Question 240
During a privileged access assessment at Silverline Labs, engineers say that they resolved this finding: A script repeats a failed create request after a network timeout and generates duplicate security objects. Which result provides the STRONGEST acceptance evidence?
Explanation
Correct Answer
A timeout replay leaves one intended policy object and logs a definitive final state. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A script repeats a failed create request after a network timeout and generates duplicate security objects. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Use supported idempotent operations or check for an existing resource before retrying writes—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Silverline Labs.
Incorrect Answers
An integration test confirms read calls cannot mutate resources and a correct write is audited. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A security automation calls a REST endpoint with GET to perform a state change and ignores the documented API semantics, usually addressed by Use the documented HTTP method and schema and validate desired operation before execution. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Silverline Labs was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A timeout replay leaves one intended policy object and logs a definitive final state.
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 Silverline Labs was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A timeout replay leaves one intended policy object and logs a definitive final state.
Source inspection finds no active secret and the intended API call succeeds under a scoped identity. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A Python script embeds a permanent security administrator API key in source code, usually addressed by Read credentials from an approved secret store or short-lived token service with least privilege. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Silverline Labs was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A timeout replay leaves one intended policy object and logs a definitive final state.