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Prisma Cloud Architecture And Components
This domain covers how Prisma Cloud is deployed and wired together: onboarding cloud accounts (AWS CloudFormation, Azure, GCP), the Compute Console and Defenders, alert forwarding to SIEM/Slack, and the role of the Console versus the CSPM/Compute planes. Questions are scenario-based, asking you to pick the correct onboarding artifact, integration mechanism, or Defender install parameter.
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Be able to select the right Prisma Cloud onboarding artifact and integration mechanism for a given scenario, and correctly parameterize Defender deployment. The single most important thing: match the required data flow (existing bucket, async SIEM queue, Slack rule) to the exact Prisma Cloud component that supports it.
Onboarding AWS accounts via CloudFormation stack sets and selecting an existing centralized CloudTrail S3 bucket
Forwarding Prisma Cloud alerts asynchronously to SIEM using Amazon SQS and AWS Lambda
Configuring Slack notifications for high-severity policy violations through alert rules and integrations
Supplying the correct Prisma Cloud Compute Defender install parameter, such as the Console address, in GCE startup scripts
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Common Prisma Cloud Architecture And Components exam traps
- ▸Assuming Prisma Cloud creates a new CloudTrail bucket when the requirement is to reuse an existing centralized logging bucket in another account
- ▸Confusing synchronous webhook alerting with the asynchronous SQS/Lambda pattern required for SIEM ingestion
- ▸Omitting the Console address or tenant parameter in the Defender install script, causing GCE Defenders to fail registration
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All Prisma Cloud Architecture And Components questions (46)
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Where in the Prisma Cloud console should an administrator navigate to generate a custom API Access Key for programmatic integration with CI/CD pipelines?
Easy2You are reviewing the Prisma Cloud administration settings and need to delegate read-only access to a new security analyst. Which role should you assign to the user?
Medium3A security analyst needs to view the compliance posture of their AWS environment in Prisma Cloud. They want to see which resources are non-compliant with the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark. Where in the Prisma Cloud console should they navigate?
Easy4You need to ensure that Prisma Cloud only scans specific Kubernetes namespaces in a large multi-tenant cluster while ignoring test and staging workloads. Where should you configure this namespace scoping?
Medium5Which THREE configuration elements can be defined within a Prisma Cloud Account Group?
Medium6Where can an administrator view the status and health of all Prisma Cloud connected cloud accounts and their respective data sync cycles?
Easy7What is the primary function of the Prisma Cloud Intelligence Stream?
Easy8A security administrator is configuring Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition to monitor a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) organization. The administrator wants to ensure that all projects within the organization are automatically onboarded and monitored without manual per-project configuration. Which Prisma Cloud component or feature should the administrator use to achieve this?
Hard9Which TWO features are provided by the Prisma Cloud Compute module?
Medium10Which TWO protocols or methods are supported by Prisma Cloud for sending alert notifications to external destinations?
Hard11An administrator wants to organize cloud accounts in Prisma Cloud based on business units (e.g., Finance, Engineering) to apply granular access control and policy scoping. Which Prisma Cloud feature should be used?
Easy12An administrator needs to restrict access to the Prisma Cloud administration console so that users can only log in from the corporate network IP range (192.0.2.0/24). Where is this restriction configured?
Medium13A security engineer is troubleshooting why Prisma Cloud Compute Defenders deployed on an ECS Fargate cluster are not reporting connection status back to the Prisma Cloud Console. Which architecture requirement for Fargate defenders is likely missing?
Hard14A security team is deploying Prisma Cloud Compute in a hybrid environment that includes both Kubernetes clusters and standalone Linux virtual machines. They need to ensure that Defenders are deployed appropriately for each environment. Which TWO deployment methods are valid for installing Prisma Cloud Compute Defenders on standalone Linux VMs? (Choose two.)
Medium15Which Prisma Cloud module provides visibility into cloud resource configurations, posture management, and compliance across multi-cloud environments?
Easy16When onboarding a Microsoft Azure account into Prisma Cloud, what is the purpose of granting the application Reader permissions at the Management Group or Subscription level?
Easy17An organization requires strict tenant isolation where users in the APAC region must not be able to view cloud security postures of EMEA resources. Which Prisma Cloud construct should an administrator implement?
Easy18You are troubleshooting a Prisma Cloud Compute deployment where container vulnerability scans are failing because Defenders cannot download image layers from a private registry. The private registry requires token-based authentication. Where must the registry credentials be configured in Prisma Cloud Compute?
Hard19You are configuring agentless scanning for AWS within Prisma Cloud. The setup requires creating a cross-account IAM role. Which specific permission must be included in the IAM policy to allow Prisma Cloud to take EBS volume snapshots for vulnerability analysis without exposing encryption keys?
Hard20A cloud security engineer is deploying Prisma Cloud Compute Defenders on a large number of Linux hosts. The engineer wants to automate the deployment process and ensure that Defenders are automatically updated. Which Prisma Cloud Compute component is responsible for distributing Defender updates and managing Defender versions?
Easy21Which TWO actions are required when configuring agentless scanning for Azure in Prisma Cloud?
Hard22Which THREE best practices should be followed when administering Prisma Cloud API Access Keys?
Hard23You are configuring SSO for Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition using SAML 2.0 with Okta as the Identity Provider. After completing the configuration, users attempting to log in receive an 'Invalid SAML Assertion' error. Which troubleshooting step should you perform first?
Medium24An enterprise is deploying Prisma Cloud Compute across a hybrid environment consisting of AWS EC2 instances, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and on-premises Linux servers. Which TWO deployment methods are supported for installing Prisma Cloud Defenders in this architecture?
Hard25A security engineer notices that Prisma Cloud Runtime Defense on a defender-protected Kubernetes cluster is generating excessive alerts for legitimate build processes running inside application pods. Which configuration change should be applied to suppress these alerts without reducing container security?
Hard26An enterprise has strict compliance policies mandating that all Prisma Cloud SaaS console administrator activity must be auditable in near real-time. Which feature should be enabled to capture and stream administrative actions such as policy modifications and user logins?
Hard27An organization requires that cloud resource configurations discovered by Prisma Cloud are ingested in near-real-time to trigger automated remediation via Webhooks. Which Prisma Cloud feature should be configured to meet this requirement?
Medium28An organization has strict compliance requirements requiring all Prisma Cloud audit logs and user activity events to be forwarded to their internal Splunk SIEM in real-time. Which feature should the administrator configure?
Medium29Which THREE methods are supported for deploying Prisma Cloud Compute Defenders on host operating systems (such as standalone Linux VMs)?
Hard30An administrator needs to deploy the Prisma Cloud Defender to monitor hosts in a Kubernetes cluster running on Amazon EKS. Which deployment method uses a DaemonSet to automatically deploy a Defender to every node in the cluster?
Medium31Which THREE criteria can be used to filter or scope alerts in Prisma Cloud Alert Rules?
Medium32Which THREE components are part of the Prisma Cloud Compute architecture?
Medium33An enterprise security architect wants to integrate Prisma Cloud compliance alerts into an existing SIEM using Amazon SQS and AWS Lambda. Which mechanism should be configured on Prisma Cloud to push alerts asynchronously to an SQS queue?
Hard34You are configuring a new AWS cloud account onboarding into Prisma Cloud via CloudFormation. The security team mandates that CloudTrail monitoring must use an existing centralized S3 bucket located in a separate logging account. Which prerequisite configuration must be completed before executing the CFT?
Hard35An administrator wants to configure Prisma Cloud to automatically send notifications to an enterprise Slack channel whenever a high-severity policy violation occurs. Which sequence of configuration steps is correct?
Medium36An administrator needs to deploy Prisma Cloud Compute Defenders across a fleet of Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) instances using a startup script. Which parameter must be correctly supplied to the installer script to ensure the Defender successfully registers with the correct Compute Console?
Hard37An administrator needs to restrict access to Prisma Cloud so that the local security operations team can only view alerts and reports without having permissions to modify compliance policies or cloud accounts. Which role should be assigned to this team?
Easy38You are deploying Prisma Cloud Compute Defenders across a heterogeneous environment containing Linux VMs, Windows VMs, and Kubernetes clusters. Which component acts as the central orchestrator and data aggregator for all deployed Compute Defenders?
Hard39An administrator has configured a webhook integration in Prisma Cloud to send alerts to a custom incident management system. However, test alerts are failing with an HTTP 403 Forbidden error. What is the most likely cause?
Hard40Your company has multiple business units sharing a single Prisma Cloud Enterprise tenant. You need to ensure that compliance reports generated by the Finance business unit only include AWS accounts owned by Finance. What feature must you configure?
Medium41What is the primary function of the Prisma Cloud Resource Graph?
Easy42You are a cloud security engineer at a company that uses Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition. The security team wants to grant a new analyst read-only access to the Prisma Cloud console to review alerts and compliance reports, but must not allow any configuration changes. The company uses SAML-based single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD). Which of the following should you configure to meet this requirement?
Medium43You are troubleshooting a newly onboarded Azure subscription where Prisma Cloud is failing to ingest asset inventory. Upon checking the Azure Activity Log, you notice that API throttling limits are frequently reached. Which mechanism does Prisma Cloud use to manage Azure API rate limits?
Medium44Which TWO methods can be used to onboard an AWS account into Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition?
Medium45An auditor requests evidence that Prisma Cloud is actively monitoring all cloud accounts in the enterprise. Which built-in Prisma Cloud report should you generate to provide a summary of onboarded cloud accounts and their current monitoring status?
Medium46What is the primary purpose of creating custom compliance standards in Prisma Cloud?
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- Be able to select the right Prisma Cloud onboarding artifact and integration mechanism for a given scenario, and correctly parameterize Defender deployment. The single most important thing: match the required data flow (existing bucket, async SIEM queue, Slack rule) to the exact Prisma Cloud component that supports it.
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