Cisco 350-901 DEVCOR/AUTOCOR study guide
Cisco 350-901 DEVCOR/AUTOCOR · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
This page supports independent study for the Cisco 350-901 DEVCOR exam, listed by Cisco under the title "Designing, Deploying, and Managing Network Automation Systems." It is a professional-level exam aimed at developers and network engineers who build, secure, and operate automated network systems rather than only configuring devices. The published blueprint splits the exam into five equally weighted domains at 20 percent each: Software Development and Design; Using APIs; Cisco Platforms and Development; Application Deployment and Security; and Infrastructure and Automation. The Cisco 350-901 DEVCOR/AUTOCOR study guide has 5 sections and about 1,922 words.
01Software Development and Design
Domain 1 tests the decisions you make before and around code: which SDLC model fits, how you branch and integrate in Git, how you design a stable API contract, how you test, and how you represent data. The exam favors explicit trade-offs over dogma.
422 words, about 2 min02Using APIs
Domain 2 tests consuming HTTP APIs correctly: method semantics, status codes, authentication, pagination, rate limits, webhooks, and resilient client code. The focus is on behavior you can implement, not just endpoint names.
364 words, about 2 min03Cisco Platforms and Development
Domain 3 tests selecting the right Cisco platform API, authenticating correctly, and using platform objects and identifiers without mixing conventions. You need to recognize the API style, auth mechanism, and primary resources for each platform.
370 words, about 2 min04Application Deployment and Security
Domain 4 tests shipping applications repeatably and securing them end to end. Deployment questions focus on artifacts, pipelines, containers, and release patterns; security questions focus on secrets, tokens, TLS, and validation.
409 words, about 2 min05Infrastructure and Automation
Domain 5 tests automating network and infrastructure change safely: declarative models, idempotency, NETCONF/RESTCONF/YANG, streaming telemetry, and tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and NSO. The exam rewards convergence and rollback over one-off CLI scripts.
357 words, about 2 min