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Number: SY0-601
Passing Score: 800
Time Limit: 120 min
File Version: 3.0

SY0-601

CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam

Version 3.0
Exam A

QUESTION 1
SIMULATION
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:
1. Deny cleartext web traffic.
2. Ensure secure management protocols are used.
3. Resolve issues at the DR site.
The ruleset order cannot be modified due to outside constraints.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All
button.
Correct Answer: See explanation below.
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
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
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

QUESTION 2

DRAG DROP
A security engineer is setting up passwordless authentication for
the first time.
INSTRUCTIONS
Use the minimum set of commands to set this up and verify that it
works. Commands cannot be reused.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.
Select and Place:

Commands | SSH Client

chmod 644 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

chmod 777 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

ssh-keygen -t rsa
scp -7.ssh/id_rsa
user@server:.ssh/authorized_keys

ssh-copy-id -i -/.ssh/id_rsa pub user@server

ssh -H ~/.ssh/id_rsa user@server

ssh root@server

Correct Answer:
Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 3
HOTSPOT
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.
Hot Area:
Attack Description Target Attack Identified BEST Preventative or Remediation Action

Web server * *
multiple sources Botnet Enable DDoS protection
RAT Patch vulnerable systems
Logic Bomb____ Disable vulnerable services Change the
Backdoor default system password Update the
Virus cryptographic algorithms Change the default
Spyware application password
Worm Implement 2FA using push notification
Adware Conduct a code review implement application
Ransomware fuzzing Implement a host-based IPS
Keytogger
Phishing Disable remote access services

The attack establishes a connection which allows . * *

User Botnet Enable DDoS protection
remote commands to be executed RAT Patch vulnerable systems Disable vulnerable
Logic Bomb services
Backdoor Change the default system password
Virus Update the cryptographic algorithms Change
Spyware the default application password Implement
Worm 2FA using push notification
Adware Conduct a code review Implement application
Ransomware fuzzing Implement a host-based IPS Disable
Keytogger remote access services
Phishing

SQL database using well-known credentials as it Database server * -»

Botnet Enable DDoS protection
moves through the network
RAT Patch vulnerable systems Disable vulnerable
Logic Bomb services Change the default system
Backdoor password Update the cryptographic
Virus algorithms
Spyware Worm Change the detault application password
Adw are Implement 2FA using push notification
Ransomware Conduct a code review Implement application
fuzzing
Keylogger implement a host-based iPS
Phishing Disable remote access services

* »
user's input activity to harvesl credentials Botnet Enable DDoS protection
RAT Patch vulnerable systems
Logic Bomb Disable vulnerable services
Backdoor Change the default system password Update
Virus the cryptographic algorithms
Spyware Change the default application password
Worm Implement 2FA using push notification
Adware Conduct a code review
Ransomware Implement application fuzzing
Keylogger Implement a host-based IPS
Phishing Disable remote access services

internally developed application that bypasses Application

* T
Botnet Enable DDoS protection
account login RAT Patch vulnerable systems
Logic Bomb Disable vulnerable services
Backdoor Change the default system password
Vugs Update the crypiographic algorithms
Spyware Change the default application password
Worm Implement 2FA using push notification
Adware Conduct a code review
Ransomware Implement application fuzzing
Keylogger Implement a host-based IPS
Phishing Disable remote access services

Correct Answer:
 Attack Description Target Attack Identified BEST Preventative or Remediation Action
An attacker sends multiple SYN packets from
multiple sources Botnet Enable DDoS protection
RAT Patch vulnerable
Logic Bomb systemsvulnerable services
Disable
Backdoor Change the default system password
Virus Update the cryptographic algorithms
Spyware Change the default application password
Worm Implement 2FA using pus'
Adware Conduct a code review ________
Ransomware Implement application fuzzing
Keytogger Implement a host-based IPS
Phishing Disable remote access services

The attack establishes a connection which allows

remote commands to be executed Botnei Enable DDoS protection
RAT Patch vulnerable systems
Logic Bomb Disable vulnerable services
Backdoor Change the default system password
Vims Update the cryptographic algorithms
Spyware Change the default application password
Worm implement 2FA using push notification
Adware Conduct a code review
Ransomware implement application fuzzing
Keyiogger Implement a host-based IPS
Phishing Disable remote access services

The attack is self propagating and compromises a

SQL database using well-known credentials as il Database server
Botnet Enable DDoS protection
moves through the network
RAT Patch vulnerable systems
Logic Bomb Disable vulnerable services
Backdoor Change the default system password
Virus Update the cryptographic algorithms
Spyware Change the default application password
Worm Implement 2FA using push notification
Adware Conduct a code review
Ransomware Implement application fuzzing
Keyiogger Implement a host-based IPS
Phishing Disable remote access services

The attacker uses hardware to remotely monitor a

user's input activity to harvest credentials Botnei Enable DDoS protection
RAT Patch vulnerable systems
Logic Bomb Disable vulnerable services
Backdoor Change the default system password Update
Virus the cryptographic algorithms Change the
Spyware default application password Implement 2FA
Worm using push notification
Adware Conduct a code review
Ransomware Implement application fuzzing
Keyiogger implement a host-based IPS
Phishing Disable remote access services

The attacker embeds hidden access m an

* *
internally developed application lhal bypasses Application
Botnet Enable DDoS protection
account login RAT Patch vulnerable systems
Logic Bomb Disable vulnerable services
Backdoor Change the default system password
Virus Update the cryptographic algorithms
Spyware Change the default application password
Worm Implement 2FA using push notification
Adware Conduct a code review
Ransomware implement application fuzzing
Keyiogger implement a host based IPS
Phishing Disable remote access services

Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 4
Which of the following will MOST likely adversely impact the
operations of unpatched traditional programmable-logic
controllers, running a back-end LAMP server and OT systems with
human-management interfaces that are accessible over the Internet
via a web interface? (Choose two.)

A. Cross-site scripting
B. Data exfiltration
C. Poor system logging
D. Weak encryption
E. SQL injection
F. Server-side request forgery
Correct Answer: DF Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 5
A company recently transitioned to a strictly BYOD culture due to
the cost of replacing lost or damaged corporate-owned mobile
devices. Which of the following technologies would be BEST to
balance the BYOD culture while also protecting the company's data?

A. Containerization
B. Geofencing
C. Full-disk encryption
D. Remote wipe

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

Explanation

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QUESTION 6
A Chief Security Office's (CSO's) key priorities are to improve
preparation, response, and recovery practices to
minimize system downtime and enhance organizational resilience to
ransomware attacks. Which of the
following would BEST meet the CSO's objectives?

A. Use email-filtering software and centralized account management,

patch high-risk systems, and restrict administration privileges
on fileshares.
B. Purchase cyber insurance from a reputable provider to reduce
expenses during an incident.
C. Invest in end-user awareness training to change the long-term
culture and behavior of staff and executives, reducing the
organization's susceptibility to phishing attacks.
D. Implement application whitelisting and centralized event-log
management, and perform regular testing and validation of full
backups.

Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation

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QUESTION 7
A network engineer has been asked to investigate why several
wireless barcode scanners and wireless computers in a warehouse
have intermittent connectivity to the shipping server. The barcode
scanners and computers are all on forklift trucks and move around
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the warehouse during their regular use. Which of the following
should the engineer do to determine the issue? (Choose two.)

A. Perform a site survey

B. Deploy an FTK Imager
C. Create a heat map
D. Scan for rogue access points
E. Upgrade the security protocols
F. Install a captive portal
Correct Answer: AC Section: (none)
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QUESTION 8
A security administrator suspects an employee has been emailing
proprietary information to a competitor. Company policy requires
the administrator to capture an exact copy of the employee's hard
disk. Which of the following should the administrator use?

A. dd
B. chmod
C. dnsenum
D. logger

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

Explanation

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QUESTION 9
Which of the following is MOST likely to outline the roles and
responsibilities of data controllers and data processors?

A. SSAE SOC 2
B. PCI DSS
C. GDPR
D. ISO 31000

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

Explanation

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QUESTION 10
Phishing and spear-phishing attacks have been occurring more
frequently against a company's staff. Which of the following would
MOST likely help mitigate this issue?

A. DNSSEC and DMARC

B. DNS query logging
C. Exact mail exchanger records in the DNS
D. The addition of DNS conditional forwarders

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

Explanation

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QUESTION 11
On which of the following is the live acquisition of data for
forensic analysis MOST dependent? (Choose two.)
A. Data accessibility
B. Legal hold
C. Cryptographic or hash algorithm
D. Data retention legislation
E. Value and volatility of data
F. Right-to-audit clauses

Correct Answer: EF Section: (none)

Explanation

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QUESTION 12
Which of the following incident response steps involves actions to
protect critical systems while maintaining business operations?

A. Investigation
B. Containment
C. Recovery
D. Lessons learned

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

Explanation

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QUESTION 13
A security auditor is reviewing vulnerability scan data provided by
an internal security team. Which of the following BEST indicates
that valid credentials were used?

A. The scan results show open ports, protocols, and services exposed
on the target host
B. The scan enumerated software versions of installed programs
C. The scan produced a list of vulnerabilities on the target host
D. The scan identified expired SSL certificates

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

Explanation

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QUESTION 14
Which of the following BEST explains the difference between a data
owner and a data custodian?
A. The data owner is responsible for adhering to the rules for using
the data, while the data custodian is
responsible for determining the corporate governance regarding
the data
B. The data owner is responsible for determining how the data may be
used, while the data custodian is responsible for implementing
the protection to the data
C. The data owner is responsible for controlling the data, while the
data custodian is responsible for maintaining the chain of
custody when handling the data
D. The data owner grants the technical permissions for data access,
while the data custodian maintains the database access controls
to the data

Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation

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QUESTION 15
A network engineer needs to build a solution that will allow guests
at the company's headquarters to access the Internet via WiFi. This
solution should not allow access to the internal corporate network,
but it should require guests to sign off on the acceptable use
policy before accessing the Internet. Which of the following should
the engineer employ to meet these requirements?

A. Implement open PSK on the APs

B. Deploy a WAF
C. Configure WIPS on the APs
D. Install a captive portal

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 16
A security analyst has been asked to investigate a situation after
the SOC started to receive alerts from the SIEM. The analyst first
looks at the domain controller and finds the following events:
 Keywords Sate and time Source Event IL
F.srfcsrss
pre- 12/26/2019 Microsoft Windows
authentication 11:37:21 PM security auditing
failed.
Kerberos pre-
authentication 12/26/2015 Microsoft Windows
4771
farled. 11:37:21 FM security auditing

Kerberos pre-
12/26/2015 Microsoft Windows
authentication 4771
11:3":22 PM ascuri-y auditing
failed.
To better understand what is going on, the analyst runs a command and receives the following output:

r.ante las tfca opassMo r.da 1t hsdTJwdcount

e~c c
John.Smith 12/25/2019 11:37:21 PM -j

Jce.Jon © 3 12/26/2019 11:3":21 PM 13

Michael. Johnson 1 2 / 2 6 ' 2 0 1 9 1 1 : 3 7 : 2 2 ? M Q
Mary.Mil s on 12/26/2019 11:37:22 PM 3
Jane,Brown 12/2c'2015 11:37:23 PM 12

Based on the analyst's findings, which of the following attacks is

being executed?
A. Credential harvesting
B. Keylogger
C. Brute-force
D. Spraying

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 17
Which of the following cloud models provides clients with servers,
storage, and networks but nothing else?
A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. DaaS

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

Explanation
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QUESTION 18
A network administrator needs to build out a new datacenter, with a
focus on resiliency and uptime. Which of the following would BEST
meet this objective? (Choose two.)

A. Dual power supply

B. Off-site backups
C. Automatic OS upgrades
D. NIC teaming
E. Scheduled penetration testing
F. Network-attached storage

Correct Answer: AB Section: (none)

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QUESTION 19
A researcher has been analyzing large data sets for the last ten
months. The researcher works with colleagues from other institutions
and typically connects via SSH to retrieve additional data.
Historically, this setup has worked without issue, but the
researcher recently started getting the following message:
030303839033030330803308883398333888388833088330033339333 3 WARNING:
REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! 3
330983390338838338883838833898338833398333983338833398938 IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY1 The fingerprint for the RSA key
sent by the remote host is 3HA256:cBqYjal6ToV3jEIJHU3KtjjVziqnVd4Cz-*-
lfhTM6+Jc4.
Please contact your system administrator.
RSA host key for 18.231.33.78 has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.

Which of the following network attacks is the researcher MOST likely

experiencing?
A. MAC cloning
B. Evil twin
C. Man-in-the-middle
D. ARP poisoning

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

Explanation

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QUESTION 20
An organization is developing an authentication service for use at
the entry and exit ports of country borders. The service will use
data feeds obtained from passport systems, passenger manifests, and
high-definition video feeds from CCTV systems that are located at
the ports. The service will incorporate machine-learning techniques
to eliminate biometric enrollment processes while still allowing
authorities to identify passengers with increasing accuracy over
time. The more frequently passengers travel, the more accurately the
service will identify them. Which of the following biometrics will
MOST likely be used, without the need for enrollment? (Choose two.)

A. Voice
B. Gait
C. Vein
D. Facial
E. Retina
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F. Fingerprint
Correct Answer: BD Section: (none)
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QUESTION 21

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Reference:
An organization needs to implement more stringent controls over
administrator/root credentials and service accounts. Requirements
for the project include:
■ Check-in/checkout of credentials
■ The ability to use but not know the password
■ Automated password changes
■ Logging of access to credentials

Which of the following solutions would meet the requirements?

A. OAuth 2.0
B. Secure Enclave
C. A privileged access management system
D. An OpenID Connect authentication system

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 22
Several employees return to work the day after attending an
industry trade show. That same day, the security manager notices
several malware alerts coming from each of the employee's
workstations. The security manager investigates but finds no signs
of an attack on the perimeter firewall or the NIDS. Which of the
following is MOST likely causing the malware alerts?
A. A worm that has propagated itself across the intranet, which was
initiated by presentation media
B. A fileless virus that is contained on a vCard that is attempting
to execute an attack
C. A Trojan that has passed through and executed malicious code on
the hosts
D. A USB flash drive that is trying to run malicious code but is
being blocked by the host firewall

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 23
After reading a security bulletin, a network security manager is
concerned that a malicious actor may have breached the network
using the same software flaw. The exploit code is publicly
available and has been reported as being used against other
industries in the same vertical. Which of the following should the
network security manager consult FIRST to determine a priority list
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for forensic review?
A. The vulnerability scan output
B. The IDS logs
C. The full packet capture data
D. The SIEM alerts

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 24
A financial organization has adopted a new secure, encrypted document-sharing
application to help with its customer loan process. Some important PII needs to be
shared across this new platform, but it is getting blocked by the DLP systems. Which
of the following actions will BEST allow the PII to be shared with the secure
application without compromising the organization's security posture?
A. Configure the DLP policies to allow all PII
B. Configure the firewall to allow all ports that are used by this application
C. Configure the antivirus software to allow the application
D. Configure the DLP policies to whitelist this application with the specific PII
E. Configure the application to encrypt the PII

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 25
An auditor is performing an assessment of a security appliance with an embedded OS
that was vulnerable during the last two assessments. Which of the following BEST
explains the appliance's vulnerable state?
A. The system was configured with weak default security settings.
B. The device uses weak encryption ciphers.
C. The vendor has not supplied a patch for the appliance.
D. The appliance requires administrative credentials for the assessment.

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 26
A company's bank has reported that multiple corporate credit cards have been stolen
over the past several weeks. The bank has provided the names of the affected
cardholders to the company's forensics team to assist in the cyber-incident
investigation.

An incident responder learns the following information:

■ The timeline of stolen card numbers corresponds closely with affected users making
Internet-based purchases from diverse websites via enterprise desktop PCs.
■ All purchase connections were encrypted, and the company uses an SSL inspection
proxy for the inspection of encrypted traffic of the hardwired network.
■ Purchases made with corporate cards over the corporate guest WiFi network, where
no SSL inspection occurs, were unaffected.
Which of the following is the MOST likely root cause?
A. HTTPS sessions are being downgraded to insecure cipher suites
B. The SSL inspection proxy is feeding events to a compromised SIEM
C. The payment providers are insecurely processing credit card charges
D. The adversary has not yet established a presence on the guest WiFi network
Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 27
A pharmaceutical sales representative logs on to a laptop and connects to the public
WiFi to check emails and update reports. Which of the following would be BEST to
prevent other devices on the network from directly accessing the laptop? (Choose
two.)
A. Trusted Platform Module
B. A host-based firewall
C. A DLP solution
D. Full disk encryption
E. A VPN
F. Antivirus software

Correct Answer: AB Section: (none)

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QUESTION 28
A company is implementing MFA for all applications that store sensitive data. The IT
manager wants MFA to be non-disruptive and user friendly. Which of the following
technologies should the IT manager use when implementing MFA?
A. One-time passwords
B. Email tokens
C. Push notifications
D. Hardware authentication

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 29
The CSIRT is reviewing the lessons learned from a recent incident. A worm was able to
spread unhindered throughout the network and infect a large number of computers and
servers. Which of the following recommendations would be BEST to mitigate the impacts
of a similar incident in the future?
A. Install a NIDS device at the boundary.
B. Segment the network with firewalls.
C. Update all antivirus signatures daily.
D. Implement application blacklisting.

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 30
A company is adopting a BYOD policy and is looking for a
comprehensive solution to protect company information on user
devices. Which of the following solutions would BEST support the
policy?
A. Mobile device management
B. Full-device encryption
C. Remote wipe
D. Biometrics

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 31
A development team employs a practice of bringing all the code
changes from multiple team members into the same development
project through automation. A tool is utilized to validate the code
and track source code through version control. Which of the
following BEST describes this process?
A. Continuous delivery
B. Continuous integration
C. Continuous validation
D. Continuous monitoring

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 32
A cybersecurity administrator needs to add disk redundancy for a
critical server. The solution must have a two- drive failure for
better fault tolerance. Which of the following RAID levels should
the administrator select?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 6

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 33
Which of the following BEST explains the reason why a server
administrator would place a document named
password.txt on the desktop of an administrator account on a server?
A. The document is a honeyfile and is meant to attract the attention
of a cyberintruder.
B. The document is a backup file if the system needs to be
recovered.
C. The document is a standard file that the OS needs to verify
the login credentials.
D. The document is a keylogger that stores all keystrokes should the
account be compromised.

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 34
A small company that does not have security staff wants to improve
its security posture. Which of the following would BEST assist the
company?
A. MSSP
B. SOAR
C. IaaS
D. PaaS

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 35
An organization's help desk is flooded with phone calls from users
stating they can no longer access certain websites. The help desk
escalates the issue to the security team, as these websites were
accessible the previous day. The security analysts run the following
command: ipconfig /flushdns , but the issue persists. Finally, an
analyst changes the DNS server for an impacted machine, and the
issue goes away. Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred
on the original DNS server?
A. DNS cache poisoning
B. Domain hijacking
C. Distributed denial-of-service
D. DNS tunneling

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 36
A cybersecurity manager has scheduled biannual meetings with the IT
team and department leaders to discuss how they would respond to
hypothetical cyberattacks. During these meetings, the manager
presents a scenario and injects additional information throughout
the session to replicate what might occur in a dynamic cybersecurity
event involving the company, its facilities, its data, and its
staff. Which of the following describes what the manager is doing?
A. Developing an incident response plan
B. Building a disaster recovery plan
C. Conducting a tabletop exercise
D. Running a simulation exercise

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 37
A RAT that was used to compromise an organization's banking
credentials was found on a user's computer. The RAT evaded
antivirus detection. It was installed by a user who has local
administrator rights to the system as part of a remote management
tool set. Which of the following recommendations would BEST prevent
this from reoccurring?
A. Create a new acceptable use policy.
B. Segment the network into trusted and untrusted zones.
C. Enforce application whitelisting.
D. Implement DLP at the network boundary.

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 38
A security analyst is reviewing a new website that will soon be
made publicly available. The analyst sees the following in the URL:
http://dev-site.comptia.org/home/show.php?sessionID=7 72 7 6554&loc=us

The analyst then sends an internal user a link to the new website
for testing purposes, and when the user clicks the link, the
analyst is able to browse the website with the following URL:
http://dev-site.comptia.org/home/show.php?sessionID=98988475&loc=us

Which of the following application attacks is being tested?

A. Pass-the-hash
B. Session replay
C. Object deference
D. Cross-site request forgery

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 39
A network administrator has been asked to install an IDS to improve
the security posture of an organization. Which of the following
control types is an IDS?

A. Corrective
B. Physical
C. Detective
D. Administrative

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 40
Which of the following should be put in place when negotiating with
a new vendor about the timeliness of the response to a significant
outage or incident?

A. MOU
B. MTTR
C. SLA
D. NDA

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 41
A startup company is using multiple SaaS and IaaS platforms to
stand up a corporate infrastructure and build out a customer-facing
web application. Which of the following solutions would be BEST to
provide security, manageability, and visibility into the platforms?

A. SIEM
B. DLP
C. CASB
D. SWG

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 42
A root cause analysis reveals that a web application outage was
caused by one of the company's developers uploading a newer version
of the third-party libraries that were shared among several
applications. Which of the following implementations would be BEST
to prevent the issue from reoccurring?
A. CASB
B. SWG
C. Containerization
D. Automated failover
Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 43
A security administrator suspects there may be unnecessary services
running on a server. Which of the following tools will the
administrator MOST likely use to confirm the suspicions?

A. Nmap
B. Wireshark
C. Autopsy
D. DNSEnum

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 44
A company has drafted an insider-threat policy that prohibits the
use of external storage devices. Which of the following would BEST
protect the company from data exfiltration via removable media?
A. Monitoring large data transfer transactions in the firewall logs
B. Developing mandatory training to educate employees about the
removable media policy
C. Implementing a group policy to block user access to system files
D. Blocking removable-media devices and write capabilities using a
host-based security tool

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 45
A network administrator has been alerted that web pages are
experiencing long load times. After determining it is not a routing
or DNS issue, the administrator logs in to the router, runs a
command, and receives the following output:
 CPU o percent busy, from 300 sec ago
1 sec ave: 99 percent busy
5 sec ave: 97 percent busy
1 min eve: 8 3 percent busy
Which of the following is the router experiencing?

A. DDoS attack
B. Memory leak
C. Buffer overflow
D. Resource exhaustion

Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 46
A company provides mobile devices to its users to permit access to
email and enterprise applications. The company recently started
allowing users to select from several different vendors and device
models. When configuring the MDM, which of the following is a key
security implication of this heterogeneous device approach?

A. The most common set of MDM configurations will become the

effective set of enterprise mobile security controls.
B. All devices will need to support SCEP-based enrollment;
therefore, the heterogeneity of the chosen architecture may
unnecessarily expose private keys to adversaries.
C. Certain devices are inherently less secure than others, so
compensatory controls will be needed to address the delta between
device vendors.
D. MDMs typically will not support heterogeneous deployment
environments, so multiple MDMs will need to be installed and
configured.

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 47
An organization with a low tolerance for user inconvenience wants
to protect laptop hard drives against loss or data theft. Which of
the following would be the MOST acceptable?

A. SED
B. HSM
C. DLP
D. TPM

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 48
A security analyst receives a SIEM alert that someone logged in to
the appadmin test account, which is only used for the early
detection of attacks. The security analyst then reviews the
following application log:

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 'o' And Password/text='bar'l
[03/06/20xx:17:20:18] system 127.0.0.1 FindXPath=//User[Username/text()='foo' or 7=7 or
[03/06/20xx:17:21:18] appaamm 194.28.114.102 action:login result:success
[03/06/20xx:17:22:18] appadmin 194.28.114.102 action:open.account(12345) result:fail
[03/06/20xx:17:23:18] appadmin 194.28.114.102 action:open.account(23456) result:fail
[03/06/20xx:17:23:18] appadmin 194.28.114.102 action:open.account(23456) result:£ail
[03/06/20xx:17:23:18] appadmin 194.28.114.102 action:open.account(45678) result:fail

Which of the following can the security analyst conclude?

A. A replay attack is being conducted against the application.
B. An injection attack is being conducted against a user
authentication system.
C. A service account password may have been changed, resulting in
continuous failed logins within the application.
D. A credentialed vulnerability scanner attack is testing several
CVEs against the application.
Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 49
In which of the following situations would it be BEST to use a
detective control type for mitigation?
A. A company implemented a network load balancer to ensure 99.999%
availability of its web application.
B. A company designed a backup solution to increase the chances of
restoring services in case of a natural disaster.
C. A company purchased an application-level firewall to isolate
traffic between the accounting department and the information
technology department.
D. A company purchased an IPS system, but after reviewing the
requirements, the appliance was supposed to monitor, not block,
any traffic.
E. A company purchased liability insurance for flood protection on
all capital assets.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 50
The IT department's on-site developer has been with the team for
many years. Each time an application is released, the security team
is able to identify multiple vulnerabilities. Which of the following
would BEST help the team ensure the application is ready to be
released to production?

A. Limit the use of third-party libraries.

B. Prevent data exposure queries.
C. Obfuscate the source code.
D. Submit the application to QA before releasing it.

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 51
A cybersecurity analyst needs to implement secure authentication to third-party
websites without users' passwords. Which of the following would be the BEST way to
achieve this objective?

A. OAuth
B. SSO
C. SAML
D. PAP

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 52
An analyst needs to identify the applications a user was running and the files that
were open before the user's computer was shut off by holding down the power button.
Which of the following would MOST likely contain that information?

A. NGFW
B. Pagefile
C. NetFlow
D. RAM

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 53
A remote user recently took a two-week vacation abroad and brought along a corporate-
owned laptop. Upon returning to work, the user has been unable to connect the laptop
to the VPN. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the user's inability
to connect the laptop to the VPN?

A. Due to foreign travel, the user's laptop was isolated from the network.
B. The user's laptop was quarantined because it missed the latest path update.
C. The VPN client was blacklisted.
D. The user's account was put on a legal hold.

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 54
In which of the following common use cases would steganography be employed?
A. Obfuscation

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B. Integrity
C. Non-repudiation
D. Blockchain

Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 55
To secure an application after a large data breach, an e-commerce
site will be resetting all users' credentials. Which of the
following will BEST ensure the site's users are not compromised
after the reset?
A. A password reuse policy
B. Account lockout after three failed attempts
C. Encrypted credentials in transit
D. A geofencing policy based on login history

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 56
In which of the following risk management strategies would
cybersecurity insurance be used?
A. Transference
B. Avoidance
C. Acceptance
D. Mitigation

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 57
An organization has implemented a policy requiring the use of
conductive metal lockboxes for personal electronic devices outside
of a secure research lab. Which of the following did the
organization determine to be the GREATEST risk to intellectual
property when creating this policy?
A. The theft of portable electronic devices
B. Geotagging in the metadata of images
C. Bluesnarfing of mobile devices
D. Data exfiltration over a mobile hotspot
Correct Answer: D Section: (none)
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QUESTION 58
A security analyst is using a recently released security advisory to
review historical logs, looking for the specific activity that was
outlined in the advisory. Which of the following is the analyst
doing?
A. A packet capture
B. A user behavior analysis
C. Threat hunting
D. Credentialed vulnerability scanning

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 59
Which of the following would MOST likely support the integrity of a
voting machine?
A. Asymmetric encryption
B. Blockchain
C. Transport Layer Security
D. Perfect forward secrecy

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 60
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) needs to create a policy
set that meets international standards for data privacy and sharing.
Which of the following should the CISO read and understand before
writing the policies?
A. PCI DSS
B. GDPR
C. NIST
D. ISO 31000

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 61
The IT department at a university is concerned about professors
placing servers on the university network in an attempt to bypass
security controls. Which of the following BEST represents this type
of threat?
A. A script kiddie
B. Shadow IT
C. Hacktivism
D. White-hat

Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 62
A commercial cyber-threat intelligence organization observes IoCs
across a variety of unrelated customers. Prior to releasing specific
threat intelligence to other paid subscribers, the organization is
MOST likely obligated by contracts to:
A. perform attribution to specific APTs and nation-state actors.
B. anonymize any PII that is observed within the IoC data.
C. add metadata to track the utilization of threat intelligence
reports.
D. assist companies with impact assessments based on the observed
data.

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 63
While checking logs, a security engineer notices a number of end
users suddenly downloading files with the .tar.gz extension. Closer
examination of the files reveals they are PE32 files. The end users
state they did not initiate any of the downloads. Further
investigation reveals the end users all clicked on an external email
containing an infected MHT file with an href link a week prior.
Which of the following is MOST likely occurring?
A. A RAT was installed and is transferring additional exploit tools.
B. The workstations are beaconing to a command-and-control server.
C. A logic bomb was executed and is responsible for the data
transfers.
D. A fireless virus is spreading in the local network environment.

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 64
An organization is developing a plan in the event of a complete loss
of critical systems and data. Which of the following plans is the
organization MOST likely developing?
A. Incident response
B. Communications
C. Disaster recovery
D. Data retention
Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 65
Which of the following is the purpose of a risk register?
A. To define the level or risk using probability and likelihood
B. To register the risk with the required regulatory agencies
C. To identify the risk, the risk owner, and the risk measures
D. To formally log the type of risk mitigation strategy the
organization is using

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 66
A university with remote campuses, which all use different service
providers, loses Internet connectivity across all locations. After a
few minutes, Internet and VoIP services are restored, only to go
offline again at random intervals, typically within four minutes of
services being restored. Outages continue throughout the day,
impacting all inbound and outbound connections and services.
Services that are limited to the local LAN or WiFi network are not
impacted, but all WAN and VoIP services are affected.

Later that day, the edge-router manufacturer releases a CVE

outlining the ability of an attacker to exploit the SIP protocol
handling on devices, leading to resource exhaustion and system
reloads. Which of the following BEST describe this type of attack?
(Choose two.)

A. DoS
B. SSL stripping
C. Memory leak
D. Race condition
E. Shimming
F. Refactoring
Correct Answer: AD Section: (none)
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QUESTION 67
A company recently set up an e-commerce portal to sell its product
online. The company wants to start accepting credit cards for
payment, which requires compliance with a security standard. Which
of the following standards must the company comply with before
accepting credit cards on its e-commerce platform?

A. PCI DSS
B. ISO 22301
C. ISO 27001
D. NIST CSF
Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 68
Which of the following BEST describes a security exploit for which a
vendor patch is not readily available?
A. Integer overflow
B. Zero-day
C. End of life
D. Race condition

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 69
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of an insurance company received
an email from Ann, the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
requesting a transfer of $10,000 to an account. The email states Ann
is on vacation and has lost her purse, containing cash and credit
cards. Which of the following social-engineering techniques is the
attacker using?

A. Phishing
B. Whaling
C. Typo squatting
D. Pharming

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 70
An organization wants to implement a third factor to an existing
multifactor authentication. The organization already uses a smart
card and password. Which of the following would meet the
organization's needs for a third factor?

A. Date of birth
B. Fingerprints
C. PIN
D. TPM

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 71
An employee has been charged with fraud and is suspected of using
corporate assets. As authorities collect evidence, and to preserve
the admissibility of the evidence, which of the following forensic
techniques should be used?
A. Order of volatility
B. Data recovery
C. Chain of custody
D. Non-repudiation

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 72
A company wants to deploy PKI on its Internet-facing website. The
applications that are currently deployed are:
* www.company.com (main website)
■ contactus.company.com (for locating a nearby location)
■ quotes.company.com (for requesting a price quote)

The company wants to purchase one SSL certificate that will work
for all the existing applications and any future applications that
follow the same naming conventions, such as store.company.com.
Which of the following certificate types would BEST meet the
requirements?
A. SAN
B. Wildcard
C. Extended validation
D. Self-signed

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 73
A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is concerned about the amount of PII
that is stored locally on each salesperson's laptop. The sales
department has a higher-than-average rate of lost equipment. Which
of the following recommendations would BEST address the CSO's
concern?
A. Deploy an MDM solution.
B. Implement managed FDE.
C. Replace all hard drives with SEDs.
D. Install DLP agents on each laptop.

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 74
A user contacts the help desk to report the following:
* Two days ago, a pop-up browser window prompted the user for a name
and password after connecting to the corporate wireless SSID.
This had never happened before, but the user entered the
information as requested.
■ The user was able to access the Internet but had trouble
accessing the department share until the next day.
■ The user is now getting notifications from the bank about
unauthorized transactions.

Which of the following attack vectors was MOST likely used in this
scenario?
A. Rogue access point
B. Evil twin
C. DNS poisoning
D. ARP poisoning

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 75
A host was infected with malware. During the incident response, Joe,
a user, reported that he did not receive any emails with links, but
he had been browsing the Internet all day. Which of the following
would MOST likely show where the malware originated?

A. The DNS logs

B. The web server logs
C. The SIP traffic logs
D. The SNMP logs

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 76
A recently discovered zero-day exploit utilizes an unknown
vulnerability in the SMB network protocol to rapidly infect
computers. Once infected, computers are encrypted and held for

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ransom. Which of the following would BEST prevent this attack from
reoccurring?

A. Configure the perimeter firewall to deny inbound external

connections to SMB ports.
B. Ensure endpoint detection and response systems are alerting on
suspicious SMB connections.
C. Deny unauthenticated users access to shared network folders.
D. Verify computers are set to install monthly operating system,
updates automatically.
Correct Answer:
A Section:
(none)
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QUESTION 77
Joe, an employee, receives an email stating he won the lottery. The
email includes a link that requests a name, mobile phone number,
address, and date of birth be provided to confirm Joe's identity
before sending him the prize. Which of the following BEST describes
this type of email?
A. Spear phishing
B. Whaling
C. Phishing
D. Vishing

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 78
Which of the following refers to applications and systems that are
used within an organization without consent or approval?
A. Shadow IT
B. OSINT
C. Dark web
D. Insider threats

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 79
A manufacturer creates designs for very high security products that
are required to be protected and controlled by the government
regulations. These designs are not accessible by corporate networks
or the Internet. Which of the following is the BEST solution to
protect these designs?
A. An air gap
B. A Faraday cage
C. A shielded cable
D. A demilitarized zone

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 80
A company processes highly sensitive data and senior management
wants to protect the sensitive data by utilizing classification
labels. Which of the following access control schemes would be BEST
for the company to implement?

A. Discretionary
B. Rule-based
C. Role-based
D. Mandatory

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 81
Which of the following policies would help an organization identify
and mitigate potential single points of failure in the company's
IT/security operations?

A. Least privilege
B. Awareness training
C. Separation of duties
D. Mandatory vacation

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 82
Which of the following would be the BEST method for creating a
detailed diagram of wireless access points and hotspots?

A. Footprinting
B. White-box testing
C. A drone/UAV
D. Pivoting

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 83
A user enters a password to log in to a workstation and is then
prompted to enter an authentication code. Which of the following
MFA factors or attributes are being utilized in the authentication
process? (Choose two.)

A. Something you know

B. Something you have
C. Somewhere you are
D. Someone you know
E. Something you are
F. Something you can do

Correct Answer: AB Section:

(none) Explanation
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QUESTION 84
When selecting a technical solution for identity management, an
architect chooses to go from an in-house solution to a third-party
SaaS provider. Which of the following risk management strategies is
this an example of?
A. Transference
B. Avoidance
C. Acceptance
D. Mitigation

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 85
A website developer is working on a new e-commerce website and has
asked an information security expert for the most appropriate way
to store credit card numbers to create an easy reordering process.
Which of the following methods would BEST accomplish this goal?
A. Salting the magnetic strip information
B. Encrypting the credit card information in transit
C. Hashing the credit card numbers upon entry
D. Tokenizing the credit cards in the database

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 86
A company recently experienced a data breach and the source was
determined to be an executive who was charging a phone in a public
area. Which of the following would MOST likely have prevented this
breach?
A. A firewall
B. A device pin
C. A USB data blocker
D. Biometrics
Correct Answer: D Section: (none)
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QUESTION 87
An analyst visits an Internet forum looking for information about a
tool. The analyst finds a thread that appears to contain relevant
information. One of the posts says the following:

Hello everyone/
I am having the same problem with my server. Can you help me?

<script type= "text/javascript" src=http://website.com/user.js> Onload—

sqlexec();
</script>

Thank you,

Joe

Which of the following BEST describes the attack that was attempted
against the forum readers?

A. SQLi attack
B. DLL attack
C. XSS attack
D. API attack

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 88
A network administrator would like to configure a site-to-site VPN
utilizing IPsec. The administrator wants the tunnel to be
established with data integrity, encryption, authentication, and
anti-replay functions. Which of the following should the
administrator use when configuring the VPN?

A. AH
B. EDR
C. ESP
D. DNSSEC

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 89
Users have been issued smart cards that provide physical access to a
building. The cards also contain tokens that can be used to access
information systems. Users can log in to any thin client located
throughout the building and see the same desktop each time. Which of
the following technologies are being utilized to provide these
capabilities? (Choose two.)
A. COPE
B. VDI
C. GPS
D. TOTP
E. RFID
F. BYOD

Correct Answer: BE Section: (none)

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QUESTION 90
The Chief Security Officer (CSO) at a major hospital wants to
implement SSO to help improve security in the environment and
protect patient data, particularly at shared terminals. The Chief
Risk Officer (CRO) is concerned that training and guidance have not
been provided to frontline staff, and a risk analysis has not been
performed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the
CRO's concerns?
A. SSO would simplify username and password management, making it
easier for hackers to guess accounts.
B. SSO would reduce password fatigue, but staff would still need to
remember more complex passwords.
C. SSO would reduce the password complexity for frontline staff.
D. SSO would reduce the resilience and availability of systems if
the identity provider goes offline.

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 91
A smart switch has the ability to monitor electrical levels and shut
off power to a building in the event of power surge of power surge
or other fault situation. The switch was installed on a wired
network in a hospital and is monitored by the facilities department
via a cloud application. The security administrator isolated the
switch on a separate VLAN and set up a patching routine. Which of
the following steps should also be taken to harden the smart switch?
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A. Set up an air gap for the switch.
B. Change the default password for the switch.
C. Place the switch in a Faraday cage.
D. Install a cable lock on the switch.

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 92
A cybersecurity administrator has a reduced team and needs to
operate an on-premises network and security infrastructure
efficiently. To help with the situation, the administrator decides
to hire a service provider. Which of the following should the
administrator use?

A. SDP
B. AAA
C. IaaS
D. MSSP
E. Microservices

Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 93
A security assessment determines DES and 3DES are still being
used on recently deployed production servers. Which of the
following did the assessment identify?

A. Unsecure protocols
B. Default settings
C. Open permissions
D. Weak encryption

Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 94
Which of the following types of controls is a turnstile?
A. Physical
B. Detective
C. Corrective
D. Technical

Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 95
Explanation/
Which of the following describes the BEST approach for deploying
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application patches?
A. Apply the patches to systems in a testing environment, then
to systems in a staging environment, and finally to
production systems.
B. Test the patches in a staging environment, develop against them
in the development environment, and then
 apply them to the production systems.
C. Test the patches in a test environment, apply them to the
production systems, and then apply them to a staging environment.
D. Apply the patches to the production systems, apply them in a
staging environment, and then test all of them in a testing
environment.

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 96
A security analyst is investigating an incident that was first
reported as an issue connecting to network shares and the Internet.
While reviewing logs and tool output, the analyst sees the
following:
IP address Physical address
10.0.0.1 0- 18-21-ad-24-be
10.0. 0.114 1- 31-a3-cd-23-ah 00-18-21-ad-24-be
0- 19-08-ha-07-da
10.0. 0.115
1- 12-21-ca-il-ad
10.0. 0.116
10.0.0.117 Which of the following attacks has occurred?
A. IP conflict
B. Pass-the-hash
C. MAC flooding
D. Directory traversal
E. ARP poisoning

Correct Answer: E Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 97
After entering a username and password, an administrator must draw
a gesture on a touch screen. Which of the following demonstrates
what the administrator is providing?

A. Multifactor authentication
B. Something you can do
C. Biometrics
D. Two-factor authentication

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 98
An organization suffered an outage, and a critical system took 90
minutes to come back online. Though there was no data loss during
the outage, the expectation was that the critical system would be
available again within 60 minutes. Which of the following is the 60-
minute expectation an example of?
A. MTBF
B. RPO
C. MTTR
D. RTO

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 99
Joe, a user at a company, clicked an email links that led to a
website that infected his workstation. Joe was connected to the
network, and the virus spread to the network shares. The protective
measures failed to stop this virus, and it has continued to evade
detection. Which of the following should a security administrator
implement to protect the environment from this malware?
A. Install a definition-based antivirus.
B. Implement an IDS/IPS
C. Implement a heuristic behavior-detection solution.
D. Implement CASB to protect the network shares.

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 100
An organization is concerned that its hosted web servers are not
running the most updated version of the software. Which of the
following would work BEST to help identify potential
vulnerabilities?
A. hping3 -S comptia.org -p 80
B. nc -l -v comptia.org -p 80
C. nmap comptia.org -p 80 -sV
D. nslookup -port=80 comptia.org

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 101
A retail executive recently accepted a job with a major competitor.
The following week, a security analyst reviews the security logs and
identifies successful logon attempts to access the departed
executive's accounts. Which of the following security practices
would have addressed the issue?
A. A non-disclosure agreement
B. Least privilege
C. An acceptable use policy
D. Offboarding

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 102
A security analyst is performing a forensic investigation involving
compromised account credentials. Using the Event Viewer, the analyst
was able to detect the following message: “Special privileges
assigned to new logon.” Several of these messages did not have a
valid logon associated with the user before these privileges were
assigned. Which of the following attacks is MOST likely being
detected?
A. Pass-the-hash
B. Buffer overflow
C. Cross-site scripting
D. Session replay

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 103
A systems ad nce personnel when critical failures occur. While reviewing
the network logs, the company's security man termined by its owner.
Which of the following access control schemes BEST fits the
requirements?
A. Role-based access control
B. Discretionary access control
C. Mandatory access control
D. Attribute-based access control
Correct Answer: B Section: (none)
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QUESTION 104
A cybersecurity analyst reviews the log files from a web server and
sees a series of files that indicate a directory-traversal attack
has occurred. Which of the following is the analyst MOST likely
seeing?
A. http://sample.url.com/<script>Please-Visit-Our-Phishing-Site</script>
B. http://sample.url.com/someotherpageonsite/../../../etc/shadow
C. http://sample.url.com/select-from-database-where-password-null
D. http://redirect.sameple.url.sampleurl.com/malicious-dns-redirect
Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation
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QUESTION 105
A company has limited storage space available and an online presence
that cannot be down for more than four hours. Which of the following
backup methodologies should the company implement to allow for the
FASTEST database restore time in the event of a failure, while being
mindful of the limited available storage space?

A. Implement full tape backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and perform
nightly tape rotations.
B. Implement differential backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and
nightly incremental backups at 8:00 p.m.
C. Implement nightly full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
D. Implement full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and nightly
differential backups at 8:00 p.m.

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 106
An organization has a growing workforce that is mostly driven by
additions to the sales department. Each newly hired salesperson
relies on a mobile device to conduct business. The Chief Information
Officer (CIO) is wondering if the organization may need to scale
down just as quickly as it scaled up. The CIO is also concerned
about the organization's security and customer privacy. Which of the
following would be BEST to address the CIO's concerns?

A. Disallow new hires from using mobile devices for six months.
B. Select four devices for the sales department to use in a CYOD
model.
C. Implement BYOD for the sales department while leveraging the MDM.
D. Deploy mobile devices using the COPE methodology.

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 107
A malicious actor recently penetrated a company's network and moved

Correct
Answer: C
Section:
(none)
laterally to the datacenter. Upon investigation, a forensics firm
wants to know what was in the memory on the compromised server.
Which of the following files should be given to the forensics firm?

A. Security
B. Application
C. Dump
D. Syslog
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QUESTION 108
A public relations team will be taking a group of guests on a tour
through the facility of a large e-commerce company. The day before
the tour, the company sends out an email to employees to ensure all
whiteboards are cleaned and all desks are cleared. The company is
MOST likely trying to protect against:
A. loss of proprietary information.
B. damage to the company's reputation.
C. social engineering.
D. credential exposure.

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 109
The manager who is responsible for a data set has asked a security
engineer to apply encryption to the data on a hard disk. The
security engineer is an example of a:
A. data controller.
B. data owner.
C. data custodian.
D. data processor.

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 110
A network engineer is troubleshooting wireless network connectivity
issues that were reported by users. The issues are occurring only in
the section of the building that is closest to the parking lot.
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Users are intermittently experiencing slow speeds when accessing
websites and are unable to connect to network drives. The issues
appear to increase when laptop users return to their desks after
using their devices in other areas of the building. There have also
been reports of users being required to enter their credentials on
web pages in order to gain access to them. Which of the following is
the MOST likely cause of this issue?
A. An external access point is engaging in an evil-twin attack.
B. The signal on the WAP needs to be increased in that section of
the building.
C. The certificates have expired on the devices and need to be
reinstalled.
D. The users in that section of the building are on a VLAN that is
being blocked by the firewall.

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 111
A security administrator needs to create a RAID configuration that is focused on high
read speeds and fault tolerance. It is unlikely that multiple drives will fail
simultaneously. Which of the following RAID configurations should the administrator
use?
A. RAID 0
B. RAID 1
C. RAID 5
D. RAID 10

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 112
A company's Chief Information Officer (CIO) is meeting with the Chief Information
Security Officer (CISO) to plan some activities to enhance the skill levels of the
company's developers. Which of the following would be MOST suitable for training
the developers?
A. A capture-the-flag competition
B. A phishing simulation
C. Physical security training
D. Basic awareness training

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 113
A security analyst needs to generate a server certificate to be used for 802.1X and
secure RDP connections. The analyst is unsure what is required to perform the task
and solicits help from a senior colleague. Which of the following is the FIRST step
the senior colleague will most likely tell the analyst to perform to accomplish this
task?
A. Create an OCSP
B. Generate a CSR.
C. Create a CRL.
D. Generate a .pfx file.

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 114
Under GDPR, which of the following is MOST responsible for the protection of privacy
and website user rights?

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A. The data protection officer
B. The data processor
C. The data owner
D. The data controller

Correct Answer: C Section:

(none)
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QUESTION 115
A small business just recovered from a ransomware attack against its
file servers by purchasing the decryption keys from the attackers.
The issue was triggered by a phishing email and the IT administrator
wants to ensure it does not happen again. Which of the following
should the IT administrator do FIRST after recovery?

A. Scan the NAS for residual or dormant malware and take new daily
backups that are tested on a frequent basis.
B. Restrict administrative privileges and patch all systems and
applications.
C. Rebuild all workstations and install new antivirus software.
D. Implement application whitelisting and perform user application
hardening.

Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 116
A global pandemic is forcing a private organization to close some
business units and reduce staffing at others. Which of the following
would be BEST to help the organization's executives determine their
next course of action?

A. An incident response plan

B. A communications plan
C. A disaster recovery plan
D. A business continuity plan

Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 117
Which of the following describes the ability of code to target a
hypervisor from inside a guest OS?
A. Fog computing
B. VM escape
C. Software-defined networking
D. Image forgery
E. Container breakout
Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation
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QUESTION 118
After a ransomware attack, a forensics company needs to review a
cryptocurrency transaction between the victim and the attacker.
Which of the following will the company MOST likely review to
trace this transaction?

A. The public ledger

B. The NetFlow data
C. A checksum
D. The event log

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 119
During an incident response, a security analyst observes the
following log entry on the web server:
GET http://www.companysite.com/product_info.php7shovr:../../../../etc/password HTTP/1.1 Host:
www.companysite.com

Which of the following BEST describes the type of attack the analyst
is experiencing?
A. SQL injection
B. Cross-site scripting
C. Pass-the-hash
D. Directory traversal

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 120
Which of the following ISO standards is certified for privacy?
A. ISO 9001
B. ISO 27002
C. ISO 27701
D. ISO 31000

Correct
Answer: C
Section:
(none)
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QUESTION 121
A document that appears to be malicious has been discovered in an
email that was sent to a company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Which of the following would be BEST to allow a security analyst to
gather information and confirm it is a malicious document without
executing any code it may contain?
A. Open the document on an air-gapped network.
B. View the document's metadata for origin clues.
C. Search for matching file hashes on malware websites.
D. Detonate the document in an analysis sandbox.

Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 122
A security analyst is running a vulnerability scan to check for
missing patches during a suspected security incident. During which
of the following phases of the response process is this activity
MOST likely occurring?
A. Containment
B. Identification
C. Recovery
D. Preparation

Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 123
Which of the following is a team of people dedicated to testing the
effectiveness of organizational security programs by emulating the
techniques of potential attackers?
A. Red team
B. White team
C. Blue team
D. Purple team
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 124
A security analyst discovers that a company's username and password
database was posted on an Internet

Correct
Answer: C
Section:
(none)
forum. The usernames and passwords are stored in plain text. Which
of the following would mitigate the damage done by this type of
data exfiltration in the future?

A. Create DLP controls that prevent documents from leaving the

network.
B. Implement salting and hashing.
C. Configure the web content filter to block access to the forum.
D. Increase password complexity requirements.

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 125
Which of the following are requirements that must be configured for
PCI DSS compliance? (Choose two.)
A. Testing security systems and processes regularly
B. Installing and maintaining a web proxy to protect cardholder data
C. Assigning a unique ID to each person with computer access
D. Encrypting transmission of cardholder data across private
networks
E. Benchmarking security awareness training for contractors
F. Using vendor-supplied default passwords for system passwords

Correct Answer: BD Section: (none)

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QUESTION 126
A security analyst needs to be proactive in understanding the types
of attacks that could potentially target the company's executives.
Which of the following intelligence sources should the security
analyst review?

A. Vulnerability feeds
B. Trusted automated exchange of indicator information
C. Structured threat information expression
D. Industry information-sharing and collaboration groups

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 127
A security audit has revealed that a process control terminal is
vulnerable to malicious users installing and executing software on
the system. The terminal is beyond end-of-life support and cannot
be upgraded, so it is placed on a protected network segment. Which
of the following would be MOST effective to implement to further
mitigate the reported vulnerability?

A. DNS sinkholing
B. DLP rules on the terminal
C. An IP blacklist
D. Application whitelisting

Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 128
A user recently entered a username and password into a recruiting
application website that had been forged to look like the
legitimate site. Upon investigation, a security analyst identifies
the following:

* The legitimate website's IP address is 10.1.1.20 and eRecruit.local

resolves to this IP.
■ The forged website’s IP address appears to be 10.2.12.99, based
on NetFlow records.
■ All three of the organization’s DNS servers show the website
correctly resolves to the legitimate IP.
■ DNS query logs show one of the three DNS servers returned a
result of 10.2.12.99 (cached) at the approximate time of the
suspected compromise.
Which of the following MOST likely occurred?
A. A reverse proxy was used to redirect network traffic.
B. An SSL strip MITM attack was performed.
C. An attacker temporarily poisoned a name server.
D. An ARP poisoning attack was successfully executed.

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 129
An organization has hired a security analyst to perform a
penetration test. The analyst captures 1Gb worth of inbound network
traffic to the server and transfers the pcap back to the machine
for analysis. Which of the following tools should the analyst use
to further review the pcap?
A. Nmap
B. cURL
C. Netcat
D. Wireshark

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 130
A company uses wireless for all laptops and keeps a very detailed
record of its assets, along with a comprehensive list of devices
that are authorized to be on the wireless network. The Chief
Information Officer (CIO) is concerned about a script kiddie
potentially using an unauthorized device to brute force the
wireless
PSK and obtain access to the internal network. Which of the
following should the company implement to BEST prevent this from
occurring?

A. A BPDU guard
B. WPA-EAP
C. IP filtering
D. A WIDS

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 131
A vulnerability assessment report will include the CVSS score of
the discovered vulnerabilities because the score allows the
organization to better:

A. validate the vulnerability exists in the organization's network

through penetration testing.
B. research the appropriate mitigation techniques in a vulnerability
database.
C. find the software patches that are required to mitigate a
vulnerability.
D. prioritize remediation of vulnerabilities based on the possible
impact.

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 132
A security engineer is reviewing log files after a third party
discovered usernames and passwords for the organization's accounts.
The engineer sees there was a change in the IP address for a vendor
website one week earlier. This change lasted eight hours. Which of
the following attacks was MOST likely used?

A. Man-in-the-middle
B. Spear phishing
C. Evil twin
D. DNS poisoning

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 133
A company recently moved sensitive videos between on-premises,
company-owned websites. The company then learned the videos had
been uploaded and shared to the Internet. Which of the following
would MOST likely allow the company to find the cause?

A. Checksums
B. Watermarks
C. Order of volatility
D. A log analysis
E. A right-to-audit clause

Correct Answer: E Section: (none) Explanation

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QUESTION 134
A large industrial system's smart generator monitors the system
status and sends alerts to third-party maintenance personnel when
critical failures occur. While reviewing the network logs, the
company's security manager notices the generator's IP is sending
packets to an internal file server's IP. Which of the following
mitigations would be BEST for the security manager to implement
while maintaining alerting capabilities?
A. Segmentation
B. Firewall whitelisting
C. Containment
D. Isolation
Correct Answer: B Section: (none)
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QUESTION 135
Which of the following allows for functional test data to be used
in new systems for testing and training purposes to protect the
real data?
A. Data encryption
B. Data masking
C. Data deduplication
D. Data minimization

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 136
A consultant is configuring a vulnerability scanner for a large,
global organization in multiple countries. The consultant will be
using a service account to scan systems with administrative
privileges on a weekly basis, but there is a concern that hackers
could gain access to the account and pivot throughout the global
network. Which of the following would be BEST to help mitigate this
concern?
A. Create different accounts for each region, each configured with
push MFA notifications.
B. Create one global administrator account and enforce Kerberos
authentication.
C. Create different accounts for each region, limit their logon
times, and alert on risky logins.
D. Create a guest account for each region, remember the last ten
passwords, and block password reuse.
Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation
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QUESTION 137
A software developer needs to perform code-execution testing,
black-box testing, and non-functional testing on a new product
before its general release. Which of the following BEST describes
the tasks the developer is conducting?

A. Verification
B. Validation
C. Normalization
D. Staging

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 138
A security analyst is configuring a large number of new company-
issued laptops. The analyst received the following requirements:

The devices will be used internationally by staff who travel

extensively.
Occasional personal use is acceptable due to the travel
requirements.
Users must be able to install and configure sanctioned programs
and productivity suites.
The devices must be encrypted.
The devices must be capable of operating in low-bandwidth
environments.

Which of the following would provide the GREATEST benefit to the

security posture of the devices?
A. Configuring an always-on VPN
B. Implementing application whitelisting
C. Requiring web traffic to pass through the on-premises content
filter
D. Setting the antivirus DAT update schedule to weekly

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 139
An organization has decided to host its web application and
database in the cloud. Which of the following BEST describes the
security concerns for this decision?
A. Access to the organization's servers could be exposed to other
cloud-provider clients.
B. The cloud vendor is a new attack vector within the supply chain.
C. Outsourcing the code development adds risk to the cloud provider.
D. Vendor support will cease when the hosting platforms reach EOL.
Correct Answer: B Section: (none)
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QUESTION 140
An organization that is located in a flood zone is MOST likely to
document the concerns associated with the restoration of IT
operations in a:

A. business continuity plan.

B. communications plan.
C. disaster recovery plan.
D. continuity of operations plan.

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 141
A user received an SMS on a mobile phone that asked for bank
details. Which of the following socialengineering techniques was
used in this case?

A. SPIM
B. Vishing
C. Spear phishing
D. Smishing

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 142
Company engineers regularly participate in a public Internet forum
with other engineers throughout the industry. Which of the following
tactics would an attacker MOST likely use in this scenario?

A. Watering-hole attack
B. Credential harvesting
C. Hybrid warfare
D. Pharming

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Correct Answer: A Section: (none)
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QUESTION 143
Which of the following will provide the BEST physical security countermeasures to stop
intruders? (Choose two.)

A. Alarms
B. Signage
C. Lighting
D. Mantraps
E. Fencing
F. Sensors

Correct Answer: EF Section: (none)

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QUESTION 144
A security analyst is looking for a solution to help communicate to the leadership
team the severity levels of the organization's vulnerabilities. Which of the following
would BEST meet this need?

A. CVE
B. SIEM
C. SOAR
D. CVSS

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 145
A security incident may have occurred on the desktop PC of an organization's Chief
Executive Officer (CEO). A duplicate copy of the CEO's hard drive must be stored
securely to ensure appropriate forensic processes and the chain of custody are
followed. Which of the following should be performed to accomplish this task?

A. Install a new hard drive in the CEO's PC, and then remove the old hard drive and
place it in a tamper- evident bag.
B. Connect a write blocker to the hard drive. Then, leveraging a forensic
workstation, utilize the dd command in a live Linux environment to create a
duplicate copy.
C. Remove the CEO's hard drive from the PC, connect to the forensic workstation, and
copy all the contents onto a remote fileshare while the CEO watches.
D. Refrain from completing a forensic analysis of the CEO's hard drive until after
the incident is confirmed; duplicating the hard drive at this stage could destroy
evidence.

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QUESTION 146
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an organization would like
staff members to have the flexibility to work from home anytime
during business hours, including during a pandemic or crisis.
However, the CEO is concerned that some staff members may take
advantage of the flexibility and work from high-risk countries while
on holiday or outsource work to a third-party organization in
another country. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) believes the
company can implement some basic controls to mitigate the majority
of the risk. Which of the following would be BEST to mitigate the
CEO's concerns? (Choose two.)
A. Geolocation
B. Time-of-day restrictions
C. Certificates
D. Tokens
E. Geotagging
F. Role-based access controls

Correct Answer: AB Section: (none)

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QUESTION 147
In the middle of a cyberattack, a security engineer removes the
infected devices from the network and locks down all compromised
accounts. In which of the following incident response phases is the
security engineer currently operating?
A. Identification
B. Preparation
C. Lessons learned
D. Eradication
E. Recovery
F. Containment

Correct Answer: F Section: (none)

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QUESTION 148
The SOC is reviewing processes and procedures after a recent
incident. The review indicates it took more than 30 minutes to
determine that quarantining an infected host was the best course of
action. This allowed the malware to spread to additional hosts
before it was contained. Which of the following would be BEST to
improve the incident response process?
A. Updating the playbooks with better decision points
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C. Providing additional end-user training on acceptable use
D. Implementing manual quarantining of infected hosts

Correct Answer: A Section: (none)

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QUESTION 149
A security analyst is reviewing the following attack log output:
user oomptia\john.smith attempted login with the password passwordl23 user
comptia\jane.doe attempted login with the password passwordi23
user comptia\user.one attempted login with the password passwordi23
user comptia\user* two attempted login with the password passwordl23
user comptia\user.three attempted login with the password passwordi23

user comptia\johrt * smith attempted login with the password password234

user comptia\jane.doe attempted login with the password password234
user comptia\user.one attempted login with the password password234
user comptia\user.two attempted login with the password password234
user comptia\user* three attempted login with the password passwordS34

Which of the following types of attacks does this MOST likely

represent?
A. Rainbow table
B. Brute-force
C. Password-spraying
D. Dictionary

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 150
A network administrator is setting up wireless access points in all
the conference rooms and wants to authenticate devices using PKI.
Which of the following should the administrator configure?

A. A captive portal
B. PSK
C. 802.1X
D. WPS

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 151
Which of the following are the MOST likely vectors for the
unauthorized or unintentional inclusion of vulnerable code in a
software company's final software releases? (Choose two.)
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A. Unsecure protocols
B. Use of penetration-testing utilities
C. Weak passwords
D. Included third-party libraries
E. Vendors/supply chain
F. Outdated anti-malware software

Correct Answer: AC Section: (none)

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QUESTION 152
A recent audit uncovered a key finding regarding the use of a
specific encryption standard in a web application that is used to
communicate with business customers. Due to the technical
limitations of its customers, the company is unable to upgrade the
encryption standard. Which of the following types of controls
should be used to reduce the risk created by this scenario?
A. Physical
B. Detective
C. Preventive
D. Compensating

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 153
An organization just experienced a major cyberattack incident. The
attack was well coordinated, sophisticated, and highly skilled.
Which of the following targeted the organization?
A. Shadow IT
B. An insider threat
C. A hacktivist
D. An advanced persistent threat

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 154
A security analyst has received an alert about PII being sent via
email. The analyst's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has
made it clear that PII must be handled with extreme care. From
which of the following did the alert MOST likely originate?
A. S/MIME
B. DLP
C. IMAP
D. HIDS
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
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QUESTION 155
An enterprise has hired an outside security firm to conduct
penetration testing on its network and applications. The firm has
been given all the developer's documentation about the internal
architecture. Which of the following BEST represents the type of
testing that will occur?
A. Bug bounty
B. White-box
C. Black-box
D. Gray-box

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 156
A security engineer has enabled two-factor authentication on all
workstations. Which of the following approaches are the MOST
secure? (Choose two.)
A. Password and security question
B. Password and CAPTCHA
C. Password and smart card
D. Password and fingerprint
E. Password and one-time token
F. Password and voice

Correct Answer: CD Section: (none)

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QUESTION 157
A security analyst needs to determine how an attacker was able to
use User3 to gain a foothold within a company's network. The
company's lockout policy requires that an account be locked out for
a minimum of 15 minutes after three unsuccessful attempts. While
reviewing the log files, the analyst discovers the following:
 3/16/20 3:31:18 AM Audit Failure: User3 Unknown unsername or bad CompanyNetwork\User3 Successful
3/16/20 3:31:19 AM Audit Failure: logon. CompanyNetwork\User4 Unknown unsername or bad password.
3/16/20 3:31:20 AM Audit Failure: CompanyNetwork\User4 Unknown unsername or bad CompanyNetworkd\ password.
3/16/20 3:31:22 AM Audit Success: User4 Successful logon.
3/16/20 3:31:22 AM Audit Failure: password.
3/16/20 3:32:40 AM Audit Failure: password.
3/16/20 3:33:25 AM Audit Success:

Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred?

A. Dictionary
B. Credential-stuffing
C. Password-spraying
D. Brute-force

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 158
Which of the following technical controls is BEST suited for the
detection and prevention of buffer overflows on hosts?
A. DLP
B. HIDS
C. EDR
D. NIPS

Correct Answer: C Section: (none)

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QUESTION 159
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is concerned about the
organization's ability to continue business operations in the event
of a prolonged DDoS attack on its local datacenter that consumes
database resources. Which of the following will the CISO MOST likely
recommend to mitigate this risk?
A. Upgrade the bandwidth available into the datacenter.
B. Implement a hot-site failover location.
C. Switch to a complete SaaS offering to customers.
D. Implement a challenge response test on all end-user queries.

Correct Answer: B Section: (none)

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QUESTION 160
A local coffee shop runs a small WiFi hotspot for its customers that
utilizes WPA2-PSK. The coffee shop would like to stay current with
security trends and wants to implement WPA3 to make its WiFi even
more secure. Which of the following technologies will the coffee
shop MOST likely use in place of PSK?
A. WEP
B. MSCHAP
C. WPS
D. SAE

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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QUESTION 161
A company is designing the layout of a new datacenter so it will
have an optimal environmental temperature. Which of the following
must be included? (Choose two.)
A. An air gap
B. A cold aisle
C. Removable doors
D. A hot aisle
E. An IoT thermostat
F. A humidity monitor

Correct Answer: BE Section: (none)

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QUESTION 162
Which of the following will MOST likely cause machine learning and
AI-enabled systems to operate with unintended consequences?
A. Stored procedures
B. Buffer overflows
C. Data bias
D. Code reuse

Correct Answer: D Section: (none)

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