What is the primary purpose of device-level APIs on IOS XE?

To encrypt all network traffic passing through the device

To provide a graphical user interface for network administrators

To enable programmatic access to device configuration, state, and operations

To replace the need for any CLI-based management

CiscoCertified Network Associate Automation (CCNA Automation)

Domain 3Objective 6

6. Describe the Device Level APIs and Dynamic Interfaces for IOS XE and NX-OS 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the 3.0 Cisco Platforms and Development domain, which accounts for 15% of the 200-901 exam. Cisco does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~8–12 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 34 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 21–25

21application · medium
An automation platform needs to interact with both IOS XE and NX-OS devices using a unified model-driven approach. The platform must support YANG data models and be able to retrieve operational state as well as configuration. Which common dynamic interface should the platform use?
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22foundation · easy
Which HTTP method is used to retrieve data from an IOS XE or NX-OS device via a RESTful API?
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23foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of device-level APIs on IOS XE?
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24application · medium
A network engineer is writing a script to query interface statistics from a Nexus switch. The script must parse the response as JSON and use a RESTful API. Which API and data format combination should the engineer use?
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25expert · medium
A network team is planning to automate configuration management for IOS XE devices. They need to support both configuration and operational state retrieval, and they want to use a protocol that is firewall-friendly (uses port 443) and supports JSON. Which protocol should they choose?
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6. Describe the Device Level APIs and Dynamic Interfaces for IOS XE and NX-OS 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

An automation platform needs to interact with both IOS XE and NX-OS devices using a unified model-driven approach. The platform must support YANG data models and be able to retrieve operational state as well as configuration. Which common dynamic interface should the platform use?

Which HTTP method is used to retrieve data from an IOS XE or NX-OS device via a RESTful API?

What is the primary purpose of device-level APIs on IOS XE?

A network engineer is writing a script to query interface statistics from a Nexus switch. The script must parse the response as JSON and use a RESTful API. Which API and data format combination should the engineer use?

A network team is planning to automate configuration management for IOS XE devices. They need to support both configuration and operational state retrieval, and they want to use a protocol that is firewall-friendly (uses port 443) and supports JSON. Which protocol should they choose?

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