Designing, Deploying and Managing Network Automation Systems
Proctored selected-response exam combining direct knowledge checks with product, architecture, implementation, analysis, and troubleshooting scenarios.
- Type
- Written
- Delivery
- Both
- Duration
- 120 min
Exam sections
Infrastructure As Code
Within Designing, Deploying and Managing Network Automation Systems, Infrastructure As Code addresses the concepts, workflows, configuration decisions, and operational outcomes associated with Infrastructure As Code. This scope asks candidates to connect product behavior with requirements and to recognize the evidence that separates a healthy outcome from a plausible-looking mistake. A complete understanding also accounts for how this area affects the next decision in Operations.
Question notes
Expect the assessment to probe distinctions between closely related options and to place Infrastructure As Code inside scenarios where requirements determine the best response. A correct response should address the whole requirement without introducing conflict elsewhere in the Core scope.
Preparation tips
Make a table of common Infrastructure As Code symptoms, likely causes, decisive evidence, and corrective actions. Use it to work through short incidents until diagnosis follows evidence rather than pattern matching. Then connect the exercise to Operations so preparation covers the handoff between domains.
Operations
This domain covers the concepts, workflows, configuration decisions, and operational outcomes associated with Operations. A prepared candidate can move beyond definitions and reason about dependencies, recommended patterns, operational risks, and likely outcomes connected to Operations. The domain is most useful when studied as part of the complete Core workflow.
Question notes
Coverage can test both what Operations does and when it is the appropriate choice. Be prepared to reject solutions that are technically possible but misaligned with the stated goal. This distinction matters specifically to Designing, Deploying and Managing Network Automation Systems and its role-focused assessment boundary.
Preparation tips
Pair official reading with retrieval practice: close the material, reconstruct the Operations workflow, and check the result against the blueprint. Record gaps by subtopic instead of repeatedly rereading the entire section. Keep the final notes organized under Operations so gaps remain traceable to the published outline.
AI In Automation
In this part of the assessment, candidates work with the concepts, workflows, configuration decisions, and operational outcomes associated with AI In Automation. The emphasis is on usable understanding: selecting, explaining, implementing, or troubleshooting the relevant Cisco Automation technologies behavior in context. The domain is most useful when studied as part of the complete Core workflow.
Question notes
Scenario questions may omit irrelevant implementation detail while preserving the requirement that decides the answer. Identify that deciding constraint before comparing the available options. Keep the candidate profile for Core in mind when choosing between a theoretical and an operationally useful response.
Preparation tips
Connect AI In Automation to a real project or reference architecture. Identify where the official subtopics appear, which assumptions the design makes, and what would change under a different scale or risk profile. Compare your explanation with the provider's terminology before treating the topic as complete.
