QUALYS VULNERABILITY
MANAGEMENT DETECTION AND
RESPONSE PRACTICE EXAMINATION
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS.
✅ State the Qualys sensors that collect the data needed to perform
vulnerability assessments. Answer: -Scanner Appliance
-Cloud Agent
✅ Which type of Dashboard Widget can be configured to change
color, as its tracked data reaches specific conditions or threshold
levels? Answer: Count
✅ You have to explain to your team how the VMDR for ITSM has
some very useful features. Which points will you stress? Answer: -
Allows rule-based imports of vulnerabilities, risks, and patch
recommendations
-Provides unified security and IT threat response paths for faster
remediation
-Assigns vulnerability findings to their appropriate owner,
automatically
, ✅ On one of the host assets, the Asset Criticality Score (ACS) is 4.
The vulnerabilities are categorized with Qualys Detection Score
(QDS) asCritical - 93,High - 82,Medium 61, andLow - 28.
Given that the weightage for Critical is 1.0, High is 0.7, Medium is
0.4, and Low is 0.25, What will be the Asset Risk Score (ARS)?
Calculate using the ARS formula. Answer: 909
✅ A host asset is tagged under multiple Asset Tags. Each Asset Tag
has an associate Asset Criticality Score (ACS), such as
Servers - 3,
Data Center - 4, and
GCP US - 4.
The Qualys Detection Score (QDS) is noted as Critical - 95, High -
83, Medium 60, and Low - 31. Answer: 739
✅ You have to analyze the threat intelligence information provided
by Qualys Threat and Malware Labs. Where will you find this
information? Answer: VMDR > Prioritization tab > Threat Feed
✅ When you are prioritizing vulnerabilities by age, you have the
option of _______. Answer: -Vulnerability Age
-Detection Age
✅ After building a Prioritization Report, you want to monitor the
report's contents regularly. What is the recommended action?
Answer: Export the report to dashboard and create a dynamic widget
MANAGEMENT DETECTION AND
RESPONSE PRACTICE EXAMINATION
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS.
✅ State the Qualys sensors that collect the data needed to perform
vulnerability assessments. Answer: -Scanner Appliance
-Cloud Agent
✅ Which type of Dashboard Widget can be configured to change
color, as its tracked data reaches specific conditions or threshold
levels? Answer: Count
✅ You have to explain to your team how the VMDR for ITSM has
some very useful features. Which points will you stress? Answer: -
Allows rule-based imports of vulnerabilities, risks, and patch
recommendations
-Provides unified security and IT threat response paths for faster
remediation
-Assigns vulnerability findings to their appropriate owner,
automatically
, ✅ On one of the host assets, the Asset Criticality Score (ACS) is 4.
The vulnerabilities are categorized with Qualys Detection Score
(QDS) asCritical - 93,High - 82,Medium 61, andLow - 28.
Given that the weightage for Critical is 1.0, High is 0.7, Medium is
0.4, and Low is 0.25, What will be the Asset Risk Score (ARS)?
Calculate using the ARS formula. Answer: 909
✅ A host asset is tagged under multiple Asset Tags. Each Asset Tag
has an associate Asset Criticality Score (ACS), such as
Servers - 3,
Data Center - 4, and
GCP US - 4.
The Qualys Detection Score (QDS) is noted as Critical - 95, High -
83, Medium 60, and Low - 31. Answer: 739
✅ You have to analyze the threat intelligence information provided
by Qualys Threat and Malware Labs. Where will you find this
information? Answer: VMDR > Prioritization tab > Threat Feed
✅ When you are prioritizing vulnerabilities by age, you have the
option of _______. Answer: -Vulnerability Age
-Detection Age
✅ After building a Prioritization Report, you want to monitor the
report's contents regularly. What is the recommended action?
Answer: Export the report to dashboard and create a dynamic widget
