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Cisco 350-201 Practice Test 21

Question 200

For an original CBRCOR educational scenario, consider: An architecture team describes two different public cloud providers as one private cloud because both are reached by VPN. Select THREE compatible elements: a proper correction, a targeted diagnostic and an acceptance result.

  1. Result: The diagram correctly labels each hosting boundary and avoids assuming shared security responsibilities across unlike environments.
  2. Result: Trend metrics identify the specific stage that slows response and are reproducible from incident evidence.
  3. Change: Separate provider-managed runtime maintenance from customer responsibilities for application code, identities, secrets and data access on PaaS.
  4. Check: Trace workload locations, ownership, identity federation, physical administration and connectivity across a representative service.
  5. Check: Compare modeled incident losses with coverage triggers, sublimits, deductibles and proof-of-controls requirements.
  6. Change: Identify the deployment model and operational boundary for public, private, hybrid and multicloud architectures.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Deployment model describes hosting and governance boundaries, while multicloud describes use of more than one provider and can coexist with hybrid. Required intervention: Identify the deployment model and operational boundary for public, private, hybrid and multicloud architectures.

D:

Deployment model describes hosting and governance boundaries, while multicloud describes use of more than one provider and can coexist with hybrid. Acceptance: The diagram correctly labels each hosting boundary and avoids assuming shared security responsibilities across unlike environments.

F:

Deployment model describes hosting and governance boundaries, while multicloud describes use of more than one provider and can coexist with hybrid. Evidence: Trace workload locations, ownership, identity federation, physical administration and connectivity across a representative service.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Result: Trend metrics identify the specific stage that slows response and are reproducible from incident evidence. An architecture team describes two different public cloud providers as one private cloud because both are reached by VPN.

C:

Change: Separate provider-managed runtime maintenance from customer responsibilities for application code, identities, secrets and data access on PaaS. Deployment model describes hosting and governance boundaries, while multicloud describes use of more than one provider and can coexist with hybrid.

E:

Check: Compare modeled incident losses with coverage triggers, sublimits, deductibles and proof-of-controls requirements. An architecture team describes two different public cloud providers as one private cloud because both are reached by VPN.

Question 201

A SOC analyst is examining this cybersecurity operations situation: An IaaS virtual server runs an unpatched guest OS while the customer assumes the cloud provider automatically hardens every installed package. A proposed shortcut is: Leave guest operating systems unpatched because IaaS providers always perform customer application administration. What should the SOC analyst recommend as the narrowly scoped correction? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties.
  2. Validate the attack pattern and coordinate rate controls, upstream mitigation and service-health monitoring through the DDoS playbook.
  3. Leave guest operating systems unpatched because IaaS providers always perform customer application administration.
  4. Match containment urgency to evidence, blast radius and predefined approval authority, documenting alternative isolation options.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

This targeted action addresses the observed security or operational control gap without discarding necessary controls. Applied case: An IaaS virtual server runs an unpatched guest OS while the customer assumes the cloud provider automatically hardens every installed package.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Validate the attack pattern and coordinate rate controls, upstream mitigation and service-health monitoring through the DDoS playbook. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

C:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. For this best change assessment, the shortcut changes or bypasses the necessary correctness, governance or operational boundary rather than correcting it.

D:

Match containment urgency to evidence, blast radius and predefined approval authority, documenting alternative isolation options. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

Question 202

A Cisco cybersecurity incident response review finds: An IaaS virtual server runs an unpatched guest OS while the customer assumes the cloud provider automatically hardens every installed package. The team proposes: Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties. Which engineering principle most strongly supports the recommended response? Select ONE best answer.

  1. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.
  2. Government assurance depends on designated system categorization, assessed controls and authorization scope; unrelated certificates are not substitutes.
  3. Restoration alone can reintroduce compromise when the entry point, credential abuse or altered deployment artifacts remain active.
  4. Branches distinguish confirmed compromise from suspicious observation and prevent a fixed response from causing avoidable business damage.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Demonstrable success requires: The cloud VM follows customer-owned guest and access controls without falsely attributing them to the provider. This principle explains the proposed technical approach, which is: Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Government assurance depends on designated system categorization, assessed controls and authorization scope; unrelated certificates are not substitutes. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

C:

This option addresses a different security operations topic (Website-defacement response workflow) rather than the documented IaaS guest responsibility versus provider platform decision.

D:

Branches distinguish confirmed compromise from suspicious observation and prevent a fixed response from causing avoidable business damage. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

Question 203

The SOC team has not yet approved changes. Current evidence indicates: An IaaS virtual server runs an unpatched guest OS while the customer assumes the cloud provider automatically hardens every installed package. Which evidence best tests the technical diagnosis before approving a disruptive change? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Compare the service contract, guest patch inventory, security groups and administration paths for the vulnerable VM.
  2. Test normal, false-positive and third-party-failure paths against recorded decision criteria and communications.
  3. Inspect personal-data flows, financial reporting systems, report criteria and contractual assurance scope separately.
  4. Compare modeled incident losses with coverage triggers, sublimits, deductibles and proof-of-controls requirements.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. Applied case: An IaaS virtual server runs an unpatched guest OS while the customer assumes the cloud provider automatically hardens every installed package.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Test normal, false-positive and third-party-failure paths against recorded decision criteria and communications. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

C:

Inspect personal-data flows, financial reporting systems, report criteria and contractual assurance scope separately. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

D:

Compare modeled incident losses with coverage triggers, sublimits, deductibles and proof-of-controls requirements. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

Question 204

A candidate correction has been tested and the platform team requires a post-change acceptance check. Original problem: An IaaS virtual server runs an unpatched guest OS while the customer assumes the cloud provider automatically hardens every installed package. 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.

  1. Trend metrics identify the specific stage that slows response and are reproducible from incident evidence.
  2. The cloud VM follows customer-owned guest and access controls without falsely attributing them to the provider.
  3. Applications use restricted credentials and approved data permissions while platform maintenance follows the correct provider contract.
  4. The case can be audited from initial alert through validated recovery and documented corrective action.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. The approved implementation step was: Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Trend metrics identify the specific stage that slows response and are reproducible from incident evidence. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

C:

Applications use restricted credentials and approved data permissions while platform maintenance follows the correct provider contract. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

D:

The case can be audited from initial alert through validated recovery and documented corrective action. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

Question 205

An implementation sign-off request identifies the following problem: An IaaS virtual server runs an unpatched guest OS while the customer assumes the cloud provider automatically hardens every installed package. Which paired technical change and validation should close the implementation review? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Change: Measure detection, acknowledgment, containment and recovery intervals with consistent event definitions and representative incident populations. Verify: Recalculate detection and containment durations from source alert, first malicious activity, intervention and restoration timestamps.
  2. Change: Select a permitted endpoint-response collection tool and prioritize volatile evidence according to the case and chain-of-custody policy. Verify: Compare required artifacts against EDR collection capabilities, endpoint access and evidence hash or timestamp requirements.
  3. Change: Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties. Verify: Compare the service contract, guest patch inventory, security groups and administration paths for the vulnerable VM.
  4. Change: Map federal-system requirements to applicable FISMA and NIST risk-management guidance and verify FedRAMP authorization scope where relevant. Verify: Review agency system boundary, NIST control baseline, authorization package and cloud service FedRAMP listing.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. The change is successful only when: The cloud VM follows customer-owned guest and access controls without falsely attributing them to the provider.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Change: Measure detection, acknowledgment, containment and recovery intervals with consistent event definitions and representative incident populations. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

B:

Change: Select a permitted endpoint-response collection tool and prioritize volatile evidence according to the case and chain-of-custody policy. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

D:

Change: Map federal-system requirements to applicable FISMA and NIST risk-management guidance and verify FedRAMP authorization scope where relevant. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

Question 206

A SOC analyst is examining this cybersecurity operations situation: A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls. A proposed shortcut is: Leave guest operating systems unpatched because IaaS providers always perform customer application administration. What should the SOC analyst recommend as the narrowly scoped correction? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Separate provider-managed runtime maintenance from customer responsibilities for application code, identities, secrets and data access on PaaS.
  2. Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties.
  3. Leave guest operating systems unpatched because IaaS providers always perform customer application administration.
  4. Measure detection, acknowledgment, containment and recovery intervals with consistent event definitions and representative incident populations.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

This targeted action addresses the observed security or operational control gap without discarding necessary controls. Applied case: A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Separate provider-managed runtime maintenance from customer responsibilities for application code, identities, secrets and data access on PaaS. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

C:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. Use this instead: Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties.

D:

Measure detection, acknowledgment, containment and recovery intervals with consistent event definitions and representative incident populations. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

Question 207

A Cisco cybersecurity incident response review finds: A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls. The team proposes: Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties. Which engineering principle most strongly supports the recommended response? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Branches distinguish confirmed compromise from suspicious observation and prevent a fixed response from causing avoidable business damage.
  2. Accepting residual risk is an informed governance decision after threats, remaining exposure and mitigation feasibility are described.
  3. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.
  4. Payment-card data environments require scoping and control evidence tied to card processing, storage and transmission, not a generic assurance label.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Demonstrable success requires: The cloud VM follows customer-owned guest and access controls without falsely attributing them to the provider. Applied case: A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Branches distinguish confirmed compromise from suspicious observation and prevent a fixed response from causing avoidable business damage. A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls.

B:

Accepting residual risk is an informed governance decision after threats, remaining exposure and mitigation feasibility are described. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

D:

This option addresses a different security operations topic (PCI DSS and payment-card scope) rather than the documented IaaS guest responsibility versus provider platform decision.

Question 208

The SOC team has not yet approved changes. Current evidence indicates: A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls. Which evidence best tests the technical diagnosis before approving a disruptive change? Select ONE best answer.

  1. Recalculate detection and containment durations from source alert, first malicious activity, intervention and restoration timestamps.
  2. Compare the service contract, guest patch inventory, security groups and administration paths for the vulnerable VM.
  3. Test restored image integrity, credential invalidation, control alerts and service behavior with a staged re-entry scenario.
  4. Compare baseline and attack traffic, origin distribution, edge capacity and business request success before and after controls.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. Applied case: A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Recalculate detection and containment durations from source alert, first malicious activity, intervention and restoration timestamps. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

C:

Test restored image integrity, credential invalidation, control alerts and service behavior with a staged re-entry scenario. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

D:

Compare baseline and attack traffic, origin distribution, edge capacity and business request success before and after controls. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

Question 209

A candidate correction has been tested and the platform team requires a post-change acceptance check. Original problem: A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls. 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.

  1. The collection captures the needed volatile indicators without altering evidence beyond the authorized acquisition procedure.
  2. Business functions recover and previously observed malicious access paths fail under documented checks.
  3. Trend metrics identify the specific stage that slows response and are reproducible from incident evidence.
  4. The cloud VM follows customer-owned guest and access controls without falsely attributing them to the provider.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. The result must be validated using the documented device, service or access context.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The collection captures the needed volatile indicators without altering evidence beyond the authorized acquisition procedure. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

B:

Business functions recover and previously observed malicious access paths fail under documented checks. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

C:

Trend metrics identify the specific stage that slows response and are reproducible from incident evidence. A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls.

Question 210

For an original CBRCOR educational scenario, consider: A public virtual machine is exposed on administrative ports, but its owner believes the provider's data-center locks replace guest network controls. Select TWO complementary steps: the targeted correction and its strongest prechange validation.

  1. Change: Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties.
  2. Check: Trace workload locations, ownership, identity federation, physical administration and connectivity across a representative service.
  3. Check: Compare the service contract, guest patch inventory, security groups and administration paths for the vulnerable VM.
  4. Change: Record risk treatment choices, compensating controls, accountable acceptance and scheduled re-evaluation for the affected system.
  5. Leave guest operating systems unpatched because IaaS providers always perform customer application administration.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. Acceptance: The cloud VM follows customer-owned guest and access controls without falsely attributing them to the provider.

C:

In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility. Required intervention: Assign guest operating-system hardening, identity policy and network exposure controls to the IaaS customer while recording provider infrastructure duties.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Check: Trace workload locations, ownership, identity federation, physical administration and connectivity across a representative service. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

D:

Change: Record risk treatment choices, compensating controls, accountable acceptance and scheduled re-evaluation for the affected system. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

E:

For this select two assessment, the shortcut changes or bypasses the necessary correctness, governance or operational boundary rather than correcting it. In IaaS the provider protects underlying cloud infrastructure, but the customer manages guest configuration and workloads under shared responsibility.

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