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Comptia Security + Exam

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1. Which of the following facilitates computing for heavily utilized systems and networks?






2. Which environmental control is part of TEMPEST compliance?






3. Recovery Point Objectives and Recovery Time Objectives directly relate to which of the following BCP concepts?






4. Your organization has an existing server and you want to add a hardware device to provide encryption capabilities. What is the easiest way to accomplish this?






5. Which of the following is a method to prevent ad-hoc configuration mistakes?






6. A company needs to be able to prevent entry at all times - to a highly sensitive area inside a public building. In order to ensure the BEST type of physical security - which of the following should be implemented?






7. Which of the following can prevent an unauthorized employee from entering a data center?






8. What types of encryption are used for adding a digital signature to a message?






9. Which of the following authentication protocols utilizes the MD4 hashing algorithm?






10. A user reports that their 802.11n capable interface connects and disconnects frequently to an access point that was recently installed. The user has a Bluetooth enabled laptop. A company in the next building had their wireless network breached last m






11. Which of the following wireless security controls can be easily and quickly circumvented using only a network sniffer?






12. Which of the following attacks is BEST described as the interruption of network traffic accompanied by the insertion of malicious code?






13. Which of the following protocols is often used in combination with L2TP to add an additional layer of security?






14. A security administrator performs several war driving routes each month and recently has noticed a certain area with a large number of unauthorized devices. Which of the following attack types is MOST likely occurring?






15. Users in your network are able to assign permissions to their own shared resources. Which of the following access control models is used in your network?






16. Which of the following is MOST commonly a part of routine system audits?






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






18. A critical system in the datacenter is not connected to a UPS. The security administrator has coordinated an authorized service interruption to resolve this issue. This is an example of which of the following?






19. Which of the following are the default ports for HTTP and HTTPS protocols?






20. Which of the following should be installed to prevent employees from receiving unsolicited emails?






21. The security administrator is getting reports from users that they are accessing certain websites and are unable to download anything off of those sites. The security administrator is also receiving several alarms from the IDS about suspicious traffi






22. A security administrator is tasked with ensuring that all servers are highly available and that hard drive failure will not affect an individual server. Which of the following configurations will allow for high availability?






23. During the analysis of malicious code a security analyst discovers JavaScript being used to send random data to another service on the same system. This is MOST likely an example of which of the following?






24. What key is used to encrypt an HTTPS session?






25. Which of the following allows a security administrator to set device traps?






26. Which of the following is BEST used to prevent ARP poisoning attacks across a network?






27. Which of the following BEST describes an intrusion prevention system?






28. What fire suppression method should be used to extinguish an electrical fire in one of the racks in the server room?






29. What asymmetric key is used to encrypt when using HTTPS?

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30. Which of the following is true concerning email message encryption by using S/MIME?






31. 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?






32. The detection of a NOOP sled is an indication of which of the following attacks?






33. Which of the following includes a photo and can be used for identification?






34. A system administrator could have a user level account and an administrator account to prevent:...






35. You detected an intrusion and are taking the necessary steps to preserve the evidence. You want to make sure the evidence will be admissible in a court of law. What should you do?






36. When examining HTTP server logs the security administrator notices that the company's online store crashes after a particular search string is executed by a single external user. Which of the following BEST describes this type of attack?






37. How does a NAT server help protect your network?






38. When configuring multiple computers for RDP on the same wireless router it may be necessary to do which of the following?






39. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of a single computer communicating with an unknown IRC server and scanning other systems on the network?






40. Which of the following is an unauthorized wireless router that allows access to a secure network?






41. A security administrator wants to know which systems are more susceptible to an attack compared to other systems on the network. Which of the following assessment tools would be MOST effective?






42. A company that purchases insurance to reduce risk is an example of which of the following?






43. Which of the following environmental variables reduces the potential for static discharges?






44. A network consists of various remote sites that connect back to two main locations. The security administrator needs to block TELNET access into the network. Which of the following by default - would be the BEST choice to accomplish this goal?






45. Your daily bandwidth monitoring report of your Internet connection shows an excessive amount of outgoing traffic on port 25. You have seen peaks in the reports before but this report shows many peaks outside office times. What should you do?






46. Which of the following secure protocols is MOST commonly used to remotely administer Unix/Linux systems?






47. Which of the following cloud computing concepts is BEST described as providing an easy-to configure OS and on-demand computing for customers?






48. How a Trojan works: A user downloads a keygen to install pirated software. After running the keygen - system performance is ________________ are displayed.






49. With which of the following is RAID MOST concerned?






50. Which of the following is a management control type?