COMPTIA IT 2

Data destruction can be caused by which of the following?

• DDoS

• Replay attack

• Ransomware

• Dumpster diving

Which type of RAID array does not provide protection against drive failure?

• RAID 0

• RAID 5

• RAID 10

• RAID 1

How do you check volatge levels while the computer is running?

• Surge suppressor

• PC Health screen in BIOS

• Outlet tester

• VGA macro

You receive an email claiming to be from the CEO, asking you to have the accountant wire transfer money to an offshore account. This is probably an example of which of the following?

• DDoS

• lack of an audit trail

• Executive impersonation

• Wiretapping

You are exchanging emails with someone who appears to be the IT director. THe responses to your emails do no make sense. After switching to text messaging, you determine that you and your IT director have been actually communicating with a hacker. The attack method is which of the following?

• Executive impersonation

• Man-in-the-middle

• Replay attack

• Social engineering

While speaking with a co-worker concerning a surprise party on a standard phone, you hear a faint click. LAter, another co-worker makes a statement that implies knowledge of the party, even though no one else should know about the party yet. What is the most likely reason?

• Phishing

• Wiretapping

• Dumpster diving

• Snooping

A person comes to your department and announces "I'm from the Internet provider" but doesn't show any ID. This could be an example of which of the following?

• social engineering

• man-in-the-middle

• denial of service

• replay attack

Information is being taken from the CEO's computer on a regular basis, even though passwords are being changed weekly. After checking the computer, you discover a keylogger program. Which of the following was being used to get the data?

• DoS

• Wiretapping

• Social engineering

• Snooping

Your organization's security director has ordered that all webcams and microphones be covered or disconnected when not in use. Which of the following threats will this help prevent?

• DoS

• Eavesdropping

• MITM

• Social engineering

You receive an email claiming to be from the IT security director that asks you to provide the server password. This could be an example of which of the following?

• replay attack

• disabling the audit trail

• whaling

• spear phishing