Core practice quiz #7

A customer wants to make sure the data is protected and secure on a Windows laptop’s hard drive. Which of the following is the best solution?

• Windows Backup

• BitLocker

• Shadow Copy

• Trusted Platform Module

Employees at comptia.org are reporting getting a usual amount of emails from a coworker. A technician discovers the emails were sent from the following address: [e-mail]. Which of the following social engineering attacks is this an example of?

• Whaling

• Insider threat

• Phishing

• Vishing

• Evil twin

A web developer installs and launches a new external web server. Immediately following the launch, the performance of all traffic traversing the firewall degrades substantially. Which of the following considerations was overlooked?

• OS compatibility

• Quality of service

• 32- vs. 64-bit architecture

• Storage requirements

A technician is setting up a network printer for a customer who has a SOHO router. The technician wants to make sure the printer stays connected in the future and is available on all the computers in the house. Which of the following should the technician configure on the printer?

• DNS settings

• Static IP

• WWAN

• Metered connection

A web server is configured to only allow secure connections. Which of the following will a user most likely use to connect to the web server?

• TFTP

• HTTP

• FTP

• TLS

Which of the following is protected by government policy for end user information?

• DRM

• EULA

• PCI

• PII

Which of the following allows users to access connected system features through account federation?

• MFA

• NAC

• SSO

• UAC

A technician has identified malicious traffic originating from a user's computer. Which of the following is the best way to identify the source of the attack?

• Investigate the firewall logs.

• Isolate the machine from the network.

• Inspect the Windows Event Viewer.

• Take a physical inventory of the device.

A company was recently attacked by ransomware. The IT department has remediated the threat and determined that the attack method used was email. Which of the following is the most effective way to prevent this issue from reoccurring?

• Spam filtering

• Malware prevention software

• End user education

• Stateful firewall inspection

Which of the following ensures data is unrecoverable on a lost or stolen mobile device?

• Device encryption

• Remote wipe

• Data backup

• Fingerprint reader