arista ace-a1-2 practice test

Arista Certified Engineering Associate Exam

Last exam update: Nov 27 ,2025
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Question 1

On EOS 4.13.1F, which of the following statements are true in regards to Arista’s Tap Aggregation
feature? (Select two)

  • A. Tap ports are send only.
  • B. Tap ports are receive only.
  • C. Tool ports are send only.
  • D. Tool ports are receive only.
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Question 2

Where does Aboot look for the boot system image at boot time?

  • A. At the location specified in the running-config
  • B. At the location specified in the startup-config
  • C. At the location specified in a file named boot-config on flash:
  • D. At the location specified in a file named boot_config on flash:
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Question 3

When ZTP is in enable node, what triggers ZTP when the switch boots?

  • A. A missing or zero-byte SWI image.
  • B. A missing or zero-clue administrator.
  • C. A missing or zero-byte startup-config file
  • D. A missing or zero-byte running-config file
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Question 4

Which of the following are valid Event Manager triggers?

  • A. on-boot
  • B. on-schedule
  • C. on-startup-config
  • D. on-reload
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Question 5

Which of the following Arista switch series’ supports Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)?

  • A. 7050
  • B. 7280E
  • C. 7300
  • D. 7500E
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D

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Question 6

Which command would you use to change the SSH Idle timeout after entering the ‘management ssh’
command?

  • A. idle-timeout <minutes>
  • B. timed <minutes>
  • C. timeout <minutes>
  • D. ssh-idle <minutes>
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Question 7

What would be the result of issuing a reload command on one of the two switches peered together
in an MLAG domain where both switches are running EOS version 4.14.1F?

  • A. Dual-homed hosts lose 50% of network capacity through the MLAG domain while the switch reboots
  • B. The peer switch also reboots to ensure network stability.
  • C. The peer switch sends out gratuitous BPDUs to let the network know that it has assumed the root- bridge role.
  • D. Nothing bad ever happens when MLAG is enabled!
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Question 8

On an Arista switch, which port is used to connect a laptop to the switch for initial configuration or
password recovery?

  • A. Ethernet 1
  • B. Console
  • C. Management 1
  • D. Ethernet 1/1
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Question 9

How many Arista switches may be a part of a single MLAG domain?

  • A. 2
  • B. 4
  • C. 8
  • D. 16
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Question 10

Which of the following are not valid boot-config file entries?

  • A. NETGW=192.168.1.1
  • B. IMAGE-flash:EOS-4.12.1.swi
  • C. SWI=flash:EOS-4.12.1.swi
  • D. SWIX=flash:EOS-4.12.1.swi
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Question 11

What is the default spanning-tree mode on an Arista switch?

  • A. STP is disabled
  • B. PVST
  • C. RPVST
  • D. MST
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Question 12

What is required in order for Multi-Switch CLI to be implemented?

  • A. One or more Arista products with management xmpp enabled.
  • B. an XMPP-based server such as EJabberd
  • C. an instant messaging client such as Admium or Trillian
  • D. an SSD drive to the extensive logging produced by this feature.
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Question 13

Which of the following statements is true with an Arista switch that has no configuration, but has
booted with ZTP disabled?

  • A. You may login directly as root, but only when using SSH.
  • B. You may login as root, but only if you login as admin first.
  • C. You can run root-level commands without a password after logging in as root.
  • D. You cannot issue root-level commands until you add a user with a password.
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Question 14

What Arista feature helps with the diagnosis of microbursting events?

  • A. LANZ
  • B. DANZ
  • C. PANZ
  • D. FANZ
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Question 15

On what interface(s) will ZTP send out requests?

  • A. Only the management interface.
  • B. Only the console.
  • C. All interfaces.
  • D. All connected interfaces.
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