IBM Certification Security QRadar, Associate Analyst 5

Question 1

When tuning a noisy QRadar rule that is generating excessive false positives, which approach is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Add exception conditions (such as trusted IP ranges or known safe users) to the rule's tests to filter benign activity

Answer

Adding exception conditions or building block exclusions narrows a rule's scope without removing its ability to detect genuine threats.

Question 2

Which QRadar component would an analyst access to review the current health, status, and license consumption of a QRadar deployment?

Accepted Answer

System Administration (Admin tab)

Answer

The Admin tab in QRadar provides access to system settings, component health, license metrics (EPS/FPS), and administrative configuration.

Question 3

In QRadar, what is the difference between a 'Reference Set' and a 'Reference Map'?

Accepted Answer

A Reference Set stores single values in a list; a Reference Map stores key-value pairs

Answer

Reference Sets are flat single-value lists, while Reference Maps associate a key with a single value, enabling lookups like IP-to-username mappings.

Question 4

An analyst observes that a QRadar offense has been 'dormant' for 5 days. What does a dormant offense status indicate?

Accepted Answer

No new events matching the offense's rules have occurred within the configured dormancy period

Answer

QRadar marks an offense dormant when no new correlated events have been added to it within the system's configured dormancy interval.

Question 5

Which IBM QRadar certification exam is aligned with the 'Associate Analyst' role validation?

Accepted Answer

C1000-018 (IBM QRadar SIEM V7.3.2 Associate Analyst)

Answer

The C1000-018 exam validates foundational QRadar SIEM analyst skills including log source management, offense investigation, and rule creation.

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