CCA Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. To meet a requirement that no corporate data be stored on unmanaged home PCs, which policy is most directly relevant? → Client drive redirection
2. Which Citrix ADC object type represents a single backend application server and its associated port? → Service
3. Which WEM System Optimization setting can bring a process's CPU priority back after it is lowered and stays below the limit for a while? → Idle Priority Time
4. On which port does the Citrix License Server listen for license checkout requests from Delivery Controllers by default? → TCP 27000
5. What is the default port on which a Citrix Gateway virtual server listens for incoming HTTPS client connections? → 443
6. Which Session Recording capability helps detect that a recording file was tampered with after capture? → Digital signing of recordings
7. Which profile solution does Citrix recommend to keep user settings consistent across pooled, non-persistent desktops? → Citrix Profile Management
8. Users connecting externally through Citrix Gateway authenticate but app launches fail, while internal launches work. What is a common cause to check? → STA servers configured on Gateway do not match StoreFront
9. Where does Citrix Director obtain historical session and connection data for its Trends views? → The Monitoring database via the Monitor Service
10. A user reports that settings saved in one session are missing in the next on a pooled desktop. What is the most likely cause? → Profile Management is not configured or the user store path is incorrect
11. Which ports does a VDA use for ICA traffic with and without Session Reliability enabled? → 2598 with Session Reliability, 1494 without
12. By default, which resource type is unavailable during a Local Host Cache outage? → Pooled (random) single-session VDI desktops
13. Which PowerShell cmdlet run on a Delivery Controller returns details such as the registration state of VDAs? → Get-BrokerMachine
14. For Citrix Provisioning, which write cache option is generally recommended for best performance? → Cache in device RAM with overflow on hard disk
15. Which compliance requirement is directly supported by enabling HDX encryption through TLS/DTLS on the VDA? → Encryption of data in transit
16. Which Citrix ADC capability can rate-limit client connections or requests per second to help mitigate application-layer (Layer 7) DDoS attacks? → Rate Limiting (AppQoE or Surge Protection)
17. Which metric in Director best shows how responsive a session feels, measuring the time from a user's input to the screen update in response? → ICA RTT
18. Which Citrix tool is primarily used for monitoring the performance and health of Citrix environments, including virtual apps and desktops? → Citrix Director
19. Which Citrix Workspace app tool can a user run to gather logs for troubleshooting connection issues on Windows? → Citrix Workspace app log collection in Advanced Preferences
20. Which Citrix ADC IP address type is used by the ADC to initiate connections to backend servers on subnets other than the management subnet? → Subnet IP (SNIP)
21. Which multifactor authentication method is commonly required for U.S. federal compliance (for example, PIV/CAC) and is supported by Citrix Workspace app? → Smart card authentication
22. What is the primary goal of Workspace Environment Management (WEM)? → To optimize performance and resource usage
23. What is the default TCP port for the Citrix License Server (lmadmin) startup service? → 27000
24. In a StoreFront deployment behind Citrix Gateway, what must the Callback URL resolve to? → A Gateway VIP reachable from StoreFront
25. What is the default port the WEM Administration Console uses to connect to Infrastructure Services? → 8284
26. What happens when the Citrix License Server becomes unreachable from the site? → The site enters a 30-day grace period and keeps accepting connections
27. How should you document data management configurations? → Maintain up-to-date documentation in a centralized, accessible location
28. What is the role of the Citrix WEM Infrastructure Service? → Acts as the broker between WEM agents on VDAs and the WEM configuration database
29. What is the recommended way to make StoreFront highly available? → Create a StoreFront server group behind a load balancer such as Citrix ADC
30. In Citrix Profile Management, which setting should be configured to prevent profile bloat caused by large, frequently changing files like browser caches? → Large file handling exclusions