mcafee ma0-102 practice test

McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS)

Last exam update: Nov 18 ,2025
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Question 1

Which of the following policy categories are considered to be mufti-slot policies? (Select the two that
apply)

  • A. Trusted Application
  • B. IPS Rules
  • C. Firewall Rules
  • D. IPS Protection
  • E. IPS Options
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Question 2

Firewall client rules are created in Adaptive Mode using which of the following parameters?

  • A. Per-user
  • B. Per-process
  • C. Per-application
  • D. Per-signature
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B

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Question 3

Which of the following is the main log file for IPS?

  • A. FireTray.log
  • B. HipShield log
  • C. HipMgtPlugin.log
  • D. McTrayHip.log
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B

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Question 4

The option to select Create Exception upon an Intrusion Event will only be available if the IPS Rules
Policy has been configured with which of the following?

  • A. Adaptive Mode
  • B. Learn Mode
  • C. Create Exceptions
  • D. Allow Client Rules
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D

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Question 5

What detail property includes the Local Time Zone value of a managed machine?

  • A. Virus Scan Enterprise properties
  • B. McAfee Agent properties
  • C. Host Intrusion Prevention properties
  • D. System Information properties
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D

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Question 6

Under which HIPs Policy category can IPS Engines be disabled for troubleshooting?

  • A. IPS Options
  • B. Firewall Rules
  • C. Trusted Applications (All Platforms)
  • D. Client Ul (Windows)
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D

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Question 7

Which of the following is the HIPs executable for the HIPs Client Ul?

  • A. FireSvc.exe
  • B. FireTray.exe
  • C. McAfeeFire.exe
  • D. Mfefire.exe
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C

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Question 8

Which of the following are used to create custom signatures? (Select the three that apply)

  • A. Signature Builder
  • B. Signature Creation Wizard
  • C. Advanced Mode
  • D. Standard Mode
  • E. Expert Mode
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BCD

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Question 9

Which of the following is a supported browser for Host IPS and ePO? (Select the two that apply)

  • A. Internet Explorer
  • B. Firefox
  • C. Safari
  • D. Chrome
  • E. Opera
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AB

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Question 10

Which of the following server services is responsible for communication with the McAfee agent?

  • A. Apache
  • B. Tomcat
  • C. SQL
  • D. Event Parser
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A

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Question 11

Which of the following are the listed signature severity levels within HIPs? (Select the four that
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  • A. High
  • B. Major
  • C. Medium
  • D. Minor
  • E. Low
  • F. Informational
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ACEF

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Question 12

Which of the following items can be found under the IPS Policy tab in the HIPs Client Ul?

  • A. IPS exceptions from ePO Policy
  • B. Locally created IPS Client Rules
  • C. Blocked Hosts
  • D. Firewall traffic
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B

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Question 13

Which of the following options cannot be used to define a trusted network?

  • A. Single Address
  • B. Address Range
  • C. Subnet Address
  • D. Network Protocol
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D

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Question 14

Where are Host IPS custom signatures created?

  • A. ePO console
  • B. Host IPS client Ul
  • C. Host IPS Ul
  • D. Firewall Ul
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Question 15

Which of the following HIPs Client features, when enabled, allows the user to make decisions on
allowing or denying traffic to the local host?

  • A. Adaptive mode
  • B. Listening mode
  • C. Inherit mode
  • D. Learn mode
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D

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