Fortinet SD-WAN Quiz Answers with Explanations (Getting Started in Cybersecurity)

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SD-WAN quiz answers

These are the answers to the SD-WAN lesson quiz in Fortinet’s free Getting Started in Cybersecurity course, with a short explanation for every question. Getting Started in Cybersecurity is one of the two course options (with Technical Introduction to Cybersecurity) that, together with Introduction to the Threat Landscape, earns the Fortinet Certified Fundamentals (FCF) in Cybersecurity certification.

Course at a glance

• Provider: Fortinet Training Institute
• Cost: Free
• Course: Getting Started in Cybersecurity (15 short lessons, each with a quiz)
• Best for: Sales and non-technical roles that need a high-level view of security technology
• Counts toward: FCF in Cybersecurity (valid 2 years)
• Official course: training.fortinet.com
• Answers reviewed: November 2026

Fortinet updates its question banks from time to time. If you see a question that isn’t listed here, leave a comment with the question and we’ll add it.

Quiz questions and answers

Question 1: Which two benefits are gained from using an SD-WAN centralized management console? (Choose two.)

• An ability to prioritize business-critical applications
• A diversity of management consoles and processes
• Greater data protection
• Greater network visibility

Why: A single console shows the whole network and lets you prioritise business-critical applications across links.

Question 2: Which feature in the first-generation SD-WAN applied intelligent business decisions?

• Single internet service provider
• Improved user interface
• Redundant WAN links
• Basic load balancing

Why: First-generation SD-WAN used basic load balancing to send traffic over the best available link.

Question 3: Why might managing multiple point products cause greater complexity for IT security? (Choose two.)

• Greater streamlined security processes
• Lack of integration between security products
• Understaffed IT security teams who lacked expertise
• Usually, multiple management consoles are required

Why: Separate point products don’t integrate with each other and usually each need their own management console.

Question 4: Complete the sentence. WAN is a computer network that

• Is a hybrid of on-premise devices and virtual servers across multiple cloud vendors.
• Uses primarily virtual computers, thus expanding the east-west axis.
• Limits the number of switches and routers to reduce maintenance and administration.
• Spans a large geographic area and typically consists of two or more LANs.

Why: A WAN covers a large geographic area and usually connects two or more LANs.

Question 5: Earlier businesses used a single, dedicated service provider to connect to the internet. What was the primary weakness of this design?

• Inexpensive
• Unreliable
• Unsecure
• Overly complex

Why: Relying on one provider created a single point of failure, so connectivity was unreliable.

Question 6: Which business trend caused greater latency to the internet in the network model for the single, dedicated service provider?

• Moving from physical appliances to virtual appliances
• A focus on more capital expenditures
• Greater expenditures on research and development
• Demand for more cloud applications and services

Why: As businesses moved to cloud apps, routing everything through one provider link increased latency.

All Getting Started in Cybersecurity quiz answers

• Endpoint Monitoring quiz answers
• Firewalls quiz answers
• Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) quiz answers
• Endpoint Hardening Techniques quiz answers
• Content Filters quiz answers
• SIEM quiz answers
• SOAR quiz answers
• Sandbox quiz answers
• Web Application Firewall (WAF) quiz answers
• SASE quiz answers
• Secure Email Gateway quiz answers
• Network Access Control (NAC) quiz answers
• Cloud Service Models quiz answers
• Wi-Fi quiz answers
• SD-WAN (this page)

Frequently asked questions

Is Getting Started in Cybersecurity free?

Yes. It is free on the Fortinet Training Institute website; you only need a free account.

What is the difference between Getting Started and Technical Introduction to Cybersecurity?

Getting Started in Cybersecurity is a high-level course for sales and non-technical roles. Technical Introduction to Cybersecurity goes deeper and suits people heading into technical IT or security jobs. Either one, plus Introduction to the Threat Landscape, earns the FCF certification.

Did the old Fortinet NSE 2 course change?

Yes. Fortinet replaced the NSE 1–3 courses with the FCF curriculum. Many NSE 2 lesson topics now appear in Getting Started in Cybersecurity, which is why this page includes both the current and the older questions.