Which task is not yet active or scheduled?

• A. Firewall Protection
• B. Scan Compressed Files
• C. Unpublished Task
• D. Task Publishing

Answer: (C)

This question tests understanding of task states in WatchGuard Endpoint Security. A task that hasn’t been released for use—i.e., hasn’t been made available to endpoints or scheduled—is not active or scheduled yet. An unpublished task sits in draft and won’t run anywhere until it’s published.

In contrast, firewall protection is a feature that runs on endpoints, so it is considered active. Scanning compressed files is a task type that can be configured to run on a schedule, so it can be active or scheduled once set up. Publishing a task is the action that makes it available to endpoints and eligible to be scheduled or run. So the unpublished task is the one not yet active or scheduled.