200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
In DNA Center, which API category is used to deploy templates to devices?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse 'Run your network' (which involves monitoring and operational state) with 'Change your network' (which involves active configuration changes), leading them to select D because they associate 'running' with executing templates, but Cisco specifically separates read-only operations from write operations in its API categorization.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Change your network
The 'Change your network' API category in Cisco DNA Center is specifically designed for network configuration and provisioning tasks, including deploying templates to devices. This category encompasses APIs that push configuration changes, such as applying CLI templates via the Template Programmer (formerly Template Editor) or provisioning new network settings, directly aligning with the action of deploying templates to network devices.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Platform
Why it's wrong here
Platform APIs expose DNA Center's underlying controller functions, such as authentication and system settings, rather than template operations. They are the right category when integrating DNA Center with external orchestration or monitoring tooling, not when pushing configuration templates onto devices.
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Know your network
Why it's wrong here
Know your network APIs retrieve inventory, topology and health information for assurance and discovery purposes. They suit building dashboards or auditing device state, but they only read data; deploying templates requires a write-oriented configuration API category instead.
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Change your network
Why this is correct
The "Change your network" API category in DNA Center handles configuration deployment, including applying templates to devices via the Template Programmer. It satisfies the stem's requirement to deploy templates, unlike Intent APIs (policy) or Integration APIs (events). This category directly provisions device configuration changes.
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Run your network
Why it's wrong here
Run your network APIs cover day-to-day operational tasks such as device commands and troubleshooting, not template deployment. They would be chosen for monitoring or issuing CLI-level actions against live devices, so they miss the configuration-provisioning requirement in the stem.
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