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SC-100 · Application lifecycle workload identities and APIs

Practice question 421 of 498 · easy

An application must store a third-party secret that cannot yet be replaced with a secretless identity. Which service is the most direct fit?

Choose the single best answer.

  1. A.Azure Key Vault with scoped permissions and lifecycle controls
  2. B.Azure WAF as the secret store
  3. C.API gateway response caching
  4. D.A plaintext configuration file in the repository
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✓ Correct answer

  • Azure Key Vault with scoped permissions and lifecycle controls

Key Vault is designed for restricted secret management. WAF protects web requests, caching does not provide a secret lifecycle boundary, and plaintext source storage exposes the credential.

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