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Palo Alto PCCET Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Which type of cyberattack sends extremely high volumes of network
traffic such as packets, data, or transactions that render the victim's
network unavailable or unusable?
A. distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
B. spamming botnet
C. phishing botnet
D. denial-of-service (DoS)— Answer: A
Which core component of Cortex combines security orchestration,
incident management, and interactive investigation to serve security
teams across the incident lifecycle?
A. AutoFocus
B. Cortex XDR
C. Cortex XSOAR
D. Cortex Data Lake— Answer: C
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Which type of advanced malware has entire sections of code that serve
no purpose other than to change the signature of the malware, thus
producing an infinite number of signature hashes for even the smallest
of malware programs?
A. distributed
B. polymorphic
C. multi-functional
D. obfuscated— Answer: B
Which type of phishing attack is specifically directed at senior
executives or other high-profile targets within an organization?
A. whaling
B. watering hole
C. pharming
D. spear phishing— Answer: A
Which wireless security protocol includes improved security for IoT
devices, smart bulbs, wireless appliances, and smart speakers?
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A. WPA2
B. WPA3
C. WPA1
D. WEP— Answer: B
Which tactic, technique, or procedure (TTP) masks application traffic
over port 443 (HTTPS)?
A. using non-standard ports
B. hopping ports
C. hiding within SSL encryption
D. tunneling— Answer: C
Which specific technology is associated with Web 3.0?
A. social networks
B. instant messaging
C. remote meeting software
D. blockchain— Answer: D
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Which Wi-Fi attack leverages device information about which wireless
networks it previously connected to?
A. evil twin
B. man-in-the-middle
C. Jasager
D. SSLstrip— Answer: C
Which malware type is installed in the BIOS of a machine, which
means operating system level tools cannot detect it?
A. rootkit
B. logic bomb
C. ransomware
D. spyware— Answer: A
Which Zero Trust capability provides a combination of anti-malware
and intrusion prevention technologies to protect against both known
and unknown threats, including mobile device threats?
A. least privilege
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Palo Alto PCCET Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Which type of cyberattack sends extremely high volumes of network
traffic such as packets, data, or transactions that render the victim's
network unavailable or unusable?
A. distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
B. spamming botnet
C. phishing botnet
D. denial-of-service (DoS)— Answer: A
Which core component of Cortex combines security orchestration,
incident management, and interactive investigation to serve security
teams across the incident lifecycle?
A. AutoFocus
B. Cortex XDR
C. Cortex XSOAR
D. Cortex Data Lake— Answer: C
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Which type of advanced malware has entire sections of code that serve
no purpose other than to change the signature of the malware, thus
producing an infinite number of signature hashes for even the smallest
of malware programs?
A. distributed
B. polymorphic
C. multi-functional
D. obfuscated— Answer: B
Which type of phishing attack is specifically directed at senior
executives or other high-profile targets within an organization?
A. whaling
B. watering hole
C. pharming
D. spear phishing— Answer: A
Which wireless security protocol includes improved security for IoT
devices, smart bulbs, wireless appliances, and smart speakers?
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A. WPA2
B. WPA3
C. WPA1
D. WEP— Answer: B
Which tactic, technique, or procedure (TTP) masks application traffic
over port 443 (HTTPS)?
A. using non-standard ports
B. hopping ports
C. hiding within SSL encryption
D. tunneling— Answer: C
Which specific technology is associated with Web 3.0?
A. social networks
B. instant messaging
C. remote meeting software
D. blockchain— Answer: D
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Which Wi-Fi attack leverages device information about which wireless
networks it previously connected to?
A. evil twin
B. man-in-the-middle
C. Jasager
D. SSLstrip— Answer: C
Which malware type is installed in the BIOS of a machine, which
means operating system level tools cannot detect it?
A. rootkit
B. logic bomb
C. ransomware
D. spyware— Answer: A
Which Zero Trust capability provides a combination of anti-malware
and intrusion prevention technologies to protect against both known
and unknown threats, including mobile device threats?
A. least privilege
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