Free Practice Questions for Paloalto Networks XSIAM-Engineer Exam

When installing optional content packs in Cortex XSIAM, any mandatory dependencies are automatically included. The engineer’s main consideration is whether the additional functionality is needed and whether it may have a performance impact on the system.

In a Cortex XSIAM parsing rule, the COLLECT section defines the newly created dataset. This section specifies how the parsed fields and data should be structured and stored for further use in analytics and queries.

To allow continued testing after the first emulated attack was blocked, the engineer must add an indicator exclusion. This bypasses enforcement for the specific test artifact, enabling repeated execution of the scenario to validate which Cortex XDR module detects or prevents the activity.

When two incidents are merged in Cortex XSIAM, the War Room of the destination incident retains the merged details and activity logs. If a SOC analyst reports missing details, checking the destination incident’s War Room will provide the complete context and history.

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.

Broker VM options appear greyed out in the Agent Settings profile when the Local Agent Settings applet is activated without an FQDN. An FQDN is required for agents to resolve and connect to the Broker VM as a download source.

The URL https:// -docker.pkg.dev is used in Palo Alto Networks infrastructure to download Engine Docker containers. This ensures the Cortex XSIAM engine components are pulled securely from the regional Docker registry.