CYBERSECURITY FINAL QUIZ AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
A,security,specialist,is,asked,for,advice,on,a,security,measure,to,prevent,unauthorized,hosts,from,accessin
g,the,home,network,of,employees.,Which,measure,would,be,most,effective?,,ANS,-,Implement,a,firewall.
An,organization,plans,to,implement,security,training,to,educate,employees,about,security,policies.,What,t
ype,of,access,control,is,the,organization,trying,to,implement?,,ANS,-,administrative
Which,statement,best,describes,a,motivation,of,hacktivists?,,ANS,-
,They,are,part,of,a,protest,group,behind,a,political,cause.
There,are,many,environments,that,require,five,nines,,but,a,five,nines,environment,may,be,cost,prohibitiv
e.,What,is,one,example,of,where,the,five,nines,environment,might,be,cost,prohibitive?,,ANS,-
,the,New,York,Stock,Exchange
You,have,been,asked,to,implement,a,data,integrity,program,to,protect,data,files,that,need,to,be,electroni
cally,downloaded,by,the,sales,staff.,You,have,decided,to,use,the,strongest,hashing,algorithm,available,on,
your,systems.,Which,hash,algorithm,would,you,select?,,ANS,-,SHA-256
An,organization,has,recently,adopted,a,five,nines,program,for,two,critical,database,servers.,What,type,of,
controls,will,this,involve?,,ANS,-,improving,reliability,and,uptime,of,the,servers
Which,statement,describes,a,distributed,denial,of,service,attack?",,ANS,-
,An,attacker,builds,a,botnet,comprised,of,zombies.
An,organization,just,completed,a,security,audit.,Your,division,was,cited,for,not,conforming,to,X.509,requir
ements.,What,is,the,first,security,control,you,need,to,examine?,,ANS,-,digital,certificates
What,approach,to,availability,provides,the,most,comprehensive,protection,because,multiple,defenses,co
ordinate,together,to,prevent,attacks?,,ANS,-,layering
, HVAC,,water,system,,and,fire,systems,fall,under,which,of,the,cybersecurity,domains?,,ANS,-
,physical,facilities
Before,data,is,sent,out,for,analysis,,which,technique,can,be,used,to,replace,sensitive,data,in,nonproductio
n,environments,to,protect,the,underlying,information?,,ANS,-,data,masking,substitution
Alice,and,Bob,use,a,pre-
shared,key,to,exchange,a,confidential,message.,If,Bob,wants,to,send,a,confidential,message,to,Carol,,wha
t,key,should,he,use?,,ANS,-,a,new,pre-shared,key
What,approach,to,availability,involves,using,file,permissions?,,ANS,-,limiting
Which,three,protocols,can,use,Advanced,Encryption,Standard,(AES)?,(Choose,three.),,ANS,-,802.11i
WPA2
WPA
An,organization,has,determined,that,an,employee,has,been,cracking,passwords,on,administrative,accoun
ts,in,order,to,access,very,sensitive,payroll,information.,Which,tools,would,you,look,for,on,the,system,of,th
e,employee?,(Choose,three),,ANS,-,reverse,lookup,tables
lookup,tables
rainbow,tables
Users,report,that,the,database,on,the,main,server,cannot,be,accessed.,A,database,administrator,verifies,t
he,issue,and,notices,that,the,database,file,is,now,encrypted.,The,organization,receives,a,threatening,emai
l,demanding,payment,for,the,decryption,of,the,database,file.,What,type,of,attack,has,the,organization,exp
erienced?,,ANS,-,ransomeware
What,are,three,states,of,data,during,which,data,is,vulnerable?,(Choose,three.),,ANS,-,stored,data
data,in,transit
data,in,process
Which,two,groups,of,people,are,considered,internal,attackers?,(Choose,two.),,ANS,-,trusted,partners
ANSWERS.
A,security,specialist,is,asked,for,advice,on,a,security,measure,to,prevent,unauthorized,hosts,from,accessin
g,the,home,network,of,employees.,Which,measure,would,be,most,effective?,,ANS,-,Implement,a,firewall.
An,organization,plans,to,implement,security,training,to,educate,employees,about,security,policies.,What,t
ype,of,access,control,is,the,organization,trying,to,implement?,,ANS,-,administrative
Which,statement,best,describes,a,motivation,of,hacktivists?,,ANS,-
,They,are,part,of,a,protest,group,behind,a,political,cause.
There,are,many,environments,that,require,five,nines,,but,a,five,nines,environment,may,be,cost,prohibitiv
e.,What,is,one,example,of,where,the,five,nines,environment,might,be,cost,prohibitive?,,ANS,-
,the,New,York,Stock,Exchange
You,have,been,asked,to,implement,a,data,integrity,program,to,protect,data,files,that,need,to,be,electroni
cally,downloaded,by,the,sales,staff.,You,have,decided,to,use,the,strongest,hashing,algorithm,available,on,
your,systems.,Which,hash,algorithm,would,you,select?,,ANS,-,SHA-256
An,organization,has,recently,adopted,a,five,nines,program,for,two,critical,database,servers.,What,type,of,
controls,will,this,involve?,,ANS,-,improving,reliability,and,uptime,of,the,servers
Which,statement,describes,a,distributed,denial,of,service,attack?",,ANS,-
,An,attacker,builds,a,botnet,comprised,of,zombies.
An,organization,just,completed,a,security,audit.,Your,division,was,cited,for,not,conforming,to,X.509,requir
ements.,What,is,the,first,security,control,you,need,to,examine?,,ANS,-,digital,certificates
What,approach,to,availability,provides,the,most,comprehensive,protection,because,multiple,defenses,co
ordinate,together,to,prevent,attacks?,,ANS,-,layering
, HVAC,,water,system,,and,fire,systems,fall,under,which,of,the,cybersecurity,domains?,,ANS,-
,physical,facilities
Before,data,is,sent,out,for,analysis,,which,technique,can,be,used,to,replace,sensitive,data,in,nonproductio
n,environments,to,protect,the,underlying,information?,,ANS,-,data,masking,substitution
Alice,and,Bob,use,a,pre-
shared,key,to,exchange,a,confidential,message.,If,Bob,wants,to,send,a,confidential,message,to,Carol,,wha
t,key,should,he,use?,,ANS,-,a,new,pre-shared,key
What,approach,to,availability,involves,using,file,permissions?,,ANS,-,limiting
Which,three,protocols,can,use,Advanced,Encryption,Standard,(AES)?,(Choose,three.),,ANS,-,802.11i
WPA2
WPA
An,organization,has,determined,that,an,employee,has,been,cracking,passwords,on,administrative,accoun
ts,in,order,to,access,very,sensitive,payroll,information.,Which,tools,would,you,look,for,on,the,system,of,th
e,employee?,(Choose,three),,ANS,-,reverse,lookup,tables
lookup,tables
rainbow,tables
Users,report,that,the,database,on,the,main,server,cannot,be,accessed.,A,database,administrator,verifies,t
he,issue,and,notices,that,the,database,file,is,now,encrypted.,The,organization,receives,a,threatening,emai
l,demanding,payment,for,the,decryption,of,the,database,file.,What,type,of,attack,has,the,organization,exp
erienced?,,ANS,-,ransomeware
What,are,three,states,of,data,during,which,data,is,vulnerable?,(Choose,three.),,ANS,-,stored,data
data,in,transit
data,in,process
Which,two,groups,of,people,are,considered,internal,attackers?,(Choose,two.),,ANS,-,trusted,partners
