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What you will practice
- A developer wants to catch misconfigurations in IaC templates before resources are deployed. Which Wiz produc…
- Which statement correctly distinguishes a Finding from an Issue?
- A user wants to confirm whether Wiz has recently changed any Policies. Where should they look, and what shoul…
- What does the Threat Intel Center primarily provide that the Threats page does not?
- What does a Lens primarily allow a Wiz user to do?
- Which is an example of a Posture Issue?
Answers and explanations
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Q1. A developer wants to catch misconfigurations in IaC templates before resources are deployed. Which Wiz product is designed for that pre-deployment stage?
Answer: D. Wiz Code
Wiz Code is the correct choice because it specifically evaluates infrastructure-as-code and application code during the pre-deployment phase. The other options focus on runtime or general cloud posture, not shifting security left into the development pipeline.
Q2. Which statement correctly distinguishes a Finding from an Issue?
Answer: B. A Finding is a single data point from a Rule; an Issue is correlated context on the Security Graph
A Finding is a single data point generated by a rule, while an Issue combines multiple findings and context using the Security Graph. Knowing this distinction is crucial, as Issues represent correlated risks rather than isolated configuration failures.
Q3. A user wants to confirm whether Wiz has recently changed any Policies. Where should they look, and what should they understand?
Answer: B. The Policies page; Wiz regularly updates Policies automatically, which can create or resolve Issues without user action
Wiz regularly updates built-in policies automatically, so users should check the Policies page to review these changes. This automation ensures coverage stays current, meaning new issues might appear or old ones might resolve without manual intervention.
Q4. What does the Threat Intel Center primarily provide that the Threats page does not?
Answer: D. Curated threat intelligence and advisories about the broader landscape
The Threat Intel Center provides curated intelligence and advisories about the broader threat landscape, whereas the Threats page shows active detections. Remember that Threats focuses on your environment while the Intel Center looks externally.
Q5. What does a Lens primarily allow a Wiz user to do?
Answer: C. Filter and view platform data through a particular perspective without changing configuration
A Lens allows users to filter and view platform data through a specific perspective without altering underlying configurations. This makes Lenses ideal for quick reporting or analysis, contrasting with Projects which actually segment administrative access.
Q6. Which is an example of a Posture Issue?
Answer: B. A security group allowing unrestricted inbound access on a sensitive port
An unrestricted inbound security group rule is a static configuration risk, which perfectly exemplifies a Posture Issue. The other options describe active, real-time threats that require runtime monitoring to detect and alert.
Q7. A low-severity Issue is a known false positive caused by a sanctioned exception that will recur. Which approach best prevents repeated noise?
Answer: B. Create an Ignore Rule that suppresses the underlying Finding pattern
Creating an Ignore Rule targeting the underlying Finding pattern is the best approach because it permanently stops the recurring false positive. Temporarily ignoring the single Issue only resolves it once and fails to prevent future duplicates.
Q8. Two workloads share the same Critical CVE. One is internet-exposed with broad permissions; the other is isolated with minimal permissions. How does Wiz help prioritize?
Answer: D. By using contextual risk (exposure, permissions, data access) to elevate the exposed, over-permissioned workload
Wiz uses contextual risk, combining exposure, permissions, and data access, to prioritize the internet-exposed workload over the isolated one. Treating items by CVE alone ignores the actual blast radius, which is a core Wiz security concept.
Q9. An IAM principal has standing administrative permissions it has never used. What does Wiz identify this as, and why does it matter?
Answer: D. Excessive/unused permissions, which expand the attack surface if the principal is compromised
Wiz identifies unused administrative permissions as excessive privileges that dangerously expand the blast radius if compromised. This is a core identity risk management concept, completely separate from malware infections or compliance certifications.
Q10. A workload has no public IP but sits behind a load balancer that forwards external traffic to it. How does Wiz characterize its exposure?
Answer: B. Indirectly internet-exposed through the load balancer path
Wiz graph technology maps traffic flows, characterizing the workload as indirectly internet-exposed through the load balancer. Focusing strictly on missing public IPs misses attack paths, which is a fundamental aspect of Wiz contextual analysis.
Q11. Why might an organization prefer agentless scanning when onboarding hundreds of cloud accounts quickly?
Answer: A. It provides broad coverage rapidly without per-workload software deployment
Agentless scanning is preferred because it provides rapid coverage without requiring software installations on individual workloads. The other options are incorrect because agentless scanning still requires cloud permissions and does not depend on runtime sensors.
Q12. An organization has Runtime Sensors installed but has not added Wiz Defend log sources. Which page can now display data that previously could not appear?
Answer: B. The Threats page, because Runtime Sensors are the prerequisite for Wiz Cloud to generate Threats
The Threats page becomes active because Runtime Sensors provide the necessary telemetry for Wiz Cloud to generate runtime threat detections. Other pages like Compliance or Boards rely on posture data rather than live runtime telemetry.
Q13. A platform admin wants the application team to see only the resources belonging to their application. Which combination achieves scoped visibility?
Answer: A. Projects and User Roles
Using Projects to group resources and User Roles to assign permissions correctly scopes visibility for the application team. Lenses are incorrect because they only filter views for existing data rather than restricting access.
Q14. Why does temporarily ignoring an Issue NOT necessarily stop the same Finding from generating new Issues elsewhere?
Answer: D. Because ignoring an Issue acts on that Issue, while Ignore Rules act on Findings directly across resources
Ignoring an issue only suppresses that specific instance, while ignore rules target the underlying finding across all resources. Remember that findings generate issues, so you must target the finding if you want to suppress the pattern globally.
Q15. An engineer deploys a fix that closes an exposed port. On the next Wiz scan, what is the expected outcome for the related Issue?
Answer: C. It is automatically resolved because the underlying Finding no longer matches
The issue is automatically resolved because the underlying finding no longer matches during the next scan. Wiz continuously monitors the environment, meaning issues dynamically close when the detected misconfiguration or vulnerability is fixed.
Q16. On the Issue details drawer, which tab is the best starting point to understand recommended fixes?
Answer: B. Remediation
The remediation tab provides the best starting point because it outlines recommended steps to fix the underlying problem. Other tabs focus on contextual graph data or metadata rather than actionable resolution paths.
Q17. Two Issues share the same Critical severity, but one has a clear externally reachable attack path to sensitive data while the other affects an isolated dev resource. How should an analyst proceed?
Answer: B. Use attack path and context (exposure, sensitivity) to prioritize the externally reachable one first
Analysts should use attack path and context to prioritize the externally reachable issue first. In Wiz, business context like exposure and data sensitivity heavily influences risk scoring, making contextual prioritization highly effective.
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