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220-1202 · Question #218

An administrator is investigating a zero-day vulnerability on a core system. If the vulnerability is not patched, the negative impact to business could be significant. The vendor has released a…

The correct answer is B. Implement an emergency change. An emergency change is appropriate when a critical vulnerability poses significant business risk and must be addressed immediately, even if downtime is required.

Submitted by devops_kid· Mar 30, 2026

Question

An administrator is investigating a zero-day vulnerability on a core system. If the vulnerability is not patched, the negative impact to business could be significant. The vendor has released a patch, but it requires downtime to deploy. Which of the following actions should the administrator take?

Options

  • ACreate a standard change request.
  • BImplement an emergency change.
  • CImmediately freeze all changes.
  • DContinue operations until the next change interval.

How the community answered

(46 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    83% (38)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    9% (4)

Explanation

An emergency change is appropriate when a critical vulnerability poses significant business risk and must be addressed immediately, even if downtime is required.

Topics

#Emergency change management#Vulnerability management#Patch deployment#Incident response

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