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Start guided practiceDetection and response with Cortex XDR: threat prevention and detection concepts, investigating alerts and incidents, remediation actions, and tuning the platform to reduce noise.
Palo Alto Networks does not publish numeric exam codes — PCDRA is the common abbreviation.
Palo Alto Networks Certified Detection and Remediation Analyst is Palo Alto Networks's associate-level cybersecurity certification, referred to across the industry by the shorthand PCDRA. The exam runs for 1 hour 20 minutes and presents up to 60 questions, with a pass mark of not published by Palo Alto Networks. It costs US$155 at the standard rate.
Palo Alto Networks publishes the syllabus as 5 weighted domains. Prevention and Detection carries the most weight at 30%, and the three largest domains together account for roughly 70% of the scored content — worth knowing before you decide where study time goes.
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The published exam guide for PCDRA, in the vendor's own order.
01Threats and Attacks
20%02Prevention and Detection
30%03Investigation
20%04Remediation
15%05Threat Hunting
15%Security operations familiarity.
Associate level — Role-based credentials for practitioners with hands-on experience.
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Palo Alto Networks lists up to 60 questions, to be completed in 1 hour 20 minutes. Question counts can vary slightly between exam forms, and unscored trial questions are sometimes included.
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Security operations familiarity.
The exam guide covers Threats and Attacks, Prevention and Detection, Investigation, Remediation and Threat Hunting. The full weighted breakdown is listed above.
Yes — this exam has 88 practice questions available here, each with the correct answer marked. They are community-contributed, compiled from exam discussions posted publicly by other people rather than written here, and most do not carry an explanation.