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Worksheets15 question Security+ Quiz March 2023
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Your organization hosts an e-commerce web server. The server randomly
experiences a high volume of sales and usage from mid-November to the
end of December, causing spikes in resource usage. These spikes have
resulted in outages during the past year. Which of the following should be
implemented to prevent these outages?
Stored Procedures
Scalability
Version Control
Memory Management
Employees currently log in with their username and a password but
management wants to increase login security by implementing smart cards.
However, the IT department anticipates it will take a long time to purchase
the necessary equipment and issue smart cards for everyone. You need to
identify a solution that will provide comparable security until the smart
cards are implemented. Which of the following is a compensating control
that will meet these needs?
Implement an account lockout policy
Increase password policy requirements.
Implement a TOTP solution.
Require users to change their password more often.
You have configured a firewall in your network to block ICMP traffic.
You want to verify that it is working as expected. Which of the following
commands would you use?
ARP
IPCONFIG
ROUTE
PING
You need to reboot a database server. Before doing so, you need to verify
it doesn’t have any active network connections. Which of the following
commands will BEST meet your needs?
arp
ipconfig
hping3
netstat
You are troubleshooting an issue with the collaboration application hosted on a
Linux system. You suspect that the issue is caused when performing a
specific function. You execute the function and see a generic error message.
You now want to view the detailed error logged in the messages file. Which
of the following commands would be the BEST choice to use?
head
tail
chmod
logger
Which of the following would be the BEST option to remove all the rules from the firewall?
# iptables -F
# iptables -P INPUT -j DROP
# iptables -Z
# iptables -t mangle -X
Clarca Corp. based out of Fairfax, VA is in the process of implementing automation with IoT devices and sensors all over their facility for better surveillance at the edge. Which of the following should the organization consider first to keep the network secure from breaches?
Z-Wave compatibility
Network site survey
Zigbee configuration
Communication protocols
Which of the following would be a secure replacement of Telnet?
HTTPS
DNSSec
SNMP
SSH
Which of the following protocol should you use to secure voice and video?
IPSec
HTTPS
SFTP
SRTP
Datasio Corp. based out of Austin, TX is moving its workloads into cloud and is concerned about service availability and cyber attacks. The company is looking to remediate the risk associated with its cloud service provider not meeting its advertised 5 nines of 99.999% availability metrics. Which of the following should Datasio Corp. reference in order to understand and enforce the exact uptime requirements for the cloud provider?
SLA
BPA
UPS
MOU
Recognia Corp. is a retail company who is looking to migrate their workloads to the cloud and needs to enhance its ability to maintain a scalable cloud infrastructure as it grows into new customer segments. The company runs marketing deals and promotions from time to time. The organization's cloud infrastructure needs to handle the unpredictable loads on the company's web application. Which of the following cloud concepts would best meet these requirements?
SaaS
VDI
Containers
Microservices
ScoutSwag Corp. is a marketing firm based out of Goofytown, FL. Jerome has been hired as a Security Engineer and is tasked with ensuring that the data at rest on the hard drives in the servers are fully encrypted. The security engineer in this scenario is an example of a:
Data Controller
Data Owner
Data Custodian
Data Processor
What is the best way to overcome the test anxiety and pass the test at the rist attempt with flying colors?
Practice the questions, do the simulations and understand the acronyms and concepts.
Memorize the questions word by word, ditch the concepts, don't worry about acronyms
Just glance over the book and the glossary.
Ditch the process, skip the class, go to the bar and watch a movie.
Management wants to increase security for any users accessing the
network with a VPN. They plan to implement a method that will require
users to install an application on their smartphones. This application will
generate a key that they’ll have to enter in addition to their username and
password. What is the BEST description of this added authentication
method?
Something you know
Something you have
Something you are
Something you do
Homer is not able to access any network resources from his Linux-based
computer. Which of the following commands would he use to view the
network configuration of his system?
ifconfig
ipconfig
netstat
tracert
