GSEC Practice Test Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update

GSEC Practice Test Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Latest Update

InTwhichTdirectoryTcanTexecutableTprogramsTthatTareTpartTofTtheTopera
tingTsystemTbeTfound?


(/)T(/var)T(/lib)T(/dev)T(/usr/bin)T(/home)


INCORRECTTONTPTT-TCorrectTAnswer-/usr/bin


TheTWindowsTFirewallT(WF)TprovidesTaTpopupTwhenTaTnewTserviceTatt
emptsTtoTlistenTonTyourTmachine.TWhichTofTtheTfollowingTshouldTyouTt
rainTusersTtoTselectTfromTaTsecurityTperspectiveTifTtheyTareTunsureTofTw
hichToptionTtoTselect?


(KeepTBlocking)T(IncreaseTSecurityTLevel)T(SafeTMode)T(SendTRequestTt
oTAdministrator)T-TCorrectTAnswer-KeepTBlocking


(TExplanationT)
TheTthreeTavailableToptionsTforTWindowsTFirewallTareTKeepTBlocking,T
UnblockTandTAskTMeTLater.TKeepTBlockTdoesTnotTallowTtheTprogramTto
TacquireTaTlisteningTport.TYouTshouldTtrainTyourTusersTtoTchooseTthisTo

ptionTwhenTthereTisTanyTdoubtTasTtoTwhatTtheyTshouldTdo.TThereTareTn
oTSafeTModeTorTSendTRequestTtoTAdminToptions.

,WhichTThreatTwillTbeTreducedTwhenTavoidingTsystemTcallsTfromTwithin
TaTwebTapp?T-TCorrectTAnswer-OSTcommandTinjection




(TExplanationT)
TheTprimaryTwayTtoTavoidTOSTcommandTinjectionTattacksTisTtoTavoidTs
ystemTcallsTfromTyourTwebTapplication,TespeciallyTwhenTtheTsystemTca
llTisTbuiltTbasedTonTuserTinput.TInTmostTcases,TyouTshouldTbeTableTtoTfin
dTaTfunctionTorTlibraryTwithinTyourTprogrammingTlanguageTthatTcanTpe
rformTtheTsameTaction.


HowToftenTbyTdefaultTdoesTWindowsTGroupTPolicyTcheckTforTupdatedT
policies?


(OnceTaTday)T(WithinT30TminutesTofTanTappliedTpolicyTchange)T(EveryTq
uarterThour)T(EveryT90-120Tminutes)


INCORRECTTONTPTT-TCorrectTAnswer-EveryT90-120Tminutes


(TExplanationT)
WhenTaTcomputerTbootsTup,TitTdownloadsTtheTGPO'sTassignedTtoTitTan
dTexecutesTthemTautomatically.TEveryT90-
120TminutesTthereafter,TtheTcomputerTchecksTthatTnoneTofTtheTGPO'sT
assignedTtoTitThaveTchanged,TifTanyThave,TthoseTareTdownloadedTandTr
unTautomaticallyTevenTifTtheTcomputerThasTnotTrebooted.T0-
30minutes,T30-60TminutesTandT120-

,180TminutesTareTdurationsTaTgroupTpolicyTcouldTpossiblyTbeTmodifiedTt
oTuse,TtheTstandardTdurationTusedTbyTGroupTPolicyTisT90-120Tminutes.


WhichTofTtheTfollowingTbestTdescribesTDefense-in-Depth?


LayeredTcontrolsT-TSeparationTofTdutiesT-
THardenedTperimeterTsecurityT-TRiskTmanagementT-TCorrectTAnswer-

LayeredTcontrols


(TExplanationT)
Defense-in-
depthTisTbestTcharacterizedTbyTlayeredTdefenses.TTheTideaTisTthatTanyTl
ayerTofTdefenseTmayTeventuallyTfail,TbutTaTLayeredTDefenseToffersTbett
erTprotection.TRiskTmanagement,TseparationTofTduties,TandThardenedT
perimetersTareTpartTofTaTlayeredTdefenseTbutTdoTnotTdescribeTtheTfullTc
onceptTofTDiD.


WhichTofTtheTfollowingTisTconsideredTaTrecommendedTpracticeTbutTnot
TaTbusinessTrequirement?




GuidelineT-TStandardT-TBaselineT-TProcedure


INCORRECTTONTPTT-TCorrectTAnswer-Guideline


(TExplanationT)

, Guidelines,TunlikeTstandardsTandTpolicies,TareTnotTmandatory.TGuideli
nesTareTmoreTofTaTrecommendationTofThowTsomethingTshouldTbeTdon
e.


WhichTofTtheTfollowingTisTaTcharacteristicTofTQualityTUpdatesTforTWind
ows?


AreTreleasedTlessTfrequentlyTthanTFeatureTUpdatesT-
TSupportTdeferringTinstallationTonTHomeTeditionTdevicesT-

TIncludeTbugTfixesTandTsecurityTpatchesT-

TIncrementTtheTversionTofTWindowsT-TCorrectTAnswer-

IncludeTbugTfixesTandTsecurityTpatches


(TExplanationT)
QualityTUpdatesTareTsmallerTimprovementsTtoTalreadyTexistingTsoftwa
reTonTWindowsTsystems,TandTincludeTbugTfixesTandTsecurityTfixes.TThe
yTareTreleasedTaboutTeveryT30Tdays,TwhereasTFeatureTUpdatesTareTrele
asedTaTcoupleTofTtimesTaTyearTandTincrementTtheTWindowsTversion.TIn
stallationTofTQualityTUpdatesTmayTbeTdeferredTforTupTtoT30Tdays,Texce
ptTonTHomeTeditionTdevices.


WhenTdoesTapplyingTanTencryptionTalgorithmTmultipleTtimesTprovideT
additionalTsecurity?


WhenTtheTalgorithmTisTaTgroupT-TWhenTtheTalgorithmTisTnotTaTgroupT-
TTheTalgorithmTusesTxorT-TTheTalgorithmTisTweak