Free 156-586 Sample Questions — Check Point Certified Troubleshooting Expert

Check Point Certified Troubleshooting Expert (156-586) is a expert-level Checkpoint certification exam. The blueprint splits the exam across 5 domains, starting with Advanced Debugging, Performance Analysis, Security Policy Troubleshooting. On exam day you face around 60 questions in 90 minutes, in formats such as multiple-choice. The 20 questions below are free samples written to match that style: answer each one first, then reveal the correct answer and note which topics you miss. The 156-586 is rated hard in difficulty, and most candidates prepare with at least 12 months of hands-on experience. Because every answer is revealed in place, you can work through the whole set without leaving this page. Work through all 20 samples before deciding whether to buy the full 68+ question PDF.

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Question 1

Captive Portal, PDP and PEP run in what space?

  • A. Kernel
  • B. User
  • C. CPM
  • D. FWD
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Correct Answer:
B. User
Question 2

What are the main components of Check Point’s Security Management architecture?

  • A. Management server, Log server, Gateway server, Security server
  • B. Management server, management database, log server, automation server
  • C. Management server, Security Gateway, Multi-Domain Server, SmartEvent Server
  • D. Management server, Log Server, LDAP Server, Web Server
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Correct Answer:
B. Management server, management database, log server, automation server
Question 3

If SmartLog is not active or failed to parse results from server, what commands can be run to re-enable the service?

  • A. smartlogrestart and smartlogstart
  • B. smartlogstart and smartlogstop
  • C. smartloginit and smartlogstop
  • D. smartlogstart and smartlogsetup
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Correct Answer:
B. smartlogstart and smartlogstop
Question 4

What version of Check Point can Security Gateways begin dynamically distributing Logs between log servers?

  • A. R81
  • B. R77
  • C. R80
  • D. R75
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Correct Answer:
A. R81
Question 5

What is the best way to resolve an issue caused by a frozen process?

  • A. Kill the process
  • B. Restart the process
  • C. Reboot the machine
  • D. Power off the machine
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Correct Answer:
C. Reboot the machine
Question 6

The management configuration stored in the Postgres database is partitioned into several relational database domains. What is the purpose of the Global Domain?

  • A. Global Domains is used by the IPS software blade to map the IDs to the corresponding countries according to the IpToCountry.csv file
  • B. This domain is used as the global database to back up the objects referencing the corresponding object attributes from the System Domain
  • C. This domain is used as the global database to track the changes made by multiple administrators on the same objects prior to publishing
  • D. This domain is used as the global database for MDSM and contains global objects and policies
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Correct Answer:
D. This domain is used as the global database for MDSM and contains global objects and policies
Question 7

VPN issues may result from misconfiguration, communication failure, or incompatible default configurations between peers. Which basic command syntax needs to be used for troubleshooting Site-to-Site VPN issues?

  • A. vpn truncon debug
  • B. cp debug truncon
  • C. vpn debug truncon
  • D. fw debug truncon
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Correct Answer:
C. vpn debug truncon
Question 8

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

  • A. Observers
  • B. Classifiers
  • C. Manager
  • D. Handlers
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Correct Answer:
D. Handlers
Question 9

What are the four main database domains?

  • A. Local, Global, User, VPN
  • B. System, Global, Log, Event
  • C. System, User, Global, Log
  • D. System, User, Host, Network
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Correct Answer:
C. System, User, Global, Log
Question 10

Your users have some issues connecting with Mobile Access VPN to your gateway. How can you debug the tunnel establishment?

  • A. in the file $CVPNDIR/conf/httpd.conf change the line Loglevel .. To LogLevel debug and run cvpnrestart
  • B. in the file $VPNDIR/conf/httpd.conf change the line Loglevel .. To LogLevel debug and run vpn restart
  • C. run vpn debug truncon
  • D. run fw ctl zdebug -m sslvpn all
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Correct Answer:
A. in the file $CVPNDIR/conf/httpd.conf change the line Loglevel .. To LogLevel debug and run cvpnrestart
Question 11

What does CMI stand for in relation to the Access Control Policy?

  • A. Content Management Interface
  • B. Content Matching Infrastructure
  • C. Context Manipulation Interface
  • D. Context Management Infrastructure
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Correct Answer:
D. Context Management Infrastructure
Question 12

You are seeing output from the previous kernel debug. What command should you use to avoid that?

  • A. fw ctl debug = 0
  • B. fw ctl clean buffer = 0
  • C. fw ctl zdebug disable
  • D. fw ctl debug 0
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Correct Answer:
D. fw ctl debug 0
Question 13

When a User Mode process suddenly crashes, it may create a core dump file. Which of the following information is available in the core dump and may be used to identify the root cause of the crash? i. Program Counter ii. Stack Pointer iii. Memory management information iv. Other Processor and OS flags / information

  • A. iii and iv only
  • B. i, ii, iii and iv
  • C. i and ii only
  • D. Only iii
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Correct Answer:
B. i, ii, iii and iv
Question 14

What is the name of the VPN kernel process?

  • A. FWK
  • B. VPND
  • C. CVPND
  • D. VPNK
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Correct Answer:
D. VPNK
Question 15

SmartEvent utilizes the Log Server, Correlation Unit and SmartEvent Server to aggregate logs and identify security events. The three main processes that govern these SmartEvent components are:

  • A. cpcu, cplog, cpse
  • B. eventiasv, eventiarp,eventiacu
  • C. cpsemd, cpsead, and DBSync
  • D. fwd, secu, sesrv
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Correct Answer:
C. cpsemd, cpsead, and DBSync
Question 16

The Check Point Firewall Kernel is the core component of the Gaia operating system and an integral part of the traffic inspection process. There are two procedures available for debugging the firewall kernel. Which procedure/command is used for troubleshooting packet drops and other kernel activities while using minimal resources (1 MB buffer)?

  • A. fw debug ctl
  • B. fw ctl debug/kdebug
  • C. fw ctl zdebug
  • D. fwk ctl debug
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Correct Answer:
C. fw ctl zdebug
Question 17

Which of the following daemons is used for Threat Extraction?

  • A. tedex
  • B. extractd
  • C. tex
  • D. scrubd
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Correct Answer:
D. scrubd
Question 18

What is the correct syntax to set all debug flags for Unified Policy related issues?

  • A. fw ctl kdebug -m UP all
  • B. fw ctl debug -m fw all
  • C. fw ctl debug -m up all
  • D. fw ctl debug -m UP all
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Correct Answer:
D. fw ctl debug -m UP all
Question 19

Which of the following is contained in the System Domain of the Postgres database?

  • A. Trusted GUI clients
  • B. Configuration data of log servers
  • C. Saved queries for applications
  • D. User modified configurations such as network objects
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Correct Answer:
A. Trusted GUI clients
Question 20

Your users are having trouble opening a Web page and you need to troubleshoot it. You open the Smart Console, and you get the following message when you navigate to the Logs and Monitor "SmartLog is not active or Failed to parse results from server". What is the first thing you can try to resolve it?

  • A. Run the commands on the SMS: smartlogstart and smartlogstop
  • B. smartlog debug on and smartlog debug off
  • C. smartlog_server restart
  • D. cpmstop and cpmstart
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Correct Answer:
A. Run the commands on the SMS: smartlogstart and smartlogstop

156-586 sample questions FAQ

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