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Exam Code: Consul-Associate
Exam Questions: 174
HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate
Updated: 02 Apr, 2026
Question 1

You have created a new gossip encryption key using consul keygen and installed it using the command consul keyring -install
TX/1dsj67x/4XdTeSG1Cb5RdC/cbAbv9Hch4H8cL8nk=.
However, when you try and delete the original gossip encryption key, you receive an error. Based on the error message below, what steps need to be taken in order to be
able to remove the old gossip encryption key?
1. $ consul keyring -remove /d+jMNoQWICjMvddXJXzyGPDWiEOFgApvUJcuPRcves=
2.
3. ==> Removing gossip encryption key...
4. error: Unexpected response code: 500 (12 errors occurred:
5. * WAN error: 5/5 nodes reported failure
6. * CONSUL-NODE-A.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed
7. * CONSUL-NODE-C.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed
8. * CONSUL-NODE-B.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed
9. * CONSUL-NODE-D.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed
10. * CONSUL-NODE-E.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed
11. * dc-1 (LAN) error: 5/5 nodes reported failure
12. * CONSUL-NODE-E: Removing the primary key is not allowed
13. * CONSUL-NODE-A: Removing the primary key is not allowed
14. * CONSUL-NODE-D: Removing the primary key is not allowed
15. * CONSUL-NODE-B: Removing the primary key is not allowed
16. * CONSUL-NODE-C: Removing the primary key is not allowed

Options :
Answer: A
Question 2

Which of the following is responsible for managing membership and broadcasting messages to the cluster?

Options :
Answer: C
Question 3

You have two Consul datacenters and you want to enable federation so services in dc1 can discover services in dc2. You run the consul join wan node2.example.com.
However, servers in dc1 can not communicate with servers in dc2 and vice versa. Based on the snippets of the server configuration files can be found below, why would
this be assuming network connectivity is working as expected?
dc1 configuration
1. "datacenter": "dc1",
2. "server": true,
3. "key_file": "/etc/consul.d/cert.key",
4. "cert_file": "/etc/consul.d/client.pem",
5. "ca_file": "/etc/consul.d/chain.pem",
6. "verify_incoming": true,
7. "verify_outgoing": true,
8. "verify_server_hostname": true,
9. "ui": true,
10. "encrypt": "XIUEktl3YjG9KPJfaBU1xE69IZ0XhsNCSH423FyknJE=",
11. "bootstrap_expect": 5,
12. "enable_syslog": true,
dc2 configuration
1. "datacenter": "dc2",
2. "server": true,
3. "key_file": "/etc/consul.d/cert.key",
4. "cert_file": "/etc/consul.d/client.pem",
5. "ca_file": "/etc/consul.d/chain.pem",
6. "verify_incoming": true,
7. "verify_outgoing": true,
8. "verify_server_hostname": true,
9. "ui": true,
10. "encrypt": "LSBSOZI5+9EX/kdY8u27mX50rk1ywcprfUCoSZjnpUg=",
11. "bootstrap_expect": 5,
12. "enable_syslog": false,

Options :
Answer: A
Question 4

Given the following screenshot, what path would you use to access the value shown?

Consul-Associate-Part-1-Q57-page28-image4

Options :
Answer: C
Question 5

What command can be used for new Consul agents to become a member of an existing cluster?

Options :
Answer: A
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