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SY0-701 · Question #898

A company is experiencing loss of availability due to excessive traffic to their front-end web servers. The company hires a digital forensics expert to investigate the incident. Which of the…

The correct answer is B. Load balancer. Load balancer logs provide detailed information about incoming web traffic and distribution to the front-end servers, making them the most relevant source to diagnose excessive traffic and availability issues.

Submitted by obi.ng· Mar 6, 2026Security Operations

Question

A company is experiencing loss of availability due to excessive traffic to their front-end web servers. The company hires a digital forensics expert to investigate the incident. Which of the following logs should the digital forensics expert review first to diagnose the details of this incident?

Options

  • ARouter
  • BLoad balancer
  • CSwitch
  • DFirewall

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • B
    71% (17)
  • C
    17% (4)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

Load balancer logs provide detailed information about incoming web traffic and distribution to the front-end servers, making them the most relevant source to diagnose excessive traffic and availability issues.

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