Free Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity Entry-level Technician Exam PCCET Exam Practice Test

What is the purpose of SIEM?

• Securing cloud-based applications
• Securing cloud-based applications
• Automating the security team's incident response
• Automating the security team's incident response
• Real-time monitoring and analysis of security events
• Real-time monitoring and analysis of security events
• Filtering webpages employees are allowed to access
• Filtering webpages employees are allowed to access

Which endpoint tool or agent can enact behavior-based protection?

• AutoFocus
• AutoFocus
• Cortex XDR
• Cortex XDR
• DNS Security
• DNS Security
• MineMeld
• MineMeld

Which attacker profile acts independently or as part of an unlawful organization?

• cybercriminal
• cybercriminal
• cyberterrorist
• cyberterrorist
• state-affiliated group
• state-affiliated group
• hacktivist
• hacktivist

Which security component can detect command-and-control traffic sent from multiple endpoints within a corporate data center?

• Personal endpoint firewall
• Personal endpoint firewall
• Port-based firewall
• Port-based firewall
• Next-generation firewall
• Next-generation firewall
• Stateless firewall
• Stateless firewall

Which three layers of the OSI model correspond to the Application Layer (L4) of the TCP/IP model?

• Session, Transport, Network
• Session, Transport, Network
• Application, Presentation, and Session
• Application, Presentation, and Session
• Physical, Data Link, Network
• Physical, Data Link, Network
• Data Link, Session, Transport
• Data Link, Session, Transport

Why is it important to protect East-West traffic within a private cloud?

• All traffic contains threats, so enterprises must protect against threats across the entire network
• All traffic contains threats, so enterprises must protect against threats across the entire network
• East-West traffic contains more session-oriented traffic than other traffic
• East-West traffic contains more session-oriented traffic than other traffic
• East-West traffic contains more threats than other traffic
• East-West traffic contains more threats than other traffic
• East-West traffic uses IPv6 which is less secure than IPv4
• East-West traffic uses IPv6 which is less secure than IPv4

How does adopting a serverless model impact application development?

• costs more to develop application code because it uses more compute resources
• costs more to develop application code because it uses more compute resources
• slows down the deployment of application code, but it improves the quality of code development
• slows down the deployment of application code, but it improves the quality of code development
• reduces the operational overhead necessary to deploy application code
• reduces the operational overhead necessary to deploy application code
• prevents developers from focusing on just the application code because you need to provision the underlying infrastructure to run the code
• prevents developers from focusing on just the application code because you need to provision the underlying infrastructure to run the code

Which technique changes protocols at random during a session?

• use of non-standard ports
• use of non-standard ports
• port hopping
• port hopping
• hiding within SSL encryption
• hiding within SSL encryption
• tunneling within commonly used services
• tunneling within commonly used services

Which security component should you configure to block viruses not seen and blocked by the perimeter firewall?

• endpoint antivirus software
• endpoint antivirus software
• strong endpoint passwords
• strong endpoint passwords
• endpoint disk encryption
• endpoint disk encryption
• endpoint NIC ACLs
• endpoint NIC ACLs

Which protocol is used by both internet service providers (ISPs) and network service providers (NSPs)?

• Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Split horizon
• Split horizon