{"id":80824,"date":"2022-01-10T21:07:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T02:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/?p=80824"},"modified":"2022-09-07T22:42:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T04:12:59","slug":"hashicorp-vault-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare for Hashicorp Vault Certification?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this blog post, we are explaining about how to prepare for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/hashicorp-certified-vault-associate\/\"><strong>Hashicorp Vault Associate Certification exam<\/strong><\/a>. Also talks more about other details or topics that are required to focus on preparing for this exam. At the end of reading this blog post, you should be able to tell anyone what&#8217;s required to pass the Hashicorp Vault Associate Certification exam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hashicorp Vault Associate Certification exam allows the Cloud Engineers to authenticate their basic security automation skills. This certification is about learning to use the open source security and authentication management tool Hashicorp Vault. Hashicorp Vault is a secret management tool that helps to store and retrieve the sensitive data in a low-trust environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s dive deep into all the details of the certification and what it contains for you. We have also added few sample questions for this certification exam.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ea7e02;color:#ea7e02\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg 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Certified Vault Associate Certification Exam<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#Prerequisites_for_the_Exam\" >Prerequisites for the Exam<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#How_to_prepare_for_the_Hashicorp_Vault_Associate_Certification_Exam\" >How to prepare for the Hashicorp Vault Associate Certification Exam?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#Sample_Practice_Exam_Questions\" >Sample Practice Exam Questions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#Domain_Tokens\" >Domain : Tokens<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#Domain_Tokens-2\" >Domain : Tokens<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#Domain_Auth_Methods\" >Domain : Auth Methods<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#Domain_Auth_Methods-2\" >Domain : Auth Methods<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#Domain_Vault_Policies\" >Domain : Vault Policies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/hashicorp-vault-certification\/#Summary\" >Summary<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_Vault\"><\/span>What is a Vault?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vault refers to something that solves the <\/span><b>Secret Management Problem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secret Managements is about <\/span><b>managing a set of different credentials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It can be anything that is capable of granting you the rights involving the authentication or authorisation to any system.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples are usernames and passwords, or database credentials, API Tokens, TLS Certificates and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of these could be used to log in to a system and authenticate or authorize access.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, it becomes necessary to manage them in a proper way and put a check on those having an access to these. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vault works by putting the data(plain text), that could be compromised, in a central location and encrypting it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"HashiCorp_Certified_Vault_Associate_Certification_Exam\"><\/span>HashiCorp Certified Vault Associate Certification Exam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hashicorp&#8217;s security automation (vault certification) certification is designed for the cloud engineers who specialize in the security, operations or development of the open source Hashicorp Vault. They are presumed to be aware of the basic concepts, skills and use cases associated with it. To be fully prepared for the exam, it is well suited that,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The candidates possess a professional experience of using Vault in production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The candidates who have performed the exam objectives in a personal demo environment are also considered to be ready for taking the exam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should know about the enterprise features that exist and what can or cannot be done using the open source offering.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prerequisites_for_the_Exam\"><\/span>Prerequisites for the Exam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic Terminal skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic Level Understanding of Security<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic understanding of on premise or cloud architecture<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_prepare_for_the_Hashicorp_Vault_Associate_Certification_Exam\"><\/span>How to prepare for the Hashicorp Vault Associate Certification Exam?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To become a Hashicorp Vault Certified Associate, you must go through the below preparation steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Exam Objectives:<\/strong><\/span> Exam objectives or syllabus is the list of topics that are covered in the vault certification exam. You just have to keep this reference of these objectives while preparing for the exam. Here is the list of exam objectives for this hashicorp certification exam:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compare the authentication methods<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create Vault Policies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assess the Vault Tokens<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage Vault Leases<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Configure and Compare the Vaults Secrets Engines<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilize Vault CLI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilize Vault UI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be aware of the Vault API<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain the Architecture of Vault<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain Encryption as a Service<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each objective is further divided into subsections.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hashicorp.com\/certification\/vault-associate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hashicorp.com\/certification\/vault-associate<\/a> &#8211; here you can find the certification exam syllabus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Study Guide:<\/b><\/span><b> <\/b>This is the official study guide provided by the Hashicorp learning website. This will be the starting point of your preparation.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can be used when you are willing to study about all the objectives of the exam. In this study guide, you will find everything required for the hashicorp vault certification exam preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.hashicorp.com\/tutorials\/vault\/associate-study#study-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/learn.hashicorp.com\/tutorials\/vault\/associate-study#study-tips<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Review Guide: <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The review guide is helpful if you possess a prior vault experience or have undergone its training, and want to study only some selected objectives of the exam. This review guide isss mapping each of the exam objectives to the actual topics in the study guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.hashicorp.com\/tutorials\/vault\/associate-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/learn.hashicorp.com\/tutorials\/vault\/associate-review<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Important Preparation Tips<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is pretty normal to expect questions around each exam objective. Following are the concepts that would be helpful for you in learning various objectives of the certification:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vault Fundamentals:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The exam is going to test you for your knowledge on the Vault Fundamentals including the Vault Architecture, how to seal or unseal vault, and Vault Authentication.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand the various components of Vault, including storage backend, auth methods, cryptographic barriers and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn how seal and unseal works using the Shamir\u2019s Secret Sharing Algorithm, and the Auto Unseal Concept.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authentication: Revise the configuration of auh methods by making use of the UI and CLI.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tokens: The total number of accessors available on the Vault Servers constitute the number of tokens. Learn the concepts of Tokens including the Token Accessor, renewing and revoking the tokens, and more. Gain a familiarity on the Vault Token sub-commands such as capabilities, renew, create, lookup, and revoke.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Access Management:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vault policies grants you access to the Vault managed secrets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will be assessed on your knowledge of the basic commands managing policies and the Vault Policy Syntax.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exam will test you on your understanding of the challenges that are solved by the Vault Agent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Data Encryption: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Encryption forms one of the main Vault Use Cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will be marked on your understanding of the Encryption as a Service(EaaS) in transit facility provided by the Vault, including its core functionality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduce an understanding of common scenarios involving the EaaS, and the challenges it faces and resolves.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Vault Deployment Architecture: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding the production deployment basics is inevitable, with the Vault being the main source of Secrets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare yourself to be tested on your understanding of the core Vault Operational tasks as well as the Vault Reference Architecture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are going to be assessed, if you are having a good grasp on the Vault Enterprise Replication idea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are recommended to go through the Vault Deployment Architecture diagrams and develop a clear understanding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn about the Enterprise Replication and what it is capable of achieving.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn to differentiate between Performance Replication and Disaster Recovery Replication, Scaling and Fault-Tolerance, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Secrets Management: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The liability for managing secrets lies on the Secrets Engines.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exam will assess you on your understanding of the operations and management of the Secret Engines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will make you answer the Scenario-based questions to assess you in the identification of uses and advantages of the Secrets Engines.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Hashicorp Vault Certification Exam Details<\/h4>\n<p>This exam is currently conducted in the online proctor mode only. Here is the snapshot of vault associate certification exam details.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80794 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hashicorp-certified-vault-associate-exam-information.png\" alt=\"Hashicorp Certified Vault Associate Certification Exam Information\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hashicorp-certified-vault-associate-exam-information.png 900w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hashicorp-certified-vault-associate-exam-information-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hashicorp-certified-vault-associate-exam-information-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hashicorp-certified-vault-associate-exam-information-756x420.png 756w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hashicorp-certified-vault-associate-exam-information-640x356.png 640w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hashicorp-certified-vault-associate-exam-information-681x378.png 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Additional Tips:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage your time well: Do not spend too much time on a single question. If you have no idea on its concept, move on to the next question.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internet connectivity: Make sure that you have a high speed internet connection and your exam does not halt due to speed issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webcam check: This being an online proctored exam, will be supervised in real time via a Webcam, so ensure that your webcam is working beforehand to avoid any issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice Tests: Work through multiple practice tests to ensure that you complete the certification on time, and with accuracy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try the sample exam questions to confirm that you are fully prepared for the exam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all the preparation tips and tricks from the Whizlabs Team, we hope that you know what to expect from the exam. Do well!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sample_Practice_Exam_Questions\"><\/span>Sample Practice Exam Questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Here is the list of 5 sample questions that are taken from our Practice Tests (If you are interested please purchase our full length practices questions to pass Hashicorp Vault Certification Exam:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Domain_Tokens\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domain : Tokens<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><em>Q1 : <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does Vault allow you to renew the tokens after the token has reached the Max TTL?<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A.<\/strong> Yes, you can renew the token using Vault Renew command<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>B.<\/strong> No, you cannot renew since the token has reached its max TTL from the time of generation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answers: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explanation: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Token can be renewed repeatedly until it reaches its maximum TTL. For example, if a token&#8217;s TTL is 30 minutes and the maximum TTL is 24 hours, you can renew the token before reaching the 30 minutes. You can renew the token multiple times if you are using it. However, once the token reaches the 24 hours of its first creation, you can no longer renew the token.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Option A is not valid<\/strong> as the token renew command will be errored out since the token max TTL has reached.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong> To know more about tokens, refer :\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.hashicorp.com\/tutorials\/vault\/tokens?in=vault\/auth-methods#ttl-and-max-ttl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/learn.hashicorp.com\/tutorials\/vault\/tokens?in=vault\/auth-methods#ttl-and-max-ttl<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Domain_Tokens-2\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domain : Tokens<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><em>Q2 : <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David has generated an Orphan token. His superior would like to know if the Orphan token will expire when the parent token reaches its max TTL. David confirms it will expire once the Parent Token TTL has been reached. Is David right in this case?<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A.<\/strong> Yes, David was right that the Orphan Token will expire once the Parent Token has expired.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>B.<\/strong> No, David was wrong as Orphan Token are not children of Parent token, hence they don\u2019t expire when parent token has expired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explanation: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orphan tokens are not children of their parents therefore, orphan tokens do not expire when their parent does.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Option A is wrong<\/strong> because Parent Token does not affect the Orphan Token.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong> To know more about Orphan Token, refer : <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.hashicorp.com\/tutorials\/vault\/tokens?in=vault\/auth-methods#orphan-tokens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/learn.hashicorp.com\/tutorials\/vault\/tokens?in=vault\/auth-methods#orphan-tokens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Domain_Auth_Methods\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domain : Auth Methods<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q3: We are allowed to customize the mount points for each Auth Method that is enabled. Is this statement correct?<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A.<\/strong> True, you can specify the mount point path.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>B.<\/strong> False, you cannot specify the mount point path<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can define the path by specifying the path. 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