Palo Alto Networks PCNSA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Palo Alto Networks PCNSA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  Which type of administrator account cannot be used to authenticate user traffic flowing through the firewall's data plane?

  A. Kerberos user
  B. SAML user
  C. local database user
  D. local user
  D. local user

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• Question 2:

  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
  A. Translation Type

• Question 3:

  Which two firewall components enable you to configure SYN flood protection thresholds? (Choose two.)

  A. QoS profile
  B. DoS Protection profile
  C. Zone Protection profile
  D. DoS Protection policy
  B. DoS Protection profile
  C. Zone Protection profile

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  Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/policy/security-profiles

• Question 4:

  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.
  C. use the Reset Rule Hit Counter > All Rules option.

• Question 5:

  Which rule type is appropriate for matching traffic both within and between the source and destination zones?

  A. interzone
  B. shadowed
  C. intrazone
  D. universal
  D. universal

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• Question 6:

  What is the correct process tor creating a custom URL category?

  A. Objects > Security Profiles > URL Category > Add
  B. Objects > Custom Objects > URL Filtering > Add
  C. Objects > Security Profiles > URL Filtering > Add
  D. Objects > Custom Objects > URL Category > Add
  D. Objects > Custom Objects > URL Category > Add

• Question 7:

  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.
  D. PAN-DB URL category in URL Filtering Profile.

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  The precedence is from the top down; First Match Wins: 1) Block list: Manually entered blocked URLs Objects - 2) Allow list: Manually entered allowed URLs Objects - 3) Custom URL Categories - 4) Cached Cached: URLs learned from External Dynamic Lists (EDLs) 5) Pre-Defined Categories: PAN-DB or Brightcloud categories.

• Question 8:

  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
  C. the default port

• Question 9:

  What is the maximum volume of concurrent administrative account sessions?

  A. Unlimited
  B. 2
  C. 10
  D. 1
  A. Unlimited

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• Question 10:

  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
  A. syslog