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PCNSA · Question #70

Which option shows the attributes that are selectable when setting up application filters?

The correct answer is B. Category, Subcategory, Technology, Risk, and Characteristic. In Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, Application Filters allow administrators to dynamically group applications by five attributes: Category, Subcategory, Technology, Risk, and Characteristic. These filters automatically include any application that matches the selected attribute…

Submitted by saadiq_pk· Apr 18, 2026Securing Traffic

Question

Which option shows the attributes that are selectable when setting up application filters?

Options

  • ACategory, Subcategory, Technology, and Characteristic
  • BCategory, Subcategory, Technology, Risk, and Characteristic
  • CName, Category, Technology, Risk, and Characteristic
  • DCategory, Subcategory, Risk, Standard Ports, and Technology

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    87% (34)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    8% (3)

Explanation

In Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, Application Filters allow administrators to dynamically group applications by five attributes: Category, Subcategory, Technology, Risk, and Characteristic. These filters automatically include any application that matches the selected attribute values, even newly added App-ID signatures. Option A omits Risk. Option C incorrectly replaces Subcategory with Name (individual app names are used in Application Groups, not filters). Option D omits Subcategory and includes Standard Ports, which is not a filter attribute.

Topics

#Application Filters#App-ID#Security Policy#Firewall Configuration

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