CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) — Question 331

A systems administrator needs to configure monitoring for a private cloud environment. The administrator has decided to use SNMP for this task. Which of the following ports should the administrator open on the monitoring server's firewall?

Answer options

• A. 53
• B. 123
• C. 139
• D. 161

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, as SNMP uses port 161 for its operations. Ports 53 (DNS), 123 (NTP), and 139 (NetBIOS) are not associated with SNMP, making them irrelevant for this monitoring configuration.