Hashicorp Certified Vault Associate 002 · Free Practice Question Easy
Question 22
True or False? When encrypting data with the Transit secrets engine, Vault always stores the ciphertext in a dedicated KV store along with the associated encryption key.
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A
False
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B
True
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The Vault transit secrets engine does NOT store any data, it only encrypts/decrypts data and returns the value upon request.
A. Correct. When encrypting data with the Transit secrets engine, Vault does not store the ciphertext in a dedicated KV store along with the associated encryption key. The Transit secrets engine is designed to handle encryption and decryption in transit without persisting the encrypted data.
B.
False. When encrypting data with the Transit secrets engine, Vault does not store the ciphertext in a dedicated KV store along with the associated encryption key. The Transit secrets engine handles encryption and decryption in transit without persisting the encrypted data.
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