SCP-500 SCP-500 Server & Application Management

Question 1

Which SolarWinds module is designed to monitor server hardware health, OS metrics, and application performance on Windows and Linux hosts?

Accepted Answer

Server & Application Monitor (SAM)

Answer

Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

Answer

Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

Answer

Virtualization Manager (VMAN)

Question 2

In SolarWinds SAM, what is an 'Application Monitor Template'?

Accepted Answer

A reusable set of component monitors that define how to check a specific application

Answer

A scheduled backup job for SAM configuration

Answer

An executive report format for application uptime

Answer

A network diagram showing application dependencies

Question 3

Which component monitor type in SAM checks whether a specific Windows service is in a running state?

Accepted Answer

Windows Service Monitor

Answer

Port Monitor

Answer

Script Monitor

Answer

WMI Query Monitor

Question 4

What SolarWinds SAM feature displays upstream and downstream service dependencies to show which apps rely on which infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

Application Dependency Map

Answer

Network Atlas topology

Answer

Config compliance report

Answer

Volume capacity chart

Question 5

In SolarWinds SAM, which polling protocol is primarily used to collect metrics from Windows servers without installing an agent?

Accepted Answer

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

Answer

SNMP

Answer

SSH

Answer

NetFlow

Question 6

What SolarWinds SAM component monitor would you use to verify that a web application returns an expected HTTP status code?

Accepted Answer

HTTP/HTTPS Monitor

Answer

Port Monitor

Answer

WMI Query Monitor

Answer

SQL Query Monitor