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20 questionsDomain: Prisma Access Troubleshooting

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Practice set

Prisma Access Troubleshooting questions

20 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

An administrator implements a new Decryption policy in Prisma Access to inspect inbound traffic to a public-facing application hosted behind a Prisma Access Public IP. After deployment, users report receiving certificate warning errors. What should the administrator inspect first to resolve the warning?

A Prisma Access engineer is troubleshooting an issue where users in a specific Remote Network location cannot authenticate against an on-premises LDAP server because the Service Connection is dropping packets. What is the recommended Panorama CLI command to test connectivity to the LDAP server through the Service Connection?

A security administrator needs to check real-time threat logs for a specific Prisma Access mobile user who reports being blocked from accessing a malicious file. Which Panorama menu path provides the most direct access to these logs?

An organization uses SAML authentication with Prisma Access for mobile users. Users report an intermittent 'Authentication Failed' error when trying to establish a GlobalProtect connection. The Identity Provider (IdP) logs show successful authentication, but Prisma Access logs indicate a failure. What is the most likely cause of this discrepancy?

Question 5hardmultiple choice
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An administrator notices that a subset of mobile users connecting via GlobalProtect in Prisma Access cannot resolve internal corporate hostnames, while external websites load normally. The split-tunnel configuration includes the corporate domain. Where should the administrator check first in Panorama to troubleshoot this DNS resolution failure?

A network engineer is configuring Prisma Access and needs to verify the status of deployed Mobile User nodes across different regions. Which Panorama workspace is dedicated to displaying the overall health and status of Prisma Access infrastructure?

Question 7mediummultiple choice
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A remote network user in a Prisma Access deployment is experiencing intermittent packet loss and slow application performance over the IPsec tunnel to the Remote Network (RN) node. Upon checking the system logs, the network engineer notices repetitive IKE rekey negotiations. Which troubleshooting step should be taken first to identify the root cause?

Question 8mediummultiple choice
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While troubleshooting a Prisma Access Remote Network deployment, an engineer notices that routes advertised via BGP from the customer's data center are not appearing in the Prisma Access routing table. Where can the engineer view BGP peer status and learned routes in Panorama?

An enterprise has deployed Prisma Access with explicit proxy and transparent proxy configurations. Users are reporting that applications using custom non-standard TCP ports are failing to connect through the Remote Network node. What feature should the engineer inspect to ensure the ports are allowed through App-ID inspection?

An administrator is troubleshooting a Prisma Access mobile user environment where users are unable to connect because of an invalid certificate error presented by the GlobalProtect Portal. Which configuration element in Panorama should be verified?

An administrator needs to monitor the volume of traffic passing through a specific Prisma Access Service Connection. Which monitoring tool in Panorama displays aggregated data on bandwidth usage, top applications, and top users?

When troubleshooting a Prisma Access issue, an engineer needs to generate a Tech Support File (TSF) specifically for the Prisma Access cloud infrastructure. Where is this option located in Panorama?

A security team reports that threat prevention signatures are not updating on Prisma Access nodes. Where in Panorama should the administrator verify the scheduling and status of dynamic updates for Prisma Access?

A network engineer is troubleshooting user identification issues in Prisma Access where security policies relying on user groups are not matching traffic. Which troubleshooting command or Panorama feature should be used to verify if User-ID mappings are correctly populated for mobile users?

An enterprise deployment of Prisma Access uses explicit proxy. Users report that specific SaaS applications are failing because the proxy is stripping required HTTP headers. Where should the administrator check and modify proxy header insertion rules in Prisma Access?

A remote network connected via Prisma Access is experiencing packet drops due to Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size mismatches. Which troubleshooting technique or configuration should be verified to resolve IP packet fragmentation issues?

An administrator needs to review configuration changes made to Prisma Access settings in Panorama over the past week to determine who modified a security policy. Which log should the administrator examine?

Question 18hardmultiple choice
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A Prisma Access deployment utilizes Service Connections to connect to a corporate data center. An administrator notices that traffic destined for internal data center subnets is being sent out to the internet instead of the Service Connection. What is the most likely cause of this routing misconfiguration?

An administrator troubleshooting a Prisma Access mobile user connectivity issue wants to verify whether the GlobalProtect gateway is actively responding to client connection requests. Where can this real-time session and gateway status be verified?

When troubleshooting a Prisma Access deployment using SAML authentication, an administrator notices that users are successfully authenticated by the IdP, but the GlobalProtect client displays an error stating 'Invalid SAML Response: Signature Validation Failed'. What is the most likely root cause?

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