200-901 CCNAAUTO: CCNA Automation Practice Tests 2026
500 questions on APIs, Python, Cisco platforms, Ansible, NETCONF/RESTCONF and networking for CCNA Automation v1.1
Are you ready for the Cisco 200-901 CCNAAUTO exam, or do you only feel ready? This practice set gives you a clear answer before you book your exam.
It contains five practice exams of 100 questions each, 500 questions in total, written for the current CCNAAUTO v1.1 exam topics of Automating Networks Using Cisco Platforms. Every test covers all six domains in the official weighting: Software Development and Design (15%), Understanding and Using APIs (20%), Cisco Platforms and Development (15%), Application Deployment and Security (15%), Infrastructure and Automation (20%) and Network Fundamentals (15%).
Studied for DevNet Associate before? On 3 February 2026 Cisco renamed the certification to CCNA Automation. The 200-901 code stayed, but the exam topics changed: Cisco DNA Center became Catalyst Center, Terraform replaced Puppet and Chef, Cisco XDR, Secure Endpoint, Secure Connect and Secure Malware Analytics replaced Umbrella, AMP and Threat Grid, Cisco Modeling Labs replaced VIRL, and UCS Director and Finesse were removed. Practice material built on the old DEVASC topics spends your time on content the 200-901 CCNAAUTO exam no longer asks about, and misses what it does.
The five tests build up:
- Test 1, Groundwork: direct questions, one concept each, as your baseline.
- Test 2, In Practice: short scenarios that separate easily confused concepts.
- Test 3, Trade-offs: two answers look right; one detail in the scenario decides.
- Test 4, Under the Hood: endpoints, headers, status codes, syntax, and reading Python, bash, YANG, diffs and RESTCONF/NETCONF output.
- Test 5, Exam Day: a full 100-question simulation in 120 minutes, the length of the real exam.
Every answer option has its own feedback, so you learn why the right answer is right and what each wrong option actually is. Every question also has an overall explanation with a link to official documentation from Cisco, the IETF or the tool vendor.
Your results are reported per domain, so you see exactly where to focus. The pass mark is 80% for tests 1 to 4 and 85% for the final simulation, higher than you need on the real exam, to give you a margin on exam day.
What this practice set is not: it is not a video course and it does not replace hands-on practice in the DevNet sandboxes. It tests your knowledge, explains every answer and shows you where your gaps are.
Groundwork: Core Concepts Across All Six Domains
100 questions · 140 minutes · pass mark 80%
Your baseline. 100 questions covering all six domains of the 200-901 CCNAAUTO v1.1 exam in the official weighting: software development and design, APIs, Cisco platforms, application deployment and security, infrastructure and automation, and network fundamentals. Questions are direct and short: one concept each, from JSON and Git basics to HTTP status codes, RESTCONF, Docker and port numbers. Take it cold, before you review, and use the per-domain score to see where to start. Every answer option has its own feedback, and every question ends with a source link to official documentation. You have 140 minutes and need 80% to pass. That bar is deliberately higher than what you need on the real exam: questions at home are easier to face than in a test center, and a margin protects you on exam day.
In Practice: APIs, Scripts and Cisco Platforms at Work
100 questions · 135 minutes · pass mark 80%
Short, practical scenarios. A script gets 415 back instead of 201, a teammate wonders why git pull changed their branch, a Webex bot does not see messages in a group space, a Meraki switch port must be reconfigured by script. The questions ask you to separate concepts that are easy to confuse: 401 versus 403, PUT versus PATCH, hybrid versus multicloud, controller-level versus device-level management, get versus get-config. 100 questions across all six domains in the official weighting, 14 of them multiple-select. You have 135 minutes and need 80% to pass. Read the explanation for every question, including the ones you answered correctly: each wrong option is explained too, so you learn what it actually is.
Trade-offs: When Two Answers Look Right
100 questions · 130 minutes · pass mark 80%
In this test two answers often look right. The scenario always contains one detail that decides between them: a secret that must not live in the repository, a change that must be validated before it goes live, a pipeline that must fail fast, a webhook receiver that must prove who sent the request, a batch of changes that must be all-or-nothing. Train yourself to find that detail before you look at the options. 100 questions, longer stems than in tests 1 and 2, all six domains in the official weighting and 14 multiple-select questions. You have 130 minutes and need 80% to pass. Each question explains why the tempting alternative loses in this specific situation, with a link to the official documentation.
Under the Hood: Endpoints, Syntax and Status Codes
100 questions · 125 minutes · pass mark 80%
Precision work. Which endpoint returns a Catalyst Center token, which header carries it, which status code a conditional request returns, what a unified diff hunk header means, which Dockerfile instruction only documents a port, what $? holds in a bash script, what the symbols in a YANG tree mean. You read short snippets of Python, JSON, bash, YAML and NETCONF output and decide what they do. 100 questions, 16 of them multiple-select, all six domains in the official weighting. You have 125 minutes and need 80% to pass. Stems are shorter than in test 3, so the clock is tighter.
Exam Day: Full-Length Simulation
100 questions · 120 minutes · pass mark 85%
The full simulation: 100 questions in 120 minutes, the same time you get on the real 200-901 exam. Scenarios are long and combine several constraints, mixing APIs, Cisco platforms, security, automation tools and networking the way the real exam does. 16 questions are multiple-select. Take this test last, in one uninterrupted session, without notes. You need 85% to pass. That is on purpose higher than the other tests and higher than you need on the real exam: if you clear 85% here under time pressure, you have a margin for nerves, unfamiliar wording and exam-day conditions. If you score lower, go back to your weakest domain, reread the explanations and retake the test after a few days.
What you will practice
- Test your readiness for Cisco 200-901 CCNAAUTO v1.1 with 500 questions weighted exactly like the six official exam domains
- Read and troubleshoot REST API calls, HTTP status codes, headers and authentication the way the exam presents them
- Tell apart easily confused concepts: PUT vs PATCH, NETCONF vs RESTCONF, controller vs device level, hybrid vs multicloud
- Interpret Python, bash, Ansible, YANG, unified diffs and RESTCONF/NETCONF output shown as short snippets in the questions
- Learn from feedback on every answer option plus an explanation with a link to official Cisco, IETF or vendor documentation
- Build up from direct knowledge questions to a timed 100-question simulation that matches the real exam clock
- Find your weakest domain with per-domain scoring and focus your review where it has the most effect
- Use current Cisco product names from the v1.1 blueprint: Catalyst Center, Catalyst SD-WAN, XDR, Secure Endpoint
Exam domains covered
Who is this for
This practice set is for anyone preparing for Cisco 200-901 CCNAAUTO, the exam behind the CCNA Automation certification: network engineers who want to automate what they now configure by hand, developers and DevOps engineers who work with Cisco infrastructure, system administrators moving toward NetDevOps, and students and career switchers who want a first automation certification. It is also useful for team leads and pre-sales engineers who need to understand what Cisco's APIs, controllers and automation tools can do. If you studied for DevNet Associate (DEVASC 200-901): Cisco renamed the certification to CCNA Automation on 3 February 2026 and the exam code stayed 200-901, but the v1.1 exam topics changed. DNA Center is now Catalyst Center, Terraform replaced Puppet and Chef, XDR, Secure Endpoint, Secure Connect and Secure Malware Analytics replaced Umbrella, AMP and Threat Grid, Cisco Modeling Labs replaced VIRL, and UCS Director and Finesse are gone. Older question banks still test the removed topics. This practice set is a set of practice exams with detailed explanations. It tests and explains; it does not replace hands-on practice or a full course.
Requirements
- No formal prerequisites. The exam itself expects basic Python syntax, familiarity with REST APIs and JSON, and basic networking (IP, VLANs, ports); beginners can start here and use the explanations to fill gaps.
- These are practice exams, not a video course. They work best next to Cisco's free DevNet Learning Labs and sandboxes, the official exam topics and a study guide.
- A computer with a browser; no lab equipment or paid software is needed to take the tests.
Free exam guide
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