Question 1mediummultiple choice
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After confirming malicious activity on a workstation, the incident lead wants the system cleaned up quickly. The analyst has not yet collected any volatile data. What should the analyst do before remediation begins?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
Best answer
Capture volatile evidence such as memory and running process information before changing the system.
Volatile data disappears quickly and often contains the best clues about active malicious behavior, injected code, network connections, and open sessions. Capturing memory and process state before cleanup preserves that evidence for later analysis. Once remediation begins, many of those artifacts are lost or altered. In an incident response workflow, evidence collection should happen before eradication whenever the system is still available and safe to examine.
B
Distractor review
Immediately uninstall every suspicious application and delete related files.
Deleting evidence too early destroys artifacts that may be needed to understand the scope and method of the compromise.
C
Distractor review
Restore the workstation from backup before documenting the incident.
Restoring first can overwrite evidence and remove forensic artifacts that should be preserved before recovery begins.
D
Distractor review
Close the incident because the malicious activity has already been confirmed.
Confirmation starts the response process; it does not eliminate the need for evidence collection, containment, and remediation.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic
NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
- PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
- Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
- NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.
TExam Day Tips
- Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
- Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
- Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.
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FAQ
Questions learners often ask
What does this SY0-701 question test?
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Capture volatile evidence such as memory and running process information before changing the system. — The analyst should capture volatile evidence before remediation begins. Memory, running processes, active network sessions, and loaded modules may reveal malware behavior, injected code, credentials in use, and attacker infrastructure. Once cleanup starts, these artifacts can disappear or be altered. Collecting them first preserves the strongest possible investigative evidence and supports both containment decisions and later root-cause analysis. This sequencing is central to good incident response practice. Why others are wrong: Uninstalling suspicious software or deleting files too early destroys evidence that may be essential to the investigation. Restoring from backup before documentation can overwrite forensic artifacts and obscure the attack path. Closing the incident at this stage is incorrect because confirmation is only one part of the response lifecycle; evidence preservation and remediation still need to occur.
What should I do if I get this SY0-701 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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