Cisco 200-901: Automating Networks Using Cisco Platforms (CCNAAUTO)

Last checked October 22, 2026 against the official Cisco exam page.

1. Question 1Network automation and programmability

   A network team wants to change many switches the same way and track which change is applied to which device. Which approach best supports this?

   1. ACopying a configuration from a random device to every switch in the network without review
   2. BManual changes typed on each switch in the CLI by an engineer
   3. CVersion-controlled templates applied by automation with logs of each change
   4. DChanging the configuration after a user complains about a fault
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   Correct answer: C

   Version-controlled templates applied by automation give repeatable changes and an audit trail per device. Manual typing, random copies and complaint-driven changes are inconsistent and untraceable.

2. Question 2Software development and design

   A developer wants to track changes to an automation script, go back to earlier versions, and share the work with a team. Which tool should be used?

   1. AGit
   2. BA printed copy of the script
   3. CA USB drive copied each day
   4. DAn email attachment named final-final
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   Correct answer: A

   Git tracks changes, supports rollback, and enables collaboration through branches and merges. USB copies, printouts and emailed files lose history and make collaboration difficult.

3. Question 3Automation tools and APIs

   Which Cisco platform provides a centralized REST API and controller for managing many network devices, including policy and automation?

   1. ACisco Packet Tracer classroom simulator
   2. BCisco ASDM device manager for one firewall unit
   3. CCisco Webex Meetings video collaboration platform
   4. DCisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center)
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   Correct answer: D

   Catalyst Center provides centralized management, policy and APIs for many devices in enterprise networks. Packet Tracer is a simulator, ASDM manages a single firewall, and Webex is a collaboration product.

4. Question 4Network fundamentals

   An automation script must reach a router's management interface over the network. Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for end-to-end logical addressing used by the script?

   1. AData link layer (Layer 2)
   2. BPhysical layer (Layer 1)
   3. CNetwork layer (Layer 3)
   4. DPresentation layer (Layer 6)
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   Correct answer: C

   The network layer provides logical IP addressing and routing between networks, which the script depends on to reach the device. The physical and data link layers handle local delivery, and the presentation layer does not provide addressing.

5. Question 5Network automation and programmability

   Which data format is commonly used to represent structured network configuration data in a human-readable way that automation tools can parse?

   1. ARAID 5
   2. BYAML
   3. CCSMA/CD
   4. DARP
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   Correct answer: B

   YAML is a human-readable structured format that tools such as Ansible use for variables and inventories. RAID, CSMA/CD and ARP are not data formats.