Question 790
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) An employee can open one app but another is blocked despite an accepted password. (2) A sensitive app requires new access checks when account risk changes after a session was established. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Apply an appropriately scoped Conditional Access authentication strength for the finance application. | (2) Evaluate continuous access evaluation support and token revocation behavior for the protected workload.
- (1) Diagnose applied Conditional Access evaluations in the user's sign-in logs. | (2) Stage Conditional Access rollout using report-only evaluation and tested emergency-access exclusions.
- (1) Apply an appropriately scoped Conditional Access authentication strength for the finance application. | (2) Stage Conditional Access rollout using report-only evaluation and tested emergency-access exclusions.
- (1) Diagnose applied Conditional Access evaluations in the user's sign-in logs. | (2) Evaluate continuous access evaluation support and token revocation behavior for the protected workload.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:For requirement (1), Access policy conditions can differ by app, device, user and sign-in context. For requirement (2), CAE can respond to supported critical events without simply assuming every token expires immediately. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Access policy conditions can differ by app, device, user and sign-in context. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A finance app must require phishing-resistant sign-in from privileged staff regardless of their office network. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
B:Requirement (2) is not met: CAE can respond to supported critical events without simply assuming every token expires immediately. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An architect enables a tenant-wide block policy without testing emergency account access or report-only results. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Access policy conditions can differ by app, device, user and sign-in context. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A finance app must require phishing-resistant sign-in from privileged staff regardless of their office network. Requirement (2) is not met: CAE can respond to supported critical events without simply assuming every token expires immediately. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An architect enables a tenant-wide block policy without testing emergency account access or report-only results. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 791
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) A new WAF rule blocks legitimate payment submissions, and operations proposes disabling all managed rules. (2) A multilingual API uses custom application routing and the architect assumes one default WAF policy covers every published endpoint. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Put a supported Azure WAF policy on the approved application ingress and tune managed rules. | (2) Restrict origin access so requests cannot bypass the WAF entry point.
- (1) Inspect WAF logs and apply narrow, justified exclusions after false-positive verification. | (2) Validate WAF association, listener coverage and path-specific policy requirements.
- (1) Put a supported Azure WAF policy on the approved application ingress and tune managed rules. | (2) Validate WAF association, listener coverage and path-specific policy requirements.
- (1) Inspect WAF logs and apply narrow, justified exclusions after false-positive verification. | (2) Restrict origin access so requests cannot bypass the WAF entry point.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:For requirement (1), Controlled tuning preserves broad protection while addressing specific business collisions. For requirement (2), Protection applies only to ingress paths actually associated with the enforced policy. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Controlled tuning preserves broad protection while addressing specific business collisions. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An internet application receives repeated SQL injection probes, but only basic network port filtering is deployed. Requirement (2) is not met: Protection applies only to ingress paths actually associated with the enforced policy. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A WAF protects the public hostname, yet the app service's direct origin URL is still reachable. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Controlled tuning preserves broad protection while addressing specific business collisions. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An internet application receives repeated SQL injection probes, but only basic network port filtering is deployed. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
D:Requirement (2) is not met: Protection applies only to ingress paths actually associated with the enforced policy. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A WAF protects the public hostname, yet the app service's direct origin URL is still reachable. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 792
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) A security baseline is assigned to devices but half never receive it because they are offline for months. (2) An organization plans to wipe all user phones when employment ends, including unmanaged personal devices. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Design Intune enrollment and compliance assessment before enforcing device-state grants. | (2) Distinguish selective corporate data wipe from full device reset based on enrollment ownership.
- (1) Include device check-in freshness and actual policy application in compliance assurance. | (2) Evaluate Intune app protection policies and data-transfer restrictions for supported mobile apps.
- (1) Design Intune enrollment and compliance assessment before enforcing device-state grants. | (2) Evaluate Intune app protection policies and data-transfer restrictions for supported mobile apps.
- (1) Include device check-in freshness and actual policy application in compliance assurance. | (2) Distinguish selective corporate data wipe from full device reset based on enrollment ownership.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:For requirement (1), Assignment to a device is not proof it is enforcing the intended security state. For requirement (2), Deprovisioning must match device ownership and data protection requirements. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Assignment to a device is not proof it is enforcing the intended security state. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A conditional access policy requires compliant devices, but unmanaged laptops have no reported compliance status. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
B:Requirement (2) is not met: Deprovisioning must match device ownership and data protection requirements. The substituted action is instead for this different case: The enterprise needs corporate apps protected on BYOD phones without managing every personal app. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Assignment to a device is not proof it is enforcing the intended security state. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A conditional access policy requires compliant devices, but unmanaged laptops have no reported compliance status. Requirement (2) is not met: Deprovisioning must match device ownership and data protection requirements. The substituted action is instead for this different case: The enterprise needs corporate apps protected on BYOD phones without managing every personal app. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 793
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) An organization has noisy cloud-native alerts from several platforms that cannot be tied to the affected business system. (2) A monitoring program reports zero security events from one regional site after a firewall upgrade. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Onboard eligible hybrid resources through Azure Arc and connect supported security monitoring. | (2) Add telemetry freshness and ingestion-health checks to the multicloud security monitoring design.
- (1) Normalize resource identifiers and business ownership fields during event correlation. | (2) Plan supported multicloud event collection and correlation with Sentinel source connectors.
- (1) Onboard eligible hybrid resources through Azure Arc and connect supported security monitoring. | (2) Plan supported multicloud event collection and correlation with Sentinel source connectors.
- (1) Normalize resource identifiers and business ownership fields during event correlation. | (2) Add telemetry freshness and ingestion-health checks to the multicloud security monitoring design.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:For requirement (1), Consistent entity keys help responders prioritize and aggregate related detections. For requirement (2), No alerts can indicate a broken collection pipeline rather than low attack activity. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Consistent entity keys help responders prioritize and aggregate related detections. The substituted action is instead for this different case: Azure workloads emit alerts, but on-premises servers are absent from inventory and security baselines. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
B:Requirement (2) is not met: No alerts can indicate a broken collection pipeline rather than low attack activity. The substituted action is instead for this different case: AWS workloads are collecting logs locally, but the central SOC needs consistent incident detection across providers. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Consistent entity keys help responders prioritize and aggregate related detections. The substituted action is instead for this different case: Azure workloads emit alerts, but on-premises servers are absent from inventory and security baselines. Requirement (2) is not met: No alerts can indicate a broken collection pipeline rather than low attack activity. The substituted action is instead for this different case: AWS workloads are collecting logs locally, but the central SOC needs consistent incident detection across providers. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 794
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) An incident responder exports customer access events into a public storage location to make them easier to query. (2) A SOC proposes keeping all debug logs forever despite contractual limits on personal-data retention. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Use restricted evidence repositories and access logging for sensitive security event exports. | (2) Apply data minimization and approved retention schedules to security telemetry categories.
- (1) Define an audit evidence architecture including Purview Audit sources, licensing and retention requirements. | (2) Apply data minimization and approved retention schedules to security telemetry categories.
- (1) Use restricted evidence repositories and access logging for sensitive security event exports. | (2) Standardize trustworthy event timestamps and account for source clock skew during correlation.
- (1) Define an audit evidence architecture including Purview Audit sources, licensing and retention requirements. | (2) Standardize trustworthy event timestamps and account for source clock skew during correlation.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:For requirement (1), Logs can contain secrets and personal data and need their own authorization boundary. For requirement (2), Investigation value must be balanced against regulatory and privacy constraints. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
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B:Requirement (1) is not met: Logs can contain secrets and personal data and need their own authorization boundary. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A regulator requires a traceable history of administrative data changes, but audit retention varies by workload. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (2) is not met: Investigation value must be balanced against regulatory and privacy constraints. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A security team logs events but fails to synchronize clocks across on-premises and cloud sources. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
D:Requirement (1) is not met: Logs can contain secrets and personal data and need their own authorization boundary. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A regulator requires a traceable history of administrative data changes, but audit retention varies by workload. Requirement (2) is not met: Investigation value must be balanced against regulatory and privacy constraints. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A security team logs events but fails to synchronize clocks across on-premises and cloud sources. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 795
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) An engineer stores production secrets in environment variables embedded into a publicly shared container artifact. (2) A company wants an extra layer of encryption beyond provider-managed storage encryption for selected high-risk datasets. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Retrieve protected secrets from a managed vault using workload identity and rotation controls. | (2) Evaluate supported infrastructure encryption and key hierarchy requirements for the data service.
- (1) Require authenticated transport encryption for service-to-service data flows. | (2) Evaluate supported infrastructure encryption and key hierarchy requirements for the data service.
- (1) Retrieve protected secrets from a managed vault using workload identity and rotation controls. | (2) Protect Key Vault key lifecycle with least privilege, soft delete, purge protection and recovery planning.
- (1) Require authenticated transport encryption for service-to-service data flows. | (2) Protect Key Vault key lifecycle with least privilege, soft delete, purge protection and recovery planning.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:For requirement (1), Artifact portability must not distribute reusable secrets to unauthorized consumers. For requirement (2), Additional encryption layers should reflect the required threat model and service support. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
B:Requirement (1) is not met: Artifact portability must not distribute reusable secrets to unauthorized consumers. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An application encrypts data at rest but uses plaintext connections when transferring records to a backend service. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (2) is not met: Additional encryption layers should reflect the required threat model and service support. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A regulated database uses customer-managed encryption keys but key administrators can delete all active key versions. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
D:Requirement (1) is not met: Artifact portability must not distribute reusable secrets to unauthorized consumers. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An application encrypts data at rest but uses plaintext connections when transferring records to a backend service. Requirement (2) is not met: Additional encryption layers should reflect the required threat model and service support. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A regulated database uses customer-managed encryption keys but key administrators can delete all active key versions. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 796
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) The team enables Microsoft traffic forwarding but ignores Conditional Access interactions for protected workloads. (2) An administrator treats a Global Secure Access profile assignment as proof all remote devices are forwarding traffic. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Evaluate Microsoft Entra Internet Access for Microsoft traffic forwarding and security requirements. | (2) Evaluate supported cross-tenant Internet Access configurations and trust boundaries explicitly.
- (1) Validate Global Secure Access traffic signals with Conditional Access evaluation and supported apps. | (2) Verify effective client deployment and traffic forwarding telemetry before claiming policy coverage.
- (1) Evaluate Microsoft Entra Internet Access for Microsoft traffic forwarding and security requirements. | (2) Verify effective client deployment and traffic forwarding telemetry before claiming policy coverage.
- (1) Validate Global Secure Access traffic signals with Conditional Access evaluation and supported apps. | (2) Evaluate supported cross-tenant Internet Access configurations and trust boundaries explicitly.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:For requirement (1), Access decisions depend on the identity and network context actually presented to policies. For requirement (2), Desired policy assignment and observed network path may differ when the client is absent, disconnected or lacks the correct forwarding configuration. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Access decisions depend on the identity and network context actually presented to policies. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A company routes Microsoft 365 access through distant perimeter infrastructure and experiences inconsistent security controls. Requirement (2) is not met: Desired policy assignment and observed network path may differ when the client is absent, disconnected or lacks the correct forwarding configuration. The substituted action is instead for this different case: Two tenants collaborate but the architect assumes cross-tenant Global Secure Access controls are identical by default. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Access decisions depend on the identity and network context actually presented to policies. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A company routes Microsoft 365 access through distant perimeter infrastructure and experiences inconsistent security controls. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
D:Requirement (2) is not met: Desired policy assignment and observed network path may differ when the client is absent, disconnected or lacks the correct forwarding configuration. The substituted action is instead for this different case: Two tenants collaborate but the architect assumes cross-tenant Global Secure Access controls are identical by default. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 797
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) An architect wants to prevent new cloud deployments from violating required platform configuration standards. (2) A new workload is added to the estate but never appears in the security team's compliance reports. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Evaluate Defender for Cloud posture assessments mapped to the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark. | (2) Confirm Defender for Cloud coverage, connector scope and current resource inventory for that workload.
- (1) Design guardrail enforcement and continuous assessment using Azure Policy and Defender for Cloud. | (2) Review underlying recommendations and exposure evidence rather than treating Secure Score as proof of safety.
- (1) Evaluate Defender for Cloud posture assessments mapped to the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark. | (2) Review underlying recommendations and exposure evidence rather than treating Secure Score as proof of safety.
- (1) Design guardrail enforcement and continuous assessment using Azure Policy and Defender for Cloud. | (2) Confirm Defender for Cloud coverage, connector scope and current resource inventory for that workload.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:For requirement (1), Preventive configuration policy and detective posture monitoring serve complementary roles. For requirement (2), An unmonitored resource cannot be assumed compliant or protected. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Preventive configuration policy and detective posture monitoring serve complementary roles. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A hybrid cloud security review has no baseline for comparing Azure workload settings against Microsoft recommendations. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
B:Requirement (2) is not met: An unmonitored resource cannot be assumed compliant or protected. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A security officer sees a Secure Score increase and assumes no exploitable public endpoints remain. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Preventive configuration policy and detective posture monitoring serve complementary roles. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A hybrid cloud security review has no baseline for comparing Azure workload settings against Microsoft recommendations. Requirement (2) is not met: An unmonitored resource cannot be assumed compliant or protected. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A security officer sees a Secure Score increase and assumes no exploitable public endpoints remain. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 798
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) Engineers connect the OT control zone directly to the public internet for convenient remote vendor support. (2) An enterprise compares OT threats with only workstation-focused MITRE ATT&CK techniques. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Evaluate passive Defender for IoT monitoring and OT-safe deployment constraints. | (2) Include ICS-specific behaviors and industrial protocol telemetry in detection requirements.
- (1) Design a controlled industrial DMZ and brokered time-limited vendor access path. | (2) Integrate OT response with safety engineering and plant-specific escalation rules.
- (1) Evaluate passive Defender for IoT monitoring and OT-safe deployment constraints. | (2) Integrate OT response with safety engineering and plant-specific escalation rules.
- (1) Design a controlled industrial DMZ and brokered time-limited vendor access path. | (2) Include ICS-specific behaviors and industrial protocol telemetry in detection requirements.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:For requirement (1), Segregated remote access reduces exposure of process-control networks. For requirement (2), Industrial attacker techniques and monitoring assumptions differ from enterprise IT. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Segregated remote access reduces exposure of process-control networks. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An industrial facility wants security monitoring without installing active scanners that may disrupt fragile controllers. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
B:Requirement (2) is not met: Industrial attacker techniques and monitoring assumptions differ from enterprise IT. The substituted action is instead for this different case: The SOC receives PLC network alerts but has no plant owner authorized to investigate a process anomaly. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Segregated remote access reduces exposure of process-control networks. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An industrial facility wants security monitoring without installing active scanners that may disrupt fragile controllers. Requirement (2) is not met: Industrial attacker techniques and monitoring assumptions differ from enterprise IT. The substituted action is instead for this different case: The SOC receives PLC network alerts but has no plant owner authorized to investigate a process anomaly. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 799
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) A backup of Active Directory can only be restored using a domain account likely compromised in the incident. (2) A security audit detects privileged group membership changes but there is no comparison against an approved baseline. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Replace shared credentials with managed service account options and scoped directory rights. | (2) Monitor tier-zero group and directory changes with alerting against authorized membership records.
- (1) Prepare offline forest recovery procedures with independent trusted credentials and isolated recovery hosts. | (2) Restrict domain controller management to approved privileged networks and hardened endpoints.
- (1) Replace shared credentials with managed service account options and scoped directory rights. | (2) Restrict domain controller management to approved privileged networks and hardened endpoints.
- (1) Prepare offline forest recovery procedures with independent trusted credentials and isolated recovery hosts. | (2) Monitor tier-zero group and directory changes with alerting against authorized membership records.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:For requirement (1), Recovery must remain feasible even when the production identity forest is untrusted. For requirement (2), Drift detection makes covert privilege expansion more visible and creates an alertable comparison with approved directory group membership. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Recovery must remain feasible even when the production identity forest is untrusted. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A tier-zero AD DS service account password is shared in plaintext across several automation scripts. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
B:Requirement (2) is not met: Drift detection makes covert privilege expansion more visible and creates an alertable comparison with approved directory group membership. The substituted action is instead for this different case: Domain controllers allow unconstrained remote administrative access from ordinary user networks. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Recovery must remain feasible even when the production identity forest is untrusted. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A tier-zero AD DS service account password is shared in plaintext across several automation scripts. Requirement (2) is not met: Drift detection makes covert privilege expansion more visible and creates an alertable comparison with approved directory group membership. The substituted action is instead for this different case: Domain controllers allow unconstrained remote administrative access from ordinary user networks. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
Question 800
An enterprise security architecture project has TWO distinct requirements in the same workstream: (1) A compliance analyst compares two tenants' Secure Scores without considering different product licenses and monitored assets. (2) A security recommendation remains unresolved after the repair team claims the fix was applied. Which paired set of recommendations satisfies BOTH requirements without substituting a control intended for another risk?
- (1) Sequence fixes by exploitability, business impact and protected resource criticality. | (2) Verify observed effective configuration and assessment refresh before closing the recommendation.
- (1) Normalize posture comparisons for coverage, eligibility and differing assessed resource populations. | (2) Define time-limited compensating controls and a verified service-safe patch schedule.
- (1) Sequence fixes by exploitability, business impact and protected resource criticality. | (2) Define time-limited compensating controls and a verified service-safe patch schedule.
- (1) Normalize posture comparisons for coverage, eligibility and differing assessed resource populations. | (2) Verify observed effective configuration and assessment refresh before closing the recommendation.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:For requirement (1), Raw scores are not equivalent when their denominators and controls differ. For requirement (2), Remediation is complete only when the target state and evidence reflect the desired control. Both controls are required to meet the paired risks without substituting for each other.
Incorrect Answers
A:Requirement (1) is not met: Raw scores are not equivalent when their denominators and controls differ. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A Defender posture report shows hundreds of failed checks but the team lacks a risk-ranked remediation plan. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
B:Requirement (2) is not met: Remediation is complete only when the target state and evidence reflect the desired control. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An application cannot immediately apply a required patch because its availability architecture has no maintenance window. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
C:Requirement (1) is not met: Raw scores are not equivalent when their denominators and controls differ. The substituted action is instead for this different case: A Defender posture report shows hundreds of failed checks but the team lacks a risk-ranked remediation plan. Requirement (2) is not met: Remediation is complete only when the target state and evidence reflect the desired control. The substituted action is instead for this different case: An application cannot immediately apply a required patch because its availability architecture has no maintenance window. The proposed bundle therefore cannot satisfy BOTH stated requirements.
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