Security+ - Ch.1 Mastering Security Basics

Question 1

Network firewalls restrict network traffic going in and out of a network

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The practice of hiding data within data

Accepted Answer

Steganography

Question 3

All of these are methods to ensure confidentiality, except:

Accepted Answer

Hashing

Question 4

Credit card sized card that has embedded microchip and certificate

Accepted Answer

Smart cards

Question 5

Which type of hypervisor runs as a software within a host operating system?

Accepted Answer

Type II Hypervisor

Question 6

Each of these are key elements of access control except:

Accepted Answer

Verification

Question 7

Corrective controls

Accepted Answer

Reverse the impact of an incident

Question 8

When the user proves the claimed identity (password) and the credentials are verified

Accepted Answer

Authentication

Question 9

All of the below are elements of a use case except:

Accepted Answer

Audience

Question 10

Strong passwords include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

encryption keys

Question 11

What is the most serious threat to virtual system security?

Accepted Answer

VM escape

Question 12

Ensuring that email messages arrive unchanged. Which security goal are you addressing?

Accepted Answer

Integrity

Question 13

What type of access control is a password

Accepted Answer

Authentication

Question 14

Provides assurance that data has not changed

Accepted Answer

Integrity

Question 15

The likelihood that a threat will exploit a vulnerability

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Risk

Question 16

Enhances security by requiring users to use and remember only one set of credentials

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Single sign on

Question 17

Reduces the chance that a threat will exploit a vulnerability

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Risk mitigation

Question 18

Methods used to maintain availability include all of the following except

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Corrective controls

Question 19

Software that creates and manages virtual machines on a serveror local computer

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Hypervisor

Question 20

Describes a goal that a company/organization wants to achieve

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Use case

Question 21

Technical controls use what to reduce vulnerabilities?

Accepted Answer

Technology

Question 22

The common goal of fault tolerance and redundancy techniques is to remove

Accepted Answer

Single Points of Failure (SPOF)

Question 23

One of several access control methods

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Mandatory access control models

Question 24

Technical, administrative, and physical are:

Accepted Answer

Security control types

Question 25

Which fault-tolerance technique uses multiple servers to support a single service

Accepted Answer

Load Balancing

Question 26

To check the configuration on a Linux-based system, use the command:

Accepted Answer

ifconfig

Question 27

Biometrics fall under what category

Accepted Answer

Something you are

Question 28

Which is a risk of virtualization?

Accepted Answer

Loss of Confidentiality

Question 29

Prevents unauthorized disclosure of data. Authorized personnel has access, unauthorized doesn't

Accepted Answer

Confidentiality

Question 30

Which is the best equipment theft deterrent?

Accepted Answer

Cable locks

Question 31

An attack that allows an attacker to access the host system from within the virtual system

Accepted Answer

Virtual machine escape

Question 32

Application shell virtualization runs services/applications within isolated application cell

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

The physical address assigned to a Network Interface Card (NIC)

Accepted Answer

Media Access Control (MAC)

Question 34

Snapshots should be used when applying risky applications

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

A way for the system to remember the previous passwords a user has previously used

Accepted Answer

Password history

Question 36

The process of giving someone permission to do or have something

Accepted Answer

Authorization

Question 37

Access controls protect confidentiality by preventing access

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

What type of authentication is a fingerprint scan?

Accepted Answer

Biometric

Question 39

This command option sends pings endlessly to a destination IP address

Accepted Answer

ping -t <ip address>

Question 40

Which of these scrambles data to make it unreadable by unauthorized personnel?

Accepted Answer

Encryption

Question 41

Which command would you use to verify that a firewall on the network is blocking traffic?

Accepted Answer

ping

Question 42

Open source standard to create one time passwords

Accepted Answer

HOTP

Question 43

HVAC systems improve the availability by

Accepted Answer

Reducing the risk of systems overheating

Question 44

A single point that causes an entire system to fail

Accepted Answer

Single point of failure (SPOF)

Question 45

Your organization’s password policy has a password history of 12. What does this indicate?

Accepted Answer

12 passwords must be used before duplicating one

Question 46

Account disablement policy that ensures user accounts are disabled when an employee leaves

Accepted Answer

Account Disablement Policy

Question 47

Physical address assigned to NICs

Accepted Answer

MAC (Media Access Card)

Question 48

Fault tolerance adds duplication to critical systems

Accepted Answer

False

Question 49

Ensures that systems are operational when needed and often addrsses single point of failure

Accepted Answer

Availability

Question 50

Hashing techniques are used to enforce ___________

Accepted Answer

Integrity

Security+ - Ch.1 Mastering Security Basics

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Security+ - Ch.1 Mastering Security Basics

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