CCNA Automation REST API Fundamentals

1. Which HTTP method is used to retrieve a resource without modifying it?

GET

POST

PUT

DELETE

2. Which protocol is commonly used alongside REST APIs for secure network communication?

HTTP

HTTPS

FTP

SMTP

3. Which Cisco platform provides REST API access for network device management?

Cisco IOS

NETCONF

Cisco DNA Center

Telnet

4. What is the primary purpose of using REST APIs in network automation?

To replace SSH connections entirely

To enable programmatic control and integration of network devices

To increase network latency

To eliminate the need for network engineers

5. True or False: REST APIs can only use JSON for data exchange.

True

False

6. Which of the following is a valid REST API endpoint format?

Http://api.example.com/v1/devices/123

Ftp://api.example.com/get-device

Telnet://api.example.com/devices

Ssh://api.example.com/api/v1

7. True or False: REST APIs are stateless, meaning each request contains all information needed.

True

False

8. What does REST stand for in the context of APIs?

Remote Execution Service Technology

Representational State Transfer

Resource Exchange Standard Transfer

Reliable Endpoint Service Transport

9. Which Python library is commonly used to interact with REST APIs?

Requests

Urllib

Httplib

Socket

10. True or False: Basic Authentication sends credentials in base64 encoding, which is secure.

True

False

11. What does CRUD stand for in API development?

Create, Read, Update, Delete

Configure, Retrieve, Understand, Deploy

Connect, Route, Utilize, Deliver

Collect, Request, Upload, Distribute

12. Which HTTP method is used to update an existing resource?

GET

POST

PUT

PATCH

13. What HTTP status code indicates a successful request?

200

400

404

500

14. Which data format is commonly used in REST APIs alongside XML?

YAML

JSON

CSV

TOML

15. What is the correct order of elements in a typical REST API request?

Method, URI, Headers, Body

URI, Method, Body, Headers

Headers, Method, URI, Body

Body, URI, Method, Headers

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19. Which authentication method uses a token sent in the Authorization header?

Basic Authentication

Bearer Token

Digest Authentication

OAuth 1.0

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CCNA Automation REST API Fundamentals Quiz

1. Which HTTP method is used to retrieve a resource without modifying it?

2.

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2. Which protocol is commonly used alongside REST APIs for secure network communication?

3. Which Cisco platform provides REST API access for network device management?

4. What is the primary purpose of using REST APIs in network automation?

5. True or False: REST APIs can only use JSON for data exchange.

6. Which of the following is a valid REST API endpoint format?

7. True or False: REST APIs are stateless, meaning each request contains all information needed.

8. What does REST stand for in the context of APIs?

9. Which Python library is commonly used to interact with REST APIs?

10. True or False: Basic Authentication sends credentials in base64 encoding, which is secure.

11. What does CRUD stand for in API development?

12. Which HTTP method is used to update an existing resource?

13. What HTTP status code indicates a successful request?

14. Which data format is commonly used in REST APIs alongside XML?

15. What is the correct order of elements in a typical REST API request?

16. The HTTP status code 404 indicates that the requested ____ was not found.

17. NETCONF is an alternative to REST APIs for network device ____ over SSH.

18. POST requests are used to ____ new resources on a server.

19. Which authentication method uses a token sent in the Authorization header?

20. The Content-Type header in a REST request specifies the format of the request ____ being sent.