TANIUM ESSENTIALS FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
EXAM Q&A STUDY GUIDE UPDATED 2026
◉ 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.
◉ 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.
◉ What does ServiceNow cover. Answer: Discovers network devices,
storage arrays, and non-endpoint data
◉ What does Flexera FNMS cover. Answer: -XenAoo ACL information
- oracle databases
- LPAR Details
- PVU Consumptions
- Hyper-V and Solaris
◉ What can you look into if you go to the software Inventory & Usage
tab. Answer: - Vendor
- # of total products
- # of tracked products
- # of installations
- each product record shows usage amount, Versions. endpoints
◉ What are Product Actions for. Answer: Actions are also available to
configure parameters for a product or enable/disable product usage
reporting
, ◉ What is best practice with regards to duplicating reports. Answer: to
review the purpose of the "new" report and update the report as
necessary.
◉ Where are assessments setup in Tanium. Answer: they are setup in
Tanium Comply
◉ What is Tanium Comply. Answer:
◉ What do assessments do. Answer: They are setup and configured to
target and continuously scan endpoints
◉ What are the rules inside of assessments called. Answer: Standards
◉ What are Assessment Standards in Tanium Comply. Answer: - these
evaluate compliance,
- Can check for specific configurations Checks
- Check Values
- identify vulnerabilities
◉ What are findings in Tanium Comply. Answer: What is produced
from the assessments. These can then be filtered and grouped and then
saved and exported.
EXAM Q&A STUDY GUIDE UPDATED 2026
◉ 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.
◉ 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.
◉ What does ServiceNow cover. Answer: Discovers network devices,
storage arrays, and non-endpoint data
◉ What does Flexera FNMS cover. Answer: -XenAoo ACL information
- oracle databases
- LPAR Details
- PVU Consumptions
- Hyper-V and Solaris
◉ What can you look into if you go to the software Inventory & Usage
tab. Answer: - Vendor
- # of total products
- # of tracked products
- # of installations
- each product record shows usage amount, Versions. endpoints
◉ What are Product Actions for. Answer: Actions are also available to
configure parameters for a product or enable/disable product usage
reporting
, ◉ What is best practice with regards to duplicating reports. Answer: to
review the purpose of the "new" report and update the report as
necessary.
◉ Where are assessments setup in Tanium. Answer: they are setup in
Tanium Comply
◉ What is Tanium Comply. Answer:
◉ What do assessments do. Answer: They are setup and configured to
target and continuously scan endpoints
◉ What are the rules inside of assessments called. Answer: Standards
◉ What are Assessment Standards in Tanium Comply. Answer: - these
evaluate compliance,
- Can check for specific configurations Checks
- Check Values
- identify vulnerabilities
◉ What are findings in Tanium Comply. Answer: What is produced
from the assessments. These can then be filtered and grouped and then
saved and exported.
