Free HashiCorp Consul-Associate Exam Questions

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Question 1

When storing data in the Consul K/V, what type of nodes will replicate the Consul K/V data to ensure high availability.

A : l servers, including servers in all Consul federated datacenters

B : ients within the local Consul datacenter

C : rvers within the local Consul datacenter

D : th clients and servers within the local Consul datacenter

Answer: C

Question 2

True or False? A prepared query can be used to assist with service failover between multiple federated Consul datacenters.

A : lse

B : ue

Answer: B

Question 3

You have created a new gossip encryption key using consul keygen and installed it using the command consul keyring -install

TX/1dsj67x/4XdTeSG1Cb5RdC/cbAbv9Hch4H8cL8nk=.

However, when you try and delete the original gossip encryption key, you receive an error. Based on the error message below, what steps need to be taken in order to be

able to remove the old gossip encryption key?

1. $ consul keyring -remove /d+jMNoQWICjMvddXJXzyGPDWiEOFgApvUJcuPRcves=

3. ==> Removing gossip encryption key...

4. error: Unexpected response code: 500 (12 errors occurred:

5. * WAN error: 5/5 nodes reported failure

6. * CONSUL-NODE-A.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed

7. * CONSUL-NODE-C.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed

8. * CONSUL-NODE-B.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed

9. * CONSUL-NODE-D.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed

10. * CONSUL-NODE-E.dc-1: Removing the primary key is not allowed

11. * dc-1 (LAN) error: 5/5 nodes reported failure

12. * CONSUL-NODE-E: Removing the primary key is not allowed

13. * CONSUL-NODE-A: Removing the primary key is not allowed

14. * CONSUL-NODE-D: Removing the primary key is not allowed

15. * CONSUL-NODE-B: Removing the primary key is not allowed

16. * CONSUL-NODE-C: Removing the primary key is not allowed

A : wait until the old key is invalidated by Consul based upon the configured validity date

B : nfigure Consul to use the new key using the consul keyring -use command

C : the original gossip key on a Consul cluster cannot be deleted

D : it for Raft to replicate the new key across all cluster nodes before you can remove it

Answer: A

Question 4

You need to deny communication between the customer-db service and the payment service using an intention. You open the command line and issue the following

command:

$ consul intention create customer-db payment

However, the two services can still initiate new connections even after the intention is created. What would explain this?

A : default behavior of the command issued is allow

B : the mTLS certificates are both signed by the same CA, therefore the connectivity is permitted regardless of an intention

C : services are communicating over HTTP rather than HTTPS

D : ere is an identical intention that is permitting the connectivity

Answer: A

Question 5

What command can be used for new Consul agents to become a member of an existing cluster?

A : nsul join

B : nsul cluster -join

C : nsul exec -join

D : nsul connect

Answer: A

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