PALO ALTO PCNSA CERTIFICATION PRACTICE
QUESTIONS SET 2026 ACCURATE ANSWER
KEY
◉ Which two planes are found in Palo Alto Networks single-pass
platform architecture? (Choose two.)
a. control
b. single pass
c. data
d. parallel processing. Answer: a. control
c. data
◉ (T/F) The strength of the Palo Alto Networks firewall is its Single-
Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) engine.
a. true
b. false. Answer: a. true
◉ Which new firewall model was introduced with PAN-OS 8.1 with
double the data-plane memory?
,a. PA-5260
b. PA-5270
c. PA-5280
d. PA-5290. Answer: c. PA-5280
◉ Palo Alto Networks firewalls are built with a dedicated out-of-
band management port that has which three attributes? (Choose
three.)
a. Labeled MGT by default.
b. Passes only management traffic for the device and cannot be
configured as a standard traffic port.
c. Administrators use the out-of-band management port for direct
connectivity to the management plane of
the firewall.
d. Cannot be configured to use DHCP.. Answer: a. Labeled MGT by
default.
b. Passes only management traffic for the device and cannot be
configured as a standard traffic port.
c. Administrators use the out-of-band management port for direct
connectivity to the management plane of
◉ Which three statements are true regarding the candidate
configuration? (Choose three.)
,a. You can roll back the candidate configuration by pressing the
Undo button.
b. You can revert the candidate configuration to the running
configuration.
c. Clicking Save creates a copy of the current candidate
configuration.
d. Choosing Commit updates the running configuration with the
contents of the candidate configuration.. Answer: b. You can revert
the candidate configuration to the running configuration.
c. Clicking Save creates a copy of the current candidate
configuration.
d. Choosing Commit updates the running configuration with the
contents of the candidate configuration.
◉ (T/F) Firewall administrator accounts can be individualized for
user needs, granting or restricting permissions as appropriate?
a. true
b. false. Answer: a. true
◉ Firewall administration can be done using which four interfaces?
(Choose four.)
, a. web interface
b. Panorama
c. command line interface
d. Java API
e. XML API. Answer: a. web interface
b. Panorama
c. command line interface
e. XML API
◉ (T/F) Service routes can be used to configure an in-band port to
access external services.
a. true
b. false. Answer: a. true
◉ Virtual routers provide support for static routing and dynamic
routing using which three protocols? (Choose three.)
a. OSPF
b. RIPv2
c. EGP
d. BGP. Answer: a. OSPF
QUESTIONS SET 2026 ACCURATE ANSWER
KEY
◉ Which two planes are found in Palo Alto Networks single-pass
platform architecture? (Choose two.)
a. control
b. single pass
c. data
d. parallel processing. Answer: a. control
c. data
◉ (T/F) The strength of the Palo Alto Networks firewall is its Single-
Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) engine.
a. true
b. false. Answer: a. true
◉ Which new firewall model was introduced with PAN-OS 8.1 with
double the data-plane memory?
,a. PA-5260
b. PA-5270
c. PA-5280
d. PA-5290. Answer: c. PA-5280
◉ Palo Alto Networks firewalls are built with a dedicated out-of-
band management port that has which three attributes? (Choose
three.)
a. Labeled MGT by default.
b. Passes only management traffic for the device and cannot be
configured as a standard traffic port.
c. Administrators use the out-of-band management port for direct
connectivity to the management plane of
the firewall.
d. Cannot be configured to use DHCP.. Answer: a. Labeled MGT by
default.
b. Passes only management traffic for the device and cannot be
configured as a standard traffic port.
c. Administrators use the out-of-band management port for direct
connectivity to the management plane of
◉ Which three statements are true regarding the candidate
configuration? (Choose three.)
,a. You can roll back the candidate configuration by pressing the
Undo button.
b. You can revert the candidate configuration to the running
configuration.
c. Clicking Save creates a copy of the current candidate
configuration.
d. Choosing Commit updates the running configuration with the
contents of the candidate configuration.. Answer: b. You can revert
the candidate configuration to the running configuration.
c. Clicking Save creates a copy of the current candidate
configuration.
d. Choosing Commit updates the running configuration with the
contents of the candidate configuration.
◉ (T/F) Firewall administrator accounts can be individualized for
user needs, granting or restricting permissions as appropriate?
a. true
b. false. Answer: a. true
◉ Firewall administration can be done using which four interfaces?
(Choose four.)
, a. web interface
b. Panorama
c. command line interface
d. Java API
e. XML API. Answer: a. web interface
b. Panorama
c. command line interface
e. XML API
◉ (T/F) Service routes can be used to configure an in-band port to
access external services.
a. true
b. false. Answer: a. true
◉ Virtual routers provide support for static routing and dynamic
routing using which three protocols? (Choose three.)
a. OSPF
b. RIPv2
c. EGP
d. BGP. Answer: a. OSPF
