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CCNA 200-301 Exam Questions and Answers
(Graded A)
AAA - Right Ansa - Authentication, authorization and accounting
AAA Server - Right Ansa - Server providing authentication, authorization and
accounting services
Access Control Entry (ACE) - Right Ansa - One line in an access control list
(ACL)
access interface - Right Ansa - A LAN network design term that refers to a switch
interface connected to end-user devices
access layer - Right Ansa - In a Campus LAN design, the switches that connect
directly to end-point devices
access link (WAN) - Right Ansa - A physical link between a service provider and
its customer
access rate - Right Ansa - The speed at which bits are sent over an access link
accounting - Right Ansa - In security, the recording of access attempts
ACI - Right Ansa - Application Centric Infrastructure
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ACL - Right Ansa - Access Control List
Active Directory - Right Ansa - A popular set of identity and directory services
from Microsoft, used in part to authenticate users
administrative distance - Right Ansa - In Cisco routers, a means for one router to
choose between multiple routes to reach the same subnet when those routes are
learned by different routing protocols.
agent - Right Ansa - Generally, an additional software process or component
running in a computing device for some specific purpose
agent-based architecture - Right Ansa - An architecture that uses a software agent
inside the device being managed
agentless architecture - Right Ansa - An architecture that does not need a software
agent
amplification attack - Right Ansa - A reflection attack that leverages a service on
the reflector to generate and reflect huge volumes of reply traffic to the victim
Ansible - Right Ansa - A popular configuration management application
Ansible inventory - Right Ansa - Device host names along with information about
each device
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Ansible playbook - Right Ansa - Files with actions and logic about what Ansible
should do
anti-replay - Right Ansa - Preventing a man in the middle from copying and later
replaying the packets sent by a legitimate user, for the purpose of appearing to be a
legitimate user
antivirus - Right Ansa - Software that monitors files transferred by any means, to
look for content that can be used to place a virus into the computer
APIC - Right Ansa - Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
APIC-EM - Right Ansa - Application Policy Infrastructure Controller -Enterprise
Module
Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) - Right Ansa - Cisco's data center SDN
solution
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - Enterprise Module (APIC-EM) -
Right Ansa - The software that plays the role of controller in an enterprise network
of Cisco devices
application programming interface (API) - Right Ansa - A software mechanism
that enables software components to communicate with each other
application signature - Right Ansa - With Network Based Application Recognition
(NBAR), the definition of a combination of matchable fields that identify as
characteristics of a specific application
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Application Visibility and Control (AVC) - Right Ansa - A firewall device with
advance features (IPS, malware detection, VPN termination, etc.)
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) - Right Ansa - An integrated circuit
(chip) designed for a specific purpose of application.
AR - Right Ansa - Access Rate
ARP - Right Ansa - Address Resolution Protocol. An internet protocol used to map
an IP address to a MAC address
ARP ACL - Right Ansa - A configuration feature on Cisco LAN switches that
define MAC and IP that will be filtered
ARP Reply - Right Ansa - An ARP message used to supply information about an
ARP request. A device providing its MAC address in reply to a request
ARP Request - Right Ansa - An ARP message used to request information from
another host located on the same subnet or broadcast domain
ARP Table - Right Ansa - A list of IP addresses of neighbors on the same VLAN,
along with their MAC addresses
ASAv - Right Ansa - A Cisco ASA firewall software image that runs as a virtual
machine rather than on hardware
ASIC - Right Ansa - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
CCNA 200-301 Exam Questions and Answers
(Graded A)
AAA - Right Ansa - Authentication, authorization and accounting
AAA Server - Right Ansa - Server providing authentication, authorization and
accounting services
Access Control Entry (ACE) - Right Ansa - One line in an access control list
(ACL)
access interface - Right Ansa - A LAN network design term that refers to a switch
interface connected to end-user devices
access layer - Right Ansa - In a Campus LAN design, the switches that connect
directly to end-point devices
access link (WAN) - Right Ansa - A physical link between a service provider and
its customer
access rate - Right Ansa - The speed at which bits are sent over an access link
accounting - Right Ansa - In security, the recording of access attempts
ACI - Right Ansa - Application Centric Infrastructure
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ACL - Right Ansa - Access Control List
Active Directory - Right Ansa - A popular set of identity and directory services
from Microsoft, used in part to authenticate users
administrative distance - Right Ansa - In Cisco routers, a means for one router to
choose between multiple routes to reach the same subnet when those routes are
learned by different routing protocols.
agent - Right Ansa - Generally, an additional software process or component
running in a computing device for some specific purpose
agent-based architecture - Right Ansa - An architecture that uses a software agent
inside the device being managed
agentless architecture - Right Ansa - An architecture that does not need a software
agent
amplification attack - Right Ansa - A reflection attack that leverages a service on
the reflector to generate and reflect huge volumes of reply traffic to the victim
Ansible - Right Ansa - A popular configuration management application
Ansible inventory - Right Ansa - Device host names along with information about
each device
,3|Page
Ansible playbook - Right Ansa - Files with actions and logic about what Ansible
should do
anti-replay - Right Ansa - Preventing a man in the middle from copying and later
replaying the packets sent by a legitimate user, for the purpose of appearing to be a
legitimate user
antivirus - Right Ansa - Software that monitors files transferred by any means, to
look for content that can be used to place a virus into the computer
APIC - Right Ansa - Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
APIC-EM - Right Ansa - Application Policy Infrastructure Controller -Enterprise
Module
Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) - Right Ansa - Cisco's data center SDN
solution
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - Enterprise Module (APIC-EM) -
Right Ansa - The software that plays the role of controller in an enterprise network
of Cisco devices
application programming interface (API) - Right Ansa - A software mechanism
that enables software components to communicate with each other
application signature - Right Ansa - With Network Based Application Recognition
(NBAR), the definition of a combination of matchable fields that identify as
characteristics of a specific application
, 4|Page
Application Visibility and Control (AVC) - Right Ansa - A firewall device with
advance features (IPS, malware detection, VPN termination, etc.)
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) - Right Ansa - An integrated circuit
(chip) designed for a specific purpose of application.
AR - Right Ansa - Access Rate
ARP - Right Ansa - Address Resolution Protocol. An internet protocol used to map
an IP address to a MAC address
ARP ACL - Right Ansa - A configuration feature on Cisco LAN switches that
define MAC and IP that will be filtered
ARP Reply - Right Ansa - An ARP message used to supply information about an
ARP request. A device providing its MAC address in reply to a request
ARP Request - Right Ansa - An ARP message used to request information from
another host located on the same subnet or broadcast domain
ARP Table - Right Ansa - A list of IP addresses of neighbors on the same VLAN,
along with their MAC addresses
ASAv - Right Ansa - A Cisco ASA firewall software image that runs as a virtual
machine rather than on hardware
ASIC - Right Ansa - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
