Question 1

When assessing the security responsibilities in a cloud-native environment, which of these tasks is primarily the responsibility of the cloud provider under the shared responsibility model?

Options :

A : Configuring firewalls within the virtual network

B : Patching the guest operating systems of virtual machines

C : Ensuring physical security of data center facilities

D : Managing the encryption keys for data at rest

Answer: C

Question 2

What is the primary security benefit of isolating Kubernetes service traffic using a Service Mesh like Istio or Linkerd?

Options :

A : To enhance the auto-scaling capabilities of services based on traffic

B : To enable automatic routing and load balancing of service requests

C : To provide encrypted communication and fine-grained access control between services

D : To improve the efficiency of resource utilization among services

Answer: C

Question 3

Why is restricting access to Kubernetes’ cluster-level resources critical in mitigating the risk of privilege escalation?

Options :

A : To enhance the performance of cluster components

B : To optimize resource distribution among different cluster services

C : To prevent unauthorized users or compromised applications from gaining extensive control over the cluster

D : To facilitate seamless communication between cluster services

Answer: C

Question 4

What is Grafana?

Options :

A : A cloud-native distributed tracing system for monitoring microservices architectures.

B : A container orchestration platform for managing and scaling applications.

C : A platform for monitoring and visualizing time-series data.

D : A cloud-native security tool for scanning and detecting vulnerabilities in Kubernetes clusters.

Answer: C

Question 5

What is a critical security practice for etcd, the key-value store used in Kubernetes clusters, to ensure the protection of sensitive data?

Options :

A : Implementing autoscaling for the etcd cluster

B : Regularly updating the Kubernetes API server

C : Encrypting data at rest in etcd

D : Using a Service Mesh for etcd communication

Answer: C

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