Configuration Management CAS-005 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   What is the primary security concern during asset disposal?

   • AEnsuring the asset is recycled
   • BEnsuring the asset is sold for profit
   • CEnsuring data is securely erased or destroyed
   • DEnsuring the asset is transferred to another department
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2. 12expert · hard

   A multinational corporation has offices in multiple countries and needs to track IT assets across all locations. The company has a mix of on-premises servers, cloud resources, and employee-owned devices (BYOD). The asset management team wants to maintain an accurate inventory of all assets. Which approach is MOST effective?

   • AUse a spreadsheet to track all assets, with columns for location, type, and owner.
   • BRely on each office's IT staff to maintain their own inventory and report it quarterly.
   • CUse a cloud-based asset management platform that integrates with cloud providers and supports agent-based discovery for on-premises devices.
   • DMaintain separate inventories for on-premises, cloud, and BYOD assets, and combine them manually.
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4. 13expert · hard

   A global bank is migrating its core banking application to a new data center. The CMDB contains the application, its dependencies (databases, middleware, load balancers), and their relationships. The migration team plans to move the application and its dependencies in phases. During the first phase, they move the application but not the databases. The change request for the first phase was approved, but the CMDB relationships were not updated. What is the MOST significant risk of this oversight?

   • AThe CMDB will not reflect the new location of the application, leading to inaccurate impact assessments for future changes.
   • BThe databases will be moved without the application, causing a service outage.
   • CThe change management process will be considered non-compliant because the CMDB was not updated.
   • DThe application will fail to connect to the databases because they are in different data centers.
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5. 14foundation · easy

   Which of the following is an example of classifying an asset based on its role?

   • AAssigning an IP address to a printer
   • BLabeling a server as a 'production database server'
   • CRecording the serial number of a laptop
   • DStoring the purchase date of a monitor
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6. 15application · medium

   A logistics company wants to track the location and status of its mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones used by delivery drivers. The company needs to know which devices are in use, which are in repair, and which are lost or stolen. Which method would provide the MOST comprehensive tracking?

   • AUse a mobile device management (MDM) solution that reports device status and location.
   • BMaintain a spreadsheet that is updated by the IT help desk when devices are checked out.
   • CUse GPS tracking on all devices, but do not integrate it with the asset inventory.
   • DRequire drivers to report their device status via email at the end of each day.
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