Paloalto Networks XSIAM-Engineer Palo Alto Networks XSIAM Engineer Exam Practice Test

A parsing rule in Cortex XSIAM is bound to a specific vendor and product, ensuring accurate parsing logic for that log source. It processes each log individually (once per log) and does not allow grouping, making it distinct from data model rules.

To use a custom script in an alert layout, the script must be tagged with "general-purpose-dynamic-section", then a general purpose dynamic section is added to the layout, and finally the section settings are edited to attach the automation script. This ensures the script executes and displays results dynamically within the alert layout.

When working with a remote repository on a Development XSIAM tenant, Scripts and Lists can be pushed or pulled. These objects are version-controlled and portable across environments for development and deployment.

The correct query is the one using preset = metrics_view with

comp sum(total_event_count) as total_events by _reporting_device_name and filtering total_events = 0.

This query directly checks event counts reported by the NGFW ("MainFW"). If no logs are received in the last 30 minutes, the total event count will be 0, which triggers the correlation rule alert.

To show incidents assigned to a specific user in a Cortex XSIAM custom dashboard, the engineer should use filters and inputs in the custom dashboard. This enables dynamic filtering of incident data, allowing the dashboard to be customized based on user assignment.

For upgrading a non-Linux Kubernetes cluster, the correct installer type is Helm, since Helm charts are the supported method for deploying and managing Cortex XDR agents in Kubernetes environments.

The !setIncidentFields command is used in the Incident War Room to directly update incident fields that are defined in the incident layout, ensuring the incident record reflects the latest information.

When a disable injection and prevention rule is applied to a running process, the security capabilities are detached for the lifetime of that process. Even after disabling the rule, the capabilities are not reapplied automatically; the process must be restarted to restore security enforcement.

Rolling tokens in Cortex XDR are used to perform administration on agents without relying on static credentials. This improves security by providing time-limited, automatically rotating tokens that maintain agent management access without exposing long-lived credentials.

The MODEL section in a data model rule is used to map log fields to the corresponding Cortex XSIAM Data Model (XDM) fields. This ensures that ingested data aligns with XDM, enabling consistent analytics, detections, and queries across different data sources.

The cytool adaptive_policy recalc command is used to look up and recalculate the policy being applied to a Cortex XDR agent, allowing engineers to verify the active policy enforcement on the endpoint.

In Kubernetes environments, Cortex XSIAM licensing is issued per node. The license is consumed when the agent is installed on a node and is automatically returned when the agent is removed or the node is deleted, ensuring accurate license utilization.

The correct query is the preset = host_inventory_applications with filters for application_name contains "ai_app" and version in ("12.1", "12.2", "12.4", "12.5"). This directly identifies hosts that have the vulnerable application and specific versions installed, matching the analyst’s request to find assets exposed to the zero-day CVE.

A sudden data ingestion loss for a previously successful data source commonly occurs when the API key used for the integration has expired, breaking authentication and preventing further log collection.

The most secure approach is to create a Disable Prevention Rule via Exceptions Configuration, scoped specifically to the Exceptions-AppServers profile. This rule should include the hash (SHA256), signer (Microsoft Corporation), and file path (C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe). This ensures the exception is applied only to the trusted, legitimate process on the AppServers group while minimizing the security gap.

The applied transformers extract the value of @dirtyId from the root-level Data2 object. The sequence includes trimming using "Id:" and ending with a quotation mark ". As a result, the root @dirtyId value (1) is returned with a leading quotation mark, so the Test result will display "1.

Cortex XSIAM ingests structured third-party logs (such as CEF, LEEF, and JSON) by breaking down the key-value pairs and saving them in a normalized table format. This enables efficient correlation, analytics, and query performance across diverse log sources while preserving data fidelity.