Practice HCCAO-003 Exam Online

Question 1

True or False? When running Consul OSS, you can use the snapshot command/API to natively create and store snapshots to cloud-based storage.

A : ue

B : lse

Answer: B

Question 2

From the options below, select the features that are available in Consul Enterprise, and not available in the open-source offering.

A :

Connect (service to service authorization and encryption)

B : topilot (automated upgrades)

C : nsul snapshot agent (automated backups)

D : DC auth method (centralized authentication)

E : ntinel (Policy as Code)

F :

Namespaces (datacenter isolation)

Answer: A,B,C,D

Question 3

During leadership election, which members in the local datacenter get a vote to elect a new leader?

A : nsul server nodes

B :

Consul servers and clients

C : nsul servers, read-only server nodes, and clients

D : nsul clients

Answer: A

Question 4

You need to deny communication between the customer-db service and the payment service using an intention. You open the command line and issue the following

command:

$ consul intention create customer-db payment

However, the two services can still initiate new connections even after the intention is created. What would explain this?

A : default behavior of the command issued is allow

B :

the mTLS certificates are both signed by the same CA, therefore the connectivity is permitted regardless of an intention

C : services are communicating over HTTP rather than HTTPS

D : ere is an identical intention that is permitting the connectivity

Answer: A

Question 5

What are two ways that a client or service can programmatically discover healthy nodes for a service registered in a local Consul cluster? (select two)

A :

B : er Interface (UI)

C : TP API

D : deration

Answer: A,C

Name:	HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate (003)
Exam Code:	HCCAO-003
Certification:	Consul Associate
Vendor:	HashiCorp
Total Questions:	174
Last Updated:	Nov 05, 2025

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