ISACA Studying CyberSecurity
Fundamentals UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Three common controls used to protect availablity.
a) redundancy, backups and access control
b. Encryption, file permissions and access controls.
c. Access controls, logging and digital signatures.
d. Hashes, logging and backups. - CORRECT ANSWER A. Redundancy, backups and access
control
Governance has several goals including:
a. providing strategic direction
b. ensuring that objectives are achieved
c. verifying that organizational resources are being used appropriately
d. directing and monitoring security activities.
e.Ascertaining whether risk is being managed properly - CORRECT ANSWER a.
provisioning strategic direction.
b. ensuring that objective are achieved
c. verifying that organizational resources are being used appropriately
e. Ascertaining whether risk is being managed properly.
Choose 3. According to the NIST framework which of the following are considered key
functions necessary for the protection of digital assets?
a. Encrypt b. Protect c. Investigate d. Recover e. Identify - CORRECT ANSWER B. Protect
D.recover
E. Identify
Which of the following is the best definition for cybersecurity?
,a. The process by which an organization manages cybersecurity risk to an acceptable level
b. The protection of information from unauthorized access or disclosure
c. The protection of paper documents, digital and intellectual property, and verbal or visual
communications d. Protecting information assets by addressing threats to information that is
processed, stored or transported by interworked information systems - CORRECT
ANSWER d. Protecting information assets by addressing threats to information that is
processed, stored or transported by internetworked information systems.
Which of the following cybersecurity roles is charged with the duty of managing incidents and
remediation?
a. Board of directors
b. Executive committee
c. Cybersecurity management
d. Cybersecurity practitioner - CORRECT ANSWER c. Cybersecurity managment
The core duty of cybersecurity is to identify, respond and manage ________ to an organization's
digital assets. - CORRECT ANSWER Risk
A ________ is anything capable of acting against an asset in a manner that can cause harm. -
CORRECT ANSWER Threat
A _______ is something of value worth protecting. - CORRECT ANSWER Asset
A _________ is a weakness in the design, implementation, operation or internal controls in a
process that could be exploited to violate the system security - CORRECT
ANSWER vulnerability
the path or route used to gain access to the target asset is known as a ______ - CORRECT
ANSWER attack vector
, In an attack, the container that delivers the exploit to the target is called? - CORRECT
ANSWER Payload
______ communicates required and prohibited activities and behaviors - CORRECT
ANSWER Policies
_____ is a class of malware that hides the existence of other malware by modifying the
underlying operating system - CORRECT ANSWER Rootkit
_______ provides details on how to comply with policies and standards. - CORRECT
ANSWER Procedures
______ contain step-by-step instructions to carry out procedures - CORRECT
ANSWER Guidelines
________ also called malicious code, is software designed to gain access to targeted computer
systems. steal info or disrupt computer operations. - CORRECT ANSWER Malware
_________ are used to interpret policies in specific situations - CORRECT
ANSWER Standards
____ are solutions to software programming and coding errors - CORRECT
ANSWER Patches
_______ includes many components such as directory services, authentication and authorization
services, and user management capabilities such as provisioning and deprovisioning -
CORRECT ANSWER Identity Management
Select all that apply. The Internet perimeter should:
a. Detect and block traffic from infected internal end points.
b. Eliminate threats such as email spam, viruses and worms.
Fundamentals UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Three common controls used to protect availablity.
a) redundancy, backups and access control
b. Encryption, file permissions and access controls.
c. Access controls, logging and digital signatures.
d. Hashes, logging and backups. - CORRECT ANSWER A. Redundancy, backups and access
control
Governance has several goals including:
a. providing strategic direction
b. ensuring that objectives are achieved
c. verifying that organizational resources are being used appropriately
d. directing and monitoring security activities.
e.Ascertaining whether risk is being managed properly - CORRECT ANSWER a.
provisioning strategic direction.
b. ensuring that objective are achieved
c. verifying that organizational resources are being used appropriately
e. Ascertaining whether risk is being managed properly.
Choose 3. According to the NIST framework which of the following are considered key
functions necessary for the protection of digital assets?
a. Encrypt b. Protect c. Investigate d. Recover e. Identify - CORRECT ANSWER B. Protect
D.recover
E. Identify
Which of the following is the best definition for cybersecurity?
,a. The process by which an organization manages cybersecurity risk to an acceptable level
b. The protection of information from unauthorized access or disclosure
c. The protection of paper documents, digital and intellectual property, and verbal or visual
communications d. Protecting information assets by addressing threats to information that is
processed, stored or transported by interworked information systems - CORRECT
ANSWER d. Protecting information assets by addressing threats to information that is
processed, stored or transported by internetworked information systems.
Which of the following cybersecurity roles is charged with the duty of managing incidents and
remediation?
a. Board of directors
b. Executive committee
c. Cybersecurity management
d. Cybersecurity practitioner - CORRECT ANSWER c. Cybersecurity managment
The core duty of cybersecurity is to identify, respond and manage ________ to an organization's
digital assets. - CORRECT ANSWER Risk
A ________ is anything capable of acting against an asset in a manner that can cause harm. -
CORRECT ANSWER Threat
A _______ is something of value worth protecting. - CORRECT ANSWER Asset
A _________ is a weakness in the design, implementation, operation or internal controls in a
process that could be exploited to violate the system security - CORRECT
ANSWER vulnerability
the path or route used to gain access to the target asset is known as a ______ - CORRECT
ANSWER attack vector
, In an attack, the container that delivers the exploit to the target is called? - CORRECT
ANSWER Payload
______ communicates required and prohibited activities and behaviors - CORRECT
ANSWER Policies
_____ is a class of malware that hides the existence of other malware by modifying the
underlying operating system - CORRECT ANSWER Rootkit
_______ provides details on how to comply with policies and standards. - CORRECT
ANSWER Procedures
______ contain step-by-step instructions to carry out procedures - CORRECT
ANSWER Guidelines
________ also called malicious code, is software designed to gain access to targeted computer
systems. steal info or disrupt computer operations. - CORRECT ANSWER Malware
_________ are used to interpret policies in specific situations - CORRECT
ANSWER Standards
____ are solutions to software programming and coding errors - CORRECT
ANSWER Patches
_______ includes many components such as directory services, authentication and authorization
services, and user management capabilities such as provisioning and deprovisioning -
CORRECT ANSWER Identity Management
Select all that apply. The Internet perimeter should:
a. Detect and block traffic from infected internal end points.
b. Eliminate threats such as email spam, viruses and worms.
