200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
Which Cisco platform provides a cloud-managed dashboard with a REST API that uses an API key in the header and has a rate limit of 5 requests per second?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap is that candidates confuse Cisco DNA Center's token-based API with Meraki's API-key-based API, or assume Webex because it is also cloud-based, missing the specific rate limit and header details.
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Cisco Meraki
Cisco Meraki is a cloud-managed networking platform whose Dashboard API is RESTful, uses an API key passed in the X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key header, and enforces a rate limit of 5 requests per second per organization. This matches the question's description exactly.
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Cisco Webex
Why it's wrong here
Webex is a collaboration suite; its REST API is scoped to messaging, meetings and calling, and its rate limits differ, so it cannot provide the dashboard described. It is tempting because Webex genuinely is cloud-managed with header-based bearer tokens, which would fit a scenario integrating meeting or messaging telemetry.
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Cisco Meraki
Why this is correct
Cisco Meraki's cloud-managed dashboard exposes a REST API authenticated with an API key in the request header and enforces a documented rate limit of 5 requests per second per organisation, matching all three stated constraints.
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Cisco DNA Center
Why it's wrong here
Cisco DNA Center is an on-premises controller with token-based authentication, not an API-key header with a 5 request-per-second limit. It is tempting as Cisco's management platform, but the described cloud dashboard with API-key header rate limiting is Meraki's Dashboard API.
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Cisco IOS XE
Why it's wrong here
Cisco IOS XE is on-box device software, not a cloud-managed dashboard, so it exposes no hosted REST API with header API keys or a 5 rps limit. It is tempting because IOS XE does offer RESTCONF and NETCONF APIs for programmatic device configuration, which would suit automating individual routers rather than querying a cloud platform.
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