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Comptia Security +: Cyber Ops

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1. When used alone - which of the following controls mitigates the risk of River Tam - an attacker - launching an online brute force password attack?






2. Which of the following security tools can Starbuck - a security administrator - use to deter theft?






3. A company wants to have a backup site that is a good balance between cost and recovery time objectives. Which of the following is the BEST solution?






4. Traffic has stopped flowing to and from the company network after the inline IPS hardware failed. Which of the following has occurred?






5. River Tam - a security administrator - is noticing a slow down in the wireless network response. River Tam launches a wireless sniffer and sees a large number of ARP packets being sent to the AP. Which of the following type of attacks is underway?






6. Which of the following types of data encryption would Starbuck - a security administrator - use if MBR and the file systems needed to be included?






7. Which of the following attacks is manifested as an embedded HTML image object or JavaScript image tag in an email?






8. Mal is reporting an excessive amount of junk mail on the network email server. Which of the following would ONLY reduce the amount of unauthorized mail?






9. Which of the following is where an unauthorized device is found allowing access to a network?






10. Which of the following accurately describes the STRONGEST multifactor authentication?






11. River Tam - the software security engineer - is trying to detect issues that could lead to buffer overflows or memory leaks in the company software. Which of the following would help River Tam automate this detection?






12. River Tam - an administrator - suspects a denial of service attack on the network - but does not know where the network traffic is coming from or what type of traffic it is. Which of the following would help River Tam further assess the situation?






13. Which of the following ports should be open in order for River Tam and Mal - users - to identify websites by domain name?






14. Which of the following inspects traffic entering or leaving a network to look for anomalies against expected baselines?






15. Which of the following encrypts the body of a packet - rather than just the password - while sending information?






16. The fundamental information security principals include confidentiality - availability and which of the following?






17. River Tam - a security administrator - has configured a trusted OS implementation on her servers. Which of the following controls are enacted by the trusted OS implementation?






18. Which of the following techniques floods an application with data in an attempt to find vulnerabilities?






19. Employees are reporting that they are receiving unusual calls from the help desk for the purpose of verifying their user credentials. Which of the following attack types is occurring?






20. Which of the following is used by Jayne - a security administrator - to lower the risks associated with electrostatic discharge - corrosion - and thermal breakdown?






21. Which of the following describes the ability for a third party to verify the sender or recipient of a given electronic message during authentication?






22. Which of the following is the BEST solution to securely administer remote servers?






23. An application programmer reports to River Tam - the security administrator - that the antivirus software installed on a server is interfering with one of the production HR applications - and requests that antivirus be temporarily turned off. How sho






24. A company has sent all of its private keys to a third party. The third party company has created a secure list of these keys. Which of the following has just been implemented?






25. Which of the following does Starbuck - a software developer - need to do after compiling the source code of a program to attest the authorship of the binary?


26. Which of the following is a best practice when securing a switch from physical access?






27. Which of the following is a policy that would force all users to organize their areas as well as help in reducing the risk of possible data theft?






28. Which of the following is a feature of Kerberos?






29. Which of the following should Mal - an administrator - use to verify the integrity of a downloaded file?






30. After setting up a root CA. which of the following can Mal - a security administrator - implement to allow intermediate CAs to handout keys and certificates?






31. Mal - a security administrator - has configured and implemented an additional public intermediate CA. Which of the following must Mal submit to the major web browser vendors in order for the certificates - signed by this intermediate - to be trusted?


32. Which of the following attacks is characterized by River Tam attempting to send an email from a Chief Information Officer's (CIO's) non-corporate email account to an IT staff member in order to have a password changed?






33. In a wireless network - which of the following components could cause too much coverage - too little coverage - and interference?






34. Jayne's CRL is over six months old. Which of the following could Jayne do in order to ensure he has the current information?






35. A valid server-role in a Kerberos authentication system






36. Which of the following activities should be completed in order to detect anomalies on a network?






37. Which of the following would be the BEST reason for Starbuck - a security administrator - to initially select individual file encryption over whole disk encryption?






38. A packet filtering firewall can protect from which of the following?






39. The corporate NIPS requires a daily download from its vendor with updated definitions in order to block the latest attacks. Which of the following describes how the NIPS is functioning?






40. Jayne - a security administrator - has noticed that the website and external systems have been subject to many attack attempts. To verify integrity of the website and critical files - Jayne should






41. A company is installing a wireless network in a building that houses several tenants. Which of the following should be considered to make sure none of the other tenants can detect the company's wireless network?






42. Which of the following is BEST utilized to actively test security controls on a particular system?






43. Which of the following is a reason why Mal - a security administrator - would implement port security?






44. Starbuck - a VPN administrator - was asked to implement an encryption cipher with a MINIMUM effective security of 128-bits. Which of the following should Starbuck select for the tunnel encryption?






45. Which of the following attacks would be used if River Tam - a user - is receiving unwanted text messages?






46. River Tam - an attacker - is recording a person typing in their ID number into a keypad to gain access to the building. River Tam then calls the helpdesk and informs them that their PIN no longer works and would like to change it. Which of the follow






47. Which of the following reduces the likelihood of a single point of failure when a server fails?






48. River Tam - a network security administrator - has been tasked with setting up a guest wireless network for her corporation. The requirements for this connection state that it must have password authentication - with passwords being changed every wee






49. A company notices that there is a flaw in one of their proprietary programs that the company runs in-house. The flaw could cause damage to the HVAC system. Which of the following would the company transfer to an insurance company?






50. A company needs to remove sensitive data from hard drives in leased computers before the computers are returned to the supplier. Which of the following is the BEST solution?