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Palo Alto Networks PCNSE Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PCNSE Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :PCNSE
  • Exam Name
    :Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer - PAN-OS 11.x (PCNSE)
  • Certification
    :Palo Alto Networks Certifications
  • Vendor
    :Palo Alto Networks
  • Total Questions
    :860 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :Mar 23, 2026

Palo Alto Networks PCNSE Online Questions & Answers

  • Question 1:

    Which statement best describes the Automated Commit Recovery feature?

    A. It performs a connectivity check between the firewall and Panorama after every configuration commit on the firewall. It reverts the configuration changes on the firewall if the check fails.
    B. It restores the running configuration on a firewall and Panorama if the last configuration commit fails.
    C. It performs a connectivity check between the firewall and Panorama after every configuration commit on the firewall. It reverts the configuration changes on the firewall and on Panorama if the check fails.
    D. It restores the running configuration on a firewall if the last configuration commit fails.

  • Question 2:

    How can an administrator configure the NGFW 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 using security policies, log forwarding profiles, and log settings.
    C. 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 approbate XSOAR playbook
    D. There is no native auto-quarantine feature so a custom script would need to be leveraged.

  • Question 3:

    A consultant advises a client on designing an explicit Web Proxy deployment on PAN-OS 11.0. The client currently uses RADIUS authentication in their environment.

    Which two pieces of information should the consultant provide regarding Web Proxy authentication? (Choose two.)

    A. Kerberos or SAML authentication need to be configured.
    B. RADIUS is only supported for a transparent Web Proxy.
    C. RADIUS is not supported for explicit or transparent Web Proxy.
    D. LDAP or TACACS+ authentication need to be configured.

  • Question 4:

    An engineer needs to see how many existing SSL decryption sessions are traversing a firewall What command should be used?

    A. show dataplane pool statistics I match proxy
    B. debug dataplane pool statistics I match proxy
    C. debug sessions I match proxy
    D. show sessions all

  • Question 5:

    An engineer is monitoring an active/passive high availability (HA) firewall pair. Which HA firewall state describes the firewall that is currently processing traffic?

    A. Active-primary
    B. Active
    C. Active-secondary
    D. Initial

  • Question 6:

    An administrator is troubleshooting intermittent connectivity problems with a user's GlobalProtect connection. Packet captures at the firewall reveal missing UDP packets, suggesting potential packet loss on the connection. The administrator aims to resolve the issue by enforcing an SSL tunnel over TCP specifically for this user.

    What configuration change is necessary to implement this troubleshooting solution for the user?

    A. Enable SSL tunnel within the GlobalProtect gateway remote user's settings.
    B. Modify the user's client to prioritize UDP traffic for GlobalProtect.
    C. Enable SSL tunnel over TCP in a new agent configuration for the specific user.
    D. Increase the user's VPN bandwidth allocation in the GlobalProtect settings.

  • Question 7:

    During a routine security audit, the risk and compliance team notices a series of WildFire logs that contain a "malicious" verdict and the action "allow." Upon further inspection, the team confirms that these same threats are automatically blocked by the firewalls the following day. How can the existing configuration be adjusted to ensure that new threats are blocked within minutes instead of having to wait until the following day?

    A. Confirm the file types and direction are configured correctly in the WildFire analysis profile
    B. Configure the appropriate actions in the Antivirus security profile
    C. Configure the appropriate actions in the File Blocking profile
    D. Confirm the file size limits are configured correctly in the WildFire general settings

  • Question 8:

    In which two scenarios would it be necessary to use Proxy IDs when configuring site-to-site VPN Tunnels? (Choose two.)

    A. Firewalls which support policy-based VPNs.
    B. The remote device is a non-Palo Alto Networks firewall.
    C. Firewalls which support route-based VPNs.
    D. The remote device is a Palo Alto Networks firewall.

  • Question 9:

    An administrator has configured a pair of firewalls using high availability in Active/Passive mode. Path Monitoring has been enabled with a Failure Condition of "any." A path group is configured with Failure Condition of "all" and contains a destination IP of 8.8.8.8 and 4.2.2.2 with a Ping Interval of 500ms and a Ping count of 3. Which scenario will cause the Active firewall to fail over?

    A. IP address 8.8.8.8 is unreachable for 1 second.
    B. IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 4.2.2.2 are unreachable for 1 second.
    C. IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 4.2.2.2 are unreachable for 2 seconds
    D. IP address 4.2.2.2 is unreachable for 2 seconds.

  • Question 10:

    Review the screenshots.

    What is the most likely reason for this decryption error log?

    A. The Certificate fingerprint could not be found.
    B. The client expected a certificate from a different CA than the one provided.
    C. The client received a CA certificate that has expired or is not valid.
    D. Entrust is not a trusted root certificate authority (CA).

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