Free Practice Questions for Fortinet FCSS_NST_SE-7.6 Exam

The correct answers are B and C . The session table output clearly shows policy_id=1 , which means the traffic matched firewall Policy ID 1 . That directly validates option B . The output also shows NPU-related offload indicators, including npu_state=... ips_offload and npu info: ... offload=8/8, ips_offload=1/1 . These fields indicate that the session has been offloaded to hardware, so option C is correct. The study guide explains that FortiGate can offload sessions to network processors after session establishment, allowing subsequent packets to bypass normal CPU/kernel processing for improved performance. It also states that offloaded sessions are handled by the network processor rather than the CPU path.

Option A is too specific and is not proven by the exhibit. The output shows NPU offload, but it does not explicitly identify the hardware as NP7. Do not assume NP7 unless the platform or output confirms it. Option D is wrong because the VLAN-related fields show vlan=0x0000/0x0000 and vtag_in=0x0000/0x0000, which means the traffic is not VLAN-tagged.

The correct answers are C and D .

For D , the session output shows proto=6, which means TCP, and proto_state=01. The study guide explains that for TCP sessions, “the first number (from left to right) is related to the server-side state and is 0 when the session is not subject to any inspection (flow or proxy). … The second digit is the client-side state.” It also shows that value 1 = ESTABLISHED

So proto_state=01 means:

first digit 0 = no inspection

second digit 1 = ESTABLISHED

That confirms the TCP session has been successfully established.

For C , the study guide section “Session for an Authenticated User” states: “Any session for traffic coming from an authenticated user contains the authed flag. Additionally, the username is added to the session information.”

In the exhibit, the session contains user=User1 and an authentication state flag (authd), which indicates the session is associated with an authenticated user.

Why the other options are wrong:

A is wrong because the session did match a firewall policy . The study guide says the session output includes “The ID of the matching policy” In the exhibit, the session shows policy_id=1 , so a firewall policy was matched.

B is wrong because the study guide explains the gwy field as:

first value = gateway to destination

second value = gateway to source The exhibit shows gwy=10.1.0.254/10.1.10.1, so:

gateway to destination = 10.1.0.254

gateway to source = 10.1.10.1

So the verified answers are: C, D .

The key point is that the two VPNs are dynamic dialup IPsec tunnels on the same interface and both are using IKEv1 main mode . In this design, FortiGate cannot reliably distinguish which dialup phase1 to match before phase 1 completes.

The uploaded Network Security Support Engineer 7.6 Study Guide shows that XAuth happens only after phase 1 is already established:

“The IKE real-time debug shows, after phase 1, the exchange of extended authentication (XAuth) packets… You can also see the CFG_REPLY, showing the XAuth user and group name.”

That means the user group is learned too late to be used for selecting the correct phase1 definition. So the fix must be applied to the phase1 matching method itself , not to XAuth.

The FortiOS administration guide gives the exact rule for this scenario:

“When the remote VPN peer has a dynamic IP address and is authenticated by a pre-shared key you must select Aggressive mode if there is more than one dialup phase 1 configuration for the interface IP address.”

The correct answers are A and B .

For UDP , the study guide states this directly: “For UDP, the session state can have only two values: 00 when traffic is only one way, and 01 when traffic is two ways. For ICMP, the protocol state is always 00.”

That makes B correct and D incorrect.

For TCP , the study guide explains that the protocol state is a two-digit number, where the first digit is the server-side state and the second digit is the client-side state . It also states that the first digit is 0 when the session is not subject to any inspection , and the TCP state table shows that value 1 = ESTABLISHED

So, for a normal non-proxied/non-inspected TCP session, proto_state=01 means the TCP session is in the ESTABLISHED state. An established TCP session means the three-way handshake has completed, which requires traffic in both directions. That is why A is correct.

The study guide also says: “proto_state=11 means that the TCP three-way handshake for both server-side and client-side is completed (ESTABLISHED).”

This confirms that TCP state value 1 represents an established state.

Why C is not selected: the study guide defines value 5 as TIME_WAIT and says: “When a session is closed by both the sender and receiver, FortiGate keeps that session in the session table for a few seconds… This is the state value 5.”

So proto_state=05 represents a closing/closed TCP session in TIME_WAIT , not the normal bidirectional state the question is testing.

Therefore, the verified answers are A and B .

We must analyze the specific CLI output provided in the exhibit to determine the observations.

Analyze the Command and Output:

Command: # diagnose automation test HAFailOver

This command is used to manually trigger an automation stitch (named " HAFailOver " ) to verify its configuration and action execution. It simulates the trigger event to run the defined actions.

Output: automation test failed(1). stitch:HAFailOver

The output explicitly states that the test failed. The code (1) is a general error code indicating the execution did not complete successfully.

Evaluate the Options:

A. The configuration was backed up:

Incorrect. Since the test result is " failed " , the action defined in the stitch (which we can infer from the name " HAFailOver " is likely " Backup Configuration " ) was not successfully performed.

B. A high availability (HA) failover occurred:

Incorrect. The command diagnose automation test is a simulation tool. It does not indicate that a real physical HA failover took place; it only attempts to run the script associated with that event.

C. The test was unsuccessful:

Correct. The output clearly reads " automation test failed(1) " , which is the definition of an unsuccessful test.

D. The automation stitch test is not being logged:

Correct. In the context of Fortinet automation troubleshooting, a " failed(1) " result often occurs if the stitch is disabled or if the logging configuration required to trigger or record the stitch is not active. Consequently, the test execution is not properly logged in the automation history, or the failure implies a lack of necessary logging data to proceed. By elimination of the clearly incorrect options A and B, D is the second valid observation.

The correct answers are B and D .

The study guide explains that in the SP Login Dump section, FortiGate is acting as the service provider (SP) , and that you should read these fields:

“The IdP SSO URL, from the setting idp-single-sign-on-url in the FortiGate configuration”

“The SP SSO URL, from the setting single-sign-on-url in the FortiGate configuration”

“The IdP Entity ID, from the setting id-entity-id in the FortiGate configuration”

“The SP Entity ID, from the setting entity-id setting in the FortiGate configuration”

In the exhibit:

Destination= " https://10.1.10.2/saml-idp/nst/login/ " → this is the IdP SSO URL

< lasso:RemoteProviderID > http://10.1.10.2/samlidp/nst/metadata/ < /lasso:RemoteProviderID > → this is the IdP Entity ID

AssertionConsumerServiceURL= " https://10.1.10.254:1003/remote/saml/login/ " → this is the SP SSO URL

< saml:Issuer > https://10.1.10.254:1003/remote/saml/metadata/ < /saml:Issuer > → this is the SP Entity ID

The same study-guide example shows this exact mapping pattern, where:

Destination points to the IdP

AssertionConsumerServiceURL and Issuer point to the SP

Therefore:

10.1.10.2 is the IdP → D

10.1.10.254 is the SP → B

So the verified answers are: B, D .

The exhibit shows these key lines:

handle_req-Rcvd auth req ... for jsmith in Lab

start_search_dn-base: ' DC=TAC,DC=ottawa,DC=fortinet,DC=com ' filter:sAMAccountName=jsmith

get_all_dn-Found DN 1:CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=TAC,DC=ottawa,DC=fortinet,DC=com

The study guide explicitly shows the same LDAP real-time debug pattern and says the request line includes the LDAP server object name:

handle_req-Rcvd auth req ... for jsmith in Lab ...

That supports A : Lab is the configured LDAP server name being used for this authentication request.

For the LDAP flow stage, the study guide states:

“An fnbamd_ldap_build_dn_search_req-base message indicates that FortiGate is performing step two: searching for the user in the LDAP tree.” It also says that if the LDAP server finds the user, the output shows the user’s full DN.

That matches the exhibit’s start_search_dn-base ... filter:sAMAccountName=jsmith and Found DN ... CN=John Smith... lines, so D is correct.

Why the other options are wrong:

B is wrong because the exhibit shows FortiOS has found the user DN CN=John Smith,..., but that does not mean the user is already authenticating with that DN in this step. The study guide says this DN is discovered in step 2 , and only in step 3 does FortiGate bind using the user DN.

C is wrong because the exhibit is showing step 2 (Search Request) , not step 3 (Bind Request) . The study guide separates these steps clearly and shows step 3 with fnbamd_ldap_build_userbind_req-Trying DN ... and __ldap_build_bind_req-Binding to ' CN=John Smith,... '

The correct answers are A, D, and E . This is a feasible path RPF check scenario. In FortiGate’s default RPF behavior, FortiGate checks whether the routing table contains a valid return route to the source IP address through the same interface on which the packet arrived . The study guide’s RPF feasible path example states that FortiGate “checks the routing table for a route that matches the source address and incoming interface of the first original packet.” It then gives the exact result: User A passes because “there is a default route through wan1,” so packets received on wan1 pass the RPF check regardless of source address. User B fails because FortiGate does not have a route to 95.56.234.24 through wan2 . User C fails because FortiGate does not have a route to 10.0.4.63 through port1 . Therefore, option B is wrong because FortiGate is not allowing asymmetric return routing here. Option C is wrong because the default route points out wan1 , not port1 , so it cannot validate User C’s packet arriving on port1.