Study Guide Review 2

Which of the following is a hardware identification address for networking devices?

• MAC

• IP

• IoT

• URL

Which of the following types of encryption would BEST protect a laptop computer in the event of theft?

• Disk

• Email

• VPN

• HTTPS

Which of the following is used to maintain relationships between data?

• Database

• Data index

• Data replication

• Data persistence

A company is concerned with ensuring its databases are highly available. Which of the following can be used to increase data availability?

• Prioritization

• Backups

• Indexes

• Failover

Which of the following operating system tasks would cause a page file to grow?

• Disk management

• Memory management

• File management

• Device management

Which of the following should have the HIGHEST expectation of privacy?

• A picture posted to a social media website

• A presentation saved to a corporate file server

• A locally stored word processing document

• A spreadsheet emailed to a business client

A company wants to implement a policy that will ensure employees cannot deny taking certain actions, such as sending email to a senior-level executive. Which of the following security concepts does this describe?

• Non-repudiation

• Logging

• Tracking

• Least Privilege

A user has too many passwords to remember. Which of the following would MOST securely assist the user?

• Using the same password

• Text file of passwords

• Passwords manager

• Hardware token

Which of the following storage types is MOST useful for sharing files between home users in different countries?

• File server

• Network-attached storage

• Storage area network

• Cloud storage

Which of the following BEST describes software components that allow an OS to directly communicate with a piece of attached hardware?

• Process

• Thread

• Driver

• Utility