CompTIA Review #3

Which of the following would be the BEST way to provide a website login using existing credentials from a third-party site?

• Federation

• 802.1X

• PEAP

• EAP-FAST

A system administrator, Daniel, is working on a contract that will specify a minimum required uptime for a set of Internet-facing firewalls. Daniel needs to know how often the firewall hardware is expected to fail between repairs. Which of the following would BEST describe this information?

• MTBF

• RTO

• MTTR

• MTTF

A security administrator has been using EAP-FAST wireless authentication since the migration from WEP to WPA2. The company’s network team now needs to support additional authentication protocols inside of an encrypted tunnel. Which of the following would meet the network team’s requirements?

• EAP-TLS

• PEAP

• EAP-TTLS

• EAP-MSCHAPv2

The embedded OS in a company’s time clock appliance is configured to reset the file system and reboot when a file system error occurs. On one of the time clocks, this file system error occurs during the startup process and causes the system to constantly reboot. Which of the following BEST describes this issue?

• DLL injection

• Resource Exhaustion

• Race condition

• Weak configuration

A recent audit has found that existing password policies do not include any restrictions on password attempts, and users are not required to periodically change their passwords. Which of the following would correct these policy issues? (Select TWO)

• Password Complexity

• Password Expiration

• Password Lockout

• Password History

• Password Recovery

What kind of security control is associated with a login banner?

• Preventive

• Deterrent

• Corrective

• Physical

A security team has been provided with a non-credentialed vulnerability scan report created by a third-party. Which of the following would they expect to see on this report?

• A summary of all files with invalid group assignments

• A list of all unpatched operating system files

• The version of web server software in use

• A list of local user accounts

A business manager is documenting a set of steps for processing orders if the primary Internet connection fails. Which of these would BEST describe these steps?

• Communication plan

• Continuity of operations

• Stakeholder management

• Tabletop exercise

A company would like to protect the data stored on laptops used in the field. Which of the following would be the BEST choice for this requirement?

• MAC

• SED

• CASB

• SOAR

A file server has a full backup performed each Monday at 1 AM. Incremental backups are performed at 1 AM on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The system administrator needs to perform a full recovery of the file server on Thursday afternoon. How many backup sets would be required to complete the recovery?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4