QUALYS VMDR EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Which Qualys sensor is used to scan hosts which have a public-facing IP addresses? - CORRECT
ANSWER -External Scanner
When should you add scannable host assets as DNS-tracked assets? - CORRECT ANSWER -When
the assets are using DHCP to acquire IP addresses
Child tags do not inherit the attributes or properties of their parent tags? T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER -True
How can you ensure that a group of new critical assets are prioritized appropriately? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Assign a new Asset Tag with an Asset Criticality score of 5 to the new assets
How can you identify which assets need prioritizing and ensure that this information is always
up-to-date? - CORRECT ANSWER -Export prioritization results to a dashboard widget
Which feature would enable you to create a report which details the number of detections for a
particular vulnerability? - CORRECT ANSWER -Static search list
Which of the following would help you track authentication failures? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Subscription health dashboard
You wish to configure vulnerability scanning for hosts on a local area network. Which Qualys
sensors should you consider using? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hardware Appliance
Virtual Appliance
, You need to ensure that there are no blind spots across your IT environment. You are looking for
a method to automatically detect and profile all network-connected systems. What is the best
method of achieving this goal? - CORRECT ANSWER -Deploy Qualys Passive Scanner and use the
CSAM Asset Inventory to check managed and unmanaged assets
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WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Which Qualys sensor is used to scan hosts which have a public-facing IP addresses? - CORRECT
ANSWER -External Scanner
When should you add scannable host assets as DNS-tracked assets? - CORRECT ANSWER -When
the assets are using DHCP to acquire IP addresses
Child tags do not inherit the attributes or properties of their parent tags? T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER -True
How can you ensure that a group of new critical assets are prioritized appropriately? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Assign a new Asset Tag with an Asset Criticality score of 5 to the new assets
How can you identify which assets need prioritizing and ensure that this information is always
up-to-date? - CORRECT ANSWER -Export prioritization results to a dashboard widget
Which feature would enable you to create a report which details the number of detections for a
particular vulnerability? - CORRECT ANSWER -Static search list
Which of the following would help you track authentication failures? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Subscription health dashboard
You wish to configure vulnerability scanning for hosts on a local area network. Which Qualys
sensors should you consider using? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hardware Appliance
Virtual Appliance
, You need to ensure that there are no blind spots across your IT environment. You are looking for
a method to automatically detect and profile all network-connected systems. What is the best
method of achieving this goal? - CORRECT ANSWER -Deploy Qualys Passive Scanner and use the
CSAM Asset Inventory to check managed and unmanaged assets
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