Question 330
An operations review at a service-provider edge has corrected: A regional operations group clones a standard snippet expecting its production associations to be copied automatically, but no devices change. Which observation specifically confirms success?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The target devices receive the new snippet revision while the original association remains intact. This evidence directly tests the intended corrective action: Associate the cloned snippet explicitly with approved folders and deploy it. It confirms the failure mechanism—Cloned snippets are separate definitions without inherited target associations.—has been addressed in the actual affected flow.
Incorrect Answers
A pilot and then intended branches show the new approved version without policy regression. This would verify resolution of a different case: A new version of a predefined snippet is published while several branches still use an older opted-in revision. It does not show that the reported issue was fixed or that its intended action—Associate the cloned snippet explicitly with approved folders and deploy it.—worked.
The named firewalls show the selected active snippet version and intended controls. This would verify resolution of a different case: An SOC intends to use a library-provided snippet but assumes selecting it in the library automatically pushes the new config. It does not show that the reported issue was fixed or that its intended action—Associate the cloned snippet explicitly with approved folders and deploy it.—worked.
Only the pilot receives the new snippet until explicit production approval. This would verify resolution of a different case: A snippet is associated with a folder containing both test and production devices, but an engineer expects only the pilot firewall to receive it. It does not show that the reported issue was fixed or that its intended action—Associate the cloned snippet explicitly with approved folders and deploy it.—worked.