Question 1

Cecil is interested in using more of the tools available from the cloud service provider his company has chosen to use, AWS. He sees that they have various security tools available including a threat detection tool that relies on machine learning, anomaly detection, and threat intelligence to identify threats and trigger events or functions. Which of the following is the tool that he may be interested in implementing?
A) ATP
B) FIM
C) GuardDuty
D) Lambda

Accepted Answer

GuardDuty is the AWS service that offers threat detection using machine learning, anomaly detection, and integrated threat intelligence to identify and prioritize potential threats.

Question 2

Zane's company has chosen to use Ansible for its primary automation tool. Which of the following is the default protocol used by this tool that he might need to ensure it is open on the firewall in order for it to work correctly?
A) SSH
B) STP
C) DSL
D) JSON

Accepted Answer

Ansible uses SSH (Secure Shell) as its default protocol for connecting to remote machines and executing tasks, making it necessary to ensure SSH traffic is allowed through the firewall for Ansible to function correctly.

Question 3

Mavis wants to develop an application that can talk to one of the cloud-based services her company uses. As part of the design process, she needs to take into account the structure and type of messages that are sent back and forth from the service. Which of the following describes the endpoint that her application will be communicating with for that service?
A) ANSI
B) ACPI
C) API
D) ASCII

Accepted Answer

API (Application Programming Interface) is the correct term for the set of protocols, routines, and tools for building software and applications that allow different software applications to communicate with each other, which is what Mavis's application would need to do to talk to a cloud-based service.

Question 4

Sigmund has created a new web application server for the psychology department at the university he works for. He wants to install a tool on the server that will detect any security breaches, alert the administrative team, log the event, and attempt to stop the security breach before the attacker is able to gain further access or cause any damage. Which of the following types of tools might he install?
A) HIDS
B) HIPS
C) NIDS
D) NIPS

Accepted Answer

HIPS (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) is designed to monitor a single host for suspicious activity by analyzing events occurring within that host and can actively prevent intrusions by taking actions such as blocking traffic or alerting administrators, fitting Sigmund's requirements.

Question 5

Amari is planning on deploying a failover cluster for a new cloud-based deployment. She works for a comedy television channel and needs to ensure that users can access their streaming services 24/7/365. Which of the following technical terms might describe the primary benefit that she is hoping for by implementing this technology?
A) LOL
B) HE
C) HA
D) ROFL

Accepted Answer

HA stands for High Availability, which is the primary benefit Amari is seeking by implementing a failover cluster to ensure users can access streaming services continuously without interruption.

Question 6

Omar needs to install an update to the web servers so that the development team can use some of the new libraries and functions for the .NET application they are modifying. However, upon trying to install the latest .NET framework, an error is displayed stating that another update must be installed first. Which of the following technical terms describes why the .NET framework cannot be installed yet?
A) Dependencies
B) Subordinates
C) Reliants
D) Tied-To-Update (TTU)

Accepted Answer

Dependencies describe a situation where a software application or update requires other software components or updates to be installed first. In this case, the .NET framework update cannot proceed without another update being installed first due to dependencies.

Question 7

Ronan has just received notification of a critical update that is available for one of the operating systems that his company uses. He downloads it from the OS developer's website and patches a couple of the systems. He then allows a small amount of traffic to those servers so he can verify that there are no new error messages or issues with the deployment. Once he's verified that they have updated successfully, he issues the patch to the rest of the servers running that operating system. Which of the following types of deployments has he just performed?
A) Blue-green deployment
B) Look-ahead deployment
C) Canary deployment
D) Rolling deployment

Accepted Answer

Ronan has performed a canary deployment, which involves updating a small number of servers and monitoring their performance before rolling out the update to the rest of the servers. This approach helps in identifying any potential issues with minimal impact.

Question 8

Tanesha is currently documenting all of the steps necessary to perform various functions that her team is responsible for. Which of the following describes what she is creating?
A) Guidebook
B) Runbook
C) Walkthroughs
D) Stepping stones

Accepted Answer

A runbook is a compilation of routine procedures and operations that the team responsible for managing and maintaining a system must follow. Tanesha is documenting the steps necessary to perform various functions, which aligns with the purpose of a runbook.

Question 9

Kylie has a number of processes that she has implemented automation for. As she was researching on the best way to automate another process, she came across some information about a technique for optimizing automation processes into a single workflow. Which of the following describe this technique?
A) Instrumentation
B) Coordination
C) Orchestration
D) Collaboration

Accepted Answer

Orchestration refers to the automated configuration, coordination, and management of computer systems, applications, and services. It involves optimizing and integrating different automated processes into a cohesive workflow, making it the correct choice for describing the technique Kylie read about.

Question 10

Miriam is performing a quarterly review of all web-based applications that the company uses. She sees that one of the finance department's applications has an update available for it. After downloading the update, she applies the update to a duplicate of the production environment that does not receive any traffic. After verifying that everything looks good, she transfers all of the traffic over to that server and updates the formerly active server. Which of the following deployment types has she chosen for this application update?
A) Blue-green deployment
B) Look-ahead deployment
C) Canary deployment
D) Rolling deployment

Accepted Answer

Miriam has chosen a blue-green deployment strategy, where she maintains two identical environments: one active (green) and one idle (blue). After testing the update in the idle environment, she switches traffic to it, effectively making it the new active environment. This approach minimizes downtime and allows for quick rollback if needed.

Question 11

Regan has been asked to apply updates to one of the company's web application server farms. He does not want to update all of the servers at once in case there is some sort of an issue that causes a crash or failure. He decides to direct traffic away from a few servers and update those first. Once he has tested that everything is working successfully, he'll allow them to handle traffic again and then do another small group of servers. He'll continue repeating this process until all servers have been updated. Which of the following describes the deployment method that he has chosen?
A) Blue-green deployment
B) Look-ahead deployment
C) Canary deployment
D) Rolling deployment

Accepted Answer

Regan's approach of updating a few servers at a time, testing them, and then gradually moving on to update the rest, is a classic example of a rolling deployment. This method minimizes downtime and risk by ensuring that only a portion of the server farm is updated at any given time.

Question 12

Gary is reading one of the marketing e-mails that he receives as part of his company's Azure subscription. This particular e-mail highlights a tool that he's interested in learning more about. The tool is described as a security tool that relies on learning-based analytics to better monitor activities, identify threats, and prioritize alerts for follow-up by security staff. Which of the following should he look up in the Azure portal to learn more about it?
A) ATP
B) FIM
C) GuardDuty
D) Lambda

Accepted Answer

ATP, or Advanced Threat Protection, is the correct choice because it is a security service that uses learning-based analytics to monitor activities, detect threats, and prioritize alerts, which matches the description given in the question.

Question 13

Olina is fairly new at Fictional Corp and is used to working at much smaller companies. Most of her former jobs have all been manual work. However, she has been told that because of its size, her new company prefers to implement technologies that can perform various processes and procedures without human intervention so that humans can spend their time monitoring the systems for errors and fixing problems when something goes wrong. Which of the following describes what Fictional Corp has implemented to much more of an extent than her previous company?
A) In-house developed applications
B) Proprietary system management procedures
C) High availability
D) Automation

Accepted Answer

Fictional Corp has implemented automation to a greater extent than Olina's previous companies, as indicated by the use of technologies to perform processes and procedures without human intervention, allowing humans to focus on monitoring and fixing problems.

Question 14

Merlin wants to create a new script that will communicate with several of his CSP's APIs. Which of the following scripting languages might he use to create the script?
A) Python
B) YAML
C) JSON
D) XML

Accepted Answer

Python is a versatile scripting language that can be used to create scripts for communicating with APIs, while YAML, JSON, and XML are data serialization or markup languages used for data interchange and configuration, not for scripting.

Question 15

User acceptance testing has just been completed on a new application and it is ready for the rest of the userbase at Fictional Corp to start using it. Which of the following environments should the application be copied to?
A) QA
B) Production
C) Development
D) Archive

Accepted Answer

After user acceptance testing, the next step is to move the application to the production environment where it will be accessible to the rest of the userbase for actual use.

Question 16

Katy wants to make a few automated API calls from a new application that she is developing. Which of the following might be a valid structure for the data that she needs to send to the API endpoint?
A) JavaScript
B) Anaconda
C) JSON
D) PHP

Accepted Answer

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format that is easy for humans to read and write and easy for machines to parse and generate, making it a common choice for data structures in API calls.

Question 17

Garrett has developed an application and is ready for the user acceptance team to go through and verify that everything is functional and working as it should while reporting any bugs they may identify. Which of the following environments should he copy the application to for them to begin their work?
A) QA
B) Production
C) Development
D) Blue-green

Accepted Answer

The QA (Quality Assurance) environment is specifically designed for testing and verifying that everything in the application works as expected before it is released to production. This environment is where the user acceptance team would typically conduct their tests and report any bugs.

Question 18

Tomas is going to be deploying a new cloud-based point-of-sale application for the organization that will be run within web browsers on computers located in his company's retail stores. He knows that the system must experience as little downtime as possible. Which of the following technologies might he choose to implement?
A) Plan b infrastructure (PBI)
B) Failover cluster (FC)
C) Planned failure domain (PFD)
D) Alternate lifecycle system (ALS)

Accepted Answer

Failover clusters (FC) are designed to ensure that if one server or component fails, another immediately takes over its workload, minimizing or preventing downtime. This makes it an ideal choice for applications that require high availability, such as a cloud-based point-of-sale system.

Question 19

Sven wants to ensure that his infrastructure is protected from attacks against the applications themselves and the automation and orchestration that helps keep everything together. In some areas he implements a technology that can only detect attacks, while in others he implements a technology that can also stop the attack in progress. Which of the following terms can be used to describe the technology that he has implemented?
A) IDP
B) IDS
C) ILS
D) IPS

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Marvin runs one of the operating system utilities on a server and receives a message that several of the files appear to have been modified or corrupted. The operating system is recommending reinstalling those files from the installation source. Which of the following tools could have alerted Marvin or other administrators when the files were originally changed?
A) FIM
B) IFS
C) FCoE
D) MTBF

Accepted Answer

File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) tools are designed to alert administrators when files have been changed, including modifications or corruption, which aligns with the scenario described.

Quiz 10: Cloud Automation

Zane's company has chosen to use Ansible for its primary automation tool. Which of the following is the default protocol used by this tool that he might need to ensure it is open on the firewall in order for it to work correctly?

Tanesha is currently documenting all of the steps necessary to perform various functions that her team is responsible for. Which of the following describes what she is creating?

Kylie has a number of processes that she has implemented automation for. As she was researching on the best way to automate another process, she came across some information about a technique for optimizing automation processes into a single workflow. Which of the following describe this technique?

Merlin wants to create a new script that will communicate with several of his CSP's APIs. Which of the following scripting languages might he use to create the script?

User acceptance testing has just been completed on a new application and it is ready for the rest of the userbase at Fictional Corp to start using it. Which of the following environments should the application be copied to?

Katy wants to make a few automated API calls from a new application that she is developing. Which of the following might be a valid structure for the data that she needs to send to the API endpoint?