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Sec+ Study Quiz 13

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following documents specifies what to do in the event of catastrophic loss of a physical or virtual system?

a)

Data retention plan

b)

Incident response plan

c)

Disaster recovery plan

d)

Communication plan

2.

Which of the following roles is responsible for defining the protection type and classification type for a given set of files?

a)

General counsel

b)

Data owner

c)

Risk manager

d)

Chief Information Officer

3.

An employee's company email is configured with conditional access and requires that MFA is enabled and used. An example of MFA is a phone call and:

a)

a push notification

b)

a password

c)

an SMS message

d)

an authentication application

4.

Which of the following is a security implication of newer ICS devices that are becoming more common in corporations?

a)

Devices with cellular communication capabilities bypass traditional network security controls

b)

Many devices do not support elliptic-curve encryption algorithms due to the overhead they require

c)

These devices often lack privacy controls and do not meet newer compliance regulations

d)

Unauthorized voice and audio recording can cause loss of intellectual property

5.

Which of the following is required in order for an IDS and a WAF to be effective on HTTPS traffic?

a)

Hashing

b)

DNS sinkhole

c)

TLS inspection

d)

Data masking

6.

A company policy requires third-party suppliers to self-report data breaches within a specific time frame. Which of the following third-party risk management policies is the company complying with?

a)

MOU

b)

SLA

c)

EOL

d)

NDA

7.

While troubleshooting service disruption on a mission-critical server, a technician discovered the user account that was configured to run automated processes was disabled because the user's password failed to meet password complexity requirements. Which of the following would be the best solution to securely prevent future issues?

a)

Using an administrator account to run the processes and disabling the account when it is not in use

b)

Implementing a shared account the team can use to run automated processes

c)

Configuring a service account to run the processes

d)

Removing the password complexity requirements for the user account

8.

A security analyst is assessing a newly developed web application by testing SQL injection, CSRF, and XML injection. Which of the following frameworks should the analyst consider?

a)

ISO

b)

MITRE ATT&CK

c)

OWASP

d)

NIST

9.

A user's laptop constantly disconnects from the Wi-Fi network. Once the laptop reconnects, the user can reach the internet but cannot access shared folders or other network resources. Which of the following types of attacks is the user most likely experiencing?

a)

Bluejacking

b)

Jamming

c)

Rogue access point

d)

Evil twin

10.

Which of the following procedures would be performed after the root cause of a security incident has been identified to help avoid future incidents from occurring?

a)

Walk-throughs

b)

Lessons learned

c)

Attack framework alignment

d)

Containment

11.

A security administrator is integrating several segments onto a single network. One of the segments, which includes legacy devices, presents a significant amount of risk to the network. Which of the following would allow users to access the legacy devices without compromising the security of the entire network?

a)

NIDS

b)

MAC filtering

c)

Jump server

d)

IPSec

e)

NAT gateway

12.

Which of the following would a security analyst use to determine if other companies in the same sector have seen similar malicious activity against their systems?

a)

Vulnerability scanner

b)

Open-source intelligence

c)

Packet capture

d)

Threat feeds

13.

Which of the following types of disaster recovery plan exercises requires the least interruption to IT operations?

a)

Parallel

b)

Full-scale

c)

Tabletop

d)

Simulation

14.

Which of the following disaster recovery sites is the most cost effective to operate?

a)

Warm site

b)

Cold site

c)

Hot site

d)

Hybrid site

15.

A security operations center wants to implement a solution that can execute files to test for malicious activity. The solution should provide a report of the files' activity against known threats. Which of the following should the security operations center implement?

a)

The Harvester

b)

Nessus

c)

Cuckoo

d)

Sn1per

16.

Which concept should a security administrator utilize to ensure all cloud servers have software preinstalled for vulnerability scanning and continuous monitoring?

a)

Provisioning

b)

Staging

c)

Staging

d)

Quality assurance

17.

What should a network architect implement on a server to maintain network availability if one of the network switches it is connected to goes down?

a)

RAID

b)

UPS

c)

NIC teaming

d)

Load balancing

18.

What might a malicious person be doing to cause an employee to receive multiple messages on a mobile device instructing them to pair the device to an unknown device?

a)

Jamming

b)

Bluesnarfing

c)

Evil twin attack

d)

Rogue access point

19.

Which algorithm should a security administrator use to increase the capacity for an application due to resource exhaustion on another server by splitting the number of connections on each server in half?

a)

Weighted response

b)

Round-robin

c)

Least connection

d)

Weighted least connection

20.

Security analysts use which tool to investigate the issue of a network becoming flooded with malicious packets at specific times of the day?

a)

Web metadata

b)

Bandwidth monitors

c)

System files

d)

Correlation dashboards

21.

What term best describes the activity of a security administrator who performs weekly vulnerability scans on all cloud assets and provides a detailed report?

a)

Continuous deployment

b)

Continuous integration

c)

Data owners

d)

Data processor

22.

Which attack technique involves infecting a website frequently accessed by a company's employees with the hope that the employees' devices will also become infected?

a)

Watering-hole attack

b)

Pretexting

c)

Typosquatting

d)

Impersonation

23.

What technique should a digital forensics team use to obtain a sample of malware that was running in memory but never committed to disk?

a)

pcap reassembly

b)

SSD snapshot

c)

Image volatile memory

d)

Extract from checksums

24.

Which security measure is most likely used to ensure that information provided by a website visitor in a specific field on a form is properly formatted?

a)

Input validation

b)

Code signing

c)

SQL injection

d)

Form submission

25.

When setting up a new firewall on a network segment to allow web traffic while hardening the network, which action would best correct the issue of users receiving errors stating the website could not be located?

a)

Setting an explicit deny to all traffic using port 80 instead of 443

b)

Moving the implicit deny from the bottom of the rule set to the top

c)

Configuring the first line in the rule set to allow all traffic

d)

Ensuring that port 53 has been explicitly allowed in the rule set

26.

Which data classification should be used to secure patient data in a local hospital to ensure it is protected and secure?

a)

Private

b)

Critical

c)

Sensitive

d)

Public

27.

What is the security team most likely to document as a security implication of the current architecture when a small business uses kiosks with end-of-life operating systems?

a)

Patch availability

b)

Product software compatibility

c)

Ease of recovery

d)

Cost of replacement

28.

During a security incident, the security operations team identified sustained network traffic from a malicious IP address: 10.1.4.9. A security analyst is creating an inbound firewall rule to block the IP address from accessing the organization's network. Which of the following fulfills this request?

a)

access-list inbound deny ip source 0.0.0.0/0 destination 10.1.4.9/32

b)

access-list inbound deny ip source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0

c)

access-list inbound permit ip source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0

d)

access-list inbound permit ip source 0.0.0.0/0 destination 10.1.4.9/32

29.

Which of the following is the phase in the incident response process when a security analyst reviews roles and responsibilities?

a)

Preparation

b)

Recovery

c)

Lessons learned

d)

Analysis

30.

Which of the following best describes the action captured in this log file?

a)

Brute-force attack

b)

Privilege escalation

c)

Failed password audit

d)

Forgotten password by the user

31.

Which of the following can be used to identify potential attacker activities without affecting production servers?

a)

Honeypot

b)

Video surveillance

c)

Zero trust

d)

Geofencing

32.

A company wants the ability to restrict web access and monitor the websites that employees visit. Which of the following options would best meet these requirements?

a)

Internet Proxy

b)

VPN

c)

WAF

d)

Firewall

33.

A security analyst notices an unusual amount of traffic hitting the network's edge. Upon examining the logs, the analyst identifies a source IP address and blocks that address to prevent communication with the network. Despite the analyst blocking the address, the attack continues and comes from a large number of different source IP addresses. Which of the following best describes this type of attack?

a)

DDoS

b)

Privilege escalation

c)

DNS poisoning

d)

Buffer overflow

34.

A company needs to centralize its records to create a baseline and have visibility over its security events. Which of the following technologies will achieve this goal?

a)

Security information and event management

b)

Web application firewall

c)

Vulnerability scanner

d)

Next-generation firewall

35.

Two organizations are discussing a possible merger. Both organizations' Chief Financial Officers would like to safely share payroll data with each other to determine if the pay scales for different roles are similar at both organizations. Which of the following techniques would be best to protect employee data while allowing the companies to successfully share this information?

a)

Pseudo-anonymization

b)

Tokenization

c)

Data masking

d)

Encryption

36.

A large retail store's network was breached recently, and this news was made public. The store did not lose any intellectual property, and no customer information was stolen. Although no fines were incurred as a result, the store lost revenue after the breach. Which of the following is the most likely reason for this issue?

a)

Employee training

b)

Leadership changes

c)

Reputation damage

d)

Identity theft

37.

A government organization is developing an advanced AI defense system. Developers are using information collected from third-party providers. Analysts are noticing inconsistencies in the expected progress of the AI learning and attribute the outcome to a recent attack on one of the suppliers. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the inaccuracy of the system?

a)

Improper algorithms security

b)

Tainted training data

c)

Fileless virus

d)

Cryptomalware

38.

Which of the following is the most likely reason for a wireless network outage if the access points are up and running but users in a building near the parking lot cannot connect?

a)

Someone near the building is jamming the signal.

b)

A user has set up a rogue access point near the building.

c)

Someone set up an evil twin access point in the affected area.

d)

The APs in the affected area have been unplugged from the network.

39.

Which of the following can best protect against an employee inadvertently installing malware on a company system?

a)

Host-based firewall

b)

System isolation

c)

Least privilege

d)

Application allow list

40.

An information security officer at a credit card transaction company is conducting a framework-mapping exercise with the internal controls. The company recently established a new office in Europe. Which of the following frameworks should the security officer map the existing controls to? (Choose two.)

a)

PCI DSS

b)

SOC

c)

CSA

d)

ISO

e)

GDPR

41.

Which attack method involves using the same password across multiple external websites and the corporate account, which was compromised due to a data breach?

a)

Remote access Trojan

b)

Brute-force

c)

Dictionary

d)

Credential stuffing

e)

Password spraying

42.

After a natural disaster destroyed an organization's corporate offices, which plan is the organization most likely to consult when setting up offices in a temporary work space?

a)

The business continuity plan

b)

The risk management plan

c)

The communication plan

d)

The incident response plan