Cisco CCNA Network Automation and APIs Questions and Answers

Question 1

A network administrator needs to automate configuration changes across a multi-vendor network.
A key requirement is that no special software or 'agent' can be installed on the network devices.
Which configuration management tool is most suitable for this scenario?

Accepted Answer

Ansible

Answer

Puppet

Answer

Chef

Answer

Cisco DNA Center

Question 2

In a Cisco DNA Center architecture, which type of API is used by external applications and orchestration systems to communicate high-level, business-oriented requests or 'intent' to the controller?

Accepted Answer

Northbound API

Answer

Southbound API

Answer

Westbound API

Answer

Eastbound API

Question 3

A network engineer is writing a Python script to interact with a device's RESTCONF API. The script needs to retrieve the current state of all interfaces. Which HTTP method should be used in the API request for this read-only operation?

Accepted Answer

GET

Answer

POST

Answer

PUT

Answer

DELETE

Question 4

Which of the following are the two most common data serialization formats used in modern network automation and REST APIs for their human-readable structure?

Accepted Answer

JSON and YAML

Answer

SNMP and NetFlow

Answer

HTML and CSS

Answer

Binary and BSON

Question 5

A network engineer is developing a Python script to make REST API calls to a Cisco Meraki dashboard to automate the creation of new wireless networks. Which standard Python library is most commonly used to handle the HTTP requests and responses for this task?

Accepted Answer

Requests

Answer

Paramiko

Answer

Netmiko

Answer

Scapy

Question 6

An engineer is analyzing the following data structure returned by a network device's API call: `{"interfaces": [{"name": "GigabitEthernet0/1", "status": "up"}, {"name": "GigabitEthernet0/2", "status": "down"}]}`. Which data format is being used?

Accepted Answer

JSON

Answer

XML

Answer

YAML

Answer

HTML

A network administrator needs to automate configuration changes across a multi-vendor network.A key requirement is that no special software or 'agent' can be installed on the network devices.Which configuration management tool is most suitable for this scenario?

A network administrator needs to automate configuration changes across a multi-vendor network.
A key requirement is that no special software or 'agent' can be installed on the network devices.
Which configuration management tool is most suitable for this scenario?