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ISACA Certified Cybersecurity Operations Analyst (CCOA) (CCOA) Practice Test

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Real exam: 240 min
Pass mark: 450 (scaled 200–800)

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Q1Adversarial Tacticsmedium
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You are auditing an environment for 'T1083 File and Directory Discovery'. Which log source provides the most visibility into this activity?

Sysmon Event ID 11Correct
BNetFlow
CDHCP logs
DFirewall logs

File and Directory Discovery often involves listing files, which generates audit events when monitoring directory access via Sysmon Event ID 11 or Windows Security logs.

Q2Adversarial Tacticsmedium
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While analyzing an EDR alert, you observe a process modifying 'HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'. What is the primary adversary objective at this stage?

ADiscovery
PersistenceCorrect
CExecution
DPrivilege Escalation

Modifying registry run keys is a standard technique to ensure a program executes automatically upon system startup, which defines Persistence.

Q3Adversarial Tacticseasy
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You are reviewing logs in Splunk and identify a suspicious process spawning 'cmd.exe' from 'wsmprovhost.exe'. Which MITRE ATT&CK tactic does this behavior most directly align with?

ACredential Access
BExfiltration
Lateral MovementCorrect
DPersistence

The spawning of a command shell from a remote management process is a classic indicator of Lateral Movement using remote execution.

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