200-901 Understanding and Using APIs Practice Question
Which THREE of the following are characteristics of NETCONF? (Select THREE)
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Uses SSH as the transport protocol
NETCONF uses SSH for transport, XML-encoded RPCs, and operations like edit-config/get-config. It does not use HTTP or JSON, and it is not stateless.
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Uses SSH as the transport protocol
Why this is correct
NETCONF typically runs over SSH (RFC 6242).
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Uses HTTP as the transport protocol
Why it's wrong here
HTTP is used by RESTCONF, not NETCONF.
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Supports JSON encoding for data
Why it's wrong here
NETCONF only supports XML encoding; JSON is for RESTCONF.
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Encodes operations as XML RPCs
Why this is correct
NETCONF uses XML for its RPC messages.
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Supports operations like <edit-config> and <get-config>
Why this is correct
These are core NETCONF operations.
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