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HOSMERITPALO ALTO PCCSA QUESTIONS | 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS | VERIFIED | LATEST 2025
In which cloud computing service model does a provider's applications run on a cloud
infrastructure and the consumer does not manage or control the underlying infrastructure?
a. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
b. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
c. Software as a Service (SaaS)
d. Public Cloud - ✔✔C
Business intelligence (BI) software consists of tools and techniques used to surface large
amounts of raw unstructured data to perform a variety of tasks including data mining, event
processing, and predictive analytics. (True or False) - ✔✔T
The process in which end users find personal technology and apps that are more powerful or
capable, more convenient, less expensive, quicker to install, and easier to use than enterprise
IT solutions is known as consumerization. (True or False) - ✔✔T
An organization can be compliant with all applicable security and privacy regulations for its
industry, yet still not be secure. (True or False) - ✔✔T
The U.S. law that establishes national standards to protect individuals' medical records and
other health information is known as . - ✔✔HIPAA
Most cyberattacks today are perpetrated by internal threat actors such as malicious employees
engaging in corporate espionage. (True or False) - ✔✔F
The Cyber-Attack Lifecycle is a five-step process that an attacker goes through to attack a
network. (True or False) - ✔✔F
,List the steps of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle. - ✔✔Reconnaissance, Weaponization, Delivery,
Exploitation, Installation, Command and Control, Actions on Objectives
An attacker needs to succeed in executing only one step of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle to
infiltrate a network, whereas a defender must "be right every time" and break every step of the
chain to prevent an attack. (True or False) - ✔✔F
Which technique is not used to break the command-and-control (C&C) phase of the Cyber-
Attack Lifecycle?
a. Blocking outbound traffic to known malicious sites and IP addresses
b. DNS sinkholing and DNS poisoning
c. Vulnerability and patch management
d. All of the above - ✔✔C
The key to breaking the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle during the Installation phase is to implement
network segmentation, a Zero Trust model, and granular control of applications to limit or
restrict an attacker's lateral movement within the network. (True or False) - ✔✔T
Network firewalls cannot completely protect hosts from zero-day exploits. (True or False) -
✔✔T
exploits target unknown vulnerabilities in operating system and application software on
a host machine. - ✔✔Zero-day
Which option describes malicious software or code that typically takes control of, collects
information from, or damages an infected endpoint?
a. Exploit
b. Malware
c. Vulnerability
d. None of the above - ✔✔B
, Which option is an important characteristic or capability of advanced malware?
a. Distributed, fault-tolerant architecture
b. Multi-functionality
c. Hiding techniques such as polymorphism, metamorphism, and obfuscation
d. All of the above - ✔✔D
A vulnerability is a small piece of software code, part of a malformed data file, or a sequence
(string) ofcommands created by an attacker to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior in a
system or software. (True or False) - ✔✔F
New exploits can be crafted from any number of more than a thousand core exploit techniques.
(True or False) - ✔✔F
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an effective protocol for securing wireless networks. (True
or False) -
✔✔F
A is a mathematical function that creates a unique representation of a larger set ofdata in
a manner that is easy to compute in one direction, but not in the reverse direction. - ✔✔hash
A sends data packets to destination networks along a network path using logical
addresses. - ✔✔router
Which option is an example of a static routing protocol?
a. Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
b. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
c. Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
d. Split horizon - ✔✔C
Which three options are dynamic routing protocols? (Choose three.)
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