Cisco 350-201 Practice Test 102
Question 1010
For an original CBRCOR educational scenario, consider: A response action returns HTTP 404 for an endpoint device ID that does not exist but the playbook reports successful containment. Select TWO complementary steps: the targeted correction and its strongest prechange validation.
- Change: Use a durable event identifier, bounded retry semantics and complete response traversal when modifying the incident workflow.
- Check: Trace one rule change from commit to test results, approvals, artifact identity and observed production monitoring.
- Check: Record request identity, token scope, endpoint path, exact code and error body in controlled test cases.
- Change: Interpret authentication, authorization and resource-not-found status distinctly before remediating or escalating an API workflow.
- Treat every 4xx response as success once the network connection was established.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Required intervention: Interpret authentication, authorization and resource-not-found status distinctly before remediating or escalating an API workflow.
D:Acceptance: Unauthorized actions fail clearly and the selected remediation matches the observed error rather than blind retries.
Incorrect Answers
A:Change: Use a durable event identifier, bounded retry semantics and complete response traversal when modifying the incident workflow. HTTP 401 generally concerns authentication, 403 access refusal and 404 missing resources, subject to the provider's documented contract.
B:Check: Trace one rule change from commit to test results, approvals, artifact identity and observed production monitoring. HTTP 401 generally concerns authentication, 403 access refusal and 404 missing resources, subject to the provider's documented contract.
E:HTTP 401 generally concerns authentication, 403 access refusal and 404 missing resources, subject to the provider's documented contract. Applied case: A response action returns HTTP 404 for an endpoint device ID that does not exist but the playbook reports successful containment.
Question 1011
A SOC analyst is examining this cybersecurity operations situation: A Cisco response API acknowledges an isolation job with 202 Accepted and a task ID, but the analyst closes the incident before task completion. A proposed shortcut is: Mark all 202 responses completed and all 429 responses benign without further investigation. What should the SOC analyst recommend as the narrowly scoped correction? Select ONE best answer.
- Mark all 202 responses completed and all 429 responses benign without further investigation.
- Automate deterministic enrichment and routing while reserving ambiguous or high-impact decisions for evidence-based human approval.
- Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results.
- Introduce confidence gates, human approval for disruptive actions, recorded decision provenance and supported rollback in the SOAR workflow.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:This targeted action addresses the observed security or operational control gap without discarding necessary controls. Applied case: A Cisco response API acknowledges an isolation job with 202 Accepted and a task ID, but the analyst closes the incident before task completion.
Incorrect Answers
A:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. For this best change assessment, the shortcut changes or bypasses the necessary correctness, governance or operational boundary rather than correcting it.
B:Automate deterministic enrichment and routing while reserving ambiguous or high-impact decisions for evidence-based human approval. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
D:Introduce confidence gates, human approval for disruptive actions, recorded decision provenance and supported rollback in the SOAR workflow. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Question 1012
A Cisco cybersecurity incident response review finds: A Cisco response API acknowledges an isolation job with 202 Accepted and a task ID, but the analyst closes the incident before task completion. The team proposes: Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results. Which engineering principle most strongly supports the recommended response? Select ONE best answer.
- Python control flow and exception boundaries determine whether an isolated lookup error corrupts a batch or leaves misleading state.
- HTTP responses carry a status, headers and optional body; successful no-content responses need not contain JSON.
- Orchestration can magnify an incorrect detector decision unless risky response actions are controlled and reversible.
- A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:Demonstrable success requires: Final case status reflects verified completion or failure, and delayed enrichments remain traceable. Applied case: A Cisco response API acknowledges an isolation job with 202 Accepted and a task ID, but the analyst closes the incident before task completion.
Incorrect Answers
A:Python control flow and exception boundaries determine whether an isolated lookup error corrupts a batch or leaves misleading state. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
B:HTTP responses carry a status, headers and optional body; successful no-content responses need not contain JSON. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
C:Orchestration can magnify an incorrect detector decision unless risky response actions are controlled and reversible. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Question 1013
The SOC team has not yet approved changes. Current evidence indicates: A Cisco response API acknowledges an isolation job with 202 Accepted and a task ID, but the analyst closes the incident before task completion. Which evidence best tests the technical diagnosis before approving a disruptive change? Select ONE best answer.
- Compare raw response content type, parser output and rendered report for one controlled incident record.
- Test two good indicators and one timed-out lookup with mocked responses, checking result mapping and exit status.
- Emulate an accepted-then-failed action and a throttled lookup with Retry-After and inspect recorded states.
- Test the supported batch threshold and a lost-response case while reconciling actual device action IDs and outcomes.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. Applied case: A Cisco response API acknowledges an isolation job with 202 Accepted and a task ID, but the analyst closes the incident before task completion.
Incorrect Answers
A:Compare raw response content type, parser output and rendered report for one controlled incident record. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
B:Test two good indicators and one timed-out lookup with mocked responses, checking result mapping and exit status. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
D:Test the supported batch threshold and a lost-response case while reconciling actual device action IDs and outcomes. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Question 1014
A candidate correction has been tested and the platform team requires a post-change acceptance check. Original problem: A Cisco response API acknowledges an isolation job with 202 Accepted and a task ID, but the analyst closes the incident before task completion. The response owner needs positive and negative results and evidence that legitimate security and business workflows still function. Which acceptance result demonstrates correct security operations behavior without disrupting authorized workflows? Select ONE best answer.
- Final case status reflects verified completion or failure, and delayed enrichments remain traceable.
- Alerts retain correct identifiers, timestamps and indicator attributes after parsing without silent row splitting.
- Only validated authorized indicators progress and no credentials appear in source files or logs.
- Every intended authorized device is processed once logically and partial or ambiguous outcomes are surfaced for review.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. The result must be validated using the documented device, service or access context.
Incorrect Answers
B:Alerts retain correct identifiers, timestamps and indicator attributes after parsing without silent row splitting. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
C:Only validated authorized indicators progress and no credentials appear in source files or logs. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
D:Every intended authorized device is processed once logically and partial or ambiguous outcomes are surfaced for review. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Question 1015
An implementation sign-off request identifies the following problem: A Cisco response API acknowledges an isolation job with 202 Accepted and a task ID, but the analyst closes the incident before task completion. Which paired technical change and validation should close the implementation review? Select ONE best answer.
- Change: Validate status and media type before decoding an optional body, and follow documented headers for limits and continuation. Verify: Inspect mock 200, 202 and 204 responses with headers and query continuation metadata for all paths.
- Change: Quote variable expansions, validate paths, preserve logs and check command exit status before moving or deleting any evidence. Verify: Run test fixtures with whitespace, unset variables and controlled failures in a disposable directory.
- Change: Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results. Verify: Emulate an accepted-then-failed action and a throttled lookup with Retry-After and inspect recorded states.
- Change: Trace the script's parsing, conditional logic and collection operations, using typed decoded event fields for reliable classification. Verify: Run the script against a fixture with successes, failures, missing fields and nested JSON values and compare expected counts.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. The change is successful only when: Final case status reflects verified completion or failure, and delayed enrichments remain traceable.
Incorrect Answers
A:Change: Validate status and media type before decoding an optional body, and follow documented headers for limits and continuation. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
B:This option addresses a different security operations topic (Bash log selection and safe file processing) rather than the documented HTTP 202 and 429 security action states decision.
D:This option addresses a different security operations topic (Python SOC log parsing and grouping) rather than the documented HTTP 202 and 429 security action states decision.
Question 1016
A SOC analyst is examining this cybersecurity operations situation: A threat feed responds 429 with a retry interval and the SOC silently drops the indicator as a negative match. A proposed shortcut is: Mark all 202 responses completed and all 429 responses benign without further investigation. What should the SOC analyst recommend as the narrowly scoped correction? Select ONE best answer.
- Interpret authentication, authorization and resource-not-found status distinctly before remediating or escalating an API workflow.
- Mark all 202 responses completed and all 429 responses benign without further investigation.
- Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results.
- Use shared versioned automation, small reviewed changes, continuous feedback, observability and repeatable recovery practices.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:This targeted action addresses the observed security or operational control gap without discarding necessary controls. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Incorrect Answers
A:Interpret authentication, authorization and resource-not-found status distinctly before remediating or escalating an API workflow. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
B:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. Use this instead: Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results.
D:Use shared versioned automation, small reviewed changes, continuous feedback, observability and repeatable recovery practices. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Question 1017
A Cisco cybersecurity incident response review finds: A threat feed responds 429 with a retry interval and the SOC silently drops the indicator as a negative match. The team proposes: Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results. Which engineering principle most strongly supports the recommended response? Select ONE best answer.
- A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
- Security automation must distinguish candidate input from approved action and avoid making logs a new credential exposure source.
- DevOps collaboration improves reliability when code, runbooks and operations telemetry describe the same reviewed deployment.
- HTTP 401 generally concerns authentication, 403 access refusal and 404 missing resources, subject to the provider's documented contract.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Demonstrable success requires: Final case status reflects verified completion or failure, and delayed enrichments remain traceable. This principle explains the proposed technical approach, which is: Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results.
Incorrect Answers
B:Security automation must distinguish candidate input from approved action and avoid making logs a new credential exposure source. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
C:DevOps collaboration improves reliability when code, runbooks and operations telemetry describe the same reviewed deployment. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
D:HTTP 401 generally concerns authentication, 403 access refusal and 404 missing resources, subject to the provider's documented contract. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Question 1018
The SOC team has not yet approved changes. Current evidence indicates: A threat feed responds 429 with a retry interval and the SOC silently drops the indicator as a negative match. Which evidence best tests the technical diagnosis before approving a disruptive change? Select ONE best answer.
- Compare parsed sample counts and fields for quoted CSV, nested JSON and namespaced XML reference records.
- Test two good indicators and one timed-out lookup with mocked responses, checking result mapping and exit status.
- Trace one incident through trigger ingestion, contextual enrichment, analyst approval, action outcome and case closure.
- Emulate an accepted-then-failed action and a throttled lookup with Retry-After and inspect recorded states.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. Applied case: A threat feed responds 429 with a retry interval and the SOC silently drops the indicator as a negative match.
Incorrect Answers
A:Compare parsed sample counts and fields for quoted CSV, nested JSON and namespaced XML reference records. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
B:Test two good indicators and one timed-out lookup with mocked responses, checking result mapping and exit status. A threat feed responds 429 with a retry interval and the SOC silently drops the indicator as a negative match.
C:Trace one incident through trigger ingestion, contextual enrichment, analyst approval, action outcome and case closure. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Question 1019
A candidate correction has been tested and the platform team requires a post-change acceptance check. Original problem: A threat feed responds 429 with a retry interval and the SOC silently drops the indicator as a negative match. The response owner needs positive and negative results and evidence that legitimate security and business workflows still function. Which acceptance result demonstrates correct security operations behavior without disrupting authorized workflows? Select ONE best answer.
- Tested detection logic is deployed with traceable results and failing rules remain blocked from promotion.
- Final case status reflects verified completion or failure, and delayed enrichments remain traceable.
- The playbook remains within quota and produces an explicit unavailable state rather than a fabricated malicious match.
- The client recognizes success without body content and retrieves all permitted paginated intelligence results.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. The approved implementation step was: Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results.
Incorrect Answers
A:Tested detection logic is deployed with traceable results and failing rules remain blocked from promotion. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
C:The playbook remains within quota and produces an explicit unavailable state rather than a fabricated malicious match. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
D:The client recognizes success without body content and retrieves all permitted paginated intelligence results. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
Question 1020
For an original CBRCOR educational scenario, consider: A threat feed responds 429 with a retry interval and the SOC silently drops the indicator as a negative match. Select TWO complementary steps: the targeted correction and its strongest prechange validation.
- Change: Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results.
- Check: Emulate an accepted-then-failed action and a throttled lookup with Retry-After and inspect recorded states.
- Change: Use the provider-approved authentication scheme with protected headers, least-privilege token scope and redacted diagnostic logging.
- Check: Replay false-positive and confirmed malicious cases and inspect approval, timeout, cancellation and rollback outputs.
- Mark all 202 responses completed and all 429 responses benign without further investigation.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. Evidence: Emulate an accepted-then-failed action and a throttled lookup with Retry-After and inspect recorded states.
B:A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict. Required intervention: Handle asynchronous acceptance and throttling according to provider documentation, tracking final job status and deferred lookup results.
Incorrect Answers
C:Change: Use the provider-approved authentication scheme with protected headers, least-privilege token scope and redacted diagnostic logging. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
D:Check: Replay false-positive and confirmed malicious cases and inspect approval, timeout, cancellation and rollback outputs. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.
E:For this select two assessment, the shortcut changes or bypasses the necessary correctness, governance or operational boundary rather than correcting it. A 202 acknowledgment is not proof of completed execution, and 429 signals rate limiting rather than an indicator verdict.