6.4 Describe APIs for Cisco Catalyst Center and SD-WAN Manager 350-401 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21foundation · easy

   Which authentication method is used by the Cisco Catalyst Center REST API to authorize API requests?

   • AOAuth 2.0 with client credentials grant
   • BAPI key in the query string
   • CTLS client certificates
   • DBasic authentication with username and password in the header
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2. 22foundation · easy

   Which API would you use to programmatically create a new VPN policy for a branch office in an SD-WAN deployment?

   • ACisco Prime Infrastructure API
   • BCisco IOS XE NETCONF API
   • CCisco SD-WAN Manager (vManage) API
   • DCisco Catalyst Center API
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4. 23expert · hard

   A large enterprise is integrating its IT service management (ITSM) platform with both Catalyst Center and SD-WAN Manager. The automation team must design a workflow that automatically creates a ticket when a new device is added to the network. The team wants to use a single API call to trigger the ticket creation. Which approach should they take?

   • AUse a webhook from Catalyst Center or SD-WAN Manager to trigger the ITSM API
   • BNo single API call can directly create a ticket in ITSM; the workflow must involve multiple steps
   • CUse SD-WAN Manager API to monitor device additions and then call the ITSM API to create a ticket
   • DUse Catalyst Center API to monitor device additions and then call the ITSM API to create a ticket
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5. 24expert · hard

   A service provider manages multiple enterprise customers. Each customer has a dedicated Catalyst Center and a dedicated SD-WAN Manager. The provider's automation platform needs to collect inventory and health data from all customers. The provider wants to use a single set of scripts. What is the best approach?

   • AWrite separate scripts for Catalyst Center and SD-WAN Manager, and run them per customer with customer-specific credentials.
   • BUse the Catalyst Center API to collect data from all customers because it can manage multiple sites.
   • CUse a single API token that works for both Catalyst Center and SD-WAN Manager across all customers.
   • DUse the SD-WAN Manager API to collect data from all customers because it can manage multiple tenants.
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6. 25application · medium

   A network engineer needs to automate the onboarding of new switches into Cisco Catalyst Center. The engineer wants to use a script that authenticates once and then performs multiple API calls to add devices and assign them to sites. Which authentication method should the script use?

   • ABasic authentication with the username and password in every request header
   • BCertificate-based mutual TLS authentication using a client certificate
   • COAuth2 client credentials to obtain an access token, then include the token in the Authorization header of subsequent requests
   • DAPI key generated from the Catalyst Center UI and passed as a query parameter
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