QUALYS REPORTING STRATEGIES
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Which of the following are recommended best practices for
reporting?***(A) Align reporting routine with scanning(B) Maintain a good
purging practice(C) Build reports based on the requirements of the relevant
stakeholders(D) Avoid using trend data as it requires more time for report
generation(E) Use scan based reports as much as possible.
Answer: (A) Align reporting routine with scanning(B) Maintain a good
purging practice(C) Build reports based on the requirements of the relevant
stakeholders
◍ Dynamic Dashboards.
Answer: Live or regularly refreshed views (e.g., Power BI or Tableau
Server) where users interact with the data in real-time.
◍ Which of these is NOT a Qualys Real-time Threat Indicator?***(A)
Phishing(B) High Data Loss(C) Zero-Day(D) Solorigate Suburst.
Answer: (A) Phishing
◍ Permission Gatekeeping.
Answer: Most analysts share reports in a workspace where a dedicated
admin controls who can view, edit, or share the data.
◍ Which of the following search query does not represent a correctly
formatted query type?***(A) NOT tags.name:'Cloud Agent'(B)
vulnerability.severity:[3..5](C) LastFullScan>now-90d(D)
vulnerability.severity:[1,2,3].
Answer: (B) vulnerability.severity:[3..5]
◍ Visual Meaning.
, Answer: If a chart is confusing, add Labels, a Legend, and Alt Text.
◍ To display host details such as identification information for Cloud Agents
or cloud related information, the Sort by option in the report template must
be set to ________.(A) Asset Group (B) Vulnerability (C) Operating
System(D) Host.
Answer: (D) Host
◍ Which of the following are the impacts of stale and inconsistent
data?***(A) Inaccurate remediation performance (B) Dashboards and
reports produce erroneous results(C) Vulnerability tickets will continue to
remain open(D) Inaccurate security risks calculation and SLA metrics(E)
Reduce scan performance.
Answer: (A) Inaccurate remediation performance (B) Dashboards and
reports produce erroneous results(C) Vulnerability tickets will continue to
remain open(D) Inaccurate security risks calculation and SLA metrics
◍ Calculation Logs.
Answer: Document why a calculation was created and what logic was used
(e.g., 'Profit = Revenue - Tax').
◍ Which of these reports can be used to identify the latest patches that need to
be installed to address open vulnerabilities? (Select all that apply)(A)
Compliance report(B) Remediation report(C) Scan report with "Exclude
Superseded Patches" option selected (D) Patch report(E) Vulnerability
Scorecard report.
Answer: (A) Compliance report(B) Remediation report(D) Patch report
◍ Management.
Answer: Focuses on departmental performance and actionable insights to
improve daily operations.
◍ Which of the following sensors continuously monitors all network traffic,
profiles devices, and flags any asset activity?***(A) Container Sensor(B)
API(C) Passive Sensor(D) Out-of-band.
Answer: (C) Passive Sensor
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Which of the following are recommended best practices for
reporting?***(A) Align reporting routine with scanning(B) Maintain a good
purging practice(C) Build reports based on the requirements of the relevant
stakeholders(D) Avoid using trend data as it requires more time for report
generation(E) Use scan based reports as much as possible.
Answer: (A) Align reporting routine with scanning(B) Maintain a good
purging practice(C) Build reports based on the requirements of the relevant
stakeholders
◍ Dynamic Dashboards.
Answer: Live or regularly refreshed views (e.g., Power BI or Tableau
Server) where users interact with the data in real-time.
◍ Which of these is NOT a Qualys Real-time Threat Indicator?***(A)
Phishing(B) High Data Loss(C) Zero-Day(D) Solorigate Suburst.
Answer: (A) Phishing
◍ Permission Gatekeeping.
Answer: Most analysts share reports in a workspace where a dedicated
admin controls who can view, edit, or share the data.
◍ Which of the following search query does not represent a correctly
formatted query type?***(A) NOT tags.name:'Cloud Agent'(B)
vulnerability.severity:[3..5](C) LastFullScan>now-90d(D)
vulnerability.severity:[1,2,3].
Answer: (B) vulnerability.severity:[3..5]
◍ Visual Meaning.
, Answer: If a chart is confusing, add Labels, a Legend, and Alt Text.
◍ To display host details such as identification information for Cloud Agents
or cloud related information, the Sort by option in the report template must
be set to ________.(A) Asset Group (B) Vulnerability (C) Operating
System(D) Host.
Answer: (D) Host
◍ Which of the following are the impacts of stale and inconsistent
data?***(A) Inaccurate remediation performance (B) Dashboards and
reports produce erroneous results(C) Vulnerability tickets will continue to
remain open(D) Inaccurate security risks calculation and SLA metrics(E)
Reduce scan performance.
Answer: (A) Inaccurate remediation performance (B) Dashboards and
reports produce erroneous results(C) Vulnerability tickets will continue to
remain open(D) Inaccurate security risks calculation and SLA metrics
◍ Calculation Logs.
Answer: Document why a calculation was created and what logic was used
(e.g., 'Profit = Revenue - Tax').
◍ Which of these reports can be used to identify the latest patches that need to
be installed to address open vulnerabilities? (Select all that apply)(A)
Compliance report(B) Remediation report(C) Scan report with "Exclude
Superseded Patches" option selected (D) Patch report(E) Vulnerability
Scorecard report.
Answer: (A) Compliance report(B) Remediation report(D) Patch report
◍ Management.
Answer: Focuses on departmental performance and actionable insights to
improve daily operations.
◍ Which of the following sensors continuously monitors all network traffic,
profiles devices, and flags any asset activity?***(A) Container Sensor(B)
API(C) Passive Sensor(D) Out-of-band.
Answer: (C) Passive Sensor
