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The HashiCorp VA-002-P (HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate) Exam is a certification exam designed for IT professionals who want to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in using HashiCorp Vault. Vault is a popular open-source tool that provides secure storage and management of secrets, such as passwords, API keys, and certificates. The exam covers various topics related to Vault, including installation and configuration, access control, secrets management, and high availability.
The HashiCorp VA-002-P certification exam is an industry-recognized certification that focuses on the knowledge and skills required to effectively use HashiCorp's Vault product. This certification is ideal for professionals who are responsible for managing secrets and protecting sensitive data in their organization. By obtaining this certification, candidates can demonstrate their expertise in the use of Vault and their ability to secure critical data.
NEW QUESTION # 92
Which is not a benefit of running HashiCorp Vault in your environment?
- A. Consolidate static, long-lived passwords used throughout your organization
- B. Integrate with your code repository to pull secrets when deploying your applications
- C. The ability to generate dynamic secrets for applications and resource access
- D. Act as root or intermediate certificate authority to automate the generation of PKI certificates
Answer: B
Explanation:
Vault does not integrate with any VCS (Version Control System) to checkout or read code. However, It can use GitHub as an auth method.
NEW QUESTION # 93
The following is a snippet from a Terraform configuration file:
1. provider "aws" {
2. region = "us-east-1"
3. }
4. provider "aws" {
5. region = "us-west-1"
6. }
which, when validated, results in the following error:-
1. Error: Duplicate provider configuration
2.
3. on main.tf line 5:
4. 5: provider "aws" {
5.
6. A default provider configuration for "aws" was already given at
7. main.tf:1,1-15. If multiple configurations are required, set the "______"
8. argument for alternative configurations.
Fill in the blank in the error message with the correct string from the list below.
- A. multi
- B. label
- C. alias
- D. version
Answer: C
Explanation:
An alias meta-argument is used when using the same provider with different configurations for different resources.
https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/providers.html#alias-multiple-provider-instances
NEW QUESTION # 94
By default, how long does the transit secrets engine store the resulting ciphertext?
- A. 24 hours
- B. 30 days
- C. 32 days
- D. transit does not store data
Answer: D
Explanation:
Vault does NOT store any data encrypted via the transit/encrypt endpoint. The output you received is the ciphertext. You can store this ciphertext at the desired location (e.g. MySQL database) or pass it to another application.
NEW QUESTION # 95
Which of the following Vault policies will allow a Vault client to read a secret stored at secrets/applications/app01/api_key?
- A. path "secrets/applications/" {
capabilities = ["read"]
allowed_parameters = {
"certificate" = []
}
} - B. path "secrets/*" {
capabilities = ["list"]
} - C. path "secrets/applications/app01/api_key" {
capabilities = ["update", "list"]
} - D. path "secrets/applications/+/api_*" {
capabilities = ["read"]
}
Answer: D
Explanation:
Wildcards and path segments can be used to allow access to a broader set of secrets rather than having to call out each individual secret itself. None of the other policies will allow a client to actually read the data stored at the path secrets/applications/app01/api_key
NEW QUESTION # 96
After decrypting data using the transit secrets engine, the plaintext output does not match the plaintext credit card number that you encrypted. Which of the following answers provides a solution?
1. $ vault write transit/decrypt/creditcard\ ciphertext="vault:v1:cZNHVx+sxdMErXRSuDa1q/pz49fXTn1PScKfhf+PIZPvy8xKfkytpwKcbC0fF2U=" \
2.
3. Key Value
4. --- -----
5. plaintext Y3JlZGl0LWNhcmQtbnVtYmVyCg==
- A. The resulting plaintext data is base64-encoded. To reveal the original plaintext, use the base64 --decode command.
- B. Vault is sealed, therefore the data cannot be decrypted. Unseal Vault to properly decrypt the data
- C. The data is corrupted. Execute the encryption command again using a different data key
- D. the user doesn't have permission to decrypt the data, therefore Vault returns false data so as not to reveal if the data was actually encrypted by Vault
Answer: A
Explanation:
All plaintext data must be base64-encoded. The reason for this requirement is that Vault does not require that the plaintext is "text". It could be a binary file such as a PDF or image. The easiest safe transport mechanism for this data as part of a JSON payload is to base64-encode it.
Reference link:- https://learn.hashicorp.com/vault/encryption-as-a-service/eaas-transit
NEW QUESTION # 97
Which of the following best describes a Terraform provider?
- A. describes an infrastructure object, such as a virtual network, compute instance, or other components
- B. a container for multiple resources that are used together
- C. serves as a parameter for a Terraform module that allows a module to be customized
- D. a plugin that Terraform uses to translate the API interactions with the service or provider
Answer: D
Explanation:
A provider is responsible for understanding API interactions and exposing resources. Providers generally are an IaaS (e.g., Alibaba Cloud, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack), PaaS (e.g., Heroku), or SaaS services (e.g., Terraform Cloud, DNSimple, CloudFlare).
NEW QUESTION # 98
Permissions for Vault backend functions are available at which path?
- A. system/
- B. vault/
- C. admin/
- D. backend/
- E. security/
- F. sys/
Answer: F
Explanation:
All backend system functions stored in the sys/ backend.
The system backend is a default backend in Vault that is mounted at the /sys endpoint. This endpoint cannot be disabled or moved, and is used to configure Vault and interact with many of Vault's internal features.
NEW QUESTION # 99
When using constraint expressions to signify a version of a provider, which of the following are valid provider versions that satisfy the expression found in the following code snippet: (select two)
1. terraform {
2. required_providers {
3. aws = "~> 1.2.0"
4. }
5. }
- A. 1.2.9
- B. 1.3.1
- C. 1.2.3
- D. 1.3.0
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
~> 1.2.0 will match any non-beta version of the provider between >= 1.2.0 and < 1.3.0. For example, 1.2.X
https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/modules.html#gt-1-2-0-1
NEW QUESTION # 100
The command vault lease revoke -prefix aws/ will revoke all leases associated with the secret engine mounted at aws/
- A. False
- B. True
Answer: B
Explanation:
The lease command groups subcommands for interacting with leases attached to secrets.
Subcommands:
renew Renews the lease of a secret
revoke Revokes leases and secrets
Using the '-prefix' flag allows you to revoke the entire tree of secrets.
NEW QUESTION # 101
Select the operating systems which are supported for a clustered Terraform Enterprise: (select four)
- A. Amazon Linux
- B. Ubuntu
- C. Unix
- D. Red Hat
- E. CentOS
Answer: A,B,D,E
Explanation:
Note: (5/27/20) This Question: has been recently updated to reflect documentation updates on the HashiCorp website. It seems they have removed the clustering-specific requirements and are now following the standard Enterprise operating system requirements.
Terraform Enterprise currently supports running under the following operating systems for a Clustered deployment:
- Ubuntu 16.04.3 - 16.04.5 / 18.04
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 through 7.7
- CentOS 7.4 - 7.7
- Amazon Linux
- Oracle Linux
Clusters currently don't support other Linux variants.
https://www.terraform.io/docs/enterprise/before-installing/index.html#operating-system-requirements
NEW QUESTION # 102
Which of the following statements best describes the Terraform list(...) type?
- A. a collection of unique values that do not have any secondary identifiers or ordering.
- B. a collection of values where each is identified by a string label.
- C. a sequence of values identified by consecutive whole numbers starting with zero.
- D. a collection of named attributes that each have their own type.
Answer: C
Explanation:
A terraform list is a sequence of values identified by consecutive whole numbers starting with zero.
https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/types.html#structural-types
NEW QUESTION # 103
What is the proper command to enable the AWS secrets engine at the default path?
- A. vault enable secrets aws
- B. vault secrets aws enable
- C. vault secrets enable aws
- D. vault enable aws secrets engine
Answer: C
Explanation:
The command format for enabling Vault features is vault <feature> <enable/disable> <name>, therefore the correct answer would be vault secrets enable aws
NEW QUESTION # 104
Terraform has detailed logs which can be enabled by setting the _________ environmental variable.
- A. TF_INFO
- B. TF_TRACE
- C. TF_LOG
- D. TF_DEBUG
Answer: C
Explanation:
Terraform has detailed logs that can be enabled by setting the TF_LOG environment variable to any value. This will cause detailed logs to appear on stderr.
You can set TF_LOG to one of the log levels TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, or ERROR to change the verbosity of the logs. TRACE is the most verbose and it is the default if TF_LOG is set to something other than a log level name.
https://www.terraform.io/docs/internals/debugging.html
NEW QUESTION # 105
True or False: Provisioners should only be used as a last resort.
- A. false
- B. true
Answer: B
Explanation:
Provisioners are used to execute scripts on a local or remote machine as part of resource creation or destruction. Provisioners can be used to bootstrap a resource, cleanup before destroy, run configuration management, etc. Even if the functionality you need is not available in a provider today, HashiCorp suggests that you consider local-exec usage as a temporary workaround and to open an issue in the relevant provider's repo to discuss adding first-class support.
NEW QUESTION # 106
From the unseal options listed below, select the options you can use if you're deploying Vault on-premises. (select four)
- A. certificates
- B. AWS KMS
- C. HSM PKCS11
- D. key shards
- E. transit
Answer: B,C,D,E
Explanation:
Certificates are not a valid unseal option for HashiCorp Vault.
NEW QUESTION # 107
What happens when a terraform apply command is executed?
- A. reconciles the state Terraform knows about with the real-world infrastructure
- B. the backend is initialized and the working directory is prepped
- C. applies the changes required in the target infrastructure in order to reach the desired configuration
- D. creates the execution plan for the deployment of resources
Answer: C
Explanation:
The terraform apply command is used to apply the changes required to reach the desired state of the configuration, or the pre-determined set of actions generated by a terraform plan execution plan.
NEW QUESTION # 108
The Terraform language supports a number of different syntaxes for comments. Select all that are supported. (select three)
- A. /* and */
- B. //
- C. #
- D. <* and *>
Answer: A,B,C
Explanation:
Terraform supports the #, //, and /*..*/ for commenting Terraform configuration files. Please use them when writing Terraform so both you and others who are using your code have a full understanding of what the code is intended to do.
https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/syntax.html#comments
NEW QUESTION # 109
Complete the following sentence:
The terraform state command can be used to ____
- A. there is no such command
- B. refresh the existing state
- C. view the entire state file
- D. modify the current state, such as removing items
Answer: D
Explanation:
The terraform state command is used for advanced state management. Rather than modify the state directly, the terraform state commands can be used in many cases instead.
https://www.terraform.io/docs/commands/state/index.html
NEW QUESTION # 110
True or False? Each Terraform workspace uses its own state file to manage the infrastructure associated with that particular workspace.
- A. False
- B. True
Answer: B
Explanation:
The persistent data stored in the backend belongs to a workspace. Initially, the backend has only one workspace, called "default", and thus there is only one Terraform state associated with that configuration.
NEW QUESTION # 111
Vault does not trust the storage backend.
- A. False
- B. True
Answer: B
Explanation:
Storage backends are not trusted by Vault and are only expected to render durability. The storage backend is configured when starting the Vault server.
Reference link:- https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/internals/architecture
NEW QUESTION # 112
Which TCP port does Vault use, by default, for its API and UI?
- A. 0
- B. 1
- C. 2
- D. 3
- E. 4
- F. 5
Answer: A
Explanation:
By default, Vault uses port 8200 for its API and UI.
8201 is used for the cluster to cluster communication,
8300 is used for Consul Server RPC,
8500 is used for the Consul interface,
8600 is used for Consul DNS,
and 8301 is used for its LAN gossip protocol.
NEW QUESTION # 113
Which of the following best describes a token accessor?
- A. a token used for Consul to access Vault auth methods
- B. a value that acts as a reference to a token which can be used to perform limited actions against the token
- C. a value that describes which clients have access to the attached token
- D. describes the value associated with the tokens TTL
Answer: B
Explanation:
When tokens are created, a token accessor is also created and returned. This accessor is a value that acts as a reference to a token and can only be used to perform limited actions:
- Lookup a token's properties (not including the actual token ID)
- Lookup a token's capabilities on a path
- Renew the token
- Revoke the token
Reference link:- https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/concepts/tokens#token-accessors
NEW QUESTION # 114
Which flag would be used within a Terraform configuration block to identify the specific version of a provider required?
- A. required-provider
- B. required-version
- C. required_providers
- D. required_versions
Answer: C
Explanation:
For production use, you should constrain the acceptable provider versions via configuration file to ensure that new versions with breaking changes will not be automatically installed by terraform init in the future. When terraform init is run without provider version constraints, it prints a suggested version constraint string for each provider For example:
terraform {
required_providers {
aws = ">= 2.7.0"
}
}
NEW QUESTION # 115
You want to encrypt a credit card number using the transit secrets engine. You enter the following command and receive an error. What can you do to ensure that the credit card number is properly encrypted and the ciphertext is returned?
1. $ vault write -format=json transit/encrypt/creditcards plaintext="1234 5678 9101 1121"
2. Error writing data to transit/encrypt/orders: Error making API request.
3.
4. URL: PUT http://10.25.16.165:8200/v1/transit/encrypt/creditcards
5. Code: 400. Errors:
6.
7. * illegal base64 data at input byte 4
- A. the token used to issue the encryption request does not have the appropriate permissions
- B. credit card numbers are not supported using the transit secrets engine since it is considered sensitive data
- C. the plain text data needs to be encoded to base64
- D. the credit card number should not include spaces
Answer: C
Explanation:
When you send data to Vault for encryption, it must be in the form of base64-encoded plaintext for safe transport.
NEW QUESTION # 116
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