ACE-A1.2 Sample Questions & Answers
The EOS operating system and its CLI carry the top share, ahead of switch hardware and how it forwards traffic, Layer 2 topics like VLANs and spanning tree, management interfaces, Layer 3 basics such as static routes and VRF-lite, and a first look at CloudVision.
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- Question 1
Which of the following EOS features might alleviate the need for screen-scraping in your scripts?
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Correct answer: C
C
- Question 2
What does the asterisk in the following output signify?

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Correct answer: C
C
- Question 3
After configuration and enabling XMPP, what command can be used to verify its status?
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Correct answer: B
B
- Question 4
Which of the following Arista switch series’ supports Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)?
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Correct answer: D
Reference: https://eos.arista.com/ztD-set-up-guide/ (see introduction)
- Question 5
Which of the following commands will create a static flood-list entry while in VXLAN interface configuration mode?
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Correct answer: C
C
- Question 6
Why is FastCIi faster than Cli?
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Correct answer: A
A
- Question 7Select 2
On an Arista switch, what two commands can you use to write your changes from the running-configuration to the startup-configuration?
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Correct answers: A, B
A, B
A, B
- Question 8
Given the following output, what can you determine about Ethernets?

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Correct answer: C
C
- Question 9
If an agent were to suffer a catastrophic failure and die, what process would restart it?
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Correct answer: B
- Question 10
What is the packet overhead for a VXLAN-encapsulated frame?
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Correct answer: C
C
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