Cisco 500-650 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: 500-650
- Exam Name: Designing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
- Certification Provider: Cisco
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
In Cisco ACI, what component is responsible for handling the mapping between physical and logical network constructs?
- A . Application Network Profile (ANP)
- B . Application Virtual Switch (AVS)
- C . Policy Enforcement Point (PEP)
- D . Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
Which physical component in Cisco ACI is responsible for the centralized policy control and management of the network fabric?
- A . Border Leaf Switch
- B . Spine Switch
- C . Fabric Extender
- D . APIC
What is the purpose of a spine-leaf architecture in Cisco ACI?
- A . To provide Layer 3 routing for all traffic
- B . To connect endpoints directly to the core switches
- C . To provide high-bandwidth connectivity between leaf switches
- D . To isolate management traffic from data traffic
True or False: Access Policies in Cisco ACI are used to control communication between Application Profiles.
- A . True
- B . False
In a Cisco ACI physical structure, where are the policy enforcement points located?
- A . On the leaf switches
- B . On the spine switches
- C . On the border leaf switches
- D . On the APIC controllers
What is an External Bridge Network in ACI used for?
- A . Creating Layer 2 connectivity within the fabric
- B . Defining external network connectivity
- C . Configuring Layer 3 routing
- D . Enforcing access control policies
What is the purpose of the APIC in Cisco ACI?
- A . Manage Access Policies
- B . Store and Manage Objects
- C . Control Fabric System Settings
- D . Configure Logical Components
What is the purpose of the Spine switches in the ACI fabric system settings?
- A . Handling east-west traffic
- B . Controlling access policies
- C . Providing connectivity to external networks
- D . Managing tenant configuration
Which protocol does the Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) use to communicate with the fabric switches?
- A . OSPF
- B . BGP
- C . VXLAN
- D . XML-based REST API
What is the purpose of the leaf switches in a Cisco ACI physical structure?
- A . To connect directly to the endpoints
- B . To connect to the spine switches
- C . To provide connectivity to external networks
- D . To provide power to the network devices