200-901 DEVASC Exam Topics

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To earn your DevNet Associate certification, you must pass the 200-901 DEVASC exam. This 120-minute
exam tests your knowledge of software development and design including understanding and using APIs,
Cisco platforms and development, application development and security, and infrastructure and automation.

The following topics are likely to be included on the 200-901 DEVASC exam. The topics are subject to
change at any time to reflect the latest technologies aligned to Cisco’s products.

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Exam Topics:
Section: 1.0 Software Development and Design

1.1 Compare data formats (XML, JSON, and Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
YAML) Study?

Y / N

1.2 Describe parsing of common data for- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
mat (XML, JSON, and YAML) to Python Study?
data structures

Y / N

1.3 Describe the concepts of test-driven Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
development Study?

Y / N

1.4 Compare software development Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed

methods (agile, lean, and waterfall) Study?

Y / N

1.5 Explain the benefits of organizing code Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
into methods / functions, classes, and Study?
modules

Y / N

1.6 Identify the advantages of common Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
design patterns (MVC and Observer) Study?

Y / N

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 1.7 Explain the advantages of version Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
control Study?

Y / N

1.8 Utilize common version control Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
operations with Git Study?

1.8.a Clone Y / N

1.8.b Add/remove Y / N

1.8.c Commit Y / N

1.8.d Push / pull Y / N

1.8.e Branch Y / N

1.8.f Merge and handling conflicts Y / N

1.8.g diff Y / N

Section: 2.0 Understanding and Using APIs

2.1 Construct a REST API request to Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
accomplish a task given API Study?
documentation

Y / N

2.2 Describe common usage patterns Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
related to webhooks Study?

Y / N

2.3 Identify the constraints when Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
consuming APIs Study?

Y / N

2.4 Explain common HTTP response codes Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
associated with REST APIs Study?

Y / N

2.5 Troubleshoot a problem given the HTTP Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
response code, request and API Study?
documentation

Y / N

2.6 Identify the parts of an HTTP response Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
(response code, headers, body) Study?

Y / N

2.7 Utilize common API authentication Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
mechanisms: basic, custom token, and Study?
API keys

Y / N

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 2.8 Compare common API styles (REST, Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
RPC, synchronous, and asynchronous) Study?

Y / N

2.9 Construct a Python script that calls a Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
REST API using the requests library Study?

Y / N

Section: 3.0 Cisco Platforms and Development

3.1 Construct a Python script that uses a Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
Cisco SDK given SDK documentation Study?

Y / N

3.2 Describe the capabilities of Cisco net- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
work management platforms and APIs Study?
(Meraki, Cisco DNA Center, ACI, Cisco
SD-WAN, and NSO)

Y / N

3.3 Describe the capabilities of Cisco Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
compute management platforms and Study?
APIs (UCS Manager, UCS Director, and
Intersight)

Y / N

3.4 Describe the capabilities of Cisco col- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
laboration platforms and APIs (Webex Study?
Teams, Webex devices, Cisco Unified
Communication Manager including AXL
and UDS interfaces, and Finesse)

Y / N

3.5 Describe the capabilities of Cisco Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
security platforms and APIs (Firepower, Study?
Umbrella, AMP, ISE, and ThreatGrid)

Y / N

3.6 Describe the device level APIs and dy- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
namic interfaces for IOS XE and NX-OS Study?

Y / N

3.7 Identify the appropriate DevNet re- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
source for a given scenario (Sandbox, Study?
Code Exchange, support, forums,
Learning Labs, and API documentation)

Y / N

3.8 Apply concepts of model driven pro- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
grammability (YANG, RESTCONF, and Study?
NETCONF) in a Cisco environment

Y / N

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 3.9 Construct code to perform a specific Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
operation based on a set of Study?
requirements and given API reference
documentation such as these:

3.9.a Obtain a list of network devices by Y / N

using Meraki, Cisco DNA Center,
ACI, Cisco SD-WAN, or NSO

3.9.b Manage spaces, participants, and Y / N

messages in Webex Teams

3.9.c Obtain a list of clients / hosts seen Y / N

on a network using Meraki or Cisco
DNA Center

Section: 4.0 Application Deployment and Security

4.1 Describe benefits of edge computing Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
Study?

Y / N

4.2 Identify attributes of different applica- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
tion deployment models (private cloud, Study?
public cloud, hybrid cloud, and edge)

Y / N

4.3 Identify the attributes of these applica- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
tion deployment types Study?

4.3.a Virtual machines Y / N

4.3.b Bare metal Y / N

4.3.c Containers Y / N

4.4 Describe components for a CI/CD Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
pipeline in application deployments Study?

Y / N

4.5 Construct a Python unit test Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
Study?

Y / N

4.6 Interpret contents of a Dockerfile Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed

Study?

Y / N

4.7 Utilize Docker images in local developer Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
environment Study?

Y / N

4.8 Identify application security issues Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
related to secret protection, encryp- Study?
tion (storage and transport), and data
handling

Y / N

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 4.9 Explain how firewall, DNS, load Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
balancers, and reverse proxy in Study?
application deployment

Y / N

4.10 Describe top OWASP threats (such as Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
XSS, SQL injections, and CSRF) Study?

Y / N

4.11 Utilize Bash commands (file manage- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
ment, directory navigation, and environ- Study?
mental variables)

Y / N

4.12 Identify the principles of DevOps Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
practices Study?

Y / N

Section: 5.0 Infrastructure and Automation

5.1 Describe the value of model driven Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
programmability for infrastructure Study?
automation

Y / N

5.2 Compare controller-level to device-level Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed

management Study?

Y / N

5.3 Describe the use and roles of network Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
simulation and test tools (such as VIRL Study?
and pyATS)

Y / N

5.4 Describe the components and bene- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
fits of CI/CD pipeline in infrastructure Study?
automation

Y / N

5.5 Describe principles of infrastructure Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed

as code Study?

Y / N

5.6 Describe the capabilities of automation Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Study?
and Cisco NSO

Y / N

5.7 Identify the workflow being automated Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
by a Python script that uses Cisco APIs Study?
including ACI, Meraki, Cisco DNA
Center, or RESTCONF

Y / N

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 5.8 Identify the workflow being automated Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
by an Ansible playbook (management Study?
packages, user management related to
services, basic service configuration,
and start/stop)

Y / N

5.9 Identify the workflow being automated Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
by a bash script (such as file manage- Study?
ment, app install, user management,
directory navigation)

Y / N

5.10 Interpret the results of a RESTCONF or Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
NETCONF query Study?

Y / N

5.11 Interpret basic YANG models Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
Study?

Y / N

5.12 Interpret a unified diff Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed

Study?

Y / N

5.13 Describe the principles and benefits of Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
a code review process Study?

Y / N

5.14 Interpret sequence diagram that Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
includes API calls Study?

Y / N

Section: 6.0 Network Fundamentals

6.1 Describe the purpose and usage of Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
MAC addresses and VLANs Study?

Y / N

6.2 Describe the purpose and usage of IP Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
addresses, routes, subnet mask / prefix, Study?
and gateways

Y / N

6.3 Describe the function of common net- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
working components (such as switches, Study?
routers, firewalls, and load balancers)

Y / N

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 6.4 Interpret a basic network topology dia- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
gram with elements such as switches, Study?
routers, firewalls, load balancers, and
port values

Y / N

6.5 Describe the function of management, Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
data, and control planes in a network Study?
device

Y / N

6.6 Describe the functionality of these IP Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
Services: DHCP, DNS, NAT, SNMP, NTP Study?

Y / N

6.7 Recognize common protocol port values Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
(such as, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, Study?
and NETCONF)

Y / N

6.8 Identify cause of application connectiv- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
ity issues (NAT problem, Transport Port Study?
blocked, proxy, and VPN)

Y / N

6.9 Explain the impacts of network con- Need to Complete by: Resource: Completed
straints on applications Study?

Y / N

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