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  • ▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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Advanced VPN and Zero Trust questions

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Question 1mediummultiple choice
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A company is implementing Zero Trust Network Access using Fortinet's ZTNA solution. They have deployed a FortiGate as the ZTNA gateway and are using FortiClient as the ZTNA agent. Users report that they can initiate ZTNA connections but the connections drop after a few minutes. The FortiGate logs show that the ZTNA session is being terminated due to a endpoint compliance check failure. Which action should the administrator take to resolve this issue?

Question 2hardmultiple choice
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During a ZTNA deployment, an administrator notices that traffic from a specific internal application is being routed through the ZTNA gateway but is not reaching the destination server. The FortiGate policy allows the traffic, and the client has a valid ZTNA connection. What is the most likely cause of the issue?

Question 3easymultiple choice
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An organization is designing a Zero Trust Network Access solution with Fortinet. They want to ensure that only devices with up-to-date antivirus software can access sensitive applications. Which component is responsible for enforcing this requirement?

Question 4mediummultiple choice
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A company uses FortiGate ZTNA to provide remote access to an internal web application. The application requires client certificates for authentication. The administrator has configured the ZTNA rule to use certificate authentication. However, users report that they are prompted for credentials repeatedly. What is the most likely cause?

Question 5easymultiple choice
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In a Zero Trust Network Access architecture, which component acts as the policy enforcement point for access decisions?

Question 6hardmultiple choice
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An administrator is troubleshooting a ZTNA connection issue where a user can access the ZTNA gateway but the connection to the internal application fails after a few seconds. The FortiGate logs show 'ZTNA session timeout' but the timeout value is set to 30 minutes. What could be the reason?

Question 7mediummultiple choice
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A company wants to deploy ZTNA to secure access to internal applications for remote employees. They have a FortiGate with a public IP and internal servers. Which deployment mode should they choose to minimize changes to existing firewall rules?

Question 8hardmultiple choice
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During a ZTNA implementation, the administrator configures a ZTNA rule for an internal application but users cannot connect. The FortiGate policy is correct and the application is reachable from the FortiGate. What is the most likely misconfiguration?

Question 9mediummulti select
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Which TWO of the following are required components for a Fortinet ZTNA solution? (Select two.)

Question 10hardmulti select
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Which THREE of the following are valid methods to deliver ZTNA tags to FortiClient? (Select three.)

Question 11easymulti select
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Which TWO of the following can be used to authenticate users in a ZTNA connection? (Select two.)

Question 12hardmultiple choice
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A multinational corporation is implementing ZTNA for remote access to a critical internal application hosted on a server with IP 10.0.1.200:8443. The FortiGate is deployed at the edge with WAN IP 203.0.113.50. The administrator configures a ZTNA rule with proxy destination 10.0.1.200:8443, a firewall policy allowing traffic from the ZTNA gateway to the internal server, and a VIP for port forwarding for testing. However, remote users report that they can establish a ZTNA connection to the gateway but the application page fails to load, showing a blank page after a long delay. The FortiGate logs show no errors, and the debug output indicates that the proxy successfully forwarded the request to 10.0.1.200:8443 and received a response. The internal server team confirms the application is working correctly for on-site users. What is the most likely cause?

Question 13mediummultiple choice
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A healthcare provider is deploying ZTNA to secure access to an internal electronic health records (EHR) system. The EHR system is composed of multiple web services running on different ports behind a load balancer with IP 10.0.10.100. The load balancer listens on ports 443, 8443, and 9090. The administrator configures a single ZTNA rule with proxy destination 10.0.10.100:443, expecting that the other ports will be accessed via the same rule. However, users report that they can only access the service on port 443; connections to ports 8443 and 9090 fail. The FortiGate logs show that requests to other ports are being dropped. What should the administrator do to resolve this?

Question 14mediummultiple choice
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A network administrator is troubleshooting an IPsec VPN tunnel between two FortiGate devices. The tunnel is established, but traffic is not passing. Which configuration should the administrator check first?

Question 15hardmultiple choice
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A company uses SSL VPN with FortiGate for remote access. Users report that after connecting, they can access internal web servers but cannot ping them. Which configuration is most likely missing?

Question 16easymultiple choice
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An administrator needs to configure a site-to-site IPsec VPN with a remote FortiGate that has a dynamic IP address. Which phase1 parameter must be set to support this?

Question 17hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A tunnel interface is configured with IP 10.0.1.1/30 and remote-ip 10.0.1.2/30. The phase2 defines src-subnet as 10.0.1.0/30 and dst-subnet as 10.0.2.0/30. What is the most likely problem with this configuration?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

config system interface
    edit "to_remote"
        set vdom "root"
        set ip 10.0.1.1 255.255.255.252
        set type tunnel
        set remote-ip 10.0.1.2 255.255.255.252
        set interface "wan1"
    next
end

config vpn ipsec phase1
    edit "vpn_1"
        set interface "wan1"
        set peertype any
        set net-device enable
        set proposal aes256-sha256
        set dhgrp 14
        set remote-gw 203.0.113.1
        set psksecret ********
    next
end

config vpn ipsec phase2
    edit "vpn_2"
        set phase1name "vpn_1"
        set proposal aes256-sha256
        set src-subnet 10.0.1.0 255.255.255.252
        set dst-subnet 10.0.2.0 255.255.255.252
    next
end
Question 18mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. Users report that they cannot log in to the SSL VPN portal. The stats show 15 login failures with reason 'auth_fail'. What is the most likely cause?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

FGT # diagnose vpn ssl stats
SSL VPN statistics:
  Total tunnels: 0
  Active tunnels: 0
  Authenticated users: 0
  Login failures: 15
  Last failure reason: auth_fail

FGT # diagnose debug authd fsso list
No FSSO configured.

FGT # show full-configuration | grep ssl
config vpn ssl settings
    set servercert "self-sign"
    set port 443
    set source-interface "wan1"
    set source-address "all"
    set algorithm low
    set login-attempt-limit 3
    set login-block-time 60
end

config user local
    edit "user1"
        set type password
        set passwd ENC SHAtmpEncryptedPasswordHash
    next
end

config user group
    edit "ssl_vpn_group"
        set member "user1"
    next
end
Question 19hardmulti select
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Which TWO features are required to implement an always-on SSL VPN tunnel with FortiGate that automatically reconnects when the user's network changes?

Question 20mediummulti select
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Which THREE conditions must be met for an IPsec VPN to successfully establish phase2?

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