Question 230
At Aspen Digital, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting advisory applications and shared files: A security automation calls a REST endpoint with GET to perform a state change and ignores the documented API semantics. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
An integration test confirms read calls cannot mutate resources and a correct write is audited. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A security automation calls a REST endpoint with GET to perform a state change and ignores the documented API semantics. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Use the documented HTTP method and schema and validate desired operation before execution—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Aspen Digital.
Incorrect Answers
A timeout replay leaves one intended policy object and logs a definitive final state. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A script repeats a failed create request after a network timeout and generates duplicate security objects, usually addressed by Use supported idempotent operations or check for an existing resource before retrying writes. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aspen Digital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An integration test confirms read calls cannot mutate resources and a correct write is audited.
The collected count matches the API's reported total without duplicate events. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A script calls a paginated security events endpoint once and silently omits later pages, usually addressed by Iterate documented pagination links or continuation tokens until the bounded result set is exhausted. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aspen Digital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An integration test confirms read calls cannot mutate resources and a correct write is audited.
A schema-change test fails safely with a useful diagnostic rather than applying an incorrect policy. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An orchestration script receives JSON from a firewall API but assumes a field is always present and crashes, usually addressed by Validate response structure and handle missing fields and error codes explicitly. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aspen Digital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An integration test confirms read calls cannot mutate resources and a correct write is audited.