PALO ALTO PCCET EXAMS: A+ GRADED GUIDE TO ACING
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which two attacks typically use a botnet? (Choose two.)
A. social engineering
B. DoS
C. DDoS
D. sending spam to a lengthy mailing list
E. spear phishing
CD
Which option is least likely to be the purpose of an advanced persistent threat?
A. wire money to an offshore bank account
B. steal classified information
C. expand a botnet to send more spam
D. be able to destroy an enemy's infrastructure in case of a war
C
Which behavior does an advanced persistent threat use to elude detection?
A. do everything at night, when nobody is monitoring
B. rely exclusively on insiders with privileged access
C. do everything quickly with scripting so that the effect of the threat is achieved by the time it is
detected
D. use a low and slow approach to avoid triggering alarms
D
Which two types of behavior could enable someone to eavesdrop on a WiFi network? (Choose two.)
A. passive
B. inactive
C. yielding
D. active
E. agile
AD
What is the name of the attack in which the attacker gets the victim to connect to an access point the
attack controls?
A. person in the middle
B. man in the middle
C. access point in the middle
D. access point masquerading
B
, What is the name of the "authentication" method that lets anybody with the password access a WiFi
network?
A. Pre-Shared Key (PSK)
B. Password Authentication (PA)
C. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
D. service set identifier (SSID)
A
What is a network demilitarized zone (DMZ)?
A. the safest part of the network, used for the security infrastructure
B. the part of the network you don't secure, for example a network segment used for visitors to access
the internet
C. the database management zone
D. the network zone where you put servers that serve the outside, to limit the exposure
D
Which type of traffic flows between the public internet and private DMZ?
A. north-south
B. east-west
C. up-down
D. egress traffic
A
Which type of traffic flows inside a data center?
A. north-south
B. east-west
C. up-down
D. egress traffic
B
What is the name of the device used to secure a network's perimeter?
A. switch
B. hub
C. modem
D. firewall
D
A Zero Trust network security model is based on which security principle?
A. due diligence
B. least privilege
C. non-repudiation
D. negative control
B
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which two attacks typically use a botnet? (Choose two.)
A. social engineering
B. DoS
C. DDoS
D. sending spam to a lengthy mailing list
E. spear phishing
CD
Which option is least likely to be the purpose of an advanced persistent threat?
A. wire money to an offshore bank account
B. steal classified information
C. expand a botnet to send more spam
D. be able to destroy an enemy's infrastructure in case of a war
C
Which behavior does an advanced persistent threat use to elude detection?
A. do everything at night, when nobody is monitoring
B. rely exclusively on insiders with privileged access
C. do everything quickly with scripting so that the effect of the threat is achieved by the time it is
detected
D. use a low and slow approach to avoid triggering alarms
D
Which two types of behavior could enable someone to eavesdrop on a WiFi network? (Choose two.)
A. passive
B. inactive
C. yielding
D. active
E. agile
AD
What is the name of the attack in which the attacker gets the victim to connect to an access point the
attack controls?
A. person in the middle
B. man in the middle
C. access point in the middle
D. access point masquerading
B
, What is the name of the "authentication" method that lets anybody with the password access a WiFi
network?
A. Pre-Shared Key (PSK)
B. Password Authentication (PA)
C. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
D. service set identifier (SSID)
A
What is a network demilitarized zone (DMZ)?
A. the safest part of the network, used for the security infrastructure
B. the part of the network you don't secure, for example a network segment used for visitors to access
the internet
C. the database management zone
D. the network zone where you put servers that serve the outside, to limit the exposure
D
Which type of traffic flows between the public internet and private DMZ?
A. north-south
B. east-west
C. up-down
D. egress traffic
A
Which type of traffic flows inside a data center?
A. north-south
B. east-west
C. up-down
D. egress traffic
B
What is the name of the device used to secure a network's perimeter?
A. switch
B. hub
C. modem
D. firewall
D
A Zero Trust network security model is based on which security principle?
A. due diligence
B. least privilege
C. non-repudiation
D. negative control
B
