Demonstrate How to Restrict URIs F5N3 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   Which location block uses a regular expression to match URIs that start with /api/ and end with .php?

   • Alocation /api/ { ... }
   • Blocation ~ ^/api/.*\.php$ { ... }
   • Clocation = /api/ { ... }
   • Dlocation ^~ /api/ { ... }
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2. 2expert · hard

   A company has a location block for /admin that should be accessible only from the 10.0.0.0/8 network. An administrator tests from a machine on that network and receives a 403 Forbidden response. The configuration is: location /admin { allow 10.0.0.0/8; deny all; }. What is the most likely cause?

   • AThe deny all directive is processed before the allow directive.
   • BThe allow directive is misspelled as 'alow'.
   • CThe location block uses a regex that does not match the requested URI.
   • DThe client's IP address is not actually in the 10.0.0.0/8 range due to NAT.
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4. 3foundation · easy

   Which NGINX log file would you check to see details about requests that were denied by a URI restriction?

   • AThe error log
   • BThe system log (e.g., /var/log/syslog)
   • CThe audit log
   • DThe access log
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5. 4foundation · easy

   Which directives are used to allow or deny access to a location based on the client's IP address?

   • Aallow and deny
   • Bpermit and block
   • Caccess and reject
   • Dauth_basic and auth_basic_user_file
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6. 5foundation · easy

   Which scenario is a typical use case for restricting access to a specific URI in NGINX?

   • ARedirecting HTTP traffic to HTTPS for the entire site
   • BIncreasing the maximum upload size for a file upload endpoint
   • CAllowing only internal users to access a /internal/status page
   • DEnabling gzip compression for a specific file type
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