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Employees must sign in to several SaaS applications with corporate credentials, and terminated users should lose access quickly without manual changes in each app. Which solution best meets the requirement?
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
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Create separate local usernames and passwords in each SaaS application.
Separate local accounts increase password sprawl and make offboarding slow and error-prone. They do not support centralized identity control very well.
B
Best answer
Use federation for sign-on and automated provisioning and deprovisioning through an identity lifecycle process.
Federation allows users to authenticate with the corporate identity provider, while automated provisioning helps create, update, and disable accounts across connected SaaS apps. This design supports single sign-on, faster offboarding, and centralized control over access lifecycle changes. It also reduces the risk of forgotten orphaned accounts remaining active after termination.
C
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Require users to share one department password for each SaaS platform.
Shared passwords are insecure, impossible to attribute to one person, and difficult to rotate after staff changes. They also defeat individual accountability and auditing.
D
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Store the same password in every application vault and sync it nightly.
Password synchronization still creates many credentials to manage and does not provide clean centralized authorization or offboarding. It also increases the impact of a compromise.
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: Use federation for sign-on and automated provisioning and deprovisioning through an identity lifecycle process. — Federation combined with automated provisioning is the best fit because it centralizes authentication and account lifecycle management. Users authenticate once with the organization’s identity provider, and the organization can automatically create or disable corresponding accounts in SaaS services as employment status changes. That lowers administrative overhead, shortens termination response time, and reduces the chance that stale accounts remain active in external systems. Why others are wrong: A increases operational burden and creates weak account hygiene. C uses shared credentials, which breaks accountability and secure auditing. D still leaves the organization managing duplicated credentials and does not solve the fast deprovisioning requirement as well as federation plus automation.
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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