Performing CyberOps Using Cisco Security Technologies (CBRCOR) — Question 49

What is idempotence?

Answer options

• A. the assurance of system uniformity throughout the whole delivery process
• B. the ability to recover from failures while keeping critical services running
• C. the necessity of setting maintenance of individual deployment environments
• D. the ability to set the target environment configuration regardless of the starting state

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because idempotence refers to the property where an operation can be applied multiple times without changing the result beyond the initial application, allowing for configuration to be set regardless of the starting state. Options A, B, and C do not accurately define idempotence, as they focus on consistency, recovery, and maintenance rather than the core concept of setting configurations.