QUALYS VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT SELF-
PACED TRAINING COMPREHENSIVE
CYBERSECURITY STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ Name the phase or step of the Qualys Vulnerability Management
Lifecycle that produces scan results containing vulnerability
findings?
(A) Report
(B) Discover
(C) Remediate
(D) Assess.
Answer: (D) Assess
◉ Which of the following is the default tracking method used by
Qualys Cloud Agents?
(A) IP Address
(B) Qualys Host ID
(C) DNS Name
(D) NetBIOS Name.
Answer: (B) Qualys Host ID
,◉ Which of the following are phases of the Vulnerability
Management Lifecycle?
(A) Maintenance
(B) Remediate
(C) Design
(D) Discover
(E) Report.
Answer: (B) Remediate
(D) Discover
(E) Report
◉ Name the type of scanner appliance (by default) available to all
Qualys users with "scanning" privileges?
(A) External (Internet-based) Scanner
(B) Offline Scanner
(C) Virtual Scanner
(D) Internal Scanner.
Answer: (A) External (Internet-based) Scanner
, ◉ Only the _________ user role can edit QIDs in your account
KnowledgeBase.
(A) Manager
(B) Administrator
(C) Scanner
(D) Unit Manager.
Answer: (A) Manager
◉ Potential vulnerabilities are automatically verified. (True/ False)
(A) True
(B) False.
Answer: (B) False
◉ A severity ____________ vulnerability is the most urgent.
(A) Level 5
(B) Level 1
(C) Level 2
(D) Level 4.
Answer: (A) Level 5
PACED TRAINING COMPREHENSIVE
CYBERSECURITY STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ Name the phase or step of the Qualys Vulnerability Management
Lifecycle that produces scan results containing vulnerability
findings?
(A) Report
(B) Discover
(C) Remediate
(D) Assess.
Answer: (D) Assess
◉ Which of the following is the default tracking method used by
Qualys Cloud Agents?
(A) IP Address
(B) Qualys Host ID
(C) DNS Name
(D) NetBIOS Name.
Answer: (B) Qualys Host ID
,◉ Which of the following are phases of the Vulnerability
Management Lifecycle?
(A) Maintenance
(B) Remediate
(C) Design
(D) Discover
(E) Report.
Answer: (B) Remediate
(D) Discover
(E) Report
◉ Name the type of scanner appliance (by default) available to all
Qualys users with "scanning" privileges?
(A) External (Internet-based) Scanner
(B) Offline Scanner
(C) Virtual Scanner
(D) Internal Scanner.
Answer: (A) External (Internet-based) Scanner
, ◉ Only the _________ user role can edit QIDs in your account
KnowledgeBase.
(A) Manager
(B) Administrator
(C) Scanner
(D) Unit Manager.
Answer: (A) Manager
◉ Potential vulnerabilities are automatically verified. (True/ False)
(A) True
(B) False.
Answer: (B) False
◉ A severity ____________ vulnerability is the most urgent.
(A) Level 5
(B) Level 1
(C) Level 2
(D) Level 4.
Answer: (A) Level 5