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ITN 260 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: What is the category of threat actors that sell their knowledge of
vulnerabilities to other attackers or governments?
Ans: Brokers
Question: Tatyana is discussing with her supervisor potential reasons why a
recent attack was successful against one of their systems. Which of the
following configuration issues would NOT be covered?
Ans: Vulnerable business processes
Question: Which of the following ensures that only authorized parties can
view protected information?
Ans: confidentiality
Question: Complete this definition of information security: That which
protects the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information _____.
Ans: through products, people, and procedures on the devices that store,
manipulate, and transmit the information.
Question: Which of the following is an enterprise critical asset?
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Ans: information
Question: Which the following is NOT a reason why it is difficult to defend
against today's attackers?
Ans: Greater sophistication of defense tools
Question: Adone is attempting to explain to his friend the relationship
between security and convenience. Which of the following statements would
he use?
Ans: Security and convenience are inversely proportional.
Question: Which act requires banks and financial institutions to alert their
customers of their policies in disclosing customer information?
Ans: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
Question: Why do cyberterrorists target power plants, air traffic control
centers, and water systems?
Ans: They can cause significant disruption by destroying only a few
targets.
Question: Ian recently earned his security certification and has been offered a
promotion to a position that requires him to analyze and design security
solutions as well as identifying users' needs. Which of these generally
recognized security positions has Ian been offered?
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Ans: Security administrator
Question: Which tool is most commonly associated with nation state threat
actors?
Ans: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
Question: What is a race condition?
Ans: When two concurrent threads of execution access a shared resource
simultaneously, resulting in unintended consequences.
Question: What is an objective of state-sponsored attackers?
Ans: To spy on citizens
Question: Signe wants to improve the security of the small business where
she serves as a security manager. She determines that the business needs to
do a better job of not revealing the type of computer, operating system,
software, and network connections they use. What security principle does
Signe want to use?
Ans: Obscurity
Question: Alyona has been asked by her supervisor to give a presentation
regarding reasons why security attacks continue to be successful. She has
decided to focus on the issue of widespread vulnerabilities. Which of the
following would Alyona NOT include in her presentation?
ITN 260 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: What is the category of threat actors that sell their knowledge of
vulnerabilities to other attackers or governments?
Ans: Brokers
Question: Tatyana is discussing with her supervisor potential reasons why a
recent attack was successful against one of their systems. Which of the
following configuration issues would NOT be covered?
Ans: Vulnerable business processes
Question: Which of the following ensures that only authorized parties can
view protected information?
Ans: confidentiality
Question: Complete this definition of information security: That which
protects the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information _____.
Ans: through products, people, and procedures on the devices that store,
manipulate, and transmit the information.
Question: Which of the following is an enterprise critical asset?
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Ans: information
Question: Which the following is NOT a reason why it is difficult to defend
against today's attackers?
Ans: Greater sophistication of defense tools
Question: Adone is attempting to explain to his friend the relationship
between security and convenience. Which of the following statements would
he use?
Ans: Security and convenience are inversely proportional.
Question: Which act requires banks and financial institutions to alert their
customers of their policies in disclosing customer information?
Ans: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
Question: Why do cyberterrorists target power plants, air traffic control
centers, and water systems?
Ans: They can cause significant disruption by destroying only a few
targets.
Question: Ian recently earned his security certification and has been offered a
promotion to a position that requires him to analyze and design security
solutions as well as identifying users' needs. Which of these generally
recognized security positions has Ian been offered?
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Ans: Security administrator
Question: Which tool is most commonly associated with nation state threat
actors?
Ans: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
Question: What is a race condition?
Ans: When two concurrent threads of execution access a shared resource
simultaneously, resulting in unintended consequences.
Question: What is an objective of state-sponsored attackers?
Ans: To spy on citizens
Question: Signe wants to improve the security of the small business where
she serves as a security manager. She determines that the business needs to
do a better job of not revealing the type of computer, operating system,
software, and network connections they use. What security principle does
Signe want to use?
Ans: Obscurity
Question: Alyona has been asked by her supervisor to give a presentation
regarding reasons why security attacks continue to be successful. She has
decided to focus on the issue of widespread vulnerabilities. Which of the
following would Alyona NOT include in her presentation?
