Free Practice Questions for the Fortinet NSE 6 Network Security Specialist NSE6_EDR_AD-7.0 Exam (2026 Updated)

The correct answers are C and D .

The guide states that for eXtended Detection Source integration, FortiEDR connects to external systems to collect activity logs. The aggregated data is then sent to Fortinet Cloud Services (FCS) , where it is correlated and analyzed to detect malicious indications. Those malicious indications result in security events for eXtended Detection policy rule violations .

For FortiAnalyzer/FortiAnalyzer Cloud specifically, the guide states that this integration is used to correlate data between FortiEDR and the Fortinet Security Fabric and issue eXtended Detection alerts .

Option A is wrong because FCS does not send the original log record to FortiAnalyzer. FortiAnalyzer is the external source whose data is correlated with FortiEDR data. Option B is wrong because OS metadata is collected by the Collector and handled through FortiEDR components; the FCS role here is cloud-side enrichment, correlation, and detection, not sending OS metadata back to the manager.

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The best answers are A and D , but be careful: A is directly verified by the guide; D is the only remaining statement that can be true in policy context, but it is weaker than A.

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide states that the Communication Control tab identifies communicating applications detected in the organization. More specifically, the Applications page lists “all communicating applications detected in your organization that have ever attempted to communicate.” Therefore, if software exists on a user’s computer but does not appear in the Communication Control application list, the most direct explanation is that it has not attempted external communication .

The guide also explains that FortiEDR Communication Control reduces the scope of administration because Security/IT only needs to handle applications that communicate externally. It also states that non-authorized applications can still execute, and only their outgoing communication is prevented. This confirms that the Communication Control application list is not a full software inventory; it is a list of applications that have communicated or attempted communication.

Option B is not correct. If an application were blocked due to FortiEDR security-policy enforcement after a connection attempt, FortiEDR would generate security-event visibility in the Incidents workflow, not simply hide the application from Communication Control. FortiEDR Collectors send communication-related data for Communication Control, and security events are sent for enforcement/monitoring purposes.

Option C is also wrong. Reputation score affects policy decisions and application risk evaluation, but it does not cause an application to be ignored or excluded from the application list. The guide says each application in the Applications page shows a reputation indicator, which proves reputation is displayed for listed applications rather than used to hide them.

For option D , if the application has never attempted communication, Communication Control has no observed communication event to list. In exam logic, this can be interpreted as the application is not currently being denied by Communication Control policies. However, the stronger technical truth is this: Communication Control does not list installed software; it lists applications that have attempted to communicate.

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The correct answer is C .

The exhibit shows a Threat Hunting saved query named CLI Command with the query:

Target.Process.Filename ( " net.exe " )

It is configured as a Scheduled Query , classified as Suspicious , and set to repeat every 15 minutes . The FortiEDR guide states that saving a Threat Hunting query allows it to be defined as a scheduled query to automate threat detection. When the scheduled query runs and detects matching activity, a security event is automatically created in the Incidents tab .

The guide also states that scheduled queries run automatically according to the configured schedule, and each time a match is detected, FortiEDR generates a security event in the Incidents tab and sends notifications according to the security event configuration.

So, when the endpoint runs:

net user edruser password! /ADD

FortiEDR records the relevant process activity, and when the scheduled query runs, it matches the target process net.exe and creates an incident/security event. It is not immediate by default because the query is scheduled every 15 minutes. It also does not block CLI commands by default unless playbook actions or policy controls are configured. The activity is treated according to the saved query classification, which in the exhibit is Suspicious .

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The correct answer is B .

In the exhibit, the incident status clearly shows Unhandled at the incident level and also on the event rows. The FortiEDR guide explains that every detected security event is initially marked as unread and unhandled , and these statuses help multiple FortiEDR Central Manager users track whether anyone has read and handled the message.

The guide also states that when a FortiEDR Central Manager user marks a security event as Handled , all users see it as handled. The process is performed by selecting the event and clicking Handle Incident or the flag icon, then saving the incident handling details.

So the valid observation from the exhibit is that the incident has not been handled by a console administrator .

Option A is not supported by the exhibit. There is no visible evidence that the policy is in Simulation mode. Option C is wrong because the incident is still visible, not archived or deleted. Option D is wrong because the status is explicitly Unhandled ; it was not handled automatically by a Communication Control policy.

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The correct answers are A and B .

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide states that newly added applications are disabled by default , which means they are not blocked unless enabled. The guide further explains that the default state can be changed by enabling the Enable Default application state option in the Application Control Manager settings. Therefore, option A is correct.

Option B is also correct because Application Control allows an application to be defined by Hash or by any combination of File Name / Path / Signer . The guide says that the Path field specifies the path to the executable file of the application to be blocked. When using path-based matching, the enforcement is tied to the specified path criteria, not to every possible location of the same file.

Option C is wrong because the file name does not also need to match when only the Path attribute is used. Option D is wrong because blocking all instances regardless of location applies when only the File Name field is used, not when the match is path-specific. The guide explicitly states that if only the File Name field is filled, the application is blocked no matter where the executable appears.

The correct answer is B. Exclude only app.exe when it is running from C:\Tools.

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide explains that the Exclusion Manager is used to define which processes, files, or domains are excluded from Security Policies monitoring. For Process Exclusions, FortiEDR does not inspect actions performed by specific processes, and those processes are identified by the attributes defined by the administrator.

The guide further explains that process/source attributes can include File Name, Path, Hash, and Signer. It also states that when an exclusion contains multiple conditions, an AND relationship exists between the conditions. If an OR relationship is required, a separate exclusion must be created.

In this exhibit, both conditions are selected:

File Name = app.exe

Path = C:\Tools

Because FortiEDR applies an AND relationship between multiple exclusion conditions, the exclusion applies only when both conditions match. Therefore, FortiEDR excludes app.exe only when it is located/running from C:\Tools.

Option A is wrong because no Signer condition is selected. Option C is wrong because that would apply if only the file name were used broadly. Option D is wrong because FortiEDR is not excluding every file in C:\Tools; it is excluding the process that matches both the file name and path conditions.

The correct answer is C.

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide explains that Identity Management integration can use FortiClient EMS. The connector requires API credentials or FortiCloud credentials depending on whether FortiClient EMS is on-premises or cloud-based. The guide states that for the out-of-the-box action, such as Zero Trust device tagging on FortiClient EMS, FortiEDR tags the device as non-trusted in the identity management system and specifies the classification tag to apply in the Tag name field.

The guide also lists predefined FortiClient EMS 7.2 or later fabric tags used by FortiEDR, including FortiEDR_Malicious, FortiEDR_PUP, FortiEDR_Suspicious, FortiEDR_Likely_Safe, and FortiEDR_Probably_Good. These tags are used by FortiClient EMS to tag the endpoint based on FortiEDR classification.

Finally, the guide states that to configure the automated response, the administrator must go to Security Settings > Playbooks, open the relevant Playbook policy, and place a checkmark in the relevant classification column next to the Zero Trust device tagging row under Remediation. FortiEDR is then configured to automatically tag a device as non-trusted when a security event is triggered.

Options A, B, and D are wrong. FortiEDR does not remove unmanaged endpoints, does not apply a default tag to every endpoint, and does not disable the endpoint merely until a tag is assigned. The action is API-based FortiClient EMS tagging tied to FortiEDR event classification