Palo Alto Networks PCNSE Exam
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (Page 7 )

Updated On: 15-Feb-2026

If the firewall has the following link monitoring configuration, what will cause a failover?

  1. ethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6 going down
  2. ethernet1/3 going down
  3. ethernet1/3 or ethernet1/6 going down
  4. ethernet1/6 going down

Answer(s): A



In the image, what caused the commit warning?

  1. The CA certificate for FWDtrust has not been imported into the firewall.
  2. TheFWDtrust certificate has not been flagged as Trusted Root CA.
  3. SSL Forward Proxy requires a public certificate to be imported into the firewall.
  4. TheFWDtrust certificate does not have a certificate chain.

Answer(s): A


Reference:

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/decryption/troubleshoot-and-monitor-decryption/decryption-logs/repair-incomplete-certificate-chains



Which method does an administrator use to integrate all non-native MFA platforms in PAN-OS® software?

  1. Okta
  2. DUO
  3. RADIUS
  4. PingID

Answer(s): C



How would an administrator monitor/capture traffic on the management interface of the Palo Alto Networks NGFW?

  1. Use the debug dataplane packet-diag set capture stage firewall file command.
  2. Enable all four stages of traffic capture (TX, RX, DROP, Firewall).
  3. Use the debug dataplane packet-diag set capture stage management file command.
  4. Use the tcpdump command.

Answer(s): D


Reference:

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Learning-Articles/How-to-Run-a-Packet-Capture/ta-p/62390



An administrator needs to optimize traffic to prefer business-critical applications over non-critical applications. QoS natively integrates with which feature to provide service quality?

  1. Port Inspection
  2. Certificate revocation
  3. Content-ID
  4. App-ID

Answer(s): D


Reference:

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/pan-os/quality-of-service/qos- concepts/qos-for-applications-and-users#idaed4e749-80b4-4641-a37c-c741aba562e9






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