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VAULT-ASSOCIATE-002 · Question #61

A child token must be assigned the same or a subset the parent token's policies.

The correct answer is A. True. When creating a child token in Vault, its associated policies must be either identical to or a restrictive subset of its parent token's policies, ensuring that child tokens cannot gain more privileges than their parent.

Submitted by alyssa_d· Apr 18, 2026Understand Vault Concepts

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A child token must be assigned the same or a subset the parent token's policies.

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When creating a child token in Vault, its associated policies must be either identical to or a restrictive subset of its parent token's policies, ensuring that child tokens cannot gain more privileges than their parent.

ATrueCorrect

True. In Vault's token hierarchy, child tokens inherit and are restricted by their parent's policies. This means a child token cannot be granted more permissions than its parent; its policies must be the same or a subset of the parent's policies, upholding the principle of least privilege.

Concept tested: Vault token hierarchy and policy inheritance

Source: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/concepts/tokens#child-tokens

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#Tokens#Policies#Token hierarchy#Permissions

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