300-120: Implementing Cisco Wireless Advanced Solutions (WLSI) › 55-65 questions, 120 minutes, USD 400 - the CCNP Wireless implementation exam. › Eight weighted sections from Cisco's blueprint, with every objective spelled out. › FlexConnect, Cisco Spaces, aWIPS and ISE guest flows - what the paper really asks. › Why NWExam? 535+ practice questions, timed mock exams, money-back guarantee. › Configure it, don't just read it: open the NWExam 300-120 practice exam. Prepared by NWExam • www.nwexam.com Table of Contents Click any section below to jump straight to it. 1 Exam Overview Page 2 2 Exam Topics and Objectives Page 3 3 Who the Credential Is Built For Page 5 4 Your Five-Step Route to Certification Page 5 5 Practice Questions Page 6 6 Answer Key Page 9 7 Where to Go Next Page 9 Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide www.nwexam.com Prepared by NWExam Page 2 Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide Implementing Cisco Wireless Advanced Solutions: Syllabus, Exam Details and Practice Questions This guide turns the 300-120 blueprint into a working study plan. Inside are all eight weighted sections with every published objective, the branch, location and guest-access behaviour the exam keeps coming back to, a five-step preparation route, and ten practice questions with a full answer key. Exam Overview 300-120 WLSI is the implementation side of the renumbered Cisco wireless track. Pair it with the core exam, 350-101 WLCOR, and you hold CCNP Wireless; pass it on its own and you hold Cisco Certified Specialist - Wireless Advanced Solutions. Where 300-110 WLSD asks whether your design will survive a real building, WLSI asks whether you can build the features on top of it - branch switching, QoS, multicast, location, guest onboarding and the monitoring that tells you it all works. The full 300-120 syllabus is the reference this guide follows. Exam code 300-120 WLSI (v1.2) Credential Cisco Certified Specialist - Wireless Advanced Solutions, and a CCNP Wireless concentration Questions 55-65 Duration 120 minutes Passing score Variable, roughly 750-850 out of 1000 Exam fee USD 400 Recommended training Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks Former exam code 300-430 ENWLSI, renumbered to 300-120 Schedule with Pearson VUE Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide www.nwexam.com Prepared by NWExam Page 3 Exam Topics and Objectives Cisco publishes eight weighted sections. Security for wireless client connectivity is the single largest block at 20%, and FlexConnect and monitoring take 15% each - so half the paper sits in those three. Location work is split across two sections that total 20%, which is easy to under-study because the basic and the advanced objectives read similarly at first glance. Security for Wireless Client Connectivity 20% FlexConnect 15% Monitoring 15% QoS on a Wireless Network 10% Multicast 10% Location Services 10% Advanced Location Services 10% Device Hardening 10% Official exam weightings. Security for Wireless Client Connectivity (20%) • Configure client profiling on the WLC and ISE • Implement BYOD and guest access: CWA using ISE including the self-registration portal, LWA using ISE or the WLC, native supplicant provisioning using ISE, and certificate provisioning on the controller • Implement client security on different wireless architectures and ISE • Implement Identity-Based Networking on different wireless architectures (VLANs, QoS, ACLs) FlexConnect (15%) • Deploy FlexConnect components such as switching and operating modes • Deploy FlexConnect capabilities: FlexConnect groups and roaming, split tunneling and fault tolerance, VLAN-based central switching and Flex ACL, and smart AP image upgrade • Implement Office Extend Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide www.nwexam.com Prepared by NWExam Page 4 Monitoring (15%) • Utilize reports on Cisco Catalyst Center • Manage alarms and rogues, both APs and clients, from the WLC and Cisco Catalyst Center • Manage RF interferers from the WLC and Cisco Catalyst Center • Troubleshoot client connectivity using the WLC, ISE and Cisco Catalyst Center QoS on a Wireless Network (10%) • Implement QoS schemes based on requirements including wired to wireless mapping • Implement QoS for wireless clients • Implement AVC Multicast (10%) • Implement multicast components • Describe how multicast can affect wireless networks • Implement multicast on a WLAN • Implement mDNS • Implement Multicast Direct Location Services (10%) • Deploy CMX and Cisco Spaces on a wireless network • Implement location services: client tracking, RFID tags (tracking only), interferers, rogue APs and clients Advanced Location Services (10%) • Implement CMX and Cisco Spaces components: detect and locate, analytics, presence services, captive portals and connectors • Implement location-aware guest services using a custom portal and social media Wi-Fi • Troubleshoot location accuracy • Troubleshoot CMX and Cisco Spaces Connector high availability • Implement wIPS using Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly Cisco DNA Center) Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide www.nwexam.com Prepared by NWExam Page 5 Device Hardening (10%) • Implement device access controls including RADIUS and TACACS+ • Implement access point authentication including 802.1X • Implement Control Plane ACLs on the controller A few behaviours earn marks again and again. Switching an AP from Local to FlexConnect does not reboot it, but FlexConnect back to Local does - and a FlexConnect AP that drops into standalone mode keeps its clients working and lets them roam, provided the APs share a FlexConnect group. CAPWAP multicast-multicast mode needs multicast running on the wired path between controller and APs, in whatever form the network already uses. Management access has its own rules: a CPU, or control plane, ACL on the controller ends in an implicit deny any , and TACACS+ runs over TCP 49 where RADIUS authentication uses UDP 1812. Guest administration is delegated with the lobby ambassador role rather than a full read-write login. Who the Credential Is Built For Passing 300-120 earns Cisco Certified Specialist - Wireless Advanced Solutions on its own, and it counts as a concentration exam towards CCNP Wireless when paired with the 350-101 WLCOR core. Cisco writes it for the engineer who runs an enterprise wireless estate day to day: the person configuring branch APs, mapping voice and video traffic end to end, standing up guest and BYOD onboarding with ISE, and answering the ticket that says Wi-Fi is slow in one corner of one floor. The blueprint rewards hands-on breadth more than depth in any one feature. A candidate who has built FlexConnect for branches, published an mDNS service, onboarded a guest through a self-registration portal and then found an interferer in Cisco Catalyst Center will recognise most of the paper. Note how much of it is adjacent to identity work - ISE appears in three of the four security objectives - so time in ISE pays for itself twice over on this exam. Your Five-Step Route to Certification A practical order of work for an implementation exam. 1 Weight your plan to the blueprint Read Cisco's WLSI exam page and the WLSI exam topics on the Cisco Learning Network, then give security, FlexConnect and monitoring half your study time, because they are half the exam. Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide www.nwexam.com Prepared by NWExam Page 6 2 Take the recommended training Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks is the named course, and the Cisco U. learning paths carry the current v1.2 material. 3 Build a branch, then break it Configure FlexConnect with local switching, put the APs in a group, add a Flex ACL and split tunnelling - then pull the WAN link and watch what standalone mode does to association, roaming and authentication. That one lab answers a disproportionate share of the FlexConnect questions. 4 Onboard a guest and track a client Run central web authentication through ISE with a self-registration portal, then follow the same client through Cisco Spaces and the controller's client troubleshooting tools. Location and security are 30% of the paper between them and both are best learned by doing. 5 Test yourself, then book Work the 300-120 sample questions, then the full-length NWExam practice exam under time, and register through Pearson VUE. The pass mark moves, so build margin instead of aiming at a number. Practice Questions Ten practice questions in the style of the exam, published by NWExam on its 300-120 sample questions page and arranged here in syllabus order. They are practice material, not actual exam content. Q1. Which additional role is available for account management of guest WLANs on a Cisco WLC? a) LOBBY b) MONITOR c) SECURITY d) CONTROLLER Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide www.nwexam.com Prepared by NWExam Page 7 Q2. A networking associate asks whether changing an access point's mode between FlexConnect and Local causes the AP to reboot and rejoin the controller. Which statement correctly describes the reboot behavior? a) Changing an AP from Local to FlexConnect mode or from FlexConnect to Local mode is transparent and never causes a reboot. b) Changing an AP from Local to FlexConnect or from FlexConnect to Local mode always causes a reboot. c) Changing an AP from Local to FlexConnect mode does not cause a reboot, but changing from FlexConnect to Local mode would cause a reboot. d) Changing an AP from Local to FlexConnect mode causes a reboot, but changing from FlexConnect to Local mode would not cause a reboot. Q3. One of your FlexConnect access points enters standalone mode after a WAN failure. What happens to clients that are already actively connected? a) They are automatically disconnected. b) They continue to function and can roam to other FlexConnect APs in the same FlexConnect group. c) They are automatically moved to other, nearby FlexConnect APs that still have WAN connectivity. d) They continue to function but cannot roam to other FlexConnect APs without losing connection. Q4. You configured a CAPWAP multicast group for your APs (multicast-multicast mode). How must the wired network be configured for this to work? a) Multicast Sparse mode b) Multicast Dense mode c) IGMP Snooping d) Any form of multicast Q5. Which parameter is not required to add a wireless LAN controller to Cisco Spaces? a) Wireless LAN controller SNMP write credentials b) Wireless LAN controller MAC address c) Wireless LAN controller type d) Wireless LAN controller name e) Wireless LAN controller IP address Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide www.nwexam.com Prepared by NWExam Page 8 Q6. In aWIPS, which feature is designed to ignore crafted packets from an attacker and protect a legitimate client from loss of connectivity? a) Location b) Auto-immune c) Blacklist d) Containment Q7. During a validation site survey, a low-end client can hear the AP, but the AP does not detect the client when it reaches the edge of the cell. Which configured element might cause this issue? a) MAC filtering b) EDRRM c) CleanAir d) RxSOP Q8. What is the default implicit rule at the end of a CPU (management) ACL on the controller? a) Deny Any b) Permit Any c) Forward Any d) Passthrough Any Q9. Which port is used by TACACS+? a) TCP 49 b) UDP 5246 c) UDP 1812 d) TCP 1813 Q10. An engineer documents controller workflows and API usage. Why is this documentation important? a) It removes the need for version control. b) It improves controller performance. c) It supports troubleshooting and knowledge transfer. d) It replaces testing. Cisco 300-120 WLSI Certification Guide www.nwexam.com Prepared by NWExam Page 9 Answer Key Q1 a Q2 c Q3 b Q4 d Q5 b Q6 b Q7 d Q8 a Q9 a Q10 c Read each stem for the state it describes rather than the feature it names. Question 7 is the clearest example: the client hears the AP but the AP will not accept it, which is exactly what RxSOP does when the receive threshold is set too high for a low-powered device - MAC filtering would reject a known address anywhere in the cell, and CleanAir and EDRRM act on interference, not on cell edge sensitivity. NWExam also carries practice material for the rest of the Cisco certification track. Where to Go Next With WLSI passed, add the 350-101 WLCOR core to finish CCNP Wireless, or take 300-110 WLSD if the design conversations are coming your way. Either way, keep building: FlexConnect, location and guest access all change release to release, and the configuration guides for your controller platform settle arguments faster than memory does. When you can stand up branch wireless, guest onboarding and a monitoring view without looking anything up, book the exam. 300-120 at a Glance Format 55-65 questions in 120 minutes Pass mark Variable, roughly 750-850 / 1000, fee USD 400 Heaviest sections Client security 20%, FlexConnect 15%, monitoring 15%, location 20% across two sections Practice NWExam 300-120 practice exam A branch that loses its WAN link should keep its Wi-Fi working - prove you can build that. Sit a timed 300-120 WLSI mock exam on NWExam