SolarWinds Certified Professional – Network Performance Monitor — Question 5

Users report that email is slow. The Exchange team reports that everything is normal on the mail servers. What NPM statistic can you look at to find what might be causing the issue?

Answer options

• A. Network bandwidth utilization
• B. Mail queue length on the Exchange server
• C. Server component monitor status
• D. SMTP service on the Exchange server

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B, as monitoring the mail queue length on the Exchange server can reveal if emails are backing up, indicating a delay in processing. The other options, while relevant to network performance, do not directly address the email delivery issue as effectively as examining the mail queue length does.