Cisco Certified DevNet Associate

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Cisco Certified DevNet Associate Exam Format

200-901

Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Automation certification validates your ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-sized routed and switched networks with a strong emphasis on programmable infrastructure, network automation, and DevOps methodologies. This exam (200-901) expands the traditional CCNA with Python scripting, REST API consumption, and automation tooling fundamentals. It prepares you for entry-level network automation roles and provides a solid foundation for higher-level Cisco certifications like CCNP Enterprise or DevNet Professional.

100 questions
120 min
83% to pass
6 domains

Exam facts at a glance

The published specifications for this certification.

SpecificationValue
Questions100
Time limit120 minutes (72s per question)
Passing score83% — Not published by the provider (Cisco does not publish the cut score in advance; score reports show the passing score per exam)
Domains6
LevelAssociate
Question bank here100 questions
Published formatNot published by the provider; exam duration is 120 minutes
SourceOfficial exam specification, published by the vendor

Official domain weights

The percentage of the exam each domain carries. Weight your revision by these numbers, not by what you find hardest.

DomainWeightTopicsPractice Qs
IP Services15%
  • Configure and verify NTP
  • Explain SNMP (versions, MIB, traps)
  • Configure and verify syslog
  • +2 more
15
Network Access10%
  • Configure and verify VLANs and trunking (802.1Q)
  • Explain Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) basics
  • Configure and verify EtherChannel (LACP)
  • +1 more
10
Security Fundamentals20%
  • Compare security concepts (threat, vulnerability, exploit)
  • Configure and verify device access control using AAA (TACACS+, RADIUS)
  • Explain public key cryptography and digital certificates
  • +2 more
20
IP Connectivity and Services15%
  • Configure and verify inter-VLAN routing (Router on a Stick, SVI)
  • Describe DNS lookup and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
  • Configure and verify Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • +1 more
15
Automation and Programmability20%
  • Explain how automation impacts network management
  • Compare traditional vs. controller-based networking
  • Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, data encoding)
  • +3 more
20
Network Fundamentals (Expanded)20%
  • Explain the OSI and TCP/IP models (comparison and layers)
  • Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting
  • Describe IPv6 addressing basics (EU-64, global unicast
  • +3 more
20

The heaviest domain is IP Services at 15%, and that is where lost points cost you the most. Certilum scores you per domain so you can see the difference between a knowledge gap and a formatting problem.

Note from the vendor record: Active, but rebranded: exam 200-901 is now Automating Networks Using Cisco Platforms (200-901 CCNAAUTO) for the CCNA Automation certification, replacing Developing Applications and Automating Workflows Using Cisco Platforms (DEVASC) for DevNet Associate. Cisco's official certification update states the DevNet-to-Automation rebrand took effect February 3, 2026 (last date to test under the prior exam name February 2, 2026) with no change to exam content, and the legacy current-list/devasc-200-901 URL now redirects to this CCNAAUTO page; associate-level price confirmed at $US300, prerequisites none, valid 3 years. Uncertainty: the exam page states v1.0 while the official learningnetwork exam topics state v1.1, and stale sections of cisco.com still list 'DEVASC 200-901'. Official exam page

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