Be able to pick the right Prisma Cloud console area for a stated posture goal, write or read RQL to investigate resources and connections, and map findings to benchmarks like CIS. The key thing to get right: know which feature answers the question, not just what the feature does.
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Domain overview
This domain covers Prisma Cloud's CSPM capabilities: configuring cloud accounts, building and scoping policies, running RQL queries, and reading compliance dashboards against benchmarks like CIS and PCI DSS. Questions test where to navigate in the console, which RQL or feature answers a stated goal, and how Defender and agentless scanning differ in CSPM-only versus full deployments.
Exam objectives
Writing RQL queries to investigate network connections and resource relationships across cloud accounts
Navigating Prisma Cloud console sections to create config policies enforcing encryption at rest
Using compliance dashboards and reports to identify resources non-compliant with CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark
Understanding Prisma Cloud Defender's role and behavior in a CSPM-only deployment
Confusing the compliance dashboard with the alert or policy pages; benchmark non-compliance is surfaced through compliance reporting, not raw alerts alone.
Assuming Defender is required for CSPM; in CSPM-only deployments posture comes from cloud APIs, and Defender is not the posture engine.
Writing RQL that filters on the wrong field or asset type, so a valid connection exists but the query returns nothing useful.
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When creating an alert rule, what is the purpose of the 'Alert Notifications' section?
2A security administrator needs to ensure that all AWS S3 buckets are encrypted at rest. Where should they navigate in the Prisma Cloud console to create a policy to enforce this requirement?
3Which Prisma Cloud menu is used to view the overall risk posture of your multi-cloud environment using graphical widgets?
4You are troubleshooting a missing cloud resource in Prisma Cloud. What is the first step to verify if the account is correctly ingested?
5How are Prisma Cloud policies categorized to help with compliance reporting?
6You need to investigate a specific network connection that occurred between two cloud resources. Which RQL query is most effective?
7To prevent unauthorized access to the Prisma Cloud console, which authentication method should be enforced?
8What is the function of the 'Prisma Cloud Defender' in a CSPM-only deployment?
9You want to automate the remediation of an S3 bucket that is public. Which Prisma Cloud feature supports this?
10Which of the following is a benefit of using Prisma Cloud for multi-cloud environments?
11What is the main goal of the 'Investigate' page in Prisma Cloud?
12Which type of alert severity should be prioritized for immediate remediation?
13Which attribute can be used to filter resources in an RQL query?
14When onboarding a new AWS account to Prisma Cloud, what is the primary role of the Cross-Account IAM Role?
15What is the purpose of 'Trusted IP' lists in Prisma Cloud?
16Why might a policy not trigger an alert even if a resource is non-compliant?
17When auditing cloud events, which data source does Prisma Cloud rely on?
18Which of the following cloud providers are natively supported by Prisma Cloud CSPM? (Choose TWO)
19You have a policy that is currently generating too many alerts. How do you refine it without deleting it?
20Which of the following are valid components of a Prisma Cloud alert rule? (Choose TWO)
21Which of the following are valid actions when configuring an alert rule? (Choose TWO)
22What criteria can be used to filter policies in the Prisma Cloud UI? (Choose THREE)
23When creating an RQL query, which elements are essential? (Choose THREE)
24Which of the following are key features of Prisma Cloud's compliance module? (Choose THREE)
25Which services are monitored by Prisma Cloud CSPM? (Choose TWO)
26Which of the following are supported methods for exporting data from Prisma Cloud? (Choose TWO)
27What information is visible in the Prisma Cloud Alert details? (Choose THREE)
28Which of these are valid reasons to use an Alert Rule in Prisma Cloud? (Choose THREE)
29A security engineer needs Prisma Cloud to flag any Amazon S3 bucket in a production AWS account that has been made public via an ACL, but the same engineer wants to allow buckets that are public through a bucket policy only for static website hosting that was approved by change management. Which approach best meets this requirement?
30A security engineer needs to onboard a new AWS account into Prisma Cloud and ensure that the account is automatically associated with an existing cloud account group named 'Production'. The engineer has already created a cloud account group with the appropriate naming convention. Which action should the engineer take to achieve this?
31A security engineer must ensure that all new Amazon S3 buckets created in a production AWS account are automatically monitored by Prisma Cloud for public access misconfigurations. The account is already onboarded. Which Prisma Cloud feature should the engineer configure to achieve this?
32You are a cloud security engineer at a retail company that operates a large AWS environment. Your manager asks you to configure Prisma Cloud to automatically detect any S3 bucket that is made publicly accessible via a bucket ACL. You need to create a custom RQL policy that will generate an alert for this condition. Which RQL query should you use?
33A cloud security engineer is configuring a Prisma Cloud alert rule to send notifications to a Slack channel when any user with the 'AdministratorAccess' policy in AWS creates a new IAM user. Which configuration should the engineer use?
34A cloud security analyst needs to identify all Azure virtual machines that have a public IP address and are not protected by a network security group. The analyst will write a Prisma Cloud RQL query. Which approach correctly uses RQL to return only the relevant VMs?
35A security analyst is reviewing the Prisma Cloud console and wants to quickly identify all cloud resources that are non-compliant with the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark. Which Prisma Cloud feature should the analyst use?
36A security team wants to receive an email notification whenever a Prisma Cloud policy that checks for publicly accessible Amazon RDS snapshots is violated. The team already has an alert rule configured for all policies. What should the team do to scope notifications only to this specific policy?
37A security administrator is configuring a compliance standard in Prisma Cloud to assess an Azure environment against CIS benchmarks. The administrator needs to customize the standard to exclude certain requirements that are not applicable to their organization. Which two actions are required to create and apply a custom compliance standard in Prisma Cloud? (Choose two.)
38A security administrator is configuring Prisma Cloud to monitor a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. The administrator needs to ensure that Prisma Cloud can assess the configuration of GCP resources such as Cloud Storage buckets and Compute Engine instances. Which onboarding method should the administrator use to grant Prisma Cloud read-only access to the GCP organization?
39A security team is using Prisma Cloud to monitor an Azure environment. They want to receive alerts when a network security group (NSG) rule allows inbound traffic from any source to any destination on port 3389 (RDP). The team wants to create a custom policy that triggers an alert only when such a rule exists and is attached to a production virtual network. Which Prisma Cloud feature should they use to limit the policy to production virtual networks?
Be able to pick the right Prisma Cloud console area for a stated posture goal, write or read RQL to investigate resources and connections, and map findings to benchmarks like CIS. The key thing to get right: know which feature answers the question, not just what the feature does.
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