Free Practice Questions for Checkpoint 156-315.82 Exam

The correct answer isA. IKEv1 Phase 1 Main Mode usessix packets. Check Point’s R82 Site-to-Site VPN guide states that Main Mode is the default IKEv1 Phase 1 mode and that the Security Gateway performs the IKE negotiation with six packets. Main Mode is preferred over Aggressive Mode because part of the exchange becomes encrypted once both peers know the shared Diffie-Hellman key, and it is less susceptible to denial-of-service conditions than Aggressive Mode. Option D is wrong because three packets correspond to IKEv1 Aggressive Mode, not Main Mode. Option B and Option C are not valid packet counts for the standard IKEv1 Main Mode exchange. For CCSE exam precision, memorize the simple mapping:IKEv1 Main Mode = 6 packets; IKEv1 Aggressive Mode = 3 packets. This is one of the standard Check Point VPN mechanics questions and appears frequently because it tests whether the candidate can distinguish Main Mode from Aggressive Mode without confusing them with IKEv2 exchanges. Reference topic:IKE Phase I Modes.

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The correct answer isD. The command must use the R82 Management Server Migration Tool from the $FWDIR/scripts directory and must specify the target version asR82. The correct syntax is:

$FWDIR/scripts/migrate_server print_installed_tools -v R82

Option A is wrong because print_tools is not the correct operation name and the version is wrong. Option B is wrong because the tool path is $FWDIR/scripts, not $CPDIR/scripts, and it specifies R81.20 instead of R82. Option C uses the right operation name but the wrong version; R77.30 is not the target release in this scenario. Since Alice is importing an exportedR82Management Database, the installed migration tools must be verified forR82. Check Point’s R82 Installation and CLI guidance uses the migrate_server tool for R80.20-and-higher management migration workflows.

The correct answer isD. Check Point R82 Network Feed objects supportFlat listandJSONformats. A Flat list feed can contain values such as domains, IP addresses, or both, with delimiter and ignore-prefix settings. A JSON feed uses a JSON query in JQ syntax to extract the required data values from the feed. Option A is incomplete because JSON is also supported. Option B is wrong because XML is not one of the supported Network Feed object formats. Option C is incomplete because Flat list is also supported. The exact supported formats areFlat list and JSON; therefore, among the answer choices,Flat list or JSONis correct. (sc1.checkpoint.com)

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The correct answer isC. For ElasticXL and other Scalable Platforms, the global Gaia command-line shell isGaia gClish, commonly entered with the gclish command. Check Point documentation describes Gaia gClish as the global command-line shell where commands apply across Security Appliances or members in the Security Group. The R82 Release Notes also identify new Gaia gClish commands such as show cluster and set cluster for Scalable Platforms. Option A, Expert mode, is powerful but does not automatically mean a command is executed globally on all ElasticXL members. Option B, regular Clish, applies to the local Gaia context rather than the global cluster context. Option D is not the shell used for this task. The precise CCSE takeaway is:use gClish when you need cluster-wide Gaia command execution in ElasticXL. Reference topic:R82 Scalable Platforms / Gaia gClish and show cluster commands.

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The correct answer isD. Collision Mode occurs when more than one Management Server is configured asActivein a Management HA environment. In the normal Check Point model, there is only one Active Security Management Server at a time, and all other Management Servers operate as Standby. Collision Mode can occur when connectivity to the original Active server is lost and an administrator changes a Standby server to Active without the existing Active server being changed to Standby. Check Point documentation is explicit: when a Standby server is changed to Active without informing the current Active server, this is known as Collision Mode. Option A describes the standard and healthy HA state. Option B also describes a valid HA state with multiple Standby servers. Option C is not Collision Mode; it is simply an unusable state because no server is Active for management changes. The exam point is simple:Collision Mode equals two Active Management Servers. Reference topic:Working in Collision Mode.

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The correct answer isD. In the Advanced Upgrade method, the Management Database is exported using the R82migrate_serverutility fromExpert mode, specifically from the $FWDIR/scripts/ directory. The R82 CLI Reference Guide explicitly states that the command must be run from Expert mode, and the syntax shows cd $FWDIR/scripts/ followed by ./migrate_server export -v R82 ... / < Full Path > / < Name of Exported File > . Option A is wrong because Clish is not the correct shell for this operation. Option B is wrong because the command is not located under $CPDIR/bin/ for the documented R82 procedure. Option C is wrong because migrate is the older tool and Clish is still the wrong shell. In CCSE terms, Advanced Upgrade means database export/import using migrate_server, not a Gaia Portal or SmartConsole operation. The correct operational form is:Expert mode → $FWDIR/scripts/ → ./migrate_server export -v R82 ....

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The correct answer isD. Collision Mode means more than one Management Server is configured asActive. In this condition, the Active servers donotsynchronize with each other, even if network connectivity exists. The administrator must manually resolve the conflict by changing one Active server back to Standby from SmartConsole’s Management High Availability window. When one server becomes Standby, synchronization starts and the data on that Standby server is overwritten by the remaining Active server’s data. That is why this must be handled deliberately; blindly rebooting both servers or restarting Check Point services does not resolve the logical HA conflict. Option B is dangerous because Check Point explicitly says two Active servers cannot sync with each other. Option C is also wrong because daemon restarts do not decide which database is authoritative. The operational correction is to manually return the environment to a single-Active model and allow synchronization from the authoritative Active Management Server. Reference topic:High Availability Troubleshooting / Collision or HA Conflict.

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The correct answer isA. ElasticXL automatically configures the Sync network to192.0.2.0/24. Check Point’s R82 ElasticXL important notes state this directly. The Sync interfaces of all ElasticXL Cluster Members in the same cluster must connect to the same Layer 2 broadcast domain, usually a dedicated Layer 2 switch or VLAN. The Sync interface must not be configured as a VLAN trunk, and only one ElasticXL Cluster is supported in the same Layer 2 broadcast domain. Option B, 192.168.2.0/24, is a private RFC1918-style address but not the ElasticXL default. Option C, 192.0.0.0/24, is not the documented Sync network. Option D is also not correct. The OCR in the uploaded file mangles the address, but the official value is unambiguous:ElasticXL Sync network = 192.0.2.0/24. Reference topic:ElasticXL Important Notes / Sync network automatic configuration.

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The correct answer isAin the context of the exam’s terminology, but the wording is not technically perfect. IKEv2 does not use IKEv1’s Main Mode, Aggressive Mode, and Quick Mode structure. Instead, IKEv2 establishes an IKE Security Association and then one or more Child Security Associations. Many training materials describe these asParent SAandChild SA, where the parent protects the IKE control exchange and the child protects the actual IPsec data traffic. Check Point’s R82 VPN documentation confirms that Main Mode and Aggressive Mode apply specifically toIKEv1, and it separately describes IKEv2 support as an alternative encryption negotiation mode. Options B and C are clearly wrong because Main, Aggressive, and Quick are IKEv1 terms. Option D is technically defensible in strict protocol language, but because the answer set includes Parent/Child terminology, option A is the intended CCSE answer. The safe exam interpretation is:IKEv1 uses Phase 1/Phase 2; IKEv2 maps that concept to Parent/Child SA terminology.

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The correct answer isA. In Check Point R82 Management High Availability, synchronization occurs at intervals and when the administratorpublishes the SmartConsole session. This distinction matters because SmartConsole changes are not fully committed to the management database until they are published. Simply editing an object and clicking OK saves the change inside the current private session, but that unpublished session is not synchronized to Standby Management Servers. The R82 guide explicitly states that the Active server synchronizes with Standby servers at intervals and when the session is published, and that sessions not published are not synchronized. Option B is therefore incomplete because clicking OK on an object does not equal a publish operation. Option C uses old-style “save” terminology and is not the R80+ publishing model. Option D is fabricated; there is no 10-second inactivity synchronization trigger. For CCSE purposes, the key trigger to remember isPublish, not object edit completion. Reference topic:Synchronizing Active and Standby Servers.

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