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HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate
Secrets management with Vault: the seal and unseal model and cluster architecture, the auth methods and token types, policies and leases, static against dynamic secrets engines, and encryption as a service through Transit.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Understand Vault architecture, and seal and unseal a Vault | Not published |
| Compare authentication methods and assess Vault tokens | Not published |
| Create Vault policies and manage Vault leases | Not published |
| Choose a secret method and differentiate between secrets engines | Not published |
| Explain encryption as a service and utilise the Vault CLI, API and UI | Not published |
Two sample questions
1. Why does a dynamic secret's lease improve security over a static one?
- The credential is shared across all consumers
- The credential never needs to be created
- The credential is short-lived and auto-revoked — correct
- The credential is stored in plain text
Why: A leaked short-lived credential is useful for far less time.
2. What does a successful login return?
- A token with its policies, TTL and accessor — correct
- The secrets the identity may read
- A session cookie for the user interface
- The policies attached to the auth method itself
Why: Everything afterwards is done with that token, and its properties are fixed at issue. The accessor allows lookup and revocation without the token value itself.
The real Vault Associate 003 exam
| Length | 60 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 57 |
| Pass mark | Not published; HashiCorp reports pass or fail only |
| Price | $70.50 USD |
| Recommended before you sit it | None. HashiCorp recommends basic familiarity with the command line and cloud concepts. |
| Valid for | 2 years |
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