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ACE: L5 Professional - Automation
The ACE: L5 Professional - Automation certification validates advanced skills in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting automation solutions for Arista networks
- 240 min
- 80% to pass
- 120 bank questions
- 5 domains
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Sample ACE: L5 Professional - Automation exam question
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A security auditor discovered that an automation script embeds the client secret for OAuth2 in a JSON file committed to the company's GitHub repository. Which remediation is the most appropriate?
# Incorrect: secret exposed
CLIENT_SECRET = "s3cr3tV@lue123"
# Correct: use environment variable
import os
CLIENT_SECRET = os.getenv("CVP_CLIENT_SECRET")Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 240 minutes
- Passing score
- 80%
- Domains
- 5
- Questions in our bank
- 120
- Level
- PROFESSIONAL
- Measured complexity
- 2.0 / 10
- Question mix
- 40 single · 40 multi · 40 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Arista EOS Automation30 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Automation Fundamentals and Tools24 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Automation Workflows and CI/CD24 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Network Programmability24 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Troubleshooting and Optimization18 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
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