hardMultiple SelectObjective-mapped
200-901 Practice Question: Which THREE are valid reasons to use Cisco DNA…
Which THREE are valid reasons to use Cisco DNA Center's Assurance APIs in an enterprise network?
⚠ Common exam trap
Cisco often tests the distinction between Assurance (monitoring/analytics) and Automation (configuration/policy enforcement) APIs, leading candidates to mistakenly associate QoS enforcement or NetFlow collection with Assurance when those belong to separate functional domains.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Proactively detect client connectivity issues.
Cisco DNA Center's Assurance APIs provide proactive monitoring and analytics that can detect client connectivity issues before they impact users, leveraging telemetry data from network devices to identify problems like authentication failures, DHCP timeouts, or signal degradation.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Automatically enforce QoS policies on switches.
Why it's wrong here
Assurance is for monitoring, not enforcement.
- ✓
Proactively detect client connectivity issues.
Why this is correct
Assurance provides client health scores and alerts.
- ✗
Collect NetFlow data from all network devices.
Why it's wrong here
Assurance uses multiple data sources, not just NetFlow.
- ✓
Identify application performance bottlenecks.
Why this is correct
Assurance monitors application performance.
- ✓
Analyze historical network trends for capacity planning.
Why this is correct
Assurance provides historical analytics.
Visual reference
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
Courseiva writes every 200-901 question from scratch — 989 in total, each with an explanation and a wrong-answer breakdown. None are copied from real exams or dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This 200-901 practice question is part of Courseiva's free Cisco certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the 200-901 exam.