Exam CS0-003 topic 1 question 334 discussion

If there was no data at all for the system, then A (server offline) would be valid. But since it sounds like the scan ran and returned results, just nothing matching the filter, then: C. The scan finding does not match the requirement is still the most probable and accurate answer based on the info given.

If the server was offline during the scan, the vulnerability scanner would not be able to reach or scan the system, which could explain the missing result for database patches. If the server is offline, it would not be included in the scan results, which could create the appearance that there are no issues with database patches, even though they might exist if the server were online. This is especially relevant if the scan is done in a time window where the server is unavailable or has intermittent connectivity issues.

A. The server was offline at the moment of the scan. If the server was offline during the scan, the scanning tool would not be able to detect or evaluate any vulnerabilities, including those related to missing database patches. This could explain why the scan results show no findings, even if manual checks confirmed no false positives.

Answer is C given their requirements

It's clearly C. The customer asks for a CVSS score of 7 or higher. With database vulnerabilities, they are going to be higher than 7. The server being offline would just mean that the scanner would return an error and not reach the database server at all. If false positives were eliminated then it's likely that the database server is functioning. Simply put, missing results is different than an error from an unresponsive, offline database server.