4.1 Explain the Configuration and Maintenance of Palo Alto Networks Hardware Firewalls, VM-Series Firewalls, CN-Series Firewalls, and Cloud NGFWs (e.g., Security Policies, Profiles, Updates, Upgrades) NETWORK-SECURITY-PROFESSIONAL Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A company uses VM-Series firewalls in a public cloud to protect multiple VPCs. The security team needs to ensure that all VM-Series firewalls have the same security policies and content updates. They also need to minimize the effort required to manage the firewalls. What should the administrator do?

   • AConfigure each VM-Series firewall individually with the same security policies and content updates.
   • BUse the cloud provider's management console to configure the VM-Series firewalls.
   • CCreate a template in Panorama and apply it to the VM-Series firewalls, but manually update content on each firewall.
   • DUse Panorama to manage all VM-Series firewalls and push the same security policies and content updates to them.
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2. 12foundation · easy

   Which step should be performed before upgrading a Palo Alto Networks firewall to ensure the upgrade can be reversed if issues occur?

   • AChange the management IP
   • BBack up the configuration
   • CDisable all security policies
   • DClear all logs
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4. 13foundation · easy

   Which routine maintenance task involves saving the current firewall configuration to a file for disaster recovery?

   • ABackup
   • BMonitoring
   • CLogging
   • DHealth check
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5. 14foundation · easy

   Which tool or feature is used to monitor the health and performance of a Palo Alto Networks firewall?

   • ACLI
   • BDashboard
   • CSNMP
   • DLogs
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6. 15expert · hard

   A company plans to upgrade a hardware firewall from PAN-OS 10.0 to PAN-OS 10.2. The firewall is currently running PAN-OS 10.0.9 and has a custom security policy configuration. The upgrade must be performed with minimal downtime and the ability to roll back if issues arise. What should the administrator do first?

   • AInstall the PAN-OS 10.2 image and then take a configuration backup.
   • BTake a configuration backup and download the PAN-OS 10.2 image to the firewall.
   • CSkip the configuration backup and rely on the firewall's automatic backup feature.
   • DUpgrade directly from PAN-OS 10.0.9 to PAN-OS 10.2 without intermediate steps.
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