It was a long time I did not explore Cisco Black Belt Academy, and recently they launch a few new courses related to AI call “AI-Ready Infrastructrure” under the Solution & Technology pillar.
It comes with 4 learning plan, 2 for Pre-sales and 2 for Sales, both stage 1 and 2.
Let’s look at Pre-sales & Sales Stage 1 first; both have the same set of training; if you complete it, you gain both certificate below.
Learner needs to complete 3 hour 30 min course and take part in 10 questions on Black Belt AI Fundamentals Quiz and 10 question on Black Belt AI Strategy Quiz:
Explore AI basics starting from key concepts, terms and progressing through the taxonomy of AI solutions. Understand Cisco’s AI strategy, risks, governance, and real use cases to master AI solution implementation.
Once complete, you will get 2 certificate like above, Good luck!
Cisco Black Belt AI Fundamentals PreSales Quiz’s Answer:
Q: What is the main difference between vector databases and traditional databases?
Support for real-time transactions
Specialization in storing and processing multidimensional data (correct answer)
Higher data-writing speed
Enhanced database query support
Q: Why is it important to monitor latency in AI systems?
Ensure quick and timely system responses (correct answer)
Recognize when the system needs to be rebooted
Reduce the amount of data for processing
Enhance security levels
Q: What does the concept of “responsible AI” include?
Transparency, explainability, and fairness in the use of AI (correct answer)
Alerting AI users about potential problems and violations caused by their commands
Creating backups of AI-generated content
Labeling erroneous decisions to prevent such errors in the future
Q: How do maturity models impact the integration of AI into Cisco products and services?
They provide basic quality assurance without considering the specifics of AI.
Maturity models help identify the stages of development and the necessary investments for effective AI integration. (correct answer)
They limit the use of AI by requiring lengthy approvals.
Maturity models are used only for staff training.
Q: What is the role of pilot projects in AI implementation?
Testing core functions
Assessing feasibility and effectiveness (correct answer)
Demonstrating capabilities simply
Collecting data for analysis
Q: What functions does Kubernetes perform in the context of deploying AI models?
Providing statistical data for analysis
Developing user interfaces
Direct training of AI models
Scaling management of container orchestration and applications (correct answer)
Q: What principle underlies expert systems operation?
True – False. Evaluates the truthfulness of data based on databases (wrong answer)
If – Then. Follows a set of predefined rules.
Do – While. Determines when to stop routine processes and requests expert assistance for finding solutions.
Analysis – Redirection. Analyzes the question and redirects it to the expert in the database who specializes in the relevant topic. (wrong answer)
Q: What are the principles of operation of GenAI?
Creating new content and data
Managing specific devices (wrong answer)
Optimizing processes without data (wrong answer)
Using it exclusively in medicine
Q: What commercial benefits does AI provide to companies?
Reduction in the number of employees and job positions
Increase in process efficiency and reduction in operational costs
Increase in technology expenses without an increase in profits (wrong answer)
Increase of opportunities for business scaling
Q: How can customers reduce risks when implementing AI?
Focusing on local regulatory requirements and ignoring norms of other regions to avoid instruction conflicts
Limiting the use of AI to the minimum possible
Developing and implementing a strict data management and AI usage policy (correct answer)
Avoiding the use of cloud technologies
Q: Which programming languages are used most often in AI development?
Python and Java for their flexibility and extensive libraries (correct answer)
C++ and Assembly for high performance
PHP and Ruby for web development
HTML and CSS for user interfaces
Q: What principle is essential when integrating AI into business processes?
Using the latest AI models exclusively
Tailoring AI to specific tasks (correct answer)
Replacing the workforce with AI systems
Limiting AI use to a single department
Q: What ethical challenges are associated with the development of AGI?
Creating autonomous military systems
Enhancing production efficiency
Managing impacts on employment and social justice (correct answer)
Improving user interfaces
Q: What is important for adopting AI in business?
Conducting a customer survey to confirm readiness to use AI solutions
Developing a phased infrastructure evolution
Creating an AI solution that integrates into current business processes (correct answer)
Creating an AI solution that can flexibly adapt to various tasks
Q: How can AI help companies manage their IT infrastructure?
AI provides basic support to IT staff without affecting infrastructure management.
AI reduces maintenance costs for accounting by optimizing usage
AI improves performance and ensures higher security (correct answer)
IT infrastructure helps manage AI, not the other way around
Q: Where did the evolution of AI begin?
With attempts to mimic human thinking (correct answer)
With attempts to merge several programs into one
As a byproduct of the development of neural networks
With attempts to create a better internet distribution controller
Q: What characterizes reinforcement learning?
Learning based on rewards and punishments
Using labeled data (wrong answer)
Analyzing unstructured data (wrong answer)
Used exclusively in games
Q: Why is data processing and labeling important in AI development?
Ensure the accuracy and relevance of training data (correct answer)
Reduce the volume of stored data
Accelerate network connections
Simplify the user interface
Q: How does AI impact innovation in business?
AI improves document management and archiving
AI optimizes business processes and enhances competitiveness. (correct answer)
AI eliminates the need for marketing and advertising.
AI reduces the role of the human factor in data analytics.
Q: What stages are involved in the process of training AI models?
Interface development, user surveying, and configuration based on response weightings
Server setup, testing various database query types, and selecting the optimal approach
Data preparation, model training, validation, and testing. (correct answer)
Application deployment, performance monitoring, creating alternatives, and specialist confirmation of the best choice.
Black Belt Cisco AI Strategy Quiz’s Answer
Q: You are a Cisco partner speaking with a customer who has now decided to take advantage of AI. Which of the following should you recommend as a first step?
Develop a business case for AI based on market trends
Identify the primary constraint hindering the company’s growth (correct answer)
Determine how to implement a secure development lifecycle
Determine data privacy requirements for the customer’s vertical
Q: Which of the following is an example of how Cisco is providing a cost-effective yet high-performance networking infrastructure for AI processing?
By providing networking solutions based on the standard Ethernet protocol
By partnering with industry leading partners that specialize in GPU technology
By providing solutions using Cisco GPU technology
By providing networking solutions based on Cisco Silicon One and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)” (correct answer)
Q:What is the functionality that provides visibility across the customer’s entire technology landscape?
AppDynamics real-time performance monitoring (wrong answer)
ThousandEyes end-user monitoring
Cisco Full-Stack Observability
Cisco Hypershield
Q: What is a primary concern for customers that the Cisco Responsible AI Framework addresses?
Spiraling costs of AI-based technology solutions
Increased complexity of AI solutions
Collection and use of personal data (correct answer)
Logistics in retraining employees affected by AI
Q: In a Webex meeting today, your supervisor gave you detailed instructions on your next assignment and how to accomplish it. Which of the following Webex features will be most helpful to you when you review the recording?
gesture recognition
virtual backgrounds
meeting summary (correct answer)
language translation
Q: With the advent of AI workloads, customers are recommended to take which of the following actions with their compute infrastructure?
They only need to migrate it to a platform with more powerful CPU-based compute resources, such as Cisco Silicon One.
They should migrate to a platform completely based in GPU-based compute resources to support AI workloads.
They should assess their AI workload requirements to determine the mix of CPU and GPU processing that best suits their needs. (correct answer)
They must introduce InfiniBand technology to support the low latency demands of AI workloads.
Q: You are speaking with a customer who is looking on adopting AI infrastructure, however they are concerned about possible sensitive data leakage during AI model development. What solution will address their security concern?
Complexity; the appropriate solution is Cisco Hypershield.
Improper use of data; the appropriate solution is Cisco Hypershield.
Sensitive data leakage; the appropriate solution is data loss prevention. (correct answer)
Complexity; the appropriate solution is Cisco Identity Intelligence.
Q: What are three elements of the Cisco security strategy that mitigate potential threats across an organization’s attack surface?
Data loss prevention, Silicon One technology, GPU security (wrong answer)
Zero trust, microsegmentation, data loss prevention
Data loss prevention, GPU security, RMDA technology
Data loss prevention, zero trust, InfiniBand
Q: What AI technique is Cisco using to improve the SalesConnect experience?
DLP
PBR
RAG (correct answer)
RoCE
Q: Identify two partner concerns that Cisco CX Cloud attempts to address. (Choose two.)
The increasing costs of technology due to the introduction of AI
The need to clearly define business outcomes (correct answer)
The continuous need of retraining professionals
The need to reduce the complexity of planning and integrating technology (correct answer)
The need to articulate AI benefits to prospective customers
Q: What key feature benefits organizations when incorporating AI in networking solutions?
Manually configured software that AI corrects in real time
Uncovered human error at the expense of higher costs
Increased automated and streamlined operations (correct answer)
Improved tracking of network downtime
Q: Which of the following AI technologies directly addresses behavioral analysis and proactive threat detection?
automated responses (wrong answer)
coordinated responses
threat prioritization
machine learning
Q: Your lead generation process is very effective since you started using AI tools. However, you now must prioritize them due to the sheer volume that is generating. Which AI application addresses this issue?
Opportunity generation
Opportunity scoring (correct answer)
Sales forecasting
Cisco AI Responsible Framework
Q: A manufacturing firm is implementing an AI-based software solution to simulate their production environment with the goal of improved production efficiency and reduced time-to-market for new products. What is the term for this software-based solution?
Supply-chain optimization
Intelligent quality control
Key performance indicator monitoring
Digital twin environment (correct answer)
Q: When defining a dataset for AI model training, what is the necessary first step?
Define why the data displays the behavior it does.
Identify patterns and trends in the data. (correct answer)
Determine how much manual effort will be necessary to define and maintain the dataset.
Determine the minimum size of the dataset
