156-581 · Question #9
What are the four ways to insert an FW Monitor into the firewall kernel chain?
The correct answer is B. Relative position using location, relative position using alias, absolute position, all positions. https://downloads.checkpoint.com/fileserver/SOURCE/direct/ID/9068/FILE/How_to_use_FW_Mo nitor.pdf (page 19)
Question
What are the four ways to insert an FW Monitor into the firewall kernel chain?
Options
- AAbsolute position using location, relative position using alias, general position, all positions
- BRelative position using location, relative position using alias, absolute position, all positions
- CAbsolute position using location, absolute position using alias, relative position, all positions
- DRelative position using geolocation, relative position using inertial navigation, absolute position, all
How the community answered
(31 responses)- A10% (3)
- B84% (26)
- C3% (1)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
https://downloads.checkpoint.com/fileserver/SOURCE/direct/ID/9068/FILE/How_to_use_FW_Mo nitor.pdf (page 19)
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Community Discussion
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Dervla O.Jun 1, 2026The answer is B, and the stem itself gives you the clue if you read it twice. The question asks for four distinct insertion methods, and B is the only option that actually offers four meaningfully different mechanisms: relative position using location, relative position using alias, absolute position, and all positions. Options A and C swap the relative and absolute labels in ways that contradict how positional insertion actually works, with relative referencing something else in the chain and absolute being a fixed numeric slot. D is a trap for anyone who skimmed, since geolocation and inertial navigation have nothing to do with kernel chain positioning and are there purely to catch rushed readers. When two options look similar on a question like this, slow down and pin the adjectives before you pick.
Samuel O.May 20, 2026Saw this on my exam and almost picked C, remember: location and alias are both relative. B.
Bao N.May 20, 2026Good catch on the relative part, though worth drilling down that alias only rewrites the URI internally while location still exposes the path externally, which trips people up on the follow-up questions about client-visible URLs.
Bao N.Jun 7, 2026B is right, relative location and alias plus absolute and all-positions covers it.
Dervla O.Jun 9, 2026That covers the structural taxonomy well, but on timed exams the real separator is learning which of those four you can eliminate fastest rather than just knowing they exist.