1. What additional security features does the Vault Associate Professional certification focus on?
Advanced encryption and key management
Basic secret storage
Terraform automation
Cloud cost optimization
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✅ Correct Answer: Advanced encryption and key management
2. How does HashiCorp Vault ensure high availability?
By using Raft storage backend
By creating multiple API gateways
By storing secrets in a SQL database
By using serverless technology
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✅ Correct Answer: By using Raft storage backend
3. What is the primary role of the Vault Identity Secrets Engine?
To create and manage identity tokens
To store and rotate API keys
To encrypt filesystem data
To monitor application logs
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✅ Correct Answer: To create and manage identity tokens
4. Which Vault feature provides automatic rotation of secrets?
Dynamic Secrets
Transit Engine
Static Secrets
PKI Engine
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✅ Correct Answer: Dynamic Secrets
5. What is the purpose of the Vault Enterprise Replication feature?
To replicate data across multiple clusters for redundancy
To store secrets in multiple cloud providers
To enable multi-factor authentication
To create backups of encrypted data
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✅ Correct Answer: To replicate data across multiple clusters for redundancy
6. Which of the following best describes Vault’s Namespaces feature?
Logical separation of tenants within Vault
A way to store multiple versions of a secret
A method for encrypting API keys
A system for rotating SSH keys
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✅ Correct Answer: Logical separation of tenants within Vault
7. Which Vault component is responsible for managing encryption keys?
Transit Secrets Engine
Dynamic Secrets Engine
Identity Engine
Audit Log Engine
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✅ Correct Answer: Transit Secrets Engine
8. What is the default storage backend for Vault in high availability mode?
Integrated Storage (Raft)
AWS S3
MySQL
PostgreSQL
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✅ Correct Answer: Integrated Storage (Raft)
9. Which command is used to configure Vault audit logging?
vault audit enable
vault log start
vault operator audit
vault config logging
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✅ Correct Answer: vault audit enable
10. What is the purpose of the Vault AppRole authentication method?
To authenticate applications with Vault using role-based access
To allow human users to log into Vault
To create API keys for Vault authentication
To provide LDAP authentication
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✅ Correct Answer: To authenticate applications with Vault using role-based access
11. What does Vault’s Auto Unseal feature do?
Automatically unseals Vault using an external key management service
Disables Vault’s encryption temporarily
Allows root users to bypass authentication
Deletes old secrets stored in Vault
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✅ Correct Answer: Automatically unseals Vault using an external key management service
12. What is the purpose of Vault’s PKI Secrets Engine?
To generate and manage X.509 certificates
To store and encrypt API keys
To provide cloud access authentication
To monitor system logs
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✅ Correct Answer: To generate and manage X.509 certificates
13. What is the purpose of Vault’s Sentinel integration?
To enforce policies for security and compliance
To store encryption keys
To monitor Vault server health
To authenticate users with OAuth
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✅ Correct Answer: To enforce policies for security and compliance
14. Which command is used to generate a new Vault token?
vault token create
vault auth enable
vault generate token
vault policy apply
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✅ Correct Answer: vault token create
15. What is the purpose of Vault’s Lease feature?
To define time-limited access to secrets
To store API keys in memory
To restrict Vault access to root users
To rotate master encryption keys
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✅ Correct Answer: To define time-limited access to secrets
16. What is the primary benefit of using Vault Agent?
It automates authentication and secret retrieval
It provides a CLI for Vault management
It monitors Vault server performance
It integrates Vault with Kubernetes
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✅ Correct Answer: It automates authentication and secret retrieval
17. Which Vault command is used to configure policies?
vault policy write
vault token create
vault secret enable
vault auth list
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✅ Correct Answer: vault policy write
18. What is the main advantage of using Namespaces in Vault Enterprise?
Multi-tenancy support within a single Vault instance
Faster replication across clusters
Automatic key rotation
Enables LDAP authentication
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✅ Correct Answer: Multi-tenancy support within a single Vault instance
19. How does Vault support encryption at rest?
By encrypting all data before writing it to storage
By storing encryption keys externally
By requiring TLS for all Vault connections
By using client-side encryption
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✅ Correct Answer: By encrypting all data before writing it to storage
20. What is the purpose of Vault’s Tokenization feature?
To replace sensitive data with non-sensitive placeholders
To generate API keys for cloud authentication
To create long-lived Vault tokens
To encrypt entire databases
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✅ Correct Answer: To replace sensitive data with non-sensitive placeholders
21. What is the purpose of Vault Enterprise's HSM integration?
To securely manage encryption keys using hardware security modules
To increase storage capacity
To authenticate physical servers
To monitor hardware performance
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✅ Correct Answer: To securely manage encryption keys using hardware security modules
22. Which Vault feature provides detailed audit trails of all operations?
Audit Devices
Sentinel Logging
Transit Engine Logs
Dynamic Secrets Tracking
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✅ Correct Answer: Audit Devices
23. What is the purpose of Vault's Control Groups feature?
To require multiple approvals for sensitive operations
To organize policies into groups
To manage authentication methods
To control replication settings
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✅ Correct Answer: To require multiple approvals for sensitive operations
24. Which command is used to enable Vault's Disaster Recovery replication?
vault write sys/replication/dr/primary/enable
vault replication enable dr
vault dr enable
vault config replication dr
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✅ Correct Answer: vault write sys/replication/dr/primary/enable
25. What is the purpose of Vault's Seal Wrap feature?
To provide additional encryption for critical data
To automatically seal Vault after inactivity
To wrap secrets in multiple encryption layers
To protect against brute force attacks
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✅ Correct Answer: To provide additional encryption for critical data
26. Which Vault Enterprise feature allows for multi-region deployments?
Performance Replication
Namespace Mirroring
Global Tokens
Cross-Region Policies
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✅ Correct Answer: Performance Replication
27. What is the purpose of Vault's Response Wrapping feature?
To securely deliver secrets to clients
To encrypt audit logs
To compress secret data
To authenticate API requests
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✅ Correct Answer: To securely deliver secrets to clients
28. Which Vault command is used to manage disaster recovery replication?
vault operator
vault replication
vault dr
vault cluster
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✅ Correct Answer: vault operator
29. What is the purpose of Vault's MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) feature?
To add an additional authentication layer
To create multiple authentication methods
To authenticate across multiple Vault clusters
To enable federation with other services
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✅ Correct Answer: To add an additional authentication layer
30. Which Vault Enterprise feature provides namespace mirroring?
DR Replication
Performance Replication
Global Tokens
Cross-Cluster Policies
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✅ Correct Answer: DR Replication
31. What is the purpose of Vault's Password Policy feature?
To enforce complexity requirements for generated passwords
To manage user passwords
To rotate database passwords
To encrypt password storage
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✅ Correct Answer: To enforce complexity requirements for generated passwords
32. Which Vault command is used to manage the Raft storage backend?
vault operator raft
vault storage raft
vault raft
vault ha
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✅ Correct Answer: vault operator raft
33. What is the purpose of Vault's Transform Secrets Engine?
To tokenize and transform sensitive data
To convert between encryption formats
To migrate secrets between environments
To translate between authentication methods
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✅ Correct Answer: To tokenize and transform sensitive data
34. Which Vault Enterprise feature provides cross-cluster authentication?
Replicated Tokens
Global Namespaces
Federated Identity
Centralized Policies
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✅ Correct Answer: Replicated Tokens
35. What is the purpose of Vault's Key Management Secrets Engine?
To manage encryption keys in cloud KMS services
To rotate Vault's master key
To generate SSH keys
To store API keys
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✅ Correct Answer: To manage encryption keys in cloud KMS services
36. Which Vault feature provides detailed metrics about operations?
Telemetry
Audit Logs
Sentinel Reports
Performance Monitoring
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✅ Correct Answer: Telemetry
37. What is the purpose of Vault's Rate Limiting feature?
To prevent API abuse and ensure stability
To control secret access frequency
To limit authentication attempts
To throttle replication traffic
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✅ Correct Answer: To prevent API abuse and ensure stability
38. Which Vault Enterprise feature provides namespace quotas?
Resource Quotas
Performance Limits
Storage Caps
Token Restrictions
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✅ Correct Answer: Resource Quotas
39. What is the purpose of Vault's Disaster Recovery Mode?
To restore operations after a primary cluster failure
To recover deleted secrets
To rollback configuration changes
To test backup procedures
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✅ Correct Answer: To restore operations after a primary cluster failure
40. Which Vault command is used to manage the Auto Unseal configuration?
vault operator init
vault config unseal
vault auto-unseal
vault seal configure
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✅ Correct Answer: vault operator init
41. What is the purpose of Vault's Mount Filtering feature?
To restrict which mounts a token can access
To filter audit log entries
To limit secret engine visibility
To control replication traffic
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✅ Correct Answer: To restrict which mounts a token can access
42. Which Vault feature allows for automatic rotation of root credentials?
Dynamic Secrets
Transit Engine
Credentials Rotation
Root Token Rotation
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✅ Correct Answer: Dynamic Secrets
43. What is the purpose of Vault's Plugin Reload feature?
To update plugins without restarting Vault
To reload configuration files
To refresh authentication methods
To restart secret engines
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✅ Correct Answer: To update plugins without restarting Vault
44. Which Vault Enterprise feature provides cross-cluster policy synchronization?
Policy Replication
Global Policies
Centralized Policy Management
Federated Policy Sync
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✅ Correct Answer: Policy Replication
45. What is the purpose of Vault's Tokenization Service?
To replace sensitive data with non-sensitive tokens
To manage authentication tokens
To generate short-lived tokens
To encrypt token storage
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✅ Correct Answer: To replace sensitive data with non-sensitive tokens
46. Which command is used to check Vault's replication status?
vault read sys/replication/status
vault replication status
vault status replication
vault get replication
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✅ Correct Answer: vault read sys/replication/status
47. What is the purpose of Vault's Seal Migration feature?
To transfer encryption keys between seal types
To migrate between storage backends
To change unseal configurations
To upgrade Vault clusters
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✅ Correct Answer: To transfer encryption keys between seal types
48. Which Vault feature provides automatic failover in HA clusters?
Raft Consensus Protocol
Performance Replication
DR Replication
Active-Standby Mode
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✅ Correct Answer: Raft Consensus Protocol
49. What is the purpose of Vault's Storage Migration feature?
To move between storage backends without downtime
To backup Vault data
To replicate secrets
To upgrade storage capacity
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✅ Correct Answer: To move between storage backends without downtime
50. Which Vault Enterprise feature provides centralized monitoring?
Vault Radar
Telemetry Aggregation
Centralized Dashboard
Monitoring Replication
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✅ Correct Answer: Vault Radar
51. What is the purpose of Vault's Batch Tokens?
To provide lightweight tokens for high-volume operations
To authenticate batch jobs
To manage token expiration
To encrypt bulk data
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✅ Correct Answer: To provide lightweight tokens for high-volume operations
52. Which Vault feature allows for automatic unsealing using cloud KMS?
Auto Unseal
Cloud Seal
KMS Integration
Transit Auto-Unseal
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✅ Correct Answer: Auto Unseal
53. What is the purpose of Vault's Seal High Availability feature?
To ensure unseal keys are available across multiple nodes
To replicate seal configurations
To backup encryption keys
To enable multi-cloud sealing
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✅ Correct Answer: To ensure unseal keys are available across multiple nodes
54. Which Vault command is used to manage leases?
vault lease
vault token leases
vault manage leases
vault list leases
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✅ Correct Answer: vault lease
55. What is the purpose of Vault's Namespace Quotas?
To limit resource usage per namespace
To control secret access
To restrict authentication methods
To manage storage allocation
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✅ Correct Answer: To limit resource usage per namespace
56. Which Vault feature provides automatic snapshotting?
Integrated Storage Snapshots
Raft Backup
DR Snapshots
Auto-Backup
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✅ Correct Answer: Integrated Storage Snapshots
57. What is the purpose of Vault's Seal Rewrap feature?
To re-encrypt data with new encryption keys
To change seal configurations
To rotate unseal keys
To backup sealed data
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✅ Correct Answer: To re-encrypt data with new encryption keys
58. Which Vault Enterprise feature provides multi-cloud secret synchronization?
Performance Replication
Cloud Sync
Federated Secrets
Cross-Cloud Replication
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✅ Correct Answer: Performance Replication
59. What is the purpose of Vault's Plugin Catalog?
To manage and register plugins
To document available plugins
To track plugin usage
To authenticate plugin requests
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✅ Correct Answer: To manage and register plugins
60. Which Vault command is used to manage auth methods?
vault auth
vault login methods
vault manage auth
vault list auth
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✅ Correct Answer: vault auth