3.9 Explain Job Creation and Management XSOAR-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–23

1. 21foundation · easy

   If a scheduled job fails during execution in XSOAR, what is a common way to handle the failure?

   • AChange the job type to a different type to avoid the error
   • BReview the execution history and manually rerun the job if needed
   • CAutomatically delete the job to prevent further errors
   • DIgnore the failure because jobs are not critical
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2. 22expert · hard

   A team needs to create a job that runs a playbook to fetch indicators from an external feed. The playbook requires an API key that is stored as a credential in XSOAR. The administrator wants to ensure the job can access the credential without storing the API key in the job's configuration. What should the administrator do?

   • ACreate a new integration instance with the API key and reference it directly in the job.
   • BCopy the API key into the job's initial parameters field.
   • CUse a hardcoded API key in the playbook's code.
   • DConfigure the playbook to reference the credential by name, and ensure the job uses the playbook's default parameters.
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3. 23application · medium

   A job is configured to run a playbook every 5 minutes, but the playbook takes 7 minutes to complete on average. The administrator notices that job executions are overlapping. What is the most likely cause of this overlap?

   • AThe job's schedule interval is shorter than the playbook's execution duration.
   • BThe job's retry setting is causing the same playbook to run multiple times.
   • CThe playbook is configured to run in debug mode, which slows down execution.
   • DThe job was created with two different schedules that both trigger the same playbook.
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