Check Point provides tools & commands to help you to identify issues about products and applications. Which Check Point command can help you to display status and statistics information for various Check Point products and applications?
Correct Answer: A
Question 47
What are the three main component of Identity Awareness?
Correct Answer: B
Question 48
Captive Portal, PDP and PEP run in what space?
Correct Answer: A
Question 49
You run a free-command on a gateway and notice that the Swap column is not zero Choose the best answer
Correct Answer: A
When the free command on a Linux-based system (like a Check Point Gaia gateway) shows a non-zero value in the "Swap" column, it indicates that the system has utilized its swap space. Swap space is a portion of the hard disk designated to act as virtual RAM when the physical RAM is fully utilized. The most direct and accurate explanation for swap usage is that the system's demand for Random Access Memory (RAM) exceeded the available physical RAM, forcing the operating system to move some less frequently used memory pages from RAM to the swap space on the disk. This frees up physical RAM for more active processes. Let's analyze the options: A . Utilization of ram is high and swap file had to be used: This is the correct and fundamental reason. Swap is used precisely because RAM utilization reached a point where the system needed more memory than was physically available. B . Swap file is used regularly because RAM memory is reserved for management traffic: While Check Point gateways handle management traffic, operating systems do not typically use swap "regularly" due to a fixed reservation of RAM for such traffic in a way that would routinely force swapping under normal conditions. If management traffic is excessively high and consumes too much RAM, it would fall under the general case of high RAM utilization. C . Swap memory is used for heavy connections when RAM memory is full: This describes a common cause for high RAM utilization on a firewall. Heavy connections can consume significant memory resources. When this consumption leads to RAM exhaustion, swap will indeed be used. However, option A is a more general and direct explanation of why swap is used, regardless of the specific cause of high RAM utilization. Option C is a specific scenario leading to the condition described in A. D . Its ole Swap is used to increase performance: This statement is incorrect. Swapping to disk is significantly slower than accessing RAM. Therefore, swap usage generally indicates a performance bottleneck (or potential for one) rather than a performance enhancement. While virtual memory (which includes swap) allows a system to run more or larger applications than its physical RAM would normally allow, the act of swapping itself is detrimental to performance. Conclusion: The best answer is A because it directly and accurately describes the immediate reason for swap usage: high RAM utilization necessitating the use of the swap file. Option C, while plausible as a cause of high RAM utilization, is a specific instance, whereas A is the overarching reason swap comes into play. Reference (General Linux/System Administration Principles and supported by CCTE exam preparation materials): This understanding is based on fundamental principles of how operating systems manage memory and swap space. Check Point CCTE R81.20 exam preparation materials also affirm this understanding for similar questions. For instance, a question identical to this one appearing in CCTE exam preparation resources typically points to option A as the correct answer.
Question 50
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)?
