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A certificate repository (CR) is a publicly accessible centralized directory of digital certificates
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A digital certificate is a technology used to associate a user's identity to a private key.
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A document that describes in detail how a CA uses and manages certificates, as well as how end users register for a digital certificate, is known as?
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A framework for all of the entities involved in digital certificates for digital certificate management is known as:
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private key infrastructure
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network key infrastructure
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public key infrastructure
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shared key infrastructure
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A Subject Alternative Name (SAN) digital certificate, is also known as a Unified Communications Certificate (UCC).
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At what stage can a certificate no longer be used for any type of authentication?
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expiration
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creation
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suspension
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revocation
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A user electronically signs a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) by affixing their public key and then sending it to an intermediate certificate authority.
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Digital certificates should last forever.
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Root digital certificates should never be self-signed.
Question 10
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Select the secure alternative to the telnet protocol:
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Select the term that is used to describe a trusted third-party agency that is responsible for issuing digital certificates:
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Registration Authority
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Participation Authority
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Certification Authority
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Delegation Authority
Question 12
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Some CAs issue only entry-level certificates that provide domain-only validation.
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Some cryptographic algorithms require that in addition to a key another value can or must be input.
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SSL v3.0 served as the basis for TLS v1.0.
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Stream ciphers work on multiple characters at a time.
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The Authentication Header (AH) protocol is a part of what encryption protocol suite below?
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The process by which keys are managed by a third party, such as a trusted CA, is known as?
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key escrow
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key renewal
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key destruction
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key management
Question 18
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What allows an application to implement an encryption algorithm for execution?
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counters
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initialization vectors
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crypto modules
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crypto service providers
Question 19
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What block cipher mode of operation encrypts plaintext and computes a message authentication code to ensure that the message was created by the sender and that it was not tampered with during transmission?
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Counter
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Galois/Counter
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Electronic Code Book
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Cipher Block Chaining
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What block cipher mode of operation uses the most basic approach where the plaintext is divided into blocks, and each block is then encrypted separately?
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Cipher Block Chaining
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Counter
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Electronic Code Book
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Galois/Counter
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What common method is used to ensure the security and integrity of a root CA?
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Keep it in an offline state from the network
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Keep it in an online state and encrypt it
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Password protect the root CA
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Only use the root CA infrequently
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What cryptographic transport algorithm is considered to be significantly more secure than SSL?
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What is a value that can be used to ensure that plaintext, when hashed, will not consistently result in the same digest?
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counter
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nonce
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initialization vector
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salt
Question 24
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What is used to create session keys?
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master secret
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validation
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crypto modules
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domain validation
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What kind of digital certificate is typically used to ensure the authenticity of a web server to a client?
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public web
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web server
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web client
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private
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What length SSL and TLS keys are generally considered to be strong?
Question 27
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What process links several certificates together to establish trust between all the certificates involved?
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certificate joining
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certificate linking
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certificate pairing
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certificate chaining
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What process will remove all private and public keys along with the user's identification information in the CA?
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destruction
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revocation
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deletion
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suspension
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What protocol below supports two encryption modes: transport and tunnel?
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What protocol, developed by Netscape in 1994, is designed to create an encrypted data path between a client and server that could be used on any platform or operating system?
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SSL v3.0 is considered more secure than TLS v1.2
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What term best represents the resiliency of a cryptographic key to attacks?
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key bits
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key resiliency
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key strength
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key space
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What type of trust model has a single CA that acts as a facilitator to interconnect all other CAs?
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transitive trust
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distributed trust
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third-party trust
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bridge trust
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What type of trust model is used as the basis for most digital certificates used on the Internet?
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distributed trust
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related trust
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managed trust
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third-party trust
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When two individuals trust each other because of the trust that exists between the individuals and a separate entity, what type of trust has been established?
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third-party
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distributed
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web of
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mutual
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Which of the following certificates are self-signed?
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root digital certificates
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trusted digital certificates
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web digital certificates
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user digital certificates
Question 37
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Which of the following certificates verifies the identity of the entity that has control over the domain name?
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validation digital certificate
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root digital certificates
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domain validation digital certificate
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web digital certificates
Question 38
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Which of the following is an enhanced type of domain digital certificate?
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Trusted Validation
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Extended Validation
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Primary Validation
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Authorized Validation
Question 39
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Which of the following is an input value that must be unique within some specified scope, such as for a given period or an entire session?
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salt
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counter
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nonce
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initialization vector
Question 40
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Which of the following is a valid way to check the status of a certificate? (Choose all that apply.)
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Online Certificate Status Protocol
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Certificate Revocation List
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Certificate Revocation Authority
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Revocation List Protocol
Question 41
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Why is IPsec considered to be a transparent security protocol?
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IPsec's design and packet header contents are open sourced technologies
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IPsec uses the Transparent Encryption (TE) algorithm
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IPsec is designed to not require modifications of programs, or additional training, or additional client setup
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IPsec packets can be viewed by anyone