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Exam : PCNSA

Title : Palo Alto Networks Certified

Network Security
Administrator

Vendor : Palo Alto Networks

Version : V15.35

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NO.1 Which option lists the attributes that are selectable when setting up an Application filters?
A. Category, Subcategory, Technology, and Characteristic
B. Category, Subcategory, Technology, Risk, and Characteristic
C. Name, Category, Technology, Risk, and Characteristic
D. Category, Subcategory, Risk, Standard Ports, and Technology
Answer: B

NO.2 Which administrator type utilizes predefined roles for a local administrator account?
A. Superuser
B. Role-based
C. Dynamic
D. Device administrator
Answer: C

NO.3 Which three configuration settings are required on a Palo Alto networks firewall management
interface?
A. default gateway
B. netmask
C. IP address
D. hostname
E. auto-negotiation
Answer: A,B,C

NO.4 Which User-ID mapping method should be used for an environment with clients that do not
authenticate to Windows Active Directory?
A. Windows session monitoring via a domain controller
B. passive server monitoring using the Windows-based agent
C. Captive Portal
D. passive server monitoring using a PAN-OS integrated User-ID agent
Answer: C
Explanation:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/user-id/map-ip-addresses-to-
users/map-ip-addresses-to-usernames-using-captive-portal.html

NO.5 Which administrator type provides more granular options to determine what the administrator
can view and modify when creating an administrator account?
A. Root
B. Dynamic
C. Role-based
D. Superuser
Answer: C

NO.6 What is an advantage for using application tags?

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A. They are helpful during the creation of new zones

B. They help with the design of IP address allocations in DHCP.
C. They help content updates automate policy updates
D. They help with the creation of interfaces
Answer: C

NO.7 Which two configuration settings shown are not the default? (Choose two.)

A. Enable Security Log

B. Server Log Monitor Frequency (sec)
C. Enable Session
D. Enable Probing
Answer: B,C

NO.8 Which two features can be used to tag a user name so that it is included in a dynamic user
group? (Choose two)
A. XML API

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B. log forwarding auto-tagging

C. GlobalProtect agent
D. User-ID Windows-based agent
Answer: A,D
Explanation:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/url-filtering/url-filtering-concepts/url-
filtering-profile-actions

NO.9 Your company requires positive username attribution of every IP address used by wireless
devices to support a new compliance requirement. You must collect IP -to-user mappings as soon as
possible with minimal downtime and minimal configuration changes to the wireless devices
themselves. The wireless devices are from various manufactures.
Given the scenario, choose the option for sending IP-to-user mappings to the NGFW.
A. syslog
B. RADIUS
C. UID redistribution
D. XFF headers
Answer: A

NO.10 Based on the show security policy rule would match all FTP traffic from the inside zone to the
outside zone?

A. internal-inside-dmz
B. engress outside
C. inside-portal
D. intercone-default
Answer: D

NO.11 What in the minimum frequency for which you can configure the firewall too check for new
wildfire antivirus signatures?
A. every 5 minutes
B. every 1 minute
C. every 24 hours
D. every 30 minutes

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Answer: B
Explanation:

NO.12 An administrator notices that protection is needed for traffic within the network due to
malicious lateral movement activity. Based on the image shown, which traffic would the
administrator need to monitor and block to mitigate the malicious activity?

A. branch office traffic

B. north-south traffic
C. perimeter traffic
D. east-west traffic
Answer: D

NO.13 Actions can be set for which two items in a URL filtering security profile? (Choose two.)
A. Block List
B. Custom URL Categories
C. PAN-DB URL Categories
D. Allow List
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/url-filtering/url-filtering-concepts/url-
filtering-profile-actions
Answer: A,D

NO.14 Given the image, which two options are true about the Security policy rules. (Choose two.)

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A. The Allow Office Programs rule is using an Application Filter

B. In the Allow FTP to web server rule, FTP is allowed using App-ID
C. The Allow Office Programs rule is using an Application Group
D. In the Allow Social Networking rule, allows all of Facebook's functions
Answer: A,D
Explanation:
In the Allow FTP to web server rule, FTP is allowed using port based rule and not APP-ID.

NO.15 Which path is used to save and load a configuration with a Palo Alto Networks firewall?
A. Device>Setup>Services
B. Device>Setup>Management
C. Device>Setup>Operations
D. Device>Setup>Interfaces
Answer: C

NO.16 Identify the correct order to configure the PAN-OS integrated USER-ID agent.
3. add the service account to monitor the server(s)
2. define the address of the servers to be monitored on the firewall
4. commit the configuration, and verify agent connection status
1. create a service account on the Domain Controller with sufficient permissions to execute the User-
ID agent
A. 2-3-4-1
B. 1-4-3-2
C. 3-1-2-4
D. 1-3-2-4
Answer: D

NO.17 Which Palo Alto networks security operating platform service protects cloud-based
application such as Dropbox and salesforce by monitoring permissions and shared and scanning files
for Sensitive information?
A. Prisma SaaS
B. AutoFocus
C. Panorama
D. GlobalProtect
Answer: A

NO.18 An administrator needs to allow users to use their own office applications. How should the

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administrator configure the firewall to allow multiple applications in a dynamic environment?

A. Create an Application Filter and name it Office Programs, the filter it on the business-systems
category, office-programs subcategory
B. Create an Application Group and add business-systems to it
C. Create an Application Filter and name it Office Programs, then filter it on the business-systems
category
D. Create an Application Group and add Office 365, Evernote, Google Docs, and Libre Office
Answer: A
Explanation:
An application filter is an object that dynamically groups applications based on application attributes
that you define, including category, subcategory, technology, risk factor, and characteristic. This is
useful when you want to safely enable access to applications that you do not explicitly sanction, but
that you want users to be able to access. For example, you may want to enable employees to choose
their own office programs (such as Evernote, Google Docs, or Microsoft Office 365) for business use.
To safely enable these types of applications, you could create an application filter that matches on
the Category business-systems and the Subcategory office-programs. As new applications office
programs emerge and new App-IDs get created, these new applications will automatically match the
filter you defined; you will not have to make any additional changes to your policy rulebase to safely
enable any application that matches the attributes you defined for the filter.
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/app-id/use-application-objects-in -
policy/create-an-application-filter.html

NO.19 What do dynamic user groups you to do?

A. create a QoS policy that provides auto-remediation for anomalous user behavior and malicious
activity
B. create a policy that provides auto-sizing for anomalous user behavior and malicious activity
C. create a policy that provides auto-remediation for anomalous user behavior and malicious activity
D. create a dynamic list of firewall administrators
Answer: C
Explanation:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-new-features/user-id-features/dynamic-user-
groups#:~:text=Dynamic%20user%20groups%20help%20you,activity%20while%20maintaining%20us
er%20visibility.

NO.20 A security administrator has configured App-ID updates to be automatically downloaded and
installed. The company is currently using an application identified by App-ID as SuperApp_base.
On a content update notice, Palo Alto Networks is adding new app signatures labeled SuperApp_chat
and SuperApp_download, which will be deployed in 30 days.
Based on the information, how is the SuperApp traffic affected after the 30 days have passed?
A. All traffic matching the SuperApp_chat, and SuperApp_download is denied because it no longer
matches the SuperApp-base application
B. No impact because the apps were automatically downloaded and installed
C. No impact because the firewall automatically adds the rules to the App-ID interface
D. All traffic matching the SuperApp_base, SuperApp_chat, and SuperApp_download is denied until

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the security administrator approves the applications

Answer: A
Explanation:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/app-id/manage-new-app-ids-
introduced-in-content-releases/review-new-app-id-impact-on-existing-policy-rules

NO.21 Order the steps needed to create a new security zone with a Palo Alto Networks firewall.

Step 1 - Select network tab

Step 2 - Select zones from the list of available items
Step 3 - Select Add
Step 4 - Specify Zone Name
Step 5 - Specify Zone Type
Step 6 - Assign interfaces as needed
Answer:

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NO.22 Which data-plane processor layer of the graphic shown provides uniform matching for
spyware and vulnerability exploits on a Palo Alto Networks Firewall?

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A. Signature Matching
B. Network Processing
C. Security Processing
D. Security Matching
Answer: A

NO.23 Given the topology, which zone type should interface E1/1 be configured with?
A. Tap
B. Tunnel
C. Virtual Wire
D. Layer3
Answer: A

NO.24 Based on the screenshot presented which column contains the link that when clicked opens a
window to display all applications matched to the policy rule?

A. Apps Allowed
B. Name

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C. Apps Seen
D. Service
Answer: C

NO.25 Which interface does not require a MAC or IP address?

A. Virtual Wire
B. Layer3
C. Layer2
D. Loopback
Answer: A

NO.26 How do you reset the hit count on a security policy rule?
A. First disable and then re-enable the rule.
B. Reboot the data-plane.
C. Select a Security policy rule, and then select Hit Count > Reset.
D. Type the CLI command reset hitcount <POLICY-NAME>.
Answer: C

NO.27 Given the topology, which zone type should zone A and zone B to be configured with?

A. Layer3
B. Tap
C. Layer2
D. Virtual Wire
Answer: A

NO.28 Which prevention technique will prevent attacks based on packet count?
A. zone protection profile
B. URL filtering profile
C. antivirus profile
D. vulnerability profile
Answer: A

NO.29 Based on the security policy rules shown, ssh will be allowed on which port?

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A. 80
B. 53
C. 22
D. 23
Answer: C

NO.30 An administrator receives a global notification for a new malware that infects hosts. The
infection will result in the infected host attempting to contact a command-and-control (C2) server.
Which two security profile components will detect and prevent this threat after the firewall's
signature database has been updated? (Choose two.)
A. vulnerability protection profile applied to outbound security policies
B. anti-spyware profile applied to outbound security policies
C. antivirus profile applied to outbound security policies
D. URL filtering profile applied to outbound security policies
Answer: B,D
Explanation:
References:

NO.31 In the example security policy shown, which two websites fcked? (Choose two.)

A. LinkedIn
B. Facebook
C. YouTube
D. Amazon
Answer: A,B

NO.32 Which two statements are correct about App-ID content updates? (Choose two.)
A. Updated application content may change how security policy rules are enforced
B. After an application content update, new applications must be manually classified prior to use
C. Existing security policy rules are not affected by application content updates

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D. After an application content update, new applications are automatically identified and classified
Answer: A,D

NO.33 The CFO found a USB drive in the parking lot and decide to plug it into their corporate laptop.
The USB drive had malware on it that loaded onto their computer and then contacted a known
command and control (CnC) server, which ordered the infected machine to begin Exfiltrating data
from the laptop.
Which security profile feature could have been used to prevent the communication with the CnC
server?
A. Create an anti-spyware profile and enable DNS Sinkhole
B. Create an antivirus profile and enable DNS Sinkhole
C. Create a URL filtering profile and block the DNS Sinkhole category
D. Create a security policy and enable DNS Sinkhole
Answer: A
Explanation:
References:

NO.34 The CFO found a malware infected USB drive in the parking lot, which when inserted infected
their corporate laptop the malware contacted a known command-and-control server which
exfiltrating corporate data.
Which Security profile feature could have been used to prevent the communications with the
command-and-control server?
A. Create a Data Filtering Profile and enable its DNS sinkhole feature.
B. Create an Antivirus Profile and enable its DNS sinkhole feature.
C. Create an Anti-Spyware Profile and enable its DNS sinkhole feature.
D. Create a URL Filtering Profile and block the DNS sinkhole URL category.
Answer: C

NO.35 At which point in the app-ID update process can you determine if an existing policy rule is
affected by an app-ID update?
A. after clicking Check New in the Dynamic Update window
B. after connecting the firewall configuration
C. after downloading the update
D. after installing the update
Answer: B

NO.36 Which update option is not available to administrators?

A. New Spyware Notifications
B. New URLs
C. New Application Signatures
D. New Malicious Domains
E. New Antivirus Signatures
Answer: B

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NO.37 Starting with PAN_OS version 9.1 which new type of object is supported for use within the
user field of a security policy rule?
A. local username
B. dynamic user group
C. remote username
D. static user group
Answer: B

NO.38 Arrange the correct order that the URL classifications are processed within the system.

Answer:

Explanation:

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First - Block List

Second - Allow List
Third - Custom URL Categories
Fourth - External Dynamic Lists
Fifth - Downloaded PAN-DB Files
Sixth - PAN-DB Cloud

NO.39 A server-admin in the USERS-zone requires SSH-access to all possible servers in all current
and future Public Cloud environments. All other required connections have already been enabled
between the USERS- and the OUTSIDE-zone. What configuration-changes should the Firewall-admin
make?
A. In addition to option a, a custom-service-object called SERVICE-SSH-RETURN that contains source-
port-TCP-22 should be created. A second security-rule is required that allows traffic from zone
OUTSIDE to USERS for SERVICE-SSH-RETURN for any source-IP-address to any destination-Ip-address
B. Create a custom-service-object called SERVICE-SSH for destination-port-TCP-22. Create a security-
rule between zone USERS and OUTSIDE to allow traffic from any source IP-address to any destination
IP-address for SERVICE-SSH
C. In addition to option c, an additional rule from zone OUTSIDE to USERS for application SSH from
any source-IP-address to any destination-IP-address is required to allow the return-traffic from the
SSH-servers to reach the server-admin
D. Create a security-rule that allows traffic from zone USERS to OUTSIDE to allow traffic from any
source IP-address to any destination IP-address for application SSH
Answer: D

NO.40 Which firewall plane provides configuration, logging, and reporting functions on a separate
processor?
A. control
B. network processing
C. data
D. security processing
Answer: A

NO.41 Which two Palo Alto Networks security management tools provide a consolidated creation of
policies, centralized management and centralized threat intelligence. (Choose two.)
A. GlobalProtect
B. Panorama
C. Aperture
D. AutoFocus
Answer: B,D

NO.42 Which security policy rule would be needed to match traffic that passes between the Outside
zone and Inside zone, but does not match traffic that passes within the zones?
A. intrazone
B. interzone

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C. universal
D. global
Answer: B

NO.43 Which statement is true regarding a Best Practice Assessment?

A. The BPA tool can be run only on firewalls
B. It provides a percentage of adoption for each assessment data
C. The assessment, guided by an experienced sales engineer, helps determine the areas of greatest
risk where you should focus prevention activities
D. It provides a set of questionnaires that help uncover security risk prevention gaps across all areas
of network and security architecture
Answer: D

NO.44 How often does WildFire release dynamic updates?

A. every 5 minutes
B. every 15 minutes
C. every 60 minutes
D. every 30 minutes
Answer: A
Explanation:
References:

NO.45 Which license must an Administrator acquire prior to downloading Antivirus Updates for use
with the firewall?
A. Threat Prevention License
B. Threat Implementation License
C. Threat Environment License
D. Threat Protection License
Answer: A

NO.46 Which Palo Alto Networks firewall security platform provides network security for mobile
endpoints by inspecting traffic deployed as internet gateways?
A. GlobalProtect
B. AutoFocus
C. Aperture
D. Panorama
Answer: A

NO.47 A company moved its old port-based firewall to a new Palo Alto Networks NGFW 60 days ago.
Which utility should the company use to identify out-of-date or unused rules on the firewall?
A. Rule Usage Filter > No App Specified
B. Rule Usage Filter >Hit Count > Unused in 30 days
C. Rule Usage Filter > Unused Apps

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D. Rule Usage Filter > Hit Count > Unused in 90 days

Answer: D

NO.48 The firewall sends employees an application block page when they try to access Youtube.
Which Security policy rule is blocking the youtube application?

A. intrazone-default
B. Deny Google
C. allowed-security services
D. interzone-default
Answer: D

NO.49 Which three statement describe the operation of Security Policy rules or Security Profiles?
(Choose three)
A. Security policy rules inspect but do not block traffic.
B. Security Profile should be used only on allowed traffic.
C. Security Profile are attached to security policy rules.
D. Security Policy rules are attached to Security Profiles.
E. Security Policy rules can block or allow traffic.
Answer: B,C,E

NO.50 Which two components are utilized within the Single-Pass Parallel Processing architecture on
a Palo Alto Networks Firewall? (Choose two.)
A. Layer-ID
B. User-ID
C. QoS-ID
D. App-ID
Answer: B,D

NO.51 Which two security profile types can be attached to a security policy? (Choose two.)
A. antivirus
B. DDoS protection
C. threat
D. vulnerability
Answer: A,D

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Explanation:
References:

NO.52 Which interface type is part of a Layer 3 zone with a Palo Alto Networks firewall?
A. Management
B. High Availability
C. Aggregate
D. Aggregation
Answer: C

NO.53 You must configure which firewall feature to enable a data-plane interface to submit DNS
queries on behalf of the control plane?
A. Admin Role profile
B. virtual router
C. DNS proxy
D. service route
Answer: C

NO.54 Access to which feature requires PAN-OS Filtering licens?

A. PAN-DB database
B. URL external dynamic lists
C. Custom URL categories
D. DNS Security
Answer: A

NO.55 Your company occupies one floor in a single building you have two active directory domain
controllers on a single networks the firewall s management plane is only slightly utilized.
Which user-ID agent sufficient in your network?
A. PAN-OS integrated agent deployed on the firewall
B. Windows-based agent deployed on the internal network a domain member
C. Citrix terminal server agent deployed on the network
D. Windows-based agent deployed on each domain controller
Answer: A

NO.56 Which action related to App-ID updates will enable a security administrator to view the
existing security policy rule that matches new application signatures?
A. Review Policies
B. Review Apps
C. Pre-analyze
D. Review App Matches
Answer: A
Explanation:
References:

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NO.57 Based on the security policy rules shown, ssh will be allowed on which port?

A. any port
B. same port as ssl and snmpv3
C. the default port
D. only ephemeral ports
Answer: C

NO.58 A network has 10 domain controllers, multiple WAN links, and a network infrastructure with
bandwidth needed to support mission-critical applications. Given the scenario, which type of User-ID
agent is considered a best practice by Palo Alto Networks?
A. Windows-based agent on a domain controller
B. Captive Portal
C. Citrix terminal server with adequate data-plane resources
D. PAN-OS integrated agent
Answer: A

NO.59 What must be configured for the firewall to access multiple authentication profiles for
external services to authenticate a non-local account?
A. authentication sequence
B. LDAP server profile
C. authentication server list
D. authentication list profile
Answer: A
Explanation:
References:

NO.60 All users from the internal zone must be allowed only Telnet access to a server in the DMZ
zone. Complete the two empty fields in the Security Policy rules that permits only this type of access.

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Choose two.
A. Service = "any"
B. Application = "Telnet"
C. Service - "application-default"
D. Application = "any"
Answer: B,C

NO.61 Which type security policy rule would match traffic flowing between the inside zone and
outside zone within the inside zone and within the outside zone?
A. global
B. universal
C. intrazone
D. interzone
Answer: B

NO.62 How many zones can an interface be assigned with a Palo Alto Networks firewall?
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. one
Answer: D

NO.63 Complete the statement. A security profile can block or allow traffic____________
A. on unknown-tcp or unknown-udp traffic
B. after it is matched by a security policy that allows traffic
C. before it is matched by a security policy
D. after it is matched by a security policy that allows or blocks traffic
Answer: B
Explanation:
Security profiles are objects added to policy rules that are configured with an action of allow.

NO.64 Given the scenario, which two statements are correct regarding multiple static default
routes? (Choose two.)

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A. Path monitoring does not determine if route is useable

B. Route with highest metric is actively used
C. Path monitoring determines if route is useable
D. Route with lowest metric is actively used
Answer: C,D

NO.65 When creating a Source NAT policy, which entry in the Translated Packet tab will display the
options Dynamic IP and Port, Dynamic, Static IP, and None?

A. Translation Type
B. Interface
C. Address Type
D. IP Address
Answer: A

NO.66 The PowerBall Lottery has reached a high payout amount and a company has decided to help
employee morale by allowing employees to check the number, but doesn't want to unblock the
gambling URL category.
Which two methods will allow the employees to get to the PowerBall Lottery site without the

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company unlocking the gambling URL category? (Choose two.)

A. Add all the URLs from the gambling category except powerball.com to the block list and then set
the action for the gambling category to allow.
B. Manually remove powerball.com from the gambling URL category.
C. Add *.powerball.com to the allow list
D. Create a custom URL category called PowerBall and add *.powerball.com to the category and set
the action to allow.
Answer: C,D

NO.67 Four configuration choices are listed, and each could be used to block access to a specific
URL. If you configured each choices to block the sameURL then which choice would be the last to
block access to the URL?
A. EDL in URL Filtering Profile.
B. Custom URL category in Security Policy rule.
C. Custom URL category in URL Filtering Profile.
D. PAN-DB URL category in URL Filtering Profile.
Answer: A

NO.68 Which interface type can use virtual routers and routing protocols?
A. Tap
B. Layer3
C. Virtual Wire
D. Layer2
Answer: B

NO.69 What are two differences between an implicit dependency and an explicit dependency in
App-ID? (Choose two.)
A. An implicit dependency does not require the dependent application to be added in the security
policy
B. An implicit dependency requires the dependent application to be added in the security policy
C. An explicit dependency does not require the dependent application to be added in the security
policy
D. An explicit dependency requires the dependent application to be added in the security policy
Answer: A,D

NO.70 Which type of security rule will match traffic between the Inside zone and Outside zone,
within the Inside zone, and within the Outside zone?
A. global
B. intrazone
C. interzone
D. universal
Answer: D
Explanation:

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References:
https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClomCAC

NO.71 Recently changes were made to the firewall to optimize the policies and the security team
wants to see if those changes are helping.
What is the quickest way to reset the hit counter to zero in all the security policy rules?
A. At the CLI enter the command reset rules and press Enter
B. Highlight a rule and use the Reset Rule Hit Counter > Selected Rules for each rule
C. Reboot the firewall
D. Use the Reset Rule Hit Counter > All Rules option
Answer: D
Explanation:
References:

NO.72 Which action results in the firewall blocking network traffic with out notifying the sender?
A. Drop
B. Deny
C. Reset Server
D. Reset Client
Answer: A

NO.73 Which User-ID agent would be appropriate in a network with multiple WAN links, limited
network bandwidth, and limited firewall management plane resources?
A. Windows-based agent deployed on the internal network
B. PAN-OS integrated agent deployed on the internal network
C. Citrix terminal server deployed on the internal network
D. Windows-based agent deployed on each of the WAN Links
Answer: A
Explanation:
Another reason to choose the Windows agent over the integrated PAN-OS agent is to save processing
cycles on the firewall's management plane.

NO.74 Which URL profiling action does not generate a log entry when a user attempts to access that
URL?
A. Override
B. Allow
C. Block
D. Continue
Answer: B
Explanation:
References:

NO.75 Which protocol used to map username to user groups when user-ID is configured?
A. SAML

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B. RADIUS
C. TACACS+
D. LDAP
Answer: D

NO.76 Which definition describes the guiding principle of the zero-trust architecture?
A. never trust, never connect
B. always connect and verify
C. never trust, always verify
D. trust, but verity
Answer: C

NO.77 In a security policy what is the quickest way to rest all policy rule hit counters to zero?
A. Use the CLI enter the command reset rules all
B. Highlight each rule and use the Reset Rule Hit Counter > Selected Rules.
C. use the Reset Rule Hit Counter > All Rules option.
D. Reboot the firewall.
Answer: C

NO.78 Which security profile will provide the best protection against ICMP floods, based on
individual combinations of a packet`s source and destination IP address?
A. DoS protection
B. URL filtering
C. packet buffering
D. anti-spyware
Answer: A

NO.79 A server-admin in the USERS-zone requires SSH-access to all possible servers in all current
and future Public Cloud environments. All other required connections have already been enabled
between the USERS- and the OUTSIDE-zone. What configuration-changes should the Firewall-admin
make?
A. Create a custom-service-object called SERVICE-SSH for destination-port-TCP-22. Create a security-
rule between zone USERS and OUTSIDE to allow traffic from any source IP-address to any destination
IP-address for SERVICE-SSH
B. Create a security-rule that allows traffic from zone USERS to OUTSIDE to allow traffic from any
source IP-address to any destination IP-address for application SSH
C. In addition to option a, a custom-service-object called SERVICE-SSH-RETURN that contains source-
port-TCP-22 should be created. A second security-rule is required that allows traffic from zone
OUTSIDE to USERS for SERVICE-SSH-RETURN for any source-IP-address to any destination-Ip-address
D. In addition to option c, an additional rule from zone OUTSIDE to USERS for application SSH from
any source-IP-address to any destination-IP-address is required to allow the return-traffic from the
SSH-servers to reach the server-admin
Answer: B

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NO.80 At which stage of the cyber-attack lifecycle would the attacker attach an infected PDF file to
an email?
A. delivery
B. command and control
C. explotation
D. reinsurance
E. installation
Answer: A

NO.81 You need to allow users to access the office-suite application of their choice. How should you
configure the firewall to allow access to any office-suite application?
A. Create an Application Group and add Office 365, Evernote Google Docs and Libre Office
B. Create an Application Group and add business-systems to it.
C. Create an Application Filter and name it Office Programs, then filter it on the office programs
subcategory.
D. Create an Application Filter and name it Office Programs then filter on the business-systems
category.
Answer: C

NO.82 What is the minimum timeframe that can be set on the firewall to check for new WildFire
signatures?
A. every 30 minutes
B. every 5 minutes
C. once every 24 hours
D. every 1 minute
Answer: D
Explanation:
Because new WildFire signatures are now available every five minutes, it is a best practice to use this
setting to ensure the firewall retrieves these signatures within a minute of availability.

NO.83 Which interface type is used to monitor traffic and cannot be used to perform traffic shaping
?
A. Layer 2
B. Tap
C. Layer 3
D. Virtual Wire
Answer: B

NO.84 Which data flow direction is protected in a zero trust firewall deployment that is not
protected in a perimeter-only firewall deployment?
A. outbound
B. north south
C. inbound

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D. east west
Answer: D

NO.85 Which Palo Alto network security operating platform component provides consolidated policy
creation and centralized management?
A. Prisma SaaS
B. Panorama
C. AutoFocus
D. GlobalProtect
Answer: B

NO.86 Which two statements are true for the DNS security service introduced in PAN-OS version
10.0?
A. It functions like PAN-DB and requires activation through the app portal.
B. It removes the 100K limit for DNS entries for the downloaded DNS updates.
C. IT eliminates the need for dynamic DNS updates.
D. IT is automatically enabled and configured.
Answer: A,B

NO.87 Which operations are allowed when working with App-ID application tags?
A. Predefined tags may be deleted.
B. Predefined tags may be augmented by custom tags.
C. Predefined tags may be modified.
D. Predefined tags may be updated by WildFire dynamic updates.
Answer: B

NO.88 Which type of administrative role must you assign to a firewall administrator account, if the
account must include a custom set of firewall permissions?
A. SAML
B. Multi-Factor Authentication
C. Role-based
D. Dynamic
Answer: C

NO.89 Which path in PAN-OS 10.0 displays the list of port-based security policy rules?
A. Policies> Security> Rule Usage> No App Specified
B. Policies> Security> Rule Usage> Port only specified
C. Policies> Security> Rule Usage> Port-based Rules
D. Policies> Security> Rule Usage> Unused Apps
Answer: A
Explanation:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/app-id/security-policy-rule-
optimization/migrate-port-based-to-app-id-based-security-policy-rules.html

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NO.90 Which statements is true regarding a Heatmap report?

A. When guided by authorized sales engineer, it helps determine te areas of greatest security risk.
B. It provides a percentage of adoption for each assessment area.
C. It runs only on firewall.
D. It provides a set of questionnaires that help uncover security risk prevention gaps across all areas
of network and security architecture.
Answer: B

NO.91 Which two App-ID applications will need to be allowed to use Facebook-chat? (Choose two.)
A. facebook
B. facebook-chat
C. facebook-base
D. facebook-email
Answer: B,C

NO.92 Which five Zero Trust concepts does a Palo Alto Networks firewall apply to achieve an
integrated approach to prevent threats? (Choose five.)
A. User identification
B. Filtration protection
C. Vulnerability protection
D. Antivirus
E. Application identification
F. Anti-spyware
Answer: A,C,D,E,F

NO.93 Which the app-ID application will you need to allow in your security policy to use facebook-
chat?
A. facebook-email
B. facebook-base
C. facebook
D. facebook-chat
Answer: B,D

NO.94 How frequently can wildfire updates be made available to firewalls?

A. every 15 minutes
B. every 30 minutes
C. every 60 minutes
D. every 5 minutes
Answer: D

NO.95 Which user mapping method could be used to discover user IDs in an environment with
multiple Windows domain controllers?

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A. Active Directory monitoring

B. Windows session monitoring
C. Windows client probing
D. domain controller monitoring
Answer: A

NO.96 Match the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle stage to its correct description.

Answer:

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Explanation:
Reconnaissance - stage where the attacker scans for network vulnerabilities and services that can be
exploited.
Installation - stage where the attacker will explore methods such as a root kit to establish persistence
Command and Control - stage where the attacker has access to a specific server so they can
communicate and pass data to and from infected devices within a network.
Act on the Objective - stage where an attacker has motivation for attacking a network to deface web
property

NO.97 What are three differences between security policies and security profiles? (Choose three.)
A. Security policies are attached to security profiles
B. Security profiles are attached to security policies
C. Security profiles should only be used on allowed traffic
D. Security profiles are used to block traffic by themselves
E. Security policies can block or allow traffic
Answer: B,C,E

NO.98 Which statement is true regarding a Prevention Posture Assessment?

A. The Security Policy Adoption Heatmap component filters the information by device groups, serial
numbers, zones, areas of architecture, and other categories
B. It provides a set of questionnaires that help uncover security risk prevention gaps across all areas
of network and security architecture
C. It provides a percentage of adoption for each assessment area
D. It performs over 200 security checks on Panorama/firewall for the assessment
Answer: B

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NO.99 Which link in the web interface enables a security administrator to view the security policy
rules that match new application signatures?
A. Review Apps
B. Review App Matches
C. Pre-analyze
D. Review Policies
Answer: D

NO.100 Which plane on a Palo alto networks firewall provides configuration logging and reporting
functions on a separate processor?
A. data
B. network processing
C. management
D. security processing
Answer: C

NO.101 Which license must an administrator acquire prior to downloading Antivirus updates for use
with the firewall?
A. URL filtering
B. Antivirus
C. WildFire
D. Threat Prevention
Answer: D

NO.102 Users from the internal zone need to be allowed to Telnet into a server in the DMZ zone.
Complete the security policy to ensure only Telnet is allowed.
Security Policy: Source Zone: Internal to DMZ Zone __________services "Application defaults", and
action = Allow
A. Destination IP: 192.168.1.123/24
B. Application = 'Telnet'
C. Log Forwarding
D. USER-ID = 'Allow users in Trusted'
Answer: B

NO.103 Match the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform architecture to its description.

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Answer:

Explanation:
Threat Intelligence Cloud - Gathers, analyzes, correlates, and disseminates threats to and from the
network and endpoints located within the network.
Next-Generation Firewall - Identifies and inspects all traffic to block known threats Advanced
Endpoint Protection - Inspects processes and files to prevent known and unknown exploits

NO.104 To use Active Directory to authenticate administrators, which server profile is required in
the authentication profile?
A. domain controller
B. TACACS+
C. LDAP
D. RADIUS
Answer: C

NO.105 An internal host wants to connect to servers of the internet through using source NAT.
Which policy is required to enable source NAT on the firewall?

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A. NAT policy with source zone and destination zone specified

B. post-NAT policy with external source and any destination address
C. NAT policy with no source of destination zone selected
D. pre-NAT policy with external source and any destination address
Answer: A

NO.106 Given the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle diagram, identify the stage in which the attacker can
initiate malicious code against a targeted machine.

A. Exploitation
B. Installation
C. Reconnaissance
D. Act on Objective
Answer: A

NO.107 How is the hit count reset on a rule?

A. select a security policy rule, right click Hit Count > Reset
B. with a dataplane reboot
C. Device > Setup > Logging and Reporting Settings > Reset Hit Count
D. in the CLI, type command reset hitcount <POLICY-NAME>
Answer: A

NO.108 Which administrator receives a global notification for a new malware that infects hosts. The
infection will result in the infected host attempting to contact and command-and-control (C2) server.
Which security profile components will detect and prevent this threat after the firewall`s signature
database has been updated?
A. antivirus profile applied to outbound security policies
B. data filtering profile applied to inbound security policies
C. data filtering profile applied to outbound security policies
D. vulnerability profile applied to inbound security policies
Answer: C

NO.109 Based on the graphic which statement accurately describes the output shown in the server
monitoring panel?

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A. The host lab-client has been found by a domain controller.

B. The host lab-client has been by the User-ID agent.
C. The User-ID agent is connected to a domain controller labeled lab client.
Answer: C

NO.110 In which stage of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle would the attacker inject a PDF file within an
email?
A. Weaponization
B. Reconnaissance
C. Installation
D. Command and Control
E. Exploitation
Answer: A

NO.111 Based on the screenshot what is the purpose of the included groups?

A. They are only groups visible based on the firewall's credentials.

B. They are used to map usernames to group names.
C. They contain only the users you allow to manage the firewall.

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D. They are groups that are imported from RADIUS authentication servers.
Answer: B

NO.112 Which type firewall configuration contains in-progress configuration changes?

A. backup
B. running
C. candidate
D. committed
Answer: C

NO.113 Which file is used to save the running configuration with a Palo Alto Networks firewall?
A. running-config.xml
B. run-config.xml
C. running-configuration.xml
D. run-configuratin.xml
Answer: A

NO.114 Which service protects cloud-based applications such as Dropbox and Salesforce by
administering permissions and scanning files for sensitive information?
A. Aperture
B. AutoFocus
C. Panorama
D. GlobalProtect
Answer: A

NO.115 Match the network device with the correct User-ID technology.

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Answer:

Explanation:
Microsoft Exchange - Server monitoring
Linux authentication - syslog monitoring
Windows Client - client probing
Citrix client - Terminal Services agent

NO.116 In which profile should you configure the DNS Security feature?

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A. URL Filtering Profile

B. Anti-Spyware Profile
C. Zone Protection Profile
D. Antivirus Profile
Answer: B

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