FCP - FortiGate Network Security practice examsIn development
Fortinet Certified Professional - Network Security
Operating a FortiGate: deployment modes and the ordered policy table, network address translation, the security profiles and what SSL inspection can and cannot see, IPsec and SSL VPN, SD-WAN and clustering, and the diagnostic sequence that resolves most problems.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Deployment, firewall policies and network address translation | Not published |
| Security profiles and inspection | Not published |
| IPsec and SSL VPN | Not published |
| SD-WAN basics and high availability | Not published |
| Logging and monitoring | Not published |
Two sample questions
1. Which capability selects a path across several links according to policy?
- Static routing alone
- Bridging
- Software-defined wide area networking — correct
- Address translation
Why: Software-defined wide area networking selects among available links according to rules and measured quality.
2. What does the DNS filter inspect?
- DNS queries against known bad domains — correct
- The files transferred within an otherwise allowed web session
- The SD-WAN performance SLA measuring jitter and packet loss
- The heartbeat traffic exchanged between two clustered units
Why: The DNS filter checks name lookups and can block resolution of malicious or disallowed domains.
The real FCP - FortiGate Network Security exam
| Length | Not published as a single figure; the core and elective exams are 60 minutes each |
|---|---|
| Questions | Not published by Fortinet |
| Pass mark | Not published; Fortinet reports pass or fail only |
| Price | Set per exam through the Pearson VUE catalogue |
| Recommended before you sit it | The FortiGate Administrator core exam plus one elective, both within two years. |
| Valid for | 2 years |
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