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Palo Alto Networks PCNSA - 340 Questions

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Practice exam for the Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA). Covers firewall architecture, security policies, networking, User-ID, App-ID, Content-ID, and VPN.

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Sample Questions — Palo Alto Networks PCNSA - 340 Questions

5 free sample questions from this practice exam. Correct answers are highlighted.

1. A network administrator is reviewing the PAN-OS architecture and needs to understand which plane handles security policy enforcement. Which plane in PAN-OS is responsible for policy enforcement and traffic forwarding?

A Management plane
B Data plane ✓ Correct
C Control plane
D Logging plane

2. A company is deploying a Palo Alto Networks firewall and wants to understand the Single-Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) architecture. Which statement BEST describes SP3?

A Traffic is inspected twice to ensure no threats are missed
B Only encrypted traffic benefits from parallel processing
C Each packet is inspected once with App-ID, Content-ID, and User-ID running simultaneously ✓ Correct
D Multiple physical processors independently inspect separate traffic flows

3. An administrator needs to deploy a Palo Alto Networks firewall in an environment where the firewall must not have any IP addresses on its inspection interfaces and traffic should pass through transparently. Which deployment mode should be used?

A Virtual wire ✓ Correct
B Layer 3
C Layer 2
D Tap

4. A security analyst wants to monitor traffic passing through a network segment without affecting the flow of traffic. The analyst connects a SPAN port from a switch to the firewall. Which deployment mode should be configured on the firewall interface receiving the SPAN traffic?

A Virtual wire
B Layer 3
C Layer 2
D Tap ✓ Correct

5. An administrator is configuring initial setup on a new Palo Alto Networks firewall. After connecting to the management interface, what is the default IP address used to access the web interface?

A 192.168.0.1
B 192.168.1.1 ✓ Correct
C 10.0.0.1
D 172.16.0.1

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