350-701 Timed Practice Test 3 — 10 Questions

Question 1

An administrator notices that some users receive spam messages even though the ESA policy is set to 'Quarantine' for suspected spam. The messages are not found in the user's spam quarantine. What is the most likely cause?

10 minute time limit — choose an answer to begin.

Accepted Answer

Incoming mail is received on a listener that does not apply the anti-spam engine.. If incoming mail is received on a mail policy (listener) that does not have the anti-spam engine enabled, the ESA will not apply any spam filtering to those messages. Even though the global or default policy may be set to 'Quarantine', the listener configuration determines which security services are invoked. Without the anti-spam engine on that listener, messages bypass spam detection entirely and are delivered directly to the user's inbox, never appearing in the spam quarantine.

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The sender's IP is in the allow list.

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The spam threshold is set too low.

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The anti-spam engine signatures are outdated.

Question 2

A company uses FMC to manage FTD devices. After deploying a new intrusion policy, the analyst sees that no events are generated for a known vulnerability, even though the policy includes a rule for it. The analyst checks and the rule is enabled and the policy is applied. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The access control policy before the intrusion policy is blocking traffic.. In a Cisco Firepower deployment, the access control policy (ACP) is evaluated before the intrusion policy. If the ACP is configured to block traffic matching the vulnerability's characteristics, the traffic never reaches the intrusion policy for inspection, so no intrusion events are generated even if the intrusion rule is enabled and applied.

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The rule is configured to 'Drop and Generate Events' but the device is in inline tap mode.

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The device has not been rebooted after policy deployment.

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The intrusion policy rule has a false-positive suppression.

Question 3

A network administrator needs to configure Cisco WSA to decrypt HTTPS traffic for inspection. What is the first step that must be completed?

Accepted Answer

Install a Certificate Authority (CA) certificate on the WSA and distribute it to clients. The first step in configuring Cisco WSA for HTTPS decryption is to install a Certificate Authority (CA) certificate on the WSA and distribute it to client devices. This establishes trust because the WSA acts as a man-in-the-middle, generating a new certificate for each HTTPS session signed by this CA; without the CA certificate in the clients' trusted root store, browsers will display certificate warnings and block the connection.

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Create a bypass list for internal sites

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Configure an Access Control List (ACL) to allow decryption

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Configure user authentication

Question 4

You are tasked with securing a new cloud deployment on AWS. The environment consists of a web application running on EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB), with data stored in an RDS database. The security requirements include: (1) protect against web application attacks (SQL injection, XSS), (2) ensure only authorized users can access the application, (3) monitor for anomalous behavior. You have decided to use AWS WAF for web application protection, AWS Cognito for user authentication, and Amazon GuardDuty for threat detection. However, the CISO also wants to integrate with Cisco's security portfolio for centralized management and visibility. Which Cisco product would best integrate with these AWS services to provide centralized security management?

Accepted Answer

Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics (Stealthwatch). Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics (Stealthwatch) is the correct choice because it provides centralized visibility and threat detection across hybrid cloud environments, including AWS. It integrates with AWS CloudWatch and VPC Flow Logs to ingest network telemetry, and it can correlate alerts from AWS GuardDuty, WAF, and Cognito into a single pane of glass for security operations. This aligns with the CISO's requirement for centralized management and visibility using Cisco's security portfolio.

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Cisco Firepower NGFW

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Cisco Cloudlock

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Cisco Tetration

Question 5

During an email security audit, it is discovered that some phishing emails are passing through the Cisco ESA. Analysis shows the emails have valid SPF and DKIM signatures but are classified as phishing. What additional Cisco ESA feature should be tuned to improve detection?

Accepted Answer

Enable DMARC with reject policy. Even with valid SPF/DKIM, phishing can occur if the domain is compromised. Tuning anti-spam or outbreak filters can help, but DMARC can provide additional protection by enforcing alignment.

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Disable SPF checking

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Increase the SBRS threshold

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Reduce DLP scanning sensitivity

Question 6

A company wants to implement two-factor authentication for remote VPN access using Cisco AnyConnect. They need a solution that supports push notifications to a mobile app. Which Cisco product meets this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Cisco Duo. Cisco Duo provides multi-factor authentication with push notifications, TOTP, and other methods, and integrates with AnyConnect VPN.

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Cisco SecureX

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Cisco ISE with certificate-based authentication

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Cisco AMP for Endpoints

Question 7

Which TWO actions can be configured in a Cisco ESA DLP policy to respond to a violation involving outbound credit card numbers? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Encrypt the message using a secure policy. Cisco ESA DLP policies can automatically encrypt outbound messages containing sensitive data like credit card numbers. This ensures that even if the message is intercepted, the content remains protected, which is a common compliance requirement for PCI DSS.

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Deliver the message with a CC to the compliance team

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Add a disclaimer that the message is confidential

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Bounce the message back to the sender

Question 8

Which THREE are valid components of an IKEv2 exchange? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

IKE_SA_INIT exchange. IKEv2 simplifies the Internet Key Exchange process by using only two exchanges to establish an IPsec security association: the IKE_SA_INIT exchange (for negotiating cryptographic parameters and exchanging Diffie-Hellman public values) and the IKE_AUTH exchange (for authenticating the peers and establishing the first child SA). These are the mandatory exchanges defined in RFC 7296, making options C and D correct. The INFORMATIONAL exchange is also a valid component of IKEv2, used for error reporting and deleting SAs, which is why option E is correct.

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Aggressive Mode exchange

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Main Mode exchange

Question 9

A financial company is deploying Cisco ISE with TrustSec to enforce segmentation between application tiers (web, app, DB). They have a Cisco Catalyst 9500 as the core, and Catalyst 9300s as access switches. The SXP is configured between ISE and core switch, and the core switch propagates SGTs to access switches via SGT inline tagging on trunk ports. The engineer has configured SGTs for web (SGT=2), app (SGT=3), DB (SGT=4). However, when testing from a web server (IP 10.1.1.10, SGT=2) to an app server (IP 10.1.2.20, SGT=3), the app server sees the traffic without SGT in the packet, so the access switch cannot enforce policy. The engineer checks 'show cts role-based sgt-map' on the core and sees the mapping for 10.1.1.10 -> 2. What is the most likely issue?

Accepted Answer

The trunk between core and access is not configured for SGT inline tagging. The core switch correctly maps IP 10.1.1.10 to SGT 2, as shown by 'show cts role-based sgt-map'. However, the access switch receives traffic without the SGT, meaning the SGT is not being propagated across the trunk. For SGT inline tagging to work, the trunk between core and access must have 'cts manual' enabled under the interface configuration. Without this, the SGT is stripped from the packet. Option C is correct because the missing 'cts manual' on the trunk prevents the access switch from seeing the SGT tag. Option A is incorrect because ISE policy controls authorization, not packet tagging. Option B is incorrect; the access switch lacking a security group ACL would not prevent the SGT from being present in the packet. Option D is incorrect; the SXP connection between ISE and core is functional since the core has the correct SGT mapping.

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The ISE policy does not allow the traffic from web to app

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The access switch does not have the security group ACL configured

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The SXP connection between ISE and core is not established

Question 10

An organization requires that all endpoint traffic be verified against a security policy before being forwarded. Which Cisco umbrella solution provides this capability?

Accepted Answer

Cisco Umbrella. Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-delivered security service that enforces security policy by intercepting all DNS and IP-layer requests from endpoints and checking them against the organization's security policy before allowing traffic to proceed. This ensures that every connection attempt is verified at the DNS or IP layer, blocking threats before a TCP handshake is completed.

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Cisco AnyConnect

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Cisco Stealthwatch

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Cisco Firepower NGFW