Tenable Vulnerability Management Specialist
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1. Which scan policy is normally used for a Basic Host Discovery scan?
1. Advanced Network Scan
2. Basic Network Scan
3. Discovery Scan
4. Ping Sweep
- Correct Answer: Discovery Scan
2. Look at your lab scan 'Operating System Discovery - HQ'. What is the plugin
ID for OS Identification?
1. 10180
2. 19506
3. 10287
4. 11936
- Correct Answer: 11936
3. What types of pings can be enabled and/or disabled in a Host Discovery
scan?
1. TCP
2. All of these
3. ARP
4. ICMP
- Correct Answer: All of these
,4. What is the purpose of customizing a Host Discovery scan?
1. To reduce the security of the network.
2. To decrease the amount of information gathered during a scan.
3. To get the best performance and results based on specific network needs
and traffic.
4. To reduce the security of the host
- Correct Answer: To get the best performance and results based
on specific network needs and traffic
5. Look at your lab scan 'Operating System Discovery - HQ'. How many assets
returned OS Identification?
1. None
2. 2
3. 5
4. 7
- Correct Answer: 2
6. Which method is used for Operating System (OS) identification in a Host
Discovery scan?
1. Guessing the operating system based on network responses.
2. Scanning the host with default credentials.
3. Using a direct authentication method
4. Manually inputting the operating system for each host.
- Correct Answer: Guessing the operating system based on
network responses.
7. What happens when you select 'All' for port scanning?
1. It only scans the ports that are currently open
2. It limits the scan to only the most used ports.
3. It scans all 65,535 ports, potentially slowing down the scan and stressing
, the network
4. It scans a custom list of ports provided by the user.
- Correct Answer: It scans all 65,535 ports, potentially slowing
down the scan and stressing the network
8. What setting is enabled by default for port scans, in order to speed up the
process?
1. Only the SYN scanner.
2. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
port scans.
3. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) ping responses.
4. Manual selection of each port to be scanned.
- Correct Answer: Only the SYN scanner
9. Operating System (OS) identification using a Host Discovery scan is always
completely reliable.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
- Correct Answer: FALSE
10.What is included in even the most basic Host Discovery scan?
1. Plugin 19506, Nessus Scan Information
2. Asset tagging options
3. Detailed vulnerability assessment
4. Compliance information
- Correct Answer: Plugin 19506, Nessus Scan Information
11.What is the best tool for overall asset analysis in Tenable Vulnerability
Management?
1. Nessus Scan Information plugin
2. The cumulative Assets page
, 3. Exporting filtered assets for reporting
4. Filters and tags
- Correct Answer: The cumulative Assets page
12.You can tag assets directly on the Cumulative Assets page
1. True
2. False
- Correct Answer: True
13.When you created the Regions: HQ tag in the lab, what filter was still set,
other than IPv4 Address?
1. Type is equal to Host
2. Licensed is True
3. Last Seen is equal to within last 30 days
4. Source is equal to Nessus Scan
- Correct Answer: Type is equal to Host
14.What is the purpose of cloud connectors in Tenable Vulnerability
Management?
1. To increase the cloud storage capacity for Tenable Vulnerability
Management.
2. To gather asset data from supported cloud platforms.
3. To directly fix vulnerabilities found in cloud platforms
4. To enhance the user interface of Tenable Vulnerability Management for
cloud services.
- Correct Answer: To gather asset data from supported cloud
platforms.
15.What filter would you use to identify assets that have not been actively
scanned in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment?
1. Source Does not contain AWS vulnerability data
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1. Which scan policy is normally used for a Basic Host Discovery scan?
1. Advanced Network Scan
2. Basic Network Scan
3. Discovery Scan
4. Ping Sweep
- Correct Answer: Discovery Scan
2. Look at your lab scan 'Operating System Discovery - HQ'. What is the plugin
ID for OS Identification?
1. 10180
2. 19506
3. 10287
4. 11936
- Correct Answer: 11936
3. What types of pings can be enabled and/or disabled in a Host Discovery
scan?
1. TCP
2. All of these
3. ARP
4. ICMP
- Correct Answer: All of these
,4. What is the purpose of customizing a Host Discovery scan?
1. To reduce the security of the network.
2. To decrease the amount of information gathered during a scan.
3. To get the best performance and results based on specific network needs
and traffic.
4. To reduce the security of the host
- Correct Answer: To get the best performance and results based
on specific network needs and traffic
5. Look at your lab scan 'Operating System Discovery - HQ'. How many assets
returned OS Identification?
1. None
2. 2
3. 5
4. 7
- Correct Answer: 2
6. Which method is used for Operating System (OS) identification in a Host
Discovery scan?
1. Guessing the operating system based on network responses.
2. Scanning the host with default credentials.
3. Using a direct authentication method
4. Manually inputting the operating system for each host.
- Correct Answer: Guessing the operating system based on
network responses.
7. What happens when you select 'All' for port scanning?
1. It only scans the ports that are currently open
2. It limits the scan to only the most used ports.
3. It scans all 65,535 ports, potentially slowing down the scan and stressing
, the network
4. It scans a custom list of ports provided by the user.
- Correct Answer: It scans all 65,535 ports, potentially slowing
down the scan and stressing the network
8. What setting is enabled by default for port scans, in order to speed up the
process?
1. Only the SYN scanner.
2. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
port scans.
3. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) ping responses.
4. Manual selection of each port to be scanned.
- Correct Answer: Only the SYN scanner
9. Operating System (OS) identification using a Host Discovery scan is always
completely reliable.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
- Correct Answer: FALSE
10.What is included in even the most basic Host Discovery scan?
1. Plugin 19506, Nessus Scan Information
2. Asset tagging options
3. Detailed vulnerability assessment
4. Compliance information
- Correct Answer: Plugin 19506, Nessus Scan Information
11.What is the best tool for overall asset analysis in Tenable Vulnerability
Management?
1. Nessus Scan Information plugin
2. The cumulative Assets page
, 3. Exporting filtered assets for reporting
4. Filters and tags
- Correct Answer: The cumulative Assets page
12.You can tag assets directly on the Cumulative Assets page
1. True
2. False
- Correct Answer: True
13.When you created the Regions: HQ tag in the lab, what filter was still set,
other than IPv4 Address?
1. Type is equal to Host
2. Licensed is True
3. Last Seen is equal to within last 30 days
4. Source is equal to Nessus Scan
- Correct Answer: Type is equal to Host
14.What is the purpose of cloud connectors in Tenable Vulnerability
Management?
1. To increase the cloud storage capacity for Tenable Vulnerability
Management.
2. To gather asset data from supported cloud platforms.
3. To directly fix vulnerabilities found in cloud platforms
4. To enhance the user interface of Tenable Vulnerability Management for
cloud services.
- Correct Answer: To gather asset data from supported cloud
platforms.
15.What filter would you use to identify assets that have not been actively
scanned in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment?
1. Source Does not contain AWS vulnerability data
