Free Cisco 200-301 Practice Questions 2026 | Cisco Certified Network Associate

Drag and drop the IPv6 address description from the left onto the IPv6 address types on the right. Not all options are used

What is an expected outcome when network management automation is deployed?

A. A distributed management plane must be used.

B. Software upgrades are performed from a central controller

C. Complexity increases when new device configurations are added

D. Custom applications are needed to configure network devices

OSPF must be configured between routers R1 and R2. Which OSPF configuration must be applied to router R1 to avoid a DR/BDR election?

A. router ospf 1
network 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0
interface e1/1
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252
ip ospf network broadcast

B. router ospf 1
network 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0
interface e1/1
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252
ip ospf network point-to-point

C. router ospf 1
network 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0
interface e1/1
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252
ip ospf cost 0

D. router ospf 1
network 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0
hello interval 15
interface e1/1
Ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252

A network administrator is setting up a new IPv6 network using the 64-bit address 2001
0EB8 00C1 2200:0001 0000 0000 0331/64 To simplify the configuration the administrator
has decided to compress the address Which IP address must the administrator configure?

A. ipv6 address 21:EB8:C1:2200:1::331/64

B. ipv6 address 2001:EB8:C1:22:1::331/64

C. ipv6 address 2001 :EB8:C 1:2200.1 ::331-64

D. ipv6 address 2001:EB8:C1:2200:1:0000:331/64

What is the function of the controller in a software-defined network?

A. multicast replication at the hardware level

B. fragmenting and reassembling packets

C. making routing decisions

D. forwarding packets

Which two network actions occur within the data plane? (Choose two.)

A. Add or remove an 802.1Q trunking header.

B. Make a configuration change from an incoming NETCONF RPC.

C. Run routing protocols.

D. Match the destination MAC address to the MAC address table.

E. Reply to an incoming ICMP echo request

Refer to the exhibit.

An engineer is configuring a new router on the network and applied this configuration.
Which additional configuration allows the PC to obtain its IP address from a DHCP server?

A. Configure the ip dhcp relay information command under interface Gi0/1.

B. Configure the ip dhcp smart-relay command globally on the router

C. Configure the ip helper-address 172.16.2.2 command under interface Gi0/0

D. Configure the ip address dhcp command under interface Gi0/0

Refer to the exhibit.

What is the role of disaggregation in controller-based networking?

A. It divides the control-plane and data-plane functions.

B. It summarizes the routes between the core and distribution layers of the network topology.

C. It enables a network topology to quickly adjust from a ring network to a star network

D. It streamlines traffic handling by assigning individual devices to perform either Layer 2 or Layer 3 functions.

Which action implements physical access control as part of the security program of an organization?

A. configuring a password for the console port

B. backing up syslogs at a remote location

C. configuring enable passwords on network devices

D. setting up IP cameras to monitor key infrastructure