PCNSE Sample Questions

PCNSE Sample Questions & Answers

Tests your grasp of NAT and security-profile settings tied with interface configuration, the single biggest weight, plus architecture and high-availability planning, troubleshooting connectivity, managing firewalls via Panorama, and ongoing monitoring and updates.

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  1. Question 1

    Which administrative authentication method supports authorization by an external service?

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  2. Question 2

    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?

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    Correct answer: C

    C

  3. Question 3Select 4

    Which four NGFW multi-factor authentication factors are supported by PAN-OS®? (Choose four.)

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  4. Question 4

    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?

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  5. Question 5Select 2

    Which two features does PAN-OS® software use to identify applications? (Choose two.)

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    Correct answers: B, D

    B,D

    B,D

  6. Question 6

    Which option would an administrator choose to define the certificate and protocol that Panorama and its managed devices use for SSL/TLS services?

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  7. Question 7Select 2

    Refer to the figure.

    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.)

    PCNSE sample question 7
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    Correct answers: B, E

    B,E

    B,E

  8. 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?

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    Correct answer: A

    A

  9. Question 9

    Which log file can be used to identify SSL decryption failures?

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    Correct answer: D

    D

  10. Question 10

    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?

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