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ACL practice questions

Practise 200-301 ACL questions covering standard vs extended ACLs, top-down processing, implicit deny, inbound vs outbound placement, and troubleshooting traffic that is unexpectedly blocked or permitted.

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Editorial oversight:Johnson Ajibi· MSc IT Security, IEEE Senior Member

What the exam tests

What to know about ACL

ACL questions usually test top-down rule processing, source and destination matching, protocol or port logic, and where the ACL should be applied.

Standard versus extended ACL behaviour.

Top-down processing and the implicit deny rule.

Source, destination, protocol and port matching.

Inbound versus outbound ACL placement.

Why learners struggle

Why ACL questions are commonly missed

ACL questions are missed when learners apply the wrong direction, overlook the implicit deny, or confuse standard ACL source-only matching with extended ACL protocol and destination matching. A single out-of-order rule or wrong interface direction makes an otherwise correct ACL fail.

  • ·Top-down first-match processing — rule order matters; the first match ends evaluation
  • ·Implicit deny — all traffic not explicitly permitted is denied at the end of every ACL
  • ·Standard ACLs match source address only — destination, protocol, and port are not considered
  • ·Extended ACLs match source, destination, protocol, and port — giving finer control
  • ·Inbound vs outbound — applying the ACL in the wrong direction blocks the wrong traffic
  • ·Standard ACLs placed near the destination to avoid blocking other traffic unnecessarily

Watch out for

Common ACL exam traps

  • ▸ACLs are processed from top to bottom; the first match wins.
  • ▸There is an implicit deny at the end of most ACLs.
  • ▸Standard ACLs match source only, while extended ACLs can match protocol, source, destination and ports.
  • ▸Applying an ACL in the wrong direction can make a correct ACL look broken.

Practice set

ACL questions

20 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1mediummulti select
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Which TWO statements about IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs are true?

Question 2mediummulti select
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Which TWO statements correctly describe the behavior of standard ACLs and their placement on interfaces?

Question 3hardmultiple choice
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A switch trunk is carrying several VLANs, but VLAN 99 traffic is failing. The trunk allowed list includes VLAN 99 on both sides. Which statement best explains why a VLAN can still fail even when it is allowed?

Question 4hardmultiple choice
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A wireless client joins the correct SSID and gets an address in the correct employee subnet, but cannot reach only one internal application while everything else works. Which troubleshooting area is the strongest first target?

Question 5hardmultiple choice
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A standard ACL and an extended ACL are both available for a design. Which requirement most strongly indicates that an extended ACL is needed?

Question 6mediummultiple choice
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A network administrator wants to secure remote CLI access to a Cisco router, moving beyond simple username/password authentication. Which approach best achieves this goal?

Question 7mediummulti select
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Which THREE statements correctly describe the configuration and verification of NAT, PAT, and static NAT?

You are connected to R1. The network has two routers (R1, R2) and a switch (SW1) in between. R1's G0/0 connects to SW1 (192.168.1.1/24), SW1 connects to R2's G0/0 (192.168.1.2/24). R2 has a loopback (Lo0: 203.0.113.1/32) used as a management address. Configure an extended ACL on R1 so that only SSH (TCP/22) traffic from the 10.0.0.0/24 network is permitted to reach R2's loopback; all other traffic to that loopback must be denied. Then apply the ACL in the correct direction on the correct interface.

Exhibit

R1# show running-config | section interface
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
 no shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
 no shutdown
!
R1# show ip route
Codes: L - local, C - connected, S - static
      10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C        10.0.0.0/24 is directly connected, GigabitEthernet0/1
      192.168.1.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C        192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, GigabitEthernet0/0
      203.0.113.1/32 [1/0] via 192.168.1.2
Question 9hardmultiple choice
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Users in 10.10.10.0/24 must be prevented from reaching the web server at 172.16.1.10 over HTTP, but all other traffic should be allowed. Which ACL entry best matches the requirement?

Question 10hardmultiple choice
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A network administrator configures PAT on a router to allow internal hosts in the 10.10.10.0/24 subnet to access the Internet. Afterward, users report that they can ping public IP addresses but cannot access any websites. The administrator verifies that the access list for NAT matches the correct subnet, and the 'ip nat inside source list 1 interface GigabitEthernet0/1 overload' command is applied. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

Question 11hardmultiple choice
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A network technician is troubleshooting a router that cannot be accessed via SSH. The router responds to Telnet but SSH attempts return 'connection refused'. The technician confirmed that 'ip ssh version 2' is configured and 'show ip ssh' indicates SSH is enabled. The output of 'show line vty 0 4' shows 'transport input telnet'. What should the technician do next?

You are connected to R1. Configure PAT (NAT overload) so that hosts on the 192.168.1.0/24 LAN can access the Internet via the outside interface GigabitEthernet 0/1 with IP 203.0.113.2/29. The current configuration has an incorrect inside/outside interface assignment and a missing overload keyword. Fix all issues.

Exhibit

R1# show running-config | section ip nat
ip nat inside source list NAT_POOL interface GigabitEthernet0/1
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.10 80 203.0.113.3 80 extendable
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
 ip nat outside
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 203.0.113.2 255.255.255.248
 ip nat inside
!
access-list 10 permit 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255
Question 13mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the following steps into the correct order to plan, configure, and apply an extended ACL that blocks Telnet traffic from the 192.168.1.0/24 network to the 10.0.0.0/24 network, applied inbound on the interface facing the source.

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Steps
Order
1Step 1
2Step 2
3Step 3
4Step 4
5Step 5
Question 14mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the following steps into the correct order to configure and apply an extended IPv4 ACL on a Cisco router to block Telnet traffic from subnet 192.168.1.0/24 to host 10.0.0.1 and permit all other IP traffic.

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Steps
Order
1Step 1
2Step 2
3Step 3
4Step 4
5Step 5
6Step 6
7Step 7
Question 15hardScenario
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You are connected to R1, a branch router. Configure an extended ACL named BRANCH_IN that permits only HTTP (TCP port 80) traffic from the internal network 192.168.1.0/24 to the web server at 203.0.113.10, and permits ICMP echo-reply from any source to any destination. Apply the ACL inbound on the interface facing the internal network. Then verify that only the specified traffic is allowed.

Exhibit

R1# show running-config | section interface
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 description Link to Internal LAN
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 description Link to ISP
 ip address 203.0.113.2 255.255.255.252
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
ip access-list extended BRANCH_IN
 permit tcp 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 host 203.0.113.10 eq 80
 permit icmp any any echo-reply
Question 16hardmultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, why is the ACL blocking more traffic than intended?

Exhibit

Requirement:
- Block Telnet from 10.30.30.0/24 to 172.16.9.9
- Allow all other traffic

Configured ACL entry:
deny tcp 10.30.30.0 0.0.0.255 host 172.16.9.9
Question 17mediummulti select
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Which two statements accurately describe CAPWAP in a controller-based WLAN context?

Question 18mediumScenario
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You are connected to R1 via the console. R1 connects two networks: GigabitEthernet0/0 (192.168.1.1/24) and GigabitEthernet0/1 (192.168.2.1/24). Create an extended ACL named BLOCK_HTTP that denies HTTP traffic (tcp port 80) from the 192.168.1.0/24 network to the 192.168.2.0/24 network, but permits all other IP traffic. Apply this ACL inbound on GigabitEthernet0/0.

Question 19mediumdrag order
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Which of the following sequences correctly orders the steps to plan, configure, and apply an extended ACL that permits HTTP traffic from the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet to the server at 10.0.0.1, and deny all other IP traffic, applied inbound on interface GigabitEthernet0/1?

Drag or tap steps into the slots.

Steps
Order
1Step 1
2Step 2
3Step 3
4Step 4
5Step 5
Question 20mediummulti select
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Which two statements about standard and extended IPv4 ACLs are correct?

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Frequently asked questions

What does the 200-301 exam test about ACL?
ACL questions usually test top-down rule processing, source and destination matching, protocol or port logic, and where the ACL should be applied.
How should I use these practice questions?
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Can I practise just ACL questions in a focused session?
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