6.1 Explain How Automation Impacts Network Management 200-301 Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–39

1. 36application · medium

   A network team currently uses a manual change-management process where each change request is reviewed by a change advisory board (CAB) and then implemented by an engineer via the CLI. The team wants to increase the frequency of changes while maintaining control. Which approach best achieves this?

   • ASchedule all changes for a single maintenance window once a month
   • BEliminate the CAB review process entirely and let any engineer make changes directly
   • CAutomate the change implementation and use automated testing to validate changes before they are deployed
   • DKeep the manual process but require engineers to work faster
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2. 37application · medium

   A network operations team is used to troubleshooting by logging into devices and looking at real-time output. They are introducing automation that collects and correlates data from multiple sources. How should the team's troubleshooting approach change to best leverage automation?

   • AStop manual troubleshooting entirely and rely solely on automated alerts to resolve issues.
   • BContinue the same manual process but run it more frequently.
   • CReplace all network monitoring tools with a single automation script that collects everything.
   • DUse automated data collection and correlation to identify patterns, then focus manual investigation on the most likely causes.
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4. 38expert · hard

   A network engineer is evaluating automation tools for a network that includes both Cisco IOS devices and third-party devices that do not support Cisco-specific APIs. The engineer wants a single tool that can manage both types of devices using a declarative approach, where the desired state is defined and the tool enforces it. Which tool category is most appropriate?

   • AA network monitoring tool that only collects SNMP data and does not enforce configuration.
   • BA Cisco-specific orchestration platform that only supports Cisco devices.
   • CA configuration management tool such as Ansible, which uses SSH and supports both Cisco and third-party devices through modules.
   • DA custom script written in a low-level language that directly implements each vendor's CLI.
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5. 39expert · hard

   A network team is implementing automation for configuration management. They have a change window of only 30 minutes to update 40 switches. The team must also ensure that if a configuration push fails on any switch, the change is rolled back on that switch automatically. Which approach best meets both the time constraint and the rollback requirement?

   • AUse a script that saves the current configuration on each switch, pushes the new configuration, and then reboots all switches to ensure the new configuration is applied.
   • BPush configurations sequentially to each switch and manually check for errors after each one.
   • CUse an orchestration platform that pushes configurations in parallel, verifies each device, and automatically rolls back any device that fails verification.
   • DPush the configuration to all switches at once using a script, and if any switch fails, manually revert the changes after the change window.
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