500-444 Sample Questions

500-444 Sample Questions & Answers

Three equally weighted areas cover PCCE deployment planning and staging, scripting and personalizing the PCCE dial plan, and diagnosing issues through the framework and applied CCE review, with a smaller section on the Integration Wizard, CUIC, Live Data and Finesse.

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Real questions from the Cisco Contact Center Enterprise Implementation and Troubleshooting practice test — answers and explanations included. Showing 10 of 20 free samples.

  1. Question 1

    An administrator is deploying a new PCCE 12.6 system and has just completed running the Integration Wizard on the primary Administration & Data Server. What is the next critical step that must be performed before proceeding with further configuration?

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    Correct answer: C

    After successfully running the Integration Wizard on the primary (Side A) Administration & Data Server, the immediate next step is to run the same wizard on the secondary (Side B) server. This process uses the configuration from the primary to set up the secondary components, establish the database replication for the Logger and HDS, and ensure high availability.

  2. Question 2

    A project manager is overseeing a PCCE implementation and wants to ensure the system is ready for the configuration phase. Which utility provides a comprehensive, centralized checklist of prerequisite tasks and their completion status, such as domain membership, NTP configuration, and required user accounts?

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    Correct answer: C

    The System Inventory page, accessible via the CCE Administration (formerly Web Administration) tool, is specifically designed for this purpose. It provides a detailed checklist of all prerequisite configuration tasks and validates them against the system, showing a status of 'Complete', 'Incomplete', or 'Warning'. This allows administrators to track their progress and ensure all foundational requirements are met before proceeding with the main deployment and configuration.

  3. Question 3Select 3

    A hospital is using PCCE for its patient support line. They require that if a call is transferred to a specialized nurse's skill group, and no nurse is available within 90 seconds, the call must be automatically rerouted to a general overflow queue and its priority must be elevated. Which three ICM script nodes, in the correct order, are required to build this logic? (Select THREE)

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    Correct answers: A, C, F

    This is the first step. The call is placed in the queue for the specialized nurse skill group. A timeout value of 90 seconds is configured directly in this node. If an agent becomes available within this time, the call is routed. If not, the script proceeds from the node's failure/timeout output terminal.

    Following the timeout path from the Queue node, a Set Variable node is used to modify the call's priority. This is typically done by using a formula like Call.QueuePriority = Call.QueuePriority + 1 to elevate its importance in the next queue.

    After the priority is elevated, the call is sent to another Queue to Skill Group node, this time targeting the general overflow queue. The call now enters this new queue with its higher priority.

  4. Question 4

    During the preparation phase for a PCCE deployment, an engineer must install the necessary SSL certificates on the VXML Gateway to establish a secure TLS connection with the CVP Call Server. Which command is used on the VXML Gateway's IOS command line to import the CVP Call Server's root CA certificate into a trustpoint?

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    Correct answer: C

    After creating a trustpoint (crypto pki trustpoint ), you must authenticate it by importing the CA certificate. The crypto pki authenticate command initiates this process. You would then paste the Base64 encoded certificate into the terminal.

  5. Question 5

    A PCCE system uses Precision Routing to route calls based on agent language skills. A new requirement is to also route based on the agent's product certification level (Gold, Silver, Bronze). An administrator creates a new Attribute called 'Certification' and adds it to the agent configuration. However, calls sent to a Precision Queue that requires 'Certification==Gold' are failing to route to available Gold-certified agents. What is the most likely missing configuration step?

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    Correct answer: A

    In Precision Routing, every Attribute must be explicitly associated with one or more Media Routing Domains (MRDs). If an attribute is created but not linked to the MRD that is handling the voice calls, the routing engine will not be able to use that attribute for agent selection for those calls. This is a common oversight when adding new attributes to an existing system.

  6. Question 6

    A contact center is experiencing a high volume of abandoned calls in the CVP queue. A troubleshooter analyzes the CVP Call Server logs and finds numerous 'SIP/2.0 487 Request Terminated' messages corresponding to the abandoned calls. What does this specific SIP message indicate in a CVP environment?

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    Correct answer: C

    In a SIP interaction, an INVITE is sent to establish a call. If the caller hangs up before the call is answered, the calling endpoint sends a CANCEL request. The receiving endpoint (in this case, CVP/VXML Gateway) responds to the original INVITE with a '487 Request Terminated' to acknowledge that the call setup was cancelled by the originator. Therefore, seeing many 487 messages in CVP logs for queued calls is a strong indicator of caller abandonment.

  7. Question 7Select 2

    Which two of the following are valid deployment models for Cisco Packaged CCE? (Select TWO)

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    Correct answers: B, D

    This is the most common and comprehensive deployment model for PCCE, utilizing CVP for queuing and self-service, and Unified CM for agent endpoints and call control.

    This model is used for deployments where only intelligent network routing is required, without local agents. It's a smaller footprint deployment that leverages ICM for network-level routing decisions without the full agent-facing components.

  8. Question 8

    Case Study

    A large insurance company, InureCorp, is migrating from a legacy contact center to a new Cisco PCCE 12.6 deployment. The deployment consists of two geographically separate data centers (East and West) for full redundancy. All core components (Call Servers, Data Servers, CVP) are deployed in both data centers.

    The key requirement is that if the primary East data center fails completely, the West data center must take over all operations seamlessly with minimal data loss. The company uses extensive historical reporting for compliance and performance analysis, so the integrity of the Historical Data Server (HDS) is critical. The WAN link between the data centers is stable but has an average latency of 80ms.

    During implementation planning, a debate arises regarding the configuration of the Logger and HDS databases. The junior engineer suggests using standard SQL Server Always On availability groups for both the Logger and HDS databases, stretching the cluster across the two data centers to provide automatic failover.

    As the lead implementation specialist, you must evaluate this suggestion based on Cisco's supported design for PCCE. Given the 80ms latency and the critical need for data integrity, what is the correct approach for ensuring Logger and HDS redundancy in this scenario?

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    Correct answer: C

    This is the Cisco-supported and recommended design for geographically separated PCCE deployments. The native ICM replication mechanism is designed to handle WAN latency for the Logger's real-time data. SQL Always On is not supported for stretching the Logger database across a high-latency WAN. For historical data, the supported method is to have a separate HDS in each data center, with each HDS receiving data from its local Logger. This prevents historical data replication from impacting real-time call processing and aligns with the standard PCCE redundancy model.

  9. Question 9

    When configuring a Network VRU in the ICM Configuration Manager, what is the purpose of the 'Timeout' value?

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    Correct answer: C

    The Network VRU Timeout value is the amount of time, in seconds, that the ICM Router waits for an acknowledgment or response from the VRU Peripheral Gateway (like the CVP PG) after sending it a message (e.g., a 'Run Script' request). If no response is received within this time, the Router assumes the VRU is out of service and will execute the error path in the script.

  10. Question 10

    True or False: In a PCCE environment, Enterprise Chat and Email (ECE) is installed as a co-resident component on the CVP OAMP server.

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    Correct answer: B

    False. Enterprise Chat and Email (ECE) is a separate solution that requires its own dedicated servers. It is not installed on any of the core PCCE or CVP virtual machines. It integrates with PCCE but has its own distinct architecture and installation process.

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