PSE Cortex Exam Preparation Material | Palo Alto Networks System Engineer - Cortex Professional

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Question#1

What is the retention requirement for Cortex Data Lake sizing?

A. number of endpoints
B. number of VM-Series NGFW
C. number of days
D. logs per second

Explanation: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/cortex-data-lake/cortex-data-lake-getting-started/get-started-with-cortex-data-lake/set-log-storage-quota

Question#2

Which deployment type supports installation of an engine on Windows, Mac OS. and Linux?

A. RPM
B. SH
C. DEB
D. ZIP

Explanation: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/cortex-xsoar/6-0/cortex-xsoar-admin/engines/install-deploy-and-configure-demisto-engines/create-a-new-engine.html

Question#3

Which task allows the playbook to follow different paths based on specific conditions?

A. Conditional
B. Automation
C. Manual
D. Parallel

Question#4

A test for a Microsoft exploit has been planned. After some research Internet Explorer 11 CVE-2016-0189 has been selected and a module in Metasploit has been identified
(exploit/windows/browser/ms16_051_vbscript)
The description and current configuration of the exploit are as follows;

Paloalto Networks-PSE-Cortex3_2

What is the remaining configuration?
A)

Paloalto Networks-PSE-Cortex3_1

B)

Paloalto Networks-PSE-Cortex4_1

C)

Paloalto Networks-PSE-Cortex4_2

D)

Paloalto Networks-PSE-Cortex4_3

A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D

Question#5

In Cortex XDR Prevent, which three matching criteria can be used to dynamically group endpoints? (Choose three.)

A. Domain/workgroup membership
B. quarantine status
C. hostname
D. OS
E. attack threat intelligence tag

Exam Code: PSE Cortex
Q & A: 80 Q&As         Updated:  Oct 07,2026

 

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Exam Code: PSE Cortex
Q & A: 80 Q&As
Updated:  Oct 07,2026

 

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