CompTIA

SY0-601

CompTIA Security+
Exam 2022
Version: 44.0

[ Total Questions: 162]

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Question #:1

The Chief Information Security Officer wants to prevent exfiltration of sensitive information from employee
cell phones when using public USB power charging stations. Which of the following would be the BEST
solution to Implement?

A. DLP

B. USB data blocker

C. USB OTG

D. Disabling USB ports

Answer: B

Question #:2

Which of the following statements BEST describes zero-day exploits'?

A. When a zero-day exploit is discovered, the system cannot be protected by any means

B. Zero-day exploits have their own scoring category in CVSS

C. A zero-day exploit is initially undetectable and no patch for it exists

D. Discovering zero-day exploits is always performed via bug bounty programs

Answer: C

Question #:3

A recent audit cited a risk involving numerous low-criticality vulnerabilities created by a web application
using a third-party library. The development staff state there are still customers using the application even
though it is end of life and it would be a substantial burden to update the application for compatibility with
more secure libraries. Which of the following would be the MOST prudent course of action?

A. Accept the risk if there is a clear road map for timely decommission

B. Deny the risk due to the end-of-life status of the application.

C. Use containerization to segment the application from other applications to eliminate the risk

D. Outsource the application to a third-party developer group

Answer: C

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Question #:4

A business operations manager is concerned that a PC that is critical to business operations will have a costly
hardware failure soon. The manager is looking for options to continue business operations without incurring
large costs. Which of the following would mitigate the manager's concerns?

A. Implement a full system upgrade

B. Perform a physical-to-virtual migration

C. Install uninterruptible power supplies

D. Purchase cybersecurity insurance

Answer: B

Question #:5

Which of the following components can be used to consolidate and forward inbound Internet traffic to
multiple cloud environments though a single firewall?

A. Transit gateway

B. Cloud hot site

C. Edge computing

D. DNS sinkhole

Answer: A

Question #:6

A cloud service provider has created an environment where customers can connect existing local networks to
the cloud for additional computing resources and block internal HR applications from reaching the cloud.
Which of the following cloud models is being used?

A. Public

B. Community

C. Hybrid

D. Private

Answer: C

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Question #:7

A security analyst is investigating suspicious traffic on the web server located at IP address 10.10.1.1. A
search of the WAF logs reveals the following output:

Which of the following is MOST likely occurring?

A. XSS attack

B. SOLi attack

C. Replay attack

D. XSRF attack

Answer: B

Question #:8

A company wants to improve end users experiences when they tog in to a trusted partner website The
company does not want the users to be issued separate credentials for the partner website Which of the
following should be implemented to allow users to authenticate using their own credentials to log in to the
trusted partner's website?

A. Directory service

B. AAA server

C. Federation

D. Multifactor authentication

Answer: C

Question #:9

A company labeled some documents with the public sensitivity classification This means the documents can
be accessed by:

A.

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A. employees of other companies and the press

B. all members of the department that created the documents

C. only the company's employees and those listed in the document

D. only the individuate listed in the documents

Answer: A

Question #:10

Which of the following BEST reduces the security risks introduced when running systems that have expired
vendor support and lack an immediate replacement?

A. Implement proper network access restrictions

B. Initiate a bug bounty program

C. Classify the system as shadow IT.

D. Increase the frequency of vulnerability scans

Answer: A

Question #:11

Which of the following risk management strategies would an organization use to maintain a legacy system
with known risks for operational purposes?

A. Acceptance

B. Transference

C. Avoidance

D. Mitigation

Answer: D

Question #:12

Which of the following is the MOST relevant security check to be performed before embedding third-parry
libraries in developed code?

A. Check to see if the third party has resources to create dedicated development and staging environments.

B.

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B. Verify the number of companies that downloaded the third-party code and the number of contributions
on the code repository.

C. Assess existing vulnerabilities affecting the third-parry code and the remediation efficiency of the
libraries' developers.

D. Read multiple penetration-testing reports for environments running software that reused the library.

Answer: C

Question #:13

As part of a security compliance assessment, an auditor performs automated vulnerability scans. In addition,
which of the following should the auditor do to complete the assessment?

A. User behavior analysis

B. Packet captures

C. Configuration reviews

D. Log analysis

Answer: C

Question #:14

During a trial, a judge determined evidence gathered from a hard drive was not admissible. Which of the
following BEST explains this reasoning?

A. The forensic investigator forgot to run a checksum on the disk image after creation

B. The chain of custody form did not note time zone offsets between transportation regions

C. The computer was turned off. and a RAM image could not be taken at the same time

D. The hard drive was not properly kept in an antistatic bag when rt was moved

Answer: A

Question #:15

Which biometric error would allow an unauthorized user to access a system?

A. False acceptance

B. False entrance

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C. False rejection

D. False denial

Answer: B

Question #:16

Two organizations plan to collaborate on the evaluation of new SIEM solutions for their respective companies.
A combined effort from both organizations' SOC teams would speed up the effort. Which of the following can
be written to document this agreement?

A. MOU

B. ISA

C. SLA

D. NDA

Answer: A

Question #:17

Which of the following should be monitored by threat intelligence researchers who search for leaked
credentials?

A. Common Weakness Enumeration

B. OSINT

C. Dark web

D. Vulnerability databases

Answer: C

Question #:18

A security analyst is investigating some users who are being redirected to a fake website that resembles
www.comptia.org. The following output was found on the naming server of the organization:

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Which of the following attacks has taken place?

A. Domain reputation

B. Domain hijacking

C. Disassociation

D. DNS poisoning

Answer: B

Question #:19

Which of the following would BEST provide a systems administrator with the ability to more efficiently
identify systems and manage permissions and policies based on location, role, and service level?

A. Standard naming conventions

B. Domain services

C. Baseline configurations

D. Diagrams

Answer: C

Question #:20

A company wants the ability to restrict web access and monitor the websites that employees visit. Which of
the following would BEST meet these requirements?

A. internet proxy

B. VPN

C. WAF

D. Firewall

Answer: C

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Question #:21

The Chief Information Security Officer directed a nsk reduction in shadow IT and created a policy requiring
all unsanctioned high-nsk SaaS applications to be blocked from user access Which of the following is the
BEST security solution to reduce this risk?

A. CASB

B. VPN concentrator

C. MFA

D. VPC endpoint

Answer: A

Question #:22

A security analyst needs to be able to search and correlate logs from multiple sources in a single tool Which of
the following would BEST allow a security analyst to have this ability?

A. SOAR

B. SIEM

C. Log collectors

D. Network-attached storage

Answer: B

Question #:23

A DBA reports that several production server hard drives were wiped over the weekend. The DBA also reports
that several Linux servers were unavailable due to system files being deleted unexpectedly. A security analyst
verified that software was configured to delete data deliberately from those servers. No backdoors to any
servers were found. Which of the following attacks was MOST likely used to cause the data toss?

A. Logic bomb

B. Ransomware

C. Fileless virus

D. Remote access Trojans

E. Rootkit

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Answer: A

Question #:24

An organization is planning lo open other data centers to sustain operations in the event of a natural disaster.
Which of the following considerations would BEST support the organization's resiliency?

A. Geographic dispersal

B. Generator power

C. Fire suppression

D. Facility automation

Answer: A

Question #:25

A security analyst receives an alert from trie company's SIEM that anomalous activity is coming from a local
source IP address of 192.168.34.26. The Chief Information Security Officer asks the analyst to block the
originating source Several days later, another employee opens an internal ticket stating that vulnerability scans
are no longer being performed properly. The IP address the employee provides is 192 168.3426. Which of the
following describes this type of alert?

A. True positive

B. True negative

C. False positive

D. False negative

Answer: A

Question #:26

Data exftitration analysis indicates that an attacker managed to download system configuration notes from a
web server. The web-server logs have been deleted, but analysts have determined that the system configuration
notes were stored in the database administrator's folder on the web server Which of the following attacks
explains what occurred? (Select TWO)

A. Pass-th e- hash

B. Directory traversal

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C. SQL injection

D. Privilege escalation

E. Cross-site scnpting

F. Request forgery

Answer: A

Question #:27

Business partners are working on a secunty mechanism lo validate transactions securely. The requirement is
for one company to be responsible for deploying a trusted solution that will register and issue artifacts used to
sign encrypt, and decrypt transaction files. Which of the following is the BEST solution to adopt?

A. PKI

B. Blockchain

C. SAML

D. OAuth

Answer: B

Question #:28

A forensic analyst needs to prove that data has not been tampered with since it was collected Which of the
following methods will the analyst MOST likely use?

A. Look for tampenng on the evidence collection bag

B. Encrypt the collected data using asymmetric encryption

C. Ensure proper procedures for chain of custody are being followed

D. Calculate the checksum using a hashing algorithm

Answer: A

Question #:29

A security analyst is working on a project to implement a solution that monitors network communications and
provides alerts when abnormal behavior is detected Which of the following is the security analyst MOST
likely implementing?

A. Vulnerability scans

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B. User behavior analysis

C. Security orchestration, automation, and response

D. Threat hunting

Answer: D

Question #:30

Which of the following describes the continuous delivery software development methodology?

A. Waterfall

B. Spiral

C. V-shaped

D. Agile

Answer: A

Question #:31

A security analyst is concerned about critical vulnerabilities that have been detected on some applications
running inside containers Which of the following is the BEST remediation strategy?

A. Update the base container image and redeploy the environment

B. Include the containers in the regular patching schedule for servers

C. Patch each running container individually and test the application

D. Update the host in which the containers are running

Answer: C

Question #:32

A company is considering transitioning to the cloud. The company employs individuals from various locations
around the world The company does not want to increase its on-premises infrastructure blueprint and only
wants to pay for additional compute power required. Which of the following solutions would BEST meet the
needs of the company?

A. Private cloud

B. Hybrid environment

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C. Managed security service provider

D. Hot backup site

Answer: B

Question #:33

A forensics investigator is examining a number of unauthorized payments the were reported on the company's
website. Some unusual log entries show users received an email for an unwanted mailing list and clicked on a
link to attempt to unsubscribe. One of the users reported the email to the phishing team, and the forwarded
email revealed the link to be:

<a href-"https://www.company.com/payto.do?routing=00001111&accc=22223334&amount-250">Click here

to unsubscribe</a>

Which of the following will the forensics investigator MOST likely determine has occurred?

A. SQL injection

B. CSRF

C. XSS

D. XSRF

Answer: D

Question #:34

Security analysts are conducting an investigation of an attack that occurred inside the organization’s network.
An attacker was able to connect network traffic between workstation throughout the network. The analysts
review the following logs:

The layer 2 address table has hundred of entries similar to the ones above. Which of the following attacks has
MOST likely occurred?

A. SQL injection

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B. DNS spoofing

C. MAC flooding

D. ARP poisoning

Answer: D

Question #:35

A company wants to restrict emailing of PHI documents. The company is implementing a DLP solution In
order to reslnct PHI documents which of the following should be performed FIRST?

A. Retention

B. Governance

C. Classification

D. Change management

Answer: A

Question #:36

Select the appropriate attack and remediation from each drop-down list to label the corresponding attack with
its remediation.

INSTRUCTIONS

Not all attacks and remediation actions will be used.

If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

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Explanation
Web serverBotnet Enable DDoS protectionUser RAT Implement a host-based IPSDatabase server Worm
Change the default application passwordExecutive KeyloggerDisable vulnerable servicesApplication
Backdoor Implement 2FA using push notification

Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated

Question #:37

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After gaining access to a dual-homed (i.e.. wired and wireless) multifunction device by exploiting a
vulnerability in the device's firmware, a penetration tester then gains shell access on another networked asset
This technique is an example of:

A. privilege escalation

B. footprinting

C. persistence

D. pivoting.

Answer: A

Question #:38

An organization has hired a ted team to simulate attacks on its security posture Which of the following will the
blue team do after detecting an loC?

A. Reimage the impacted workstations

B. Activate runbooks for incident response

C. Conduct forensics on the compromised system

D. Conduct passive reconnaissance to gather information

Answer: A

Question #:39

An attack has occurred against a company.

INSTRUCTIONS

You have been tasked to do the following:

Identify the type of attack that is occurring on the network by clicking on the attacker’s tablet and reviewing
the output. (Answer Area 1).

Identify which compensating controls should be implemented on the assets, in order to reduce the
effectiveness of future attacks by dragging them to the correct server.

(Answer area 2) All objects will be used, but not all placeholders may be filled. Objects may only be used
once.

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Select and Place:

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Answer:

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Explanation
Diagram Description automatically generated

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Question #:40

An organization would like to give remote workers the ability to use applications hosted inside the corporate
network Users will be allowed to use their personal computers or they will be provided organization assets
Either way no data or applications will be installed locally on any user systems Which of the following mobile
solutions would accomplish these goals?

A. VDI

B. MDM

C. COPE

D. UTM

Answer: A

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Question #:41

During a recent penetration test, the tester discovers large amounts of data were exfiltrated over the course of
12 months via the internet. The penetration tester stops the test to inform the client of the findings Which of
the following should be the client's NEXT step to mitigate the issue''

A. Conduct a full vulnerability scan to identify possible vulnerabilities

B. Perform containment on the critical servers and resources

C. Review the firewall and identify the source of the active connection

D. Disconnect the entire infrastructure from the internet

Answer: D

Question #:42

An application developer accidentally uploaded a company's code-signing certificate private key to a public
web server. The company is concerned about malicious use of its certificate. Which of the following should
the company do FIRST?

A. Delete the private key from the repository.

B. Verify the public key is not exposed as well.

C. Update the DLP solution to check for private keys.

D. Revoke the code-signing certificate.

Answer: A

Question #:43

Which of the following would be the BEST way to analyze diskless malware that has infected a VDI?

A. Shut down the VDI and copy off the event logs.

B. Take a memory snapshot of the running system.

C. Use NetFlow to identify command-and-control IPs.

D. Run a full on-demand scan of the root volume.

Answer: B

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Question #:44

The database administration team is requesting guidance for a secure solution that will ensure confidentiality
of cardholder data at rest only in certain fields in the database schema. The requirement is to substitute a
sensitive data field with a non-sensitive field that is rendered useless if a data breach occurs Which of the
following is the BEST solution to meet the requirement?

A. Tokenization

B. Masking

C. Full disk encryption

D. Mirroring

Answer: B

Question #:45

Which of the following organizations sets frameworks and controls for optimal security configuration on
systems?

A. ISO

B. GDPR

C. PCI DSS

D. NIST

Answer: A

Question #:46

An engineer recently deployed a group of 100 web servers in a cloud environment. Per the security policy, all
web-server ports except 443 should be disabled. Which of the following can be used to accomplish this task?

A. Application allow list

B. SWG

C. Host-based firewall

D. VPN

Answer: B

Question #:47

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A company recently added a DR site and is redesigning the network. Users at the DR site are having issues
browsing websites.

INSTRUCTIONS

Click on each firewall to do the following:

Deny cleartext web traffic.

Ensure secure management protocols are used. Please Resolve issues at the DR site.

The ruleset order cannot be modified due to outside constraints.

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See explanation below.

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Explanation
Firewall 1:

DNS Rule – ANY --> ANY --> DNS --> PERMIT

HTTPS Outbound – 10.0.0.1/24 --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT

Management – ANY --> ANY --> SSH --> PERMIT

HTTPS Inbound – ANY --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT

HTTP Inbound – ANY --> ANY --> HTTP --> DENY

Firewall 2: No changes should be made to this firewall

Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated

Firewall 3:

DNS Rule – ANY --> ANY --> DNS --> PERMIT

HTTPS Outbound – 192.168.0.1/24 --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT

Management – ANY --> ANY --> SSH --> PERMIT

HTTPS Inbound – ANY --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT

HTTP Inbound – ANY --> ANY --> HTTP --> DENY

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Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated

Question #:48

A company is implementing a DLP solution on the file server. The file server has Pll. financial information,
and health information stored on it Depending on what type of data that is hosted on the file server, the
company wants different DLP rules assigned to the data Which of the following should the company do to
help accomplish this goal?

A. Classify the data

B. Mask the data

C. Assign an application owner

D. Perform a risk analysis

Answer: A

Question #:49

A new company wants to avoid channel interference when building a WLAN. The company needs to know the
radio frequency behavior, identify dead zones, and determine the best place for access points. Which of the
following should be done FIRST?

A. Configure heat maps.

B. Utilize captive portals.

C.

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C. Conduct a site survey.

D. Install Wi-Fi analyzers.

Answer: A

Question #:50

An administrator needs to protect user passwords and has been advised to hash the passwords. Which of the
following BEST describes what the administrator is being advised to do?

A. Perform a mathematical operation on the passwords that will convert them into umgue stnngs

B. Add extra data to the passwords so their length is increased, making them harder to brute force

C. Store all passwords in the system in a rainbow table that has a centralized location

D. Enforce the use of one-time passwords that are changed for every login session.

Answer: D

Question #:51

A company is implementing BYOD and wants to ensure all users have access to the same cloud-based
services. Which of the following would BEST allow the company to meet this requirement?

A. laaS

B. PasS

C. MaaS

D. SaaS

Answer: B

Question #:52

A user enters a username and a password at the login screen for a web portal. A few seconds later the
following message appears on the screen: Please use a combination of numbers, special characters, and letters
in the password field. Which of the following concepts does this message describe?

A. Password complexity

B. Password reuse

C.

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C. Password history

D. Password age

Answer: A

Question #:53

A security analyst is evaluating solutions to deploy an additional layer of protection for a web application The
goal is to allow only encrypted communications without relying on network devices Which of the following
can be implemented?

A. HTTP security header

B. DNSSEC implementation

C. SRTP

D. S/MIME

Answer: C

Question #:54

A technician enables full disk encryption on a laptop that will be taken on a business tnp. Which of the
following does this process BEST protect?

A. Data in transit

B. Data in processing

C. Data at rest

D. Data tokenization

Answer: C

Question #:55

A large bank with two geographically dispersed data centers is concerned about major power disruptions at
both locations Every day each location expenences very bnef outages that last for a few seconds However
dunng the summer a high risk of intentional brownouts that last up to an hour exists particularly at one of the
locations near an jndustnal smelter. Which of the following is the BEST solution to reduce the risk of data
loss?

A. Dual supply

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B. Generator

C. UPS

D. PDU

E. Daily backups

Answer: E

Question #:56

Which of the following would be indicative of a hidden audio file found inside of a piece of source code?

A. Steganography

B. Homomotphic encryption

C. Cipher surte

D. Blockchain

Answer: B

Question #:57

An ofgantzation has decided to purchase an insurance policy because a risk assessment determined that the
cost to remediate the risk is greater than the five-year cost of the insurance policy. The organization is enabling
risk

A. avoidance

B. acceptance

C. mitigation

D. transference

Answer: A

Question #:58

A report delivered to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) shows that some user credentials could be
exfilltrated. The report also indicates that users tend to choose the same credentials on different systems and
applications. Which of the following policies should the CISO use to prevent someone from using the

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exfilltrated credentials?

A. MFA

B. Lockout

C. Time-based logins

D. Password history

Answer: B

Question #:59

Which of the following control Types would be BEST to use in an accounting department to reduce losses
from fraudulent transactions?

A. Recovery

B. Deterrent

C. Corrective

D. Detective

Answer: D

Question #:60

After reluming from a conference, a user's laptop has been operating slower than normal and overheating and
the fans have been running constantly Dunng the diagnosis process, an unknown piece of hardware is found
connected to the laptop's motherboard Which of the following attack vectors was exploited to install the
hardware?

A. Removable media

B. Spear phishing

C. Supply chain

D. Direct access

Answer: D

Question #:61

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Which of the following describes the exploitation of an interactive process to gain access to restncted areas?

A. Persistence

B. Buffer overflow

C. Privilege escalation

D. Pharming

Answer: C

Explanation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_escalation#:~:text=Privilege%20escalation%20is%20the%20act,from%20an%2

Question #:62

A systems administrator reports degraded performance on a virtual server. The administrator increases the
virtual memory allocation which improves conditions, but performance degrades again after a few days. The
administrator runs an anarysis tool and sees the following output:

The administrator terminates the timeAttend.exe observes system performance over the next few days, and
notices that the system performance does not degrade Which of the following issues is MOST likely
occurring?

A. DLL injection

B. API attack

C. Buffer oveiflow

D. Memory leak

Answer: B

Question #:63

An organization has developed an application that needs a patch to fix a critical vulnerability In which of the
following environments should the patch be deployed LAST?

A. Test

B.

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B. Staging

C. Development

D. Production

Answer: A

Question #:64

Which of the following would BEST provide detective and corrective controls for thermal regulation?

A. A smoke detector

B. A fire alarm

C. An HVAC system

D. A fire suppression system

E. Guards

Answer: C

Question #:65

A systems administrator is troubleshooting a server's connection to an internal web server. The administrator
needs to determine the correct ports to use. Which of the following tools BEST shows which ports on the web
server are in a listening state?

A. Ipconfig

B. ssh

C. Ping

D. Netstat

Answer: D

Explanation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/listening-port

Question #:66

An organization wants to implement a biometric system with the highest likelihood that an unauthorized user
will be denied access. Which of the following should the organization use to compare biometric solutions?

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A. FRR

B. Difficulty of use

C. Cost

D. FAR

E. CER

Answer: A

Question #:67

An organization has activated an incident response plan due to a malware outbreak on its network The
organization has brought in a forensics team that has identified an internet-facing Windows server as the likely
point of initial compromise The malware family that was detected is known to be distributed by manually
logging on to servers and running the malicious code Which of the following actions would be BEST to
prevent reinfection from the initial infection vector?

A. Prevent connections over TFTP from the internal network

B. Create a firewall rule that blocks port 22 from the internet to the server

C. Disable file shanng over port 445 to the server

D. Block port 3389 inbound from untrusted networks

Answer: B

Question #:68

The SOC for a large MSSP is meeting to discuss the lessons learned from a recent incident that took much too
long to resolve This type of incident has become more common in recent weeks and is consuming large
amounts of the analysts' time due to manual tasks being performed Which of the following solutions should
the SOC consider to BEST improve its response time?

A. Configure a NIDS appliance using a Switched Port Analyzer

B. Collect OSINT and catalog the artifacts in a central repository

C. Implement a SOAR with customizable playbooks

D. Install a SIEM with community-driven threat intelligence

Answer: C

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Question #:69

A security analyst is designing the appropnate controls to limit unauthorized access to a physical site The
analyst has a directive to utilize the lowest possible budget Which of the following would BEST meet the
requirements?

A. Preventive controls

B. Compensating controls

C. Deterrent controls

D. Detective controls

Answer: A

Question #:70

Several users have opened tickets with the help desk. The help desk has reassigned the tickets to a secunty
analyst for further review The security analyst reviews the following metrics:

Which of the following is MOST likely the result of the security analyst's review?

A. The ISP is dropping outbound connections

B. The user of the Sales-PC fell for a phishing attack

C. Corporate PCs have been turned into a botnet

D. An on-path attack is taking place between PCs and the router

Answer: D

Question #:71

Which of the following is a known security nsk associated with data archives that contain financial
information?

A. Data can become a liability if archived longer than required by regulatory guidance

B.

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B. Data must be archived off-site to avoid breaches and meet business requirements

C. Companies are prohibited from providing archived data to e-discovery requests

D. Unencrypted archives should be preserved as long as possible and encrypted

Answer: B

Question #:72

Which of the following control types is focused primarily on reducing risk before an incident occurs?

A. Preventive

B. Deterrent

C. Corrective

D. Detective

Answer: C

Question #:73

The board of doctors at a company contracted with an insurance firm to limit the organization’s liability.
Which of the following risk management practices does the BEST describe?

A. Transference

B. Avoidance

C. Mitigation

D. Acknowledgement

Answer: A

Question #:74

Certain users are reporting their accounts are being used to send unauthorized emails and conduct suspicious
activities After further investigation, a security analyst notices the following

• All users share workstations throughout the day

• Endpoint protection was disabled on several workstations throughout the network.

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• Travel times on logins from the affected users are impossible

• Sensitive data is being uploaded to external sites

• All usee account passwords were forced lo be reset and the issue continued

Which of the following attacks is being used to compromise the user accounts?

A. Brute-force

B. Keylogger

C. Dictionary

D. Rainbow

Answer: C

Question #:75

An organization maintains several environments in which patches are developed and tested before deployed to
an operation status. Which of the following is the environment in which patches will be deployed just prior to
being put into an operational status?

A. Development

B. Test

C. Production

D. Staging

Answer: B

Question #:76

Field workers in an organization are issued mobile phones on a daily basis All the work is performed within
one city and the mobile phones are not used for any purpose other than work The organization does not want
these pnones used for personal purposes. The organization would like to issue the phones to workers as
permanent devices so the pnones do not need to be reissued every day Qven the conditions described, which of
the following technologies would BEST meet these requirements'

A. Geofencing

B. Mobile device management

C. Containenzation

D. Remote wiping

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Answer: C

Question #:77

A security incident has been resolved Which of the following BEST describes the importance of the final
phase of the incident response plan?

A. It examines and documents how well the team responded discovers what caused the incident, and
determines how the incident can be avoided in the future

B. It returns the affected systems back into production once systems have been fully patched, data restored
and vulnerabilities addressed

C. It identifies the incident and the scope of the breach how it affects the production environment, and the
ingress point

D. It contains the affected systems and disconnects them from the network, preventing further spread of the
attack or breach

Answer: A

Question #:78

An attacker was eavesdropping on a user who was shopping online. The attacker was able to spoof the IP
address associated with the shopping site. Later, the user received an email regarding the credit card statement
with unusual purchases. Which of the following attacks took place?

A. On-path attack

B. Protocol poisoning

C. Domain hijacking

D. Bluejacking

Answer: A

Question #:79

Several universities are participating m a collaborative research project and need to share compute and storage
resources Which of the following cloud deployment strategies would BEST meet this need?

A. Community

B. Private

C.

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C. Public

D. Hybrid

Answer: A

Question #:80

During a security incident investigation, an analyst consults the company’s SIEM and sees an event
concerning high traffic to a known, malicious command-and-control server. The analyst would like to
determine the number of company workstations that may be impacted by this issue. Which of the following
can provide the information?

A. WAF logs

B. DNS logs

C. System logs

D. Application logs

Answer: C

Question #:81

A Chief Information Security Officer wants to ensure the organization is validating and checking the Integrity
of zone transfers. Which of the following solutions should be implemented?

A. DNSSEC

B. LOAPS

C. NGFW

D. DLP

Answer: D

Question #:82

A help desk technician receives a phone call from someone claiming to be a part of the organization's
cybersecurity modem response team The caller asks the technician to verify the network's internal firewall IP
address Which of the following 15 the technician's BEST course of action?

A. Direct the caller to stop by the help desk in person and hang up declining any further requests from the
caller

B. Ask for the callers name, verify the persons identity in the email directory and provide the requested

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B.
information over the phone

C. Write down the phone number of the carter if possible, the name of the person requesting the
information hang up. and notify the organization's cybersecurity officer

D. Request the caller send an email for identity verification and provide the requested information via
email to the caller

Answer: D

Question #:83

An organization discovered files with proprietary financial data have been deleted. The files have been
recovered from backup but every time the Chief Financial Officer logs in to the file server, the same files are
deleted again No other users are experiencing this issue. Which of the following types of malware is MOST
likely causing this behavior?

A. Logic bomb

B. Crypto malware

C. Spyware

D. Remote access Trojan

Answer: A

Question #:84

During an incident response process involving a laptop, a host was identified as the entry point for malware.
The management team would like to have the laptop restored and given back to the user. The cybersecurity
analyst would like to continue investigating the intrusion on the host. Which of the following would allow the
analyst to continue the investigation and also return the laptop to the user as soon as possible?

A. dd

B. memdump

C. tcpdump

D. head

Answer: C

Question #:85

To reduce and limit software and infrastructure costs, the Chief Information Officer has requested to move
email services to the cloud. The cloud provider and the organization must have security controls to protect

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sensitive data. Which of the following cloud services would BEST accommodate the request?

A. laas

B. Paas

C. Daas

D. SaaS

Answer: B

Question #:86

Digital signatures use asymmetric encryption. This means the message is encrypted with:

A. the sender's private key and decrypted with the sender's public key

B. the sender's public key and decrypted with the sender's private key

C. the sender’s private key and decrypted with the recipient's public key.

D. the sender's public key and decrypted with the recipient's private key

Answer: B

Question #:87

Due to unexpected circumstances, an IT company must vacate its main office, forcing all operations to
alternate, off-site locations. Which of the following will the company MOST likely reference for guidance
during this change?

A. The business continuity plan

B. The retention policy

C. The disaster recovery plan

D. The incident response plan

Answer: A

Question #:88

A security analyst was asked to evaluate a potential attack that occurred on a publicly accessible section of the
company's website The malicious actor posted an entry in an attempt to trick users into cltckmg the following:

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Which of the following was MOST likely observed?

A. DLL injection

B. Session replay

C. SOLI

D. XSS

Answer: B

Question #:89

An organization is migrating several SaaS applications that support SSO. The security manager wants to
ensure the migration is completed securely. Which of the following should the organization consider before
implementation? (Select TWO).

A. The back-end directory source

B. The identity federation protocol

C. The hashing method

D. The encryption method

E. The registration authority

F. The certificate authority

Answer: C F

Question #:90

Which of the following is the GREATEST security concern when outsourcing code development to third-party
contractors for an internet-facing application?

A. Intellectual property theft

B. Elevated privileges

C. Unknown backdoor

D. Quality assurance

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Answer: C

Question #:91

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is concerned that cloud-based services are not adequately protected from
advanced threats and malware The CSO believes there is a high risk that a data breach could occur in the near
future due to the lack of detective and preventive controls Which of the following should be implemented to
BEST address the CSO's concerns? {Select TWO)

A. AWAF

B. ACASB

C. An NG-SWG

D. Segmentation

E. Encryption

F. Containerization

Answer: C

Question #:92

A database administrator wants to grant access to an application that will be reading and writing data to a
database. The database is shared by other applications also used by the finance department Which of the
following account types Is MOST appropriate for this purpose?

A. Service

B. Shared

C. eneric

D. Admin

Answer: A

Question #:93

Which of the following will increase cryptographic security?

A. High data entropy

B. Algorithms that require less computing power

C.

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C. Longer key longevity

D. Hashing

Answer: B

Question #:94

An IT manager is estimating the mobile device budget for the upcoming year Over the last five years, the
number of devices that were replaced due to loss damage or theft steadily increased by 10%. Which of the
following would BEST describe the estimated number of devices to be replaced next year?

A. ALE

B. ARO

C. RPO

D. SLE

Answer: A

Question #:95

A junior security analyst iss conducting an analysis after passwords were changed on multiple accounts
without users' interaction. The SIEM have multiple logtn entnes with the following text:

Which of Ihe following is the MOST likely attack conducted on the environment?

A. Malicious script

B. Privilege escalation

C. Doman hijacking

D. DNS poisoning

Answer: D

Question #:96

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The Chief Information Secunty Officer (CISO) requested a report on potential areas of improvement following
a security incident. Which of the following incident response processes is the CISO requesting?

A. Lessons learned

B. Preparation

C. Detection

D. Containment

E. Root cause analysis

Answer: A

Question #:97

An audit Identified Pll being utilized In the development environment of a critical application. The Chief
Privacy Officer (CPO) Is adamant that this data must be removed; however, the developers are concerned that
without real data they cannot perform functionality tests and search for specific data. Which of the following
should a security professional implement to BEST satisfy both the CPO's and the development team's
requirements?

A. Data anonymlzallon

B. Data encryption

C. Data masking

D. Data tokenization

Answer: A
Question #:98

A company is receiving emails with links to phishing sites that look very similar to the company's own website
address and content. Which of the following is the BEST way for the company to mitigate this attack?

A. Create a honeynet to trap attackers who access the VPN with credentials obtained by phishing.

B. Generate a list of domains similar to the company's own and implement a DNS sinkhole for each.

C. Disable POP and IMAP on all Internet-facing email servers and implement SMTPS.

D. Use an automated tool to flood the phishing websites with fake usernames and passwords.

Answer: B

Question #:99

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A Chief Information Security Officer has defined resiliency requirements for a new data center architecture
The requirements are as follows

• Critical fileshares will remain accessible during and after a natural disaster

• Frve percent of hard disks can fail at any given time without impacting the data.

• Systems will be forced to shut down gracefully when battery levels are below 20%

Which of the following are required to BEST meet these objectives? (Select THREE)

A. Fiber switching

B. laC

C. NAS

D. RAID

E. UPS

F. Redundant power supplies

G. Geographic dispersal

H. Snapshots

I. Load balancing

Answer: A C G

Question #:100

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has requested that a third-party vendor provide supporting
documents that show proper controls are in place to protect customer data. Which of the following would be
BEST for the third-party vendor to provide to the CISO?

A. GDPR compliance attestation

B. Cloud Security Alliance materials

C. SOC 2 Type 2 report

D. NIST RMF workbooks

Answer: C

Question #:101

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After a recent security breach a security analyst reports that several admimstratrve usemames and passwords
are being sent via cieartext across the network to access network devices over pot 23 Which of the following
should be implemented so all credentials sent over the network are encrypted when remotely accessing and
configunng network devices?

A. SSH

B. SNMPv3

C. SFTP

D. Telnet

E. FTP

Answer: D

Question #:102

A security analyst has identified malv/are spreading through the corporate network and has activated the
CSIRT Which of the following should the analyst do NEXT? A A. Review how the malware was introduced
to the network

B. Attempt to quarantine all infected hosts to limit further spread

C. Create help desk tickets to get infected systems reimaged

D. Update all endpomt antivirus solutions with the latest updates

Question #:103

An organization is building backup server rooms in geographically diverse locations The Chief Information
Security Officer implemented a requirement on the project that states the new hardware cannot be susceptible
to the same vulnerabilities in the existing server room Which of the following should the systems engineer
consider?

A. Purchasing hardware from different vendors

B. Migrating workloads to public cloud infrastructure

C. Implementing a robust patch management solution

D. Designing new detective security controls

Answer: C

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Question #:104

Which of the following would detect intrusions at the perimeter of an airport?

A. Signage

B. Fencing

C. Motion sensors

D. Lighting

E. Bollards

Answer: A

Question #:105

Which of the following is the MOST effective control against zero-day vulnerabilities?

A. Network segmentation

B. Patch management

C. Intrusion prevention system

D. Multiple vulnerability scanners

Answer: A

Question #:106

Which of the following documents provides expectations at a technical level for quality, availability, and
responsibilities?

A. EOL

B. SLA

C. MOU

D. EOSL

Answer: B

Question #:107

After multiple on premises security solutions were migrated to the cloud, the incident response time increased.

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The analyst are spending a long time to trace information on different cloud consoles and correlating data in
different formats. Which of the following can be used to optimize the incident response time?

A. CASB

B. VPC

C. SWG

D. CMS

Answer: A

Question #:108

A company is auditing the manner in which its European customers' personal information is handled Which of
the following should the company consult?

A. GDPR

B. ISO

C. NIST

D. PCI DSS

Answer: A

Question #:109

Which of the following is the BEST example of a cost-effective physical control to enforce a USB removable
media restriction policy?

A. Putting security/antitamper tape over USB ports logging the port numbers and regularly inspecting the
ports

B. Implementing a GPO that will restrict access to authorized USB removable media and regularly
verifying that it is enforced

C. Placing systems into locked key-controlled containers with no access to the USB ports

D. Installing an endpoint agent to detect connectivity of USB and removable media

Answer: B

Question #:110

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Which of the following is assured when a user signs an email using a private key?

A. Non-repudiation

B. Confidentiality

C. Availably

D. Authentication

Answer: A

Question #:111

A security manager has tasked the security operations center with locating all web servers that respond to an
unsecure protocol. Which of the following commands could an analyst run to find requested servers?

A. nslookup 10.10.10.0

B. nmap -p 80 10.10.10.0/24

C. pathping 10.10.10.0 -p 80

D. no -1 -p 80

Answer: C

Question #:112

A tax organization is working on a solution to validate the online submission of documents The solution
should be earned on a portable USB device that should be inserted on any computer that is transmitting a
transaction securely. Which of the following is the BEST certificate for these requirements?

A. User certificate

B. Self-signed certificate

C. Computer certificate

D. Root certificate

Answer: D

Question #:113

A security analyst was called to investigate a file received directly from a hardware manufacturer. The analyst

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is trying to determine whether the file was modified in transit before installation on the user's computer. Which
of the following can be used to safely assess the file?

A. Check the hash of the installation file

B. Match the file names

C. Verify the URL download location

D. Verify the code-signing certificate

Answer: A

Question #:114

A company is providing security awareness training regarding the importance of not forwarding social media
messages from unverified sources. Which of the following risks would this training help to prevent?

A. Hoaxes

B. SPIMs

C. Identity fraud

D. Credential harvesting

Answer: A

Explanation
Hoax

A hoax is a falsehood deliberately fabricated to masquerade as the truth. It is distinguishable from errors in
observation or judgment, rumors, urban legends, pseudo sciences, and April Fools' Day events that are passed
along in good faith by believers or as jokes.

Identity theft

Identity theft occurs when someone uses another person's personal identifying information, like their name,
identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. The
term identity theft was coined in 1964. Identity fraud (also known as identity theft or crime) involves someone
using another individual's personal information without consent, often to obtain a benefit.

Credential Harvesting

Credential Harvesting (or Account Harvesting) is the use of MITM attacks, DNS poisoning, phishing, and
other vectors to amass large numbers of credentials (username / password combinations) for reuse.

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Question #:115

During an incident response, an analyst applied rules to all inbound traffic on the border firewall and
implemented ACLs on each critical server Following an investigation, the company realizes it is still
vulnerable because outbound traffic is not restncted and the adversary is able lo maintain a presence in the
network. In which of the following stages of the Cyber Kill Chain is the adversary currently operating?

A. Reconnaissance

B. Command and control

C. Actions on objective

D. Exploitation

Answer: A

Question #:116

While reviewing an alert that shows a malicious request on one web application, a cybersecurity analyst is
alerted to a subsequent token reuse moments later on a different service using the same single sign-on method.
Which of the following would BEST detect a malicious actor?

A. Utilizing SIEM correlation engines

B. Deploying Netflow at the network border

C. Disabling session tokens for all sites

D. Deploying a WAF for the web server

Answer: A

Question #:117

A SOC operator is analyzing a log file that contains the following entries:

A. SQL injection and improper input-handling attempts

B. Cross-site scripting and resource exhaustion attempts

C.

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C. Command injection and directory traversal attempts

D. Error handling and privilege escalation attempts

Answer: C

Question #:118

A company suspects that some corporate accounts were compromised. The number of suspicious logins from
locations not recognized by the users is increasing Employees who travel need their accounts protected
without the nsk of blocking legitimate login requests that may be made over new sign-in properties. Which of
the following security controls can be implemented?

A. Enforce MFA when an account request reaches a nsk threshold

B. Implement geofencing to only allow access from headquarters

C. Enforce time-based login requests that align with business hours

D. Shift the access control scheme to a discretionary access control

Answer: B

Question #:119

Which of the following are common VoIP-associated vulnerabilities? (Select TWO).

A. SPIM

B. vishing

C. Hopping

D. Phishing

E. Credential harvesting

F. Tailgating

Answer: A B

Question #:120

The Chief Compliance Officer from a bank has approved a background check policy for all new hires Which
of the following is the policy MOST likely protecting against?

A.

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A. Preventing any current employees' siblings from working at the bank to prevent nepotism

B. Hiring an employee who has been convicted of theft to adhere to industry compliance

C. Filtenng applicants who have added false information to resumes so they appear better qualified

D. Ensuring no new hires have worked at other banks that may be trying to steal customer information

Answer: B

Question #:121

A customer service representative reported an unusual text message that was sent to the help desk. The
message contained an unrecognized invoice number with a large balance due and a link to click for more
details. Which of the following BEST descnbes this technique?

A. Vishing

B. Whaling

C. Phishing

D. Smishing

Answer: D

Question #:122

An organization implemented a process that compares the settings currently configured on systems against
secure configuration guidelines in order to identify any gaps Which of the following control types has the
organization implemented?

A. Compensating

B. Corrective

C. Preventive

D. Detective

Answer: C

Question #:123

A company recently experienced a significant data loss when proprietary Information was leaked to a
competitor. The company took special precautions by using proper labels; however, email filter logs do not

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have any record of the incident. An Investigation confirmed the corporate network was not breached, but
documents were downloaded from an employee's COPE tablet and passed to the competitor via cloud storage.
Which of the following is the BEST remediation for this data leak?

A. User training

B. CASB

C. MDM

D. DLP

Answer: D

Question #:124

DDoS attacks are causing an overload on the cluster of cloud servers. A security architect is researching
alternatives to make the cloud environment respond to load fluctuation in a cost-effective way. Which of the
following options BEST fulfils the architect’s requirements?

A. An orchestration solution that can adjust scalability of cloud assets

B. Use of multipath by adding more connections to cloud storage

C. Cloud assets replicated on geographically distributed regions

D. An on-site backup that is deployed and only used when the load increases

Answer: A

Question #:125

During a recent incident an external attacker was able to exploit an SMB vulnerability over the internet. Which
of the following action items should a security analyst perform FIRST to prevent this from occurring again?

A. Check for any recent SMB CVEs

B. Install AV on the affected server

C. Block unneeded TCP 445 connections

D. Deploy a NIDS in the affected subnet

Answer: A

Question #:126

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A social media company based in North Amenca is looking to expand into new global markets and needs to
maintain compliance with international standards With which of the following is the company's data protection
officer MOST likely concerned''

A. NIST Framework

B. ISO 27001

C. GDPR

D. PCI-DSS

Answer: C

Question #:127

After a recent security incident, a security analyst discovered that unnecessary ports were open on a firewall
policy for a web server. Which of the following firewall policies would be MOST secure for a web server?

A)

B)

C)

D)

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A. Option A

B. Option B

C. Option C

D. Option D

Answer: D

Question #:128

An employee received a word processing file that was delivered as an email attachment The subject line and
email content enticed the employee to open the attachment. Which of the following attack vectors BEST
matches this malware?

A. Embedded Python code

B. Macro-enabled file

C. Bash scripting

D. Credential-harvesting website

Answer: B

Question #:129

Which of the following employee roles is responsible for protecting an organization's collected personal
information?

A. CTO

B. DPO

C. CEO

D. DBA

Answer: B

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Explanation
Many companies also have a data protection officer or DPO. This is a higher-level manager who is
responsible for the organization's overall data privacy policies.

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Question #:130

A security analyst generated a file named host1.pcap and shared it with a team member who is going to use it
for further incident analysis. Which of the following tools will the other team member MOST likely use to
open this file?

A. Autopsy

B. Memdump

C. FTK imager

D. Wireshark

Answer: D

Explanation
Some common applications that can open .pcap files are Wireshark, WinDump, tcpdump, Packet Square -
Capedit and Ethereal.

Question #:131

Which of the following terms describes a broad range of information that is sensitive to a specific
organization?

A. Public

B. Top secret

C. Proprietary

D. Open-source

Answer: B

Question #:132

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user is attempting to navigate to a website from inside the company network using a desktop. When the user
types in the URL. https://www.site.com, the user is presented with a certificate mismatch warning from the
browser. The user does not receive a warning when visiting http://www.anothersite.com. Which of the
following describes this attack?

A. On-path

B. Domain hijacking

C. DNS poisoning

D. Evil twin

Answer: C

Question #:133

Which of the following is an example of transference of risk?

A. Purchasing insurance

B. Patching vulnerable servers

C. Retiring outdated applications

D. Application owner risk sign-off

Answer: A

Question #:134

A security analyst has been asked by the Chief Information Security Officer to

• develop a secure method of providing centralized management of infrastructure

• reduce the need to constantly replace aging end user machines

• provide a consistent user desktop expenence

Which of the following BEST meets these requirements?

A. BYOD

B. Mobile device management

C. VDI

D. Containers ation

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Answer: C

Question #:135

An engineer wants to inspect traffic to a cluster of web servers in a cloud environment. Which of the following
solutions should the engineer implement?

A. Proxy server

B. WAF

C. Load balancer

D. VPN

Answer: B

Question #:136

An amusement park is implementing a btomelnc system that validates customers' fingerpnnts to ensure they
are not sharing tickets The park's owner values customers above all and would prefer customers' convenience
over security For this reason which of the following features should the security team prioritize FIRST?

A. Low FAR

B. Low efficacy

C. Low FRR

D. Low CER

Answer: A

Question #:137

A security proposal was set up to track requests for remote access by creating a baseline of the users' common
sign-in properties. When a baseline deviation is detected, an Iv1FA challenge will be triggered. Which of the
following should be configured in order to deploy the proposal?

A. Context-aware authentication

B. Simultaneous authentication of equals

C. Extensive authentication protocol

D. Agentless network access control

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Answer: A

Question #:138

A security administrator is analyzing the corporate wireless network The network only has two access points
running on channels 1 and 11. While using airodump-ng. the administrator notices other access points are
running with the same corporate ESSID on all available channels and with the same BSSID of one of the
legitimate access ports Which of the following attacks in happening on the corporate network?

A. Man in the middle

B. Evil twin

C. Jamming

D. Rogue access point

E. Disassociation

Answer: B

Question #:139

A systems administrator needs to install a new wireless network for authenticated guest access. The wireless
network should support 802. IX using the most secure encryption and protocol available.

Perform the following steps:

1. Configure the RADIUS server.

2. Configure the WiFi controller.

3. Preconfigure the client for an incoming guest. The guest AD credentials are:

User: guest01

Password: guestpass

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See the answer below.

Explanation
Use the same settings as describe in below images.

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Question #:140

Which of the following is a benefit of including a risk management framework into an organization's security
approach?

A. It defines expected service levels from participating supply chain partners to ensure system outages are
remediated in a timely manner

B. It identifies specific vendor products that have been tested and approved for use in a secure
environment.

C. It provides legal assurances and remedies in the event a data breach occurs

D. It incorporates control, development, policy, and management activities into IT operations.

Answer: D

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Question #:141

An organization wants to participate in threat intelligence information sharing with peer groups. Which of the
following would MOST likely meet the organizations requirement?

A. Perform OSINT investigations

B. Subscribe to threat intelligence feeds

C. Submit RFCs

D. Implement a TAXII server

Answer: B

Question #:142

Which of the following actions would be recommended to improve an incident response process?

A. Train the team to identify the difference between events and incidents

B. Modify access so the IT team has full access to the compromised assets

C. Contact the authorities if a cybercrime is suspected

D. Restrict communication surrounding the response to the IT team

Answer: A

Question #:143

A security engineer is deploying a new wireless for a company. The company shares office space with
multiple tenants. Which of the following should the engineer configured on the wireless network to ensure that
confidential data is not exposed to unauthorized users?

A. EAP

B. TLS

C. HTTPS

D. AES

Answer: C

Question #:144

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An incident has occurred in the production environment.

Analyze the command outputs and identify the type of compromise.

If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

see the answer below.

Explanation

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Answer as SQL injection

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Question #:145

A routine audit of medical billing claims revealed that several claims were submitted without the subscriber's
knowledge. A review of the audit logs for the medical billing company's system indicated a company
employee downloaded customer records and adjusted the direct deposit information to a personal bank
account. Which of the following does this action describe?

A. Insider threat

B. Social engineering

C. Third-party risk

D. Data breach

Answer: A

Question #:146

A penetration tester was able to compromise an internal server and is now trying to pivot the current session in
a network lateral movement Which of the following tools if available on the server, will provide the MOST
useful information for the next assessment step?

A. Autopsy

B. Cuckoo

C.

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C. Memdump

D. Nmap

Answer: A

Question #:147

A company is looking to migrate some servers to the cloud to minimize its technology footprint. The company
has 100 databases that are on premises. Which of the following solutions will require the LEAST management
and support from the company?

A. SaaS

B. IaaS

C. PaaS

D. SDN

Answer: A

Question #:148

A recent security breach exploited software vulnerabilities in the firewall and within the network management
solution. Which of the following will MOST likely be used to identify when the breach occurred through each
device?

A. SIEM correlation dashboards

B. Firewall syslog event logs

C. Network management solution login audit logs

D. Bandwidth monitors and interface sensors

Answer: A

Question #:149

A security engineer was assigned to implement a solution to prevent attackers from gaining access by
pretending to be authorized users. Which of the following technologies meets the requirement?

A. SSO

B. IDS

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C. MFA

D. TPM

Answer: C

Question #:150

A security analyst wants to fingerpnnt a web server Which of the following tools will the security analyst
MOST likely use to accomplish this task?

A. nmap -p1-65S35 192.168.0.10

B. dig 192.168.0.10

C. cur1

--htad http://192.168.0.10

D. ping 192.168.0.10

Answer: C

Question #:151

Server administrators want to configure a cloud solution so that computing memory and processor usage is
maximized most efficiently across a number or virtual servers. They also need to avoid potential
dental-of-service situations caused by availability. Which of the following should administrators configure to
maximize system availability while efficiently utilizing available computing power?

A. Dynamic resource allocation

B. High availably

C. Segmentation

D. Container security

Answer: A

Question #:152

A security analyst is receiving numerous alerts reporting that the response time of an internet-facing
application has been degraded However, the internal network performance was not degraded. Which of the

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following MOST likely explains this behavior?

A. DNS poisoning

B. MAC flooding

C. DDoS attack

D. ARP poisoning

Answer: C

Question #:153

A security forensics analyst is examining a virtual server. The analyst wants to preserve the present state of the
virtual server, including memory contents Which of the following backup types should be used?

A. Snapshot

B. Differential

C. Cloud

D. Full

E. Incremental

Answer: A

Question #:154

The Chief information Security Officer wants to prevent exfilitration of sensitive information from employee
cell phones when using public USB power charging stations. Which of the following would be the Best
solution to implement?

A. DLP

B. USB data blocker

C. USB OTG

D. Disabling USB ports

Answer: C

Question #:155

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Server administrator want to configure a cloud solution so that computing memory and processor usage is
maximized most efficiently acress a number of virtual servers. They also need to avoid potential
denial-of-service situations caused by availiability. Which of the following should administrator configure to
maximize system availability while efficiently utilizing available computing power?

A. Dynamic resource allocation

B. High availability

C. Segmentation

D. Container security

Answer: C

Question #:156

A software company adopted the following processes before releasing software to production;

• Peer review

• Static code scanning

• Signing

A considerable number of vulnerabilities are still being detected when code is executed on production Which
of the following security tools can improve vulnerability detection on this environment?

A. File integrity monitonng for the source code

B. Dynamic code analysis tool

C. Encrypted code repository

D. Endpoint detection and response solution

Answer: A

Question #:157

Which of the following tools is effective in preventing a user from accessing unauthorized removable media?

A. USB data blocker

B. Faraday cage

C. Proximity reader

D.

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D. Cable lock

Answer: A

Question #:158

Which of the following provides a calculated value for known vulnerabilities so organizations can prioritize
mitigation steps?

A. CVSS

B. SIEM

C. SOAR

D. CVE

Answer: A

Question #:159

A security policy states that common words should not be used as passwords. A security auditor was able to
perform a dictionary attack against corporate credentials Which of the following controls was being violated?

A. Password complexity

B. Password history

C. Password reuse

D. Password length

Answer: B

Question #:160

Multiple business accounts were compromised a few days after a public website had its credentials database
leaked on the internet No business emails were Identified in the breach, but the security team thinks that the
list of passwords exposed was later used to compromise business accounls Which of Ihe following would
mitigate the issue?

A. Complexity requirements

B. Password history

C. Acceptable use policy

D. Shared accounts

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Answer: C

Question #:161

A company needs to validate its updated incident response plan using a real-world scenario that will test
decision points and relevant incident response actions without interrupting daily operations. Which of the
following would BEST meet the company's requirements?

A. Red-team exercise

B. Capture-the-flag exercise

C. Tabletop exercise

D. Phishing exercise

Answer: C

Question #:162

An administrator is experiencing issues when trying to upload a support file to a vendor A pop-up message
reveals that a payment card number was found in the file, and the file upload was Mocked. Which of the
following controls is most likely causing this issue and should be checked FIRST?

A. DLP

B. Firewall rule

C. Content filter

D. MDM

E. Application allow list

Answer: D

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