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

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'?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Windows Service Monitor

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Application Dependency Map

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

Answer

WMI allows SolarWinds to remotely query Windows performance counters, event logs, and service states without a local agent.

SCP-500 - Solarwinds Certified Professional Practice Test

SCP-500 - Solarwinds Certified Professional Practice Test

SCP-500 SCP-500 Server & Application Management