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 661:

    An administrator is considering upgrading the Palo Alto Networks NGFW and central management Panorama version. What is considered best practice for this scenario?

    A. Perform the Panorama and firewall upgrades simultaneously
    B. Upgrade the firewall first wait at least 24 hours and then upgrade the Panorama version
    C. Upgrade Panorama to a version at or above the target firewall version
    D. Export the device state perform the update, and then import the device state

  • Question 662:

    Which configuration change will improve network reliability and ensure minimal disruption during tunnel failures?

    A. Set up high availability (HA) and increase the IPsec rekey interval to reduce the likelihood of tunnel disruptions
    B. Set up a backup tunnel and reduce the tunnel monitoring interval and threshold to detect failures quickly
    C. Set up high availability (HA) and disable tunnel monitoring to prevent unnecessary failovers due to temporary connectivity issues
    D. Set up a backup tunnel and change the tunnel monitoring profile from "Wait Recover" to "Fail Over"

  • Question 663:

    VPN traffic intended for an administrator's Palo Alto Networks NGFW is being maliciously intercepted and retransmitted by the interceptor. When creating a VPN tunnel, which protection profile can be enabled to prevent this malicious behavior?

    A. Zone Protection
    B. DoS Protection
    C. Web Application
    D. Replay

  • Question 664:

    A firewall engineer creates a destination static NAT rule to allow traffic from the internet to a webserver hosted behind the edge firewall. The pre-NAT IP address of the server is 153.6 12.10, and the post-NAT IP address is 192.168.10.10. Refer to the routing and interfaces information below.

    What should the NAT rule destination zone be set to?

    A. None
    B. Outside
    C. DMZ
    D. Inside

  • Question 665:

    An administrator analyzes the following portion of a VPN system log and notices the following issue

    "Received local id 10 10 1 4/24 type IPv4 address protocol 0 port 0, received remote id 10.1.10.4/24 type IPv4 address protocol 0 port 0."

    What is the cause of the issue?

    A. IPSec crypto profile mismatch
    B. IPSec protocol mismatch
    C. mismatched Proxy-IDs
    D. bad local and peer identification IP addresses in the IKE gateway

  • Question 666:

    A firewall administrator wants to be able to see all NAT sessions that are going through a firewall with source NAT. Which CLI command can the administrator use?

    A. show session all filter nat source
    B. show running nat-rule-ippool rule "rule_name"
    C. show running nat-policy
    D. show session all filter nat-rule-source

  • Question 667:

    What happens when the log forwarding built-in action with tagging is used?

    A. Selected logs are forwarded to the Azure Security Center.
    B. Destination zones of selected unwanted traffic are blocked.
    C. Destination IP addresses of selected unwanted traffic are blocked.
    D. Selected unwanted traffic source zones are blocked.

  • Question 668:

    An engineer is in the planning stages of deploying User-ID in a diverse directory services environment. Which server OS platforms can be used for server monitoring with User-ID?

    A. Microsoft Terminal Server, Red Hat Linux, and Microsoft Active Directory
    B. Microsoft Active Directory, Red Hat Linux, and Microsoft Exchange
    C. Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Active Directory, and Novell eDirectory
    D. Novell eDirectory, Microsoft Terminal Server, and Microsoft Active Directory

  • Question 669:

    Based on the following image,

    what is the correct path of root, intermediate, and end-user certificate?

    A. Palo Alto Networks > Symantec > VeriSign
    B. Symantec > VeriSign > Palo Alto Networks
    C. VeriSign > Palo Alto Networks > Symantec
    D. VeriSign > Symantec > Palo Alto Networks

  • Question 670:

    An administrator needs to optimize traffic to prefer business-critical applications over non-critical applications. QoS natively integrates with which feature to provide service quality?

    A. Port Inspection
    B. Certificate revocation
    C. Content-ID
    D. App-ID

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