Exam N10-008 topic 1 question 340 discussion

When you see "sales-specific resources" you know that there are separate VLANs because that's how you separate different departments to have different access rights on the network.

In this scenario, the salespeople are assigned desktops that are wired to the network. The fact that the salespeople can access corporate materials on the network suggests that their desktops are able to communicate with the network. However, they cannot access sales-specific resources, which could be an indication that they have been assigned to the wrong VLAN. VLANs are used to segment a network into smaller logical pieces, which helps to improve security and network performance. VLANs are often used to group devices by function, department, or location. When a new group of users, such as the salespeople in this scenario, is added to a network, they need to be assigned to the appropriate VLAN to access resources that are specific to their role. If the recently added users were assigned to the wrong VLAN, they would not be able to access resources that are specific to their role. In this case, it is likely that the desktops were configured to use the wrong VLAN, which is preventing the salespeople from accessing sales-specific resources.