Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate (CBROPS) practice questions
Original questions written from the published exam objectives, never recalled exam content, verified against official vendor documentation before they reach you, with an explanation that teaches the concept behind every answer. How we verify.
- Exam code
- 200-201
- Cost
- $300 USD
- Questions
- Not published by Cisco
- Duration
- 120 minutes
- Passing score
- Not published by Cisco (variable scaled score)
- Format
- Multiple choice, multiple response, and drag-and-drop
The 200-201 exam costs $300. Fail it and the retake is another $300. Practicing until you are ready is the cheapest part of this. Full cost breakdown.
Exam domains and official weightings
From the official Cisco exam topics. Put your study time where the weight is.
- Security Concepts20%
- Security Monitoring25%
- Host-Based Analysis20%
- Network Intrusion Analysis20%
- Security Policies and Procedures15%
- Security Concepts20%
- Security Monitoring25%
- Host-Based Analysis20%
- Network Intrusion Analysis20%
- Security Policies and Procedures15%
Where to focus: Two thirds of CBROPS is telemetry analysis: security monitoring, host-based analysis, and network intrusion analysis. Time spent reading real logs and packet captures pays back more than memorising terminology.
Try 5 free sample questions
No account needed. Every question includes our three-tier explanation: the concept, why the answer follows, and why each wrong option is wrong.
Sample question 1 of 5
A SOC needs to watch traffic affecting many hosts on one switched segment without installing anything on those hosts. Which sensor placement fits?
Sample question 2 of 5
A team subscribes to a feed of adversary indicators that has already been aggregated, analyzed, and enriched with context to guide decisions. What is this feed an example of?
Sample question 3 of 5
An analyst sorts findings by CVSS base score. What does the base score alone represent?
Sample question 4 of 5
A resource is protected by a mechanism that enumerates exactly which entities are permitted to access it, and denies everything else. What is this mechanism?
Sample question 5 of 5
Following the NIST incident response lifecycle, a team has just finished containing an incident. Which phase comes next?
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What the exam actually asks you to do
Multiple choice and multiple response, plus drag-and-drop. CyberOps Associate is an analysis exam rather than a device-configuration one, so it does not put you on live device software.
- Multiple choice
- Multiple response
- Drag and drop
The highlighted formats are the ones you cannot answer from memory alone. Cisco, certification exam tutorial ↗
An honest study plan
1. Read the official objectives first
Download the official objectives from Cisco and skim every line. The exam can only test what’s listed there, it’s the contract.
2. Weight your study toward Security Monitoring and Security Concepts
Together the top two domains are 45% of the exam. Practice them until your accuracy is consistently above 80%.
3. Drill weak domains, then take a mock exam
Use Domain Drill on your weakest areas, then a full timed mock at real length (Not published by Cisco questions, 120 minutes). Book the real exam when you’re consistently passing mocks, not before.
Official free resources
Study from the source. These are Cisco’s own materials:
Official CyberOps Associate exam page & objectives ↗Where CyberOps Associate fits
Related certifications
Frequently asked questions
Is CyberOps Associate one exam?
Yes. A single exam, 200-201 CBROPS, earns the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate certification. There is no core-plus-concentration structure at the associate level.
CyberOps Associate or Security+ for a SOC role?
They overlap and both are entry-level blue-team credentials. Security+ is broader and more widely recognised by HR filters; CyberOps Associate is more focused on the day-to-day of a security operations centre: monitoring, alert triage, and intrusion analysis. Many analysts hold both.
Is there a prerequisite for CBROPS?
No prerequisite. Cisco recommends familiarity with networking and security fundamentals, and comfort reading logs and packet captures helps a great deal, but nothing is enforced.
What is the heaviest topic on CBROPS?
Security monitoring at 25 percent, followed by host-based analysis and network intrusion analysis at 20 percent each. Two thirds of the exam is analysis of real telemetry, so practise reading logs and captures rather than memorising definitions.
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