Free PSE-Prisma Cloud Sample Questions — Palo Alto Networks System Engineer Professional - Prisma Cloud

Palo Alto Networks System Engineer Professional - Prisma Cloud (PSE-Prisma Cloud) is a professional-level Palo Alto Networks certification exam. The questions are drawn from the official exam topics and change in focus depending on the current blueprint. On exam day you face around 60 questions in 90 minutes, in formats such as multiple-choice. The 15 questions below are free samples written to match that style: answer each one first, then reveal the correct answer and note which topics you miss. The PSE-Prisma Cloud is rated medium in difficulty, and most candidates prepare with at least 12 months of hands-on experience. Because every answer is revealed in place, you can work through the whole set without leaving this page. Work through all 15 samples before deciding whether to buy the full 58+ question PDF.

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Question 1

Which statement explains the correlation between the block and alert thresholds in a vulnerability management policy?

  • A. The thresholds can be set to informational, low, medium, high, and critical
  • B. The alert threshold always has precedence over, and can be greater than, the block threshold
  • C. The block threshold must always be equal to or greater than the alert threshold
  • D. The block threshold always has precedence over, and can be less than, the alert threshold
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Correct Answer:
C. The block threshold must always be equal to or greater than the alert threshold
Question 2

What happens in Prisma Cloud after Training Model Threshold or Alert Disposition is changed?

  • A. Changes will take effect after a new learning phase of 30 days
  • B. System will perform a reboot, deleting all past alerts
  • C. Existing alerts and new alerts are regenerated based on the new setting
  • D. New alerts are generated based on the new setting
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Correct Answer:
C. Existing alerts and new alerts are regenerated based on the new setting
Question 3

How does Prisma Cloud Enterprise autoremediate unwanted violations to public cloud infrastructure?

  • A. It inspects the application program interface (API) call made to public cloud and blocks the change if a policy violation is found
  • B. It makes changes after a policy violation has been identified in monitoring
  • C. It locks all changes to public cloud infrastructure and stops any configuration changes without prior approval
  • D. It uses machine learning (ML) to identify unusual changes to infrastructure
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Correct Answer:
B. It makes changes after a policy violation has been identified in monitoring
Question 4

The following error is received when performing a manual twistcli scan on an image: sudo ./twistcli images scan -u bca208cf-26fa-43c6-ac6S-edbl840f8a5S -p 69s+DUqceuxndIF52mo4JDHlpLA-proxy:1.0 What is missing from the command?

  • A. registry path for image name
  • B. password
  • C. console address
  • D. username
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Correct Answer:
C. console address
Question 5

Which Resource Query Language (RQL) query monitors all traffic from the internet and suspicious internet protocols (IPs) destined for Amazon Web Services (AWS) databases?

  • A. network from vpc.flow_record where dest.resource IN ( resource where role = 'Database')
  • B. network from vpc.flow_record where source.publicnetworк IN ( 'Suspicious IPs' , 'Internet IPs' ) and dest.resource IN ( resource where role IN ( 'LDAP' ) )
  • C. network from vpc.flow_record where source. publicr.etwork IN ( 'Suspicious IPs' ) and dest.resource IN ( resource where role IN ( 'AWS RDS' , 'Database' ) )
  • D. network from vpc.flow_record where source.publicnetwork IN ( 'Suspicious IPs' , 'Internet IPs' ) and dest.resource IN ( resource where role IN ( 'AWS RDS' , 'Database' ) )
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Correct Answer:
D. network from vpc.flow_record where source.publicnetwork IN ( 'Suspicious IPs' , 'Internet IPs' ) and dest.resource IN ( resource where role IN ( 'AWS RDS' , 'Database' ) )
Question 6

Which two actions are appropriate when configuring Prisma Cloud to scan a registry? (Choose two.)

  • A. Allow Prisma Cloud to automatically optimize registry scans with version pattern matching
  • B. Allow Prisma Cloud to automatically distribute the scan job across a pool of available Defenders
  • C. Explicitly specify the Defender to do the job
  • D. Explicitly specify the predefined version pattern-matching algorithm
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Allow Prisma Cloud to automatically optimize registry scans with version pattern matching
  • B. Allow Prisma Cloud to automatically distribute the scan job across a pool of available Defenders
Question 7

What occurs with the command twistcli when scanning images?

  • A. If options are listed after the image name, they will be ignored
  • B. If option "--user" is used, it is mandatory to use option "--password."
  • C. If option "--address" is unspecified, all images are scanned
  • D. Option "--output-file" cannot be used in conjunction with option "--details."
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Correct Answer:
A. If options are listed after the image name, they will be ignored
Question 8

Which Resource Query Language (RQL) query searches for all Relational Database Service (RDS) instances that have a public IP address?

  • A. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'aws-rds-describe-db-instances' and json.rule = publicIpAddress exists
  • B. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'aws-rds-describe-db-instances' and json.rule = 0.0.0.0/0
  • C. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'aws-rds-describe-db-instances' and json.rule = publiclyAccessible is true
  • D. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'aws-rds-describe-db-snapshots' and json.rule = publicIpAddress is true
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Correct Answer:
C. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'aws-rds-describe-db-instances' and json.rule = publiclyAccessible is true
Question 9

Prevention against which type of attack is configurable in Web-Application and API Security (WAAS)?

  • A. credential stuffing
  • B. cross-site scripting (XSS)
  • C. shoulder surfing
  • D. distributed denial of service (DDoS)
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Correct Answer:
B. cross-site scripting (XSS)
Question 10

Where can rules be configured and viewed to configure trusted images?

  • A. Monitor > Compliance > Trusted Images
  • B. Monitor > Compliance > Images
  • C. Defend > Compliance > Trusted Images
  • D. Defend > Compliance > Images
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Correct Answer:
C. Defend > Compliance > Trusted Images
Question 11

What subcommand invokes the Prisma Cloud Compute (PCC) edition image scanner?

  • A. > twistcli images scan
  • B. > twistcli project scan
  • C. > twistcli scan projects
  • D. > twistcli scan images
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Correct Answer:
A. > twistcli images scan
Question 12

Which RQL query returns a list of all Azure virtual machines that are not currently running?

  • A. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'azure-vm-list' AND json.rule = powerState contains "running"
  • B. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'azure-vm-list' AND json.rule = powerState = "running"
  • C. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'azure-vm-list* AND json.rule = powerState = "off"
  • D. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'azure-vm-list' AND json.rule = powerState does not contain "running"
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Correct Answer:
D. config from cloud.resource where api.name = 'azure-vm-list' AND json.rule = powerState does not contain "running"
Question 13

What are the asset severity levels within Prisma Cloud asset inventory?

  • A. Low, Medium, and High
  • B. Low, Medium, High, and Critical
  • C. Informational, Low, Medium, and High
  • D. Low, Medium, High, Severe, and Critical
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Correct Answer:
B. Low, Medium, High, and Critical
Question 14

Which two templates are supported by Cloud Code Security scan service? (Choose two.)

  • A. Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
  • B. Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)
  • C. GitHub
  • D. Terraform
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
  • D. Terraform
Question 15

Which statement applies to optimization of registry scans with version pattern matching?

  • A. It requires Linux images to rely on optimizing registry scans due to various Linux elements
  • B. It is only necessary in registries with tens of thousands of repositories and millions of images
  • C. It is best practice to always optimize registry scans for faster results
  • D. It is rarely successful in the Windows Operating System (OS)
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Correct Answer:
B. It is only necessary in registries with tens of thousands of repositories and millions of images

PSE-Prisma Cloud sample questions FAQ

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No. They are original practice questions written to match the format and topic mix of the Palo Alto Networks System Engineer Professional - Prisma Cloud exam, which contains around 60 questions. Treat them as representative practice, not leaked exam content.

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