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Palo Alto PCCET Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
When is it impossible to secure SaaS data?
When a user uses an unmanaged device to access an unsanctioned
SaaS instance.
When a user uses a managed device to access an unsanctioned SaaS
instance.
When a user uses an unmanaged device to access a sanctioned SaaS
instance.
When a user uses a managed device to access a sanctioned SaaS
instance.— Answer: When a user uses an unmanaged device to access
an unsanctioned SaaS instance.
Which group is primarily motivated by money?
hacktivists
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cybercriminals
cyberterrorists
state-affiliated groups— Answer: Cybercriminals
Which two malware types are self-replicating? (Choose two.)
logic bomb
back door
virus
trojan horse
worm— Answer: Virus
Worm
Which type of attack includes an email advertisement for a dry
cleaning service?
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spamming
phishing
spear phishing
whaling— Answer: Spamming
Who is the most likely target of social engineering?
Executive management, because it has the most permissions.
Senior IT engineers, because the attacker hopes to get them to disable
the security infrastructure.
Junior people, because they are easier to stress and probably not as
well trained.
The accounting department, because it can wire money directly to the
attacker's account.— Answer: Junior people, because they are easier to
stress and probably not as well trained.
Which two attacks typically use a botnet? (Choose two.)
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Ssocial engineering
DoS
DDoS
Sending spam to a lengthy mailing list
Spear phishing— Answer: DDoS
Sending spam to a lengthy mailing list.
What is the name of the attack in which the attacker gets the victim to
connect to an access point the attack controls?
Person in the middle
Man in the middle
Access point in the middle
Access point masquerading— Answer: Man in the middle
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Palo Alto PCCET Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
When is it impossible to secure SaaS data?
When a user uses an unmanaged device to access an unsanctioned
SaaS instance.
When a user uses a managed device to access an unsanctioned SaaS
instance.
When a user uses an unmanaged device to access a sanctioned SaaS
instance.
When a user uses a managed device to access a sanctioned SaaS
instance.— Answer: When a user uses an unmanaged device to access
an unsanctioned SaaS instance.
Which group is primarily motivated by money?
hacktivists
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cybercriminals
cyberterrorists
state-affiliated groups— Answer: Cybercriminals
Which two malware types are self-replicating? (Choose two.)
logic bomb
back door
virus
trojan horse
worm— Answer: Virus
Worm
Which type of attack includes an email advertisement for a dry
cleaning service?
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spamming
phishing
spear phishing
whaling— Answer: Spamming
Who is the most likely target of social engineering?
Executive management, because it has the most permissions.
Senior IT engineers, because the attacker hopes to get them to disable
the security infrastructure.
Junior people, because they are easier to stress and probably not as
well trained.
The accounting department, because it can wire money directly to the
attacker's account.— Answer: Junior people, because they are easier to
stress and probably not as well trained.
Which two attacks typically use a botnet? (Choose two.)
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Ssocial engineering
DoS
DDoS
Sending spam to a lengthy mailing list
Spear phishing— Answer: DDoS
Sending spam to a lengthy mailing list.
What is the name of the attack in which the attacker gets the victim to
connect to an access point the attack controls?
Person in the middle
Man in the middle
Access point in the middle
Access point masquerading— Answer: Man in the middle
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