Construct API Calls to Retrieve Data from Intersight 350-901 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   An engineer needs to retrieve the list of all virtual machines managed by Intersight. Which endpoint should be used?

   • AGET /api/v1/virtualization/VirtualMachines
   • BGET /api/v1/hyperflex/Clusters
   • CGET /api/v1/vm/VM
   • DGET /api/v1/compute/VirtualMachines
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2. 2application · medium

   A script receives an HTTP 401 response from an Intersight API call. The script is using an API key. What is the most likely cause?

   • AThe API key has expired.
   • BThe user does not have permission to access the resource.
   • CThe requested resource does not exist.
   • DThe request signature is invalid or the API key is incorrect.
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4. 3expert · hard

   A script is making a GET request to Intersight and receives an HTTP 403 response. The script is using a valid API key and the signature is correct. What is the most likely cause?

   • AThe user associated with the API key does not have permission to access the resource.
   • BThe resource does not exist.
   • CThe request is malformed.
   • DThe API key has been revoked.
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5. 4application · medium

   A developer is writing a Python script to fetch the health status of all UCS servers from Intersight. The script must handle authentication and parse the JSON response. Which approach correctly authenticates and retrieves the data?

   • AUse the API key ID as a bearer token in the Authorization header.
   • BFirst call the login endpoint to get a session token, then use that token in subsequent requests.
   • CSend the API key ID and secret in the HTTP headers for each request.
   • DUse the Intersight SDK, which handles API key signing and provides methods to query resources.
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6. 5application · medium

   A DevOps engineer is writing a script to retrieve the firmware version of a specific server from Intersight. The script must authenticate using an API key and then query the server resource. Which two steps are required to construct a valid API call?

   • AObtain an OAuth2 bearer token from the Intersight token endpoint, then use it in the Authorization header.
   • BGenerate an HMAC-SHA256 signature of the request line and date header, and include it in the Authorization header.
   • CUse HTTP Basic authentication with the API key ID as the username and the secret as the password.
   • DInclude the API key ID in the query string and the secret in the body of the GET request.
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