PCNSA Managing Objects Practice Question
An administrator needs to block traffic from a specific internal IP address to the internet. Which object type should be used in the security policy source field?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse Address Groups with Address Objects, thinking they need a group for flexibility, but the question explicitly asks for the object type to use for a single IP, making the Address Object the direct and correct answer.
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Address object
To block traffic from a specific internal IP address to the internet, you must identify that source IP in the security policy rule. An Address Object is the correct object type because it represents a single IP address or subnet and can be directly placed in the source field of a security policy rule to match traffic from that host. Tags, Address Groups, and Regions are not designed to represent a single IP address for source matching in this context.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Address object
Why this is correct
An address object holds the specific internal IP as a host or range, so referencing it in the source field lets the policy match and block that traffic. It satisfies the requirement to identify a single internal IP precisely, unlike regions or application objects.
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Tag
Why it's wrong here
Tags classify traffic by metadata labels for dynamic grouping, not by a single literal IP; the source field needs an address object holding that exact host. Tags would be right for policy scoping across many ephemeral workloads sharing a label, not one fixed internal address.
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Address group
Why it's wrong here
An address group bundles multiple address objects for reuse; it holds no single host unless one is defined and added. It would be right when the policy must cover several internal addresses at once, not one specific IP.
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Region
Why it's wrong here
A Region object groups many external IP ranges by geography, so it cannot isolate one internal host. It would be the correct source when blocking or allowing traffic to an entire country or continent, not a single internal address.
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