Given a Scenario, Troubleshoot Issues with Certificate Management VCP-VCF-SUPPORT Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–13

1. 11application · medium

   An administrator replaced the certificate on a vCenter Server in a VCF workload domain. After the replacement, the vCenter Server is running, but the VCF inventory shows the certificate as 'Invalid'. The administrator confirms the certificate is valid, the private key matches, and the chain is complete. What is the most likely cause of the 'Invalid' status in VCF?

   • AThe certificate was issued by a CA that is not trusted by the VCF Certificate Manager.
   • BThe certificate's validity period has not yet started, so it is not yet valid.
   • CThe certificate was replaced with a self-signed certificate instead of a CA-issued one.
   • DThe certificate was not uploaded to the VCF Certificate Manager after the replacement was completed on the vCenter Server.
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2. 12application · medium

   An administrator is generating a CSR for a new certificate for the NSX Manager in a VCF environment. The CSR generation fails with an error stating that the subject field is invalid. The administrator intended to use the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) 'nsx01.corp.local' as the Common Name. What is the most likely cause of the failure?

   • AThe Common Name field was left blank and the FQDN was placed in the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field instead.
   • BThe subject field contained special characters or an invalid escape sequence, such as an unescaped comma or plus sign in the FQDN.
   • CThe subject field was formatted with the FQDN in the Organization (O) field instead of the Common Name (CN) field.
   • DThe FQDN contains a period, which is not allowed in the Common Name field of a CSR.
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3. 13foundation · easy

   A certificate signing request (CSR) is rejected by the certificate authority. Which field in the CSR is a common cause of rejection?

   • AThe subject's country code
   • BThe subject's common name
   • CThe subject's email address
   • DThe subject's organization name
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