SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) - SCP-NPM Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
While building an Orion map in the NPM web console you notice that two of your devices do not show a connection between them. You verify the two devices are connected. How can you resolve this issue? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Verify you are monitoring Layer 2 and 3 topologies B. Build a custom connection between the devices C. Build a new Orion map and add the related entities instead of the nodes D. Change the monitoring method from SNMP to CLI

Correct Answer: A,B

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QUESTION NO: 2
You configure an alert to send you an email when you have a high CPU load on your devices. Your NPM web console shows several devices have high CPU utilization, but you have not received any emails. What could be the issue?

A. The alert threshold is set too high B. The alerts are muted on the devices C. SNMP is not configured on the devices D. The hardware resources assigned to the system are too low

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 3
You can apply Universal Device Pollers to which object types? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Volumes B. Nodes C. Interfaces D. Applications

Correct Answer: A,B,C

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QUESTION NO: 4
You configured devices to send SNMP traps to NPM, but do not see the messages in the Orion Web Console. You verified that the firewall ports are open and the devices are correctly configured.
What can you verify to troubleshoot the cause?

A. Verify that you have the SNMP Trap module installed for NPM B. Verify you configured the SNMP Traps view in the Orion Web Console C. Verify the SNMP trap service is running D. Verify you use Log Analyzer to view traps

Correct Answer: C

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QUESTION NO: 5
The finance department asks to view select reports from NPM. Because of compliance policies, you cannot create accounts in the Web Console for users outside of the IT department. How do you allow the finance department to view reports without a user account?

A. Create a service account for Finance B. Enable the Link only option on the report C. Enable the Guest account D. Create a DirectLink account in the Web Console

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 6
How many agents does NPM require for Quality of Experience, NetPath, and system monitoring on the same Windows server?

A. 1 B. 3 C. 5 D. 2

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 7
What can you use to retrieve a single value in SNMP? (Choose all that apply.)

A. GET TABLE B. GET VALUE C. GET NEXT D. GET

Correct Answer: C,D

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QUESTION NO: 8
You receive traps from your network devices and want to alert on a select message. How do you accomplish this?

A. Go to the Traps view and configure a new Log Viewer rule B. You cannot alert on traps through the Orion Platform C. Use Traps in Orion Alerts to configure the default trap alert to fire on the trap message you select to alert on D. Configure Syslog alert actions on the Alert Actions tab

Correct Answer: A

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