Configuration Management CAS-005 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1expert · hard

   A technology company is refreshing its employee laptops. The old laptops are being replaced, and the company wants to ensure that any sensitive data is securely erased before the laptops are sold to a refurbisher. The company has a policy that requires data destruction to be verifiable. Which approach BEST meets this requirement?

   • ARemove the drives and physically destroy them, then sell the laptops without drives.
   • BHave the IT department wipe the drives and then sell the laptops to the refurbisher.
   • CUse a certified data destruction service that provides a certificate of destruction for each laptop.
   • DUse a software tool to overwrite the drives and then sell the laptops.
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2. 2foundation · easy

   Which method is commonly used to track the location and status of physical assets?

   • ABarcode or RFID tags
   • BFirewall logs
   • CPassword policies
   • DAntivirus software
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4. 3application · medium

   A large e-commerce company uses a CMDB to manage its IT infrastructure. The CMDB contains thousands of configuration items (CIs), including servers, applications, and network devices. The change management team is planning a major upgrade to the company's web application. Which CMDB feature is MOST useful for assessing the impact of this change?

   • AThe asset inventory list, which shows the purchase date and cost of each CI.
   • BThe relationships between the web application CI and other CIs, such as databases and load balancers.
   • CThe classification of CIs based on their criticality, such as 'high', 'medium', or 'low'.
   • DThe list of approved software versions for each CI.
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5. 4application · medium

   A hospital's IT team is rolling out a new electronic health record (EHR) system. The change advisory board (CAB) approved the change, and the implementation team updated the CMDB with the new application's version and dependencies. Two weeks later, the network team reports that the EHR system is failing to connect to the legacy patient-billing database. The CMDB shows the billing database as a configuration item (CI) with a 'depends on' relationship to the EHR application, but the relationship was never updated when the EHR was deployed. What is the most likely root cause of the ongoing connectivity failure?

   • AThe network team failed to open the required firewall ports because they were not part of the change request.
   • BThe EHR system was deployed without a valid software license, causing the database to reject connections.
   • CThe CMDB relationship between the EHR and billing database was not updated as part of the approved change, so the dependency was not documented.
   • DThe CAB did not include the billing database team in the change approval, so they were unaware of the new EHR system.
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6. 5foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of a Configuration Management Database (CMDB)?

   • ATo store and manage information about configuration items and their relationships
   • BTo store malware signatures and threat intelligence
   • CTo store user credentials and access control lists
   • DTo store financial records and budget information
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