Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE) R81.20 — Question 148

Aaron is a Cyber Security Engineer working for Global Law Firm with large scale deployment of Check Point Enterprise Appliances running GAiA R80.X. The Network Security Developer Team is having an issue testing the API with a newly deployed R80.X Security Management Server. Aaron wants to confirm API services are working properly. What should he do first?

Answer options

• A. Aaron should check API Server status with “api status" from Expert mode. If services are stopped, he should start them with “api start".
• B. Aaron should check API Server status with “cpapi status" from Expert mode. If services are stopped, he should start them with "cpapi start”.
• C. Aaron should check API Server status with “fwm api status” from Expert mode. If services are stopped, he should start them with “fwm api start".
• D. Aaron should check API Server status with "cpm api status” from Expert mode. If services are stopped, he should start them with “cpi api start".

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because the command 'api status' is the appropriate command to check the API Server's status in Check Point GAiA R80.X. The other options use incorrect commands that do not exist or are specifically associated with different functionalities within the Check Point environment.