PCNSE PRATICE TEST, PCNSE, PCSNA
2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% PASS
What is the last step of packet processing in the firewall?
A. check allowed ports
B. check Security Profiles
C. check Security policy
D. forwarding lookup - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B
Which interface type requires you to configure where the next hop is for
various addresses?
A. tap
B. virtual wire
C. Layer 2
D. Layer 3 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D
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,How do you enable the firewall to be managed through a data-plane
interface?
A. You specify Web UI in the interface properties.
B. You specify Management in the interface properties.
C. You specify HTTPS in the Interface Management Profile, and then
specify in the interface properties to use that profile.
D. You specify Management in the Interface Management Profile, and then
specify in the interface properties to use that profile. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C
Some devices managed by Panorama have their external interface on
ethernet1/1, some on ethernet1/2. However, the zone definitions for the
external zone are identical. What is the recommended solution in this
case?
A. Create two templates: one for the ethernet1/1 devices, one for the
ethernet1/2 devices. Use the same external zone definitions in both. Apply
those two templates to the appropriate devices.
B. Create three templates: one for the ethernet1/1 devices, one for the
ethernet1/2 devices, and one with the external zone definitions. Use those
templates to create two template stacks, one with the ethernet1/1 and
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,external zone, another with the ethernet1/2 and external zone. Apply those
two template stacks to the appropriate devices.
C. Create three templates: one for the ethernet1/1 devices, one for the
ethernet1/2 devices, and one with the external zone definitions. Apply the
external zone template to all device - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A
In a Panorama managed environment, which two options show the correct
order of policy evaluation? (Choose two.)
A. device group pre-rules, shared pre-rules, local firewall rules, intrazone-
default, interzone-default
B. device group pre-rules, local firewall rules, shared post-rules, device
group post-rules, intrazone-default, interzone-default
C. device group pre-rules, local firewall rules, device group post-rules,
shared post-rules, intrazone-default, interzone-default
D. device group pre-rules, local firewall rules, intrazone-default, interzone-
default, device group post-rules, shared post-rules
E. shared pre-rules, device group pre-rules, local firewall rules, intrazone-
default, interzone-default - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CE
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, When you deploy the Palo Alto Networks NGFW on NSX, how many virtual
network interfaces does a VM-Series firewall need?
A. two, one for traffic input and output and one for management traffic
B. four, two for traffic input and output and two for management traffic (for
High Availability)
C. three, one for traffic input, one for traffic output, and one for
management traffic
D. six, two for traffic input, two for traffic output, and two for management
traffic (for High Availability) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C
Which source of user information is not supported by the NGFW?
A. RACF
B. LDAP
C. Active Directory
D. SAML - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A
What is the main mechanism of packet-based vulnerability attacks?
A. malformed packets that trigger software bugs when they are received
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2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% PASS
What is the last step of packet processing in the firewall?
A. check allowed ports
B. check Security Profiles
C. check Security policy
D. forwarding lookup - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B
Which interface type requires you to configure where the next hop is for
various addresses?
A. tap
B. virtual wire
C. Layer 2
D. Layer 3 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D
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,How do you enable the firewall to be managed through a data-plane
interface?
A. You specify Web UI in the interface properties.
B. You specify Management in the interface properties.
C. You specify HTTPS in the Interface Management Profile, and then
specify in the interface properties to use that profile.
D. You specify Management in the Interface Management Profile, and then
specify in the interface properties to use that profile. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C
Some devices managed by Panorama have their external interface on
ethernet1/1, some on ethernet1/2. However, the zone definitions for the
external zone are identical. What is the recommended solution in this
case?
A. Create two templates: one for the ethernet1/1 devices, one for the
ethernet1/2 devices. Use the same external zone definitions in both. Apply
those two templates to the appropriate devices.
B. Create three templates: one for the ethernet1/1 devices, one for the
ethernet1/2 devices, and one with the external zone definitions. Use those
templates to create two template stacks, one with the ethernet1/1 and
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,external zone, another with the ethernet1/2 and external zone. Apply those
two template stacks to the appropriate devices.
C. Create three templates: one for the ethernet1/1 devices, one for the
ethernet1/2 devices, and one with the external zone definitions. Apply the
external zone template to all device - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A
In a Panorama managed environment, which two options show the correct
order of policy evaluation? (Choose two.)
A. device group pre-rules, shared pre-rules, local firewall rules, intrazone-
default, interzone-default
B. device group pre-rules, local firewall rules, shared post-rules, device
group post-rules, intrazone-default, interzone-default
C. device group pre-rules, local firewall rules, device group post-rules,
shared post-rules, intrazone-default, interzone-default
D. device group pre-rules, local firewall rules, intrazone-default, interzone-
default, device group post-rules, shared post-rules
E. shared pre-rules, device group pre-rules, local firewall rules, intrazone-
default, interzone-default - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CE
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, When you deploy the Palo Alto Networks NGFW on NSX, how many virtual
network interfaces does a VM-Series firewall need?
A. two, one for traffic input and output and one for management traffic
B. four, two for traffic input and output and two for management traffic (for
High Availability)
C. three, one for traffic input, one for traffic output, and one for
management traffic
D. six, two for traffic input, two for traffic output, and two for management
traffic (for High Availability) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C
Which source of user information is not supported by the NGFW?
A. RACF
B. LDAP
C. Active Directory
D. SAML - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A
What is the main mechanism of packet-based vulnerability attacks?
A. malformed packets that trigger software bugs when they are received
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