156-586: Check Point Certified Troubleshooting Expert - R81 (CCTE)

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156-586 is Check Point's R81 version of the Certified Troubleshooting Expert (CCTE) exam. It covers advanced troubleshooting for Check Point security environments and is intended for experienced professionals who support Check Point deployments. Passing demonstrates the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues across the platform.

Exam Topics

  • Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques13%
  • Advanced Logs and Monitoring13%
  • Management Database and Processes13%
  • Advanced Kernel Debugging13%
  • Client-to-Site VPN Troubleshooting14%
  • User Mode Troubleshooting14%
  • Advanced Identity Awareness Troubleshooting10%
  • Advanced Access Control10%
  • Site-to-Site VPN Troubleshooting10%

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QuestionQ1

User Mode Troubleshooting

What is the best method for resolving a problem caused by a frozen process?

Explanation

Terminating a frozen process is the most targeted remedy: it stops the unresponsive program and releases its operating-system resources without unnecessarily restarting or powering off the entire machine.

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QuestionQ2

Advanced Access Control

Check Point Access Control Daemons includes several daemons for Software Blades and features. Which daemon is used for Application & Control URL Filtering?

Explanation

The RAD daemon processes Application Control and URL Filtering requests, including URL-categorization activity. PEPD and PDPD belong to Identity Awareness, and CPRAD is not the Application Control/URL Filtering daemon.

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QuestionQ3

Advanced Access Control

Which of these packet-processing components retains state-related information for Rule Base matching?

Explanation

The Handle infrastructure component stores the Rule Base matching state for a transaction, including the published CLOBs and related Rule Base state; therefore, the corresponding packet-processing component is Handlers.

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QuestionQ4

Advanced Logs and Monitoring

Which statement is correct about the Resource Advisor (RAD) service on Security Gateways?

Explanation

RAD has a kernel-space component that maintains and queries the kernel cache, while the RAD user-space service performs online categorization for cache misses. The miss requests are handled asynchronously, so RAD is neither exclusively kernel-space nor exclusively user-space.

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QuestionQ5

Advanced Identity Awareness Troubleshooting

What are the three primary components of Identity Awareness?

Explanation

Identity Awareness obtains identities from identity sources, uses the Policy Decision Point (PDP) to collect and distribute identity data, and uses the Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) to enforce the policy using that data.

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