A security team needs to automate the retrieval of security alerts from a cloud provider and feed them into their SIEM. The team wants to use a script that runs every 15 minutes. The cloud provider offers a REST API that requires OAuth 2.0 authentication. The team wants to use Python for this task. Which approach is most appropriate?

Use a PowerShell script with Invoke-RestMethod to authenticate and fetch alerts.

Configure a SOAR platform to directly integrate with the cloud provider's API.

Write a Python script that uses the requests library to obtain an OAuth token and then fetch alerts from the API, converting them to JSON for the SIEM.

Use a Bash script with curl to manually handle OAuth and parse the response.

CompTIASecurityX (CASP+)

Domain 3Objective 1

Automation CAS-005 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Security engineering domain, which accounts for 31% of the CAS-005 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 165-minute exam (~65–110 total, ~20–34 in this domain), expect 4–7 from this objective — we provide 37 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 21–25

21foundation · easy
A security operations center wants to integrate multiple security tools and automate incident response workflows. Which platform is designed to provide this integration and automation?
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22foundation · easy
A development team wants to package an application and its dependencies into a lightweight, portable unit that can run consistently across different environments. Which technology is designed for this purpose?
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23application · medium
A security team needs to automate the retrieval of security alerts from a cloud provider and feed them into their SIEM. The team wants to use a script that runs every 15 minutes. The cloud provider offers a REST API that requires OAuth 2.0 authentication. The team wants to use Python for this task. Which approach is most appropriate?
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24foundation · easy
Which tool is commonly used to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications?
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25foundation · easy
Which tool is specifically designed for Infrastructure as Code to provision infrastructure across multiple cloud providers?
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Questions 21–25

A security operations center wants to integrate multiple security tools and automate incident response workflows. Which platform is designed to provide this integration and automation?

A development team wants to package an application and its dependencies into a lightweight, portable unit that can run consistently across different environments. Which technology is designed for this purpose?

Which tool is commonly used to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications?

Which tool is specifically designed for Infrastructure as Code to provision infrastructure across multiple cloud providers?

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