Question 1
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Which type of malware can copy itself and infect a computer without the user’s consent or knowledge?
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virus
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Trojan horse
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rootkit
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backdoor
Question 2
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What type of self-replicating program copies itself to other computers on a network without any user intervention and consumes bandwidth and computer resources?
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virus
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Trojan horse
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worm
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backdoor
Question 3
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What malware looks like a useful or desired executable program but is in reality program that is supposed to cause harm to your computer or steal information from your computer?
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virus
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Trojan horse
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worm
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backdoor
Question 4
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What malware collects a user’s personal information or details about your browsing habits without your knowledge?
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virus
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Trojan horse
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worm
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spyware
Question 5
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What malware gives administrator-level control over a computer system?
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rootkit
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Trojan horse
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worm
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spyware
Question 6
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What software component comes with Windows Vista and Windows 7 to defend against spyware?
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Windows Firewall
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Windows Defender
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UAC
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Windows Anti-virus
Question 7
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What do you call a message warning you to delete an essential Windows file?
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virus hoax
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keylogger
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backdoor
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worm
Question 8
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What server can be used to install Windows updates for your organization?
Question 9
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What do you call multiple Windows updates that have been packaged together as one installation and are well tested?
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service packs
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cumulative packs
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critical update
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optional update
Question 10
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What Windows feature notifies you when something tries to make changes to your computer without your knowledge?
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WDS
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NAT
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Windows Defender
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UAC
Question 11
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What host firewall is included with Windows 7?
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Windows Firewall
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Windows Defender
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Microsoft Protector
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Microsoft Safety Net
Question 12
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What do you call unsolicited junk email?
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spam
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j-mail
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junkettes
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Infected mail
Question 13
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What email validation system is designed to stop spam that uses source address spoofing?
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Foremost Relay System
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Sender Policy Framework
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Spam Checking Networking
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Spoof Checker
Question 14
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What do spammers and hackers look for when they want to send email through your network?
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open SMTP servers
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open web servers
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open POP3 servers
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open FTP servers
Question 15
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Which tab in Internet Explorer settings would you use to delete history and cookies?
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General
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Privacy
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Security
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Advanced
Question 16
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Which Internet Explorer zone is the least secure?
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Internet zone
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local intranet zone
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trusted sites zone
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restricted sites zone
Question 17
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What technique is used to send you to a fake, but realistic-looking, website to verify your account information?
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spoofing
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smurfing
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man-in-the-middle
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phishing
Question 18
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Which of the following terms indicates that information is to be read only by those people for whom it is intended?
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confidentiality
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integrity
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availability
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accounting
Question 19
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What technology is not used to implement confidentiality?
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encryption
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access controls
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auditing
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authentication
Question 20
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Which of the following makes sure that data is not changed when it not supposed to be?
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confidentiality
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integrity
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availability
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accounting
Question 21
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Which of the following is not a response when dealing with a risk?
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avoidance
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mitigation
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transfer
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patching
Question 22
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What do you call the security discipline that requires that a user is given no more privilege necessary to perform his or her job?
Question 23
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What do you call the scope that hacker can use to break into a system?
Question 24
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What method used by a hacker relies on the trusting nature of the person being attacked?
Question 25
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What is the best way to protect against social engineering?
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stronger encryption
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stronger authentication
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employee awareness
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risk mitigation
Question 26
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What is needed to highly secure a system?
Question 27
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What is the first line of defense when setting up a network?
Question 28
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Which concept determines what resources users can access after they log on?
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authentication
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auditing
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access control
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defense in depth
Question 29
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What is used to provide protection when one line of defense is breached?
Question 30
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What is used to identify a person before giving access?
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authentication
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encryption
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access control
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auditing
Question 31
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What is used to verify that an administrator is not accessing data that he should not be accessing?
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authentication
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encryption
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access control
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auditing
Question 32
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What type of device can be easily lost or stolen or can be used for espionage?
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processors
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RAM chips
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removable devices
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servers
Question 33
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What is a physical or logical device used to capture keystrokes?
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USB flash drive
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PDA
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Smartphone
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keylogger
Question 34
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In dealing with risks, which response is done by buying insurance to protect your bottom line if such a disaster or threat is realized?
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risk avoidance
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risk acceptance
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risk mitigation
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risk transfer
Question 35
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What type of device isolates a network by filtering the packets that can enter it?
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firewall
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bridge
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gateway
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switch
Question 36
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What seven-layer model is often used to describe networking technologies and services?
Question 37
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On which OSI layer do routers function?
Question 38
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On which OSI layer do TCP and UDP function?
Question 39
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What OSI layer do switches and bridges use?
Question 40
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What port does SMTP use?
Question 41
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What port does LDAP use?
Question 42
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What type of firewall filters packets based on IP address and ports?
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packet-filtering
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circuit-filtering
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application-level
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stateful
Question 43
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What type of firewall is also known as a proxy server?
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packet-filtering
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circuit-filtering
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application-level
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stateful
Question 44
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What type of firewall looks at the previous conversations to determine if a packet should enter a network?
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packet-filtering
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circuit-filtering
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application-level
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stateful
Question 45
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What Microsoft technology can verify that a client has the newest Windows updates and has an updated antivirus software package before being allowed access to the network?
Question 46
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What technology can you use to isolate a network of servers so that they cannot interact with other servers?
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bridge
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switch
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router
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VLAN
Question 47
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What type of device looks at a packet and forwards it based on its destination IP address?
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bridge
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switch
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router
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VLAN
Question 48
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Which type of routing protocol sends the entire routing table to its neighbors?
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distance vector
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link state
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scalable driven
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infinity
Question 49
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Which type of system detects unauthorized intruders and then takes action to stop them from proceeding?
Question 50
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What type of server would you install that would be used to trap a hacker?
Question 51
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What special area serves as a buffer area between the Internet and the internal network and can be used to hold web servers that are accessed from the Internet?
Question 52
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How many firewalls would you use to create a sandwich DMZ?
Question 53
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You have several Internet web servers that need to communicate with a SQL server. Where would you place the SQL server?
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internal network
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DMZ
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Internet
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isolated VLAN
Question 54
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Which of the following servers would you not place on the DMZ?
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Internet web server
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email relay servers
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email mailbox servers
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proxy servers
Question 55
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What technology allows a user at home to connect to the corporate network?
Question 56
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Which IPsec protocol provides integrity protection for packet headers, data, and user authentication but does not encrypt the data load?
Question 57
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What is the process of identifying an individual?
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authentication
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authorization
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accounting
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auditing
Question 58
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What do you call the process in which a user is identified via a username and password?
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authentication
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authorization
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accounting
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auditing
Question 59
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What is the process of giving individual access to a system or resource?
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authentication
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authorization
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accounting
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auditing
Question 60
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What is the process of keeping track of a user’s activity?
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authentication
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authorization
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accounting
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authoring
Question 61
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What process prevents someone from denying that she accessed a resource?
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accounting
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authorization
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sniffing
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nonrepudiation
Question 62
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Which of the following is a secret numeric password used for authentication?
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security token
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digital certificate
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digital signature
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PIN
Question 63
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What type of electronic document contains a public key?
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digital certificate
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biometrics
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PIN
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PAN
Question 64
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What item, about the size of a credit card, allows access to a network and its resources?
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digital certificate
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smart card
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security token
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biometric
Question 65
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What type of authentication method identifies and recognizes people based on physical traits such as fingerprints?
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digital certificates
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WEP
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biometrics
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RADIUS
Question 66
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What authentication type is the default for Active Directory?
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NTLM
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Kerberos
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MS-CHAP
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MS-CHAPv2
Question 67
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What directory service is used with Windows domains?
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Active Directory
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E-Directory
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PAM
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Kerberos
Question 68
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What type of server runs Active Directory?
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member server
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file server
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domain controller
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NTLAN server
Question 69
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When you access permissions to a folder, you should first grant permissions to __________ rather than users.
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groups
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computers
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collections
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organizational units
Question 70
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When you create a local user on a computer running in Windows 7, where is the user account stored?
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Active Directory
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SAM
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PAN
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SQL database
Question 71
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Which type of group can be granted rights and permissions?
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security
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distribution
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authorizing
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SAM
Question 72
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What authorizes a user to perform certain actions in Windows such as logging on or performing a backup?
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right
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permission
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accessible
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key
Question 73
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When you grant access to print to a printer, what are you granting?
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right
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permission
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accessible
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key
Question 74
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Where are users and permissions stored for an NTFS folder?
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access log
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access file
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registry
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ACL
Question 75
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What type of permissions are assigned directly to a file or folder?
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explicit
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inherited
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encompassing
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overriding
Question 76
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What is the process of converting data into a format that cannot be read by another user?
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encryption
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locking
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keying
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registering
Question 77
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Which authentication sends the username and password in plain text?
Question 78
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In Windows, what do you use to enable auditing?
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registry
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group policies
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NTFS permissions
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access log
Question 79
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A user receives a phone call from a person who claims to represent IT services and then asks that user for confirmation of username and password for auditing purposes. Which security threat does this phone call represent?
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social engineering
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anonymous keylogging
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spam
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DDoS
Question 80
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Which two security precautions will help protect a workplace against social engineering? (Choose two.)
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ensuring that each use of an access card allows access to only one user at the time
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ensuring that all operating system and antivirus software is up to date
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encrypting all sensitive data stored on the servers
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performing daily data backups
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registering and escorting all visitors to the premises
Question 81
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What are two typical physical security precautions that a business can take to protect its computers and systems? (Choose two.)
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Perform daily data backups.
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Replace any software firewalls with a hardware firewall.
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Implement biometric authentication.
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Ensure that all operating system and antivirus software is up to date.
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Disable the autorun feature in the operating system.
Question 82
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Which physical security technology can hold user authentication information, include software license protection, provide encryption, and provide hardware and software authentication that is specific to the host system?
Question 83
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It has been noted that the computers of employees who use removable flash drives are being infected with viruses and other malware. Which two actions can help prevent this problem in the future? (Choose two.)
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Set virus protection software to scan removable media when data is accessed.
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Configure the Windows Firewall to block the ports that are used by viruses.
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Enable the TPM in the CMOS settings.
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Repair, delete, or quarantine the infected files.
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Disable the autorun feature in the operating system.
Question 84
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In which situation would a computer technician use the fixmbr command at the command prompt of a Windows XP computer to resolve a security issue?
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when unauthorized users have changed the CMOS settings and the CMOS password must be reset
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when a virus has damaged the master boot record of the system disk
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when a virus has damaged the boot sector of the system disk
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when the folder permissions for user members of a group are incorrect
Question 85
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All users working with a particular Windows 7 computer are able to install unauthorized software. In addition to educating the users about correct security behavior, which action should also be performed to solve this issue?
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Set the user folder permissions to Deny.
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Disable the users’ accounts.
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Change the user file permissions to Read Only.
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Enable UAC on the computer.
Question 86
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You want to dispose of a 2.5 terabyte hard drive that contains confidential financial information. What is the recommended procedure to achieve this?
Question 87
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What is the most effective way of securing wireless traffic?
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WPA2
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SSID hiding
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WEP
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wireless MAC filtering
Question 88
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Which two items are used in asymmetric encryption? (Choose two.)
Answer
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a token
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a TPM
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a private key
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a DES key
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a public key
Question 89
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Which two characteristics describe a worm? (Choose two.)
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hides in a dormant state until needed by an attacker
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infects computers by attaching to software code
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executes when software is run on a computer is self-replicating
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travels to new computers without any intervention or knowledge of the user
Question 90
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Which type of security threat uses email that appears to be from a legitimate sender and asks the email recipient to visit a website to enter confidential information?
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worm
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phishing
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adware
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stealth virus
Question 91
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Which three questions should be addressed by organizations developing a security policy? (Choose three.)
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How should future expansion be done?
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What are the possible threats to the assets of the organization?
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What is to be done in the case of a security breach?
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When do the assets need protecting?
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What assets require protection?
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What insurance coverage is required?
Question 92
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What does a malware detection program look for when running a scan?
Question 93
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Port triggering has been configured on a wireless router. Port 25 has been defined as the trigger port and port 113 as an open port. What effect does this have on network traffic?
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Any traffic that is using port 25 going out of the internal network will also be allowed to transmit out port 113.
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All traffic that is sent into port 25 to the internal network will also be allowed to use port 113.
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All traffic that is sent out port 25 will open port 113 to allow inbound traffic into the internal network through port 113.
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Any traffic that comes into port 25 allows outgoing port 113 to be used.
Question 94
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Which two characteristics of network traffic are being monitored if a network technician configures the company firewall to operate as a packet filter? (Choose two.)
Answer
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packet size
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physical addresses
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protocols
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packet speed
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ports
Question 95
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What is the primary goal of a DoS attack?
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to facilitate access to external networks
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to prevent the target server from being able to handle additional requests
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to scan the data on the target server
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to obtain all addresses in the address book within the server
Question 96
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Which question would be an example of an open-ended question that a technician might ask when troubleshooting a security issue?
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Have you scanned your computer recently for viruses?
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What symptoms are you experiencing?
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Did you open any attachments from a suspicious email message?
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Is your security software up to date?
Question 97
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Which action would help a technician to determine if a denial of service attack is being caused by malware on a host?
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Install rogue antivirus software on the host.
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Log on to the host as a different user.
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Disable ActiveX and Silverlight on the host.
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Disconnect the host from the network.
Question 98
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A technician is troubleshooting a computer security issue. The computer was compromised by an attacker as a result of the user having a weak password. Which action should the technician take as a preventive measure against this type of attack happening in the future?
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Ensure the security policy is being enforced.
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Check the computer for the latest OS patches and updates.
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Scan the computer with protection software.
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Verify the physical security of all offices.
Question 99
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A user has reported that a computer web browser will not display the correct home page even if the default page is reset. What is the likely cause of this problem?
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A virus has damaged the boot sector of the system disk.
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The computer has been infected with spyware.
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UAC has been disabled on the computer.
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Folder permissions have been changed from Deny to Allow.