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Scenario guide

How to approach drag and drop ordering questions

Drag-and-drop ordering questions ask you to arrange steps, commands, or events into the correct sequence. They test procedural knowledge — can you execute a Cisco IOS configuration task in the right order? These appear across Cisco, CompTIA, AWS, and Microsoft exams.

Quick answer

Drag and Drop Ordering Questions questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

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Practice set

Practice scenarios

Question 1mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps to implement a new firewall rule in an iptables-based Linux firewall into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

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Question 2mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps to perform a password reset for a user in Active Directory into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

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Question 3mediumdrag order
Study the full AAA explanation →

Drag and drop the steps for the RADIUS authentication process into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

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Question 4mediumdrag order
Review the full routing breakdown →

Drag and drop the steps to configure a static route on a Cisco IOS router into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

Steps
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Question 5mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps for the SSH key exchange process in the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

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Question 6mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps to implement a backup strategy following the 3-2-1 rule into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

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Question 7mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps for a typical digital forensics investigation process in the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

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Question 8mediumdrag order
Read the full VPN explanation →

Drag and drop the steps to configure a VPN tunnel using IPsec in tunnel mode into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

Steps
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1Step 1
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Question 9mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps for the TLS 1.3 handshake process into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

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Question 10mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps to perform a factory reset on a managed switch into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

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