NetSec-Analyst Practice Test 4 — 10 Questions

Question 1

An administrator needs to identify which rule is blocking legitimate traffic. What is the most effective approach?

Accepted Answer

Review the Traffic Log for 'drop' actions.. By checking the Traffic Logs and filtering for 'drop' actions, the administrator can see exactly which rule identifier blocked the traffic.

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Reset the firewall to factory defaults.

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Increase the log severity level to 'Debug'.

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Run a packet capture on all interfaces.

Question 2

Which THREE pieces of information are displayed on the firewall Dashboard by default?

Accepted Answer

System Resources (CPU/Memory).. The Dashboard is designed to provide high-level health and security metrics, including system status and threat activity.

Answer

Individual user session details.

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Raw traffic packet hex dumps.

Question 3

Which TWO administrative roles are standard within a Palo Alto Networks firewall?

Accepted Answer

Superuser.. The firewall defines several roles, including 'Superuser' and 'Device Admin', which have specific access levels.

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Hardware Maintenance Tech.

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Junior Packet Analyser.

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Data Plane Observer.

Question 4

You are troubleshooting a policy that fails to match traffic for a group of servers. The servers are represented by an Address Group. What is the most likely cause if the Address Group is dynamic?

Accepted Answer

The dynamic filter does not match the tags assigned to the intended objects. A dynamic address group uses tag-based registration to populate its membership. If the tags on the underlying objects do not match the filter, the group remains empty.

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The objects are in a different Device Group

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The group does not have a description

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The static members were not added manually

Question 5

When creating tags, what is the best practice for naming conventions?

Accepted Answer

Use a consistent and descriptive naming convention. A clear, consistent naming convention (e.g., 'Location-Department-Role') makes management and filtering much easier in large environments.

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Keep names short, under 3 characters

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Use random strings for security

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Always start with a number

Question 6

What are the primary characteristics of Service Groups? (Choose TWO)

Accepted Answer

They are used to bundle multiple service objects. Service Groups are used for grouping multiple services and allow for the mixing of different protocols.

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They are only for inbound traffic

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They contain only one service

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They must have a unique color

Question 7

Which of the following are benefits of using Device Groups in SCM? (Choose THREE)

Accepted Answer

Inheritance of configuration. Device groups allow for hierarchical inheritance, shared objects, and policy modularity.

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Local-only access

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Automatic hardware replacement

Question 8

Which THREE factors can impact the performance of a firewall during a log-intensive period?

Accepted Answer

Congested log forwarding network.. High traffic volume, logging to external servers (slow network), and management plane saturation can all impact performance.

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The color of the firewall chassis.

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The type of ethernet cable used.

Question 9

Which TWO log types can be forwarded to an external collector from a Palo Alto firewall?

Accepted Answer

Traffic logs.. The firewall supports forwarding various log types including Traffic, Threat, System, and URL logs.

Answer

Keyboard input logs.

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Hardware diagnostic sensor readings.

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BIOS boot sequences.

Question 10

Which TWO ways can an administrator verify that a security subscription is active?

Accepted Answer

Via the Device > Licenses GUI page.. Subscription status can be checked in the GUI (Device > Licenses) or via the CLI.

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By reviewing the firewall's physical serial number label.

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By checking the Traffic Logs.

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By pinging the license server.