XSOAR-Engineer Use Case Planning And Development Practice Question
An XSOAR architect is designing incident data ingestion flows. Which TWO mechanisms can be used to filter or modify incoming raw events before they are officially created as XSOAR incidents? (Choose TWO)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Integration instance configuration filters and mapper settings.
Pre-processing rules and integration-level filters examine raw event payloads before incident creation, allowing filtering or modification.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Nightly PostgreSQL database backup snapshots.
Why it's wrong here
Backups capture existing database state for recovery, they do not filter incoming live events.
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Playbook post-processing tasks that run after incident closure.
Why it's wrong here
Post-processing tasks run after incidents have already been created and closed, not before creation.
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Integration instance configuration filters and mapper settings.
Why this is correct
Integration filters control what raw data is pulled and processed during fetch cycles.
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Pre-processing rules configured in XSOAR settings.
Why this is correct
Pre-processing rules inspect incoming events to drop, merge, or modify them before incident creation.
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Browser CSS stylesheets applied to the login page.
Why it's wrong here
CSS stylesheets only affect visual presentation in the browser, not backend ingestion data.
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