Question 1
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A security administrator is asked to email an employee their password. Which of the following account policies
MUST be set to ensure the employee changes their password promptly?
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Password expiration
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Account lockout
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Password recovery
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Account enablement
Question 2
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Which of the following is the BEST way to mitigate data loss if a portable device is compromised?
Question 3
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Data can potentially be stolen from a disk encrypted, screen-lock protected, smartphone by which of the
following?
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Bluesnarfing
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IV attack
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Honeynet
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SIM cloning
Question 4
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A purpose of LDAP authentication services is:
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to implement mandatory access controls
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a single point of user management
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to prevent multifactor authentication
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to issue one-time hashed passwords
Question 5
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Which of the following allows an attacker to identify vulnerabilities within a closed source software application?
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Fuzzing
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Compiling
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Code reviews
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Vulnerability scanning
Question 6
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Which of the following should the security administrator look at FIRST when implementing an AP to gain more
coverage?
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Encryption methods
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Power levels
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SSID
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Radio frequency
Question 7
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Which of the following elements of PKI are found in a browser's trusted root CA?
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Private key
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Symmetric key
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Recovery key
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Public key
Question 8
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Which of the following protocols should be blocked at the network perimeter to prevent host enumeration by
sweep devices?
Question 9
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Which of the following security threats does shredding mitigate?
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Shoulder surfing
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Document retention
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Tailgating
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Dumpster diving
Question 10
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A thumbprint scanner is used to test which of the following aspects of human authentication?
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Something a user did
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Something a user has
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Something a user is
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Something a user knows
Question 11
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Which of the following protocols requires the use of a CA based authentication process?
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FTPS implicit
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FTPS explicit
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MD5
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PEAP-TLS
Question 12
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Which of the following malware types is an antivirus scanner MOST unlikely to discover? (Select TWO)
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Trojan
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Pharming
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Worms
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Virus
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Logic bomb
Question 13
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Which of the following is specific to a buffer overflow attack?
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Memory addressing
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Directory traversal
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Initial vector
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Session cookies
Question 14
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An existing application has never been assessed from a security perspective. Which of the following is the
BEST assessment technique in order to identify the application's security posture?
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Baseline reporting
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Protocol analysis
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Threat modeling
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Functional testing
Question 15
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A security administrator with full administrative rights on the network is forced to change roles on a quarterly
basis with another security administrator. Which of the following describes this form of access control?
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Job rotation
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Separation of duties
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Mandatory vacation
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Least privilege
Question 16
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DRPs should contain which of the following?
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Hierarchical list of non-critical personnel
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Hierarchical list of critical systems
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Hierarchical access control lists
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Identification of single points of failure
Question 17
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Which of the following is a security threat that hides itself within another piece of executable software?
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Botnet
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Logic Bomb
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Trojan
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Worm
Question 18
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A user was trying to update an open file but when they tried to access the file they were denied. Which of the
following would explain why the user could not access the file?
Question 19
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A technician is deciding between implementing a HIDS on the database server or implementing a NIDS. Which
of the following are reasons why a NIDS may be better to implement? (Select TWO)
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Many HIDS require frequent patches and updates
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Many HIDS are not able to detect network attacks
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Many HIDS have a negative impact on system performance
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Many HIDS only offer a low level of detection granularity
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Many HIDS are not good at detecting attacks on database servers
Question 20
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Which of the following organizational documentation describes step by step how tasks or job functions should
be conducted?
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Standards
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Guideline
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Policy
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Procedures
Question 21
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According to company policy an administrator must logically keep the Human Resources department separated
from the Accounting department. Which of the following would be the simplest way to accomplish this?
Question 22
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Which of the following is the MOST common logical access control method?
Question 23
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Which of the following access control methods could the administrator implement because of constant hiring of
new personnel?
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Rule-based
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Role-based
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Discretionary
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Decentralized
Question 24
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After a period of high employee turnover, which of the following should be implemented?
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A review of NTLM hashes on the domain servers
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A review of group policies
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A review of user access and rights
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A review of storage and retention policies
Question 25
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Multiple web servers are fed from a load balancer. Which of the following is this an example of?
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RAID
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Backup generator
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Hot site
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Redundant servers
Question 26
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An instance where an IDS identifies legitimate traffic as malicious activity is called which of the following?
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False positive
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True negative
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False negative
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True positive
Question 27
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Which of the following protocols are used to secure e-commerce transactions? (Select TWO).
Question 28
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Which of the following sends unsolicited messages to another user cell phone via Bluetooth?
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Blue jacking
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Smurfing
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Data emanation
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Bluesnarfing
Question 29
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Which of the following network protocols facilitates hiding internal addresses from the Internet?
Question 30
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An administrator wishes to deploy an IPSec VPN connection between two routers across a WAN. The
administrator wants to ensure that the VPN is encrypted in the most secure fashion possible. Which of the
following BEST identifies the correct IPSec mode and the proper configuration?
Answer
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IPSec in tunnel mode, using both the ESP and AH protocols
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IPSec in tunnel mode, using the ESP protocol
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IPSec in transport mode, using the AH protocol
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IPSec in transport mode, using both ESP and AH protocols
Question 31
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A company wants to ensure that users only use their accounts between 8AM and 6PM Monday thru Friday.
Which of the following access control methods would be MOST effective for this purpose?
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Account expiration
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Logical tokens
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Time of day restrictions
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Group policies
Question 32
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Which of the following sends data packets to various IP ports on a host to determine the responsive ports?
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OVAL
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Network sniffer
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Protocol analyzer
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Network mappers
Question 33
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Which of the following would be a benefit of testing a program of an unknown source on a virtual machine?
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Virtual machines render it impossible for the code to escape
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Virtual machines allow for faster performance, so the speed of benchmark testing is increased
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Virtual machines come equipped with a firewall by default, thus preventing outside contamination
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Virtual machines can easily be restored to an earlier point if the code is malicious or causes instability
Question 34
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A company has a problem with users inadvertently posting company information on the Internet. Which of the
following is the BEST method for the company to address it?
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Educate the users and perform awareness training
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Harden the password policies in case of future breaches
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Routinely audit all users browser history
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Implement HR policies with consequences
Question 35
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Which of the following describes what has occurred after a user has successfully gained access to a secure
system?
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Authentication
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Authenticity
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Identification
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Confidentiality
Question 36
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Which of the following is a benefit of applying operating system service packs, patches, and hotfixes?
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Protects systems from known vulnerabilities
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Minimizes the need to deploy honeypots
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Hardens systems against dictionary attacks
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Replaces default and guest accounts
Question 37
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Which of the following standards encodes messages blocks of 64-bit and uses 56 bits for the encryption key?
Question 38
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A user reports that after searching the Internet for office supplies and visiting one of the search engine results
websites, they began receiving unsolicited pop-ups on subsequent website visits. Which of the following is the
MOST likely cause of the unsolicited pop-ups?
Question 39
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Which of the following encryption methods uses prime number factoring to obtain its strength?
Answer
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Elliptic curve
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RSA
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AES
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3DES
Question 40
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An administrator is required to keep certain workstations free of malware at all times, but those workstations
need to be able to access any Internet site. Which of the following solutions would be the BEST choice?
Question 41
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A network administrator places a firewall between a file server and the public Internet and another firewall
between the file server and the company internal servers. This is an example of which of the following design
elements?
Question 42
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Which of the following redundancy planning concepts is generally the MOST expensive?
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Cold site
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Hot site
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Warm site
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Field site
Question 43
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Which of the following behavior-based security appliances are used to block suspicious activity from entering
the network?
Question 44
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Which of the following design elements could be set to only allow machines on the network if they are current
with patches and antivirus definitions?
Question 45
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Which of the following would be implemented to detect attacks on an individual system?
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Firewall
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Honeypot
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NIPS
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HIDS
Question 46
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Which of the following logs would MOST likely indicate that there is an ongoing brute force attack against a
server local administrator account?
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Firewall
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System
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Performance
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Access
Question 47
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Which of the following is a best practice for coding applications in a secure manner?
Question 48
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Which of the following may be an indication of a possible system compromise?
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A port monitor utility shows that there are many connections to port 8 on the Internet facing web server
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A performance monitor indicates a recent and ongoing drop in speed, disk space or memory utilization from the baseline
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A protocol analyzer records a high number of UDP packets to a streaming media server on the Internet
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The certificate for one of the web servers has expired and transactions on that server begins to drop rapidly
Question 49
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Which of the following authentication methods would MOST likely prevent an attacker from being able to
successfully deploy a replay attack?
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TACACS
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RAS
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RADIUS
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Kerberos
Question 50
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Which of the following allows an attacker to manipulate files by using the least significant bit(s) to secretly
embed data?
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Steganography
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Worm
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Trojan horse
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Virus