Palo Alto PCCET Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2022/2023 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?
- distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
- spamming botnet
- phishing botnet
- denial-of-service (DoS) - answerA
Which core component of Cortex combines security orchestration, incident management, and interactive investigation to serve security teams across the incident lifecycle?
- AutoFocus
- Cortex XDR
- Cortex XSOAR
- Cortex Data Lake - answerC
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?
- distributed
- polymorphic
- multi-functional
- obfuscated - answerB
Which type of phishing attack is specifically directed at senior executives or other high-profile targets within an organization?
- whaling
- watering hole 1 / 4
- pharming
- spear phishing - answerA
Which wireless security protocol includes improved security for IoT devices, smart bulbs, wireless appliances, and smart speakers?
A. WPA2
B. WPA3
C. WPA1
- WEP - answerB
Which tactic, technique, or procedure (TTP) masks application traffic over port 443 (HTTPS)?
- using non-standard ports
- hopping ports
- hiding within SSL encryption
- tunneling - answerC
Which specific technology is associated with Web 3.0?
- social networks
- instant messaging
- remote meeting software
- blockchain - answerD
Which Wi-Fi attack leverages device information about which wireless networks it previously connected to?
- evil twin
- man-in-the-middle
- Jasager 2 / 4
- SSLstrip - answerC
Which malware type is installed in the BIOS of a machine, which means operating system level tools cannot detect it?
- rootkit
- logic bomb
- ransomware
- spyware - answerA
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?
- least privilege
- secure access
- inspection of all traffic
- cyberthreat protection - answerD
Which three options describe the relationship and interaction between a customer and SaaS?(Choose three.)
- subscription service
- extensive manpower required
- internet- or application-based
- complex deployment
- convenient and economical - answerACE
Mobile devices are easy targets for attacks for which two reasons? (Choose two.)
- They have poor battery-charging capabilities.
- They use speaker phones. 3 / 4
- They stay in an always-on, always-present state.
- They roam in unsecured areas. - answerCD
Which path or tool is used by attackers?
- storage-area networks (SAN)
- anti-malware update
- SaaS
- threat vector - answerD
Which kind of server is a master server that is designed to listen to individual compromised endpoints and respond with appropriate attack commands?
- command and control
- bot
- web
- directory services - answerA
What type of malware can have multiple control servers distributed all over the world with multiple fallback options?
- logic bombs
- rootkits
- advanced or modern
- exploits - answerC
Which type of malware disables protection software?
- anti-AV
- Trojan horse
- ransomware
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