TANIUM ESSENTIALS FINAL TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Which element contains a chart that allows you to see endpoint data in a
visual format (a donut chart, for example)?.
Answer: Panel
◍ Tanium Asset.
Answer: -Collects asset data on an ongoing basis-this is then exported to an
external database such as a configuration management database (optional)-
Tanium asset then sends reports via email.
◍ When creating a database source in Asset, a best practice is to set a primary
key field in the source table that maps to a unique field in Asset, like Serial
Number or Computer Name..
Answer: True
◍ Tanium Asset Use Case?.
Answer: to collect a updated list of hardware and software throughout the
enterprise network.- ability to inventory all online clients once per hour with
50k or less machines.- ability to link to programs like ServiceNow and
CMDB data- ability to report complete list of information of software
including the name, vendor, version, and number of installed instances.
◍ In Enforce, a Deny approach is to block an application by ____..
Answer: Path, hash, or publisher
◍ If you do not define any Integrity Monitor path exclusions, all files and
directories in the path are watched for the configured change types..
Answer: False
,◍ Reports.
Answer: View predefined reports or create and configure custom reports
based on specific needs
◍ Views.
Answer: Create Filtered versions of asset data, used for exporting to
destinations outside of tanium
◍ Inventory Management.
Answer: Schedule and manage the importing and exporting of asset data
◍ Software Inventory & usage.
Answer: Manage the tracking of software vendors and product information
installations, versions and usage details.
◍ What type of asset data is stored for Reports?.
Answer: - installed software- virtual machines - Primary user per machine -
hardware associated with specific department users.
◍ Entities And Attributes.
Answer: determine what data is populated in an asset
◍ What do you need to export data to Flexera FNMS.
Answer: - Access to connect with user role -connect 4.3.0 or later -tanium
admin privileges- have a sql server staging the Flexera data
◍ How do you get to Software Inventory & Usage?.
Answer: Asset > Software & Usage > All Products
◍ What is the benifit of integrating Tanium Asset and ServiceNow?.
Answer: Taniums inventory data for all managed devices, while Service
now provides network device inventory for data center components that
cannot run Tanium. This reduces the amount of ServiceNow midservers.
◍ Asset's Software Inventory & Usage feature allows you to track the
following data for a software application in your environment. Select all that
apply..
Answer: Used, Pending Usage, Unused, Installations
, ◍ What does ServiceNow cover?.
Answer: Discovers network devices, storage arrays, and non-endpoint data
◍ Which of the following are chart types available within Trends? Select all
that apply..
Answer: Donut, Number, Area
◍ Comply findings can be exported by using Tanium Connect..
Answer: True
◍ What does Flexera FNMS cover?.
Answer: -XenAoo ACL information - oracle databases - LPAR Details -
PVU Consumptions - Hyper-V and Solaris
◍ Which of the following are valid situations to use the Distributed scanning
profile in Discover? Select all that apply..
Answer: Scanning with ping or Nmap and Scanning from endpoints running
the Tanium Client
◍ Identify which item is a Connect destination..
Answer: Splunk
◍ Reveal Quick Search is used to group rules together and assign them to
specific groups of endpoints..
Answer: False
◍ Which of the following is not a use case for Deploy?.
Answer: Satisfy PCI-DSS, CIS, HIPAA, SOX
◍ Impact scores appear in Threat Response to help prioritize remediation for
alerts..
Answer: True
◍ As a best practice, you should avoid scheduled connections that overlap..
Answer: True
◍ What can you look into if you go to the software Inventory & Usage tab?.
Answer: - Vendor- # of total products - # of tracked products - # of
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Which element contains a chart that allows you to see endpoint data in a
visual format (a donut chart, for example)?.
Answer: Panel
◍ Tanium Asset.
Answer: -Collects asset data on an ongoing basis-this is then exported to an
external database such as a configuration management database (optional)-
Tanium asset then sends reports via email.
◍ When creating a database source in Asset, a best practice is to set a primary
key field in the source table that maps to a unique field in Asset, like Serial
Number or Computer Name..
Answer: True
◍ Tanium Asset Use Case?.
Answer: to collect a updated list of hardware and software throughout the
enterprise network.- ability to inventory all online clients once per hour with
50k or less machines.- ability to link to programs like ServiceNow and
CMDB data- ability to report complete list of information of software
including the name, vendor, version, and number of installed instances.
◍ In Enforce, a Deny approach is to block an application by ____..
Answer: Path, hash, or publisher
◍ If you do not define any Integrity Monitor path exclusions, all files and
directories in the path are watched for the configured change types..
Answer: False
,◍ Reports.
Answer: View predefined reports or create and configure custom reports
based on specific needs
◍ Views.
Answer: Create Filtered versions of asset data, used for exporting to
destinations outside of tanium
◍ Inventory Management.
Answer: Schedule and manage the importing and exporting of asset data
◍ Software Inventory & usage.
Answer: Manage the tracking of software vendors and product information
installations, versions and usage details.
◍ What type of asset data is stored for Reports?.
Answer: - installed software- virtual machines - Primary user per machine -
hardware associated with specific department users.
◍ Entities And Attributes.
Answer: determine what data is populated in an asset
◍ What do you need to export data to Flexera FNMS.
Answer: - Access to connect with user role -connect 4.3.0 or later -tanium
admin privileges- have a sql server staging the Flexera data
◍ How do you get to Software Inventory & Usage?.
Answer: Asset > Software & Usage > All Products
◍ What is the benifit of integrating Tanium Asset and ServiceNow?.
Answer: Taniums inventory data for all managed devices, while Service
now provides network device inventory for data center components that
cannot run Tanium. This reduces the amount of ServiceNow midservers.
◍ Asset's Software Inventory & Usage feature allows you to track the
following data for a software application in your environment. Select all that
apply..
Answer: Used, Pending Usage, Unused, Installations
, ◍ What does ServiceNow cover?.
Answer: Discovers network devices, storage arrays, and non-endpoint data
◍ Which of the following are chart types available within Trends? Select all
that apply..
Answer: Donut, Number, Area
◍ Comply findings can be exported by using Tanium Connect..
Answer: True
◍ What does Flexera FNMS cover?.
Answer: -XenAoo ACL information - oracle databases - LPAR Details -
PVU Consumptions - Hyper-V and Solaris
◍ Which of the following are valid situations to use the Distributed scanning
profile in Discover? Select all that apply..
Answer: Scanning with ping or Nmap and Scanning from endpoints running
the Tanium Client
◍ Identify which item is a Connect destination..
Answer: Splunk
◍ Reveal Quick Search is used to group rules together and assign them to
specific groups of endpoints..
Answer: False
◍ Which of the following is not a use case for Deploy?.
Answer: Satisfy PCI-DSS, CIS, HIPAA, SOX
◍ Impact scores appear in Threat Response to help prioritize remediation for
alerts..
Answer: True
◍ As a best practice, you should avoid scheduled connections that overlap..
Answer: True
◍ What can you look into if you go to the software Inventory & Usage tab?.
Answer: - Vendor- # of total products - # of tracked products - # of
