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

Palo Alto Networks System Engineer Professional - SASE (PSE-SASE) 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 20 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-SASE 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 20 samples before deciding whether to buy the full 84+ question PDF.

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Question 1

Which element of Prisma Access enables both mobile users and users at branch networks to access resources in headquarters or a data center?

  • A. User-ID
  • B. private clouds
  • C. App-ID
  • D. service connections
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Correct Answer:
D. service connections
Question 2

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  • A. It provides customized forms to collect and validate necessary parameters from the requester
  • B. It natively ingests, normalizes, and integrates granular data across the security infrastructure at nearly half the cost of legacy security products attempting to solve the problem
  • C. It provides IT teams with single-pane visibility that leverages endpoint, simulated, and real-time user traffic data to provide the most complete picture of user traffic flows possible
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Correct Answer:
D. undefined
Question 3

Which application gathers health telemetry about a device and its WiFi connectivity in order to help determine whether the device or the WiFi is the cause of any performance issues?

  • A. data loss prevention (DLP)
  • B. remote browser isolation (RBI)
  • C. Cortex Data Lake
  • D. GlobalProtect
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Correct Answer:
D. GlobalProtect
Question 4

Which two actions take place after Prisma SD-WAN Instant-On Network (ION) devices have been deployed at a site? (Choose two.)

  • A. The devices continually sync the information from directories, whether they are on-premise, cloud-based, or hybrid
  • B. The devices establish VPNs over private WAN circuits that share a common service provider
  • C. The devices automatically establish a VPN to the data centers over every internet circuit
  • D. The devices provide an abstraction layer between the Prisma SD-WAN controller and a particular cloud service
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  • B. The devices establish VPNs over private WAN circuits that share a common service provider
  • C. The devices automatically establish a VPN to the data centers over every internet circuit
Question 5

Which two prerequisites must an environment meet to onboard Prisma Access mobile users? (Choose two.)

  • A. Zoning must be configured to require a user ID for the mobile users trust zone
  • B. Mapping of trust and untrust zones must be configured
  • C. BGP must be configured so that service connection networks can be advertised to the mobile gateways
  • D. Mobile user subnet and DNS portal name must be configured
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Mapping of trust and untrust zones must be configured
  • D. Mobile user subnet and DNS portal name must be configured
Question 6

A customer is concerned about performance of their SaaS applications for all end-users. Their users are globally distributed and access local SaaS applications services within their country. When troubleshooting end-to-end connectivity, they want the quickest way to identify common issues across the entire organization in order to be proactive and remediate them before the end-user needs to open a support ticket. Which two features would provide visibility and performance enhancements for the customer's SaaS application access? (Choose two.)

  • A. Prisma Access Browser
  • B. ADEM
  • C. Prisma SD-WAN
  • D. App Acceleration
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Correct Answer:
  • B. ADEM
  • D. App Acceleration
Question 7

Users connect to a server in the data center for file sharing. The organization wants to decrypt the traffic to this server in order to scan the files being uploaded and downloaded to determine if malware or sensitive data is being moved by users. Which proxy should be used to decrypt this traffic?

  • A. SCP Proxy
  • B. SSL Inbound Proxy
  • C. SSH Forward Proxy
  • D. SSL Forward Proxy
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Correct Answer:
D. SSL Forward Proxy
Question 8

Which App Response Time metric measures the amount of time it takes to transfer incoming data from an external server to a local client?

  • A. UDP Response Time (UDP-TRT)
  • B. Server Response Time (SRT)
  • C. Network Transfer Time (NTTn)
  • D. Round Trip Time (RTT)
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Correct Answer:
C. Network Transfer Time (NTTn)
Question 9

A current Prisma SASE customer has recently onboarded several new SaaS applications, and they are concerned about their security posture regarding administrative settings. The IT team does not have experience with these applications, and is unsure what the best base security settings would be. Which product would fit the customer's needs?

  • A. IoT Security
  • B. Prisma SD-WAN
  • C. SSPM
  • D. SaaS Security
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Correct Answer:
C. SSPM
Question 10

Over half the devices on a company's networks are unmanaged, and the company has been relying on traditional security measures. They are looking for a product to provide protection from costly security breaches. Which Palo Alto product would solve this use case?

  • A. Prisma CASB
  • B. Prisma Access
  • C. GlobalProtect
  • D. Prisma Access Browser
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Correct Answer:
D. Prisma Access Browser
Question 11

In which step of the Five-Step Methodology for implementing the Zero Trust model is the Kipling Method relevant?

  • A. Step 3: Architect a Zero Trust network
  • B. Step 5: Monitor and maintain the network
  • C. Step 4: Create the Zero Trust policy
  • D. Step 2: Map the transaction flows
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Correct Answer:
C. Step 4: Create the Zero Trust policy
Question 12

How does Prisma Access enhance visibility and control over SaaS applications?

  • A. Through SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)
  • B. By employing Content Delivery Network (CDN) capabilities
  • C. Through centralized logging in Strata Logging Service
  • D. By using AIOps for SASE
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Correct Answer:
A. Through SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)
Question 13

Which Prisma Access component ensures consistent security policy enforcement across all users?

  • A. Cloud Management
  • B. SSL Decryption
  • C. User-ID
  • D. Data Loss Prevention
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Correct Answer:
A. Cloud Management
Question 14

Which element of a secure access service edge (SASE)-enabled network provides true integration of services, not service chains, with combined services and visibility for all locations, mobile users, and the cloud?

  • A. identity and network location
  • B. broad network-edge support
  • C. converged WAN edge and network security
  • D. cloud-native, cloud-based delivery
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Correct Answer:
C. converged WAN edge and network security
Question 15

Which secure access service edge (SASE) networking component inspects web-based protocols and traffic to securely connect users to applications?

  • A. proxy
  • B. SD-WAN
  • C. secure web gateway (SWG)
  • D. cloud access security broker (CASB)
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Correct Answer:
C. secure web gateway (SWG)
Question 16

How does the secure access service edge (SASE) security model provide cost savings to organizations?

  • A. The single platform reduces costs compared to buying and managing multiple point products
  • B. The compact size of the components involved reduces overhead costs, as less physical space is needed
  • C. The content inspection integration allows third-party assessment, which reduces the cost of contract services
  • D. The increased complexity of the model over previous products reduces IT team staffing costs
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Correct Answer:
A. The single platform reduces costs compared to buying and managing multiple point products
Question 17

Which element of a secure access service edge (SASE)-enabled network uses many points of presence to reduce latency with support of in-country or in-region resources and regulatory requirements?

  • A. cloud-native, cloud-based delivery
  • B. converged WAN edge and network security
  • C. broad network-edge support
  • D. identity and network location
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Correct Answer:
A. cloud-native, cloud-based delivery
Question 18

In which step of the Five-Step Methodology of Zero Trust are application access and user access defined?

  • A. Step 4: Create the Zero Trust Policy
  • B. Step 3: Architect a Zero Trust Network
  • C. Step 1: Define the Protect Surface
  • D. Step 5: Monitor and Maintain the Network
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Correct Answer:
A. Step 4: Create the Zero Trust Policy
Question 19

What is a benefit of deploying secure access service edge (SASE) with a secure web gateway (SWG) over a SASE solution without a SWG?

  • A. heartbeat connection between the firewall peers ensures seamless failover in the event that a peer goes down
  • B. It prepares the keys and certificates required for decryption, creating decryption profiles and policies, and configuring decryption port mirroring
  • C. Protection is offered in the cloud through a unified platform for complete visibility and precise control over web access while enforcing security policies that protect users from hostile websites
  • D. It creates tunnels that allow users and systems to connect securely over a public network as if they were connecting over a local area network (LAN)
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Correct Answer:
C. Protection is offered in the cloud through a unified platform for complete visibility and precise control over web access while enforcing security policies that protect users from hostile websites
Question 20

Cloud-delivered App-ID provides specific identification of which two applications? (Choose two.)

  • A. unknown-tcp
  • B. private
  • C. web-browsing
  • D. custom
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Correct Answer:
  • A. unknown-tcp
  • C. web-browsing

PSE-SASE sample questions FAQ

Are these PSE-SASE sample questions from the real exam?

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

How many free PSE-SASE sample questions do I get?

This page includes 20 questions, each with its correct answer you can reveal in place. The full study PDF expands that to 84+ questions.

Do the sample questions include the correct answers?

Yes. Open the answer panel under each question to see which option is correct. Answer first, then reveal, so the set works as a self-check rather than a reading exercise.

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Not on its own. Use the samples to find weak topics, revise them against the official domains, then work through the full 84+ question set under timed conditions before booking the exam.

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