PCNSE - Premium.exam.263q: Pcnse Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer

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Exam A
QUESTION 1
Which CLI command is used to simulate traffic going through the firewall and determine which Security policy rule, NAT translation, static route, or PBF rule will be triggered by the traffic?
A. check
B. find
C. test
D. sim
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: http://www.shanekillen.com/2014/02/palo-alto-useful-cli-commands.html
QUESTION 2
Refer to the exhibit.
An organization has Palo Alto Networks NGFWs that send logs to remote monitoring and security management platforms. The network team has reported excessive traffic on the corporate WAN.
How could the Palo Alto Networks NGFW administrator reduce WAN traffic while maintaining support for all the existing monitoring/security platforms?
A. Forward logs from firewalls only to Panorama and have Panorama forward logs to other external services.
B. Forward logs from external sources to Panorama for correlation, and from Panorama send them to the NGFW.
C. Configure log compression and optimization features on all remote firewalls.
D. Any configuration on an M-500 would address the insufficient bandwidth concerns.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 3
A customer wants to set up a VLAN interface for a Layer 2 Ethernet port.
Which two mandatory options are used to configure a VLAN interface? (Choose two.)
A. Virtual router
B. Security zone
C. ARP entries
D. Netflow Profile
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 4
An administrator has been asked to configure a Palo Alto Networks NGFW to provide protection against worms and trojans.
Which Security Profile type will protect against worms and trojans?
A. Anti-Spyware
B. Instruction Prevention
C. File Blocking
D. Antivirus
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/policy/security-profiles
QUESTION 5
A company needs to preconfigure firewalls to be sent to remote sites with the least amount of preconfiguration. Once deployed, each firewall must establish secure tunnels back to multiple regional data centers to include the future regional data centers.
Which VPN configuration would adapt to changes when deployed to the future site?
A. Preconfigured GlobalProtect satellite

B. Preconfigured GlobalProtect client
C. Preconfigured IPsec tunnels
D. Preconfigured PPTP Tunnels
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 6
An administrator has been asked to configure active/passive HA for a pair of Palo Alto Networks NGFWs. The administrator assigns priority 100 to the active firewall.
Which priority is correct for the passive firewall?
A. 0
B. 99
C. 1
D. 255
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/7-1/pan-os-admin/high-availability/device-priority-and-preemption
QUESTION 7
An administrator pushes a new configuration from Panorama to a pair of firewalls that are configured as an active/passive HA pair.
Which NGFW receives the configuration from Panorama?
A. The passive firewall, which then synchronizes to the active firewall

B. The active firewall, which then synchronizes to the passive firewall
C. Both the active and passive firewalls, which then synchronize with each other
D. Both the active and passive firewalls independently, with no synchronization afterward
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 8
An administrator cannot see any Traffic logs from the Palo Alto Networks NGFW in Panorama reports. The configuration problem seems to be on the firewall. Which settings, if configured incorrectly, most likely would stop only Traffic logs from being sent
from the firewall to Panorama?
A.
B.

C.
D.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 9
When configuring a GlobalProtect Portal, what is the purpose of specifying an Authentication Profile?
A. To enable Gateway authentication to the Portal

B. To enable Portal authentication to the Gateway
C. To enable user authentication to the Portal
D. To enable client machine authentication to the Portal
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation:
The additional options of Browser and Satellite enable you to specify the authentication profile to use for specific scenarios. Select Browser to specify the authentication profile to use to authenticate a user accessing the portal from a web browser with the
intent of downloading the GlobalProtect agent (Windows and Mac). Select Satellite to specify the authentication profile to use to authenticate the satellite.
Reference https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/web-interface-help/globalprotect/network-globalprotect-portals
QUESTION 10
If a template stack is assigned to a device and the stack includes three templates with overlapping settings, which settings are published to the device when the template stack is pushed?
A. The settings assigned to the template that is on top of the stack.

B. The administrator will be promoted to choose the settings for that chosen firewall.
C. All the settings configured in all templates.
D. Depending on the firewall location, Panorama decides with settings to send.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 11
Which method will dynamically register tags on the Palo Alto Networks NGFW?
A. Restful API or the VMware API on the firewall or on the User-ID agent or the ready-only domain controller (RODC)
B. Restful API or the VMware API on the firewall or on the User-ID agent
C. XML API or the VMware API on the firewall or on the User-ID agent or the CLI
D. XML API or the VM Monitoring agent on the NGFW or on the User-ID agent
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/policy/register-ip-addresses-and-tags-dynamically
QUESTION 12
How does an administrator schedule an Applications and Threats dynamic update while delaying installation of the update for a certain amount of time?
A. Configure the option for “Threshold”.

B. Disable automatic updates during weekdays.
C. Automatically “download only” and then install Applications and Threats later, after the administrator approves the update.
D. Automatically “download and install” but with the “disable new applications” option used.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 13
To connect the Palo Alto Networks firewall to AutoFocus, which setting must be enabled?
A. Device>Setup>Services>AutoFocus
B. Device> Setup>Management >AutoFocus
C. AutoFocus is enabled by default on the Palo Alto Networks NGFW
D. Device>Setup>WildFire>AutoFocus
E. Device>Setup> Management> Logging and Reporting Settings
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/pan-os/getting-started/enable-autofocus-threat-intelligence
QUESTION 14
An administrator encountered problems with inbound decryption. Which option should the administrator investigate as part of triage?
A. Security policy rule allowing SSL to the target server

B. Firewall connectivity to a CRL
C. Root certificate imported into the firewall with “Trust” enabled
D. Importation of a certificate from an HSM
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/decryption/configure-ssl-inbound-inspection
QUESTION 15
Which two virtualization platforms officially support the deployment of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewalls? (Choose two.)
A. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)

B. Kernel Virtualization Module (KVM)
C. Boot Strap Virtualization Module (BSVM)
D. Microsoft Hyper-V
Correct Answer: BD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/secure-the-network/virtualized-next-generation-firewall/vm-series
QUESTION 16
Which User-ID method maps IP addresses to usernames for users connecting through an 802.1x-enabled wireless network device that has no native integration with PAN-OS® software?
A. XML API
B. Port Mapping
C. Client Probing
D. Server Monitoring
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation:
Captive Portal and the other standard user mapping methods might not work for certain types of user access. For example, the standard methods cannot add mappings of users connecting from a third-party VPN solution or users connecting to a 802.1x-
enabled wireless network. For such cases, you can use the PAN-OS XML API to capture login events and send them to the PAN-OS integrated User-ID agent
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/user-id/user-id-concepts/group-mapping#id93306080-fd9b-4f1b-96a6-4bfe1c8e69df
QUESTION 17
Decrypted packets from the website https://www.microsoft.com will appear as which application and service within the Traffic log?
A. web-browsing and 443
B. SSL and 80
C. SSL and 443
D. web-browsing and 80
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 18
Which PAN-OS® policy must you configure to force a user to provide additional credentials before he is allowed to access an internal application that contains highly-sensitive business data?
A. Security policy
B. Decryption policy
C. Authentication policy
D. Application Override policy
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 19
A Security policy rule is configured with a Vulnerability Protection Profile and an action of “Deny”.
Which action will this cause configuration on the matched traffic?
A. The configuration is invalid. The Profile Settings section will be grayed out when the Action is set to “Deny”.
B. The configuration will allow the matched session unless a vulnerability signature is detected. The “Deny” action will supersede the per-severity defined actions defined in the associated Vulnerability Protection Profile.
C. The configuration is invalid. It will cause the firewall to skip this Security policy rule. A warning will be displayed during a commit.
D. The configuration is valid. It will cause the firewall to deny the matched sessions. Any configured Security Profiles have no effect if the Security policy rule action is set to “Deny”.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 20
A user’s traffic traversing a Palo Alto Networks NGFW sometimes can reach http://www.company.com. At other times the session times out. The NGFW has been configured with a PBF rule that the user’s traffic matches when it goes to http://
www.company.com.
How can the firewall be configured automatically disable the PBF rule if the next hop goes down?
A. Create and add a Monitor Profile with an action of Wait Recover in the PBF rule in question.
B. Create and add a Monitor Profile with an action of Fail Over in the PBF rule in question.
C. Enable and configure a Link Monitoring Profile for the external interface of the firewall.
D. Configure path monitoring for the next hop gateway on the default route in the virtual router.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-0/pan-os-web-interface-help/network/network-network-profiles-monitor#

QUESTION 21
What are two benefits of nested device groups in Panorama? (Choose two.)
A. Reuse of the existing Security policy rules and objects

B. Requires configuring both function and location for every device
C. All device groups inherit settings from the Shared group
D. Overwrites local firewall configuration
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 22
Which Captive Portal mode must be configured to support MFA authentication?
A. NTLM
B. Redirect
C. Single Sign-On
D. Transparent
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/authentication/configure-multi-factor-authentication
QUESTION 23
An administrator needs to implement an NGFW between their DMZ and Core network. EIGRP Routing between the two environments is required.
Which interface type would support this business requirement?
A. Virtual Wire interfaces to permit EIGRP routing to remain between the Core and DMZ
B. Layer 3 or Aggregate Ethernet interfaces, but configuring EIGRP on subinterfaces only
C. Tunnel interfaces to terminate EIGRP routing on an IPsec tunnel (with the GlobalProtect License to support LSVPN and EIGRP protocols)
D. Layer 3 interfaces, but configuring EIGRP on the attached virtual router
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 24
A speed/duplex negotiation mismatch is between the Palo Alto Networks management port and the switch port to which it connects.
How would an administrator configure the interface to 1Gbps?
A. set deviceconfig interface speed-duplex 1Gbps-full-duplex

B. set deviceconfig system speed-duplex 1Gbps-duplex
C. set deviceconfig system speed-duplex 1Gbps-full-duplex
D. set deviceconfig Interface speed-duplex 1Gbps-half-duplex
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Configuration-Articles/How-to-Change-the-Speed-and-Duplex-of-the-Management-Port/ta-p/59034

QUESTION 25
A web server is hosted in the DMZ, and the server is configured to listen for incoming connections only on TCP port 8080. A Security policy rule allowing access from the Trust zone to the DMZ zone need to be configured to enable we browsing access to
the server.
Which application and service need to be configured to allow only cleartext web-browsing traffic to thins server on tcp/8080?
A. application: web-browsing; service: application-default

B. application: web-browsing; service: service-https
C. application: ssl; service: any
D. application: web-browsing; service: (custom with destination TCP port 8080)
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 26
If the firewall has the following link monitoring configuration, what will cause a failover?
A. ethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6 going down

B. ethernet1/3 going down
C. ethernet1/3 or ethernet1/6 going down
D. ethernet1/6 going down
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 27
In the image, what caused the commit warning?

A. The CA certificate for FWDtrust has not been imported into the firewall.
B. The FWDtrust certificate has not been flagged as Trusted Root CA.
C. SSL Forward Proxy requires a public certificate to be imported into the firewall.
D. The FWDtrust certificate does not have a certificate chain.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 28
Which method does an administrator use to integrate all non-native MFA platforms in PAN-OS® software?
A. Okta
B. DUO
C. RADIUS
D. PingID
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 29
How would an administrator monitor/capture traffic on the management interface of the Palo Alto Networks NGFW?
A. Use the debug dataplane packet-diag set capture stage firewall file command.
B. Enable all four stages of traffic capture (TX, RX, DROP, Firewall).
C. Use the debug dataplane packet-diag set capture stage management file command.
D. Use the tcpdump command.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Learning-Articles/How-to-Run-a-Packet-Capture/ta-p/62390
QUESTION 30
An administrator needs to optimize traffic to prefer business-critical applications over non-critical applications.
QoS natively integrates with which feature to provide service quality?
A. Port Inspection
B. Certificate revocation
C. Content-ID
D. App-ID
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/quality-of-service/qos-concepts/qos-for-applications-and-users#idaed4e749-80b4-4641-a37c-c741aba562e9
QUESTION 31
A session in the Traffic log is reporting the application as “incomplete.”
What does “incomplete” mean?
A. The three-way TCP handshake was observed, but the application could not be identified.
B. The three-way TCP handshake did not complete.
C. The traffic is coming across UDP, and the application could not be identified.
D. Data was received but was instantly discarded because of a Deny policy was applied before App-ID could be applied.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 32

An administrator is using DNAT to map two servers to a single public IP address. Traffic will be steered to the specific server based on the application, where Host A (10.1.1.100) receives HTTP traffic and Host B (10.1.1.101) receives SSH traffic.
Which two Security policy rules will accomplish this configuration? (Choose two.)
A. Untrust (Any) to Untrust (10.1.1.1), web-browsing – Allow

B. Untrust (Any) to Untrust (10.1.1.1), ssh – Allow
C. Untrust (Any) to DMZ (1.1.1.100), web-browsing – Allow
D. Untrust (Any) to DMZ (1.1.1.100), ssh – Allow
E. Untrust (Any) to DMZ (10.1.1.100, 10.1.1.101), ssh, web-browsing – Allow
Correct Answer: CD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 33
An administrator needs to determine why users on the trust zone cannot reach certain websites. The only information available is shown on the following image.
Which configuration change should the administrator make?

A.
B.

C.
D.
E.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation

QUESTION 34
Which three settings are defined within the Templates object of Panorama? (Choose three.)
A. Setup
B. Virtual Routers
C. Interfaces
D. Security
E. Application Override
Correct Answer: ABC

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 35
A customer has an application that is being identified as unknown-tcp for one of their custom PostgreSQL database connections.
Which two configuration options can be used to correctly categorize their custom database application? (Choose two.)
A. Application Override policy.

B. Security policy to identify the custom application.
C. Custom application.
D. Custom Service object.
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference:
https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000Clc6CAC
QUESTION 36
An administrator logs in to the Palo Alto Networks NGFW and reports that the WebUI is missing the Policies tab.
Which profile is the cause of the missing Policies tab?
A. Admin Role
B. WebUI
C. Authentication
D. Authorization
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 37
An administrator has left a firewall to use the default port for all management services.
Which three functions are performed by the dataplane? (Choose three.)
A. WildFire updates
B. NAT
C. NTP
D. antivirus
E. file blocking
Correct Answer: BDE

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 38
An administrator is using Panorama and multiple Palo Alto Networks NGFWs. After upgrading all devices to the latest PAN-OS® software, the administrator enables log forwarding from the firewalls to Panorama. Pre-existing logs from the firewalls are not
appearing in Panorama.
Which action would enable the firewalls to send their pre-existing logs to Panorama?
A. Use the import option to pull logs into Panorama.

B. A CLI command will forward the pre-existing logs to Panorama.
C. Use the ACC to consolidate pre-existing logs.
D. The log database will need to exported form the firewalls and manually imported into Panorama.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 39
A firewall just submitted a file to WildFire for analysis. Assume a 5-minute window for analysis. The firewall is configured to check for verdicts every 5 minutes.
How quickly will the firewall receive back a verdict?
A. More than 15 minutes

B. 5 minutes
C. 10 to 15 minutes
D. 5 to 10 minutes
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 40
What are the differences between using a service versus using an application for Security Policy match?
A. Use of a “service” enables the firewall to take immediate action with the first observed packet based on port numbers. Use of an “application” allows the firewall to take immediate action if the port being used is a member of the application standard port
list.
B. There are no differences between “service” or “application”. Use of an “application” simplifies configuration by allowing use of a friendly application name instead of port numbers.
C. Use of a “service” enables the firewall to take immediate action with the first observed packet based on port numbers. Use of an “application” allows the firewall to take action after enough packets allow for App-ID identification regardless of the ports
being used
D. Use of a “service” enables the firewall to take action after enough packets allow for App-ID identification
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 41
Which Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewall is valid?
A. VM-25
B. VM-800
C. VM-50
D. VM-400
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/secure-the-network/virtualized-next-generation-firewall/vm-series
QUESTION 42
An administrator wants multiple web servers in the DMZ to receive connections initiated from the internet. Traffic destined for 206.15.22.9 port 80/TCP needs to be forwarded to the server at 10.1.1.22
Based on the information shown in the image, which NAT rule will forward web-browsing traffic correctly?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 43
An administrator creates a custom application containing Layer 7 signatures. The latest application and threat dynamic update is downloaded to the same NGFW. The update contains an application that matches the same traffic signatures as the custom
application.
Which application should be used to identify traffic traversing the NGFW?
A. Custom application
B. System logs show an application error and neither signature is used.
C. Downloaded application
D. Custom and downloaded application signature files are merged and both are used
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 44
Starting with PAN-OS version 9.1, GlobalProtect logging information is now recorded in which firewall log?
A. GlobalProtect
B. System
C. Authentication
D. Configuration
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-new-features/globalprotect-features/enhanced-logging-for-globalprotect.html
QUESTION 45

Which will be the egress interface if the traffic’s ingress interface is ethernet1/7 sourcing from 192.168.111.3 and to the destination 10.46.41.113?
A. ethernet1/6
B. ethernet1/3
C. ethernet1/7
D. ethernet1/5
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 46
Which three authentication services can an administrator use to authenticate admins into the Palo Alto Networks NGFW without defining a corresponding admin account on the local firewall? (Choose three.)
A. Kerberos
B. PAP
C. SAML
D. TACACS+
E. RADIUS
F. LDAP
Correct Answer: CDE

Section: (none)
Explanation

QUESTION 47
Which event will happen if an administrator uses an Application Override Policy?
A. Threat-ID processing time is decreased.

B. The Palo Alto Networks NGFW stops App-ID processing at Layer 4.
C. The application name assigned to the traffic by the security rule is written to the Traffic log.
D. App-ID processing time is increased.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Learning-Articles/Tips-amp-Tricks-How-to-Create-an-Application-Override/ta-p/65513
QUESTION 48
Which Security policy rule will allow an admin to block facebook chat but allow Facebook in general?
A. Deny application facebook-chat before allowing application facebook

B. Deny application facebook on top
C. Allow application facebook on top
D. Allow application facebook before denying application facebook-chat
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Configuration-Articles/Failed-to-Block-Facebook-Chat-Consistently/ta-p/115673
QUESTION 49
A client is concerned about resource exhaustion because of denial-of-service attacks against their DNS servers.
Which option will protect the individual servers?
A. Enable packet buffer protection on the Zone Protection Profile.

B. Apply an Anti-Spyware Profile with DNS sinkholing.
C. Use the DNS App-ID with application-default.
D. Apply a classified DoS Protection Profile.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 50
If the firewall is configured for credential phishing prevention using the “Domain Credential Filter” method, which login will be detected as credential theft?
A. Mapping to the IP address of the logged-in user.

B. First four letters of the username matching any valid corporate username.
C. Using the same user’s corporate username and password.
D. Matching any valid corporate username.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/content-inspection-features/credential-phishing-prevention
QUESTION 51
An administrator has users accessing network resources through Citrix XenApp 7.x.
Which User-ID mapping solution will map multiple users who are using Citrix to connect to the network and access resources?
A. Client Probing
B. Terminal Services agent
C. GlobalProtect
D. Syslog Monitoring
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 52
An administrator needs to upgrade a Palo Alto Networks NGFW to the most current version of PAN-OS® software. The firewall has internet connectivity through an Ethernet interface, but no internet connectivity from the management interface. The
Security policy has the default security rules and a rule that allows all web-browsing traffic from any to any zone.
What must the administrator configure so that the PAN-OS® software can be upgraded?
A. Security policy rule

B. CRL
C. Service route
D. Scheduler
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference:
https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000Clp3CAC
QUESTION 53
Which feature prevents the submission of corporate login information into website forms?
A. Data filtering
B. User-ID
C. File blocking
D. Credential phishing prevention
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/how-the-next-generation-security-platform-contributes-to-gdpr-compliance
QUESTION 54
Which option is part of the content inspection process?
A. Packet forwarding process

B. SSL Proxy re-encrypt
C. IPsec tunnel encryption
D. Packet egress process
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation

QUESTION 55
In a virtual router, which object contains all potential routes?
A. MIB
B. RIB
C. SIP
D. FIB
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/networking/virtual-routers
QUESTION 56
An administrator creates an SSL decryption rule decrypting traffic on all ports. The administrator also creates a Security policy rule allowing only the applications DNS, SSL, and web-browsing.
The administrator generates three encrypted BitTorrent connections and checks the Traffic logs. There are three entries. The first entry shows traffic dropped as application Unknown. The next two entries show traffic allowed as application SSL.
Which action will stop the second and subsequent encrypted BitTorrent connections from being allowed as SSL?
A. Create a decryption rule matching the encrypted BitTorrent traffic with action “No-Decrypt,” and place the rule at the top of the Decryption policy.
B. Create a Security policy rule that matches application “encrypted BitTorrent” and place the rule at the top of the Security policy.
C. Disable the exclude cache option for the firewall.
D. Create a Decryption Profile to block traffic using unsupported cyphers, and attach the profile to the decryption rule.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 57

Which certificates can be used as a Forward Trust certificate?
A. Certificate from Default Trust Certificate Authorities

B. Domain Sub-CA
C. Forward-Trust
D. Domain-Root-Cert
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 58
Which option would an administrator choose to define the certificate and protocol that Panorama and its managed devices use for SSL/TLS services?
A. Configure a Decryption Profile and select SSL/TLS services.

B. Set up SSL/TLS under Policies > Service/URL Category > Service.
C. Set up Security policy rule to allow SSL communication.
D. Configure an SSL/TLS Profile.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/web-interface-help/device/device-certificate-management-ssltls-service-profile
QUESTION 59
Which menu item enables a firewall administrator to see details about traffic that is currently active through the NGFW?
A. ACC
B. System Logs
C. App Scope
D. Session Browser
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 60
Which protection feature is available only in a Zone Protection Profile?
A. SYN Flood Protection using SYN Flood Cookies

B. ICMP Flood Protection
C. Port Scan Protection
D. UDP Flood Protections
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 61
Which CLI command can be used to export the tcpdump capture?
A. scp export tcpdump from mgmt.pcap to < username@host:path>

B. scp extract mgmt-pcap from mgmt.pcap to < username@host:path>
C. scp export mgmt-pcap from mgmt.pcap to < username@host:path>
D. download mgmt-pcap
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Management-Articles/How-To-Packet-Capture-tcpdump-On-Management-Interface/ta-p/55415
QUESTION 62
An administrator has configured the Palo Alto Networks NGFW’s management interface to connect to the internet through a dedicated path that does not traverse back through the NGFW itself.
Which configuration setting or step will allow the firewall to get automatic application signature updates?
A. A scheduler will need to be configured for application signatures.

B. A Security policy rule will need to be configured to allow the update requests from the firewall to the update servers.
C. A Threat Prevention license will need to be installed.
D. A service route will need to be configured.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation:
The firewall uses the service route to connect to the Update Server and checks for new content release versions and, if there are updates available, displays them at the top of the list.
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/web-interface-help/device/device-dynamic-updates
QUESTION 63
Which three options are supported in HA Lite? (Choose three.)
A. Virtual link
B. Active/passive deployment
C. Synchronization of IPsec security associations
D. Configuration synchronization
E. Session synchronization

Correct Answer: BCD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/web-interface-help/device/device-high-availability/ha-lite
QUESTION 64
Which CLI command enables an administrator to view details about the firewall including uptime, PAN-OS® version, and serial number?
A. debug system details

B. show session info
C. show system info
D. show system details
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Learning-Articles/Quick-Reference-Guide-Helpful-Commands/ta-p/56511
QUESTION 65
During the packet flow process, which two processes are performed in application identification? (Choose two.)
A. Pattern based application identification

B. Application override policy match
C. Application changed from content inspection
D. Session application identified
Correct Answer: BD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 66
Which tool provides an administrator the ability to see trends in traffic over periods of time, such as threats detected in the last 30 days?
A. Session Browser
B. Application Command Center
C. TCP Dump
D. Packet Capture
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Management-Articles/Tips-amp-Tricks-How-to-Use-the-Application-Command-Center-ACC/ta-p/67342
QUESTION 67
The certificate information displayed in the following image is for which type of certificate?

A. Forward Trust certificate
B. Self-Signed Root CA certificate
C. Web Server certificate
D. Public CA signed certificate
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 68
Which three steps will reduce the CPU utilization on the management plane? (Choose three.)
A. Disable SNMP on the management interface.

B. Application override of SSL application.
C. Disable logging at session start in Security policies.
D. Disable predefined reports.
E. Reduce the traffic being decrypted by the firewall.
Correct Answer: ACD

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 69
Which feature must you configure to prevent users from accidentally submitting their corporate credentials to a phishing website?
A. URL Filtering profile

B. Zone Protection profile
C. Anti-Spyware profile
D. Vulnerability Protection profile
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/threat-prevention/prevent-credential-phishing
QUESTION 70
How can a candidate or running configuration be copied to a host external from Panorama?
A. Commit a running configuration.

B. Save a configuration snapshot.
C. Save a candidate configuration.
D. Export a named configuration snapshot.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/panorama/panorama_adminguide/administer-panorama/back-up-panorama-and-firewall-configurations
QUESTION 71
If an administrator does not possess a website’s certificate, which SSL decryption mode will allow the Palo Alto Networks NGFW to inspect traffic when users browse to HTTP(S) websites?
A. SSL Forward Proxy

B. SSL Inbound Inspection
C. SSL Reverse Proxy
D. SSL Outbound Inspection
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 72
An administrator sees several inbound sessions identified as unknown-tcp in the Traffic logs. The administrator determines that these sessions are form external users accessing the company’s proprietary accounting application. The administrator wants
to reliably identify this traffic as their accounting application and to scan this traffic for threats.
Which option would achieve this result?
A. Create a custom App-ID and enable scanning on the advanced tab.

B. Create an Application Override policy.
C. Create a custom App-ID and use the “ordered conditions” check box.
D. Create an Application Override policy and a custom threat signature for the application.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 73
The administrator has enabled BGP on a virtual router on the Palo Alto Networks NGFW, but new routes do not seem to be populating the virtual router.
Which two options would help the administrator troubleshoot this issue? (Choose two.)
A. View the System logs and look for the error messages about BGP.
B. Perform a traffic pcap on the NGFW to see any BGP problems.
C. View the Runtime Stats and look for problems with BGP configuration.
D. View the ACC tab to isolate routing issues.

Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 74
An administrator has enabled OSPF on a virtual router on the NGFW. OSPF is not adding new routes to the virtual router.
Which two options enable the administrator to troubleshoot this issue? (Choose two.)
A. View Runtime Stats in the virtual router.

B. View System logs.
C. Add a redistribution profile to forward as BGP updates.
D. Perform a traffic pcap at the routing stage.
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 75
Which three firewall states are valid? (Choose three.)
A. Active
B. Functional
C. Pending
D. Passive
E. Suspended
Correct Answer: ADE

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/pan-os/high-availability/ha-firewall-states
QUESTION 76
Which virtual router feature determines if a specific destination IP address is reachable?
A. Heartbeat Monitoring
B. Failover
C. Path Monitoring
D. Ping-Path
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/policy/policy-based-forwarding/pbf/path-monitoring-for-pbf
QUESTION 77
An administrator has a requirement to export decrypted traffic from the Palo Alto Networks NGFW to a third-party, deep-level packet inspection appliance.
Which interface type and license feature are necessary to meet the requirement?
A. Decryption Mirror interface with the Threat Analysis license

B. Virtual Wire interface with the Decryption Port Export license
C. Tap interface with the Decryption Port Mirror license
D. Decryption Mirror interface with the associated Decryption Port Mirror license
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/decryption/decryption-concepts/decryption-mirroring
QUESTION 78
When is the content inspection performed in the packet flow process?
A. after the application has been identified

B. before session lookup
C. before the packet forwarding process
D. after the SSL Proxy re-encrypts the packet
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference:
https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Learning-Articles/Packet-Flow-Sequence-in-PAN-OS/ta-p/56081
QUESTION 79
An administrator has created an SSL Decryption policy rule that decrypts SSL sessions on any port.
Which log entry can the administrator use to verify that sessions are being decrypted?
A. In the details of the Traffic log entries

B. Decryption log
C. Data Filtering log
D. In the details of the Threat log entries
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Configuration-Articles/How-to-Implement-and-Test-SSL-Decryption/ta-p/59719
QUESTION 80
An administrator has been asked to configure a Palo Alto Networks NGFW to provide protection against external hosts attempting to exploit a flaw in an operating system on an internal system.
Which Security Profile type will prevent this attack?
A. Vulnerability Protection
B. Anti-Spyware
C. URL Filtering
D. Antivirus
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/web-interface-help/objects/objects-security-profiles-vulnerability-protection
QUESTION 81
Which processing order will be enabled when a Panorama administrator selects the setting “Objects defined in ancestors will take higher precedence?”
A. Descendant objects will take precedence over other descendant objects.
B. Descendant objects will take precedence over ancestor objects.
C. Ancestor objects will have precedence over descendant objects.
D. Ancestor objects will have precedence over other ancestor objects.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/web-interface-help/device/device-setup-management
QUESTION 82
An administrator using an enterprise PKI needs to establish a unique chain of trust to ensure mutual authentication between Panorama and the managed firewalls and Log Collectors.
How would the administrator establish the chain of trust?
A. Use custom certificates

B. Enable LDAP or RADIUS integration
C. Set up multi-factor authentication
D. Configure strong password authentication
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/panorama/panorama_adminguide/panorama-overview/plan-your-panorama-deployment
QUESTION 83
What will be the egress interface if the traffic’s ingress interface is ethernet1/6 sourcing from 192.168.111.3 and to the destination 10.46.41.113 during the time shown in the image?

A. ethernet1/7
B. ethernet1/5
C. ethernet1/6
D. ethernet1/3
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 84
Refer to the exhibit. A web server in the DMZ is being mapped to a public address through DNAT.

Which Security policy rule will allow traffic to flow to the web server?
A. Untrust (any) to Untrust (10.1.1.100), web browsing – Allow

B. Untrust (any) to Untrust (1.1.1.100), web browsing – Allow
C. Untrust (any) to DMZ (1.1.1.100), web browsing – Allow
D. Untrust (any) to DMZ (10.1.1.100), web browsing – Allow
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 85
A web server is hosted in the DMZ and the server is configured to listen for incoming connections on TCP port 443. A Security policies rules allowing access from the Trust zone to the DMZ zone needs to be configured to allow web-browsing access. The
web server hosts its contents over HTTP(S). Traffic from Trust to DMZ is being decrypted with a Forward Proxy rule.
Which combination of service and application, and order of Security policy rules, needs to be configured to allow cleartext web-browsing traffic to this server on tcp/443?
A. Rule #1: application: web-browsing; service: application-default; action: allow

Rule #2: application: ssl; service: application-default; action: allow
B. Rule #1: application: web-browsing; service: service-http; action: allow
C. Rule # 1: application: ssl; service: application-default; action: allow
Rule #2: application: web-browsing; service: application-default; action: allow
D. Rule #1: application: web-browsing; service: service-https; action: allow
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 86
Which two options prevent the firewall from capturing traffic passing through it? (Choose two.)
A. The firewall is in multi-vsys mode.

B. The traffic is offloaded.
C. The traffic does not match the packet capture filter.
D. The firewall’s DP CPU is higher than 50%.
Correct Answer: BC
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/monitoring/take-packet-captures/disable-hardware-offload
QUESTION 87
A global corporate office has a large-scale network with only one User-ID agent, which creates a bottleneck near the User-ID agent server.
Which solution in PAN-OS® software would help in this case?
A. application override
B. Virtual Wire mode
C. content inspection
D. redistribution of user mappings
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/user-id/deploy-user-id-in-a-large-scale-network
QUESTION 88
An administrator has been asked to create 100 virtual firewalls in a local, on-premise lab environment (not in “the cloud”). Bootstrapping is the most expedient way to perform this task.
Which option describes deployment of a bootstrap package in an on-premise virtual environment?
A. Use config-drive on a USB stick.

B. Use an S3 bucket with an ISO.
C. Create and attach a virtual hard disk (VHD).
D. Use a virtual CD-ROM with an ISO.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/virtualization/virtualization/set-up-the-vm-series-firewall-on-kvm/install-the-vm-series-firewall-on-kvm/use-an-iso-file-to-deploy-the-vm-series-firewall
QUESTION 89
Which two benefits come from assigning a Decryption Profile to a Decryption policy rule with a “No Decrypt” action? (Choose two.)
A. Block sessions with expired certificates

B. Block sessions with client authentication
C. Block sessions with unsupported cipher suites
D. Block sessions with untrusted issuers
E. Block credential phishing
Correct Answer: AD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/decryption/define-traffic-to-decrypt/create-a-decryption-profile
QUESTION 90
Which User-ID method should be configured to map IP addresses to usernames for users connected through a terminal server?
A. port mapping
B. server monitoring
C. client probing
D. XFF headers
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/pan-os/user-id/configure-user-mapping-for-terminal-server-users
QUESTION 91
Which feature can be configured on VM-Series firewalls?
A. aggregate interfaces
B. machine learning
C. multiple virtual systems
D. GlobalProtect
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 92
In High Availability, which information is transferred via the HA data link?
A. session information
B. heartbeats
C. HA state information
D. User-ID information
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/high-availability/ha-concepts/ha-links-and-backup-links
QUESTION 93
The firewall identifies a popular application as an unknown-tcp.
Which two options are available to identify the application? (Choose two.)
A. Create a custom application.

B. Create a custom object for the custom application server to identify the custom application.
C. Submit an App-ID request to Palo Alto Networks.
D. Create a Security policy to identify the custom application.
Correct Answer: AD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/app-id/use-application-objects-in-policy/create-a-custom-application
QUESTION 94
If an administrator wants to decrypt SMTP traffic and possesses the server’s certificate, which SSL decryption mode will allow the Palo Alto Networks NGFW to inspect traffic to the server?

A. TLS Bidirectional Inspection
C. SSH Forward Proxy
D. SMTP Inbound Decryption
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/decryption/configure-ssl-inbound-inspection
QUESTION 95
A client has a sensitive application server in their data center and is particularly concerned about resource exhaustion because of distributed denial-of-service attacks.
How can the Palo Alto Networks NGFW be configured to specifically protect this server against resource exhaustion originating from multiple IP addresses (DDoS attack)?
A. Define a custom App-ID to ensure that only legitimate application traffic reaches the server.
B. Add a Vulnerability Protection Profile to block the attack.
C. Add QoS Profiles to throttle incoming requests.
D. Add a DoS Protection Profile with defined session count.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/zone-protection-and-dos-protection/zone-defense/dos-protection-profiles-and-policy-rules/dos-protection-profiles
QUESTION 96
Which two methods can be used to verify firewall connectivity to AutoFocus? (Choose two.)
A. Verify AutoFocus status using the CLI “test” command.

B. Check the WebUI Dashboard AutoFocus widget.
C. Check for WildFire forwarding logs.
D. Check the license.
E. Verify AutoFocus is enabled below Device Management tab.
Correct Answer: DE
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/getting-started/enable-autofocus-threat-intelligence
QUESTION 97
Which CLI command enables an administrator to check the CPU utilization of the dataplane?
A. show running resource-monitor

B. debug data-plane dp-cpu
C. show system resources
D. debug running resources
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 98
Which DoS protection mechanism detects and prevents session exhaustion attacks?
A. Packet Based Attack Protection

B. Flood Protection
C. Resource Protection
D. TCP Port Scan Protection
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/zone-protection-and-dos-protection/zone-defense/dos-protection-profiles-and-policy-rules/dos-protection-profiles
QUESTION 99
Which two subscriptions are available when configuring Panorama to push dynamic updates to connected devices? (Choose two.)
A. Content-ID
B. User-ID
C. Applications and Threats
D. Antivirus
Correct Answer: CD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/web-interface-help/device/device-dynamic-updates
QUESTION 100
View the GlobalProtect configuration screen capture.
What is the purpose of this configuration?
A. It configures the tunnel address of all internal clients to an IP address range starting at 192.168.10.1.
B. It forces an internal client to connect to an internal gateway at IP address 192.168.10.1.
C. It enables a client to perform a reverse DNS lookup on 192.168.10.1 to detect that it is an internal client.
D. It forces the firewall to perform a dynamic DNS update, which adds the internal gateway’s hostname and IP address to the DNS server.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation

Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/globalprotect/globalprotect-admin-guide/globalprotect-portals/define-the-globalprotect-client-authentication-configurations/define-the-globalprotect-agent-configurations
QUESTION 101
Which three user authentication services can be modified to provide the Palo Alto Networks NGFW with both usernames and role names? (Choose three.)
A. TACACS+
B. Kerberos
C. PAP
D. LDAP
E. SAML
F. RADIUS
Correct Answer: AEF

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/firewall-administration/manage-firewall-administrators/administrative-authentication
QUESTION 102
What is exchanged through the HA2 link?
A. hello heartbeats
B. User-ID information
C. session synchronization
D. HA state information
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/high-availability/ha-concepts/ha-links-and-backup-links
QUESTION 103
Which prerequisite must be satisfied before creating an SSH proxy Decryption policy?
A. Both SSH keys and SSL certificates must be generated.

B. No prerequisites are required.
C. SSH keys must be manually generated.
D. SSL certificates must be generated.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/decryption/configure-ssh-proxy
QUESTION 104
A customer wants to combine multiple Ethernet interfaces into a single virtual interface using link aggregation.
Which two formats are correct for naming aggregate interfaces? (Choose two.)
A. ae.8
B. aggregate.1
C. ae.1
D. aggregate.8
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 105
Which three authentication factors does PAN-OS® software support for MFA? (Choose three.)
A. Push
B. Pull
C. Okta Adaptive
D. Voice
E. SMS
Correct Answer: ADE

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 106
VPN traffic intended for an administrator’s firewall is being maliciously intercepted and retransmitted by the interceptor.
When creating a VPN tunnel, which protection profile can be enabled to prevent this malicious behavior?
A. Zone Protection
B. Replay
C. Web Application
D. DoS Protection
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 107
Which Zone Pair and Rule Type will allow a successful connection for a user on the Internet zone to a web server hosted on the DMZ zone? The web server is reachable using a Destination NAT policy in the Palo Alto Networks firewall.
A.
B.

C.
D.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 108
An administrator has configured a QoS policy rule and a QoS Profile that limits the maximum allowable bandwidth for the YouTube application. However, YouTube is consuming more than the maximum bandwidth allotment configured.
Which configuration step needs to be configured to enable QoS?
A. Enable QoS interface

B. Enable QoS in the Interface Management Profile
C. Enable QoS Data Filtering Profile
D. Enable QoS monitor
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 109
Which log file can be used to identify SSL decryption failures?
A. Traffic
B. ACC
C. Configuration
D. Threats
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 110
A customer wants to set up a site-to-site VPN using tunnel interfaces.
Which two formats are correct for naming tunnel interfaces? (Choose two.)

A. tunnel.1
B. vpn-tunnel.1
C. tunnel.1025
D. vpn-tunnel.1024
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 111
Based on the following image, what is the correct path of root, intermediate, and end-user certificate?
A. Palo Alto Networks > Symantec > VeriSign

B. VeriSign > Symantec > Palo Alto Networks
C. Symantec > VeriSign > Palo Alto Networks
D. VeriSign > Palo Alto Networks > Symantec
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 112
An administrator wants a new Palo Alto Networks NGFW to obtain automatic application updates daily, so it is configured to use a scheduler for the application database. Unfortunately, they required the management network to be isolated so that it
cannot reach the Internet.
Which configuration will enable the firewall to download and install application updates automatically?
A. Download and install application updates cannot be done automatically if the MGT port cannot reach the Internet.
B. Configure a service route for Palo Alto Networks Services that uses a dataplane interface that can route traffic to the Internet, and create a Security policy rule to allow the traffic from that interface to the update servers if necessary.
C. Configure a Policy Based Forwarding policy rule for the update server IP address so that traffic sourced from the management interfaced destined for the update servers goes out of the interface acting as your Internet connection.
D. Configure a Security policy rule to allow all traffic to and from the update servers.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 113
A company wants to install a NGFW firewall between two core switches on a VLAN trunk link. They need to assign each VLAN to its own zone and to assign untagged (native) traffic to its own zone.
Which option differentiates multiple VLANs into separate zones?
A. Create V-Wire objects with two V-Wire interfaces and define a range of “0-4096” in the “Tag Allowed” field of the V-Wire object.
B. Create V-Wire objects with two V-Wire subinterfaces and assign only a single VLAN ID to the “Tag Allowed” field of the V-Wire object. Repeat for every additional VLAN and use a VLAN ID of 0 for untagged traffic. Assign each interface/subinterface to
a unique zone.
C. Create Layer 3 subinterfaces that are each assigned to a single VLAN ID and a common virtual router. The physical Layer 3 interface would handle untagged traffic. Assign each interface/subinterface to a unique zone. Do not assign any interface an
IP address.
D. Create VLAN objects for each VLAN and assign VLAN interfaces matching each VLAN ID. Repeat for every additional VLAN and use a VLAN ID of 0 for untagged traffic. Assign each interface/subinterface to a unique zone.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 114
Which data flow describes redistribution of user mappings?
A. User-ID agent to firewall

B. Domain Controller to User-ID agent
C. User-ID agent to Panorama
D. firewall to firewall
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 115
Where can an administrator see both the management plane and data plane CPU utilization in the WebUI?
A. System Utilization log

B. System log
C. Resources widget
D. CPU Utilization widget
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 116
Which four NGFW multi-factor authentication factors are supported by PAN-OS®? (Choose four.)
A. Short message service

B. Push
C. User logon
D. Voice
E. SSH key
F. One-Time Password
Correct Answer: ABDF

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 117
Which two features does PAN-OS® software use to identify applications? (Choose two.)
A. transaction characteristics
B. session number
C. port number
D. application layer payload
Correct Answer: AD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 118
An administrator wants to upgrade a firewall from PAN-OS® 9.1 to PAN-OS® 10.0. The firewall is not a part of an HA pair.
What needs to be updated first?
A. Applications and Threats

B. XML Agent
C. WildFire
D. PAN-OS Upgrade Agent
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 119
When backing up and saving configuration files, what is achieved using only the firewall and is not available in Panorama?
A. Load configuration version

B. Save candidate config
C. Export device state

D. Load named configuration snapshot
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 120
Which two settings can be configured only locally on the firewall and not pushed from a Panorama template or template stack? (Choose two.)
A. HA1 IP Address
B. Master Key
C. Zone Protection Profile
D. Network Interface Type
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 121
An administrator just submitted a newly found piece of spyware for WildFire analysis. The spyware passively monitors behavior without the user’s knowledge.
What is the expected verdict from WildFire?
A. Malware
B. Grayware
C. Phishing
D. Spyware
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 122
When configuring the firewall for packet capture, what are the valid stage types?
A. receive, management, transmit, and non-syn

B. receive, management, transmit, and drop
C. receive, firewall, send, and non-syn
D. receive, firewall, transmit, and drop
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 123
Which operation will impact the performance of the management plane?
A. DoS protection
B. WildFire submissions
C. generating a SaaS Application report
D. decrypting SSL sessions

Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 124
Which User-ID method maps IP addresses to usernames for users connecting through a web proxy that has already authenticated the user?
A. syslog listening
B. server monitoring
C. client probing
D. port mapping
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 125
The firewall determines if a packet is the first packet of a new session or if a packet is part of an existing session using which kind of match?
A. 6-tuple match:
Source IP Address, Destination IP Address, Source Port, Destination Port, Protocol, and Source Security Zone
B. 5-tuple match:
Source IP Address, Destination IP Address, Source Port, Destination Port, Protocol
C. 7-tuple match:
Source IP Address, Destination IP Address, Source Port, Destination Port, Source User, URL Category, and Source Security Zone
D. 9-tuple match:
Source IP Address, Destination IP Address, Source Port, Destination Port, Source User, Source Security Zone, Destination Security Zone, Application, and URL Category
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 126
Which GlobalProtect Client connect method requires the distribution and use of machine certificates?
A. At-boot
B. Pre-logon
C. User-logon (Always on)
D. On-demand
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 127
Which feature can provide NGFWs with User-ID mapping information?
A. Web Captcha
B. Native 802.1q authentication
C. GlobalProtect
D. Native 802.1x authentication

Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 128
Which Panorama administrator types require the configuration of at least one access domain? (Choose two.)
A. Role Based
B. Custom Panorama Admin
C. Device Group
D. Dynamic
E. Template Admin
Correct Answer: CE
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 129
Which option enables a Palo Alto Networks NGFW administrator to schedule Application and Threat updates while applying only new content-IDs to traffic?
A. Select download-and-install
B. Select download-only
C. Select download-and-install, with “Disable new apps in content update” selected
D. Select disable application updates and select “Install only Threat updates”
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 130
Which is the maximum number of samples that can be submitted to WildFire per day, based on a WildFire subscription?
A. 10,000
B. 15,000
C. 7,500
D. 5,000
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 131
In which two types of deployment is active/active HA configuration supported? (Choose two.)
A. Layer 3 mode
B. TAP mode
C. Virtual Wire mode
D. Layer 2 mode
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 132
For which two reasons would a firewall discard a packet as part of the packet flow sequence? (Choose two.)
A. ingress processing errors

B. rule match with action “deny”
C. rule match with action “allow”
D. equal-cost multipath
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 133
Which logs enable a firewall administrator to determine whether a session was decrypted?
A. Traffic
B. Security Policy
C. Decryption
D. Correlated Event
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 134
An administrator needs to upgrade an NGFW to the most current version of PAN-OS® software. The following is occurring:
Firewall has internet connectivity through e 1/1.

Default security rules and security rules allowing all SSL and web-browsing traffic to and from any zone.
Service route is configured, sourcing update traffic from e1/1.
A communication error appears in the System logs when updates are performed.
Download does not complete.
What must be configured to enable the firewall to download the current version of PAN-OS software?
A. Static route pointing application PaloAlto-updates to the update servers

B. Security policy rule allowing PaloAlto-updates as the application
C. Scheduler for timed downloads of PAN-OS software
D. DNS settings for the firewall to use for resolution
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 135
A client has a sensitive application server in their data center and is particularly concerned about session flooding because of denial-of-service attacks.
How can the Palo Alto Networks NGFW be configured to specifically protect this server against session floods originating from a single IP address?
A. Add an Anti-Spyware Profile to block attacking IP address

B. Define a custom App-ID to ensure that only legitimate application traffic reaches the server

C. Add QoS Profiles to throttle incoming requests
D. Add a tuned DoS Protection Profile
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 136
An administrator deploys PA-500 NGFWs as an active/passive high availability pair. The devices are not participating in dynamic routing, and preemption is disabled.
What must be verified to upgrade the firewalls to the most recent version of PAN-OS® software?
A. Antivirus update package.

B. Applications and Threats update package.
C. User-ID agent.
D. WildFire update package.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/upgrade-to-pan-os-80/upgrade-the-firewall-to-pan-os-80/upgrade-an-ha-firewall-pair-to-pan-os-80
QUESTION 137
A firewall administrator has been asked to configure a Palo Alto Networks NGFW to prevent against compromised hosts trying to phone-home or beacon out to external command-and-control (C2) servers.
Which Security Profile type will prevent these behaviors?
A. Anti-Spyware
B. WildFire
C. Vulnerability Protection
D. Antivirus
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/pan-os/policy/anti-spyware-profiles
QUESTION 138
What should an administrator consider when planning to revert Panorama to a pre-PAN-OS 8.1 version?
A. Panorama cannot be reverted to an earlier PAN-OS release if variables are used in templates or template stacks.
B. An administrator must use the Expedition tool to adapt the configuration to the pre-PAN-OS 8.1 state.
C. When Panorama is reverted to an earlier PAN-OS release, variables used in templates or template stacks will be removed automatically.
D. Administrators need to manually update variable characters to those used in pre-PAN-OS 8.1.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/81/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/upgrade-to-pan-os-81/upgradedowngrade-considerations
QUESTION 139
Which two methods can be configured to validate the revocation status of a certificate? (Choose two.)
A. CRL
B. CRT
C. OCSP
D. Cert-Validation-Profile
E. SSL/TLS Service Profile
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/pan-os/certificate-management/set-up-verification-for-certificate-revocation-status
QUESTION 140
Which administrative authentication method supports authorization by an external service?
A. Certificates
B. LDAP
C. RADIUS
D. SSH keys
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/firewall-administration/manage-firewall-administrators/administrative-authentication
QUESTION 141
Which three file types can be forwarded to WildFire for analysis as a part of the basic WildFire service? (Choose three.)
A. .dll
B. .exe
C. .fon
D. .apk
E. .pdf
F. .jar
Correct Answer: DEF

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 142
An administrator has been asked to configure active/active HA for a pair of firewalls. The firewalls use Layer 3 interfaces to send traffic to a single gateway IP for the pair.
Which configuration will enable this HA scenario?
A. The two firewalls will share a single floating IP and will use gratuitous ARP to share the floating IP.
B. Each firewall will have a separate floating IP, and priority will determine which firewall has the primary IP.
C. The firewalls do not use floating IPs in active/active HA.
D. The firewalls will share the same interface IP address, and device 1 will use the floating IP if device 0 fails.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/pan-os/high-availability/floating-ip-address-and-virtual-mac-address
QUESTION 143
Which version of GlobalProtect supports split tunneling based on destination domain, client process, and HTTP/HTTPS video streaming application?
A. GlobalProtect version 4.0 with PAN-OS 8.1

B. GlobalProtect version 4.1 with PAN-OS 8.1
C. GlobalProtect version 4.1 with PAN-OS 8.0
D. GlobalProtect version 4.0 with PAN-OS 8.0
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/41/globalprotect/globalprotect-app-new-features/new-features-released-in-gp-agent-4_1/split-tunnel-for-public-applications
QUESTION 144
How does Panorama prompt VMWare NSX to quarantine an infected VM?
A. HTTP Server Profile

B. Syslog Server Profile
C. Email Server Profile
D. SNMP Server Profile
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/virtualization/virtualization/set-up-the-vm-series-firewall-on-vmware-nsx/dynamically-quarantine-infected-guests
QUESTION 145
An administrator accidentally closed the commit window/screen before the commit was finished. Which two options could the administrator use to verify the progress or success of that commit task? (Choose two.)

A.
B.

C.
D.
Correct Answer: AD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 146
Which two actions would be part of an automatic solution that would block sites with untrusted certificates without enabling SSL Forward Proxy? (Choose two.)
A. Create a no-decrypt Decryption Policy rule.

B. Configure an EDL to pull IP addresses of known sites resolved from a CRL.
C. Configure a Dynamic Address Group for untrusted sites.
D. Create a Security Policy rule with a vulnerability Security Profile attached.
E. Enable the “Block sessions with untrusted issuers” setting.

Correct Answer: AD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/web-interface-help/objects/objects-decryption-profile
QUESTION 147
An administrator is defining protection settings on the Palo Alto Networks NGFW to guard against resource exhaustion. When platform utilization is considered, which steps must the administrator take to configure and apply packet buffer protection?
A. Enable and configure the Packet Buffer Protection thresholds.

Enable Packet Buffer Protection per ingress zone.
B. Enable and then configure Packet Buffer thresholds.
Enable Interface Buffer protection.
C. Create and Apply Zone Protection Profiles in all ingress zones.
Enable Packet Buffer Protection per ingress zone.
D. Configure and apply Zone Protection Profiles for all egress zones.
Enable Packet Buffer Protection per egress zone.
E. Enable per-vsys Session Threshold alerts and triggers for Packet Buffer Limits.
Enable Zone Buffer Protection per zone.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/zone-protection-and-dos-protection/configure-zone-protection-to-increase-network-security/configure-packet-buffer-protection
QUESTION 148
What is the purpose of the firewall decryption broker?
A. decrypt SSL traffic and then send it as cleartext to a security chain of inspection tools.
B. force decryption of previously unknown cipher suites
C. reduce SSL traffic to a weaker cipher before sending it to a security chain of inspection tools.
D. inspect traffic within IPsec tunnels
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/81/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/decryption-features/decryption-broker
QUESTION 149
SAML SLO is supported for which two firewall features? (Choose two.)
A. GlobalProtect Portal
B. CaptivePortal
C. WebUI
D. CLI
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/authentication/configure-saml-authentication
QUESTION 150
What are the two behavior differences between Highlight Unused Rules and the Rule Usage Hit counter when a firewall is rebooted? (Choose two.)

A. Rule Usage Hit counter will not be reset.
B. Highlight Unused Rules will highlight all rules.
C. Highlight Unused Rules will highlight zero rules.
D. Rule Usage Hit counter will reset.
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 151
Which is not a valid reason for receiving a decrypt-cert-validation error?
A. Unsupported HSM
B. Unknown certificate status
C. Client authentication
D. Untrusted issuer
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/networking-features/ssl-ssh-session-end-reasons
QUESTION 152
In the following image from Panorama, why are some values shown in red?
A. sg2 session count is the lowest compared to the other managed devices.
B. us3 has a logging rate that deviates from the administrator-configured thresholds.
C. uk3 has a logging rate that deviates from the seven-day calculated baseline.
D. sg2 has misconfigured session thresholds.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/81/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/panorama-features/device-monitoring-through-panorama
QUESTION 153
The firewall is not downloading IP addresses from MineMeld. Based on the image, what most likely is wrong?

A. A Certificate Profile that contains the client certificate needs to be selected.
B. The source address supports only files hosted with an ftp://<address/file>.
C. External Dynamic Lists do not support SSL connections.
D. A Certificate Profile that contains the CA certificate needs to be selected.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/MineMeld-Articles/Connecting-PAN-OS-to-MineMeld-using-External-Dynamic-Lists/ta-p/190414
QUESTION 154
Which three split tunnel methods are supported by a GlobalProtect Gateway? (Choose three.)
A. video streaming application

B. Client Application Process
C. Destination Domain
D. Source Domain
E. Destination user/group
F. URL Category
Correct Answer: ABC

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/81/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/globalprotect-features/split-tunnel-for-public-applications
QUESTION 155
Which two are valid ACC GlobalProtect Activity tab widgets? (Choose two.)
A. Successful GlobalProtect Deployed Activity

B. GlobalProtect Deployment Activity
C. Successful GlobalProtect Connection Activity
D. GlobalProtect Quarantine Activity
Correct Answer: BC
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-new-features/globalprotect-features/enhanced-logging-for-globalprotect.html
QUESTION 156
Which two features can be used to tag a username so that it is included in a dynamic user group? (Choose two.)
A. log forwarding auto-tagging

B. XML API
C. GlobalProtect agent
D. User-ID Windows-based agent
Correct Answer: BD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-new-features/user-id-features/dynamic-user-groups.html
QUESTION 157
SD-WAN is designed to support which two network topology types? (Choose two.)
A. point-to-point
B. hub-and-spoke
C. full-mesh
D. ring
Correct Answer: BC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 158
Which option describes the operation of the automatic commit recovery feature?
A. It enables a firewall to revert to the previous configuration if rule shadowing is detected.

B. It enables a firewall to revert to the previous configuration if application dependency errors are found.
C. It enables a firewall to revert to the previous configuration if a commit causes HA partner connectivity failure.
D. It enables a firewall to revert to the previous configuration if a commit causes Panorama connectivity failure.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-new-features/panorama-features/automatic-panorama-connection-recovery.html
QUESTION 159
Which three items are important considerations during SD-WAN configuration planning? (Choose three.)
A. branch and hub locations

B. link requirements
C. the name of the ISP
D. IP Addresses
Correct Answer: ABD

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/sd-wan/1-0/sd-wan-admin/sd-wan-overview/plan-sd-wan-configuration
QUESTION 160
Starting with PAN-OS version 9.1, application dependency information is now reported in which two locations? (Choose two.)
A. on the App Dependency tab in the Commit Status window

B. on the Policy Optimizer’s Rule Usage page
C. on the Application tab in the Security Policy Rule creation window
D. on the Objects > Applications browser pages
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/app-id/use-application-objects-in-policy/resolve-application-dependencies
QUESTION 161
Which two events trigger the operation of automatic commit recovery? (Choose two.)
A. when an aggregate Ethernet interface component fails

B. when Panorama pushes a configuration
C. when a firewall performs a local commit
D. when a firewall HA pair fails over
Correct Answer: BC
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-new-features/panorama-features/automatic-panorama-connection-recovery.html
QUESTION 162
Panorama provides which two SD-WAN functions? (Choose two.)
A. network monitoring
B. control plane
C. data plane
D. physical network links
Correct Answer: BC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 163
Updates to dynamic user group membership are automatic therefore using dynamic user groups instead of static group objects allows you to:
A. respond to changes in user behaviour or potential threats using manual policy changes
B. respond to changes in user behaviour or potential threats without manual policy changes
C. respond to changes in user behaviour or potential threats without automatic policy changes
D. respond to changes in user behaviour and confirmed threats with manual policy changes
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/policy/use-dynamic-user-groups-in-policy.html
QUESTION 164
How can an administrator configure the firewall to automatically quarantine a device using GlobalProtect?
A. by adding the device’s Host ID to a quarantine list and configure GlobalProtect to prevent users from connecting to the GlobalProtect gateway from a quarantined device
B. by exporting the list of quarantined devices to a pdf or csv file by selecting PDF/CSV at the bottom of the Device Quarantine page and leveraging the appropriate XSOAR playbook
C. by using security policies, log forwarding profiles, and log settings
D. there is no native auto-quarantine feature so a custom script would need to be leveraged
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/globalprotect/10-0/globalprotect-admin/host-information/quarantine-devices-using-host-information/automatically-quarantine-a-device
QUESTION 165
To protect your firewall and network from single source denial of service (DoS) attacks that can overwhelm its packet buffer and cause legitimate traffic to drop, you can configure:
A. PBP (Protocol Based Protection)

B. BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
C. PGP (Packet Gateway Protocol)
D. PBP (Packet Buffer Protection)
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/zone-protection-and-dos-protection/zone-defense/packet-buffer-protection
QUESTION 166
A bootstrap USB flash drive has been prepared using a Windows workstation to load the initial configuration of a Palo Alto Networks firewall that was previously being used in a lab. The USB flash drive was formatted using file system FAT32 and the initial
configuration is stored in a file named init-cfg.txt. The firewall is currently running PAN-OS 10.0 and using a lab config. The contents of init-cfg.txt in the USB flash drive are as follows:
The USB flash drive has been inserted in the firewalls’ USB port, and the firewall has been restarted using command:
A. The bootstrap.xml file is a required file, but it is missing

B. Firewall must be in factory default state or have all private data deleted for bootstrapping
C. The hostname is a required parameter, but it is missing in init-cfg.txt
D. PAN-OS version must be 9.1.x at a minimum, but the firewall is running 10.0.x
E. The USB must be formatted using the ext3 file system. FAT32 is not supported
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/firewall-administration/bootstrap-the-firewall/prepare-a-usb-flash-drive-for-bootstrapping-a-firewall.html
QUESTION 167
An Administrator is configuring Authentication Enforcement and they would like to create an exemption rule to exempt a specific group from authentication. Which authentication enforcement object should they select?
A. default-no-captive-portal
B. default-authentication-bypass
C. default-browser-challenge
D. default-web-form
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-web-interface-help/objects/objects-authentication
QUESTION 168
A bootstrap USB flash drive has been prepared using a Linux workstation to load the initial configuration of a Palo Alto Networks firewall. The USB flash drive was formatted using file system ntfs and the initial configuration is stored in a file named init-
cfg.txt.
The contents of init-cfg.txt in the USB flash drive are as follows:
The USB flash drive has been inserted in the firewalls’ USB port, and the firewall has been powered on. Upon boot, the firewall fails to begin the bootstrapping process. The failure is caused because:
A. the bootstrap.xml file is a required file, but it is missing

B. nit-cfg.txt is an incorrect filename, the correct filename should be init-cfg.xml
C. The USB must be formatted using the ext4 file system
D. There must be commas between the parameter names and their values instead of the equal symbols
E. The USB drive has been formatted with an unsupported file system
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 169
To more easily reuse templates and template stacks, you can create template variables in place of firewall-specific and appliance-specific IP literals in your configurations.
Which one is the correct configuration?
A. &Panorama
B. @Panorama
C. $Panorama
D. #Panorama
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-new-features/panorama-features/configuration-reusability-for-templates-and-template-stacks.html
QUESTION 170
On the NGFW, how can you generate and block a private key from export and thus harden your security posture and prevent rogue administrators or other bad actors from misusing keys?
A. 1. Select Device > Certificate Management > Certificates > Device > Certificates
2. Import the certificate
3. Select Import Private key
4. Click Generate to generate the new certificate
B. 1. Select Device > Certificates
2. Select Certificate Profile
3. Generate the certificate
4. Select Block Private Key Export
C. 1. Select Device > Certificate Management > Certificates > Device > Certificates
4. Click Generate to generate the new certificate
D. 1. Select Device > Certificates
2. Select Certificate Profile
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-new-features/decryption-features/block-export-of-private-keys.html
QUESTION 171
What is the maximum number of samples that can be submitted to WildFire manually per day?
A. 1,000
B. 2,000
C. 5,000
D. 15,000
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/wildfire/9-0/wildfire-admin/submit-files-for-wildfire-analysis/manually-upload-files-to-the-wildfire-portal.html#:~:text=If%20you%20have%20a%20WildFire,also%20includes%20WildFire%20API%20submissions.

QUESTION 172
What file type upload is supported as part of the basic WildFire service?
A. ELF
B. BAT
C. PE
D. VBS
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/wildfire/9-1/wildfire-admin/wildfire-overview/wildfire-subscription.html#:~:text=With%20the%20basic%20WildFire%20service,available%20every%2024%2D48%20hours.
QUESTION 173
An administrator accidentally closed the commit window/screen before the commit was finished.
Which two options could the administrator use to verify the progress or success of that commit task? (Choose two.)
A. Task Manager
B. System Logs
C. Traffic Logs
D. Configuration Logs
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 174
Before an administrator of a VM-500 can enable DoS and zone protection, what actions need to be taken?
A. Create a zone protection profile with flood protection configured to defend an entire egress zone against SYN, ICMP, ICMPv6, UDP, and other IP flood attacks.
B. Add a WildFire subscription to activate DoS and zone protection features.
C. Replace the hardware firewall, because DoS and zone protection are not available with VM-Series systems.
D. Measure and monitor the CPU consumption of the firewall data plane to ensure that each firewall is properly sized to support DoS and zone protection.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/zone-protection-and-dos-protection.html
QUESTION 175
DRAG DROP
Please match the terms to their corresponding definitions.
Select and Place:

Correct Answer:

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 176
An organization has recently migrated its infrastructure and configuration to NGFWs, for which Panorama manages the devices. The organization is coming from a L2-L4 firewall vendor, but wants to use App-ID while identifying policies that are no longer
needed.
Which Panorama tool can help this organization?
A. Test Policy Match

B. Application Groups
C. Policy Optimizer
D. Config Audit
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-web-interface-help/device/device-config-audit.html
QUESTION 177
An organization is building a Bootstrap Package to deploy Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewalls into their AWS tenant. Which two statements are correct regarding the bootstrap package contents? (Choose two.)
A. The bootstrap package is stored on an AFS share or a discrete container file bucket.
B. The bootstrap.xml file allows for automated deployment of VM-Series firewalls with full network and policy configurations.
C. The /config, /content and /software folders are mandatory while the /license and /plugin folders are optional.
D. The init-cfg.txt and bootstrap.xml files are both optional configuration items for the /config folder.
E. The directory structure must include a /config, /content, /software and /license folders.
Correct Answer: BD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 178
Which Panorama objects restrict administrative access to specific device-groups?
A. admin roles
B. authentication profiles
C. templates
D. access domains
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/9-1/panorama-admin/panorama-overview/role-based-access-control/access-domains
QUESTION 179
An engineer is planning an SSL decryption implementation.
Which of the following statements is a best practice for SSL decryption?
A. Obtain an enterprise CA-signed certificate for the Forward Trust certificate.

B. Use an enterprise CA-signed certificate for the Forward Untrust certificate.
C. Use the same Forward Trust certificate on all firewalls in the network.
D. Obtain a certificate from a publicly trusted root CA for the Forward Trust certificate.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/configure-ssl-forward-proxy
QUESTION 180
An administrator receives the following error message:
"IKE phase-2 negotiation failed when processing Proxy ID. Received local id 192. 168.33.33/24 type IPv4 address protocol 0 port 0, received remote id 172.16.33.33/24 type IPv4 address protocol 0 port 0."
How should the administrator identify the root cause of this error message?
A. Verify that the IP addresses can be pinged and that routing issues are not causing the connection failure.
B. Check whether the VPN peer on one end is set up correctly using policy-based VPN.
C. In the IKE Gateway configuration, verify that the IP address for each VPN peer is accurate.
D. In the IPSec Crypto profile configuration, verify that PFS is either enabled on both VPN peers or disabled on both VPN peers.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/vpns/set-up-site-to-site-vpn/interpret-vpn-error-messages.html
QUESTION 181
The following objects and policies are defined in a device group hierarchy.
Dallas-Branch has Dallas-FW as a member of the Dallas-Branch device-group

NYC-DC has NYC-FW as a member of the NYC-DC device-group
What objects and policies will the Dallas-FW receive if "Share Unused Address and Service Objects" is enabled in Panorama?
A. Address Objects
-Shared Address1
-Branch Address1
Policies
-Shared Policy1
-Branch Policy1
B. Address Objects
-Shared Address1
-Shared Address2
-Branch Address1
Policies
-Shared Policy1
-Shared Policy2
-Branch Policy1
C. Address Objects
-Shared Address1
-Shared Address2
-Branch Address1
-DC Address1
Policies
-Shared Policy1
-Shared Policy2
-Branch Policy1
D. Address Objects
-Shared Address1
-Shared Address2
-Branch Address1
Policies
-Shared Policy1
-Branch Policy1
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000PLZUCA4&lang=en_US%E2%80%A9#:~:text=the%20managed%20firewalls.-,If%20%22Share%20Unused%20Address%20and%20Service%20Objects%20with
%20Device%22%20is,rules%20while%20evaluating%20unused%20objects
QUESTION 182
An administrator has purchased WildFire subscriptions for 90 firewalls globally.
What should the administrator consider with regards to the WildFire infrastructure?
A. To comply with data privacy regulations, WildFire signatures and verdicts are not shared globally.
B. Palo Alto Networks owns and maintains one global cloud and four WildFire regional clouds.
C. Each WildFire cloud analyzes samples and generates malware signatures and verdicts independently of the other WildFire clouds.
D. The WildFire Global Cloud only provides bare metal analysis.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/wildfire/9-1/wildfire-admin/wildfire-overview/wildfire-concepts/verdicts.html
QUESTION 183
A firewall is configured with SSL Forward Proxy decryption and has the following four enterprise certificate authorities (CAs):
i. Enterprise-Trusted-CA, which is verified as Forward Trust Certificate (The CA is also installed in the trusted store of the end-user browser and system.)
ii. Enterprise-Untrusted-CA, which is verified as Forward Untrust Certificate
iii. Enterprise-Intermediate-CA
iv. Enterprise-Root-CA, which is verified only as Trusted Root CA
An end-user visits https://www.example-website.com/ with a server certificate Common Name (CN): www.example-website.com. The firewall does the SSL Forward Proxy decryption for the website and the server certificate is not trusted by the firewall.
The end-user's browser will show that the certificate for www. example-website.com was issued by which of the following?
A. Enterprise-Trusted-CA which is a self-signed CA

B. Enterprise-Root-CA which is a self-signed CA
C. Enterprise-Intermediate-CA which was, in turn, issued by Enterprise-Root-CA
D. Enterprise-Untrusted-CA which is a self-signed CA
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 184
What are three reasons for excluding a site from SSL decryption? (Choose three.)
A. the website is not present in English

B. unsupported ciphers
C. certificate pinning
D. unsupported browser version
E. mutual authentication
Correct Answer: BCE

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/decryption-exclusions/exclude-a-server-from-decryption
QUESTION 185
DRAG DROP
Match each SD-WAN configuration element to the description of that element.
Select and Place:
Correct Answer:

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 186
When overriding a template configuration locally on a firewall, what should you consider?
A. Panorama will update the template with the overridden value.
B. The firewall template will show that it is out of sync within Panorama.
C. Only Panorama can revert the override.
D. Panorama will lose visibility into the overridden configuration.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 187
When setting up a security profile, which three items can you use? (Choose three.)
A. Wildfire analysis
B. anti-ransomware
C. antivirus
D. URL filtering
E. decryption profile
Correct Answer: ACD

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://manualzz.com/doc/10741747/pan%E2%80%90os-administrator%E2%80%99s-guide-policy
QUESTION 188
An administrator wants to upgrade a firewall HA pair to PAN-OS 10.1. The firewalls are currently running PAN-OS 8.1.17. Which upgrade path maintains synchronization of the HA session (and prevents network outage)?
A. Upgrade directly to the target major version.

B. Upgrade the HA pair to a base image.
C. Upgrade one major version at a time.
D. Upgrade two major versions at a time.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-upgrade/upgrade-pan-os/upgrade-the-firewall-pan-os/determine-the-upgrade-path.html
QUESTION 189
What are three types of Decryption Policy rules? (Choose three.)
A. SSL Inbound Inspection

B. SSH Proxy
C. SSL Forward Proxy
D. Decryption Broker
E. Decryption Mirror
Correct Answer: ABC

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/decryption/decryption-overview.html#:~:text=The%20firewall%20provides%20three%20types,to%20control%20tunneled%20SSH%20traffic
QUESTION 190
During SSL decryption, which three factors affect resource consumption? (Choose three.)

A. key exchange algorithm
B. transaction size
C. TLS protocol version
D. applications ta non-standard ports
E. certificate issuer
Correct Answer: ABC

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/prepare-to-deploy-decryption/size-the-decryption-firewall-deployment
QUESTION 191
An engineer must configure a new SSL decryption deployment.
Which profile or certificate is required before any traffic that matches an SSL decryption rule is decrypted?
A. A Decryption profile must be attached to the Decryption policy that the traffic matches.
B. There must be a certificate with both the Forward Trust option and Forward Untrust option selected.
C. A Decryption profile must be attached to the Security policy that the traffic matches.
D. There must be a certificate with only the Forward Trust option selected.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/configure-ssl-forward-proxy
QUESTION 192
Which two features require another license on the NGFW? (Choose two.)
A. SSL Inbound Inspection

B. SSL Forward Proxy
C. Decryption Mirror
D. Decryption Broker
Correct Answer: CD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/configure-decryption-port-mirroring.html
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/decryption-licenses.html
QUESTION 193
An administrator has a PA-820 firewall with an active Threat Prevention subscription. The administrator is considering adding a WildFire subscription.
How does adding the WildFire subscription improve the security posture of the organization?
A. WildFire and Threat Prevention combine to minimize the attack surface.

B. After 24 hours, WildFire signatures are included in the antivirus update.
C. Protection against unknown malware can be provided in near real-time.
D. WildFire and Threat Prevention combine to provide the utmost security posture for the firewall.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.paloguard.com/WildFire.asp
QUESTION 194
What are two characteristic types that can be defined for a variable? (Choose two.)
A. zone
B. FQDN
C. IP netmask
D. path group
Correct Answer: BC
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-web-interface-help/panorama-web-interface/panorama-templates/panorama-templates-template-variable.html
QUESTION 195
A remote administrator needs access to the firewall on an untrust interface. Which three options would you configure on an Interface Management profile to secure management access? (Choose three.)
A. Permitted IP Addresses
B. SSH
C. https
D. User-ID
E. HTTP
Correct Answer: BCE

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/networking/configure-interfaces/use-interface-management-profiles-to-restrict-access.html
QUESTION 196
An administrator needs to troubleshoot a User-ID deployment. The administrator believes that there is an issue related to LDAP authentication. The administrator wants to create a packet capture on the management plane.
Which CLI command should the administrator use to obtain the packet capture for validating the configuration?
A. > scp export mgmt-pcap from mgmt.pcap to (username@host:path)

B. > scp export poap-mgmt from poap.mgmt to (username@host:path)
C. > ftp export mgmt-pcap from mgmt.pcap to <FTF host>
D. > scp export pcap from pcap to (username@host:path)
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000CleECAS
QUESTION 197
When you configure an active/active high availability pair, which two links can you use? (Choose two.)
A. НА3
B. Console Backup
C. HSCI-C
D. HA2 backup
Correct Answer: AD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/high-availability/set-up-activeactive-ha/configure-activeactive-ha.html
QUESTION 198
What are two common reasons to use a "No Decrypt" action to exclude traffic from SSL decryption? (Choose two.)
A. the web server requires mutual authentication
B. the website matches a category that is not allowed for most users
C. the website matches a high-risk category
D. the website matches a sensitive category
Correct Answer: BD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/decryption/decryption-exclusions/create-a-policy-based-decryption-exclusion
QUESTION 199
PBF can address which two scenarios? (Choose two.)
A. routing FTP to a backup ISP link to save bandwidth on the primary ISP link
B. providing application connectivity the primary circuit fails
C. enabling the firewall to bypass Layer 7 inspection
D. forwarding all traffic by using source port 78249 to a specific egress interface
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/policy/policy-based-forwarding/use-case-pbf-for-outbound-access-with-dual-isps
QUESTION 200
A firewall should be advertising the static route 10.2.0.0/24 into OSPF. The configuration on the neighbour is correct, but the route is not in the neighbour's routing table.
Which two configurations should you check on the firewall? (Choose two.)
A. Ensure that the OSPF neighbour state is "2-Way"

B. In the OSPF configuration, ensure that the correct redistribution profile is selected in the OSPF Export Rules section.
C. Within the redistribution profile ensure that Redist is selected.
D. In the redistribution profile check that the source type is set to "ospf."
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/networking/route-redistribution.html
QUESTION 201
Which value in the Application column indicates UDP traffic that did not match an App-ID signature?
A. unknown-udp
B. unknown-ip
C. incomplete
D. not-applicable
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000Clc6CAC
QUESTION 202
What are three valid qualifiers for a Decryption Policy Rule match? (Choose three.)
A. App-ID
B. Custom URL Category
C. User-ID
D. Destination Zone
E. Source Interface
Correct Answer: BCD

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/define-traffic-to-decrypt/create-a-decryption-policy-rule
QUESTION 203
An administrator needs to gather information about the CPU utilization on both the management plane and the data plane.
Where does the administrator view the desired data?
A. Resources Widget on the Dashboard

B. Monitor > Utilization
C. Support > Resources
D. Application Command and Control Center
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-web-interface-help/dashboard/dashboard-widgets.html
QUESTION 204
Which CLI command displays the physical media that are connected to ethernet1/8?
A. > show system state filter-pretty sys.s1.p8.stats

B. > show system state filter-pretty sys.s1.p8.med
C. > show interface ethernet1/8
D. > show system state filter-pretty sys.s1.p8.phy
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000Cld3CAC
QUESTION 205
A variable name must start with which symbol?
A. $
B. !
C. #
D. &
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/8-1/panorama-admin/manage-firewalls/manage-templates-and-template-stacks/configure-template-or-template-stack-variables.html
QUESTION 206
Given the following configuration, which route is used for destination 10.10.0.4?
set network virtual-router 2 routing-table ip static-route "Route 1" nexthop ip-address 192.168.1.2
set network virtual-router 2 routing-table ip static-route "Route 1" metric 30
set network virtual-router 2 routing-table ip static-route "Route 1" destination 10.10.0.0/24
set network virtual-router 2 routing-table ip static-route "Route 1" re
route-table unicast
set network virtual-router 2 routing-table ip static-route "Route 2" route-table unicast
A. Route 1
B. Route 3
C. Route 2
D. Route 4
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-web-interface-help/network/network-virtual-routers/more-runtime-stats-for-a-virtual-router/routing-tab.html
QUESTION 207
In SSL Forward Proxy decryption, which two certificates can be used for certificate signing? (Choose two.)
A. self-signed CA certificate
B. server certificate
C. wildcard server certificate
D. client certificate
E. enterprise CA certificate
Correct Answer: AE
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/configure-ssl-forward-proxy#:~:text=You%20can%20use%20an%20enterprise,as%20the%20forward%20trust%20certificate.
QUESTION 208
An administrator plans to deploy 15 firewalls to act as GlobalProtect gateways around the world. Panorama will manage the firewalls.
The firewalls will provide access to mobile users and act as edge locations to on-premises infrastructure. The administrator wants to scale the configuration out quickly and wants all of the firewalls to use the same template configuration.
Which two solutions can the administrator use to scale this configuration? (Choose two.)
A. virtual systems
B. template stacks
C. variables
D. collector groups
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/10-0/panorama-admin/panorama-overview/centralized-firewall-configuration-and-update-management/templates-and-template-stacks
QUESTION 209
Which three statements accurately describe Decryption Mirror? (Choose three.)
A. Decryption, storage, inspection, and use of SSL traffic regulated in certain countries.
B. You should consult with your corporate counsel before activating and using Decryption Mirror in a production environment.
C. Decryption Mirror requires a tap interface on the firewall.
D. Only management consent is required to use the Decryption Mirror future.
E. Use of Decryption Mirror might enable malicious users with administrative access to the firewall to harvest sensitive information that is submitted via an encrypted channel.
Correct Answer: ABE

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/decryption-concepts/decryption-mirroring
QUESTION 210
As a best practice, which URL category should you target first for SSL decryption?
A. Health and Medicine

B. High Risk
C. Online Storage and Backup
D. Financial Services
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/8-1/decryption-best-practices/decryption-best-practices/deploy-ssl-decryption-using-best-practices.html
QUESTION 211
Which User-ID mapping method should be used in a high-security environment where all IP address-to-user mappings should always be explicitly known?
A. LDAP Server Profile configuration

B. GlobalProtect
C. Windows-based User-ID agent
D. PAN-OS integrated User-ID agent
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 212
DRAG DROP
Below are the steps in the workflow for creating a Best Practice Assessment in a firewall and Panorama configuration. Place the steps in order.
Select and Place:

Correct Answer:

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 213
DRAG DROP
Place the steps in the WildFire process workflow in their correct order.
Select and Place:

Correct Answer:

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/wildfire/9-1/wildfire-admin/wildfire-overview/about-wildfire.html
QUESTION 214
In a Panorama template, which three types of objects are configurable? (Choose three.)
A. certificate profiles
B. HIP objects
C. QoS profiles
D. security profiles
E. interface management profiles
Correct Answer: BDE

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 215
An internal system is not functioning. The firewall administrator has determined that the incorrect egress interface is being used. After looking at the configuration, the administrator believes that the firewall is not using a static route.
What are two reasons why the firewall might not use a static route? (Choose two.)
A. duplicate state
B. no install on the route
C. disabling of the static route
D. path monitoring on the static route
Correct Answer: BD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/networking/static-routes/static-route-removal-based-on-path-monitoring.html
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/networking/static-routes/configure-a-static-route.html
QUESTION 216
A customer is replacing its legacy remote-access VPN solution. Prisma Access has been selected as the replacement. During onboarding, the following options and licenses were selected and enabled:
- Prisma Access for Remote Networks: 300Mbps

- Prisma Access for Mobile Users: 1500 Users
- Cortex Data Lake: 2TB
- Trusted Zones: trust
- Untrusted Zones: untrust
- Parent Device Group: shared
The customer wants to forward to a Splunk SIEM the logs that are generated by users that are connected to Prisma Access for Mobile Users. Which two settings must the customer configure? (Choose two.)
A. Configure Panorama Collector group device log forwarding to send logs to the Splunk syslog server.
B. Configure Cortex Data Lake log forwarding and add the Splunk syslog server.
C. Configure a log forwarding profile and select the Panorama/Cortex Data Lake checkbox. Apply the Log Forwarding profile to all of the security policy rules in Mobile_User_Device_Group.
D. Configure a Log Forwarding profile, select the syslog checkbox, and add the Splunk syslog server. Apply the Log Forwarding profile to all of the security policy rules in the Mobile_User_Device_Group.
Correct Answer: BC
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/cortex-data-lake/cortex-data-lake-getting-started/get-started-with-log-forwarding-app/forward-logs-from-logging-service-to-syslog-server.html
QUESTION 217
A network administrator wants to use a certificate for the SSL/TLS Service Profile. Which type of certificate should the administrator use?
A. machine certificate
C. certificate authority (CA) certificate
D. client certificate
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/certificate-management/configure-an-ssltls-service-profile
QUESTION 218
In a security-first network, what is the recommended threshold value for content updates to be dynamically updated?
A. 1 to 4 hours
B. 6 to 12 hours
C. 24 hours
D. 36 hours
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/best-practices-for-content-and-threat-content-updates/best-practices-security-first.html#:~:text=In%20a%20security%2Dfirst%20network%2C%20schedule%20a,six
%20to%20twelve%20hour%20threshold.&text=App%2DID%20Threshold-,.,based%20on%20new%20App%2DIDs
QUESTION 219
A network security engineer has applied a File Blocking profile to a rule with the action of Block. The user of a Linux CLI operating system has opened a ticket. The ticket states that the user is being blocked by the firewall when trying to download a TAR
file. The user is getting no error response on the system.
Where is the best place to validate if the firewall is blocking the user's TAR file?
A. Threat log
B. Data Filtering log
C. WildFire Submissions log
D. URL Filtering log
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClZ1CAK
QUESTION 220
In a firewall, which three decryption methods are valid? (Choose three.)
A. SSL Outbound Proxyless Inspection

C. SSH Proxy
D. SSL Inbound Proxy
E. Decryption Mirror
Correct Answer: BCE

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/decryption-overview.html
QUESTION 221
DRAG DROP
Match each type of DoS attack to an example of that type of attack.
Select and Place:

Correct Answer:

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.hackingarticles.in/dos-penetration-testing-part-1/#:~:text=Protocol%2DBased%20Attack%3A%20This%20kind,unresponsive%20to%20other%20legitimate%20requests
QUESTION 222
Using multiple templates in a stack to manage many firewalls provides which two advantages? (Choose two.)
A. inherit address-objects from templates

B. define a common standard template configuration for firewalls
C. standardize server profiles and authentication configuration across all stacks
D. standardize log-forwarding profiles for security polices across all stacks
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 223
The SSL Forward Proxy decryption policy is configured. The following four certificate authority (CA) certificates are installed on the firewall.

An end-user visits the untrusted website https://www.firewall-do-not-trust-website.com.
Which certificate authority (CA) certificate will be used to sign the untrusted webserver certificate?
A. Forward-Untrust-Certificate
B. Forward-Trust-Certificate
C. Firewall-CA
D. Firewall-Trusted-Root-CA
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 224
A company needs to preconfigure firewalls to be sent to remote sites with the least amount of preconfiguration. Once deployed, each firewall must establish secure tunnels back to multiple regional data centers to include the future regional data centers.
Which VPN preconfigured configuration would adapt to changes when deployed to the future site?
A. GlobalProtect client
B. PPTP tunnels
C. IPsec tunnels using IKEv2
D. GlobalProtect satellite
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/kCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClEQ
QUESTION 225
When an in-band data port is set up to provide access to required services, what is required for an interface that is assigned to service routes?
A. You must set the interface to Layer 2, Layer 3, or virtual wire.

B. The interface must be used for traffic to the required services.
C. You must use a static IP address.
D. You must enable DoS and zone protection.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 226
What does SSL decryption require to establish a firewall as a trusted third party and to establish trust between a client and server to secure SSL/TLS connection?
A. link state
B. profiles
C. stateful firewall connection
D. certificates
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/decryption-overview.html
QUESTION 227
When you configure a Layer 3 interface, what is one mandatory step?
A. Configure virtual routers to route the traffic for each Layer 3 interface.
B. Configure Interface Management profiles, which need to be attached to each Layer 3 interface.
C. Configure Security profiles, which need to be attached to each Layer 3 interface.
D. Configure service routes to route the traffic for each Layer 3 interface.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/networking/configure-interfaces/layer-3-interfaces.html
QUESTION 228
Which statement accurately describes service routes and virtual systems?
A. Virtual systems can only use one interface for all global service and service routes of the firewall.
B. Virtual systems that do not have specific service routes configured inherit the global service and service route settings for the firewall.
C. Virtual systems cannot have dedicated service routes configured; and virtual systems always use the global service and service route settings for the firewall.
D. The interface must be used for traffic to the required external services.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/virtual-systems/customize-service-routes-for-a-virtual-system
QUESTION 229
An administrator is considering upgrading the Palo Alto Networks NGFW and central management Panorama version.

What is considered best practice for this scenario?
A. Perform the Panorama and firewall upgrades simultaneously.

B. Upgrade the firewall first, wait at least 24 hours, and then upgrade the Panorama version.
C. Upgrade Panorama to a version at or above the target firewall version.
D. Export the device state, perform the update, and then import the device state.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClRrCAK
QUESTION 230
An administrator has 750 firewalls. The administrator's central-management Panorama instance deploys dynamic updates to the firewalls. The administrator notices that the dynamic updates from Panorama do not appear on some of the firewalls.
If Panorama pushes the configuration of a dynamic update schedule to managed firewalls, but the configuration does not appear, what is the root cause?
A. Panorama does not have valid licenses to push the dynamic updates.
B. Panorama has no connection to Palo Alto Networks update servers.
C. Locally-defined dynamic update settings take precedence over the settings that Panorama pushed.
D. No service route is configured on the firewalls to Palo Alto Networks update servers.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClKQCA0
QUESTION 231
An enterprise Information Security team has deployed policies based on AD groups to restrict user access to critical infrastructure systems. However, a recent phishing campaign against the organization has prompted information Security to look for more
controls that can secure access to critical assets. For users that need to access these systems, Information Security wants to use PAN-OS multi-factor authentication (MFA) integration to enforce MFA.
What should the enterprise do to use PAN-OS MFA?
A. Use a Credential Phishing agent to detect, prevent, and mitigate credential phishing campaigns.
B. Create an authentication profile and assign another authentication factor to be used by a Captive Portal authentication policy.
C. Configure a Captive Portal authentication policy that uses an authentication sequence.
D. Configure a Captive Portal authentication policy that uses an authentication profile that references a RADIUS profile.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/authentication/configure-multi-factor-authentication.html#id1eeb304d-b2f4-46a3-a3b8-3d84c69fb214_idc4b47dbd-9777-4ec8-be70-c16ca0ea1756
QUESTION 232
An administrator wants to enable zone protection.
Before doing so, what must the administrator consider?
A. Activate a zone protection subscription.

B. Security policy rules do not prevent lateral movement of traffic between zones.
C. The zone protection profile will apply to all interfaces within that zone.
D. To increase bandwidth, no more than one firewall interface should be connected to a zone.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/apply-zone-protection-to-which-zone/td-p/36113
QUESTION 233
When you import the configuration of an HA pair into Panorama, how do you prevent the import from affecting ongoing traffic?
A. Disable HA.
B. Disable the HA2 link.
C. Set the passive link state to "shutdown."
D. Disable config sync.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/9-1/panorama-admin/manage-firewalls/transition-a-firewall-to-panorama-management/migrate-a-firewall-ha-pair-to-panorama-management.html
QUESTION 234
Before you upgrade a Palo Alto Networks NGFW, what must you do?
A. Make sure that the PAN-OS support contract is valid for at least another year.
B. Export a device state of the firewall.
C. Make sure that the firewall is running a supported version of the app + threat update.
D. Make sure that the firewall is running a version of antivirus software and a version of WildFire that support the licensed subscriptions.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClRrCAK
QUESTION 235
The UDP-4501 protocol-port is used between which two GlobalProtect components?
A. GlobalProtect app and GlobalProtect satellite

B. GlobalProtect app and GlobalProtect portal
C. GlobalProtect app and GlobalProtect gateway
D. GlobalProtect portal and GlobalProtect gateway
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/firewall-administration/reference-port-number-usage/ports-used-for-globalprotect.html
QUESTION 236
An enterprise has a large Palo Alto Networks footprint that includes onsite firewalls and Prisma Access for mobile users, which is managed by Panorama. The enterprise already uses GlobalProtect with SAML authentication to obtain IP-to-user mapping
information.
However, Information Security wants to use this information in Prisma Access for policy enforcement based on group mapping. Information Security uses on-premises Active Directory (AD) but is uncertain about what is needed for Prisma Access to learn
groups from AD.
How can policies based on group mapping be learned and enforced in Prisma Access?
A. Configure Prisma Access to learn group mapping via SAML assertion.

B. Set up group mapping redistribution between an onsite Palo Alto Networks firewall and Prisma Access.
C. Assign a master device in Panorama through which Prisma Access learns groups.
D. Create a group mapping configuration that references an LDAP profile that points to on-premises domain controllers.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/prisma-access/prisma-access-panorama-admin/configure-user-based-policies-with-prisma-access/retrieve-user-id-information.html#id823f5b30-2c1d-4c87-9ae6-a06573455af7
QUESTION 237
What happens to traffic traversing SD-WAN fabric that doesn't match any SD-WAN policies?
A. Traffic is dropped because there is no matching SD-WAN policy to direct traffic.

B. Traffic matches a catch-all policy that is created through the SD-WAN plugin.
C. Traffic matches implied policy rules and is redistributed round robin across SD-WAN links.
D. Traffic is forwarded to the first physical interface participating in SD-WAN based on lowest interface number (i.e., Eth1/1 over Eth1/3).
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/sd-wan/1-0/sd-wan-admin/configure-sd-wan/distribute-unmatched-sessions.html
QUESTION 238
A remote administrator needs firewall access on an untrusted interface. Which two components are required on the firewall to configure certificate-based administrator authentication to the web Ul? (Choose two.)
A. certificate authority (CA) certificate

C. client certificate
D. certificate profile
Correct Answer: CD
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/firewall-administration/manage-firewall-administrators/configure-administrative-accounts-and-authentication/configure-certificate-based-administrator-authentication-to-the-web-
interface.html
QUESTION 239
An administrator with 84 firewalls and Panorama does not see any WildFire logs in Panorama.
All 84 firewalls have an active WildFire subscription. On each firewall, WildFire logs are available.
This issue is occurring because forwarding of which type of logs from the firewalls to Panorama is missing?
A. WildFire logs
B. System logs
C. Threat logs
D. Traffic logs
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/8-1/panorama-admin/manage-log-collection/configure-log-forwarding-to-panorama.html
QUESTION 240
A company wants to use their Active Directory groups to simplify their Security policy creation from Panorama.
Which configuration is necessary to retrieve groups from Panorama?
A. Configure an LDAP Server profile and enable the User-ID service on the management interface.
B. Configure a group mapping profile to retrieve the groups in the target template.
C. Configure a Data Redistribution Agent to receive IP User Mappings from User-ID agents.
D. Configure a master device within the device groups.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000PMtpCAG
QUESTION 241
How can packet buffer protection be configured?
A. at zone level to protect firewall resources and ingress zones, but not at the device level
B. at the interface level to protect firewall resources
C. at the device level (globally) to protect firewall resources and ingress zones, but not at the zone level
D. at the device level (globally) and, if enabled globally, at the zone level
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/zone-protection-and-dos-protection/configure-zone-protection-to-increase-network-security/configure-packet-buffer-protection
QUESTION 242
An existing NGFW customer requires direct internet access offload locally at each site, and IPSec connectivity to all branches over public internet. One requirement is that no new SD-WAN hardware be introduced to the environment.
What is the best solution for the customer?
A. Configure a remote network on PAN-OS

B. Upgrade to a PAN-OS SD-WAN subscription
C. Configure policy-based forwarding
D. Deploy Prisma SD-WAN with Prisma Access
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/sd-wan/1-0/sd-wan-admin/sd-wan-overview/about-sd-wan.html
QUESTION 243
A firewall administrator requires an A/P HA pair to fail over more quickly due to critical business application uptime requirements.
What is the correct setting?
A. Change the HA timer profile to "user-defined" and manually set the timers.
B. Change the HA timer profile to "fast".
C. Change the HA timer profile to "aggressive" or customize the settings in advanced profile.
D. Change the HA timer profile to "quick" and customize in advanced profile.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/high-availability/set-up-activepassive-ha/configure-activepassive-ha.html
QUESTION 244
What is the function of a service route?
A. The service packets exit the firewall on the port assigned for the external service. The server sends its response to the configured source interface and source IP address.
B. The service packets enter the firewall on the port assigned from the external service. The server sends its response to the configured destination interface and destination IP address.
C. The service route is the method required to use the firewall's management plane to provide services to applications.
D. Service routes provide access to external services, such as DNS servers, external authentication servers or Palo Alto Networks services like the Customer Support Portal.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/networking/service-routes.html
QUESTION 245
DRAG DROP
Place the steps to onboard a ZTP firewall into Panorama/CSP/ZTP-Service in the correct order.
Select and Place:
Correct Answer:

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/9-1/panorama-admin/manage-firewalls/set-up-zero-touch-provisioning/ztp-overview/ztp-configuration-elements.html
QUESTION 246
Which of the following commands would you use to check the total number of the sessions that are currently going through SSL Decryption processing?
A. show session all filter ssl-decryption yes total-count yes

B. show session all ssl-decrypt yes count yes
C. show session all filter ssl-decrypt yes count yes
D. show session filter ssl-decryption yes total-count yes
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClF2CAK
QUESTION 247
Refer to the image. An administrator is tasked with correcting an NTP service configuration for firewalls that cannot use the Global template NTP servers. The administrator needs to change the IP address to a preferable server for this template stack but
cannot impact other template stacks.
How can the issue be corrected?
A. Override the value on the NYCFW template.

B. Override a template value using a template stack variable.
C Override the value on the Global template.
C. Enable "objects defined in ancestors will take higher precedence" under Panorama settings.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 248
While troubleshooting an SSL Forward Proxy decryption issue, which PAN-OS CLI command would you use to check the details of the end entity certificate that is signed by the Forward Trust Certificate or Forward Untrust Certificate?
A. show system setting ssl-decrypt certs

B. show system setting ssl-decrypt certificate
C. debug dataplane show ssl-decrypt ssl-stats
D. show system setting ssl-decrypt certificate-cache
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClF2CAK
QUESTION 249
Which action disables Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) functionality on a ZTP firewall during the onboarding process?
A. removing the Panorama serial number from the ZTP service

B. performing a factory reset of the firewall
C. performing a local firewall commit
D. removing the firewall as a managed device in Panorama
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA14u0000001UiOCAU&lang=en_US%E2%80%A9&refURL=https%3A%2F%2Ffanyv88.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fknowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com%2FKCSArticleDetail
QUESTION 250
In URL filtering, which component matches URL patterns?
A. live URL feeds on the management plane

B. security processing on the data plane
C. single-pass pattern matching on the data plane
D. signature matching on the data plane
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://www.firewall.cx/networking-topics/firewalls/palo-alto-firewalls/1152-palo-alto-firewall-single-pass-parallel-processing-hardware-architecture.html
QUESTION 251
In a template, you can configure which two objects? (Choose two.)
A. Monitor profile
B. application group
C. SD-WAN path quality profile
D. IPsec tunnel
Correct Answer: BC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 252
An organization's administrator has the funds available to purchase more firewalls to increase the organization's security posture.
The partner SE recommends placing the firewalls as close as possible to the resources that they protect.
Is the SE's advice correct, and why or why not?
A. No. Firewalls provide new defense and resilience to prevent attackers at every stage of the cyberattack lifecycle, independent of placement.
B. Yes. Firewalls are session-based, so they do not scale to millions of CPS.
C. No. Placing firewalls in front of perimeter DDoS devices provides greater protection for sensitive devices inside the network.
D. Yes. Zone Protection profiles can be tailored to the resources that they protect via the configuration of specific device types and operating systems.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/zone-protection-and-dos-protection.html
QUESTION 253
DRAG DROP
Match each GlobalProtect component to the purpose of that component.
Select and Place:
Correct Answer:

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/globalprotect/8-1/globalprotect-admin/globalprotect-overview/about-the-globalprotect-components.html
QUESTION 254
An administrator needs to validate that policies that will be deployed will match the appropriate rules in the device-group hierarchy.
Which tool can the administrator use to review the policy creation logic and verify that unwanted traffic is not allowed?
A. Preview Changes
B. Policy Optimizer
C. Managed Devices Health
D. Test Policy Match
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/policy/test-policy-rule-traffic-matches.html
QUESTION 255
What is a key step in implementing WildFire best practices?
A. Configure the firewall to retrieve content updates every minute.
B. Ensure that a Threat Prevention subscription is active.
C. In a mission-critical network, increase the WildFire size limits to the maximum value.
D. n a security-first network, set the WildFire size limits to the minimum value.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/wildfire/9-1/wildfire-admin/wildfire-deployment-best-practices/wildfire-best-practices
QUESTION 256
What happens when an A/P firewall cluster synchronizes IPsec tunnel security associations (SAs)?
A. Phase 2 SAs are synchronized over HA2 links.

B. Phase 1 and Phase 2 SAs are synchronized over HA2 links.
C. Phase 1 SAs are synchronized over HA1 links.
D. Phase 1 and Phase 2 SAs are synchronized over HA3 links.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA14u000000HAuZCAW&lang=en_US%E2%80%A9&refURL=https%3A%2F%2Ffanyv88.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fknowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com%2FKCSArticleDetail
QUESTION 257
A security engineer needs to mitigate packet floods that occur on a set of servers behind the internet facing interface of the firewall.
Which Security Profile should be applied to a policy to prevent these packet floods?
A. Vulnerability Protection profile

B. DoS Protection profile
C. Data Filtering profile
D. URL Filtering profile
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/policy/security-profiles
QUESTION 258
What are three reasons why an installed session can be identified with the "application incomplete" tag? (Choose three.)
A. There was no application data after the TCP connection was established.
B. The client sent a TCP segment with the PUSH flag set.
C. The TCP connection was terminated without identifying any application data.
D. There is not enough application data after the TCP connection was established.
E. The TCP connection did not fully establish.
Correct Answer: ADE

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClibCAC
QUESTION 259
Which three statements correctly describe Session 380280? (Choose three.)

A. The application was initially identified as "ssl."
B. The session has ended with the end-reason "unknown."
C. The session cid not go through SSL decryption processing.
D. The application shifted to "web-browsing."
E. The session went through SSL decryption processing.
Correct Answer: BDE

Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 260
An administrator's device-group commit push is failing due to a new URL category.
How should the administrator correct this issue?
A. update the Firewall Apps and Threat version to match the version of Panorama
B. change the new category action to "alert" and push the configuration again
C. ensure that the firewall can communicate with the URL cloud
D. verity that the URL seed tile has been downloaded and activated on the firewall
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 261
A security engineer needs firewall management access on a trusted interface. Which three settings are required on an SSL/TLS Service Profile to provide secure Web Ul authentication? (Choose three.)
A. Authentication Algorithm
B. Encryption Algorithm
C. Certificate
D. Maximum TLS version
E. Minimum TLS version
Correct Answer: CDE

Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/certificate-management/configure-an-ssltls-service-profile
QUESTION 262
Which type of interface does a firewall use to forward decrypted traffic to a security chain for inspection?
A. Layer 3
B. Layer 2
C. Tap
D. Decryption Mirror
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/decryption/decryption-broker/decryption-broker-concepts/decryption-broker-forwarding-interfaces.html#:~:text=A%20firewall%20enabled%20as%20a,a%20security%20chain%20for
%20inspection

QUESTION 263
An administrator cannot see any Traffic logs from the Palo Alto Networks NGFW in Panorama reports. The configuration problem seems to be on the firewall. Which settings, if configured incorrectly, most likely would stop only Traffic logs from being sent
from the NGFW to Panorama?
A.

B.

C.

D.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation


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A. Preconfigured GlobalProtect satellite

Which priority is correct for the passive firewall?

Which NGFW receives the configuration from Panorama?

A. The passive firewall, which then synchronizes to the active firewall

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A. To enable Gateway authentication to the Portal

A. The settings assigned to the template that is on top of the stack.

A. Configure the option for “Threshold”.

A. Security policy rule allowing SSL to the target server

A. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)

Which action will this cause configuration on the matched traffic?

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A. Reuse of the existing Security policy rules and objects

Which interface type would support this business requirement?

How would an administrator configure the interface to 1Gbps?

A. set deviceconfig interface speed-duplex 1Gbps-full-duplex

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A. application: web-browsing; service: application-default

A. ethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6 going down

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What does “incomplete” mean?

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A. Untrust (Any) to Untrust (10.1.1.1), web-browsing – Allow

Which configuration change should the administrator make?

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Correct Answer: ABC

A. Application Override policy.

Which profile is the cause of the missing Policies tab?

Which three functions are performed by the dataplane? (Choose three.)

Correct Answer: BDE

A. Use the import option to pull logs into Panorama.

How quickly will the firewall receive back a verdict?

A. More than 15 minutes

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Which application should be used to identify traffic traversing the NGFW?

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Correct Answer: CDE

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A. Threat-ID processing time is decreased.

A. Deny application facebook-chat before allowing application facebook

Which option will protect the individual servers?

A. Enable packet buffer protection on the Zone Protection Profile.

A. Mapping to the IP address of the logged-in user.

A. Security policy rule

A. Packet forwarding process

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A. Certificate from Default Trust Certificate Authorities

A. Configure a Decryption Profile and select SSL/TLS services.

A. SYN Flood Protection using SYN Flood Cookies

A. scp export tcpdump from mgmt.pcap to < username@host:path>

A. A scheduler will need to be configured for application signatures.

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A. debug system details