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Practise Cisco Securing Networks with Cisco Firewalls (300-710 SNCF, CCNP Security) (300-710 SNCF) Configuration practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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What to know about Configuration

Configuration questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

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Common Configuration exam traps

▸Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
▸Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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Configuration questions

20 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1easymultiple choice

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An administrator is configuring a network object in the FMC to represent a range of IP addresses from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.200. Which object type should be created?

Trap 1: FQDN

An FQDN object represents a Fully Qualified Domain Name resolved via DNS.

Trap 2: Network

A Network object represents an entire subnet using CIDR notation.

Trap 3: Host

A Host object represents a single IP address.

Configuration practice questions

What to know about Configuration

Common Configuration exam traps

Configuration questions

An administrator is configuring a network object in the FMC to represent a range of IP addresses from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.200. Which object type should be created?

An engineer needs to prioritize voice traffic (DSCP EF) over a constrained WAN interface on an FTD device. Where must the QoS policy be configured and applied?

An administrator is configuring manual NAT and needs to ensure that the original source port is preserved during translation without port overloading. Which feature should be selected in the manual NAT rule?

An administrator is configuring an SSL/TLS Decryption Policy. Which TWO decryption actions are available in FMC SSL rules? (Choose two)

An administrator wants to configure QoS on an FMC-managed FTD device. Which TWO components are required to successfully implement a QoS policy? (Choose two)

An administrator is configuring a new Access Control Policy on the FMC and needs to ensure that HTTP traffic matching a specific URL category is blocked before security inspection to optimize performance. Which policy type should be configured?

An organization requires that Quality of Service (QoS) be enforced on an FTD interface to limit outbound traffic for a specific guest network object to 2 Mbps. Where within the FMC interface is this QoS policy applied?

An administrator needs to create a reusable network object in the FMC representing a range of IP addresses from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.200. Which object type should be created under Object Management?

An administrator is creating custom Port objects in the FMC Object Management menu to be used in an Access Control Policy. The port needs to cover a range of TCP ports from 5000 to 5050. Which object type should the administrator create?

An administrator is configuring an Access Control Policy rule in FMC to secure an enterprise network. Which THREE match criteria are natively available under the Ports tab of an Access Control Rule? (Choose three)

Which TWO settings must be configured in an Access Control Policy to enable strict URL filtering based on reputation?

Which THREE settings are part of the 'Interface' configuration within an Access Control rule?

Which protocol is used by the FMC to monitor the health of managed FTD devices?

If you need to limit the number of simultaneous connections for a specific user, where is this setting configured?

When configuring a new Access Control Policy, what is the default action for traffic that does not match any rule?

Which option is required in the SSL Policy to allow the FTD to intercept and decrypt traffic to a specific server?

You need to ensure that specific traffic is always inspected by the IPS, regardless of other rules. What is the best way to ensure this?

Where can you see the current status of an FTD device's deployment?

Which THREE items are mandatory to define when creating a new Security Zone?

Which THREE actions can be applied to traffic in a Prefilter rule?

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