11.3.3 Practice Questions Flashcards
Question 1.
A tech director evaluates the benefits of implementing automation and orchestration into the organization after receiving approval and funding notification for the annual budget.
Knowing several benefits tied to automation, what challenges exist when managing automation? (Select three.)
answer
Implementation time
Staff retention
Correct Answer:
Single point of failure
Correct Answer:
Cost
Applying patches and updates
Correct Answer:
Technical debt
Risk of human error
Correct Answer:
Single point of failure
Correct Answer:
Cost
Correct Answer:
Technical debt
Question 2.
As a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst for a large financial institution that deals with high volumes of alerts and potential threats, what crucial benefit does implementing automation and orchestration in security operations provide?
answer
-Automation and orchestration simplify the nature of threats and reduce the volume of alerts.
-Automation and orchestration enable repetitive tasks to be performed quickly and consistently, minimizing human error.
-Automation and orchestration eliminate the need for human intervention in security operations.
-Automation and orchestration help to cut costs by reducing the number of cybersecurity professionals needed.
Correct Answer:
-Automation and orchestration enable repetitive tasks to be performed quickly and consistently, minimizing human error.
Question 3.
Upon receiving additional funding for the new quarter, a software team leader looks to acquire new automation and orchestration tools to enhance the IT department.
What is NOT considered a benefit of automation and orchestration implementation for infrastructure management?
answer
Saving time and resources by allowing configurations to deploy quickly
Enforcing standardized baselines through configuration management tools
Enhancing scalability and flexibility by simplifying deployment
Enforcing standardized configurations to ensure consistency
Correct Answer:
Enforcing standardized baselines through configuration management tools
Question 4.
A tech department evaluates the benefits of automation and scripting after recently acquiring new funding.
What capability within automation and scripting allows developers to regularly merge their changes back to the main code branch and evaluate each merge automatically to help detect and fix integration problems?
answer
User provisioning
Guardrails
Resource provisioning
Continuous integration and testing
Correct Answer:
Continuous integration and testing
Question 5.
Which of the following is a benefit of infrastructure management automation?
answer
Increasing the volume of manual, routine tasks
Increasing operator fatigue
Reducing the risk of human error
Decreasing the efficiency of security operations
Correct Answer:
Reducing the risk of human error
Question 6.
A company has been experiencing issues with operator fatigue within the cybersecurity team, leading to decreased alertness and cognitive function.
Considering different strategies to help combat this issue, how can automation and orchestration assist in addressing operator fatigue in security operations?
answer
-By enforcing standardized baselines and overriding unauthorized changes.
-By increasing the complexity of the company’s systems and processes.
-By automating routine tasks, allowing cybersecurity personnel to focus on more complex, strategic issues.
-By reducing the initial cost of implementing security measures.
Correct Answer:
By automating routine tasks, allowing cybersecurity personnel to focus on more complex, strategic issues.
Question 7.
In an IT environment, automation and scripting play a critical role in managing services and access.
How does automation assist security analysts in their daily tasks?
answer
-By facilitating the development of more complex systems such as SOAR platforms.
-By enabling and disabling services, modifying access rights, and maintaining the lifecycle of IT resources.
-By improving the efficiency of ticketing platforms.
-By helping in user and resource provisioning.
Correct Answer:
By enabling and disabling services, modifying access rights, and maintaining the lifecycle of IT resources.
Question 8.
A cybersecurity analyst works in an organization with several legacy systems with undocumented code and poorly maintained integrations.
How can the cybersecurity analyst address the technical debt associated with these legacy systems using automation and orchestration?
answer
0Avoid implementing automation and orchestration to prevent system instability.
-Apply automated patches and updates without understanding the systems’ complexities.
-Utilize automation and orchestration to improve documentation and maintenance of the code and integrations.
-Ignore technical debt as it poses no immediate security risk.
Correct Answer:
Utilize automation and orchestration to improve documentation and maintenance of the code and integrations.
Question 9.
What advantages can automation and scripting bring to IT operations ticketing platforms?
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-Services and access are better managed within an IT environment.
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-Support tickets are automatically generated and routed for incidents detected by monitoring systems.
-Automated testing helps improve code quality and speeds up development cycles.
-Security policies are enforced to prevent risky activities and unauthorized behavior.
Correct Answer:
-Support tickets are automatically generated and routed for incidents detected by monitoring systems.
Question 10.
A third-party escalation team participates in a newly contracted project with numerous cyber teams. Being unfamiliar with cyberspace, the escalation team struggles to understand concepts and naming conventions.
What is automation and orchestration also known as?
answer
Workforce multiplier
Resource provisioning
User provisioning
Guardrail
Correct Answer:
Workforce multiplier
