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Read each scenario carefully and choose your answer before revealing the explanation. Then check why your choice was right or wrong. Repeat until the reasoning feels automatic.

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Automation practice questions

Practise Cisco DCCOR / CCNP Data Center Core 350-601 Automation practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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What the exam tests

What to know about Automation

Automation questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

Watch out for

Common Automation exam traps

▸Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
▸Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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Automation questions

20 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1easymultiple choice

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An engineer wants to automate the creation of VLANs on a Nexus 9000 switch using Python scripts. Which on-box solution allows running Python scripts directly on the switch without an external server?

Trap 1: Terraform provider

Terraform is external and not on-box.

Trap 2: APIC REST API

APIC REST API is used for ACI fabric, not Nexus standalone switches.

Trap 3: Ansible control node

Ansible control node is external.

Automation practice questions

What to know about Automation

Common Automation exam traps

Automation questions

An engineer wants to automate the creation of VLANs on a Nexus 9000 switch using Python scripts. Which on-box solution allows running Python scripts directly on the switch without an external server?

Which protocol is used by NETCONF to transport YANG-defined configuration data between a controller and a network device?

An organization adopts Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for network automation. Which tool is commonly used to manage ACI fabric configuration declaratively?

A network engineer needs to automate the configuration of BGP on a Nexus switch using Ansible. Which Ansible module from the cisco.nxos collection is appropriate for managing BGP configuration?

A DevOps team wants to version control network device configurations. Which tool is best suited for tracking changes and collaborating on configuration files?

An engineer is writing a Python script to interact with a Nexus 9000 switch using the NX-API REST interface. Which Python library is designed for this purpose?

Which API uses RESTful principles and supports both XML and JSON encoding for network configuration, as defined in RFC 8040?

An engineer needs to trigger a Python script on a Nexus switch when a specific syslog message appears. Which Cisco technology allows event-driven execution of Python applets?

In ACI, the management information tree (MIT) organizes managed objects hierarchically. Which object is the parent of an Application Profile (AP)?

A data center team is automating network changes and wants to ensure that only validated configurations are deployed to production. Which CI/CD practice specifically addresses this?

Which of the following is a YANG data model developed by the OpenConfig working group to provide vendor-neutral configuration for network interfaces?

An engineer uses the APIC REST API to create a new EPG. The API endpoint for creating an EPG under a specific tenant and application profile uses which object class?

A network engineer wants to use Ansible to automate the configuration of Nexus switches. Which two statements about the cisco.nxos Ansible collection are correct? (Choose two.)

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

Which two statements about the NX-API REST interface on Nexus switches are true? (Choose two.)

A network engineer wants to automate the configuration of VLANs on a Nexus 9000 switch using REST-based APIs. Which approach should be used to send NX-OS commands via HTTP/HTTPS in JSON format?

A DevOps team is implementing CI/CD for network configuration changes on Nexus switches. Which tool is most suitable for version control of network configuration files?

An engineer is writing an Ansible playbook to configure BGP on a Nexus 9000 switch. Which module from the cisco.nxos collection should be used to manage BGP configuration?

A network administrator needs to automate ACI configuration using a Python library that abstracts the APIC REST API. Which library should be used?

A network engineer wants to use Terraform to automate the creation of an Application Profile in ACI. Which provider should be used?

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