Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions (SPRI) — Question 5

In a PIM-SM environment, which mechanism determines the traffic that a receiver receives?

Answer options

• A. The receiver explicitly requests its desired traffic from the RP on the shared tree.
• B. The receiver explicitly requests traffic from a single source, which responds by forwarding all traffic.
• C. The RP on the shared tree floods traffic out of all PIM configured interfaces.
• D. The receiver explicitly requests traffic from each desired source, which responds by sending all traffic.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because in a PIM-SM environment, the receiver initiates requests to the Rendezvous Point (RP) for the specific traffic it wants. Options B, C, and D describe different mechanisms that are not applicable in this context, as they either imply incorrect source selection or flooding methods that do not involve explicit requests from the receiver.