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Palo Alto PCCET Questions And Answers Latest Top Score 2024/25. Which type of cyberattack sends extremely high volumes of network traffic such as packets, data, or transactions that render the victim's network unavailable or unusable? A. distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) B. spamming botnet C. phishing botnet D. denial-of-service (DoS) - correct answer. A Which core component of Cortex combines security orchestration, incident management, and interactive investigation to serve security teams across the incident lifecycle? A. AutoFocus B. Cortex XDR C. Cortex XSOAR D. Cortex Data Lake - correct answer. C Which type of advanced malware has entire sections of code that serve no purpose other than to change the signature of the malware, thus producing an infinite number of signature hashes for even the smallest of malware programs? A. distributed B. polymorphic C. multi-functional D. obfuscated - correct answer. B Which type of phishing attack is specifically directed at senior executives or other high-profile targets within an organization? A. whaling B. watering hole C. pharming D. spear phishing - correct answer. A Which wireless security protocol includes improved security for IoT devices, smart bulbs, wireless appliances, and smart speakers? A. WPA2 B. WPA3 C. WPA1 D. WEP - correct answer. B Which tactic, technique, or procedure (TTP) masks application traffic over port 443 (HTTPS)? A. using non-standard ports B. hopping ports C. hiding within SSL encryption D. tunneling - correct answer. C Which specific technology is associated with Web 3.0? A. social networks B. instant messaging C. remote meeting software D. blockchain - correct answer. D Which Wi-Fi attack leverages device information about which wireless networks it previously connected to? A. evil twin B. man-in-the-middle C. Jasager D. SSLstrip - correct answer. C Which malware type is installed in the BIOS of a machine, which means operating system level tools cannot detect it? A. rootkit B. logic bomb C. ransomware D. spyware - correct answer. A Which Zero Trust capability provides a combination of anti-malware and intrusion prevention technologies to protect against both known and unknown threats, including mobile device threats? A. least privilege B. secure access C. inspection of all traffic D. cyberthreat protection - correct answer. D Which three options describe the relationship and interaction between a customer and SaaS? (Choose three.) A. subscription service B. extensive manpower required C. internet- or application-based D. complex deployment E. convenient and economical - correct answer. ACE Mobile devices are easy targets for attacks for which two reasons? (Choose two.) A. They have poor battery-charging capabilities. B. They use speaker phones. C. They stay in an always-on, always-present state. D. They roam in unsecured areas. - correct answer. CD Which path or tool is used by attackers? A. storage-area networks (SAN) B. anti-malware update C. SaaS D. threat vector - correct answer. D Which kind of server is a master server that is designed to listen to individual compromised endpoints and respond with appropriate attack commands? A. command and control B. bot C. web D. directory services - correct answer. A What type of malware can have multiple control servers distributed all over the world with multiple fallback options? A. logic bombs B. rootkits C. advanced or modern D. exploits - correct answer. C Which type of malware disables protection software? A. anti-AV B. Trojan horse C. ransomware D. worm - correct answer. A Another term for a bot is a "zombie". (True or False) - correct answer. T The spread of unsolicited content to targeted endpoints is known as what? A. spamming B. pharming C. phishing D. exploiting - correct answer. A Which type of attack utilizes many endpoints as bots or attackers in a coordinated effort, and can be extremely effective in taking down a website or some other publicly accessible service? A. Bluetooth B. adware C. distributed denial-of-service D. man-in-the-middle - correct answer. C Which Wi-Fi attack intercepts the victim's web traffic, redirects the victim's browser to a web server that it controls, and serves up whatever content the attacker desires? A. Evil Twin B. SSLstrip C. Emotet D. Jasager - correct answer. B Which part of APTs indicate that attackers use advanced malware and exploits and typically also have the skills and resources necessary to develop additional cyberattack tools and techniques? A. Secure B. Persistent C. Threat D. Advanced - correct answer. D WPA2 includes a function that generates a 256-bit key based on a much shorter passphrase created by the administrator of the Wi-Fi network and the service set identifier (SSID) of the AP is used as a salt (random data) for the one-way hash function. (True or False) - correct answer. T Which component of the zero trust conceptual architecture is called a "platform" to reflect that it is made up of multiple distinct (and potentially distributed) security technologies that operate as part of a holistic threat protection framework to reduce the attack surface and correlate information about discovered threats? A. Management infrastructure B. Pocket of trust C. Trust zone D. Single component - correct answer. D Which zero trust deployment method obtains a detailed picture of traffic flows throughout the network, including where, when, and to what extent specific users are using specific applications and data resources? A. Define trust zones B. Establish trust zones C. Implement at major access points D. Listen-only mode - correct answer. D

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Palo Alto PCCET Questions And Answers
Latest Top Score 2024/25.

Which type of cyberattack sends extremely high volumes of network traffic such as
packets, data, or transactions that render the victim's network unavailable or unusable?
A. distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
B. spamming botnet
C. phishing botnet
D. denial-of-service (DoS) - correct answer. A

Which core component of Cortex combines security orchestration, incident
management, and interactive investigation to serve security teams across the incident
lifecycle?
A. AutoFocus
B. Cortex XDR
C. Cortex XSOAR
D. Cortex Data Lake - correct answer. C

Which type of advanced malware has entire sections of code that serve no purpose
other than to change the signature of the malware, thus producing an infinite number of
signature hashes for even the smallest of malware programs?
A. distributed
B. polymorphic
C. multi-functional
D. obfuscated - correct answer. B

Which type of phishing attack is specifically directed at senior executives or other high-
profile targets within an organization?
A. whaling
B. watering hole
C. pharming
D. spear phishing - correct answer. A

,Which wireless security protocol includes improved security for IoT devices, smart
bulbs, wireless appliances, and smart speakers?
A. WPA2
B. WPA3
C. WPA1
D. WEP - correct answer. B

Which tactic, technique, or procedure (TTP) masks application traffic over port 443
(HTTPS)?
A. using non-standard ports
B. hopping ports
C. hiding within SSL encryption
D. tunneling - correct answer. C

Which specific technology is associated with Web 3.0?
A. social networks
B. instant messaging
C. remote meeting software
D. blockchain - correct answer. D

Which Wi-Fi attack leverages device information about which wireless networks it
previously connected to?
A. evil twin
B. man-in-the-middle
C. Jasager
D. SSLstrip - correct answer. C

Which malware type is installed in the BIOS of a machine, which means operating
system level tools cannot detect it?
A. rootkit
B. logic bomb
C. ransomware
D. spyware - correct answer. A

Which Zero Trust capability provides a combination of anti-malware and intrusion
prevention technologies to protect against both known and unknown threats, including
mobile device threats?
A. least privilege
B. secure access
C. inspection of all traffic
D. cyberthreat protection - correct answer. D

Which three options describe the relationship and interaction between a customer and
SaaS? (Choose three.)
A. subscription service
B. extensive manpower required

,C. internet- or application-based
D. complex deployment
E. convenient and economical - correct answer. ACE

Mobile devices are easy targets for attacks for which two reasons? (Choose two.)
A. They have poor battery-charging capabilities.
B. They use speaker phones.
C. They stay in an always-on, always-present state.
D. They roam in unsecured areas. - correct answer. CD

Which path or tool is used by attackers?
A. storage-area networks (SAN)
B. anti-malware update
C. SaaS
D. threat vector - correct answer. D

Which kind of server is a master server that is designed to listen to individual
compromised endpoints and respond with appropriate attack commands?
A. command and control
B. bot
C. web
D. directory services - correct answer. A

What type of malware can have multiple control servers distributed all over the world
with multiple fallback options?
A. logic bombs
B. rootkits
C. advanced or modern
D. exploits - correct answer. C

Which type of malware disables protection software?
A. anti-AV
B. Trojan horse
C. ransomware
D. worm - correct answer. A

Another term for a bot is a "zombie". (True or False) - correct answer. T

The spread of unsolicited content to targeted endpoints is known as what?
A. spamming
B. pharming
C. phishing
D. exploiting - correct answer. A

, Which type of attack utilizes many endpoints as bots or attackers in a coordinated effort,
and can be extremely effective in taking down a website or some other publicly
accessible service?
A. Bluetooth
B. adware
C. distributed denial-of-service
D. man-in-the-middle - correct answer. C

Which Wi-Fi attack intercepts the victim's web traffic, redirects the victim's browser to a
web server that it controls, and serves up whatever content the attacker desires?
A. Evil Twin
B. SSLstrip
C. Emotet
D. Jasager - correct answer. B

Which part of APTs indicate that attackers use advanced malware and exploits and
typically also have the skills and resources necessary to develop additional cyberattack
tools and techniques?
A. Secure
B. Persistent
C. Threat
D. Advanced - correct answer. D

WPA2 includes a function that generates a 256-bit key based on a much shorter
passphrase created by the administrator of the Wi-Fi network and the service set
identifier (SSID) of the AP is used as a salt (random data) for the one-way hash
function. (True or False) - correct answer. T

Which component of the zero trust conceptual architecture is called a "platform" to
reflect that it is made up of multiple distinct (and potentially distributed) security
technologies that operate as part of a holistic threat protection framework to reduce the
attack surface and correlate information about discovered threats?
A. Management infrastructure
B. Pocket of trust
C. Trust zone
D. Single component - correct answer. D

Which zero trust deployment method obtains a detailed picture of traffic flows
throughout the network, including where, when, and to what extent specific users are
using specific applications and data resources?
A. Define trust zones
B. Establish trust zones
C. Implement at major access points
D. Listen-only mode - correct answer. D

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