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The questions for PCNSE were last updated at Apr 25,2025.
- Exam Code: PCNSE
- Exam Name: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer Exam
- Certification Provider: Palo Alto Networks
- Latest update: Apr 25,2025
Given the following snippet of a WildFire submission log, did the end user successfully download a file?
- A . No, because the URL generated an alert.
- B . Yes, because both the web-browsing application and the flash file have the ‘alert" action.
- C . Yes, because the final action is set to "allow.”
- D . No, because the action for the wildfire-virus is "reset-both."
An engineer is monitoring an active/active high availability (HA) firewall pair.
Which HA firewall state describes the firewall that is experiencing a failure of a monitored path?
- A . Initial
- B . Tentative
- C . Passive
- D . Active-secondary
An engineer is designing a deployment of multi-vsys firewalls.
What must be taken into consideration when designing the device group structure?
- A . Only one vsys or one firewall can be assigned to a device group, and a multi-vsys firewall can have each vsys in a different device group.
- B . Multiple vsys and firewalls can be assigned to a device group, and a multi-vsys firewall can have each vsys in a different device group.
- C . Only one vsys or one firewall can be assigned to a device group, except for a multi-vsys firewall, which must have all its vsys in a single device group.
- D . Multiple vsys and firewalls can be assigned to a device group, and a multi-vsys firewall must have all its vsys in a single device group.
You are auditing the work of a co-worker and need to verify that they have matched the Palo Alto Networks Best Practices for Anti-Spyware Profiles.
For which three severity levels should single-packet captures be enabled to meet the Best Practice standard? (Choose three.)
- A . Low
- B . High
- C . Critical
- D . Informational
- E . Medium
What must be configured to apply tags automatically based on User-ID logs?
- A . Device ID
- B . Log Forwarding profile
- C . Group mapping
- D . Log settings
The decision to upgrade PAN-OS has been approved. The engineer begins the process by upgrading the Panorama servers, but gets an error when attempting the install.
When performing an upgrade on Panorama to PAN-OS. what is the potential cause of a failed install?
- A . Outdated plugins
- B . Global Protect agent version
- C . Expired certificates
- D . Management only mode
An engineer needs to configure a standardized template for all Panorama-managed firewalls. These settings will be configured on a template named "Global" and will be included in all template stacks.
Which three settings can be configured in this template? (Choose three.)
- A . Log Forwarding profile
- B . SSL decryption exclusion
- C . Email scheduler
- D . Login banner
- E . Dynamic updates
An engineer is monitoring an active/active high availability (HA) firewall pair.
Which HA firewall state describes the firewall that is currently processing traffic?
- A . Initial
- B . Passive
- C . Active
- D . Active-primary
A network security administrator has an environment with multiple forms of authentication. There is a network access control system in place that authenticates and restricts access for wireless users, multiple Windows domain controllers, and an MDM solution for company-provided smartphones. All of these devices have their authentication events logged.
Given the information, what is the best choice for deploying User-ID to ensure maximum coverage?
- A . Captive portal
- B . Standalone User-ID agent
- C . Syslog listener
- D . Agentless User-ID with redistribution
Review the screenshot of the Certificates page.
An administrator for a small LLC has created a series of certificates as shown, to use for a planned Decryption roll out. The administrator has also installed the self-signed root certificate in all client systems.
When testing, they noticed that every time a user visited an SSL site, they received unsecured website warnings.
What is the cause of the unsecured website warnings?
- A . The forward untrust certificate has not been signed by the self-singed root CA certificate.
- B . The forward trust certificate has not been installed in client systems.
- C . The self-signed CA certificate has the same CN as the forward trust and untrust certificates.
- D . The forward trust certificate has not been signed by the self-singed root CA certificate.