SOPHOS CERTIFIED ENGINEER 2026 PRACTICE
QUESTION SET ONE
◉ TRUE or FALSE. A mixture of Intercept X Essentials and Advanced
XDR licenses can be used within the same estate to provided
different levels of protection. Answer: TRUE
◉ What information does the Sophos Firewall share with networked
devices when a single device health status has changed to red?
Answer: MAC Address
◉ Which of these protection features provides protection against the
delivery of malicious files or software via the Internet? Answer: Web
Protection
◉ You have created users manually in Sophos Central. How do you
prevent the creation of duplicate users if you start synchronization
with Windows AD using the AD Sync Utility tool? Answer: use the
same email address
◉ Which of the following directory services are supported by
Sophos Central? Answer: Active Directory, Entra ID, Google Directory
, ◉ What is the installation directory of Sophos Server Protection for
Linux? Answer: /opt/sophos-spl
◉ TRUE or FALSE: You can install a Message Relay without an
Update Cache. Answer: FALSE
◉ What is the best method for overriding outlying devices that may
be numerically closest to an inappropriate Update Cache? Answer:
assign them manually
◉ TRUE or FALSE: A server can only be a member of ONE server
group. Answer: TRUE
◉ Which tab in the Endpoint Self Help Tool displays the last
communication date and time for management traffic? Answer:
Management Communication
◉ TRUE or FALSE: Clicking Update Now in the Sophos Endpoint
Agent forces the device to communicate with the update warehouse
and download any software updates required. Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE or FALSE. Tamper Protection must be disabled to remove
the Sophos Endpoint Agent from protected devices. Answer: TRUE
QUESTION SET ONE
◉ TRUE or FALSE. A mixture of Intercept X Essentials and Advanced
XDR licenses can be used within the same estate to provided
different levels of protection. Answer: TRUE
◉ What information does the Sophos Firewall share with networked
devices when a single device health status has changed to red?
Answer: MAC Address
◉ Which of these protection features provides protection against the
delivery of malicious files or software via the Internet? Answer: Web
Protection
◉ You have created users manually in Sophos Central. How do you
prevent the creation of duplicate users if you start synchronization
with Windows AD using the AD Sync Utility tool? Answer: use the
same email address
◉ Which of the following directory services are supported by
Sophos Central? Answer: Active Directory, Entra ID, Google Directory
, ◉ What is the installation directory of Sophos Server Protection for
Linux? Answer: /opt/sophos-spl
◉ TRUE or FALSE: You can install a Message Relay without an
Update Cache. Answer: FALSE
◉ What is the best method for overriding outlying devices that may
be numerically closest to an inappropriate Update Cache? Answer:
assign them manually
◉ TRUE or FALSE: A server can only be a member of ONE server
group. Answer: TRUE
◉ Which tab in the Endpoint Self Help Tool displays the last
communication date and time for management traffic? Answer:
Management Communication
◉ TRUE or FALSE: Clicking Update Now in the Sophos Endpoint
Agent forces the device to communicate with the update warehouse
and download any software updates required. Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE or FALSE. Tamper Protection must be disabled to remove
the Sophos Endpoint Agent from protected devices. Answer: TRUE
