1.3 Explain the Process of Planning and Managing a Dev/prod Deployment XSOAR-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   When planning separate development and production environments in XSOAR, which consideration is most important for ensuring that changes made in development do not affect live operations?

   • AEnsuring that production has the same amount of resources as development
   • BUsing the same hardware for both environments to reduce costs
   • CAllowing developers direct access to production for quick fixes
   • DIsolation of the environments so that development activities cannot impact production data or uptime
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2. 17expert · hard

   A company has a single XSOAR instance used for both development and production. They are experiencing frequent incidents where untested playbooks cause issues in live operations. They have budget for one additional instance. What should they do?

   • ASet up a new instance and use it for both development and production, but with different user permissions.
   • BKeep the current instance as production and set up a new instance for development, then migrate content using version control.
   • CMove the current instance to production and set up a new instance for development.
   • DUse the current instance for development and set up a new instance for production, but do not migrate existing content.
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4. 18application · medium

   A small team is planning their XSOAR deployment. They have limited hardware resources and want to minimize costs while still having a safe environment for testing changes. Which approach is most appropriate?

   • ARun a single production instance and use it for testing during off-hours.
   • BUse a smaller dev instance with limited resources for testing, and a production instance for live operations.
   • CUse a cloud-based XSOAR instance for production and a local VM for dev, but do not test integrations.
   • DSet up a full production-sized dev environment that exactly mirrors production hardware.
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5. 19expert · hard

   A security team is planning a major upgrade of their XSOAR production environment. They have a dev environment but it is not fully synchronized with production. They have a limited maintenance window and cannot afford a long outage. What is the best strategy?

   • AUpgrade dev and production simultaneously to save time and ensure they stay in sync.
   • BUpgrade production during the maintenance window and have a rollback plan ready, but skip testing in dev.
   • CUpgrade production directly and use the built-in rollback feature if issues occur.
   • DFirst synchronize the dev environment with production, test the upgrade there, then upgrade production.
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6. 20application · medium

   An XSOAR administrator needs to move a set of custom playbooks and associated automation scripts from dev to prod. They want to ensure that all dependencies are included and the process is repeatable. Which tool should they use?

   • AThe 'Sync Content' button in the XSOAR UI, which automatically transfers all content between environments.
   • BThe XSOAR Content Pack export feature, which packages playbooks, scripts, and dependencies into a single bundle.
   • CA manual export of each playbook and script individually, then import them one by one.
   • DThe 'Copy to Production' command in the CLI, which copies all content without any packaging.
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