WorksheetsCIW NTA Cert Prep I
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Gwen works for a small company where she has been asked to find a cost-effective option for providing comprehensive customer service. The finance, technical support, sales and customer service departments all need to share the information about their customers. Gwen is considering adoption of a customer relationship management application. Which of the following would be the most cost-effective solution?
She can outsource all customer service so the company can focus on product development.
She can hire a programmer to develop and maintain the CRM specific to her company’s needs, then have a service provider host the application.
She can contract with a cloud service provider to host the CRM that her company’s employees can access.
She can purchase a new server, then create and maintain the CRM in-house.
You want to enable wireless security on your Android device and your Linux system. Which of the following is a disadvantage of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)?
It enables MAC address filtering
It is easily compromised by hackers
It only supports 56-bit symmetric-key encryption
It is based on the outdated 802.11a wireless standard
Which of the following is a drawback to using Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)?
Encryption and decryption speeds are slower compared to other protocols.
Symmetric-key encryption is susceptible to cracking.
Wireless network overhead is excessive.
The number of devices than can communicate using WEP is limited.
What is the biggest security concern with wireless networks?
Firewall software is not available for access points.
Wireless encryption algorithms must be implemented.
Wireless networks do not support intrusion detection.
Wireless networks do not support encryption via an access point.
Selena has decided to change a 32-character unique wireless network name on her wireless router to improve network security after a break-in. She is following advice from CERT to make this change in order to avoid attacks from botnets. Which of the following settings would she modify?
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) signal
Media Access Control (MAC) address
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
Service Set Identifier (SSID)
ABC Company develops its own database applications. ABC is considering migrating to cloud services to accommodate the company's growth. What strategy should ABC use to ensure continuous data protection if it begins using cloud services?
Cloud-only solution
Regional systems solution
Location systems solution
Multiple cloud-service providers
On your Windows laptop, you store all your vacation photos and your entire digital music library. Concerned about data loss, you perform frequent backups. Your laptop has recently been stolen and you need to restore your files to a desktop computer. Which Windows tool would you use to recover and set up the saved copies of your files onto your desktop computer?
Backup and restore
Backup Recovery
System recovery
System restore
Which of the following is a security threat commonly associated with cloud-based services?
Malware
Phishing
Hypervisor vulnerabilities
Operating system vulnerabilities
Jenny recently switched from broadband cable Internet to ADSL service with her local phone company. To economize, she chose the self-installation option. It appears that her ADSL modem is not allowing her to connect to the Internet. What setting should she check first?
Loopback address
Software version
Default gateway
Device name
A friend has called you about a possible computer problem because her computer is acting strangely. Sounds play unexpectedly, the monitor turns off suddenly, the hard-drive light flashes constantly, the computer sometimes reboots itself without warning. When you inspect your friend’s system, you notice that several ports are open. Which of the following is most likely the cause of these symptoms?
The computer has been infected with a polymorphic virus.
The computer is experiencing a denial-of-service attack.
The computer has been infected with an illicit server.
The computer has been infected by a worm.
Which term describes a compact personal computer that relies on a touch screen for input, generally uses a solid-state drive instead of a traditional hard disk, and relies on wireless or mobile networks for connectivity?
Tablet
Laptop
Netbook
Portable media player
Selena has run out of memory on her phone's SD card. She has decided to store the files she has accumulated on a third-party cloud service provider drive. Which of the following is a typical issue that she may encounter?
The files become corrupted due to an attack from a hacker botnet.
The files become unavailable whenever Internet connectivity is lost.
The files become unavailable because they are being shared with other users.
The files become corrupted because the provider uses a proprietary compression algorithm during transit.
Tim's company has a server-based network. Server-based networks typically contain centralized network resources, which are usually not available on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Which of the following examples describes a server-based network?
A client connecting to another computer over the internet to share music
Sharing one or more files with another computer via internet
Downloading a file by using BitTorrent technology
Three network clients connecting to a file server
Server-based networks typically contain centralized network resources, which are usually not available on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Which of the following examples describes a server-based network?
Three network clients connecting to a file server.
Downloading a file by using Bit Torrent technology.
Sharing one or more files to another computer via the Internet.
A client connecting to another computer over the Internet to share music.
Which type of attack involves the installation of malicious code on personal computers or servers that redirect Internet traffic from a legitimate Website to an identical-looking but malicious imposter Website?
Phishing
Pharming
Spoofing
Replay
Patrick visits his teenage daughter's social media page and discovers several offensive posts about one of her classmates. After speaking with his daughter, Patrick learns that several other girls in her class are upset with the classmates and have been posting, texting, and emailing about the girls. What is the best way for Patrick to help his daughter understand cyberbullying?
He should explain to his daughter that she is participating in the bullying by accepting others' posts, texts and e-mails.
He should explain to his daughter that the Internet embraces freedom of speech, and anyone is allowed to write anything.
He should advise his daughter to ignore the posts, texts and e-mails.
He should advise his daughter to delete all posts, texts and e-mails she has received, as well as any ones that appear.
What does the following represent? 2E22:4F00:000E:00D0:A267:97FF:FE6B:FE34
An IP diagnostic loopback address
A MAC address
An IPv6 address
An IPv4 address
You have been hired by a large company, and the IT manager is giving you an overview of the corporate network. He tells you that the corporation is spread out over several cities, and various departments are divided into subnetworks that are connected using routers. What type of network are you being shown?
Internet Exchange Point (IPX)
Virtual private network (VPN)
Wide area network (WAN)
Local area network (LAN)
The capabilities of cellular networks have improved greatly since their original development for analog voice phone calls. Most recently, fourth-generation (4G) wireless supports a variety of data-intensive needs. A benefit of 4G networks is that they:
Provide fast transmission rates equivalent to DSL or broadband-cable
Use spread-spectrum technology to ensure high transmission rates
Enable bandwidth throttling, allowing the user to unrestricted download speeds
Provide fast transmission rates equivalent to high-speed dial-up connections
When using cloud-based services to host company data, a company's disaster recovery plan should include strategies for:
Creating redundancy and using multiple cloud service providers.
Creating redundancy and ensuring there is an exclusive contract with the cloud service provider.
Distributing data and software services across multiple cloud service providers.
Using a single well-established cloud service provider.
Which of the following computer system maintenance tasks can help improve file access performance?
Defragment the drive using the following command: defrag c: -w
Defragment the drive using the following command: fdisk -d -w c: /
Use a SATA drive instead of an EIDE drive
Use a SCSI drive instead of a SATA drive
Sally is a network technician at Acme Corporation. She has been directed to configure the network adapter for a company laptop so that it can be used to connect to the company network and the Internet. What is one of the required TCP/IP settings that she will need to configure?
Loopback address
Default gateway
Workstation name
MAC address
Henry is the network manager at XYY Corporation, a large manufacturing company that competes in the global market. The company's computing environment is extremely complex and includes several proprietary software systems, all of which require custom configuration of network devices to operate correctly. The company's executive management team believes that they can benefit by switching the company over to any cloud-based service. Henry disagrees. What is a disadvantage of cloud-based services that Henry can cite to support his position?
Cloud-based services are typically more limited in offerings and configurations that the company currently supports in-house.
Cloud-based services provide no maintenance or support.
Cloud-based services are typically more costly than in-house solutions.
The company must typically purchase additional servers to support connections to these types of cloud-based service providers.
Carol is experiencing read/write errors when trying to save files on her Windows-based laptop. To correct the issue, she could consider performing which of the following maintenance tasks?
Disk Defragmentation
Fsck command
Disk cleanup
Chkdsk command
What does the default gateway identify?
The computer on the network
The local host on the network
The router on the network
The file server on the network
Security attacks can vary greatly. Which type of attack is characterized as an attempt to trick an individual into revealing confidential or private information?
Social engineering
Trojan
Spoofing
Man in the middle
Which of the following is a disadvantage of implementing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy in a company?
Log in to the access point and configure features, such as changing the SSID.
Inability to control access to company data if the device is lost or stolen
Symmetric-key encryption is susceptible to cracking.
Virtualization enables you to run multiple operating systems and applications on a single computer.
When a PC computer device wants to communicate with the processor, the system resource that it uses is:
WPA2
IMS
IRQ
DMA
You are a small-business owner and would like to encourage employees to bring their own devices (BYOD) to work. Which of the following can help reduce the security risks associated with a BYOD implementation?
Knowledge base
Privacy policy
Acceptable use policy
Password policy
To restore a backup file on a Windows-based computer, you:
Use the Disk Management utility in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
Use the Backup and Restore utility in the Control Panel
Use Device Manager in the Control Panel
Extract the backed-up file
