PCNSA Policy Evaluation and Management Practice Question
An administrator wants to ensure that traffic from the corporate network to the internet is inspected by the firewall's threat prevention features. Which TWO of the following are required to achieve this? (Choose two.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Create a security rule that allows the traffic and includes a security profile group with threat prevention.
Options C and D are correct. To ensure traffic is inspected by threat prevention features, you need a security rule that allows the traffic and includes a security profile group with threat prevention (C). Additionally, the rule's action must be set to 'allow' (D) for the traffic to pass through and be inspected; otherwise, traffic would be blocked. Option A (decryption) is only required for encrypted traffic, but the question does not specify that all traffic is encrypted, so it is not universally required. Option B (NAT) is for address translation, not inspection. Option E (application override) is not necessary for threat prevention.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Enable decryption to inspect encrypted traffic.
Why it's wrong here
Decryption is needed for encrypted traffic but not for all traffic.
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Configure NAT policies for outbound traffic.
Why it's wrong here
NAT is not required for inspection.
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Create a security rule that allows the traffic and includes a security profile group with threat prevention.
Why this is correct
The rule must allow traffic and apply the threat prevention profile.
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Ensure the rule's action is set to 'allow'.
Why this is correct
Security profiles are only applied when the action is allow.
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Use application override to force detection.
Why it's wrong here
Application override is for forcing application identification, not for inspection.
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