Cyber-security
Essentials Study
Guide Questions
and Answers
Updated 2026
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ponsibleBforBtheBsuccessBofBthisBpresentation.BWhichBtypeBofBsocialBengineeringBtacti
cBwouldBdescribeBthisBscenario?B-BAnswerBIntimidation
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ingBforBthree.)B-
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Essentials Study
Guide Questions
and Answers
Updated 2026
ABspecialistBinBtheBHRBdepartmentBisBinvitedBtoBpromoteBtheBcybersecurityBprogramB
inBcommunityBschools.BWhichBthreeBtopicsBwouldBtheBspecialistBemphasizeBinBtheBpr
esentationBtoBdrawBstudentsBtoBthisBfield?B((lookingBforBthree.)B-
BAnswerBItBhasBaBhighBearningBpotential,Bit'sBaBchallengingBcareerBasBwellBasBhighly
Bportable,BandBit'sBaBserviceBtoBtheBpublic
WhichBtypeBofBcybercriminalBattackBwouldBinterfereBwithBestablishedBnetworkBcommu
nicationBthroughBtheBuseBofBconstructedBpacketsBsoBthatBtheBpacketsBlookBlikeBtheyB
areBpartBofBtheBnormalBcommunication?B-BAnswerBPacketBForgery
WhatBisBanBexampleBofBearlyBwarningBsystemsBthatBcanBbeBusedBtoBthwartBcybercri
minals?B-BAnswerBTheBHoneynetBproject.
AnBorganizationBallowsBemployeesBtoBworkBfromBhomeBtwoBdaysBaBweek.BWhichBtec
hnologyBshouldBbeBimplementedBtoBensureBdataBconfidentialityBasBdataBisBtransmitte
d?B-BAnswerBABVPN
WhichBtypeBofBnetworksBposesBincreasingBchallengesBtoBcybersecurityBspecialistsBdue
BtoBtheBgrowthBofBBYODBonBcampus?B-
BAnswerBMobileBdevices/WirelessBnetworkBposesBincreasingBchallenges.
, WhichBdataBstateBisBmaintainedBinBNASBandBSANBservices?B-BAnswerBStoredBdata
ABcybersecurityBspecialistBisBworkingBwithBtheBITBstaffBtoBestablishBanBeffectiveBinfor
mationBsecurityBplan.BWhichBcombinationBofBsecurityBprinciplesBformsBtheBfoundation
BofBaBsecurityBplan?B-BAnswerBconfidentiality,BIntegrity,BandBavailability
WhichBframeworkBshouldBbeBrecommendedBforBestablishingBaBcomprehensiveBinforma
tionBsecurityBmanagementBsystemBinBanBorganization?B-BAnswerBISO/IECB27000
WhatBisBanBimpersonationBattackBthatBtakesBadvantageBofBaBtrustedBrelationshipBbet
weenBtwoBsystems?B-BAnswerBSpoofing
AnBexecutiveBmanagerBwentBtoBanBimportantBmeeting.BTheBsecretaryBinBtheBofficeBr
eceivesBaBcallBfromBaBpersonBclaimingBthatBtheBexecutiveBmanagerBisBaboutBtoBgiveB
anBimportantBpresentationBbutBtheBpresentationBfilesBareBcorrupted.BTheBcallerBsternl
yBrecommendsBthatBtheBsecretaryBemailBtheBpresentationBrightBawayBtoBaBpersonalB
emailBaddress.BTheBcallerBalsoBstatesBthatBtheBexecutiveBisBholdingBtheBsecretaryBres
ponsibleBforBtheBsuccessBofBthisBpresentation.BWhichBtypeBofBsocialBengineeringBtacti
cBwouldBdescribeBthisBscenario?B-BAnswerBIntimidation
WhatBthreeBbestBpracticesBcanBhelpBdefendBagainstBsocialBengineeringBattacks?B((look
ingBforBthree.)B-
BAnswerBHavingBaBstrongBpassword,BdoBnotBshareBpersonalBinformation,BandBdon'tBc
lickBonBsuspiciousBlinks
ABpenetrationBtestingBserviceBhiredBbyBtheBcompanyBhasBreportedBthatBaBbackdoorB
wasBidentifiedBonBtheBnetwork.BWhatBactionBshouldBtheBorganizationBtakeBtoBfindBou
tBifBsystemsBhaveBbeenBcompromised?B-BAnswerBLookBforBunauthorizedBaccounts
ABcyberBcriminalBsendsBaBseriesBofBmaliciouslyBformattedBpacketsBtoBtheBdatabaseBse
rver.BTheBserverBcannotBparseBtheBpacketsBandBtheBeventBcausesBtheBserverBcrash.B
WhatBisBtheBtypeBofBattackBtheBcyberBcriminalBlaunches?B-BAnswerBDOS