1.3 Explain the Process of Planning and Managing a Dev/prod Deployment XSOAR-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A team uses a version control system to manage their XSOAR content. They want to promote a new playbook from the 'develop' branch to the 'main' branch, which is deployed to production. What is the best practice?

   • AMerge the 'develop' branch into 'main' and then deploy 'main' to production.
   • BManually copy the playbook from the 'develop' branch to production and then update the repository.
   • CDeploy the playbook directly from the 'develop' branch to production to save time.
   • DCreate a new branch from 'main', add the playbook, and deploy that branch to production without merging.
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2. 7application · medium

   An XSOAR administrator notices that a custom automation script works in dev but fails in prod. The script uses an API integration that is configured differently in each environment. What is the most likely cause and solution?

   • AThe script uses a hardcoded path that only exists in dev; change the script to use a relative path.
   • BThe integration credentials or parameters are different in prod; update the integration configuration in prod to match dev.
   • CThe production environment has a firewall blocking the API; disable the firewall.
   • DThe script is not compatible with the production XSOAR version; upgrade the script.
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4. 8application · medium

   An organization maintains separate dev and prod XSOAR environments. They frequently update custom automation scripts and want to ensure both environments have the same script versions without manual export/import each time. Which method is most effective?

   • AManually copy scripts from dev to prod every time they are updated.
   • BUse a shared network drive and store all scripts there, referencing them from both environments.
   • CEnable the 'Auto-Sync' feature in XSOAR that automatically replicates all content between environments.
   • DUse a version control repository as the source of truth and deploy scripts to each environment using a CI/CD pipeline.
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5. 9foundation · easy

   When moving XSOAR content from development to production, which practice is essential for tracking changes and enabling rollback?

   • AUsing version control to manage all content changes
   • BDeploying directly from the development environment
   • CUsing email to coordinate changes
   • DManually copying files without documentation
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6. 10expert · hard

   A team is moving from a single XSOAR instance to a dev/prod setup. They have many custom playbooks and scripts in the current instance. What is the best way to migrate this content?

   • AExport content from the current instance and import it into dev, then use version control to promote to prod.
   • BStart fresh in both environments and recreate all playbooks and scripts.
   • CKeep the current instance as prod and create a new dev instance, but do not migrate content to dev.
   • DExport all content from the current instance and import it into both dev and prod.
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