S+ Objective 1.2 Quiz

Which of the following is a protection feature built into many firewalls that allows the administrator to tweak the tolerance for unanswered login attacks?

A newly hired junior administrator will assume your position temporarily while you attend a conference. You're trying to explain the basics of security to her in as short a period of time as possible. Which of the following best describes an ACL?

A network technician incorrectly wired connections between switches in your organization's network. It effectively disabled the switch as though it was a victim of a denial-of-service attack. What should be done to prevent this in the future?

Your organization frequently has guests visiting in various conference rooms throughout the bubilding. These guests need access to the Internet via wall jacks, but should not be able to access internal network resources. Employees need to access to both the internal network and the Internet. What would BEST meet this need?

What would you configure on a Layer 3 device to allow FTP traffic to pass through?

What type of device would have the following entries used to define its operation?
permit IP any any eq 80
permit IP any any eq 443
deny IP any any

Your organization is hosting a wireless network with an 802.1x server using PEAP. On Thursday, users report they can no longer access the wireless network. Administrators verified the network configuration matches the baseline, there aren't any hardware outages, and the wired network is operational. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for this problem?

What would administrators typically place at the end of an ACL of a firewall?