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DEVCOR Exam Prep for Jason

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Cisco U DEVCOR Nick Russo Study Plan

Exam Topics 1.0

Exam Topics Exam Topics 1.1 starting Jan 22, 2024

20% 1.0 Software Development and Design

  • 1.1 Describe distributed applications related to the concepts of front-end, back-end, and
  • load balancing
  • 1.2 Evaluate an application design considering scalability and modularity
  • 1.3 Evaluate an application design considering high-availability and resiliency (including onpremises, hybrid, and - cloud)
  • 1.4 Evaluate an application design considering latency and rate limiting
  • 1.5 Evaluate an application design and implementation considering maintainability
  • 1.6 Evaluate an application design and implementation considering observability
  • 1.7 Diagnose problems with an application given logs related to an event
  • 1.8 Evaluate choice of database types with respect to application requirements (such as
  • relational, document, graph, columnar, and Time Series)
  • 1.9 Explain architectural patterns (monolithic, services oriented, microservices, and event
  • driven)
  • 1.10 Utilize advanced version control operations with Git
  • 1.10.a Merge a branch
  • 1.10.b Resolve conflicts
  • 1.10.c git reset
  • 1.10.d git checkout
  • 1.10.e git revert
  • 1.11 Explain the concepts of release packaging and dependency management
  • 1.12 Construct a sequence diagram that includes API calls

20% 3.0 Cisco Platforms

  • 3.1 Construct API requests to implement chatops with Webex Teams API
  • 3.2 Construct API requests to create and delete objects using Firepower device management (FDM)
  • 3.3 Construct API requests using the Meraki platform to accomplish these tasks
  • 3.3.a Use Meraki Dashboard APIs to enable an SSID
  • 3.3.b Use Meraki location APIs to retrieve location data
  • 3.4 Construct API calls to retrieve data from Intersight
  • 3.5 Construct a Python script using the UCS APIs to provision a new UCS server given a template
  • 3.6 Construct a Python script using the Cisco DNA center APIs to retrieve and display
  • wireless health information
  • 3.7 Describe the capabilities of AppDynamics when instrumenting an application
  • 3.8 Describe steps to build a custom dashboard to present data collected from Cisco APIs

20% 4.0 Application Deployment and Security

  • 4.1 Diagnose a CI/CD pipeline failure (such as missing dependency, incompatible versions of components, and failed tests)
  • 4.2 Integrate an application into a prebuilt CD environment leveraging Docker and Kubernetes
  • 4.3 Describe the benefits of continuous testing and static code analysis in a CI pipeline
  • 4.4 Utilize Docker to containerize an application
  • 4.5 Describe the tenets of the "12-factor app"
  • 4.6 Describe an effective logging strategy for an application
  • 4.7 Explain data privacy concerns related to storage and transmission of data
  • 4.8 Identify the secret storage approach relevant to a given scenario
  • 4.9 Configure application specific SSL certificates
  • 4.10 Implement mitigation strategies for OWASP threats (such as XSS, CSRF, and SQL injection)
  • 4.11 Describe how end-to-end encryption principles apply to APIs

20% 5.0 Infrastructure and Automation

  • 5.1 Explain considerations of model-driven telemetry (including data consumption and data storage)
  • 5.2 Utilize RESTCONF to configure a network device including interfaces, static routes, and VLANs (IOS XE only)
  • 5.3 Construct a workflow to configure network parameters with:
  • 5.3.a Ansible playbook
  • 5.3.b Puppet manifest
  • 5.4 Identify a configuration management solution to achieve technical and business requirements
  • 5.5 Describe how to host an application on a network device (including Catalyst 9000 and Cisco IOx-enabled devices)