Palo Alto Networks PCNSA Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: PCNSA
- Exam Name: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator
- Certification Provider: Palo Alto Networks
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
Which five Zero Trust concepts does a Palo Alto Networks firewall apply to achieve an integrated approach to prevent threats? (Choose five.)
- A . User identification
- B . Filtration protection
- C . Vulnerability protection
- D . Antivirus
- E . Application identification
- F . Anti-spyware
What allows a security administrator to preview the Security policy rules that match new application signatures?
- A . Review Release Notes
- B . Dynamic Updates-Review Policies
- C . Dynamic Updates-Review App
- D . Policy Optimizer-New App Viewer
What are two differences between an implicit dependency and an explicit dependency in App-ID?
(Choose two.)
- A . An implicit dependency does not require the dependent application to be added in the security policy
- B . An implicit dependency requires the dependent application to be added in the security policy
- C . An explicit dependency does not require the dependent application to be added in the security policy
- D . An explicit dependency requires the dependent application to be added in the security policy
What are two differences between an implicit dependency and an explicit dependency in App-ID?
(Choose two.)
- A . An implicit dependency does not require the dependent application to be added in the security policy
- B . An implicit dependency requires the dependent application to be added in the security policy
- C . An explicit dependency does not require the dependent application to be added in the security policy
- D . An explicit dependency requires the dependent application to be added in the security policy
What must exist in order for the firewall to route traffic between Layer 3 interfaces?
- A . Virtual router
- B . Virtual wires
- C . Traffic Distribution profile
- D . VLANs
When creating an Admin Role profile, if no changes are made, which two administrative methods will you have full access to? (Choose two.)
- A . web UI
- B . XML API
- C . command line
- D . RESTAPI
A Security Profile can block or allow traffic at which point?
- A . after it is matched to a Security policy rule that allows traffic
- B . on either the data plane or the management plane
- C . after it is matched to a Security policy rule that allows or blocks traffic
- D . before it is matched to a Security policy rule
A Security Profile can block or allow traffic at which point?
- A . after it is matched to a Security policy rule that allows traffic
- B . on either the data plane or the management plane
- C . after it is matched to a Security policy rule that allows or blocks traffic
- D . before it is matched to a Security policy rule
After making multiple changes to the candidate configuration of a firewall, the administrator would like to start over with a candidate configuration that matches the running configuration.
Which command in Device > Setup > Operations would provide the most operationally efficient way to accomplish this?
- A . Import named config snapshot
- B . Load named configuration snapshot
- C . Revert to running configuration
- D . Revert to last saved configuration
Which file is used to save the running configuration with a Palo Alto Networks firewall?
- A . running-config.xml
- B . run-config.xml
- C . running-configuration.xml
- D . run-configuration.xml