SolarWinds SPM-NPM Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | SolarWinds |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Exam |
| Exam Number: | SPM-NPM |
| Exam Duration: | 75 minutes |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Related Certifications: | SolarWinds Certified Professional (SCP) |
| Sample Questions: | SolarWinds SPM-NPM Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Online (proctored) |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended hands-on experience with SolarWinds Orion Platform and NPM prior to attempting the exam. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.solarwinds.com/training/certification |
SolarWinds SPM-NPM Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Integration with Other SolarWinds Products | - NTA integration - NCM integration - Orion Platform shared services - SAM integration |
| Topic 2: Troubleshooting and Maintenance | - Database maintenance - Performance optimization - Common polling and discovery issues - Log analysis and diagnostics |
| Topic 3: Monitoring and Alerting | - Trigger actions and notifications - Alert configuration and escalation - Performance monitors and thresholds |
| Topic 4: Reporting and Dashboards | - Report writer and built-in reports - Custom dashboards and views - Historical data analysis |
| Topic 5: Network Performance Monitor Architecture and Components | - NPM server and web console - Database and polling engines - Network Atlas and maps |
| Topic 6: Discovery and Configuration | - SNMP, WMI, and ICMP monitoring - Network discovery methods - Custom pollers and Universal Device Pollers (UnDP) - Node management |
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Sample Questions:
Question #1
The Universal Device Poller retrieves management data in which format?
A. ANSI 1
B. WMI
C. XML
D. OID
Question #2
You run ten reports on three assorted weekly schedules and send the results to the network operations distribution list. The email address for the distribution list changed, and you must update the new email address to send the reports. How do you implement this update?
A. Edit each action on each report schedule, and change the email address
B. Use the Schedule Manager to edit each action on each report schedule, and change the email address
C. Use the Action Manager to edit each action on each report schedule, and change the email address
D. Make a copy of each report, edit the action to change the email address
Question #3
You use NPM to monitor a set of physical servers. The server team decides to virtualize these servers using VMware. Which part of your virtual infrastructure will NPM no longer be able to monitor?
A. VM sprawl monitoring
B. Virtualization environment tree
C. Virtualization host hardware health
D. Virtualization host and VM performance metrics
Question #4
You monitor three Cisco routers with NPM. NPM reports utilization statistics for two of the routers. NPM only shows Availability and Response Time statuses for the third router. Why do you not see utilization statistics on the third router?
A. The third node is monitored with SNMP instead of ICMP
B. The third node is monitored with WMI instead of SNMP
C. The third node is monitored with the NPM agent
D. SNMP is not configured correctly on the third node
Question #5
You want to create an Orion Map that shows the connections between your on-site devices and your servers in the Cloud. You can see the connections between all of the devices on site, but do not have visibility to the connections to your cloud servers.
How do you resolve this?
A. Manually configure connections between onsite and cloud resources in Orion Maps
B. Switch to SNMP polling for all devices to show the connections between on site and cloud resources
C. Open additional firewall ports between the cloud servers and the on-site devices
D. Increase the polling intervals between Orion and the cloud servers
Solutions:
| Question #1 Correct Answer: D | Question #2 Correct Answer: A | Question #3 Correct Answer: C | Question #4 Correct Answer: D | Question #5 Correct Answer: B |


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