CiscoCertified Network Associate (CCNA)
Domain 6Objective 5
6.5 Describe Characteristics of REST-based APIs (authentication Types, CRUD, HTTP Verbs, and Data Encoding) 200-301 Practice Questions (Page 2)
Part of the Automation and Programmability domain, which accounts for 10% of the 200-301 exam. Cisco does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~5–8 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 30 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 6–10
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A network admin is building a script that uses a REST API to manage VLANs on a switch. The script must first retrieve a list of existing VLANs, then create a new VLAN, and finally remove an obsolete VLAN. Which sequence of HTTP verbs should the script use?
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A network automation engineer is configuring a script to use a REST API. The API requires the client to authenticate using a username and password that are base64-encoded in the Authorization header. Which authentication type is this?
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A network automation engineer is writing a script to update a device's configuration via a REST API. The API expects a JSON payload with a specific structure. The engineer sends a request with the correct Content-Type header, but the API returns a 400 Bad Request error. The engineer verifies that the JSON is valid and the endpoint is correct. What is the most likely cause of the 400 error?
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A network automation team is building a script that interacts with a REST API. The API requires a token that expires every hour. The script must obtain the token by sending a client ID and client secret to an authentication endpoint, then include the token in subsequent requests. Which authentication type is this?
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A network admin is using a REST API to manage access control lists (ACLs). The admin needs to remove an existing ACL entry. Which HTTP verb should be used?
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