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Question #1
Which two OpenStack components are used in the creation of a VM-Series firewall from a heat template in OpenStack? (Choose two )
A. Swift creates the storage resources
B. Nova creates the firewall instance
C. Horizon
D. Neutron creates the network resources
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Correct Answer: AC

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Question #2
Which of the following is an appropriate first step for a customer interested in moving to Zero Trust?
A. sk administrators to switch on the Zero Trust options and features of their current products
B. equest a statement of compliance from their IT vendors against the Zero Trust standard
C. ecure the funding required to incorporate the new architecture into their existing networks
D. et priorities by identifying the most valuable and critical assets and data on their networks
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Correct Answer: B
Question #3
For which two reasons would an administrator have to install NGFW automatically in a cloud environment? {Choose two )
A. Areduce capital expenses
B. Bperformance, to be able to install a new firewall when the demand exceeds the ability of the existing environments to service
C. Cintegrity, to ensure that data is not changed illicitly
D. Dresiliency and availability, to be able to install a new firewall as part of a new environment if an existing environment fails
E. Esecurity, to automatically install a firewall when a security threat is detected
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Correct Answer: BE
Question #4
According to a customer's CIO, who is upgrading PAN-OS versions, ''Finding issues and then engaging with your support people requires expertise that our operations team can better utilize elsewhere on more valuable tasks for the business.'' The upgrade project was initiated in a rush because the company did not have the appropriate tools to indicate that their current NGFWs were reaching capacity.Which two actions by the Palo Alto Networks team offer a long-term solution for the customer? (Choose two.)
A. Recommend that the operations team use the free machine learning-powered AIOps for NGFW tool
B. Suggest the inclusion of training into the proposal so that the operations team is informed and confident in working on their firewalls
C. Inform the CIO that the new enhanced security features they will gain from the PAN-OS upgrades will fix any future problems with upgrading and capacity
D. Propose AIOps Premium within Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) to address the company's issues from within the existing technology
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Correct Answer: AD
Question #5
What helps avoid split brain in active / passive high availability (HA) pair deployment?
A. se the management interface as the HA1 backup link
B. se a standard traffic interface as the HA3 link
C. nable preemption on both firewalls in the HA pair
D. se a standard traffic interface as the HA2 backup
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Correct Answer: A
Question #6
What is the default session distribution policy in the PA - 7000 Series?
A. Hash
B. Egress - Slot
C. Round Robin
D. Ingress - Slot
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Correct Answer: D
Question #7
A company has deployed the following* VM-300 firewalls in AWS* endpoint protection with the Traps Management Service* a Panorama M-200 for managing its VM-Series firewalls* PA-5220s for its internet perimeter,* Prisma SaaS for SaaS security.Which two products can send logs to the Cortex Data Lake? (Choose two).
A. Prisma SaaS
B. Traps Management Service
C. VM-300 firewalls
D. Panorama M-200 appliance
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Correct Answer: CD
Question #8
A customer claims that Advanced WildFire miscategorized a file as malicious and wants proof, because another vendor has said that the file is benign.How could the systems engineer assure the customer that Advanced WildFire was accurate?
A. Review the threat logs for information to provide to the customer
B. Use the WildFire Analysis Report in the log to show the customer the malicious actions the file took when it was detonated
C. Open a TAG ticket for the customer and allow support engineers to determine the appropriate action
D. Do nothing because the customer will realize Advanced WildFire is right
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Correct Answer: B
Question #9
What is used to stop a DNS-based threat?
A. ADNS proxy
B. BBuffer overflow protection
C. CDNS tunneling
D. DDNS sinkholing
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Correct Answer: D
Question #10
Which two components must be configured within User - ID on a new firewall that has been implemented? (Choose two.)
A. User Mapping
B. Proxy Authentication
C. Group Mapping
D. 802
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Correct Answer: AC
Question #11
Select the BOM for the Prisma Access, to provide access for 5500 mobile users and 10 remote locations (100Mbps each) for one year, including Base Support and minimal logging. The customer already has 4x PA5220r 8x PA3220,1x Panorama VM for 25 devices.
A. 500x PAN-GPCS-USER-C-BAS-1YR, 1000x PAN-GPCS-NET-B-BAS-1YRr 1xPAN-LGS-1TB-1YR, 1x PAN-PRA-25, 1x PAN-SVC-BAS-PRA-25
B. 500x PAN-GPCS-USER-C-BAS-1YR, 1000x PAN-GPCS-NET-B-BAS-1YR, 1xPAN-SVC-BAS-PRA-25
C. x PAN-GPCS-USER-C-BAS-1YR, 1x PAN-GPCS-NET-B-BAS-1YR, 1x PAN-LGS-1TB-1YR
D. 500x PAN-GPCS-USER-C-BAS-1YR, 1000x PAN-GPCS-NET-B-BAS-1YR, 1xPAN-LGS-1TB-1YR
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Correct Answer: A
Question #12
What are two core values of the Palo Alto Network Security Operating Platform? (Choose two.}
A. prevention of cyber attacks
B. safe enablement of all applications
C. threat remediation
D. defense against threats with static security solution
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Correct Answer: AC
Question #13
Which is not a SaaS product?
A. Yahoo Maps
B. Microsoft Office 365
C. Microsoft Azure
D. Google Docs
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Correct Answer: C
Question #14
Which configuration is required to share NSX security groups as tags to be used by Dynamic Address Groups in a non-NSX firewall?
A. notify device groups within VMware Services Manager
B. a User-ID agent on a Windows domain server
C. VMware Information Sources
D. none, sharing happens by default
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Correct Answer: B
Question #15
Which three known variables can assist with sizing an NGFW appliance? (Choose three.)
A. Connections per second
B. Max sessions
C. Packet replication
D. App-ID firewall throughput
E. Telemetry enabled
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Correct Answer: ABD
Question #16
In which step of the Palo Alto Networks Five-Step Zero Trust Methodology would an organization's critical data, applications, assets, and services (DAAS) be identified?
A. tep 1: Define the protect surface
B. tep 4: Create the Zero Trust policy
C. tep 3: Architect a Zero Trust network
D. tep 2: Map the transaction flows
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Correct Answer: A
Question #17
A single VM runs a web server and a DNS server A separate VM needs to access the DNS server, but is not allowed to access the web server What network control functionality is necessary to enforce this security posture'?
A. Acan use a Palo Alto Networks NGFW for this requirement, but not a port filter firewall
B. Bcan use either a Palo Alto Networks NGFW or a port filler firewall for this requirement
C. Ccan use a port filter firewall for this requirement but not the Palo Alto Networks NGFW
D. Dcan use a specialized VM with advanced threat protection for this requirement
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Correct Answer: C
Question #18
A customer claims that Advanced WildFire miscategorized a file as malicious and wants proof, because another vendor has said that the file is benign.How could the systems engineer assure the customer that Advanced WildFire was accurate?
A. Review the threat logs for information to provide to the customer
B. Use the WildFire Analysis Report in the log to show the customer the malicious actions the file took when it was detonated
C. Open a TAG ticket for the customer and allow support engineers to determine the appropriate action
D. Do nothing because the customer will realize Advanced WildFire is right
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Correct Answer: B
Question #19
Which three of the following actions must be taken to enable Credential Phishing Prevention? (Choose three.)
A. nable App-ID
B. efine a uniform resource locator (URL) Filtering profile
C. nable User-ID
D. nable User Credential Detection
E. efine a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) decryption rule base
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Correct Answer: BCE
Question #20
What are three sources of malware sample data for the Threat Intelligence Cloud? (Choose three)
A. Next - generation firewalls deployed with WildFire Analysis Security Profiles
B. WF - 500 configured as private clouds for privacy concerns
C. Correlation Objects generated by AutoFocus
D. Third - party data feeds such as partnership with ProofPomt and the Cyber Threat Alliance
E. Palo Alto Networks non - firewall products such as Traps and Prisma SaaS
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Correct Answer: CDE
Question #21
Which methods are used to check for Corporate Credential Submissions? (Choose three.)
A. roup Mapping
B. P User Mapping
C. DAP query
D. omain Credential Filter
E. ser ID Credential Check
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Correct Answer: ABD
Question #22
What is the major decision factor that customers use when selecting a managed container platform such as AS/EKS/GKE?
A. licensing costs
B. enhanced capabilities not available in vanilla K8s
C. no need to manage containers, just the application code
D. reduced operational costs and management overhead
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Correct Answer: B
Question #23
Which technique is an example of a DNS attack that Advanced DNS Security can detect and prevent?
A. High entropy DNS domains
B. Polymorphic DNS
C. CNAME cloaking
D. DNS domain rebranding
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Correct Answer: A
Question #24
A customer claims that Advanced WildFire miscategorized a file as malicious and wants proof, because another vendor has said that the file is benign. How could the systems engineer assure the customer that Advanced WildFire was accurate?
A. Review the threat logs for information to provide to the customer
B. Use the WildFire Analysis Report in the log to show the customer the malicious actions the file took when it was detonated
C. Open a TAG ticket for the customer and allow support engineers to determine the appropriate action
D. Do nothing because the customer will realize Advanced WildFire is right
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Correct Answer: B
Question #25
A company plans to deploy identity for improved visibility and identity-based controls for least privilege access to applications and dat
A. The company does not have an on-premises Active Directory (AD) deployment, and devices are connected and managed by using a combination of Entra ID and Jamf
B. Captive portal
C. User-ID agents configured for WMI client probing
D. GlobalProtect with an internal gateway deployment
E. Cloud Identity Engine synchronized with Entra ID
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Correct Answer: CD
Question #26
Which three known variables can assist with sizing an NGFW appliance? (Choose three.)
A. Connections per second
B. Max sessions
C. Packet replication
D. App-ID firewall throughput
E. Telemetry enabled
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Correct Answer: ABD
Question #27
Which interface mode do you use to generate the statdump file that can be converted into an SLR? Assume that the SE wants to make the evaluation as unintrusive as possible.
A. Virtual Wire
B. Layer 2
C. TAP
D. Layer 3
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Correct Answer: C
Question #28
Which protocol is used by VMware to encapsulate packets in NSX?
A. VRLAN
B. VXLAN
C. GRE
D. VMLAN
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Correct Answer: B
Question #29
What is the default session distribution policy in the PA-7000 Series?
A. Hash
B. Egress-Slot
C. Round Robin
D. Ingress-Slot
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Correct Answer: D
Question #30
What is the default session distribution policy in the PA-7000 Series?
A. Hash
B. Egress-Slot
C. Round Robin
D. Ingress-Slot
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Correct Answer: D
Question #31
Which is not a SaaS product?
A. Yahoo Maps
B. Microsoft Office 365
C. Microsoft Azure
D. Google Docs
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Correct Answer: C
Question #32
What is the default behavior in PAN-OS when a 12 MB portable executable (PE) fe is forwarded to the WildFire cloud service?
A. lash file is forwarded
B. E File is forwarded
C. E File is not forwarded
D. lash file is not forwarded
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Correct Answer: C
Question #33
A customer claims that Advanced WildFire miscategorized a file as malicious and wants proof, because another vendor has said that the file is benign.How could the systems engineer assure the customer that Advanced WildFire was accurate?
A. Review the threat logs for information to provide to the customer
B. Use the WildFire Analysis Report in the log to show the customer the malicious actions the file took when it was detonated
C. Open a TAG ticket for the customer and allow support engineers to determine the appropriate action
D. Do nothing because the customer will realize Advanced WildFire is right
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Correct Answer: B
Question #34
Which two options describe use cases of internal and external tags in Panorama? (Choose two.)
A. device group membership
B. template membership
C. Dynamic Address Group membership
D. rule grouping
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Correct Answer: AC
Question #35
Which three deployment modes of VM-Series firewalls are supported across NSX-T? (Choose three )
A. Partner Service
B. Boot Strap
C. Prism Central
D. Tier-1 insertion
E. Tier-0 insertion
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Correct Answer: ADE
Question #36
A client chooses to not block uncategorized websites.Which two additions should be made to help provide some protection? (Choose two.)
A. A URL filtering profile with the action set to continue for unknown URL categories to security policy rules that allow web access
B. A data filtering profile with a custom data pattern to security policy rules that deny uncategorized websites
C. A file blocking profile attached to security policy rules that allow uncategorized websites to help reduce the risk of drive by downloads
D. A security policy rule using only known URL categories with the action set to allow
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Correct Answer: AB
Question #37
What is the minimum configuration to stop a Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 attack inline and in real time?
A. ANext-Generation CASB on PAN-OS 10
B. BAdvanced Threat Prevention and PAN-OS 10
C. CThreat Prevention and Advanced WildFire with PAN-OS 10
D. DDNS Security, Threat Prevention, and Advanced WildFire with PAN-OS 9
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Correct Answer: B
Question #38
Which is not a SaaS product?
A. Yahoo Maps
B. Microsoft Office 365
C. Microsoft Azure
D. Google Docs
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Correct Answer: C
Question #39
What is the key benefit of Palo Alto Networks single-pass architecture (SPA) design?
A. t requires only one processor to complete all the functions within the box
B. t allows the addition of new functions to existing hardware without affecting performance
C. t allows the addition of new devices to existing hardware without affecting performance
D. t decodes each network flow multiple times, therefore reducing throughput
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Correct Answer: B
Question #40
What is the default session distribution policy in the PA-7000 Series?
A. Hash
B. Egress-Slot
C. Round Robin
D. Ingress-Slot
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Correct Answer: D

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