CCNA AI and Network Operations Practice Question
An engineer uses the Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center) Intent API to retrieve a list of network devices. The API response is paginated, returning only 50 devices by default even though the inventory holds several hundred. The engineer needs the complete inventory in a single automation run. Which action should the engineer take?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is assuming that changing the HTTP method or requesting a different media type removes pagination, when only the limit and offset parameters control page size and position.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Increase the value of the 'limit' query parameter and adjust the 'offset' parameter across successive requests until all devices are retrieved.
The Intent API limits how many records a single response carries, so a complete inventory requires paging. Raising the page size with the limit parameter and advancing through results with the offset parameter lets an automation script collect every device before processing. Authentication headers and media-type headers shape access and representation, not result volume.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Add the 'X-Auth-Token' header with a longer expiry so the controller stops truncating the response.
Why it's wrong here
The authentication token header proves the caller's identity and does not influence how many records are serialized into a response. A token with a longer lifetime simply allows more requests before re-authentication; it cannot expand a page beyond the controller's configured limit, so the inventory would remain incomplete.
- ✓
Increase the value of the 'limit' query parameter and adjust the 'offset' parameter across successive requests until all devices are retrieved.
Why this is correct
The Intent API paginates results using the 'limit' and 'offset' query parameters. Raising 'limit' increases the page size, and incrementing 'offset' walks through subsequent pages. Iterating until a page returns fewer records than the requested limit yields the full device inventory, which is exactly what this automation run requires.
- ✗
Change the HTTP method from GET to POST so the controller returns the entire collection in a single response body.
Why it's wrong here
Changing the verb does not disable pagination on this collection endpoint. POST is used for creating resources or for operations such as posting a search body, not for bypassing page limits. The controller still caps how many records a single response returns, so the engineer would receive the same truncated inventory.
- ✗
Set the 'Accept' header to 'application/yang-data+json' so the controller returns the full YANG-modeled dataset without pagination.
Why it's wrong here
The media type requested through 'Accept' controls the representation format of the payload, not the volume of records returned. Requesting YANG-modeled JSON does not remove the controller's page-size cap, so the engineer would still receive only the first page of devices and miss the remainder of the inventory.
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