Fortinet Fortigate Administrator FCP Fortigate 76 · Free Practice Question Medium
Question 25
Which two statements are correct when FortiGate enters conserve mode? (Choose two.)
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A
A. FortiGate halts complete system operation and requires a reboot to regain available resources.
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B
B. FortiGate continues to transmit packets without IPS inspection when the fail-open global setting in IPS is enabled.
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C
C. FortiGate refuses to accept configuration changes.
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D
D. FortiGate continues to run critical security actions, such as quarantine.
Reveal correct answers
Correct answers: B, C
Explanation
B. FortiGate continues to transmit packets without IPS inspection when the fail-open global setting in IPS is enabled.
Correct because if fail-open is enabled in the IPS settings, FortiGate bypasses deep packet inspection to keep traffic flowing.
This ensures that network performance is not significantly impacted, even though security inspection is reduced.
C. FortiGate refuses to accept configuration changes.
Correct because in Extreme Conserve Mode, FortiGate prevents configuration changes to avoid further memory consumption.
This helps stabilize the system until memory usage is reduced.
A. FortiGate halts complete system operation and requires a reboot to regain available resources.
Incorrect because FortiGate does not completely shut down in conserve mode.
It limits non-essential functions but continues processing traffic.
A reboot is not required—the device will recover automatically once memory usage drops below the threshold.
D. FortiGate continues to run critical security actions, such as quarantine.
Incorrect because in Extreme Conserve Mode, some security actions, such as new session creation and quarantine, may be limited or stopped to free up resources.
FortiGate prioritizes system stability over additional security tasks.
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