Palo Alto Networks Network Security Professional - NetSec-Pro Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
Which zone is available for use in Prisma Access?

A. Interzone B. Clientless VPN C. DMZ D. Intrazone

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 2
Which mechanism in a PAN-OS high availability (HA) configuration enables the firewalls to continuously exchange ICMP-based keep-alive messages over the HA1 (control) link to verify that the peer device is operational?

A. Heartbeat backup B. HA state synchronization C. Link state monitoring D. Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 3
Which two configurations are required when creating deployment profiles to migrate a perpetual VM-Series firewall to a flexible VM? (Choose two.)

A. Choose "Fixed vCPU Models" for configuration type. B. Allocate the same number of vCPUs as the perpetual VM. C. Deploy virtual Panorama for management. D. Allow only the same security services as the perpetual VM.

Correct Answer: B,D

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QUESTION NO: 4
An administrator has configured a Data Filtering profile to detect credit card numbers and wants to prevent this sensitive data from being exfiltrated not only through file uploads, but also when users type it into web forms or SaaS application text fields.
Which subscription will enable this inspection of non-file traffic?

A. Threat Prevention B. Enterprise DLP C. Predefined Data Pattern D. Advanced URL Filtering

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 5
Which two content updates can be pushed to next-generation firewalls from Panorama? (Choose two.)

A. Applications and threats B. WildFire C. GlobalProtect data file D. Advanced URL Filtering

Correct Answer: A,B

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QUESTION NO: 6
A primary firewall in a high availability (HA) pair is experiencing a current failover issue with ICMP pings to a secondary device. Which metric should be reviewed for proper ICMP pings between the firewall pair?

A. Heartbeat polling B. Link monitoring C. Non-functional state D. Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 7
How do Cloud NGFW instances get created when using AWS centralized deployments?

A. They replace the internet gateway service. B. A security VPC will be created as transit gateways to push all traffic through the area. C. Selected VPCs will have Cloud NGFW workloads added to them. D. Cloud NGFW is placed in a vWAN with a virtual hub.

Correct Answer: C

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QUESTION NO: 8
What are two indications that a packet has been processed into a fast path session? (Choose two.)

A. Security policy lookup is initiated. B. Content and application inspection is recognized. C. Initial forwarding look is using a FIB. D. Previous packets of the same session have been identified.

Correct Answer: C,D

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QUESTION NO: 9
Which tool allows a Prisma Access administrator to gather Active Directory groups to be used in user-to-group mappings?

A. Cloud Identity Engine B. Active Directory server profile C. SAML-based integration D. SCIM-based integration

Correct Answer: A

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