Palo Alto Networks XSIAM Analyst - XSIAM-Analyst Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
Which two actions will allow a security analyst to review updated commands from the core pack and interpret the results without altering the incident audit? (Choose two.)

A. Create a playbook with the commands and run it from within the War Room. B. Run the core commands directly from the playground and invite other collaborators. C. Run the core commands directly from the Command and Scripts menu inside playground. D. Run the core commands directly by typing them into the playground CLI.

Correct Answer: C,D

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QUESTION NO: 2
Which feature terminates a process during an investigation?

A. Live Terminal B. Exclusion C. Restriction D. Response Center

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 3
Which two actions can an analyst take to reduce the number of false positive alerts generated by a custom BIOC? (Choose two.)

A. Implement a global exception in the prevention profile. B. Implement an alert exclusion rule. C. Implement a BIOC rule exception. D. Implement a shunt in a BIOC bypass rule.

Correct Answer: B,C

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QUESTION NO: 4
What is the cause when alerts generated by a correlation rule are not creating an incident?

A. The rule has alert suppression enabled. B. The rule is using the preconfigured Cortex XSIAM alert field mapping. C. The rule does not have a drill-down query configured. D. The rule is configured with alert severity below Medium.

Correct Answer: D

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QUESTION NO: 5
With regard to Attack Surface Rules, how often are external scans updated?

A. Hourly B. Daily C. Weekly D. Monthly

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 6
You notice multiple endpoints reporting offline in XSIAM. Which actions would help confirm their operational status?

A. Check agent connection timestamps B. Ping the endpoint from the agent C. Perform a live terminal scan D. Review recent heartbeat logs

Correct Answer: A,D

QUESTION NO: 7
Based on the image below, which two determinations can be made from the causality chain?
(Choose two.)

A. Malware.pdf.exe is responsible for the entire chain of execution resulting in the alerts. B. The process cmd.exe is responsible for the entire chain of execution resulting in the alerts. C. Cortex XDR agent malware profile module applied is set to "Report" mode. D. Three alerts in total were generated by the agent on the endpoint.

Correct Answer: B,C

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QUESTION NO: 8
A SOC team member implements an incident starring configuration, but incidents created before this configuration were not starred.
What is the cause of this behavior?

A. Starring is applied to alerts after they have been merged into incidents, but incidents are not starred. B. Starring configuration is applied to the newly created alerts, and the incident is subsequently starred. C. It takes 48 hours for the configuration to take effect. D. The analyst must manually star incidents after determining which alerts within the incident were automatically starred.

Correct Answer: B

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