PCNSC – Paloalto Certified Network Security Consultant

Certification Provider: Paloalto

Exam: Paloalto Certified Network Security Consultant

Exam Code: PCNSC

Total Question: 60

Question per Quiz: 50

Updated On: 12 April 2025

Note: In order to practice all the Q/A's, you have to practice multiple time. Question's and Answer's will be presented randomly and will help you get hands-on for real exam.

Your customer wants to implement Active/Active High Availability for their PA-5260 pair. Which three of the following HA configurations should your customer ensure they use to meet these requirements? (Choose three.)

The following conditions are true in their environment:
-They are using multiple Layer 3 interfaces to process traffic.
-Their routing topology requires the use of Network Address Translation policies to ensure that traffic can reach its destinations correctly.
-They prefer to have the session workload distributed as evenly as possible to ensure both firewalls have lower resource utilization.
-They make use of dynamic routing protocols on their virtual routers for route-based redundancy.
-They chose to go with Active/Active for failover speed reasons.

Active/Active HA Binding in the NAT policies

Session selection algorithm – First Packet

Session selection algorithm – Primary Device

HA1A, HA1B, HA2, and HA3 interfaces

HA1A, HA1B, and HA2 interfaces

When creating a custom application signature, which field allows you to specify the layer 7 protocol details to match?

Application

Protocol Decoder

Pattern Match

Signature ID

None

A customer’s Palo Alto Networks NGFW currently has only one security policy allowing all traffic. They have identified that this is a substantial security risk and have heard that the Expedition tool can help them extract security policies from an “allow any” rule. What should the consultant say about Expedition?

The log flies can be viewed on Expedition, and right-clicking a log entry gives the option to create security policy from the log entry.

Live firewall traffic can be viewed on Expedition when connected to a firewall, and Expedition can automatically create and push policies to the firewall.

Expedition cannot parse log files and therefore cannot be used for this purpose.

By using the Machine Learning feature, Expedition can parse the traffic log files related to the policy and extract security rules for matching traffic.

None

A customer's Palo Alto Networks NGFW currently has only one security policy allowing all traffic They have identified that this is a substantial security risk and have heard that the Expedition tool can help them extract security policies from an "allow any" rule What should the consultant say about Expedition?

By using the Machine Learning feature Expedition can parse the traffic log files related to the policy and extract security rules for matching traffic

he log files can be viewed on Expedition, and right-clicking a log entry gives the option to create security policy from the log entry.

Live firewall traffic can be viewed on Expedition when connected to a firewall, and Expedition can automatically create and push policies to the firewall

Expedition cannot parse log files and therefore cannot be used for this purpose

None

What is exchanged through the HA2 link?

HA state information

User-ID in information

hello heartbeats

session synchronization

None

A global corporate office has a large-scale network with only one User-ID agent, which creates a bottleneck near the User-ID agent server. Which solution in PAN -OS software would help in this case?

virtual wire mode

application override

content inspection

redistribution of user mappings

None

In Expedition, which objects are classified as “Ghost objects”?

Address objects that are not applied in Security or NAT policies

Unused address objects

Address objects that are not part of an Address Group

Addresses imported from Security and NAT policies without corresponding address objects.

None

Your customer has asked you to set up tunnel monitoring on an IPSEC VPN tunnel between two offices. What three steps are needed to setup tunnel monitoring? (Choose three)

Add and IP address to each tunnel interface

Enable tunnel monitoring on each IPsec tunnel

Restart each IKE gateway

Create a monitoring profile

Restart each IPSEC tunnel

Match the APP-ID Adoption Task with it's order in the process.

None

10.

Which command is used to install Expedition tool for migration? (Choose 2)

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install expedition-beta

sudo apt-get install expedition

sudo apt-get update

11.

A firewall configuration is being migrated by Expedition from a third-party vendor to a Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW.). Expedition flags one service as invalid following the import of the original configuration file. An engineer investigates and finds the invalid service to be ping which is used by the security policies. Which action should the engineer take?

Ignore the invalid flag in Expedition for the firewall to accept ping service.

Use the search & replace in Expedition to replace the ping service classification with ping application.

Remove ping service from all the policies which reference it.

Create an Application Override policy to override the ping service classification with ping application.

None

12.

A customer has a five-year-old firewall in production in the time since the firewall was installed, the IT team deleted unused security policies on a regular basis but they did not remove the address objects and groups that were part ofthese security policies. What is the best way to delete all of the unused address objects on the firewall?

Go to Address Objects under the Objects tab and click on Remove unused objects

Import the configuration in Expedition, remove unused address objects, and reimport the configuration.

Using CLI execute requestconfiguration address-objectsremove-unused-objects.

Search each address object with Global Find and delete if it shows that the address object is not referenced

None

13.

Which routing configuration should you recommend to a customer who wishes to actively use multiple pathways to the same destination?

BGP

RIPv2

OSPF

ECMP

None

14.

In preparation for a cutover event, what two process or procedure should be verified? (choose two)

Auditing

Roles and responsibility

Logging and reporting

Change management Process

15.

Match the task for servr setting in group mapping with its order in the process.

None

16.

What information is necessary to properly plan the deployment of a Panorama hardware appliance for firewall management?

Wiring, power, Console access, and management interface connectivity

ESXi Server location and routing to the Panorama appliance

Panorama Mode, number of managed devices, CPU, and memory allocation in the hypervisor

Virtual router, zones, and interface configuration of the dataplane interface

None

17.

TAC has requested a PCAP on your Panorama lo see why the DNS app is having intermittent issues resolving FODN What is the appropriate CLI command?

tcpdump snaplen 0 filter "port 53"

tcp dump snap-en 0 filter "app dns"

tcpdump snaplen 53 filter "port 53"

tcp dump snaplen 53 filter "tcp 53"

None

18.

How can you verify that new security policy is correctly blocking traffic without disrupting network?

Implement the policy in lab environment first

Disable all other rules temp

Use the test security-policy-match CLI command

Enable logging on the rule and monitor logs

None

19.

Your customer believes that the Panorama appliance is being overwhelmed by the logs from deployed Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls. What CLI command can you run to determine the number of logs per second sent by each firewall?

debug log-receiver statistics

show log traffic

debug log-sender statistics

show logging status

None

20.

After you run command "sudo apt-get update", which command will you run to install?

sudo apt-get install expedition-beta

sudo apt-get expedition install

sudo apt-get install expedition

sudo apt-get upgrade

None

21.

With its improved reliability and automation, Expedition 2 will install by using which of the following?

Windows Server 2016

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9

Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 16.04 and higher

None

22.

A URL is categorized as both health-and-medicine and abused-drugs. ... Which two actions will be taken when this URL is visited? (Choose two.)

block

log

continue

allow

23.

A company’s network operations engineer is documenting a solution and wants to know the default priority setting for an LACP connection. If no changes are made to the default configuration settings for the LACP, which priority setting should you share with the engineer?

100

65,535

32,768

None

24.

Instead of disabling App-IDs regularly, a security policy rule is going to be configured to temporarily allow new App-IDs. In which two circumstances is it valid to disable App-IDs as part of content update? (Choose two.)

when planning to enable the App-IDs immediately

when an organization operates a mission-critical network and has zero tolerance for downtime

when you want to immediately benefit from the latest threat prevention

when disabling facebook-base to disable all other Facebook App-IDs

25.

Which three steps must admin perform to load only objects from PANOS saved config file into VM-300 firewall that is in production? (Choose 3)

use load config partial command

Load config in web interface and commit

import names config snapshot through web interface

enter config mode from CLI

use device config import in panorama

26.

Which CLI command should you use to verify whether all SFP, SFP+, or QSFP modules are installed in a firewall?

show system state filter sys.s*.p*.phy

show system info

show interface detail

show system state filter sys.p*.phy

None

27.

Which of the following is a primary use case for the Decryption Broker feature?

Managing multiple decryption rules

Aggregating traffic logs from different sources

Sharing decrypted traffic with multiple security appliances

Decrypting outbound SSL traffic

None

28.

An existing customer who has deployed several Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls would like to start using Device-ID to obtain policy rule recommendations. They have also purchased a Support license, a Threat license, a URL Filtering license, and a WildFire license for each firewall. What additional license do they need to purchase?

a Cortex Data Lake license

an Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) license

an IoT Security license for the perimeter firewall

an IoT Security license for each deployed firewall

None

29.

Which of the following must be enabled to use Threat Prevention features such as Anti-Virus and Anti-spyware on firewall?

Security Profiles

Global Protect

URL Filtering

Wildfire Subscription

None

30.

A customer has firewalls deployed at multiple data centers globally, and which are managed by a single Panorama pair. Each data center has multiple PA-7080 firewalls running PAN-OS 9.0. What are two recommended logging infrastructures across the data centers if the customer needs to log? (Choose two.)

Distributed log collector

Cortex Data Lake

Mixed mode Panorama

Single log collector in the main data center

31.

A customer has deployed a GlobalProtect portal and gateway as its remote-access VPN solution for its fleet of Windows 10 laptops The customer wants to use Host information Profile (HIP) data collected at the GlobalProtect gateway throughout its enterprise as an additional means of policy enforcement What additional licensing must the customer purchase?

GlobalProtect license for each firewall that will use HIP data to enforce policy

DNS Security on the perimeter firewall

GlobalProtect license for the gateway firewall

WildFire license

None

32.

A company has deployed an Active/Passive 5280 HA pair with BGP configured to the company’s ISP. The lead firewall engineer has set the HA Timer to “Recommended”. Upon failing over the HA pair, there is a two-minute outage and internet traffic is dropped. What should the engineer do to eliminate or minimize the outage in the future?

Change the HA Timer to “Aggressive”

Enable Path Monitoring to the ISP

Ensure that “Graceful Restart” has been enabled on all peers

Change the HA Timer to “Advanced” with “Preemption Hold Time” of one minute

None

33.

Which Palo Alto Network feature allows you to create dynamic security policies based on the behavior of the device in your network?

Dynamic Address Group

Behavioral Threat Detection

APP-ID

Cortex XDR

None

34.

In an HA (High Availability) setup, what is the purpose of the HA3 link?

Exchange heartbeats between the devices

Transmit HA control traffic

Synchronize configuration changes

Synchronize session state information

None

35.

In an HA active/active configuration, what is the purpose of APR load sharing?

protect internal networks from an ARP flooding attack

share all IP addresses and provide Layer 4 through Layer 7 services when failure is detected

sync the ARP table between the two firewalls

share an IP address and provide gateway services

None

36.

What happens when a packet from an existing session is received by a firewall that is not the session owner?

The firewall takes the ownership of the session from the peer firewall

The firewall forwards the packet to the peer firewall over hA3 ink

The firewall drops the packet to prevent anu l3 loops

The firewall requests the sender to resend the packet

None

37.

What configuration is necessary for Active/Active HA to synchronize sessions between peers?

Enable session synchronization under the HA settings

Enable session Preemption on both peers

Configure a floating IP address

Use the same virtual IP address on both peers

None

38.

What are the three predefined external dynamic lists in PAN-OS that customers receive with their content and threat updates? (Choose three.)

bulletproof IP addresses

command-and-control IP addresses

high-risk IP addresses

known-malicious IP addresses

embargoed-country IP addresses

39.

What command can you use to check the status of GlobalProtect clients connected to the firewall?

show globalprotect status

show globalprotect gateway

show globalprotect statistics

show globalprotect current-user

None

40.

Identify the Stakeholder with their Role when planning a Firewall, Panorama, and Cortex XDR Deployment. (Select correct 4)

Security Engineer-> Manages the software distribution method for Cortex XDR Client

Security Engineer -> Determines the security, logging, reporting requirement and manages the security policy

Security Administrator -> Manages the software distribution method for Cortex XDR Client

Network Engineer -> manages the routing, switching, and general device interconnectivity

Security Administrator-> Determines the security, logging, reporting requirement and manages the security policy

Security Operation Analyst -> Manages the alerts and responds to threats identified to the network or endpoints.

41.

Examine the configured Security policy rule. Which day one/Iron Skillet Security Profile Group is used to secure the traffic that is permitted through this rule?

Internal

Inbound

Outbound

Default

None

42.

In Panorama, the web interface displays the security rules in evaluation order. Organize the security rules in the order in which they will be evaluated?

Shared pre-rules ->Local firewall-rules -> Device group pre-rules ->Device group post-rules -> Shared post-rules

Shared pre-rules -> Device group pre-rules -> Local firewall-rules ->Device group post-rules -> Shared post-rules

Shared pre-rules -> Shared post-rules -> Device group pre-rules -> Local firewall-rules ->Device group post-rules

Shared pre-rules -> Device group pre-rules ->Device group post-rules -> Shared post-rules -> Local firewall-rules

None

43.

An administrator has been asked to configure active/active HA for a pair of Palo Alto Networks NGFWs. The firewalls use layer 3 interface to send traffic to a single gateway IP for the pair. Which configuration will enable this HA scenario?

The two firewalls will share a single floating IP and will use gratuitous ARP to share the floating IP

The firewalls will share the same interface IP address, and device 1 will use the floating IP if device 0 fails.

Each firewall will have a separate floating IP. and priority will determine which firewall has the primary IP

The firewall do not use floating IPs in active/active

None

44.

What is the preferred method for gathering User-ID mappings from Citrix VDI servers?

The Windows User-ID agent

Agentless Server Monitoring

The Terminal Services agent

GlobalProtect with an internal gateway

None

45.

Which two options describe the behavior of the “Direction” property in a WildFire Analysis Profile rule? (Choose two.)

The both direction option matches all files that are seen by the firewall, regardless of whether the transfer is started by the connection initiator or responder.

The both direction option matches all files, but only if the transfer is started by the connection initiator.

The upload direction option matches only files that were uploaded to the internet by a user on the Inside network.

The download direction option matches files that the connection initiator received from the service it connected to.

46.

An existing customer who has deployed several Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls would like to start using Device-ID to obtain policy rule recommendations They have also purchased a Support license, a Threat license a URL Filtering license, and a WildFire license for each firewall What additional license do they need to purchase?

a Cortex Data Lake license

an Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) license

an loT Security license for each deployed firewall

an loT Security license (or the perimeter firewall

None

47.

when you want to immediately benefit from the latest threat prevention

when disabling facebook-base to disable all other Facebook App-IDs

when an organization operates a mission-critical network and has zero tolerance for downtime

when planning to enable the App-IDs immediately

48.

What is the default port used by the Terminal Services agent to communicate with a firewall?

636

5007

443

5009

None

49.

Which category of Vulnerability Signature is mostly like to trigger false positive alerts?

Code-execution

brute-force

info-leak

phishing

None

50.

Which interface deployments support the Aggregate Ethernet Active configuration? (Choose three.)

LACP in Layer 2

LACP in TAP

LACP in Layer 3

LLDP in Layer 3

LACP in Virtual Wire

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