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Comptia Security +: Os Hardening
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. TACACS
role-based
Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System
161
rule of least privilege
2. DAC stands for ____________ access control
file and print sharing hardening
RBAC
hotfix
discretionary
3. An accumulated set of software updates or hotfixes from Microsoft
MAC
service pack
23
Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System
4. RBAC stands for ____________ access control
configuration baselines
SNMP
role-based
rule of least privilege
5. NAC method requiring installation of a network appliance to monitor network devices and limit connectivity should non compliant activity be detected
110
hotfix
DNS poisoning
hardware based
6. Centrally managed NAC method requiring installation of software agents on each network client
database hardening
infrastructure based
endpoint based
DHCP
7. Protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network
least privileged principle
lightweight directory access protocol
DHCP
hotfix
8. A DNS server is fed altered or spoofed records that are retained and then duplicated elsewhere
security template
anonymous authentication
SNMP
DNS poisoning
9. Making the OS less vulnerable to threats
group policies
RBAC
hardening
network news transfer protocol
10. Microsoft software packages that contain one or more patches and can be applied without rebooting
RBAC
anonymous authentication
database hardening
hotfix
11. Highly configurable - discretionary - job based access control - more flexible that MAC - more precise that groups
MAC
RBAC
DHCP
anonymous authentication
12. Most restrictive access control method that uses security labels to control access
patches
hardening
rule of least privilege
MAC
13. A remote authentication protocol used to communicate with an authentication server commonly used in UNIX networks.
network attached storage
lightweight directory access protocol
TACACS
110
14. NNTP stands for
DNS hardening
network news transfer protocol
SNMP
hotfix
15. TACACS port
network access control
49
23
Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System
16. A subnet on the network that separates the internal network from publicly exposed hosts
DNS hardening
443
25
DMZ
17. OU stands for...
file and print sharing hardening
storage area network
FAT
organizational unit
18. NAS stands for...
patches
domain name service
TACACS
network attached storage
19. kerberos port
simple authentication with security layer LDAPv3
49
500
88
20. DHCP stands for...
least privileged principle
DHCP hardening
dynamic host configuration protocol
TACACS
21. SSH port
22
network attached storage
139
TACACS
22. Is a UDP-based network protocol - used mostly in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention
SNMP
least privileged principle
443
DNS hardening
23. SNMP port
161
500
RBAC
OS hardening
24. Defining the software and hardware components that can be used in an organization
configuration management policy
22
25
389
25. NNTP port
dynamic host configuration protocol
RBAC
configuration management policy
119
26. SMTP port
25
hardware based
infrastructure based
23
27. SNMP stand for...
500
dynamic host configuration protocol
20 and 21
simple network management protocol
28. LDAP stands for...
hardware based
lightweight directory access protocol
DAC
53
29. Define security settings and user's desktop environment on group of computers
group policies
DAC
hardware based
500
30. A cryptographic protocol that provides security for communications over networks such as the Internet
SSL
80
dynamic host configuration protocol
network news transfer protocol
31. Telnet port
119
infrastructure based
MAC
23
32. Access permissions applied by the owner of an object using ACLs - commonly found on PCs
DAC
DNS poisoning
network attached storage
NAC
33. SMTP stands for...
group policies
DHCP hardening
DNS hardening
simple mail transport protocol
34. DNS stands for...
RBAC
local - site - domain - OU
domain name service
endpoint based
35. Allows a remote access server to communicate with an authentication server in order to determine if the user has access to the network
infrastructure based
DHCP
TACACS
rule of least privilege
36. Bind MAC addresses of network devices to IP address - monitor logs - apply security patches - use IDS and strong authentication to detect rogue servers
DHCP hardening
20 and 21
service pack
TACACS
37. POP3 port
MAC
domain name service
25
110
38. Four ways to implement group policies
local - site - domain - OU
25
hardware based
RBAC
39. Issued by software vendors to fix bugs - address security issues or add functionality
simple authentication with security layer LDAPv3
22
SNMP
patches
40. Label-based - hard coded access controls - at multiple levels - applied to all objects
MAC
23
mandatory
88
41. Access control defined by roles or job functions
RBAC
simple authentication with security layer LDAPv3
rule of least privilege
simple mail transport protocol
42. NetBIOS port
file and print sharing hardening
88
139
role-based
43. Transferable access controls applied and controlled by the object owner
119
389
DAC
110
44. LDAP authentication method not recommended
443
anonymous authentication
mandatory
500
45. NAC stands for
NAC
25
network access control
system hardening
46. HTTP SSL port
389
443
simple network management protocol
configuration management policy
47. Used to deliver news articles to users on the Internet - vulnerable to DoS attacks
49
lightweight directory access protocol
hotfix
NNTP
48. HTTP port
TACACS
80
hardening
139
49. DNS port
infrastructure based
DHCP hardening
53
SSL
50. Locking down the system
system hardening
110
network attached storage
DAC