TAN-1000 Practice Test

TAN-1000 practice test: what's covered

• Linear-Chain Architecture
• Interact & Sensors
• Actions & Packages
• Computer Groups
• RBAC
• Modules
• Client Health

Free TAN-1000 sample questions

1. A new analyst asks why Tanium can collect data from 100,000 endpoints in seconds without a poll-every-agent bottleneck. Which architectural design makes this possible?

   • A. A central server polls each endpoint sequentially over TCP 443
   • B. Endpoints are organized into dynamic linear chains and pass the question peer-to-peer, aggregating answers as they travel back
   • C. Every endpoint maintains a persistent WebSocket to the Tanium Server
   • D. A Hadoop cluster batch-processes nightly endpoint exports
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   Correct: B. Tanium's linear-chain architecture has each client communicate only with its nearest neighbors. A question is passed along the chain and results are aggregated as they flow back to the server, so a single request scales to hundreds of thousands of endpoints in seconds rather than polling each one individually.

2. Which component determines an endpoint's position in the linear chain and which neighbors it talks to?

   • A. The Tanium Module Server
   • B. The Tanium Client itself, using its subnet/peering information to find adjacent peers
   • C. The Zone Server only
   • D. Active Directory site links
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   Correct: B. Each Tanium Client discovers and registers with peers on its local network (by default within the same subnet) to form the linear chain. The client manages its own backward/forward peer relationships; the server is not in the per-hop data path.

3. Endpoints in a DMZ cannot reach the internal Tanium Server directly. Which component is deployed to relay their traffic securely?

   • A. Zone Server
   • B. Module Server
   • C. Tanium Cloud Gateway
   • D. A second Tanium Server in the DMZ
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   Correct: A. The Tanium Zone Server is placed in a DMZ or untrusted network so that isolated/external endpoints register with it; the Zone Server forwards their registration and data to the core Tanium Server. This avoids exposing the core server or opening the endpoints directly to it.

4. What is the primary role of the Tanium Module Server in the Core Platform?

   • A. It stores the linear-chain peer map for every endpoint
   • B. It hosts the back-end services and content for the installed solution modules (Patch, Comply, Deploy, etc.)
   • C. It acts as the only endpoint that answers questions
   • D. It terminates all client TLS connections instead of the Tanium Server
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   Correct: B. The Module Server runs the server-side components of Tanium solution modules. The Tanium Server handles question distribution and the platform core, while the Module Server provides the processing and storage for module workbench functionality.

5. By default, which port do Tanium Clients use to communicate with each other (peer-to-peer) and with the Tanium Server?

   • A. TCP 443
   • B. TCP 17472
   • C. UDP 514
   • D. TCP 8443
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   Correct: B. The Tanium Client uses TCP 17472 by default for client-to-client peering and client-to-server communication. Knowing this default port is essential when troubleshooting connectivity and firewall rules.

Last updated: 2026-10-19

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