Palo Alto PCCET Questions With Complete Solutions

Palo Alto PCCET Questions With
Complete Solutions




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,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




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D. denial-of-service (DoS) - ANSA

Which core component of Cortex combines security orchestration, incident management, and




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interactive investigation to serve security teams across the incident lifecycle?
A. AutoFocus
B. Cortex XDR
C. Cortex XSOAR



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D. Cortex Data Lake - ANSC

Which type of advanced malware has entire sections of code that serve no purpose other than
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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 - ANSB
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Which type of phishing attack is specifically directed at senior executives or other high-profile
targets within an organization?
A. whaling
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B. watering hole
C. pharming
D. spear phishing - ANSA
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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 - ANSB

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 - ANSC

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

Which Wi-Fi attack leverages device information about which wireless networks it previously




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connected to?
A. evil twin
B. man-in-the-middle




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C. Jasager
D. SSLstrip - ANSC

Which malware type is installed in the BIOS of a machine, which means operating system level



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tools cannot detect it?
A. rootkit
B. logic bomb
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C. ransomware
D. spyware - ANSA

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?
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A. least privilege
B. secure access
C. inspection of all traffic
D. cyberthreat protection - ANSD
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Which three options describe the relationship and interaction between a customer and SaaS?
(Choose three.)
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A. subscription service
B. extensive manpower required
C. internet- or application-based
D. complex deployment
E. convenient and economical - ANSACE

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. - ANSCD

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

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




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What type of malware can have multiple control servers distributed all over the world with
multiple fallback options?
A. logic bombs



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B. rootkits
C. advanced or modern
D. exploits - ANSC
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Which type of malware disables protection software?
A. anti-AV
B. Trojan horse
C. ransomware
D. worm - ANSA
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Another term for a bot is a "zombie". (True or False) - ANST

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

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 - ANSC