350-601 Automation Practice Test 8 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Which three components are part of the ACI Management Information Tree (MIT)? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

Tenant. MIT includes objects like tenants, application profiles, EPGs, and bridge domains.

Answer

Interface

Answer

VLAN

Question 2

Which two features allow running Python scripts directly on a Cisco Nexus switch? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

EEM with Python applets. Guest shell provides a Linux environment; EEM can trigger Python applets on events.

Answer

NX-API REST

Answer

Ansible

Answer

Terraform

Question 3

A network engineer wants to send NX-OS CLI commands via HTTP/HTTPS to a Nexus switch programmatically. Which API should be used?

Accepted Answer

NX-API CLI. NX-API CLI allows sending NX-OS CLI commands via HTTP/HTTPS using XML or JSON.

Answer

NETCONF

Answer

NX-API REST

Answer

RESTCONF

Question 4

Which feature on Nexus switches provides a Linux shell environment to run Python scripts and tools directly on the switch?

Accepted Answer

Guest Shell. The Guest Shell provides a secure Linux container environment for running custom scripts and tools on Nexus switches.

Answer

NX-API

Answer

EEM

Answer

OnEX

Question 5

An engineer is writing a Python script using the cisco_nxapi library to configure a Nexus switch. Which of the following is a valid step to establish a connection using NX-API?

Accepted Answer

Instantiate an `NXAPI` object with the switch IP, username, password, and transport (http/https).. The cisco_nxapi library provides an NXAPI class that can be instantiated with switch IP, username, password, and transport protocol to connect.

Answer

Use the `Netmiko` library to connect via SSH and then invoke NX-API commands.

Answer

Import `nxos` module from Ansible and use it in the script.

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Use the `requests` library to send CLI commands directly to the switch's NX-API endpoint.

Question 6

In the context of Ansible automation for Cisco Nexus switches, which module can be used to manage VLAN configurations?

Accepted Answer

nxos_vlan. The cisco.nxos collection includes the nxos_vlan module specifically for managing VLANs on NX-OS devices.

Answer

nxos_interface

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nxos_bgp

Answer

nxos_config

Question 7

A DevOps team wants to apply Infrastructure as Code principles to manage their data center network. Which tool is best suited for declaratively managing ACI configurations using Terraform?

Accepted Answer

Terraform with terraform-provider-aci. Terraform uses the terraform-provider-aci to declaratively manage ACI objects like tenants, APs, EPGs, etc.

Answer

Cobra SDK

Answer

Python acitoolkit

Answer

Ansible with cisco.nxos collection

Question 8

Which YANG-based protocol uses RESTful operations (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) over HTTP/HTTPS for network configuration?

Accepted Answer

RESTCONF. RESTCONF (RFC 8040) is a RESTful protocol that uses HTTP methods and YANG data models.

Answer

SNMP

Answer

NETCONF

Answer

gRPC

Question 9

In ACI automation, the APIC REST API interacts with the Management Information Tree (MIT). Which of the following represents a typical hierarchical object path in the MIT?

Accepted Answer

/api/mo/uni/tn-{tenant}/ap-{app}/epg-{epg}.json. The MIT follows a hierarchy: Tenant > Application Profile (AP) > Endpoint Group (EPG).

Answer

/api/node/class/topSystem.json

Answer

/api/mo/sys/intf.json

Answer

/api/mo/uni/fabric/protpol.json

Question 10

A network engineer needs to automate the configuration of BGP on a Nexus 9000 switch using Ansible. The playbook uses the cisco.nxos.nxos_bgp module. Which of the following parameters is required in the module to specify the local AS number?

Accepted Answer

local_as. The nxos_bgp module requires the 'local_as' parameter to configure the BGP autonomous system number.

Answer

vrf

Answer

as_number

Answer

bgp_as

Question 11

Which Python library is part of the ACI SDK and provides a high-level object-oriented interface for interacting with the APIC?

Accepted Answer

Cobra SDK. The Cobra SDK provides an object-oriented Python interface for ACI automation, wrapping the APIC REST API.

Answer

pyats

Answer

cisco_nxapi

Answer

acitoolkit

Question 12

An engineer is implementing CI/CD for network changes. Which tool is commonly used for version control of network configuration files and infrastructure code?

Accepted Answer

Git. Git is the industry-standard version control system used for managing infrastructure as code, including network configurations.

Answer

Docker

Answer

Jenkins

Answer

Ansible

Question 13

Which of the following is a benefit of using OpenConfig YANG models for network automation?

Accepted Answer

They provide a standard, vendor-neutral data model.. OpenConfig YANG models are vendor-neutral, allowing consistent configuration across multi-vendor environments.

Answer

They replace the need for NETCONF or RESTCONF.

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They only support read-only operations.

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They are specific to Cisco devices only.

Question 14

A network automation engineer wants to use EEM with Python applets on a Nexus switch to trigger a script when an interface goes down. Which EEM configuration is required to invoke the Python script?

Accepted Answer

action 1.0 python bootflash:script.py. EEM applets can use the 'action' command with 'python' to run a Python script in the Guest Shell or OnEX environment.

Answer

action 1.0 cli python bootflash:script.py

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action 1.0 bash python bootflash:script.py

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action 1.0 event manager python script.py

Question 15

Which TWO of the following are valid methods to run Python scripts on a Cisco Nexus switch? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

OnEX. Guest Shell provides a Linux environment for Python, and OnEX is a Python interpreter built into NX-OS.

Answer

Cobra SDK

Answer

NX-API REST

Answer

acitoolkit