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Cisco 300-710 Practice Test 40

Question 390

A firewall service owner escalates the following: A feed configured in FMC stops updating and operators still cite its stale entries as current threat intelligence. Which TWO complementary choices provide the most appropriate corrective action and its direct independent verification? Select TWO answers.

  1. Choose supported URL and application matching with explicit TLS decryption or metadata limitations and test exception scope.
  2. Manage supported security intelligence objects and feeds with validation, refresh monitoring and documented exception governance.
  3. Inspect feed health, update timestamp, matched indicators, relevant connection blocks and approved exception records.
  4. Inspect system time and NTP reachability, DNS lookups, update attempts and health messages in FMC.
  5. Assume externally sourced security indicators are always accurate and never require update checks or exception handling.

Explanation

Correct Answers

B:

Appropriate implementation: Manage supported security intelligence objects and feeds with validation, refresh monitoring and documented exception governance. Case details: A feed configured in FMC stops updating and operators still cite its stale entries as current threat intelligence. Governing behavior: Dynamic reputation and blocklist inputs can change independently of local access rules and require freshness and false-positive review.

C:

Direct independent How to verify: Inspect feed health, update timestamp, matched indicators, relevant connection blocks and approved exception records.

Incorrect Answers

A:

That option would choose supported URL and application matching with explicit TLS decryption or metadata limitations and test exception scope, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Dynamic reputation and blocklist inputs can change independently of local access rules and require freshness and false-positive review.

D:

That option would inspect system time and NTP reachability, DNS lookups, update attempts and health messages in FMC, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Dynamic reputation and blocklist inputs can change independently of local access rules and require freshness and false-positive review.

E:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume externally sourced security indicators are always accurate and never require update checks or exception handling.

Question 391

An approved maintenance window surfaces this issue: A high-impact intrusion signature creates false positives against a legitimate API after a policy update. Which security configuration or operational step BEST addresses the requirement? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Review supported Snort intrusion rule conditions and select narrowly scoped tuning, suppression or rule-state changes with tests.
  2. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  3. Choose supported URL and application matching with explicit TLS decryption or metadata limitations and test exception scope.
  4. Configure appropriate NAT and policy order with correct ingress and egress mapping and test before deploying.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Appropriate implementation: Review supported Snort intrusion rule conditions and select narrowly scoped tuning, suppression or rule-state changes with tests.

Incorrect Answers

B:

That option would assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

C:

That option would choose supported URL and application matching with explicit TLS decryption or metadata limitations and test exception scope, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

D:

That option would configure appropriate NAT and policy order with correct ingress and egress mapping and test before deploying, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

Question 392

A Secure Firewall deployment change request reports: A high-impact intrusion signature creates false positives against a legitimate API after a policy update. Which firewall behavior or technical principle BEST explains the observed condition? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Intrusion detection events and enforced packet drops are distinct outcomes; an alert can occur without blocking a session.
  2. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  3. Network analysis normalizes and interprets protocol traffic before some inspection decisions, and incorrect handling can affect detection fidelity.
  4. Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Underlying platform principle: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This alternative describes a different control, Snort rule action detect versus prevent, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Intrusion detection events and enforced packet drops are distinct outcomes; an alert can occur without blocking a session.

B:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature. It cannot establish the stated security outcome.

C:

This alternative describes a different control, Network analysis policy protocol preprocessing, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Network analysis normalizes and interprets protocol traffic before some inspection decisions, and incorrect handling can affect detection fidelity.

Question 393

An FMC policy and traffic review discovers: A high-impact intrusion signature creates false positives against a legitimate API after a policy update. Which specific evidence is MOST useful to confirm the real root cause? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Inspect intrusion rule identity, traffic payload sample, triggered variables and event distribution before and after tuning.
  2. Inspect ordered rules, source and destination zones, network and port conditions and matching connection events.
  3. Compare deployed policy, logging settings, event timestamps, rule identifiers and the actual source and destination tuple.
  4. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Direct independent verification: Inspect intrusion rule identity, traffic payload sample, triggered variables and event distribution before and after tuning.

Incorrect Answers

B:

That option would inspect ordered rules, source and destination zones, network and port conditions and matching connection events, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

C:

That option would compare deployed policy, logging settings, event timestamps, rule identifiers and the actual source and destination tuple, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

D:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature. It cannot establish the stated security outcome.

Question 394

An engineer validates a Cisco Secure Firewall implementation: A high-impact intrusion signature creates false positives against a legitimate API after a policy update. Which observed result BEST confirms that the change meets the intended security requirement? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  2. Known benign test flows stop generating the false alert while genuine matching malicious patterns remain detectable.
  3. The relevant subnet assets appear with corroborated attributes and stale classifications are corrected or qualified.
  4. Potentially risky encrypted connections are triaged with documented confidence while payload privacy limitations remain explicit.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Required acceptance evidence: Known benign test flows stop generating the false alert while genuine matching malicious patterns remain detectable.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature. Case details: A high-impact intrusion signature creates false positives against a legitimate API after a policy update. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

C:

This alternative describes a different control, Network discovery and host profiling scope, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: The relevant subnet assets appear with corroborated attributes and stale classifications are corrected or qualified.

D:

This alternative describes a different control, Encrypted Visibility Engine TLS metadata analysis, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Potentially risky encrypted connections are triaged with documented confidence while payload privacy limitations remain explicit.

Question 395

A security operations incident describes: A high-impact intrusion signature creates false positives against a legitimate API after a policy update. Which misleading assumption MOST directly causes this issue and must be rejected? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Assume any Snort intrusion alert always means the associated traffic was dropped before reaching the destination.
  2. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  3. Assume allowing a user to sign in to FMC automatically grants only read-only permissions and no other access.
  4. Assume placing a specific block rule anywhere in an ordered access list overrides earlier matching allow rules.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Reject the scenario-specific unsafe assumption: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature. The stated shortcut conflicts with the intended control and its documented verification.

Incorrect Answers

A:

That option would assume any Snort intrusion alert always means the associated traffic was dropped before reaching the destination, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

C:

That option would assume allowing a user to sign in to FMC automatically grants only read-only permissions and no other access, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

D:

That option would assume placing a specific block rule anywhere in an ordered access list overrides earlier matching allow rules, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

Question 396

During a firewall implementation acceptance test: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Which security configuration or operational step BEST addresses the requirement? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Create narrowly scoped management roles and verify device or domain privileges for each operational persona.
  2. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  3. Review supported Snort intrusion rule conditions and select narrowly scoped tuning, suppression or rule-state changes with tests.
  4. Choose supported URL and application matching with explicit TLS decryption or metadata limitations and test exception scope.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Appropriate implementation: Review supported Snort intrusion rule conditions and select narrowly scoped tuning, suppression or rule-state changes with tests.

Incorrect Answers

A:

That option would create narrowly scoped management roles and verify device or domain privileges for each operational persona, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

B:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature. It cannot establish the stated security outcome.

D:

This alternative describes a different control, URL category application and TLS policy interplay, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Choose supported URL and application matching with explicit TLS decryption or metadata limitations and test exception scope.

Question 397

A CCNP Security practice scenario presents this condition: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Which firewall behavior or technical principle BEST explains the observed condition? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.
  2. Object reuse improves policy consistency but changes to shared groups propagate to every policy that references them.
  3. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  4. Encrypted traffic may expose less application detail than decrypted traffic, while URL category and application detectors use different identification inputs.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Underlying platform principle: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This alternative describes a different control, Network and host object definition reuse, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Object reuse improves policy consistency but changes to shared groups propagate to every policy that references them.

C:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature. Case details: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

D:

This alternative describes a different control, URL category application and TLS policy interplay, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Encrypted traffic may expose less application detail than decrypted traffic, while URL category and application detectors use different identification inputs.

Question 398

A firewall service owner escalates the following: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Which specific evidence is MOST useful to confirm the real root cause? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  2. Inspect EVE policy, TLS handshake metadata, connection correlation and independent endpoint or intrusion evidence.
  3. Inspect intrusion rule identity, traffic payload sample, triggered variables and event distribution before and after tuning.
  4. Inspect discovery settings, capture visibility, host profile freshness and current packet or endpoint data.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Direct independent verification: Inspect intrusion rule identity, traffic payload sample, triggered variables and event distribution before and after tuning.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature. Case details: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert. Approved action: Review supported Snort intrusion rule conditions and select narrowly scoped tuning, suppression or rule-state changes with tests. Independent evidence: Inspect intrusion rule identity, traffic payload sample, triggered variables and event distribution before and after tuning. Acceptance criterion: Known benign test flows stop generating the false alert while genuine matching malicious patterns remain detectable.

B:

That option would inspect EVE policy, TLS handshake metadata, connection correlation and independent endpoint or intrusion evidence, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

D:

That option would inspect discovery settings, capture visibility, host profile freshness and current packet or endpoint data, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

Question 399

An approved maintenance window surfaces this issue: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Which observed result BEST confirms that the change meets the intended security requirement? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Known benign test flows stop generating the false alert while genuine matching malicious patterns remain detectable.
  2. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  3. Investigators can attribute the denied or permitted session to the correct deployed rule without logging unnecessary sensitive data.
  4. Updated objects reflect approved networks and dependent rules continue to enforce the intended segmentation.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Required acceptance evidence: Known benign test flows stop generating the false alert while genuine matching malicious patterns remain detectable.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.

C:

This alternative describes a different control, Access policy rule logging and event attribution, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Investigators can attribute the denied or permitted session to the correct deployed rule without logging unnecessary sensitive data.

D:

This alternative describes a different control, Network and host object definition reuse, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Updated objects reflect approved networks and dependent rules continue to enforce the intended segmentation.

Question 400

A Secure Firewall deployment change request reports: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Which THREE complementary elements form the corrective action, diagnostic proof and successful acceptance outcome? Select THREE answers.

  1. Inspect ordered rules, source and destination zones, network and port conditions and matching connection events.
  2. Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.
  3. Review supported Snort intrusion rule conditions and select narrowly scoped tuning, suppression or rule-state changes with tests.
  4. Inspect intrusion rule identity, traffic payload sample, triggered variables and event distribution before and after tuning.
  5. Known benign test flows stop generating the false alert while genuine matching malicious patterns remain detectable.
  6. Define and review reusable network or host objects with scoped references and test impacted policies before edits.

Explanation

Correct Answers

C:

Appropriate implementation: Review supported Snort intrusion rule conditions and select narrowly scoped tuning, suppression or rule-state changes with tests. Case details: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

D:

Direct independent How to verify: Inspect intrusion rule identity, traffic payload sample, triggered variables and event distribution before and after tuning.

E:

Required acceptance evidence: Known benign test flows stop generating the false alert while genuine matching malicious patterns remain detectable. Case details: A responder disables an entire inspection policy to avoid one noisy rule without checking a targeted suppression or tuning option. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This alternative describes a different control, Access control policy ordering and default behavior, rather than this scenario’s Custom intrusion rules and rule-set tuning: Inspect ordered rules, source and destination zones, network and port conditions and matching connection events.

B:

Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume suppressing or disabling all intrusion events is the only way to handle one noisy signature.

F:

That option would define and review reusable network or host objects with scoped references and test impacted policies before edits, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Intrusion signatures and their policy actions can be tuned with context; disabling broad prevention sacrifices coverage unrelated to one alert.

Securing Networks with Cisco Firewalls (300-710) Practice Tests