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Cisco 400-007 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Cisco |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) Written Exam v3.1 |
| Exam Number: | 400-007 |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Price: | $450 USD |
| Related Certifications: | Cisco Certified Specialist - Design Core CCDE Practical Exam |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Multiple Response |
| Passing Score: | 800 out of 1000 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 90-110 |
| Recommended Training: | CCDE Official Training and Resources |
| Exam Registration: | Cisco Official Exam Registration |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or onsite at Pearson VUE test centers |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites; 7+ years of network design experience recommended |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/exams/current-list/400-007-ccde.html |
Cisco 400-007 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Network Design | 30% | - Implementation, migration and transformation planning - Modular, resilient, scalable network architectures - Design under technical, operational and application constraints - Traditional and software-defined network design |
| Business Strategy Design | 15% | - Business requirements analysis and alignment - Cost analysis and risk management - Project management methodologies impact - Business continuity and sustainability design |
| Security Design | 15% | - Security integration in network architecture - Regulatory compliance and governance - Segmentation, access control and policy enforcement - Threat mitigation and visibility design |
| Control, Data, Management Plane and Operational Design | 25% | - Traffic flow and plane separation design - Software-defined and controller-based solutions - Control plane architectures: centralized, decentralized, hybrid - Automation, orchestration and model-driven management |
| Service Design | 15% | - Service placement and data governance - Cloud connectivity and multi-service integration - Support for voice, video, IoT, storage and applications - Operational resilience and compliance |
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The Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) Written exam contains 90-110 to complete within 120 minutes. Timed simulation in the ExamTorrent Desktop Test Engine teaches that rhythm before exam day does.
The official Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) Written outline defines 5 domains. The leading three are Network Design (30%), Control, Data, Management Plane and Operational Design (25%), and Security Design (15%). The full list is in the topics section above, and ExamTorrent's 550 practice questions cover each one.
No mandatory prerequisites; 7+ years of network design experience recommended Since requirements change over time, confirm the latest on the official Cisco exam page before scheduling.
The Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) Written exam requires 800 out of 1000 to pass, and registration costs $450 USD. A failed attempt means paying the same fee again — a readiness check with the ExamTorrent engines before booking is the cheaper option.
The 400-007 exam is a Cisco certification exam validating the Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) Written syllabus shown above. It belongs to these credential paths: Cisco Certified Specialist - Design Core, CCDE Practical Exam. Candidates in 2026 start with ExamTorrent's 550 practice questions, available as a printable PDF, a Windows Desktop Test Engine, and an Online Test Engine — three versions of the same materials.
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Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) Written Sample Questions:
The Agile Manifesto is a document that defines the key values and principles behind the Agile philosophy and helps development teams work more efficiently and sustainably. Each of the four key values is split into two sections-a left-hand side and a right-hand side. In other words, though there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. What is one of the key values of the Agile Manifesto?
- A. Following a plan over responding to change
- B. Comprehensive documentation over working software
- C. Contract negotiation over customer collaboration
- D. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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When planning their cloud migration journey, what is crucial for virtually all organizations to perform?
- A. SASE framework deployment
- B. RPO and RTO calculations duration planning
- C. Assessment of current infrastructure
- D. Optimizing the WAN environment
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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Software-defined network and traditional networks might appear the same to the end-user, but behind the scenes, each has unique sets of characteristics. Drag and drop these characteristic found on the left to the corresponding category on the right in no particular order?
Correct Answer:
Refer to the exhibit.
There are multiple trees in the Cisco FabricPath. All switches in the Layer 2 fabric share the same view of each tree. Which two concepts describe how the multicast traffic is load-balanced across this topology?
(Choose two.)
- A. A specific (S,G) multicast traffic is load-balanced across all trees due to better link utilization efficiency
- B. A specific (S,G) traffic is not load-balanced
- C. Every leaf node assigns the specific (S,G) to the same tree
- D. All trees are utilized at the same level of the traffic rate
- E. The multicast traffic is generally load-balanced across all trees
Correct Answer: B,E 🗳️
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Which technique facilitates analytics and knowledge discovery in big data systems to recognize hidden and complex patterns?
- A. network mobility
- B. predictive monitoring
- C. traffic classification
- D. deep learning
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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