VA-003 Assess Vault tokens Practice Question
A security team wants to ensure that tokens can be revoked immediately if a compromised token is detected, even if the token ID is unknown. Which token feature should they use?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
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Token accessors
Token accessors allow revocation of a token without knowing the token ID. They are specifically designed for this purpose.
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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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Periodic tokens
Why it's wrong here
Periodic tokens renew automatically while in use, so a compromised token stays valid as long as the attacker keeps using it; revocation requires knowing the token's accessor. Periodic tokens suit long-running jobs that need to outlive a fixed TTL without re-authentication.
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Batch tokens
Why it's wrong here
Batch tokens are not persisted to storage, so they cannot be individually revoked before expiry; the security team would have to wait out the batch's TTL. Batch tokens suit high-throughput, short-lived workloads where revocation granularity is unnecessary.
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Token accessors
Why this is correct
Token accessors are unique identifiers that reference a token without revealing it, enabling revocation by accessor lookup. This satisfies the stem's constraint of revoking a compromised token immediately even when the token ID itself is unknown to the security team.
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Orphan tokens
Why it's wrong here
Orphan tokens are created when a parent token expires before its child, leaving the child unable to renew; they are a failure state, not a revocation mechanism. Orphan tokens arise incidentally in token hierarchies, so no scenario selects them deliberately for immediate revocation.
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