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