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Cisco 350-701 Practice Test 28

Question 270

At Briarwood Property Group, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting tenant applications and facility services: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?

  1. Unauthorized lateral traffic is denied without requiring an Internet-edge crossing.
  2. Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement.
  3. Approved application traffic passes and unrelated tunneled applications are denied.
  4. Peak-load testing meets latency requirements while representative threats are detected.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Correct routing or session-state synchronization to maintain symmetric flow inspection—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Briarwood Property Group.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Unauthorized lateral traffic is denied without requiring an Internet-edge crossing. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A virtualized workload environment moves east-west traffic beyond a physical perimeter firewall's view, usually addressed by Place segmentation and inspection controls at a virtual or workload network boundary. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Briarwood Property Group was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement.

C:

Approved application traffic passes and unrelated tunneled applications are denied. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A firewall rule allows every application on TCP 443 although only a sanctioned service is needed, usually addressed by Apply supported application-aware policy matching rather than relying solely on destination ports. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Briarwood Property Group was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement.

D:

Peak-load testing meets latency requirements while representative threats are detected. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A security manager enables intrusion inspection on all flows without measuring performance capacity, usually addressed by Size and scope inspection based on throughput, encrypted visibility, and policy criticality. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Briarwood Property Group was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement.

Question 271

A security engineer at Arborstone Tech reviews SaaS tenants and operational systems as part of a scheduled security controls review. The observed problem is: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. What is the BEST corrective action?

  1. Deploy an inline next-generation intrusion prevention capability with appropriate inspection and tuning.
  2. Choose distributed firewall enforcement with a centralized multidevice policy manager.
  3. Correct routing or session-state synchronization to maintain symmetric flow inspection.
  4. Size and scope inspection based on throughput, encrypted visibility, and policy criticality.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct routing or session-state synchronization to maintain symmetric flow inspection. This directly addresses the documented failure: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. For the Arborstone Tech environment, the measurable success condition is: Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Deploy an inline next-generation intrusion prevention capability with appropriate inspection and tuning. That action fits another problem: A data-center border uses only stateless filtering and cannot detect known exploit payloads in permitted sessions. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Arborstone Tech: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correct routing or session-state synchronization to maintain symmetric flow inspection.

B:

Choose distributed firewall enforcement with a centralized multidevice policy manager. That action fits another problem: An enterprise needs firewall control at every branch but centralized policy visibility across dozens of devices. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Arborstone Tech: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correct routing or session-state synchronization to maintain symmetric flow inspection.

D:

Size and scope inspection based on throughput, encrypted visibility, and policy criticality. That action fits another problem: A security manager enables intrusion inspection on all flows without measuring performance capacity. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Arborstone Tech: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correct routing or session-state synchronization to maintain symmetric flow inspection.

Question 272

During a scheduled security controls review at Arborstone Tech, engineers say that they resolved this finding: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. Which result provides the STRONGEST acceptance evidence?

  1. Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement.
  2. Peak-load testing meets latency requirements while representative threats are detected.
  3. Each branch enforces local policy while the manager reports synchronized deployment status.
  4. A benign permitted session passes while a test signature is identified and blocked.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: Traffic inspection fails on a cluster because asymmetric routing sends response packets through a different stateful node. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Correct routing or session-state synchronization to maintain symmetric flow inspection—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Arborstone Tech.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Peak-load testing meets latency requirements while representative threats are detected. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A security manager enables intrusion inspection on all flows without measuring performance capacity, usually addressed by Size and scope inspection based on throughput, encrypted visibility, and policy criticality. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Arborstone Tech was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement.

C:

Each branch enforces local policy while the manager reports synchronized deployment status. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An enterprise needs firewall control at every branch but centralized policy visibility across dozens of devices, usually addressed by Choose distributed firewall enforcement with a centralized multidevice policy manager. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Arborstone Tech was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement.

D:

A benign permitted session passes while a test signature is identified and blocked. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A data-center border uses only stateless filtering and cannot detect known exploit payloads in permitted sessions, usually addressed by Deploy an inline next-generation intrusion prevention capability with appropriate inspection and tuning. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Arborstone Tech was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Bidirectional flows remain established across failover without bypassing enforcement.

Question 273

At Sapphire Data Systems, during a planned service expansion, the security team is examining customer tenant services and cloud infrastructure. The finding is: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. Which action BEST addresses this specific security issue?

  1. Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.
  2. Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.
  3. Collect targeted packet captures at an authorized observation point with privacy safeguards.
  4. Baseline internal east-west flows and alert on new or unusual connection relationships.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume. This directly addresses the documented failure: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. For the Sapphire Data Systems environment, the measurable success condition is: An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry. That action fits another problem: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Sapphire Data Systems: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.

C:

Collect targeted packet captures at an authorized observation point with privacy safeguards. That action fits another problem: An incident investigation can see host logs but has no network packet context for a disputed event. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Sapphire Data Systems: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.

D:

Baseline internal east-west flows and alert on new or unusual connection relationships. That action fits another problem: Security dashboards show average packet rates but not anomalous lateral movement by a compromised workload. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Sapphire Data Systems: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.

Question 274

At Sapphire Data Systems, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting customer tenant services and cloud infrastructure: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?

  1. A time-bounded capture corroborates the protocol sequence without indiscriminate traffic retention.
  2. An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.
  3. The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.
  4. A seeded unauthorized lateral path is highlighted with both endpoints and baseline variance.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Sapphire Data Systems.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A time-bounded capture corroborates the protocol sequence without indiscriminate traffic retention. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An incident investigation can see host logs but has no network packet context for a disputed event, usually addressed by Collect targeted packet captures at an authorized observation point with privacy safeguards. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Sapphire Data Systems was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.

C:

The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host, usually addressed by Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Sapphire Data Systems was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.

D:

A seeded unauthorized lateral path is highlighted with both endpoints and baseline variance. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Security dashboards show average packet rates but not anomalous lateral movement by a compromised workload, usually addressed by Baseline internal east-west flows and alert on new or unusual connection relationships. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Sapphire Data Systems was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.

Question 275

A security engineer at Eastport Research Hospital reviews research systems and directory services as part of a security incident tabletop exercise. The observed problem is: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. What is the BEST corrective action?

  1. Centralize logs with controlled schema, index, least-privilege access, and retention.
  2. Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally.
  3. Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.
  4. Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume. This directly addresses the documented failure: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. For the Eastport Research Hospital environment, the measurable success condition is: An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Centralize logs with controlled schema, index, least-privilege access, and retention. That action fits another problem: Network telemetry exports all events but has no retention, access control, or searchable context. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Eastport Research Hospital: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.

B:

Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally. That action fits another problem: Several security devices record events with unrelated local clocks, preventing reliable timeline reconstruction. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Eastport Research Hospital: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.

C:

Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry. That action fits another problem: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Eastport Research Hospital: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.

Question 276

During a security incident tabletop exercise at Eastport Research Hospital, engineers say that they resolved this finding: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. Which result provides the STRONGEST acceptance evidence?

  1. Events from multiple devices order correctly within defined clock tolerance.
  2. The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.
  3. An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.
  4. Analysts retrieve an event chain by identity and time while unauthorized users are denied.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Eastport Research Hospital.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Events from multiple devices order correctly within defined clock tolerance. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Several security devices record events with unrelated local clocks, preventing reliable timeline reconstruction, usually addressed by Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Eastport Research Hospital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.

B:

The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host, usually addressed by Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Eastport Research Hospital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.

D:

Analysts retrieve an event chain by identity and time while unauthorized users are denied. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Network telemetry exports all events but has no retention, access control, or searchable context, usually addressed by Centralize logs with controlled schema, index, least-privilege access, and retention. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Eastport Research Hospital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.

Question 277

At Frostline Distribution, during a cross-team security policy review, the security team is examining warehouse and transport operations. The finding is: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. Which action BEST addresses this specific security issue?

  1. Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.
  2. Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume.
  3. Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally.
  4. Baseline internal east-west flows and alert on new or unusual connection relationships.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry. This directly addresses the documented failure: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. For the Frostline Distribution environment, the measurable success condition is: The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume. That action fits another problem: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Frostline Distribution: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.

C:

Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally. That action fits another problem: Several security devices record events with unrelated local clocks, preventing reliable timeline reconstruction. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Frostline Distribution: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.

D:

Baseline internal east-west flows and alert on new or unusual connection relationships. That action fits another problem: Security dashboards show average packet rates but not anomalous lateral movement by a compromised workload. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Frostline Distribution: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.

Question 278

At Frostline Distribution, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting warehouse and transport operations: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?

  1. Events from multiple devices order correctly within defined clock tolerance.
  2. An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence.
  3. The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.
  4. A seeded unauthorized lateral path is highlighted with both endpoints and baseline variance.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Frostline Distribution.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Events from multiple devices order correctly within defined clock tolerance. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Several security devices record events with unrelated local clocks, preventing reliable timeline reconstruction, usually addressed by Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Frostline Distribution was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.

B:

An anomalous outbound connection pattern is visible as aggregated network flow evidence. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A SOC needs to correlate high-volume connection behavior but collects only periodic interface counters, usually addressed by Enable appropriate flow records and analyze source, destination, ports, timestamps, and volume. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Frostline Distribution was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.

D:

A seeded unauthorized lateral path is highlighted with both endpoints and baseline variance. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Security dashboards show average packet rates but not anomalous lateral movement by a compromised workload, usually addressed by Baseline internal east-west flows and alert on new or unusual connection relationships. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Frostline Distribution was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.

Question 279

A security engineer at Aster Mutual reviews insurance services and customer records as part of a planned service expansion. The observed problem is: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. What is the BEST corrective action?

  1. Centralize logs with controlled schema, index, least-privilege access, and retention.
  2. Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally.
  3. Tune sampling and flow export parameters against detection goals and collector capacity.
  4. Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry. This directly addresses the documented failure: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. For the Aster Mutual environment, the measurable success condition is: The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Centralize logs with controlled schema, index, least-privilege access, and retention. That action fits another problem: Network telemetry exports all events but has no retention, access control, or searchable context. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Aster Mutual: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.

B:

Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally. That action fits another problem: Several security devices record events with unrelated local clocks, preventing reliable timeline reconstruction. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Aster Mutual: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.

C:

Tune sampling and flow export parameters against detection goals and collector capacity. That action fits another problem: A collector receives flow summaries but sampling is so aggressive that short suspicious connections are missed. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Aster Mutual: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry.

Question 280

During a planned service expansion at Aster Mutual, engineers say that they resolved this finding: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. Which result provides the STRONGEST acceptance evidence?

  1. Events from multiple devices order correctly within defined clock tolerance.
  2. Analysts retrieve an event chain by identity and time while unauthorized users are denied.
  3. A short controlled test flow is represented and long-term exporter utilization stays acceptable.
  4. The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: An incident response team sees encrypted traffic but cannot identify the affected application or host. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Correlate encrypted-flow metadata with endpoint identity, DNS, and allowed TLS telemetry—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Aster Mutual.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Events from multiple devices order correctly within defined clock tolerance. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Several security devices record events with unrelated local clocks, preventing reliable timeline reconstruction, usually addressed by Synchronize clocks using authenticated NTP and capture normalized timestamps centrally. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aster Mutual was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.

B:

Analysts retrieve an event chain by identity and time while unauthorized users are denied. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Network telemetry exports all events but has no retention, access control, or searchable context, usually addressed by Centralize logs with controlled schema, index, least-privilege access, and retention. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aster Mutual was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.

C:

A short controlled test flow is represented and long-term exporter utilization stays acceptable. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A collector receives flow summaries but sampling is so aggressive that short suspicious connections are missed, usually addressed by Tune sampling and flow export parameters against detection goals and collector capacity. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aster Mutual was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The investigation maps the suspicious flow to a device and application without exposing protected payloads.