Exam GitHub-Advanced-Security Topic 6 Question 27 Discussion

Actual exam question for GitHub's GitHub-Advanced-Security exam
Question #: 27
Topic #: 6
How many alerts are created when two instances of the same secret value are in the same repository?

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Whenmultiple instances of the same secret valueappear in a repository,only one alertis generated. Secret scanning works by identifying exposed credentials and token patterns, and it groups identical matches into a single alertto reduce noise and avoid duplication.
This makes triaging easier and helps teams focus on remediating the actual exposed credential rather than reviewing multiple redundant alerts.

by Tom at Jul 13, 2026, 04:05 AM

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