Checkpoint Updated 156-315.81 Exam Questions and Answers by emre

 The Priority Queue is a feature that allows the firewall to prioritize certain types of traffic over others, such as control and routing traffic, when the CPU load is high. The Priority Queue has four levels of priority: Control, Routing, High Priority and Heavy Data Queue1. The Control level has the highest priority and is reserved for firewall control traffic, such as policy installation and synchronization. The Routing level has the second highest priority and is used for routing protocols, such as OSPF and BGP. The High Priority level has the third highest priority and is used for user-defined traffic that needs to be prioritized, such as VoIP or video conferencing. The Heavy Data Queue level has the lowest priority and is used for bulk data transfer, such as FTP or HTTP2. Therefore, the correct answer is C.

References: 1: Firewall Priority Queues 2: Firewall Priority Queues setting

A central license requires an administrator to designate a gateway for attachment whereas a local license is automatically attached to a Security Gateway. A central license is managed by a Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server and can be attached to any gateway that is managed by that server. A local license is managed by a local license server on each gateway and cannot be moved to another gateway. Central licenses are more flexible and scalable than local licenses, as they can be easily transferred between gateways without generating new licenses.

The lowest gateway version supported by R81.20 management server is R77.30. According to the Check Point Release Map1, you can upgrade to R81.20 from R77.30, R80, R80.10, R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20SP, R80.20.M2, R80.20 3.10, R80.30, R80.30 3.10, R80.30SP, R80.40, R81 and R81.20. However, to upgrade from R77.30, R80 and R80.10, you first need to upgrade to R80.40. For more information, you can refer to the Check Point R81.20 (Titan) Release Home page2 or the Certified Security Expert (CCSE) R81.20 Course Overview3.

 The process that is used mainly for backward compatibility of gateways in R81.X is fwm. The fwm daemon handles communication with GUI-client, database manipulation, policy compilation and Management HA synchronization for legacy gateways that do not support the cpm daemon. The cpm daemon is the new Check Point Management Server daemon that handles these tasks for R80 and higher gateways. The cpd daemon is the Check Point Management daemon that handles communication between SmartConsole applications and Security Management Servers. The fwd daemon is the Firewall Daemon that handles communication between Security Gateways and Security Management Servers2. References: 2: Check Point Software, Getting Started, Processes.