Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) practice questions
205 free questions with answers and explanations.
- 201.A financial institution is implementing a new system to process high-value transactions. Regulators require assurance that if a dispute arises, it can be definitively proven who initiated a specific transaction and that the transaction details have not been altered. Which security principle is primarily addressed by this requirement?Cybersecurity Fundamentals
- 202.A large e-commerce platform is experiencing a significant increase in automated bot traffic attempting to create fake accounts and exploit promotional offers. The security team wants to implement a solution that can distinguish between legitimate human users and automated scripts without significantly impacting user experience. Which security control is best suited for this requirement?Cybersecurity Fundamentals
- 203.A security analyst is investigating a potential data exfiltration attempt. They need to identify all sessions where a significant amount of data (over 1 GB) was uploaded to external destinations from internal hosts within the last 24 hours. Which log type and filter combination would be most effective for this investigation?Monitoring and Reporting
- 204.A network security administrator needs to quickly identify the top applications consuming the most bandwidth on the network over the last 24 hours. Which feature of the Palo Alto Networks firewall would provide this information most efficiently?Monitoring and Reporting
- 205.A network administrator needs to quickly visualize the overall security posture and identify potential threats, such as top applications by risk, top users by threat, and top blocked categories. Which feature of the Palo Alto Networks firewall provides this consolidated graphical overview?Monitoring and Reporting