▸case-01 Write a Python script using standard network SSH automation libraries to connect to a Cisco Catalyst switch at 192.168.1.1. What device driver identifier string must be supplied in the connection dictionary for standard Cisco IOS? | pass→pass | 6,948 | 5,331 | -23% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,445 | 1,184 | -18% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-02 When logging into a router with level 1 privileges, executing privileged commands like 'show running-config' fails. Which method on the connection handler explicitly elevates session privilege to enable mode? | pass→pass | 5,276 | 3,532 | -33% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 987 | 729 | -26% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-03 You need to apply five interface configuration lines (such as 'interface GigabitEthernet0/1' and 'no shutdown') to a network switch. Sending them one by one with command execution methods triggers enter/exit configuration mode overhead each time. Which method accepts a list of configuration commands and executes them within a single configuration session? | pass→pass | 6,095 | 3,696 | -39% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,296 | 708 | -45% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-04 You want the output of 'show ip route' on a Cisco switch returned as structured Python dictionaries instead of raw strings. Which keyword argument passed to the command execution method enables built-in TextFSM template parsing? | pass→pass | 4,039 | 3,744 | -7% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 727 | 630 | -13% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-05 When TextFSM templates are missing for a Cisco IOS command, which alternate keyword argument enables parsing via Cisco PyATS Genie parsers? | pass→pass | 3,873 | 2,836 | -27% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 685 | 587 | -14% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-06 Executing 'copy running-config startup-config' on a switch causes the terminal to prompt 'Destination filename [startup-config]?'. Standard command execution times out waiting for a shell prompt. Which parameter in the command execution call specifies the expected prompt pattern to wait for before sending the line return? | pass→pass | 7,560 | 4,340 | -43% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,463 | 897 | -39% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-07 When automated commands trigger prompt changes that cannot be reliably matched with regex patterns, which delay-based command execution method should be used instead of pattern matching? | pass→pass | 8,874 | 4,860 | -45% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,431 | 809 | -43% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-08 You are writing an inventory discovery script where the network operating system (Cisco IOS, Arista EOS, or Juniper JunOS) is unknown prior to SSH connection. Which class handles automatic device type identification via SSH polling? | pass→pass | 5,637 | 4,715 | -16% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,119 | 1,011 | -10% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-09 You need to upload a firmware image file 'c2960-lanbasek9-mz.150-2.SE11.bin' to flash memory on a Cisco switch over SSH. Which function handles SCP file transfers using an active connection object? | pass→pass | 5,981 | 4,112 | -31% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,262 | 894 | -29% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-10 When pushing hundreds of ACL configuration lines over a high-latency WAN connection, standard buffer checking creates severe slowdowns. Which feature flag context manager or method enables fast CLI mode to bypass prompt checking between commands? | pass→pass | 10,985 | 7,643 | -30% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,189 | 1,536 | -30% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-11 A switch connected over a satellite link responds very slowly to commands, causing frequent execution timeouts. Which connection parameter scales all internal delay and timing calculations globally by a multiplier? | pass→pass | 5,379 | 3,445 | -36% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 945 | 763 | -19% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-12 To audit automated device changes, you need to capture all raw SSH input and output stream bytes directly to a text file named 'session.log'. Which connection dictionary parameter configures this lower-level stream logging? | pass→pass | 3,270 | 2,870 | -12% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 596 | 603 | +1% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-13 After pushing configuration changes to a Juniper JunOS device using a Python SSH session handler, changes remain in candidate configuration. Which explicit method commits the candidate configuration? | pass→pass | 4,590 | 4,812 | +5% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 941 | 941 | 0% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-14 What connection method must be invoked at the end of a network automation script to gracefully close the SSH connection and clean up socket resources? | pass→pass | 5,493 | 3,134 | -43% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,108 | 581 | -48% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-15 On Cisco IOS devices, configuration changes in running-config are lost upon reboot unless written to NVRAM. Which helper method persists running configuration to startup configuration across vendors? | pass→pass | 7,894 | 4,075 | -48% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,598 | 729 | -54% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-16 To authenticate SSH connections using an RSA private key instead of a password, which dictionary parameter specifies the local file path to the private key? | pass→pass | 4,572 | 3,133 | -31% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 948 | 581 | -39% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-17 Network devices pause output with '--More--' prompts when output exceeds screen length. How does standard Python network SSH connection handling prevent output paging during command execution? | pass→pass | 13,022 | 12,040 | -8% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,205 | 2,440 | +11% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-18 Running 'ping 8.8.8.8 repeat 500' takes 60 seconds, exceeding the default 10-second command execution timeout. Which parameter passed to the command execution method extends the execution wait time for that single call? | pass→pass | 6,685 | 3,970 | -41% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,382 | 866 | -37% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-19 A network switch has its SSH daemon listening on non-standard port 2222. Which connection parameter specifies this port integer? | pass→pass | 4,644 | 2,941 | -37% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 919 | 530 | -42% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-20 Write a Python snippet using Scapy to construct and send a custom TCP SYN packet to target IP 192.168.1.254 on port 80. | pass→pass | 4,140 | 5,080 | +23% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 854 | 1,060 | +24% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-21 Write an Ansible task using official network collection modules to configure hostname 'Core-SW1' on a Cisco IOS device. | fail→pass | 5,757 | 4,173 | -28% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,165 | 811 | -30% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-22 Write a low-level Python script using Paramiko directly to create an SSHClient, connect to 10.0.0.1, and open an interactive shell channel object. | pass→pass | 8,274 | 7,332 | -11% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,808 | 1,631 | -10% | 0 | 0 | — |