardware health, OS metrics, and application performance on Windows and Linux hosts?
- Server & Application Monitor (SAM) (Correct answer)
- Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
- Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
- Virtualization Manager (VMAN)
Correct answer: Server & Application Monitor (SAM)
SAM uses WMI, SNMP, and agent-based polling to collect CPU, memory, disk, and process-level metrics from servers and applications.
Question 2: In SolarWinds SAM, what is an 'Application Monitor Template'?
- A reusable set of component monitors that define how to check a specific application (Correct answer)
- A scheduled backup job for SAM configuration
- An executive report format for application uptime
- A network diagram showing application dependencies
Correct answer: A reusable set of component monitors that define how to check a specific application
Application Monitor Templates bundle component monitors (e.g., process checks, port checks, scripts) for a specific app so they can be applied consistently across multiple nodes.
Question 3: Which component monitor type in SAM checks whether a specific Windows service is in a running state?
- Windows Service Monitor (Correct answer)
- Port Monitor
- Script Monitor
- WMI Query Monitor
Correct answer: Windows Service Monitor
The Windows Service Monitor polls the service control manager via WMI to verify that a named service is running.
Question 4: What SolarWinds SAM feature displays upstream and downstream service dependencies to show which apps rely on which infrastructure?
- Application Dependency Map (Correct answer)
- Network Atlas topology
- Config compliance report
- Volume capacity chart
Correct answer: Application Dependency Map
The Application Dependency Map in SAM visualizes relationships between application tiers, helping identify cascading failure risks.
Question 5: In SolarWinds SAM, which polling protocol is primarily used to collect metrics from Windows servers without installing an agent?
- WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) (Correct answer)
- SNMP
- SSH
- NetFlow
Correct answer: WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)
WMI allows SolarWinds to remotely query Windows performance counters, event logs, and service states without a local agent.
Question 6: What SolarWinds SAM component monitor would you use to verify that a web application returns an expected HTTP status code?
- HTTP/HTTPS Monitor (Correct answer)
- Port Monitor
- WMI Query Monitor
- SQL Query Monitor
Correct answer: HTTP/HTTPS Monitor
The HTTP/HTTPS Monitor sends synthetic requests to a URL and validates the response code, content, and response time.
SCP-500 SCP-500 Server & Application Management 1
Which SolarWinds module is designed to monitor server hardware health, OS metrics, and application performance on Windows and Linux hosts?