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Comptia Security +: Cyber Ops

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1. In the event of a mobile device being lost or stolen - which of the following BEST protects against sensitive information leakage?






2. Jayne - a systems security engineer - is determining which credential-type authentication to use within a planned 802.1x deployment. He is looking for a method that does not require a client certificate - has a server side certificate - and uses TLS






3. 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?






4. An administrator responsible for building and validating security configurations is a violation of which of the following security principles?






5. Which of the following should be done before resetting a user's password due to expiration?


6. Jayne - a security administrator - needs to Telnet into a router to change some configurations. Which of the following ports would need to be open to allow Jayne to change the configurations?






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






8. Mal - a network administrator - implements the spanning tree protocol on network switches. Which of the following issues does this address?






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






10. Hashing algorithms are used to address which of the following?






11. Which of the following security tools can Starbuck - an administrator - implement to mitigate the risks of theft?






12. Jayne - a server administrator - sets up database forms based on security rating levels. If a user has the lowest security rating then the database automatically determines what access that user has. Which of the following access control methods does






13. Social networking sites are used daily by the marketing team for promotional purposes. However - confidential company information - including product pictures and potential partnerships - have been inadvertently exposed to the public by dozens of emp






14. Which of the following security concepts establishes procedures where creation and approval are performed through distinct functions?






15. Mal - a security administrator - has observed repeated attempts to break into the network. Which of the following is designed to stop an intrusion on the network?






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






17. An SQL injection vulnerability can be caused by which of the following?






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






19. An application company sent out a software patch for one of their applications on Monday. The company has been receiving reports about intrusion attacks from their customers on Tuesday. Which of the following attacks does this describe?






20. 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






21. Mal - a security administrator - wants to secure remote telnet services and decides to use the services over SSH. Which of the following ports should Mal allow on the firewall by default?






22. Which of the following will help Jayne - an administrator; mitigate the risk of static electricity?






23. Which of the following malware types is BEST described as protecting itself by hooking system processes and hiding its presence?






24. Mal - a security administrator - would like to implement laptop encryption to protect data. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) believes this will be too costly to implement and decides the company will purchase an insurance policy instead. Which of th






25. Which of the following BEST allows Mal - a security administrator - to determine the type - source - and flags of the packet traversing a network for troubleshooting purposes?






26. 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?






27. 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?


28. Which of the following elements makes up the standard equation used to define risk?






29. River Tam - the security engineer - has discovered that a breach is in progress on a non-production system of moderate importance. Which of the following should River Tam collect FIRST?






30. 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?






31. Which of the following would Mal - a security administrator - change to limit how far a wireless signal will travel?






32. Starbuck - a security administrator - has applied security labels to files and folders to manage and restrict access. Which of the following is Starbuck using?






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






34. 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






35. Which of the following is the BEST incident response procedure to take when a previous employee enters a facility?


36. A computer is put into a restricted VLAN until the computer's virus definitions are up-to-date. Which of the following BEST describes this system type?






37. Which of the following has a default port of 22?






38. 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?






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






40. Which of the following are security relevant policies?






41. Which of the following administrative controls BEST mitigates the risk of ongoing inappropriate employee activities in sensitive areas?






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






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






44. Which of the following would River Tam - a security administrator - utilize to identity a weakness within various applications without exploiting that weakness?






45. Starbuck - a security technician - wants to implement secure wireless with authentication. Which of the following allows for wireless to be authenticated via MSCHAPv2?






46. A company is performing internal security audits after a recent exploitation on one of their proprietary applications. River Tam - the security auditor - is given the workstation with limited documentation regarding the application installed for the






47. A data loss prevention strategy would MOST likely incorporate which of the following to reduce the risk associated with data loss?






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






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






50. River Tam - a security administrator - suspects that a web server may be under attack. The web logs have several entries containing variations of the following entries: 'or 1=1-- or1'=1-- 'or1=1'