[Mar 07, 2023] New Updated PCNSA Exam Questions 2023

Updated Free Palo Alto Networks PCNSA Test Engine Questions with 284 Q&As

Exam Topics

The PCNSA exam measures your abilities in deploying, configuring, and operating the Palo Alto Networks product portfolio components, understanding the unique features of the Palo Alto Networks product portfolio, as well as understanding security and networking policies utilized by PAN-OS software. All the technical skills evaluated by the certification test are grouped into six domains that have different weights in the exam content. The specific abilities included in these topics are outlined below:

• Identifying Users (12%)

  In the framework of this area, the students need to prove that they are able to define the proper approach to map IP addresses to usernames depending on a scenario; define the proper User-ID agent to deploy depending on a scenario; define how the firewall maps usernames to user groups; define User-ID configuration options depending on a graphic.

• Deployment Optimization (4%)

  This topic covers skills in determining the advantages as well as differences between BPA and Heatmap reports.

• Securing Traffic (18%)

  This subject area requires your competencies in defining and implementing the proper security profile depending on a risk scenario; defining the difference between security profile actions & security policy actions; defining how to configure security profiles depending on a network scenario; determining the firewall’s defense from protocol-based and packet- attacks; defining how the firewall can utilize the Cloud DNS database to regulate traffic on the basis of domains; finding how the firewall can utilize the PAN-DB database to regulate traffic on the basis of websites; describing how to regulate access to particular URLs with the help of custom URL filtering types.

• Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Portfolio Core (22%)

  This objective covers one’s skills in defining the Palo Alto Networks cybersecurity portfolio components; defining the single-pass parallel processing architecture components & operations; implementing the Zero Trust security model and explaining how it refers to traffic moving via your network; defining stages within the cyberattack lifecycle as well as firewall mitigations deterring attacks.

• Traffic Visibility (20%)

  This section requires the individuals’ skills in selecting the proper application-based security policy regulations depending on a scenario; customizing application groups or application filters depending on a scenario; defining the function of application features as indicated in the App-ID database; searching the potential effect of App-ID upgrades on the current security policy regulations; finding the techniques to improve security policies; defining the features utilized to facilitate the creation of App-ID policy.

Prerequisites for Taking PCNSA Exam

According to the information on the vendor’s website, there are no prerequisites to enroll for the PCNSA test. However, it’s recommended that you attend the Firewall Essentials: Configuration and Management (EDU-210) class prior to sitting for the official validation.

How to Prepare for PCNSA Test

Taking a test like the PCNSA can sometimes seem like an impassable task. The anxiety that comes with the fear of the unknown is real and can make you fall short in your exam preparation. Thus, below are some materials to help you avoid the slog and make the most of your study time:

• Palo Alto Networks: The Ultimate Guide To Quickly Pass All The Exams And Getting Certified. Real Practice Test with Detailed Screenshots, Answers, And Explanations by David Mayer

  As the name implies, such a book provides you with practice tests and covers 100% of the exam information. Knowing the entire test details beforehand arms you out one step ahead. The fewer the surprises, the higher your chances of acing the final exam.

• PCNSA Study Guide by Palo Alto Networks

  This official study guide contains the model study questions and recommendations on how to answer these items. The guide was curated by Palo Alto Networks internals to make things easier for you. After all, who is better at teaching how to write an exam than the examiner? Such a guide is downloadable on the Palo Alto website for free.

• Mastering Palo Alto Networks: Deploy and Manage Industry-Leading PAN-OS 10.x Solutions to Secure Your Users and Infrastructure by Tom Piens

  The book teaches you how to efficiently use PAN-OS features, build firewall solutions, and implement solutions that protect your infrastructure and users. Tom Piens is PCNSE certified and has over ten years’ experience in working with Palo Alto Networks systems.

• Let’s Learn Palo Alto NGFW: A Case Study of Checkpoint, Juniper, Cisco, Hacking and Knowing Thyself by Joe Anthony Sebastian

  ‘Let’s Learn Palo Alto NGFW’ is the first book/technical manual that uses fiction to teach information security technology. It is the book to pick up when you need to take a break from the ‘straight and boring’ technicalities of other resource materials.

• EDU-210 Firewall Essentials: Configuration and Management

  This official course is five-day training led by an instructor. At the end of the training, you should be able to configure and manage Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, monitor network traffic, and block traffic from unknown and known IP addresses.

QUESTION 157
Match the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform architecture to its description.

Explanation
Threat Intelligence Cloud – Gathers, analyzes, correlates, and disseminates threats to and from the network and endpoints located within the network.
Next-Generation Firewall – Identifies and inspects all traffic to block known threats Advanced Endpoint Protection – Inspects processes and files to prevent known and unknown exploits

QUESTION 158
Given the image, which two options are true about the Security policy rules. (Choose two.)

 The Allow Office Programs rule is using an Application Filter

 In the Allow FTP to web server rule, FTP is allowed using App-ID

 The Allow Office Programs rule is using an Application Group

 In the Allow Social Networking rule, allows all of Facebook’s functions

QUESTION 159
The PowerBall Lottery has reached an unusually high value this week. Your company has decided to raise morale by allowing employees to access the PowerBall Lottery website (www.powerball.com) for just this week. However, the company does not want employees to access any other websites also listed in the URL filtering “gambling” category.
Which method allows the employees to access the PowerBall Lottery website but without unblocking access to the “gambling” URL category?

 Add just the URL www.powerball.com to a Security policy allow rule.

 Manually remove powerball.com from the gambling URL category.

 Add *.powerball.com to the URL Filtering allow list.

 Create a custom URL category, add *.powerball.com to it and allow it in the Security Profile.

QUESTION 160
Actions can be set for which two items in a URL filtering security profile? (Choose two.)

 Block List

 Custom URL Categories

 PAN-DB URL Categories

 Allow List

Explanation
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/url-filtering/url-filtering-concepts/url-filtering-profil

QUESTION 161
Which definition describes the guiding principle of the zero-trust architecture?

 never trust, never connect

 always connect and verify

 never trust, always verify

 trust, but verity

参考までに：
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/what-is-a-zero-trust-architecture

QUESTION 162
You receive notification about new malware that is being used to attack hosts. The malware exploits a software bug in common application.
Which Security Profile detects and blocks access to this threat after you update the firewall’s threat signature database?

 Data Filtering Profile applied to outbound Security policy rules

 Antivirus Profile applied to outbound Security policy rules

 Data Filtering Profile applied to inbound Security policy rules

 Vulnerability Protection Profile applied to inbound Security policy rules

QUESTION 163
Given the topology, which zone type should zone A and zone B to be configured with?

 Layer3

 Tap

 Layer2

 Virtual Wire

QUESTION 164
You have been tasked to configure access to a new web server located in the DMZ.
Based on the diagram what configuration changes are required in the NGFW virtual router to route traffic from the 10.1.1.0/24 network to 192.168.1.0/24?

 Add a route with the destination of 192.168.1.0/24 using interface Eth 1/2 with a next-hop of 172.16.1.2.

 Add a route with the destination of 192.168.1.0/24 using interface Eth 1/3 with a next-hop of 192.168.1.10

 Add a route with the destination of 192.168.1.0/24 using interface Eth 1/3 with a next-hop of 172.16.1.2.

 Add a route with the destination of 192.168.1.0/24 using interface Eth 1/3 with a next-hop of 192.168.1.254.

QUESTION 165
How many zones can an interface be assigned with a Palo Alto Networks firewall?

 two

 three

 four

 one

QUESTION 166
In the example security policy shown, which two websites fcked? (Choose two.)

 LinkedIn

 Facebook

 YouTube

 アマゾン

QUESTION 167
Which firewall plane provides configuration, logging, and reporting functions on a separate processor?

 control

 network processing

 data

 security processing

QUESTION 168
What must be considered with regards to content updates deployed from Panorama?

 Content update schedulers need to be configured separately per device group.

 Panorama can only install up to five content versions of the same type for potential rollback scenarios.

 A PAN-OS upgrade resets all scheduler configurations for content updates.

 Panorama can only download one content update at a time for content updates of the same type.

QUESTION 169
Order the steps needed to create a new security zone with a Palo Alto Networks firewall.

QUESTION 170
Drag and Drop Question
Place the following steps in the packet processing order of operations from first to last.
Select and Place:

QUESTION 171
Based on the graphic which statement accurately describes the output shown in the server monitoring panel?

 The User-ID agent is connected to a domain controller labeled lab-client.

 The host lab-client has been found by the User-ID agent.

 The host lab-client has been found by a domain controller.

 The User-ID agent is connected to the firewall labeled lab-client.

QUESTION 172
An internal host wants to connect to servers of the internet through using source NAT.
Which policy is required to enable source NAT on the firewall?

 NAT policy with source zone and destination zone specified

 post-NAT policy with external source and any destination address

 NAT policy with no source of destination zone selected

 pre-NAT policy with external source and any destination address

Explanation

QUESTION 173
Arrange the correct order that the URL classifications are processed within the system.

QUESTION 174
Given the topology, which zone type should zone A and zone B to be configured with?

 Layer3

 Tap

 Layer2

 Virtual Wire

QUESTION 175
Place the steps in the correct packet-processing order of operations.

QUESTION 176
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?

 EDL in URL Filtering Profile.

 Custom URL category in Security Policy rule.

 Custom URL category in URL Filtering Profile.

 PAN-DB URL category in URL Filtering Profile.

QUESTION 177
Which statement is true regarding a Prevention Posture Assessment?

 The Security Policy Adoption Heatmap component filters the information by device groups, serial numbers, zones, areas of architecture, and other categories

 It provides a set of questionnaires that help uncover security risk prevention gaps across all areas of network and security architecture

 It provides a percentage of adoption for each assessment area

 It performs over 200 security checks on Panorama/firewall for the assessment

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/8-1/data-center-best-practices/data-center-best-practice-security-policy/use-palo-alto-networks-assessment-and- review-tools

QUESTION 178
For the firewall to use Active Directory to authenticate users, which Server Profile is required in the Authentication Profile?

 TACACS+

 RADIUS

 LDAP

 SAML

Explanation/Reference: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/authentication/configure-an- authentication-profile-and-sequence

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