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GSEC Prep Exam Questions And Answers
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During which of the following steps is the public/private key-pair generated for Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI)? - Answer✔Initialization
Which of the following protocols work at the Session layer of the OSI model? -
Answer✔Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) & Border
Gateway Multicast Protocol (BGMP)
What is a security advantage of using elastic containers for application deployment? -
Answer✔Footholds disappear
Which of the following statements about DMZ are true? - Answer✔It contains company
resources that are available on the Internet, such as Web servers and FTP servers. & It is the
boundary between the Internet and a private network.
How many phases does IKE have? - Answer✔Two
Which of the following should be implemented to protect an organization from spam? -
Answer✔E-mail filtering
You are going to upgrade your hard disk's file system from FAT to NTFS. What are the major
advantages of the NTFS file system over FAT16 and FAT32 file systems? - Answer✔NTFS give
improved disk compression than FAT16 and FAT32. NTFS gives better file security than FAT16
and FAT32. NTFS file system supports for larger hard disks.
Which of the following is a term that refers to unsolicited e-mails sent to a large number of e-
mail users? - Answer✔Spam
Which of these would be a common persistence vector? - Answer✔Registry key
Which of the following statements about buffer overflow is true? - Answer✔It is a condition in
which an application receives more data than it is configured to accept.
You are responsible for a Microsoft based network. Your servers are all clustered. Which of the
following are the likely reasons for the clustering? - Answer✔Load Balancing & Failover
What essential actions would you perform to harden a system? - Answer✔Restrict permissions,
reduce packages installed, and limit services
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You are writing a backup plan. Your goal is to try to ensure you have speed to recovery, but also
to reduce the amount of storage space needed for the backups as much as possible. Which
backup scheme would you choose? - Answer✔Full backups weekly; differential backup nightly
afterward
Which of the following files contains the shadowed password entries in Linux? -
Answer✔/etc/shadow
Which of the following features of Windows 7 allows an administrator to both passively review
installed software and configure policies to prevent out-of-date or insecure software from
running? - Answer✔App Locker
There are three key factors in selecting a biometric mechanism. What are they? -
Answer✔Reliability, user acceptance, and cost
You have been hired to design a TCP/IP-based network that will contain both Unix and
Windows computers. You are planning a name resolution strategy. Which of the following
services will best suit the requirements of the network? - Answer✔DNS
Which of the following Linux commands can change both the username and group name a file
belongs to? - Answer✔chgrp
Which of the following protocols provides maintenance and error reporting function? -
Answer✔ICMP
In addition to securing the operating system of production honey pot hosts, what is
recommended to prevent the honey pots from assuming the identities of production systems that
could result in the denial of service for legitimate users? - Answer✔Deploy the honey pot hosts
in an unused part of your address space.
Microsoft Windows file security permissions are an example of what? - Answer✔DAC
In the address ab00:fc87:234a:0090:5120:ffab:bc8a:0098/23, what does the /23 indicate? -
Answer✔The number of bits in the network portion of the address
What would be a common role for a CSIRT within an organization? - Answer✔Provide
oversight and coordination
When discussing access controls, which of the following terms describes the process of
determining the activities or functions that an Individual is permitted to perform? -
Answer✔Authorization
Which of the following groups represents the most likely source of an asset loss through the
inappropriate use of computers? - Answer✔Employees
Which of the following works at the network layer and hides the local area network IP address
and topology? - Answer✔Network address translation (NAT)
Which of the following SIP INVITE lines indicates to the remote registrar the VoIP phone that
initiated the call? - Answer✔User-Agent
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GSEC Prep Exam Questions And Answers
(Guaranteed A+)
During which of the following steps is the public/private key-pair generated for Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI)? - Answer✔Initialization
Which of the following protocols work at the Session layer of the OSI model? -
Answer✔Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) & Border
Gateway Multicast Protocol (BGMP)
What is a security advantage of using elastic containers for application deployment? -
Answer✔Footholds disappear
Which of the following statements about DMZ are true? - Answer✔It contains company
resources that are available on the Internet, such as Web servers and FTP servers. & It is the
boundary between the Internet and a private network.
How many phases does IKE have? - Answer✔Two
Which of the following should be implemented to protect an organization from spam? -
Answer✔E-mail filtering
You are going to upgrade your hard disk's file system from FAT to NTFS. What are the major
advantages of the NTFS file system over FAT16 and FAT32 file systems? - Answer✔NTFS give
improved disk compression than FAT16 and FAT32. NTFS gives better file security than FAT16
and FAT32. NTFS file system supports for larger hard disks.
Which of the following is a term that refers to unsolicited e-mails sent to a large number of e-
mail users? - Answer✔Spam
Which of these would be a common persistence vector? - Answer✔Registry key
Which of the following statements about buffer overflow is true? - Answer✔It is a condition in
which an application receives more data than it is configured to accept.
You are responsible for a Microsoft based network. Your servers are all clustered. Which of the
following are the likely reasons for the clustering? - Answer✔Load Balancing & Failover
What essential actions would you perform to harden a system? - Answer✔Restrict permissions,
reduce packages installed, and limit services
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You are writing a backup plan. Your goal is to try to ensure you have speed to recovery, but also
to reduce the amount of storage space needed for the backups as much as possible. Which
backup scheme would you choose? - Answer✔Full backups weekly; differential backup nightly
afterward
Which of the following files contains the shadowed password entries in Linux? -
Answer✔/etc/shadow
Which of the following features of Windows 7 allows an administrator to both passively review
installed software and configure policies to prevent out-of-date or insecure software from
running? - Answer✔App Locker
There are three key factors in selecting a biometric mechanism. What are they? -
Answer✔Reliability, user acceptance, and cost
You have been hired to design a TCP/IP-based network that will contain both Unix and
Windows computers. You are planning a name resolution strategy. Which of the following
services will best suit the requirements of the network? - Answer✔DNS
Which of the following Linux commands can change both the username and group name a file
belongs to? - Answer✔chgrp
Which of the following protocols provides maintenance and error reporting function? -
Answer✔ICMP
In addition to securing the operating system of production honey pot hosts, what is
recommended to prevent the honey pots from assuming the identities of production systems that
could result in the denial of service for legitimate users? - Answer✔Deploy the honey pot hosts
in an unused part of your address space.
Microsoft Windows file security permissions are an example of what? - Answer✔DAC
In the address ab00:fc87:234a:0090:5120:ffab:bc8a:0098/23, what does the /23 indicate? -
Answer✔The number of bits in the network portion of the address
What would be a common role for a CSIRT within an organization? - Answer✔Provide
oversight and coordination
When discussing access controls, which of the following terms describes the process of
determining the activities or functions that an Individual is permitted to perform? -
Answer✔Authorization
Which of the following groups represents the most likely source of an asset loss through the
inappropriate use of computers? - Answer✔Employees
Which of the following works at the network layer and hides the local area network IP address
and topology? - Answer✔Network address translation (NAT)
Which of the following SIP INVITE lines indicates to the remote registrar the VoIP phone that
initiated the call? - Answer✔User-Agent
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