COMPTIA SECURITY+ EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Vulnerability Scanner - ....ANSWER ...-An application that identifies security
issues on a network and gives suggestions on how to prevent the issues. A management
control type.
Port Scanner - ....ANSWER ...-An application that identifies ports and services that
are at risk on a network.
IDS - ....ANSWER ...-An application that detects when network intrusions occur
and identifies the appropriate personnel..
Virus Scanner - ....ANSWER ...-An application that protects a system against
viruses.
NAT Server - ....ANSWER ...-Presents public IP addresses to the internet on
behalf of computers on a private network.
Proxy Server - ....ANSWER ...-Can be used to enable hosts to access Internet
resources. Can increase the performance of a network by cachig Web pages, which can
reduce the amount of time required for clients to access Web pages.
Isolation Mode - ....ANSWER ...-Ensures that wireless clients can only
communicate with the wireless access point and not with other wireless clients.
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, PEAP - ....ANSWER ...-Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol. A secure
password-based authentication protocol created to simplify secure authentication.
LEAP - ....ANSWER ...-Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. An
authentication protocol used exclusively by Cisco.
RAID Level 0 - ....ANSWER ...-Disk striping. Stripes data across the drives to
improve disk read/write efficiency. Does not provide redundancy.
RAID Level 1 - ....ANSWER ...-Disk mirroring or disk duplexing. Any data written
to disk one is also written to disk two. Provides redundancy.
RAID Level 5 - ....ANSWER ...-Disk striping with parity and data across all disks
in the array. Requires at least three hard disks.
Protection against PBX attacks - ....ANSWER ...-Turn off remote maintenance
features when not needed. Use strong authentication on the remote maintenance ports.
Keep PBX terminals in a locked, restricted area. Replace or disable embedded logins
and passwords.
Technical Controls - ....ANSWER ...-Used to restrict data access and operating
system components, security applications, network devices, protocols, and encryption
techniques. Include all authentication mechanisms.
Detective Controls - ....ANSWER ...-Used to detect intrusion when it occurs.
Preventative Controls - ....ANSWER ...-Used to prevent intrusion before it occurs.
Administrative/Management Controls - ....ANSWER ...-Dictates how security
policies are implemented to fulfill the company's security goals.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Vulnerability Scanner - ....ANSWER ...-An application that identifies security
issues on a network and gives suggestions on how to prevent the issues. A management
control type.
Port Scanner - ....ANSWER ...-An application that identifies ports and services that
are at risk on a network.
IDS - ....ANSWER ...-An application that detects when network intrusions occur
and identifies the appropriate personnel..
Virus Scanner - ....ANSWER ...-An application that protects a system against
viruses.
NAT Server - ....ANSWER ...-Presents public IP addresses to the internet on
behalf of computers on a private network.
Proxy Server - ....ANSWER ...-Can be used to enable hosts to access Internet
resources. Can increase the performance of a network by cachig Web pages, which can
reduce the amount of time required for clients to access Web pages.
Isolation Mode - ....ANSWER ...-Ensures that wireless clients can only
communicate with the wireless access point and not with other wireless clients.
...©️ 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, PEAP - ....ANSWER ...-Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol. A secure
password-based authentication protocol created to simplify secure authentication.
LEAP - ....ANSWER ...-Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. An
authentication protocol used exclusively by Cisco.
RAID Level 0 - ....ANSWER ...-Disk striping. Stripes data across the drives to
improve disk read/write efficiency. Does not provide redundancy.
RAID Level 1 - ....ANSWER ...-Disk mirroring or disk duplexing. Any data written
to disk one is also written to disk two. Provides redundancy.
RAID Level 5 - ....ANSWER ...-Disk striping with parity and data across all disks
in the array. Requires at least three hard disks.
Protection against PBX attacks - ....ANSWER ...-Turn off remote maintenance
features when not needed. Use strong authentication on the remote maintenance ports.
Keep PBX terminals in a locked, restricted area. Replace or disable embedded logins
and passwords.
Technical Controls - ....ANSWER ...-Used to restrict data access and operating
system components, security applications, network devices, protocols, and encryption
techniques. Include all authentication mechanisms.
Detective Controls - ....ANSWER ...-Used to detect intrusion when it occurs.
Preventative Controls - ....ANSWER ...-Used to prevent intrusion before it occurs.
Administrative/Management Controls - ....ANSWER ...-Dictates how security
policies are implemented to fulfill the company's security goals.
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