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
    :May 05, 2025

Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks Certifications PCNSE Questions & Answers

  • Question 51:

    An administrator wants to use LDAP, TACACS+, and Kerberos as external authentication services for authenticating users.

    What should the administrator be aware of regarding the authentication sequence, based on the Authentication profiles in the order Kerberos, LDAP, and TACACS+?

    A. The priority assigned to the Authentication profile defines the order of the sequence.

    B. The firewall evaluates the profiles in the alphabetical order the Authentication profiles have been named until one profile successfully authenticates the user.

    C. If the authentication times out for the first Authentication profile in the authentication sequence, no further authentication attempts will be made.

    D. The firewall evaluates the profiles in top-to-bottom order until one Authentication profile successfully authenticates the user.

  • Question 52:

    A customer would like to support Apple Bonjour in their environment for ease of configuration.

    Which type of interface in needed on their PA-3200 Series firewall to enable Bonjour Reflector in a segmented network?

    A. Virtual Wire interface

    B. Layer 3 interface

    C. Layer 2 interface

    D. Loopback interface

  • Question 53:

    A company requires the firewall to block expired certificates issued by internet-hosted websites. The company plans to implement decryption in the future, but it does not perform SSL Forward Proxy decryption at this time. Without the use of SSL Forward Proxy decryption, how is the firewall still able to identify and block expired certificates issued by internet-hosted websites?

    A. By having a Certificate profile that contains the website's Root CA assigned to the respective Security policy rule.

    B. By using SSL Forward Proxy to decrypt SSL and TLS handshake communication and the server/client session keys in order to validate a certificate's authenticity and expiration.

    C. By using SSL Forward Proxy to decrypt SSL and TLS handshake communication in order to validate a certificates authenticity and expiration.

    D. By having a Decryption profile that blocks sessions with expired certificates in the No Decryption section and assigning it to a No Decrypt policy rule.

  • Question 54:

    An auditor has requested that roles and responsibilities be split inside the security team. Group A will manage templates, and Group B will manage device groups inside Panorama. Which two specific firewall configurations will Group B manage? (Choose two.)

    A. Routing

    B. Security rules

    C. Interfaces

    D. Address objects

  • Question 55:

    An engineer is deploying VoIP and needs to ensure that voice traffic is treated with the highest priority on the network. Which QoS priority should be assigned to such an application?

    A. Medium

    B. Low

    C. High

    D. Real-time

  • Question 56:

    In an HA failover scenario what happens with sessions decrypted by a SSL Forward Proxy Decryption policy?

    A. The existing session is transferred to the active firewall.

    B. The firewall drops the session.

    C. The session is sent to fastpath.

    D. The firewall allows the session but does not decrypt the session.

  • Question 57:

    An engineer troubleshoots an issue that causes packet drops.

    Which command should the engineer run in the CLI to see if packet buffer protection is enabled and activated?

    A. show session id

    B. show system state | match packet-buffer-protection

    C. show session packet-buffer- protection

    D. show running resource-monitor

  • Question 58:

    If an administrator wants to apply QoS to traffic based on source, what must be specified in a QoS policy rule?

    A. Post-NAT destination address

    B. Pre-NAT destination address

    C. Pre-NAT source address

    D. Post-NAT source address

  • Question 59:

    A consultant deploys a PAN-OS 11.0 VM-Series firewall with the Web Proxy feature in Transparent Proxy mode. Which three elements must be in place before a transparent web proxy can function? (Choose three.)

    A. User-ID for the proxy zone

    B. DNS Security license

    C. Prisma Access explicit proxy license

    D. Cortex Data Lake license

    E. Authentication Policy Rule set to default-web-form

  • Question 60:

    While investigating a SYN flood attack, the firewall administrator discovers that legitimate traffic is also being dropped by the DoS profile. If the DoS profile action is set to Random Early Drop, what should the administrator do to limit the drop to only the attacking sessions?

    A. Enable resources protection under the DoS Protection profile.

    B. Change the SYN flood action from Random Early Drop to SYN cookies.

    C. Increase the activate rate for the SYN flood protection.

    D. Change the DoS Protection profile type from aggregate to classified.

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