Question 1
Question
Fred’s data role requires him to maintain system security plans and
to ensure that system users and support staff get the training they
need about security practices and acceptable use. What is the role
that Fred is most likely to hold in the organization?
Answer
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A. Data owner
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B. System owner
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C. User
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D. Custodian
Question 2
Question
Sally is using IPsec’s ESP component in transport mode. What
important information should she be aware of about transport
mode?
Answer
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A. Transport mode provides full encryption of the entire IP packet.
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B. Transport mode adds a new, unencrypted header to ensure that packets reach their destination.
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C. Transport mode does not encrypt the header of the packet.
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D. Transport mode provides no encryption; only tunnel mode
provides encryption.
Question 3
Question
Which one of the following is not a key process area for the
Repeatable phase of the Software Capability Maturity Model (SWCMM)?
Answer
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A. Software Project Planning
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B. Software Quality Management
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C. Software Project Tracking
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D. Software Subcontract Management
Question 4
Question
Ben wants to provide predictive information about his
organization’s risk exposure in an automated way as part of an
ongoing organizational risk management plan. What should he use
to do this?
Question 5
Question
In the image shown here, what does system B send to system A at
step 2 of the three-way TCP handshake?
Answer
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A. SYN
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B. ACK
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C. FIN/ACK
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D. SYN/ACK
Question 6
Question
Chris is conducting reconnaissance on a remote target and
discovers that pings are allowed through his target’s border
firewall. What can he learn by using ping to probe the remote
network?
Answer
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A. Which systems respond to ping, a rough network topology, and potentially the location of additional firewalls
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B. A list of all of the systems behind the target’s firewall
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C. The hostnames and time to live (TTL) for each pingable system, and the ICMP types allowed through the firewall
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D. Router advertisements, echo request responses, and potentially which hosts are tarpitted
Question 7
Question
What access management concept defines what rights or privileges
a user has?
Answer
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A. Identification
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B. Accountability
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C. Authorization
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D. Authentication
Question 8
Question
Which one of the following is not a classification level commonly
found in commercial data classification schemes?
Answer
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A. Secret
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B. Sensitive
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C. Confidential
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D. Public
Question 9
Question
Files, databases, computers, programs, processes, devices, and
media are all examples of what?
Answer
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A. Subjects
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B. Objects
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C. File stores
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D. Users
Question 10
Question
Danielle is testing tax software, and part of her testing process
requires her to input a variety of actual tax forms to verify that the
software produces the right answers. What type of testing is
Danielle performing?
Answer
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A. Use case testing
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B. Dynamic testing
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C. Fuzzing
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D. Misuse testing
Question 11
Question
After 10 years working in her organization, Cassandra is moving
into her fourth role, this time as a manager in the accounting
department. What issue is likely to show up during an account
review if her organization does not have strong account
maintenance practices?
Question 12
Question
IP addresses like 10.10.10.10 and 172.19.24.21 are both examples of
what type of IP address?
Question 13
Question
What flaw is a concern with preset questions for cognitive
passwords?
Answer
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A. It prevents the use of tokens.
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B. The question’s answer may be easy to find on the Internet.
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C. Cognitive passwords require users to think to answer the question, and not all users may be able to solve the problems presented.
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D. Cognitive passwords don’t support long passwords.
Question 14
Question
Megan needs to create a forensic copy of a hard drive that will be
used in an investigation. Which of the following tools is best suited
to her work?
Answer
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A. xcopy
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B. dd
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C. DBAN
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D. ImageMagik
Question 15
Question
Kay is selecting an application management approach for her
organization. Employees need the flexibility to install software on
their systems, but Kay wants to prevent them from installing
certain prohibited packages. What type of approach should she
use?
Answer
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A. Antivirus
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B. Whitelist
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C. Blacklist
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D. Heuristic
Question 16
Question
Data relating to the past, present, or future payment for the
provision of healthcare to an individual is what type of data per
HIPAA?
Question 17
Question
Yagis, panel, cantennas, and parabolic antennas are all examples of
what type of antenna?
Question 18
Question
While traveling, James is held at knifepoint and forced to log into
his laptop. What is this called?
Question 19
Question
What is the minimum number of people who should be trained on
any specific business continuity plan implementation task?
Question 20
Question
Cameron is responsible for backing up his company’s primary file
server. He configured a backup schedule that performs full
backups every Monday evening at 9 p.m. and incremental backups
on other days of the week at that same time. How many files will be
copied in Wednesday’s backup?
Question 21
Question
Susan uses a span port to monitor traffic to her production website
and uses a monitoring tool to identify performance issues in real
time. What type of monitoring is she conducting?
Question 22
Question
The type of access granted to an object and the actions that you can
take on or with the object are examples of what?
Answer
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A. Permissions
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B. Rights
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C. Privileges
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D. Roles
Question 23
Question
Which one of the following would be considered an example of
infrastructure as a service cloud computing?
Answer
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A. Payroll system managed by a vendor and delivered over the web
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B. Application platform managed by a vendor that runs customer code
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C. Servers provisioned by customers on a vendor-managed
virtualization platform
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D. Web-based email service provided by a vendor
Question 24
Question
Darcy is an information security risk analyst for Roscommon
Agricultural Products. She is currently trying to decide whether
the company should purchase an upgraded fire suppression
system for their primary data center. The data center facility
has a replacement cost of $2 million.
After consulting with actuaries, data center managers, and fire
subject matter experts, Darcy determined that a typical fire
would likely require the replacement of all equipment inside the
building but not cause significant structural damage. Together,
they estimated that recovering from the fire would cost
$750,000. They also determined that the company can expect a
fire of this magnitude once every 50 years.
Based on the information in this scenario, what is the exposure
factor for the effect of a fire on the Roscommon Agricultural
Products data center?
Answer
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A. 7.5%
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B. 15.0%
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C. 27.5%
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D. 37.5%
Question 25
Question
Darcy is an information security risk analyst for Roscommon
Agricultural Products. She is currently trying to decide whether
the company should purchase an upgraded fire suppression
system for their primary data center. The data center facility
has a replacement cost of $2 million.
After consulting with actuaries, data center managers, and fire
subject matter experts, Darcy determined that a typical fire
would likely require the replacement of all equipment inside the
building but not cause significant structural damage. Together,
they estimated that recovering from the fire would cost
$750,000. They also determined that the company can expect a
fire of this magnitude once every 50 years.
Based on the information in this scenario, what is the annualized
rate of occurrence for a fire at the Roscommon Agricultural
Products data center?
Answer
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A. 0.002
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B. 0.005
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C. 0.02
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D. 0.05
Question 26
Question
Darcy is an information security risk analyst for Roscommon
Agricultural Products. She is currently trying to decide whether
the company should purchase an upgraded fire suppression
system for their primary data center. The data center facility
has a replacement cost of $2 million.
After consulting with actuaries, data center managers, and fire
subject matter experts, Darcy determined that a typical fire
would likely require the replacement of all equipment inside the
building but not cause significant structural damage. Together,
they estimated that recovering from the fire would cost
$750,000. They also determined that the company can expect a
fire of this magnitude once every 50 years.
Based on the information in this scenario, what is the annualized
loss expectancy for a fire at the Roscommon Agricultural Products
data center?
Answer
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A. $15,000
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B. $25,000
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C. $75,000
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D. $750,000
Question 27
Question
Two TCP header flags are rarely used. Which two are you unlikely
to see in use in a modern network?
Answer
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A. CWR and ECE
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B. URG and FIN
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C. ECE and RST
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D. CWR and URG
Question 28
Question
Mike wants to ensure that third-party users of his service’s API can
be tracked to prevent abuse of the API. What should he implement
to help with this?
Answer
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A. Session IDs
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B. An API firewall
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C. API keys
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D. An API buffer
Question 29
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Fran is a web developer who works for an online retailer. Her boss
asked her to create a way that customers can easily integrate
themselves with Fran’s company’s site. They need to be able to
check inventory in real time, place orders, and check order status
programmatically without having to access the web page. What can
Fran create to most directly facilitate this interaction?
Answer
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A. API
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B. Web scraper
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C. Data dictionary
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D. Call center
Question 30
Question
What type of power issue occurs when a facility experiences a
momentary loss of power?
Answer
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A. Fault
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B. Blackout
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C. Sag
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D. Brownout
Question 31
Question
Lauren’s team of system administrators each deal with hundreds of
systems with varying levels of security requirements and find it
difficult to handle the multitude of usernames and passwords they
each have. What type of solution should she recommend to ensure
that passwords are properly handled and that features like logging
and password rotation occur?
Question 32
Question
Ed’s Windows system can’t connect to the network and ipconfig
shows the following:
What has occurred on the system?
Answer
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A. The system has been assigned an invalid IP address by its
DHCP server.
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B. The system has a manually assigned IP address.
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C. The system has failed to get a DHCP address and has assigned itself an address.
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D. The subnet mask is set incorrectly and the system cannot
communicate with the gateway.
Question 33
Question
What term is commonly used to describe initial creation of a user
account in the provisioning process?
Question 34
Question
What type of forensic investigation typically has the highest
evidentiary standards?
Answer
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A. Administrative
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B. Criminal
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C. Civil
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D. Industry
Question 35
Question
There is a significant conflict between the drive for profit and the
security requirements that Olivia’s organization has standardized.
Olivia’s role means that decreased usability and loss of profit due
to her staff’s inability to use the system is her major concern. What
is the most likely role that Olivia plays in her organization?
Question 36
Question
Tom believes that a customer of his Internet service provider has
been exploiting a vulnerability in his system to read the email
messages of other customers. If true, what law did the customer
most likely violate?
Answer
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A. ECPA
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B. CALEA
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C. HITECH
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D. Privacy Act
Question 37
Question
In the ring protection model shown here, what ring contains user
programs and applications?
Answer
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A. Ring 0
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B. Ring 1
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C. Ring 2
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D. Ring 3
Question 38
Question
Metrics like the attack vector, complexity, exploit maturity, and
how much user interaction is required are all found in what scoring
system?
Answer
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A. CVE
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B. CVSS
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C. CNA
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D. NVD
Question 39
Question
In which of the following circumstances does an individual not
have a reasonable expectation of privacy?
Answer
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A. Placing a telephone call on your cell phone
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B. Sending a letter through the US mail
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C. Sending an email at work
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D. Retrieving your personal voicemail
Question 40
Question
During which of the following disaster recovery tests does the team
sit together and discuss the response to a scenario but not actually
activate any disaster recovery controls?
Question 41
Question
Susan wants to integrate her website to allow users to use accounts
from sites like Google. What technology should she adopt?
Answer
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A. Kerberos
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B. LDAP
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C. OpenID
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D. SESAME
Question 42
Question
Tom is conducting a business continuity planning effort for Orange
Blossoms, a fruit orchard located in Central Florida. During the
assessment process, the committee determined that there is a
small risk of snow in the region but that the cost of implementing
controls to reduce the impact of that risk is not warranted. They
elect to not take any specific action in response to the risk. What
risk management strategy is Orange Blossoms pursuing?
Answer
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A. Risk mitigation
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B. Risk transference
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C. Risk avoidance
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D. Risk acceptance
Question 43
Question
What root security issue causes the following issues?
Cross-site scripting
SQL injection
Buffer overflows
Cross-site request forgery
Answer
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A. Lack of API security
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B. Improper error handling
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C. Improper or missing input validation
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D. Source code design issues
Question 44
Question
Jack’s organization is a multinational nonprofit that has small
offices in many developing countries throughout the world. They
need to implement an access control system that allows flexibility
and that can work despite poor Internet connectivity at their
locations. What is the best type of access control design for Jack’s
organization?
Answer
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A. Centralized access control
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B. Mandatory access control
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C. Decentralized access control
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D. Rule-based access control
Question 45
Question
What US government classification label is applied to information
that, if disclosed, could cause serious damage to national security
and also requires that the damage that would be caused is able to
be described or identified by the classification authority?
Answer
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A. Classified
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B. Secret
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C. Confidential
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D. Top Secret
Question 46
Question
Mike and Renee would like to use an asymmetric cryptosystem
to communicate with each other. They are located in different
parts of the country but have exchanged encryption keys by
using digital certificates signed by a mutually trusted certificate
authority.
When the certificate authority (CA) created Renee’s digital
certificate, what key was contained within the body of the
certificate?
Answer
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A. Renee’s public key
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B. Renee’s private key
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C. CA’s public key
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D. CA’s private key
Question 47
Question
Mike and Renee would like to use an asymmetric cryptosystem
to communicate with each other. They are located in different
parts of the country but have exchanged encryption keys by
using digital certificates signed by a mutually trusted certificate
authority.
When the certificate authority created Renee’s digital certificate,
what key did it use to digitally sign the completed certificate?
Answer
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A. Renee’s public key
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B. Renee’s private key
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C. CA’s public key
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D. CA’s private key
Question 48
Question
Mike and Renee would like to use an asymmetric cryptosystem
to communicate with each other. They are located in different
parts of the country but have exchanged encryption keys by
using digital certificates signed by a mutually trusted certificate
authority.
When Mike receives Renee’s digital certificate, what key does he
use to verify the authenticity of the certificate?
Answer
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A. Renee’s public key
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B. Renee’s private key
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C. CA’s public key
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D. CA’s private key
Question 49
Question
Mike and Renee would like to use an asymmetric cryptosystem
to communicate with each other. They are located in different
parts of the country but have exchanged encryption keys by
using digital certificates signed by a mutually trusted certificate
authority.
Mike would like to send Renee a private message using the
information gained during this exchange. What key should he use
to encrypt the message?
Answer
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A. Renee’s public key
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B. Renee’s private key
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C. CA’s public key
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D. CA’s private key
Question 50
Question
Which one of the following tools may be used to directly violate the
confidentiality of communications on an unencrypted VoIP
network?
Answer
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A. Nmap
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B. Nessus
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C. Wireshark
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D. Nikto
Question 51
Question
How does single sign-on increase security?
Answer
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A. It decreases the number of accounts required for a subject.
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B. It helps decrease the likelihood that users will write down their passwords.
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C. It provides logging for each system that it is connected to.
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D. It provides better encryption for authentication data.
Question 52
Question
Which one of the following cryptographic algorithms supports the
goal of nonrepudiation?
Answer
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A. Blowfish
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B. DES
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C. AES
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D. RSA
Question 53
Question
Microsoft’s STRIDE threat assessment framework uses six
categories for threats: Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation,
Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, and Elevation of
Privilege. If a penetration tester is able to modify audit logs, what
STRIDE categories best describe this issue?
Answer
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A. Tampering and information disclosure
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B. Elevation of privilege and tampering
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C. Repudiation and denial of service
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D. Repudiation and tampering
Question 54
Question
RIP, OSPF, and BGP are all examples of protocols associated with
what type of network device?
Answer
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A. Switches
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B. Bridges
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C. Routers
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D. Gateways
Question 55
Question
AES-based CCMP and 802.1x replaced what security protocol that
was designed as part of WPA to help fix the significant security
issues found in WEP?
Answer
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A. TLS
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B. TKIP
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C. EAP
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D. PEAP
Question 56
Question
The government agency that Ben works at installed a new access
control system. The system uses information such as Ben’s
identity, department, normal working hours, job category, and
location to make authorization. What type of access control system
did Ben’s employer adopt?
Answer
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A. Role-based access control
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B. Attribute-based access control
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C. Administrative access control
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D. System discretionary access control
Question 57
Question
The Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) attack tool used by Anonymous
leverages a multitude of home PCs to attack its chosen targets. This
is an example of what type of network attack?
Answer
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A. DDoS
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B. Ionization
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C. Zombie horde
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D. Teardrop
Question 58
Question
Andrew believes that a digital certificate belonging to his
organization was compromised and would like to add it to a
Certificate Revocation List. Who must add the certificate to the
CRL?
Answer
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A. Andrew
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B. The root authority for the top-level domain
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C. The CA that issued the certificate
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D. The revocation authority for the top-level domain
Question 59
Question
Amanda is considering the implementation of a database recovery
mechanism recommended by a consultant. In the recommended
approach, an automated process will move records of transactions
from the primary site to a backup site on an hourly basis. What
type of database recovery technique is the consultant describing?
Answer
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A. Electronic vaulting
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B. Transaction logging
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C. Remote mirroring
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D. Remote journaling
Question 60
Question
A process on a system needs access to a file that is currently in use
by another process. What state will the process scheduler place this
process in until the file becomes available?
Answer
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A. Running
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B. Ready
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C. Waiting
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D. Stopped
Question 61
Question
Which one of the following investigation types has the loosest
standards for the collection and preservation of information?
Answer
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A. Civil investigation
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B. Operational investigation
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C. Criminal investigation
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D. Regulatory investigation
Question 62
Question
Sue was required to sign an NDA when she took a job at her new
company. Why did the company require her to sign it?
Answer
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A. To protect the confidentiality of their data
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B. To ensure that Sue did not delete their data
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C. To prevent Sue from directly competing with them in the future
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D. To require Sue to ensure the availability for their data as part of her job
Question 63
Question
Susan is concerned about the FAR associated with her biometric
technology. What is the best method to deal with the FAR?
Question 64
Question
What type of virus is characterized by the use of two or more different
propagation mechanisms to improve its likelihood of spreading
between systems?
Answer
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A. Stealth virus
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B. Polymorphic virus
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C. Multipartite virus
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D. Encrypted virus
Question 65
Question
Which of the following is not a code review process?
Answer
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A. Email pass-around
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B. Over the shoulder
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C. Pair programming
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D. IDE forcing
Question 66
Question
Which one of the following attack types depends on precise timing?
Answer
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A. TOCTOU
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B. SQL injection
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C. Pass the hash
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D. Cross-site scripting
Question 67
Question
What process adds a header and a footer to data received at each
layer of the OSI model?
Answer
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A. Attribution
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B. Encapsulation
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C. TCP wrapping
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D. Data hiding
Question 68
Question
Attackers who compromise websites often acquire databases of
hashed passwords. What technique can best protect these
passwords against automated password cracking attacks that use
precomputed values?
Question 69
Question
Jim starts a new job as a system engineer, and his boss provides
him with a document entitled “Forensic Response Guidelines.”
Which one of the following statements is not true?
Answer
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A. Jim must comply with the information in this document.
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B. The document contains information about forensic
examinations.
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C. Jim should read the document thoroughly.
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D. The document is likely based on industry best practices.
Question 70
Question
Which one of the following tools is most often used for
identification purposes and is not suitable for use as an
authenticator?
Answer
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A. Password
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B. Retinal scan
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C. Username
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D. Token
Question 71
Question
Ben needs to verify that the most recent patch for his
organization’s critical application did not introduce issues
elsewhere. What type of testing does Ben need to conduct to ensure
this?
Answer
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A. Unit testing
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B. White box
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C. Regression testing
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D. Black box
Question 72
Question
Tamara recently decided to purchase cyber-liability insurance to
cover her company’s costs in the event of a data breach. What risk
management strategy is she pursuing?
Answer
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A. Risk acceptance
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B. Risk mitigation
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C. Risk transference
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D. Risk avoidance
Question 73
Question
Which of the following is not one of the four canons of the (ISC)2
code of ethics?
Answer
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A. Avoid conflicts of interest that may jeopardize impartiality.
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B. Protect society, the common good, necessary public trust and confidence, and the infrastructure.
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C. Act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally.
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D. Provide diligent and competent service to principals.
Question 74
Question
Jim wants to allow a partner organization’s Active Directory forest
(B) to access his domain forest’s (A)’s resources but doesn’t want to
allow users in his domain to access B’s resources. He also does not
want the trust to flow upward through the domain tree as it is
formed. What should he do?
Answer
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A. Set up a two-way transitive trust.
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B. Set up a one-way transitive trust.
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C. Set up a one-way nontransitive trust.
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D. Set up a two-way nontransitive trust.
Question 75
Question
Susan’s team is performing code analysis by manually reviewing
the code for flaws. What type of analysis are they performing?
Answer
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A. Gray box
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B. Static
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C. Dynamic
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D. Fuzzing
Question 76
Question
The IP address 201.19.7.45 is what type of address?
Answer
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A. A public IP address
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B. An RFC 1918 address
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C. An APIPA address
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D. A loopback address
Question 77
Question
Sam is a security risk analyst for an insurance company. He is
currently examining a scenario where a hacker might use a SQL
injection attack to deface a web server due to a missing patch in the
company’s web application. In this scenario, what is the
vulnerability?
Question 78
Question
Which one of the following categories of secure data removal
techniques would include degaussing?
Answer
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A. Clear
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B. Shrink
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C. Purge
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D. Destroy
Question 79
Question
What type of alternate processing facility includes all of the
hardware and data necessary to restore operations in a matter of
minutes or seconds?
Answer
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A. Hot site
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B. Warm site
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C. Cold site
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D. Mobile site
Question 80
Question
What UDP port is typically used by the syslog service?
Answer
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A. 443
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B. 514
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C. 515
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D. 445
Question 81
Question
Fred finds a packet that his protocol analyzer shows with both PSH
and URG set. What type of packet is he looking at, and what do the
flags mean?
Answer
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A. A UDP packet; PSH and URG are used to indicate that the data should be sent at high speed
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B. A TCP packet; PSH and URG are used to clear the buffer and indicate that the data is urgent
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C. A TCP packet; PSH and URG are used to preset the header and indicate that the speed of the network is unregulated
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D. A UDP packet; PSH and URG are used to indicate that the UDP buffer should be cleared and that the data is urgent
Question 82
Question
What code review process is shown here?
Answer
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A. Static inspection
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B. Fagan inspection
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C. Dynamic inspection
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D. Interface testing
Question 83
Question
During a log review, Karen discovers that the system she needs to
gather logs from has the log setting shown here. What problem is
Karen likely to encounter?
Answer
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A. Too much log data will be stored on the system.
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B. The system is automatically purging archived logs.
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C. The logs will not contain the information needed.
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D. The logs will only contain the most recent 20 MB of log data.
Question 84
Question
While investigating a widespread distributed denial of service
attack, Matt types in the IP address of one of the attacking systems
into his browser and sees the following page. What type of devices
is the botnet likely composed of?
Answer
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A. SCADA
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B. Cloud infrastructure
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C. Web servers
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D. IoT
Question 85
Question
Alejandro is an incident response analyst for a large
corporation. He is on the midnight shift when an intrusion
detection system alerts him to a potential brute-force password
attack against one of the company’s critical information
systems. He performs an initial triage of the event before taking
any additional action.
What stage of the incident response process is Alejandro currently
conducting?
Answer
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A. Detection
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B. Response
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C. Recovery
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D. Mitigation
Question 86
Question
Alejandro is an incident response analyst for a large
corporation. He is on the midnight shift when an intrusion
detection system alerts him to a potential brute-force password
attack against one of the company’s critical information
systems. He performs an initial triage of the event before taking
any additional action.
If Alejandro’s initial investigation determines that a security
incident is likely taking place, what should be his next step?
Answer
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A. Investigate the root cause.
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B. File a written report.
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C. Activate the incident response team.
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D. Attempt to restore the system to normal operations.
Question 87
Question
Alejandro is an incident response analyst for a large
corporation. He is on the midnight shift when an intrusion
detection system alerts him to a potential brute-force password
attack against one of the company’s critical information
systems. He performs an initial triage of the event before taking
any additional action.
As the incident response progresses, during which stage should the
team conduct a root cause analysis?
Answer
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A. Response
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B. Reporting
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C. Remediation
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D. Lessons Learned
Question 88
Question
Barry recently received a message from Melody that Melody
encrypted using symmetric cryptography. What key should Barry
use to decrypt the message?
Answer
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A. Barry’s public key
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B. Barry’s private key
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C. Melody’s public key
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D. Shared secret key
Question 89
Question
After you do automated functional testing with 100 percent
coverage of an application, what type of error is most likely to
remain?
Question 90
Question
During what phase of the incident response process would security
professionals analyze the process itself to determine whether any
improvements are warranted?
Answer
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A. Lessons Learned
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B. Remediation
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C. Recovery
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D. Reporting
Question 91
Question
What law prevents the removal of protection mechanisms placed
on a copyrighted work by the copyright holder?
Answer
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A. HIPAA
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B. DMCA
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C. GLBA
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D. ECPA
Question 92
Question
Linda is selecting a disaster recovery facility for her organization,
and she wishes to retain independence from other organizations as
much as possible. She would like to choose a facility that balances
cost and recovery time, allowing activation in about one week after
a disaster is declared. What type of facility should she choose?
Question 93
Question
Purchasing insurance is a form of what type of risk response?
Answer
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A. Transfer
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B. Avoid
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C. Mitigate
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D. Accept
Question 94
Question
What type of penetration testing provides detail on the scope of a
penetration test—including items like what systems would be
targeted—but does not provide full visibility into the configuration
or other details of the systems or networks the penetration tester
must test?
Answer
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A. Crystal box
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B. White box
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C. Black box
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D. Gray box
Question 95
Question
Test coverage is computed using which of the following formulas?
Answer
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A. Number of use cases tested/total number of use cases
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B. Number of lines of code tested/total number of lines of code
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C. Number of functions tested/total number of functions
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D. Number of conditional branches tested/Total number of
testable branches
Question 96
Question
TCP and UDP both operate at what layer of the OSI model?
Answer
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A. Layer 2
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B. Layer 3
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C. Layer 4
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D. Layer 5
Question 97
Question
Which one of the following goals of physical security environments
occurs first in the functional order of controls?
Answer
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A. Delay
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B. Detection
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C. Deterrence
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D. Denial
Question 98
Question
In what type of trusted recovery process is the system able to
recover without administrator intervention but the system may
suffer some loss of data?
Question 99
Question
Skip needs to transfer files from his PC to a remote server. What
protocol should he use instead of FTP?
Answer
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A. SCP
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B. SSH
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C. HTTP
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D. Telnet
Question 100
Question
Ben’s New York–based commercial web service collects personal
information from California residents. What does the California
Online Privacy Protection Act require Ben to do to be compliant?
Answer
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A. Ben must encrypt all personal data he receives.
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B. Ben must comply with the EU GDPR.
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C. Ben must have a conspicuously posted privacy policy on his site.
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D. Ben must provide notice and choice for users of his website.
Question 101
Question
What process is used to verify that a dial-up user is connecting
from the phone number they are preauthorized to use in a way that
avoids spoofing?
Answer
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A. CallerID
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B. Callback
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C. CHAP
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D. PPP
Question 102
Question
The Meltdown bug announced in early 2018 exposed kernel data
to user application space. What two rings are these referred to as
for x86 PCs?
Answer
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A. Rings 0 and 1
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B. Rings 1 and 2
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C. Rings 1 and 3
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D. Rings 0 and 3
Question 103
Question
What advantage do iris scans have over most other types of
biometric factors?
Answer
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A. Iris scanners are harder to deceive.
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B. Irises don’t change as much as other factors.
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C. Iris scanners are cheaper than other factors.
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D. Iris scans cannot be easily replicated.
Question 104
Question
Alex would like to ask all of his staff to sign an agreement that they
will not share his organization’s intellectual property with
unauthorized individuals. What type of agreement should Alex ask
employees to sign?
Answer
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A. SLA
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B. NDA
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C. OLA
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D. DLP
Question 105
Question
Matthew, Richard, and Christopher would like to exchange
messages with each other using symmetric cryptography. They
want to ensure that each individual can privately send a message to
another individual without the third person being able to read the
message. How many keys do they need?
Question 106
Question
Which one of the following is not an example of criminal law?
Answer
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A. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
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B. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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C. Electronic Communications Privacy Act
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D. Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act
Question 107
Question
What is the best way to ensure email confidentiality in motion?
Answer
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A. Use TLS between the client and server.
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B. Use SSL between the client and server.
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C. Encrypt the email content.
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D. Use a digital signature.
Question 108
Question
Brenda is analyzing the web server logs after a successful
compromise of her organization’s web-based order processing
application. She finds an entry in the log file showing that a user
entered the following information as his last name when placing an
order:
Smith’;DROP TABLE orders;--
What type of attack was attempted?
Question 109
Question
What type of policy describes how long data is kept before
destruction?
Answer
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A. Classification
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B. Audit
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C. Record retention
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D. Availability
Question 110
Question
What is the goal of the BCP process?
Answer
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A. RTO < MTD
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B. MTD < RTO
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C. RPO < MTD
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D. MTD < RPO
Question 111
Question
During which phase of the incident response process would
administrators design new security controls intended to prevent a
recurrence of the incident?
Answer
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A. Reporting
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B. Recovery
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C. Remediation
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D. Lessons Learned
Question 112
Question
Bethany received an email from one of her colleagues with an
unusual attachment named smime.p7s. She does not recognize the
attachment and is unsure what to do. What is the most likely
scenario?
Answer
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A. This is an encrypted email message.
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B. This is a phishing attack.
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C. This is embedded malware.
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D. This is a spoofing attack.
Question 113
Question
Kim is the database security administrator for Aircraft Systems,
Inc. (ASI). ASI is a military contractor engaged in the design
and analysis of aircraft avionics systems and regularly handles
classified information on behalf of the government and other
government contractors. Kim is concerned about ensuring the
security of information stored in ASI databases.
Kim’s database is a multilevel security database, and different
ASI employees have different security clearances. The database
contains information on the location of military aircraft
containing ASI systems to allow ASI staff to monitor those
systems.
Kim learned that the military is planning a classified mission that
involves some ASI aircraft. She is concerned that employees not
cleared for the mission may learn of it by noticing the movement of
many aircraft to the region. Individual employees are cleared to
know about the movement of an individual aircraft, but they are
not cleared to know about the overall mission. What type of attack
is Kim concerned about?
Answer
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A. Aggregation
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B. SQL injection
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C. Inference
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D. Multilevel security
Question 114
Question
Kim is the database security administrator for Aircraft Systems,
Inc. (ASI). ASI is a military contractor engaged in the design
and analysis of aircraft avionics systems and regularly handles
classified information on behalf of the government and other
government contractors. Kim is concerned about ensuring the
security of information stored in ASI databases.
Kim’s database is a multilevel security database, and different
ASI employees have different security clearances. The database
contains information on the location of military aircraft
containing ASI systems to allow ASI staff to monitor those
systems.
What technique can Kim employ to prevent employees not cleared
for the mission from learning the true location of the aircraft?
Question 115
Question
Kim is the database security administrator for Aircraft Systems,
Inc. (ASI). ASI is a military contractor engaged in the design
and analysis of aircraft avionics systems and regularly handles
classified information on behalf of the government and other
government contractors. Kim is concerned about ensuring the
security of information stored in ASI databases.
Kim’s database is a multilevel security database, and different
ASI employees have different security clearances. The database
contains information on the location of military aircraft
containing ASI systems to allow ASI staff to monitor those
systems.
Kim’s database uniquely identifies aircraft by using their tail
number. Which one of the following terms would not necessarily
accurately describe the tail number?
Answer
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A. Database field
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B. Foreign key
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C. Primary key
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D. Candidate key
Question 116
Question
Kim is the database security administrator for Aircraft Systems,
Inc. (ASI). ASI is a military contractor engaged in the design
and analysis of aircraft avionics systems and regularly handles
classified information on behalf of the government and other
government contractors. Kim is concerned about ensuring the
security of information stored in ASI databases.
Kim’s database is a multilevel security database, and different
ASI employees have different security clearances. The database
contains information on the location of military aircraft
containing ASI systems to allow ASI staff to monitor those
systems.
Kim would like to create a key that enforces referential integrity for
the database. What type of key does she need to create?
Answer
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A. Primary key
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B. Foreign key
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C. Candidate key
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D. Master key
Question 117
Question
Doug is choosing a software development life-cycle model for use
in a project he is leading to develop a new business application. He
has very clearly defined requirements and would like to choose an
approach that places an early emphasis on developing
comprehensive documentation. He does not have a need for the
production of rapid prototypes or iterative improvement. Which
model is most appropriate for this scenario?
Answer
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A. Agile
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B. Waterfall
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C. Spiral
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D. DevOps
Question 118
Question
What should be true for salts used in password hashes?
Answer
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A. A single salt should be set so passwords can be de-hashed as needed.
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B. A single salt should be used so the original salt can be used to check passwords against their hash.
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C. Unique salts should be stored for each user.
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D. Unique salts should be created every time a user logs in.
Question 119
Question
Which individual bears the ultimate responsibility for data
protection tasks?
Answer
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A. Data owner
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B. Data custodian
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C. User
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D. Auditor
Question 120
Question
What type of assessment methods are associated with mechanisms
and activities based on the recommendations of NIST SP800-53A,
the Guide for Assessing Security Controls in Federal Information
Systems?
Answer
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A. Examine and interview
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B. Test and assess
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C. Test and interview
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D. Examine and test
Question 121
Question
Which one of the following controls would be most effective in
detecting zero-day attack attempts?
Answer
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A. Signature-based intrusion detection
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B. Anomaly-based intrusion detection
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C. Strong patch management
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D. Full-disk encryption
Question 122
Question
The ability to store and generate passwords, provide logging and
auditing capabilities, and allow password check-in and check-out
are all features of what type of system?
Question 123
Question
Which one of the following components should be included in an
organization’s emergency response guidelines?
Answer
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A. Secondary response procedures for first responders
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B. Long-term business continuity protocols
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C. Activation procedures for the organization’s cold sites
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D. Contact information for ordering equipment
Question 124
Question
When Jim enters his organization’s data center, he has to use a
smart card and code to enter and is allowed through one set of
doors. The first set of doors closes, and he must then use his card
again to get through a second set, which locks behind him. What
type of control is this, and what is it called?
Answer
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A. A physical control; a one-way trapdoor
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B. A logical control; a dual-swipe authorization
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C. A directive control; a one-way access corridor
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D. A preventive access control; a mantrap
Question 125
Question
What security control may be used to implement a concept known
as two-person control?
Answer
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A. Mandatory vacation
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B. Separation of duties
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C. Least privilege
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D. Defense in depth