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CV0-004 — questions

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Topic 1 · Question 144

A software development team would like to test a new feature that was added to the company’s production website. The team would like to allow access to only a small number of users and then, in a controlled way, slowly increase the number of users who have access to the feature. Which of the following best describes the deployment strategy the software development team should use?

  • AIn-place
  • BBlue-green
  • CCanary (correct answer)
  • DRolling
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Canary

Topic 1 · Question 145

A cloud developer resigned from an organization and gave a two-week notice. Within the first week since the developer resigned, a security analyst identifies large volumes of file downloads to the developer’s laptop from the source code repository. Which of the following security controls would be the best way to mitigate the organization’s risk of data loss?

  • AImplementing a policy to stop cloud developers from sharing passwords
  • BPreventing cloud developers from accessing the source code repository
  • CUpdating outbound firewall rules to block the cloud developer’s IP address (correct answer)
  • DBlocking internet access for employees that resign from the organization
  • EProhibiting files on the local drive from being transferred to USB drives
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Updating outbound firewall rules to block the cloud developer’s IP address

Explanation

A firewall enforces traffic policy by permitting or blocking connections based on configured rules. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 · Question 146

Which of the following facilitates the continuous deployment of cloud applications without performing a clean install on each iteration?

  • ADebian package
  • BVersion management
  • CContainer image (correct answer)
  • DBare-metal server
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Container image

Explanation

A container packages an application and dependencies while sharing the host kernel for lightweight isolation.

Topic 1 · Question 147

Which of the following container commands implements network port mapping?

  • A$docker run –it myimage –e /bin/port 8080
  • B$docker run myimage:port
  • C$docker run –it –p 1-65535 myimage –e netstat 8080
  • D$docker run –it –p 80:8080 myimage (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: $docker run –it –p 80:8080 myimage

Topic 1 · Question 148

An organization’s large e-commerce website requires high availability and cannot have degraded performance. Which of the following should a cloud administrator do to best meet the requirements?

  • ACreate a secondary server and load balance the traffic. (correct answer)
  • BUpgrade the drives to SSD and change the storage tier.
  • CAdd a secondary NIC and configure network teaming to the existing server.
  • DChange the type of CPU and adjust the RAM size.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Create a secondary server and load balance the traffic.

Topic 1 · Question 149

A cloud engineer proposes a solution to migrate a finance application to the cloud. The environment can be shared to reduce costs. Which of the following models would best meet this requirement?

  • APrivate
  • BCommunity (correct answer)
  • CPublic
  • DHybrid
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Community This option delivers the requirement at the lowest cost.

Topic 1 · Question 150

A company has solid, validated border protection including a next-generation firewall and IPS. However, compromises and breaches continue. Which of the following is the best way to improve the company’s security controls and reduce the number of incidents?

  • AAssess the border protection assets against a CIS benchmark and apply recommendations.
  • BExecute a network scan on the border protection and close ports that can be used by attackers.
  • CShift the focus from border protection to a Zero Trust architecture focused on identities. (correct answer)
  • DInclude a WAF on the network border, increasing protection and adopting security in layers.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Shift the focus from border protection to a Zero Trust architecture focused on identities.

Explanation

Zero trust continuously verifies identity, device, and context instead of trusting traffic based on network location. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 · Question 151

An administrator attempts to use a script to deploy a cloud-based virtual machine with five data disks. After running the script, the administrator sees the following message: ERROR: Response 403 storage API provisioning error Which of the following is the reason the deployment failed?

  • APermission issues (correct answer)
  • BPartial outage
  • CFunctionality deprecation
  • DSizing issues
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Permission issues

Topic 1 · Question 152

A cloud engineer tries to deploy five new cloud instances using code. An error occurs, and the instances are not created. The configuration fails to run. The engineer then receives the following error message: ERROR:Parse error on json line x in config Given the following snippet from the config.json file: { "instance_count": 5, "ssd_options" : ["100GB","200GB","300GB"], "instance_region": apac, "instance_code": 255, "start_instance" : true } Which of the following oversights created the error in the configuration file?

  • AIncorrect instance_count
  • BIncorrect ssd_options
  • CMissing quotations on instance_region (correct answer)
  • DMissing trailing comma on start_instance
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Missing quotations on instance_region

Topic 1 · Question 153

A company’s cybersecurity team receives the following alert that a production VM was deleted from the virtual network: 21 September 09:19:08 (GMT-5) Resource with ID: PROD-WEB001 was deleted by User: Logging Service - The console to manage virtual network resources uses directory authentication. Only users in a particular directory group can interactively access the virtual network management console. The logging service account is not part of this group and requires some local administration privileges to aggregate logs from various resources. The cybersecurity team discovers that the logging service account was previously given full directory administration privileges and they see the following entry: 21 September 09:10:55 (GMT-5) User with ID: Logging Service was added to the Group: VNet Console Administrators by actor: Logging Service. The cybersecurity team removes the compromised service account from the directory group. Which of the following should the cybersecurity team do next to prevent repeat instances of this issue?

  • AEnable two-factor authentication on the virtual network console.
  • BReset the logging service account to use a long and complex password.
  • CDisable RDP on the production virtual machines.
  • DCreate a scoped administrative role for the logging service account. (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Create a scoped administrative role for the logging service account. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 · Question 154

A developer is sending requests to a SaaS application. The developer becomes unable to send anymore requests after sending a number of them, but other developers can still send requests. Which of the following is most likely causing the issue?

  • APartial outage
  • BAPI throttling
  • CRate limiting (correct answer)
  • DService quota
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Rate limiting

Topic 1 · Question 155

Which of the following has the most influence when determining the maximum data loss in the event of a disaster?

  • ARecovery point objective (correct answer)
  • BBusiness continuity and disaster recovery
  • CMean time to recover
  • DRecovery time objective
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Recovery point objective

Topic 1 · Question 156

A cloud vendor notifies an administrator that the router version currently in use will no longer be made. Which of the following describes the stage the router has reached and what needs to be done?

  • AThe router has reached end of support. The router’s software should be updated.
  • BThe router has reached end of support. The router should be replaced.
  • CThe router has reached end of life. The router’s software should be updated.
  • DThe router has reached end of life. The router should be replaced. (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: The router has reached end of life. The router should be replaced.

Topic 1 · Question 157

Which of the following should be used on containers to process data and keep the output in files for later review?

  • AStandard output
  • BOptical disk mount
  • CEphemeral storage
  • DPersistent volumes (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Persistent volumes

Topic 1 · Question 158

Users report that in-house developed software has performance issues and behaves in unexpected ways following a recent update. The developers investigate and find buffer overflows and broken authentications. Which of the following best describes what caused this issue?

  • ALeaked credentials
  • BPoor coding practices (correct answer)
  • CCipher suite depreciation
  • DIncompatible hardware
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Poor coding practices This option decouples the components so they scale independently and absorb load spikes.

Topic 1 · Question 159

A public cloud environment customer wants to encrypt the data it puts in the cloud. However, the CSP prohibits customer encryption keys. Which of the following principles is the CSP violating?

  • AData ownership (correct answer)
  • BData sovereignty
  • CData classification
  • DData retention
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Data ownership This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 · Question 160

Which of the following technologies can read the contents of a printed memo?

  • ADocument scanning
  • BSentiment analysis
  • CText recognition (correct answer)
  • DNatural language processing
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Text recognition

Topic 1 · Question 161

A cloud service provider just launched a new serverless service that is compliant with all security regulations. A company deployed its code using the service, and the company’s application was hacked due to leaked credentials. Which of the following is responsible?

  • ACustomer (correct answer)
  • BCloud service provider
  • CHacker
  • DCode repository
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Customer This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

Topic 1 · Question 162

A cloud engineer is concerned about command-and-control (C2) communication out of a cloud network over HTTPS. Which of the following should the cloud engineer implement to most efficiently identify the type of communication?

  • AInline IPS
  • BCloud flow logs
  • CHourly cron listing connections
  • DTraffic mirroring (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Traffic mirroring

Topic 1 · Question 163

Two CVEs are discovered on servers in the company’s public cloud virtual network. The CVEs are listed as having an attack vector value of network and CVSS score of 9.0. Which of the following actions is the best way to mitigate the vulnerabilities?

  • APatching the operating systems (correct answer)
  • BUpgrading the operating systems to the latest beta
  • CEncrypting the operating system disks
  • DDisabling unnecessary open ports
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Patching the operating systems

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