SECURITY + CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS.
ABAC,,ANS,-
,You,want,to,implement,an,access,control,model,that,lets,you,easily,assign,users,to,a,combination,of,multi
ple,roles,,and,also,restrict,access,to,some,actions,based,on,the,time,of,day,and,physical,location,of,the,use
r.,Which,model,is,the,best,fit?
A,domain,local,group,,ANS,-,In,Active,Directory,,where,is,the,best,place,to,assign,permissions?
More,Secure,and,More,Trouble,for,Users,,ANS,-
,During,a,discussion,of,user,account,policies,,someone,suggests,lowering,the,account,lockout,threshold,o
n,the,Windows,domain.,What,would,be,the,net,effect,of,this,change?
To,keep,users,from,bypassing,history,requirements,,ANS,-
,If,a,policy,requires,regular,password,changes,,why,would,you,set,a,minimum,password,age?
Risk,Transference,,ANS,-
,After,consulting,with,the,Chief,Risk,Officer,(CRO),,a,manager,decides,to,acquire,cybersecurity,insurance,f
or,the,company.,Which,of,the,following,risk,management,strategies,is,the,manager,adopting?
Configure,the,perimeter,firewall,to,deny,inbound,external,connections,to,SMB,ports.,,ANS,-
,A,recently,discovered,zero-
day,exploit,utilizes,an,unknown,vulnerability,in,the,SMB,network,protocol,to,rapidly,infect,computers.,On
ce,infected,,computers,are,encrypted,and,held,for,ransom.
Offboarding,,ANS,-
,A,retail,executive,recently,accepted,a,job,with,a,major,competitor.,The,following,week,,a,security,analyst,
reviews,the,security,logs,and,identifies,successful,login,attempts,to,access,the,departed,executive's,accou
nts.,Which,of,the,following,security,practices,would,have,addressed,the,issue?
DDoS,,ANS,-
,Employees,are,having,issues,accessing,the,company's,website.,Some,employees,report,very,slow,perfor
mance,,which,others,cannot,access,the,website,at,all.,The,web,and,security,administrators,search,the,logs
,and,find,millions,of,half-
, open,connections,on,port,443,on,the,web,server.,Further,analysis,reveals,thousands,of,different,source,IP
s,initiating,this,traffic.
reconnaissance,,ANS,-
,The,process,of,passively,gathering,information,poor,to,launching,a,cyberattack,is,called:
Zero,Day,,ANS,-
,An,attacker,is,exploiting,a,vulnerability,that,does,not,have,a,patch,available.,Which,of,the,following,is,the,
attacker,exploiting?
The,syslog,server,,ANS,-
,A,privileged,user,at,a,company,stole,several,proprietary,documents,from,a,server.,The,user,also,went,into
,the,log,files,and,deleted,all,records,of,the,inncident.,The,systems,administrator,has,just,informed,investig
ators,that,other,log,files,are,available,for,review.,Which,of,the,following,did,the,administrator,MOST,likely,
configure,that,will,assist,the,investigators?
The,SNMP,logs,,ANS,-
,A,host,was,infected,with,malware.,During,the,incident,response,,Joe,,a,user,,reported,that,he,did,not,rece
ive,any,emails,with,links,,but,he,had,been,browsing,the,Internet,all,day.,Which,of,the,following,would,MO
ST,likely,show,where,the,malware,originated?
SNMPv2,SNMPv3
HTTP,,HTTPS
Telnet,SSH,,ANS,-
,An,analyst,is,trying,to,identify,insecure,services,that,are,running,on,the,internal,network.,After,performin
g,a,port,scan,the,analyst,identifies,that,a,server,has,some,insecure,services,enabled,on,default,ports,Whic
h,of,the,following,BEST,describes,the,services,that,are,currently,running,and,the,secure,alternatives,for,re
placing,them?
Detective,,ANS,-
,A,network,administrator,has,been,asked,to,install,an,IDS,to,improve,the,security,posture,of,an,organizatio
n.,Which,of,the,following,control,types,is,an,IDS?
The,vulnerabiltiy,scan,output,,ANS,-
,After,reading,a,security,bulletin,,a,network,security,manager,is,concerned,that,a,malicious,actor,may,hav
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS.
ABAC,,ANS,-
,You,want,to,implement,an,access,control,model,that,lets,you,easily,assign,users,to,a,combination,of,multi
ple,roles,,and,also,restrict,access,to,some,actions,based,on,the,time,of,day,and,physical,location,of,the,use
r.,Which,model,is,the,best,fit?
A,domain,local,group,,ANS,-,In,Active,Directory,,where,is,the,best,place,to,assign,permissions?
More,Secure,and,More,Trouble,for,Users,,ANS,-
,During,a,discussion,of,user,account,policies,,someone,suggests,lowering,the,account,lockout,threshold,o
n,the,Windows,domain.,What,would,be,the,net,effect,of,this,change?
To,keep,users,from,bypassing,history,requirements,,ANS,-
,If,a,policy,requires,regular,password,changes,,why,would,you,set,a,minimum,password,age?
Risk,Transference,,ANS,-
,After,consulting,with,the,Chief,Risk,Officer,(CRO),,a,manager,decides,to,acquire,cybersecurity,insurance,f
or,the,company.,Which,of,the,following,risk,management,strategies,is,the,manager,adopting?
Configure,the,perimeter,firewall,to,deny,inbound,external,connections,to,SMB,ports.,,ANS,-
,A,recently,discovered,zero-
day,exploit,utilizes,an,unknown,vulnerability,in,the,SMB,network,protocol,to,rapidly,infect,computers.,On
ce,infected,,computers,are,encrypted,and,held,for,ransom.
Offboarding,,ANS,-
,A,retail,executive,recently,accepted,a,job,with,a,major,competitor.,The,following,week,,a,security,analyst,
reviews,the,security,logs,and,identifies,successful,login,attempts,to,access,the,departed,executive's,accou
nts.,Which,of,the,following,security,practices,would,have,addressed,the,issue?
DDoS,,ANS,-
,Employees,are,having,issues,accessing,the,company's,website.,Some,employees,report,very,slow,perfor
mance,,which,others,cannot,access,the,website,at,all.,The,web,and,security,administrators,search,the,logs
,and,find,millions,of,half-
, open,connections,on,port,443,on,the,web,server.,Further,analysis,reveals,thousands,of,different,source,IP
s,initiating,this,traffic.
reconnaissance,,ANS,-
,The,process,of,passively,gathering,information,poor,to,launching,a,cyberattack,is,called:
Zero,Day,,ANS,-
,An,attacker,is,exploiting,a,vulnerability,that,does,not,have,a,patch,available.,Which,of,the,following,is,the,
attacker,exploiting?
The,syslog,server,,ANS,-
,A,privileged,user,at,a,company,stole,several,proprietary,documents,from,a,server.,The,user,also,went,into
,the,log,files,and,deleted,all,records,of,the,inncident.,The,systems,administrator,has,just,informed,investig
ators,that,other,log,files,are,available,for,review.,Which,of,the,following,did,the,administrator,MOST,likely,
configure,that,will,assist,the,investigators?
The,SNMP,logs,,ANS,-
,A,host,was,infected,with,malware.,During,the,incident,response,,Joe,,a,user,,reported,that,he,did,not,rece
ive,any,emails,with,links,,but,he,had,been,browsing,the,Internet,all,day.,Which,of,the,following,would,MO
ST,likely,show,where,the,malware,originated?
SNMPv2,SNMPv3
HTTP,,HTTPS
Telnet,SSH,,ANS,-
,An,analyst,is,trying,to,identify,insecure,services,that,are,running,on,the,internal,network.,After,performin
g,a,port,scan,the,analyst,identifies,that,a,server,has,some,insecure,services,enabled,on,default,ports,Whic
h,of,the,following,BEST,describes,the,services,that,are,currently,running,and,the,secure,alternatives,for,re
placing,them?
Detective,,ANS,-
,A,network,administrator,has,been,asked,to,install,an,IDS,to,improve,the,security,posture,of,an,organizatio
n.,Which,of,the,following,control,types,is,an,IDS?
The,vulnerabiltiy,scan,output,,ANS,-
,After,reading,a,security,bulletin,,a,network,security,manager,is,concerned,that,a,malicious,actor,may,hav