PALO ALTO PCCSA QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
In which cloud computing service model does a provider's applications run on a
cloud infrastructure and the consumer does not manage or control the underlying
infrastructure?
A. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
B. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
C. Software as a Service (SaaS)
D. Public Cloud - ANSWERC
Business intelligence (BI) software consists of tools and techniques used to surface
large amounts of raw unstructured data to perform a variety of tasks including data
mining, event processing, and predictive analytics. (True or False) - ANSWERT
The process in which end users find personal technology and apps that are more
powerful or capable, more convenient, less expensive, quicker to install, and easier
to use than enterprise IT solutions is known as consumerization. (True or False) -
ANSWERT
An organization can be compliant with all applicable security and privacy regulations
for its industry, yet still not be secure. (True or False) - ANSWERT
An IPv4 address consists of four ______-bit octets. - ANSWER8
_________________ is a technique used to divide a large network into smaller,
multiple subnetworks by segmenting an IPv4 address into a network and host
portion. - ANSWERSubnetting
The OSI model consists of how many layers?
A. Four
B. Six
C. Seven
D. Nine - ANSWERC
Which two protocols function at the Transport layer of the OSI model?
A. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
B. Internet Protocol (IP)
C. User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
D. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) - ANSWERAC
The U.S. law that establishes national standards to protect individuals' medical
records and other health information is known as _______. - ANSWERHIPAA
Most cyberattacks today are perpetrated by internal threat actors such as malicious
employees engaging in corporate espionage. (True or False) - ANSWERF
, The Cyber-Attack Lifecycle is a five-step process that an attacker goes through to
attack a network. (True or False) - ANSWERF
List the steps of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle. - ANSWERReconnaissance,
Weaponization, Delivery, Exploitation, Installation, Command and Control, Actions
on Objectives
An attacker needs to succeed in executing only one step of the Cyber-Attack
Lifecycle to infiltrate a network, whereas a defender must "be right every time" and
break every step of the chain to prevent an attack. (True or False) - ANSWERF
Which technique is not used to break the command-and-control (C&C) phase of the
Cyber-Attack Lifecycle?
A. Blocking outbound traffic to known malicious sites and IP addresses
B. DNS sinkholing and DNS poisoning
C. Vulnerability and patch management
D. All of the above - ANSWERC
The key to breaking the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle during the Installation phase is to
implement network segmentation, a Zero Trust model, and granular control of
applications to limit or restrict an attacker's lateral movement within the network.
(True or False) - ANSWERT
Network firewalls cannot completely protect hosts from zero-day exploits. (True or
False) - ANSWERT
_______________ exploits target unknown vulnerabilities in operating system and
application software on a host machine. - ANSWERZero-day
Which option describes malicious software or code that typically takes control of,
collects information from, or damages an infected endpoint?
A. Exploit
B. Malware
C. Vulnerability
D. None of the above - ANSWERB
Which option is an important characteristic or capability of advanced malware?
A. Distributed, fault-tolerant architecture
B. Multi-functionality
C. Hiding techniques such as polymorphism, metamorphism, and obfuscation
D. All of the above - ANSWERD
A vulnerability is a small piece of software code, part of a malformed data file, or a
sequence (string) of commands created by an attacker to cause unintended or
unanticipated behavior in a system or software. (True or False) - ANSWERF
New exploits can be crafted from any number of more than a thousand core exploit
techniques. (True or False) - ANSWERF
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
In which cloud computing service model does a provider's applications run on a
cloud infrastructure and the consumer does not manage or control the underlying
infrastructure?
A. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
B. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
C. Software as a Service (SaaS)
D. Public Cloud - ANSWERC
Business intelligence (BI) software consists of tools and techniques used to surface
large amounts of raw unstructured data to perform a variety of tasks including data
mining, event processing, and predictive analytics. (True or False) - ANSWERT
The process in which end users find personal technology and apps that are more
powerful or capable, more convenient, less expensive, quicker to install, and easier
to use than enterprise IT solutions is known as consumerization. (True or False) -
ANSWERT
An organization can be compliant with all applicable security and privacy regulations
for its industry, yet still not be secure. (True or False) - ANSWERT
An IPv4 address consists of four ______-bit octets. - ANSWER8
_________________ is a technique used to divide a large network into smaller,
multiple subnetworks by segmenting an IPv4 address into a network and host
portion. - ANSWERSubnetting
The OSI model consists of how many layers?
A. Four
B. Six
C. Seven
D. Nine - ANSWERC
Which two protocols function at the Transport layer of the OSI model?
A. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
B. Internet Protocol (IP)
C. User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
D. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) - ANSWERAC
The U.S. law that establishes national standards to protect individuals' medical
records and other health information is known as _______. - ANSWERHIPAA
Most cyberattacks today are perpetrated by internal threat actors such as malicious
employees engaging in corporate espionage. (True or False) - ANSWERF
, The Cyber-Attack Lifecycle is a five-step process that an attacker goes through to
attack a network. (True or False) - ANSWERF
List the steps of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle. - ANSWERReconnaissance,
Weaponization, Delivery, Exploitation, Installation, Command and Control, Actions
on Objectives
An attacker needs to succeed in executing only one step of the Cyber-Attack
Lifecycle to infiltrate a network, whereas a defender must "be right every time" and
break every step of the chain to prevent an attack. (True or False) - ANSWERF
Which technique is not used to break the command-and-control (C&C) phase of the
Cyber-Attack Lifecycle?
A. Blocking outbound traffic to known malicious sites and IP addresses
B. DNS sinkholing and DNS poisoning
C. Vulnerability and patch management
D. All of the above - ANSWERC
The key to breaking the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle during the Installation phase is to
implement network segmentation, a Zero Trust model, and granular control of
applications to limit or restrict an attacker's lateral movement within the network.
(True or False) - ANSWERT
Network firewalls cannot completely protect hosts from zero-day exploits. (True or
False) - ANSWERT
_______________ exploits target unknown vulnerabilities in operating system and
application software on a host machine. - ANSWERZero-day
Which option describes malicious software or code that typically takes control of,
collects information from, or damages an infected endpoint?
A. Exploit
B. Malware
C. Vulnerability
D. None of the above - ANSWERB
Which option is an important characteristic or capability of advanced malware?
A. Distributed, fault-tolerant architecture
B. Multi-functionality
C. Hiding techniques such as polymorphism, metamorphism, and obfuscation
D. All of the above - ANSWERD
A vulnerability is a small piece of software code, part of a malformed data file, or a
sequence (string) of commands created by an attacker to cause unintended or
unanticipated behavior in a system or software. (True or False) - ANSWERF
New exploits can be crafted from any number of more than a thousand core exploit
techniques. (True or False) - ANSWERF
