Measured data
Cisco Certified DevNet Associate
We scored 100 real Cisco Certified DevNet Associate exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.
- 100 questions scored
- 6 domains
- 2.0/10 overall complexity
certilumComplexity by exam domain
Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.
- Automation and Programmability20 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- IP Connectivity and Services15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- IP Services15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Network Access10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- Network Fundamentals (Expanded)20 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- Security Fundamentals20 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
Full per-domain breakdown
Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.
| Domain | Blueprint | Questions | Single | Multi | Interactive | Complexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automation and Programmability | 20% | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| IP Connectivity and Services | 15% | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| IP Services | 15% | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Network Access | 10% | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.8/10Gentle |
| Network Fundamentals (Expanded) | 20% | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Security Fundamentals | 20% | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2.0/10Gentle |
How the score is calculated
The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.
Every question in the Cisco Certified DevNet Associate bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:
- Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
- Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
- Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
- Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.
The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.
Data set: Certilum Cisco Certified DevNet Associate Foundation question bank, 100 questions, 6 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official Cisco statistic.
- Questions analysed
- 100
- Exam domains
- 6
- Hardest domain
- Automation and Programmability (2.0)
- Most approachable domain
- Network Access (1.8)
- Question mix
- 35 single · 34 multi · 31 interactive
- Measured on
- Foundation
Frequently asked questions
What our Cisco Certified DevNet Associate complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.