PAM-SEN Exam Questions
136 real PAM-SEN exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 1 of 3.
- Question #1Managing and Monitoring Privileged Sessions (Advanced)
What is the name of the account used to establish the initial RDP session from the end user client machine to the PSM server?
PSMConnectRDP sessionPSM serverprivileged account - Question #2Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
To apply a new license file you must:
license fileSystem SafePrivateArk Servervault configuration - Question #3Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
At what point is a transparent user provisioned in the vault?
transparent userdirectory mappingLDAPuser provisioning - Question #4Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
Which of the following are supported authentication methods for CyberArk? Check all that apply
authentication methodsLDAPRADIUSPKI - Question #5Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
The Remote Desktop Services role must be property licensed by Microsoft.
Remote Desktop ServicesMicrosoft licensingPSM prerequisitesinfrastructure - Question #6Integrations with External Systems
Which file would you modify to configure your Vault Server to forward Activity Logs to a SIEM or SYSLOG server?
SIEM integrationSYSLOGENEConf.iniactivity logs - Question #7Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
Which keys are required to be present in order to start the PrivateArk Server Service? Select all that apply.
Server KeyPrivateArk Server startupencryption keysvault initialization - Question #8Disaster Recovery and High Availability
What is a requirement for setting fault tolerance for PSMs?
PSM fault tolerancehigh availabilityCPM placementmulti-datacenter - Question #9Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
What is a valid combination of primary and secondary layers of authentication to a company's two- factor authentication policy?
two-factor authenticationRSA SecurIDLDAPPVWA authentication - Question #10Managing and Monitoring Privileged Sessions (Advanced)
A customer wants to store PSM recordings for 100 days and estimates they will have 10 Windows sessions per day for 100 minutes each. What is the minimum storage required for the Va...
PSM recordingsstorage capacity planningvault storagesession data - Question #11Managing and Monitoring Privileged Sessions (Advanced)
CyberArk User Neil is trying to connect to the Target Linux server 192.168.1.164 using a domain account ACME/linuxuser01 on domain acme.corp using PSM for SSH server 192.168.65.145...
PSM for SSHSSH connection syntaxdomain accountconnection string format - Question #12Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
During the PSM installation process, Safes and a User are created. In addition to Add Safes, Add/Update Users, Reset Users' Passwords, and Activate Users, which authorization(s) do...
PSM installationvault permissionsManage Vault File CategoriesSafe creation - Question #13Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
What authentication methods can be implemented to enforce Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for users authenticating to CyberArk using both the PVWA (through the browser) and the Pri...
two-factor authenticationPVWAPrivateArk ClientLDAP RADIUS - Question #14Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
In which configuration file do you add LoadBalancerClientAddressHeader when you enable x- forwarding on the PVWA loadbalancer?
load balancerPVWA configurationweb.configX-Forwarded-For - Question #15Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
You want to add an additional maintenance user on the PSM for SSH. How can you accomplish this if InstallCyberarkSSHD is set to Integrated?
PSM for SSHmaintenance userAllowGroupsSSHD integrated mode - Question #16Advanced Auditing, Reporting and Troubleshooting
There is a requirement for a password to change between 01:00 and 03:00 on Saturdays and Sundays; however, this does not work consistently. Which platform setting may be the cause?
CPM schedulingplatform settingsIntervalHeadStartInterval - Question #17Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
What is the default username for the PSM for SSH maintenance user when InstallCyberarkSSHD is set to yes?
PSM for SSHmaintenance userproxymngdefault username - Question #18Advanced Auditing, Reporting and Troubleshooting
Which SMTP address can be set on the Notification Settings page to re-invoke the ENE setup wizard after the initial Vault installation?
ENE setup wizardSMTP configurationNotification Settingsvault reconfiguration - Question #19Security Best Practices and Hardening
Before the hardening process, your customer identified a PSM Universal Connector executable that will be required to run on the PSM. Which file should you update to allow this to r...
PSM hardeningAppLockerUniversal ConnectorPSMConfigureAppLocker.xml - Question #20Managing and Protecting Privileged Accounts and Credentials (Advanced)
You want to improve performance on the CPM by restricting accounts for the CYBRWINDAD platform to only the WINDEMEA and WINDEMEA_Admin safes. How do you set this in CyberArk?
CPM performanceAllowedSafesplatform settingssafe restriction - Question #21Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
What is a prerequisite step before installing the Vault on Windows 2019?
Vault installationWindows prerequisitesstatic IPserver configuration - Question #22Security Best Practices and Hardening
When performing "In Domain" hardening of a PSM server, which steps must be performed? (Choose two.)
PSM hardeningGPOdomain hardeningOU configuration - Question #23Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
Which files does the Vault Installation Wizard prompt you for during the Vault install?
Vault installationOperator CDlicenseinstallation wizard - Question #24Disaster Recovery and High Availability
You are designing the number of PVWAs a customer must deploy. The customer has three data centers with a distributed Vault in each, requires high availability, and wants to use all...
PVWA sizinghigh availabilitydistributed deploymentmulti-data center - Question #25Managing and Monitoring Privileged Sessions (Advanced)
Which method can be used to directly authenticate users to PSM for SSH? (Choose three.)
PSM for SSHauthentication methodsLDAPRADIUS - Question #26Disaster Recovery and High Availability
Which components support load balancing? (Choose two.)
load balancingPVWAPSMcomponent architecture - Question #27Integrations with External Systems
When SAML authentication is used to sign in to the PVWA, which service performs the actual authentication?
SAML authenticationIdentity ProviderPVWASSO - Question #28Integrations with External Systems
When integrating a Vault with HSM, which file is uploaded to the HSM device?
HSM integrationkey managementVault encryptionserver.key - Question #29Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
You need to add a new PSM server to an existing CyberArk environment. What is the best way to determine the sizing of this server?
PSM sizingcapacity planningserver specificationsCyberArk documentation - Question #30Managing and Protecting Privileged Accounts and Credentials (Advanced)
You have been asked to limit a platform called "Windows_Servers" to safes called "WindowsDC1" and "WindowsDC2". The platform must not be assigned to any other safe. What is the cor...
platform configurationsafe restrictionsaccount managementplatform assignment - Question #31Integrations with External Systems
To enable LDAP over SSL for a Vault when DNS lookups are blocked, which step must be completed?
LDAP over SSLDNS lookupdirectory integrationhosts file - Question #32Integrations with External Systems
You are configuring the Vault to send syslog audit data to your organization's SIEM solution. What is a valid value for the SyslogServerProtocol parameter in DBPARM.INI file?
syslogSIEM integrationDBPARM.INIaudit export - Question #33Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
Which utility should be used to register the Vault in Amazon Web Services?
AWS registrationCAVaultManagercloud deploymentVault utilities - Question #34Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
What must you do to prepare a Windows server for PVWA installation?
PVWA installationprerequisitesPowerShellWindows server - Question #35Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
Your customer wants to store the Safes Data on Vault Drive D instead of Drive C. Which file should you edit?
safe storagedrive configurationTSparm.iniVault configuration - Question #36Advanced Auditing, Reporting and Troubleshooting
You are configuring SNMP remote monitoring for your organization's Vault servers. In the PARAgent.ini, which parameter specifies the destination of the Vault SNMP traps?
SNMP monitoringPARAgent.iniSNMPHostIPVault monitoring - Question #37Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
You are installing a CPM. In addition to Add Safes, Add/Update Users, Reset Users' Passwords and Manage Server File Categories, which Vault authorization(s) does a CyberArk user ne...
CPM installationVault authorizationuser permissionsActivate Users - Question #38Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
After installing the first PSM server and before installing additional PSM servers, you must ensure the user performing the installation is not a direct owner of which safe?
PSM installationsafe ownershipmulti-PSM deploymentPSMUnmanagedSessionAccounts - Question #39Disaster Recovery and High Availability
If a customer has one data center and requires fault tolerance, how many PVWAs should be deployed?
PVWA deploymentfault tolerancehigh availabilitysingle data center - Question #40Managing and Protecting Privileged Accounts and Credentials (Advanced)
What is determined by the "MaxConcurrentConnections" setting within a platform?
MaxConcurrentConnectionsplatform settingsconcurrent connectionsCPM - Question #41Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
You are setting up a Linux host to act as an HTML 5 gateway for PSM sessions. Which servers need to be trusted by the Linux host to secure communications through the gateway?
HTML5 gatewayPSMtrusted serversPVWA - Question #42Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
Which component must be installed before the first CPM installation?
CPM installationinstallation prerequisitescomponent orderingPTA - Question #43Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
Which parameter must be provided when registering a primary Vault in Azure, but not in Amazon Web Services?
Vault registrationAzure deploymentRDP Gatewaycloud deployment - Question #44Integrations with External Systems
For redundancy, you want to add a secondary RADIUS server. What must you do to accomplish this?
RADIUS authenticationDBParm.iniredundancysecondary server - Question #45Disaster Recovery and High Availability
What is the recommended method to determine if a PVWA is unavailable and should be disabled in a load balancing pool?
PVWAload balancinghealth checkPort 1858 - Question #46Disaster Recovery and High Availability
Which user is enabled when replicating data between active and stand-by Vaults?
DR VaultreplicationDR userstandby Vault - Question #47Integrations with External Systems
As Vault Admin, you have been asked to enable your organization's CyberArk users to authenticate using LDAP. In addition to Audit Users, which permission do you need to complete th...
LDAP authenticationdirectory mappingVault Admin permissionsuser authentication - Question #48Secure Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution Deployment (Advanced)
You are beginning the post-install process after a manual PSM installation is completed. What must you do?
PSM installationpost-installscreen saverPSM local users - Question #49Integrations with External Systems
A new domain controller has been added to your domain. You need to ensure the CyberArk infrastructure can use the new domain controller for authentication. Which locations must you...
domain controllerLDAPhosts filedirectory configuration - Question #50Disaster Recovery and High Availability
A customer has five PVWA servers. Three are located at the primary data center and the remaining two are at a satellite data center. What is important to consider about the load ba...
load balancingPVWAsticky sessionspage content integrity