Palo Alto Networks Network Security Architect Sample Questions:

1. A large organization uses Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewalls deployed across multiple availability zones in Microsoft Azure. These are managed by an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) and integrated with an Azure Load Balancer for high availability (HA) traffic inspection within a Transit VNet.
The security team needs to perform a critical PAN-OS software upgrade across the entire fleet of firewalls with the requirement of minimal application downtime.
Following Palo Alto Networks best practices for highly available cloud deployments, what is the recommended approach for safely performing this software upgrade with the least downtime?

A) Provision a new, parallel VMSS with the new PAN-OS version, validate it, and redirect traffic from the old VMSS to the new one
B) Configure Azure Load Balancer probes to handle the health check failover during upgrades
C) Use Azure Update Manager to push the PAN-OS upgrade package directly to all firewall instances simultaneously during a scheduled maintenance window
D) Update the image in an Azure VMSS and then initiate an upgrade of the instances

2. A retail organization wants to sanction the use of a particular third-party SaaS-based AI application for inventory management. This application will need network layer data access to the organization's internal supply chain database with confidential information highly secured in its own DMZ. The implementation is delayed because the CISO is concerned that the sanctioned third-party AI application could get compromised and then used to exfiltrate customer PH from the internal database. Which solution will address the CISO's concern?

A) AI Access Security with an Enterprise DLP subscription to identify and block the PII within the traffic to and from the SaaS application
B) AI Access Security with an App-ID Cloud Engine subscription to precisely identify and then block the inventory management application entirely
C) Prisma AIRS with the AI agent deployed on the database server to monitor for unauthorized access attempts
D) Prisma AIRS with AI Security content updates to inspect the model's behavior and block anomalous database queries

3. A multinational organization has a large worldwide remote user base. This user base consists of several persona types with distinct requirements and concerns regarding the adoption of a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution.
- Developers have a requirement to temporarily bypass security controls for business purposes, but the security team sees this as a potential risk. The developers commonly access development servers onsite in private data centers and public cloud. These development applications use web (HTTP/HTTPS), API, RPC, and SMB-based applications.
- Sales staff travel regularly and connect to the network via many different types of connections, but they are generally limited to SaaS-based web applications. They often complain about performance when any agent is installed and want the ability to temporarily disable these agents.
Data exfiltration and insider risk have been identified as the primary threats for this class of user.
- Executives have concerns about being high-value targets. Security must be consistent across the multiple endpoint types, including mobile and desktop devices. The executive team members have indicated that their primary objective is to ensure that the solution is responsive and easy to troubleshoot.
Which two parameters should the architect take into account regarding GlobalProtect gateway selection? (Choose two.)

A) Gateway priority
B) Proximity to destination resources
C) Gateway geo IP mapping
D) Proximity to users

4. You need to ensure compliance reporting and audit visibility for firewall activities. What should you use?

A) Disable logging
B) Static routing
C) NAT rules
D) Log forwarding and reporting

5. A company needs to securely enable SaaS application usage while preventing data exfiltration.
The solution must provide visibility into application traffic and enforce granular controls. What should be used?

A) URL filtering only
B) Static routing
C) App-ID with Data Filtering
D) NAT policies

Solutions: