Zscaler ZDTA Zscaler Digital Transformation Administrator Exam Practice Test

Administrators can build custom dictionaries by defining the exact keywords, phrases, or regex patterns that reflect their organization’s sensitive data. Zscaler then uses these dictionaries in its data‑in‑motion policies to accurately identify and block or protect matching content.

By reviewing the user’s ZDX score for AWS and running “Analyze Score,” the Y‑Engine automatically correlates metrics (network, client, and application) to pinpoint the root cause, delivering targeted insights far faster than manual tracing or external outage checks.

Trusted Network Detection in Zscaler Client Connector can reference DNS Search Domains, DNS Server IPs, and Hostname Resolution (i.e. a hostname and the IP it resolves to) as criteria for determining a trusted network.

Malware Protection for HTTPS traffic relies on the Zero Trust Exchange’s TLS Inspection to decrypt the SSL/TLS stream, enabling the malware‑detection engines to scan payloads against known threat signatures.

Inline Data Protection is the process of inspecting data as it transits the network in real time, enforcing policies that prevent sensitive data from being leaked or transmitted improperly. Blocking the attachment of a sensitive document in webmail represents inline data protection because it intercepts and controls data transmission at the network level, stopping sensitive content before it leaves the organization.

Preventing copying to a USB drive is endpoint control and does not happen inline in network traffic. Preventing sharing in OneDrive is cloud access security broker (CASB) activity, often done through API integrations, not inline network control. Analyzing M365 tenant security is an audit or advisory activity, not real-time inline protection.

Therefore, the correct example of inline data protection in Zscaler's cloud security services is blocking the attachment of a sensitive document in webmail.

The Zscaler Client Connector is the lightweight agent installed on endpoints - whether at home, in the office, or on the road - to securely forward user traffic into the Zero Trust Exchange.

The user risk score enables organizations to configure stronger user-specific policies to monitor and control user-level risk exposure. This score reflects a user's risk posture based on behaviors and detected anomalies and helps in tailoring security policies to address individual risk levels.

While the score gives insight into user risk, it is primarily designed for adaptive policy enforcement rather than direct compromise detection or cross-company comparison. The study guide highlights that user risk scores drive policy adjustments to better secure user activity.

To avoid prompting users with a cloud selection menu in the Zscaler Client Connector (ZCC), administrators should customize the MSI installation package with the CLOUDNAME parameter. This setting ensures the ZCC automatically connects to the correct ZIA cloud instance without user intervention. The CLOUDNAME corresponds to the designated cloud name for the organization’s ZIA tenant, effectively bypassing the prompt. This is outlined under Zscaler's deployment and configuration instructions for ZCC.

In the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange Functional Services Diagram, Antivirus is categorized under Security Services. Security Services include tools and mechanisms that inspect and enforce security on traffic, such as antivirus scanning, firewall controls, and data loss prevention. These services are core components for detecting and mitigating threats across internet-bound traffic.

When creating SSL inspection policies, the exception policy for the specific URL category must appear first in the policy list, followed by the more generic "inspect all" policy further down. Zscaler evaluates policies in order, so placing the exception first ensures that traffic matching that category bypasses inspection before the generic policy is applied.

The study guide emphasizes the importance of policy order to ensure correct application of exceptions and general rules.

The Experience Center delivers a single-pane console for managing internet and SaaS access, private applications, digital experience monitoring, and endpoint agent configurations.

Zscaler ships a set of Alert Rules curated and maintained by its ThreatLabZ research team, and administrators can also build their own custom (customer‑defined) rules to meet specific organizational needs.

For a unified, seamless experience - and because ZPA only supports SAML while ZIA’s recommended authentication is also SAML - you should configure SAML‑based SSO on both ZIA and ZPA. This ensures one consistent identity flow and eliminates multiple credential prompts across the platforms.

ZDX supports two probe types: Web Probes and Cloud Path Probes. Web Probes actively retrieve web objects to measure application health, while Cloud Path Probes map the end‑to‑end network path to pinpoint transit issues.

The graph in the Security Alerts section displays the Top 5 Threats by Systems Impacted, highlighting which threats have affected the most endpoints over the selected time period.

The ATP “Security Exceptions” allow list is leveraged by both Advanced Threat Protection and the Sandbox policy - URLs or hosts you add here won’t be submitted for sandbox analysis.

Tenant Restriction is the ZIA feature that enforces access control policies to prevent access to certain SaaS applications from unmanaged or non-compliant devices. This ensures that only authorized and managed devices can access sensitive corporate SaaS resources, enhancing security posture.

The study guide highlights Tenant Restriction as an essential control for enforcing device compliance in SaaS access policies.

Downloaders are a specific type of malware whose primary purpose is to download and install other malicious software onto a victim's machine. Unlike standalone threats, downloaders typically establish initial access and then retrieve payloads like ransomware, trojans, or spyware from a command and control server. Their role in the malware chain is fundamental for multi-stage attacks.

Multiple distributed DNS resolvers providing local results connect Zscaler users to the nearest Microsoft 365 servers. This approach ensures users get localized DNS resolution, which directs them to the closest Microsoft 365 endpoint, improving performance and reducing latency.

The study guide highlights the importance of distributed DNS resolution in optimizing cloud application performance for users.

The ZDX Score is calculated on a scale from 1 (worst) to 100 (best), where lower values indicate poorer digital experience and higher values indicate optimal performance.

The recommended minimum number of App connectors to ensure resiliency in Zscaler Private Access is 2. Having at least two App connectors provides redundancy, so if one connector fails or is unavailable, the other can continue to provide access without interruption. This recommendation is critical to maintaining high availability and fault tolerance for internal application access.

The study guide specifies this minimum to ensure continuity and reliability of application access through ZPA.

The two most efficient ways to provision users authenticated via SAML are SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) and SAML Autoprovisioning. SCIM allows automated user provisioning and deprovisioning, while SAML Autoprovisioning enables dynamic user account creation upon authentication, streamlining user lifecycle management.

Cross‑Site Scripting enables attackers to run malicious JavaScript in a user’s browser - often used to steal session cookies and hijack user sessions, a technique known as cookie stealing.

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) defends users from malicious active content, which includes malware, exploit kits, malicious scripts, and other forms of active content designed to compromise user systems. ATP employs multiple techniques such as sandboxing, malware scanning, and threat intelligence to detect and block these threats before they reach the user.

Trusted Networks in Zscaler are defined using network-specific parameters such as DNS Server, Default Gateway, and Network Range, which are used to identify known internal networks. These properties help Zscaler Client Connector recognize when a device is on a corporate network. Org ID, however, is unrelated to the network characteristics and is instead associated with tenant identification in Zscaler’s cloud infrastructure.

One of the four essential steps of a cyber attack is to find the attack surface. This step involves identifying vulnerabilities, entry points, and targets within an organization’s network or systems that can be exploited by attackers.

The study guide outlines this as a critical phase in the cyber kill chain, where attackers map out potential avenues for compromise.

When you sign up for Zscaler Internet Access - and enable TLS/SSL inspection - you enter into Zscaler’s Data Processing Agreement, which governs how customer data (including decrypted TLS traffic) is handled in compliance with privacy laws.

Valid criteria for Access Policy Rules in ZPA include Group Membership, ZIA Risk Score, Domain Joined, and Certificate Trust. These attributes allow granular policy decisions based on user identity, device posture, and risk context.

Options including password are invalid as passwords are not used as policy criteria; similarly, SNI and Branch Connector Group are more relevant to other controls. The study guide lists these user and device attributes explicitly as policy criteria within ZPA access policies.

Zscaler’s short‑lived intermediate CA certificates on the ZIA Service Edges are valid for 14 days and are automatically rotated every 7 days, minimizing the window of exposure even if a private key is compromised.

A Watering Hole Attack is characterized by attackers planting malware on websites or services that are commonly accessed by their intended victims. The goal is to infect users who visit these trusted sites by injecting malicious code or malware. This type of attack leverages the trust users place in frequently visited services to deliver malware covertly.

Other options like Remote Access Trojans, Phishing, and Exploit Kits are attack types but do not specifically involve compromising commonly accessed services to plant malware.

When you configure a URL Filtering rule with the Caution action, the only HTTP methods you can select for that rule are CONNECT, GET, and HEAD.

TLS Inspection in Zscaler Internet Access secures public internet browsing by creating intermediate certificates for each client connection. This Man-In-The-Middle approach enables Zscaler to decrypt and inspect encrypted traffic for threats and policy compliance while still maintaining secure connections with the client. The intermediate certificate acts as a trusted entity between the client and the real server during inspection.

You obtain the Zscaler One API access token by sending a POST request with your client_id, client_secret (and any other required parameters) to ZIdentity’s OAuth2 token endpoint, which then returns a JWT you use for subsequent API calls.

When you create a Server Group in the ZPA admin console (or via API/Infrastructure-as‑Code), you explicitly select which App Connector Groups should serve that Server Group. Those connector groups are then used to advertise reachability and steer traffic to the included application servers.

Data Protection provides comprehensive Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities, inspecting content in motion to identify, block, or encrypt sensitive information based on policy.

Zero Trust Connections don’t rely on the underlying network’s security or topology - they enforce access and control at the application level, independent of any fixed or trusted network environment.