350-601 Automation Practice Question
Which TWO of the following are characteristics of the NETCONF protocol? (Choose two.)
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Operates over SSH or TLS.
NETCONF uses XML for data encoding and provides operations like get, edit-config, etc., based on YANG models.
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Operates over SSH or TLS.
Why this is correct
Correct: NETCONF typically uses SSH (RFC 6242) or TLS.
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Supports JSON encoding as well as XML.
Why it's wrong here
NETCONF only supports XML; RESTCONF supports JSON.
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Uses XML for data representation.
Why this is correct
Correct: NETCONF encodes data in XML.
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Uws a single RPC for all operations.
Why it's wrong here
NETCONF uses multiple RPCs like get, edit-config, etc.
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Uses RESTful HTTP methods.
Why it's wrong here
RESTful methods are used by RESTCONF, not NETCONF.
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