SYO 501

Question 1

QUESTION 1
Malicious traffic from an internal network has been detected on an unauthorized port on an application server.
Which of the following network-based security controls should the engineer consider implementing?
A. ACLs
B. HIPS
C. NAT
D. MAC filtering

Answer 1

Correct Answer: A

A. ACLs

Question 2

QUESTION 2
A network administrator wants to implement a method of securing internal routing. Which of the following should the administrator implement?

A. DMZ
B. NAT
C. VPN
D. PAT

Answer 2

Correct Answer: C

C. VPN

Question 3

QUESTION 3
A security administrator is developing controls for creating audit trails and tracking if a PHI data breach is to occur. The administrator has been given the following
requirements:
All access must be correlated to a user account.
All user accounts must be assigned to a single individual.
User access to the PHI data must be recorded.
Anomalies in PHI data access must be reported.
Logs and records cannot be deleted or modified.
Which of the following should the administrator implement to meet the above requirements? (Select three.)
A. Eliminate shared accounts.
B. Create a standard naming convention for accounts.
C. Implement usage auditing and review.
D. Enable account lockout thresholds.
E. Copy logs in real time to a secured WORM drive.
F. Implement time-of-day restrictions.
G. Perform regular permission audits and reviews.

Answer 3

Correct Answer: ACG
A. Eliminate shared accounts.
C. Implement usage auditing and review.
G. Perform regular permission audits and reviews.

Question 4

QUESTION 4
Which of the following encryption methods does PKI typically use to securely protect keys?
A. Elliptic curve
B. Digital signatures
C. Asymmetric
D. Obfuscation

Answer 4

Correct Answer: C

C. Asymmetric

Question 5

QUESTION 5
An organization is using a tool to perform a source code review. Which of the following describes the case in which the tool incorrectly identifies the vulnerability?
A. False negative
B. True negative
C. False positive
D. True positive

Answer 5

Correct Answer: C

C. False positive

Question 6

QUESTION 6
An organization’s internal auditor discovers that large sums of money have recently been paid to a vendor that management does not recognize. The IT security
department is asked to investigate the organizations the organization’s ERP system to determine how the accounts payable module has been used to make these
vendor payments.
The IT security department finds the following security configuration for the accounts payable module:
New Vendor Entry – Required Role: Accounts Payable Clerk
New Vendor Approval – Required Role: Accounts Payable Clerk
Vendor Payment Entry – Required Role: Accounts Payable Clerk
Vendor Payment Approval – Required Role: Accounts Payable Manager
Which of the following changes to the security configuration of the accounts payable module would BEST mitigate the risk?

Answer 6

Correct Answer: A
A. New Vendor Entry – Required Role: Accounts Payable Clerk
New Vendor Approval – Required Role: Accounts Payable Clerk
Vendor Payment Entry – Required Role: Accounts Payable Clerk
Vendor Payment Approval – Required Role: Accounts Payable Manager

Question 7

QUESTION 7
A department head at a university resigned on the first day of the spring semester. It was subsequently determined that the department head deleted numerous files
and directories from the server-based home directory while the campus was closed. Which of the following policies or procedures could have prevented this from
occurring?
A. Time-of-day restrictions
B. Permission auditing and review
C. Offboarding
D. Account expiration

Answer 7

Correct Answer: C

C. Offboarding

Question 8

QUESTION 8
A database backup schedule consists of weekly full backups performed on Saturday at 12:00 a.m. and daily differential backups also performed at 12:00 a.m. If the
database is restored on Tuesday afternoon, which of the following is the number of individual backups that would need to be applied to complete the database
recovery?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Answer 8

Correct Answer: B

B. 2

Question 9

QUESTION 9
Which of the following security controls does an iris scanner provide?
A. Logical
B. Administrative
C. Corrective
D. Physical
E. Detective
F. Deterrent

Answer 9

Correct Answer: D

D. Physical

Question 10

QUESTION 10
As part of a new industry regulation, companies are required to utilize secure, standardized OS settings. A technical must ensure the OS settings are hardened.
Which of the following is the BEST way to do this?
A. Use a vulnerability scanner.
B. Use a configuration compliance scanner.
C. Use a passive, in-line scanner.
D. Use a protocol analyzer.

Answer 10

Correct Answer: B

B. Use a configuration compliance scanner.

Question 11

QUESTION 11
When connected to a secure WAP, which of the following encryption technologies is MOST likely to be configured when connecting to WPA2-PSK?
A. DES
B. AES
C. MD5
D. WEP

Answer 11

Correct Answer: B

B. AES

Question 12

QUESTION 12
A company has a data classification system with definitions for “Private” and “Public”. The company’s security policy outlines how data should be protected based
on type. The company recently added the data type “Proprietary”.
Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the company added this data type?
A. Reduced cost
B. More searchable data
C. Better data classification
D. Expanded authority of the privacy officer

Answer 12

Correct Answer: C

C. Better data classification

Question 13

QUESTION 13
When configuring settings in a mandatory access control environment, which of the following specifies the subjects that can access specific data objects?
A. Owner
B. System
C. Administrator
D. User

Answer 13

Correct Answer: C

C. Administrator

Question 14

QUESTION 14
A high-security defense installation recently begun utilizing large guard dogs that bark very loudly and excitedly at the slightest provocation. Which of the following
types of controls does this BEST describe?
A. Deterrent
B. Preventive
C. Detective
D. Compensating

Answer 14

Correct Answer: A

A. Deterrent

Question 15

QUESTION 15
A company’s user lockout policy is enabled after five unsuccessful login attempts. The help desk notices a user is repeatedly locked out over the course of a
workweek. Upon contacting the user, the help desk discovers the user is on vacation and does not have network access. Which of the following types of attacks are
MOST likely occurring? (Select two.)
A. Replay
B. Rainbow tables
C. Brute force
D. Pass the hash
E. Dictionary

Answer 15

Correct Answer: CE
C. Brute force
E. Dictionary

Question 16

QUESTION 16
Ann. An employee in the payroll department, has contacted the help desk citing multiple issues with her device, including:
Slow performance
Word documents, PDFs, and images no longer opening
A pop-up
Ann states the issues began after she opened an invoice that a vendor emailed to her. Upon opening the invoice, she had to click several security warnings to view
it in her word processor. With which of the following is the device MOST likely infected?
A. Spyware
B. Crypto-malware
C. Rootkit
D. Backdoor

Answer 16

Correct Answer: D

D. Backdoor

Question 17

QUESTION 17
A company is terminating an employee for misbehavior. Which of the following steps is MOST important in the process of disengagement from this employee?
A. Obtain a list of passwords used by the employee.
B. Generate a report on outstanding projects the employee handled.
C. Have the employee surrender company identification.
D. Have the employee sign an NDA before departing.

Answer 17

Correct Answer: B

C. Have the employee surrender company identification.

Question 18

QUESTION 18
A company is developing a new secure technology and requires computers being used for development to be isolated. Which of the following should be
implemented to provide the MOST secure environment?
A. A perimeter firewall and IDS
B. An air gapped computer network
C. A honeypot residing in a DMZ
D. An ad hoc network with NAT
E. A bastion host

Answer 18

Correct Answer: B

B. An air gapped computer network

Question 19

QUESTION 19
Which of the following is an important step to take BEFORE moving any installation packages from a test environment to production?
A. Roll back changes in the test environment
B. Verify the hashes of files
C. Archive and compress the files
D. Update the secure baseline

Answer 19

Correct Answer: B

B. Verify the hashes of files

Question 20

QUESTION 20
A user clicked an email link that led to a website than infected the workstation with a virus. The virus encrypted all the network shares to which the user had access.
The virus was not deleted or blocked by the company’s email filter, website filter, or antivirus. Which of the following describes what occurred?
A. The user’s account was over-privileged.
B. Improper error handling triggered a false negative in all three controls.
C. The email originated from a private email server with no malware protection.
D. The virus was a zero-day attack.

Answer 20

Correct Answer: D

D. The virus was a zero-day attack.

Question 21

QUESTION 21
An organization wishes to provide better security for its name resolution services. Which of the following technologies BEST supports the deployment of DNSSEC at the organization?
A. LDAP
B. TPM
C. TLS
D. SSL
E. PKI

Answer 21

Correct Answer: C

C. TLS

Question 22

QUESTION 22
A company hires a consulting firm to crawl its Active Directory network with a non-domain account looking for unpatched systems. Actively taking control of systems
is out of scope, as is the creation of new administrator accounts. For which of the following is the company hiring the consulting firm?
A. Vulnerability scanning
B. Penetration testing
C. Application fuzzing
D. User permission auditing

Answer 22

Correct Answer: A

A. Vulnerability scanning

Question 23

QUESTION 23
An administrator is replacing a wireless router. The configuration of the old wireless router was not documented before it stopped functioning. The equipment
connecting to the wireless network uses older legacy equipment that was manufactured prior to the release of the 802.11i standard. Which of the following
configuration options should the administrator select for the new wireless router?
A. WPA+CCMP
B. WPA2+CCMP
C. WPA+TKIP
D. WPA2+TKIP

Answer 23

Correct Answer: C

C. WPA+TKIP

Question 24

QUESTION 24
An application team is performing a load-balancing test for a critical application during off-hours and has requested access to the load balancer to review which
servers are up without having the administrator on call. The security analyst is hesitant to give the application team full access due to other critical applications
running on the load balancer. Which of the following is the BEST solution for security analyst to process the request?
A. Give the application team administrator access during off-hours.
B. Disable other critical applications before granting the team access.
C. Give the application team read-only access.
D. Share the account with the application team.

Answer 24

Correct Answer: C

C. Give the application team read-only access.

Question 25

QUESTION 25
Which of the following cryptographic attacks would salting of passwords render ineffective?
A. Brute force
B. Dictionary
C. Rainbow tables
D. Birthday

Answer 25

Correct Answer: C

C. Rainbow tables

Question 26

QUESTION 26
A security analyst is hardening an authentication server. One of the primary requirements is to ensure there is mutual authentication and delegation. Given these
requirements, which of the following technologies should the analyst recommend and configure?
A. LDAP services
B. Kerberos services
C. NTLM services
D. CHAP services

Answer 26

Correct Answer: B

B. Kerberos services

Question 27

QUESTION 27
Two users need to send each other emails over unsecured channels. The system should support the principle of non-repudiation. Which of the following should be
used to sign the user’s certificates?
A. RA
B. CA
C. CRL
D. CSR

Answer 27

Correct Answer: B

B. CA

Question 28

QUESTION 28
Which of the following attack types BEST describes a client-side attack that is used to manipulate an HTML iframe with JavaScript code via a web browser?
A. Buffer overflow
B. MITM
C. XSS
D. SQLi

Answer 28

Correct Answer: C

C. XSS

Question 29

QUESTION 29
An incident responder receives a call from a user who reports a computer is exhibiting symptoms consistent with a malware infection. Which of the following steps
should the responder perform NEXT?
A. Capture and document necessary information to assist in the response.
B. Request the user capture and provide a screenshot or recording of the symptoms.
C. Use a remote desktop client to collect and analyze the malware in real time.
D. Ask the user to back up files for later recovery.

Answer 29

Correct Answer: A

A. Capture and document necessary information to assist in the response.

Question 30

QUESTION 30
A senior incident response manager receives a call about some external IPs communicating with internal computers during off hours. Which of the following types
of malware is MOST likely causing this issue?
A. Botnet
B. Ransomware
C. Polymorphic malware
D. Armored virus

Answer 30

Correct Answer: A

A. Botnet

Question 31

QUESTION 31
Which of the following technologies employ the use of SAML? (Select two.)
A. Single sign-on
B. Federation
C. LDAP
D. Secure token
E. RADIUS

Answer 31

Correct Answer: AB
A. Single sign-on
B. Federation

Question 32

QUESTION 32
Which of the following specifically describes the exploitation of an interactive process to access otherwise restricted areas of the OS?
A. Privilege escalation
B. Pivoting
C. Process affinity
D. Buffer overflow

Answer 32

Correct Answer: A

A. Privilege escalation

Question 33

QUESTION 33
After a user reports stow computer performance, a systems administrator detects a suspicious file, which was installed as part of a freeware software package.
The systems administrator reviews the output below:

C:\Windows\system32>netstat -nab
Active Connections
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING RpcSs| [svchost.exe]
TCP 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING [svchost.exe]

TCP 192.168.1.10:5000 10.37.213.20 ESTABLISHED winserver.exe
UDP 192.168.1.10:1900 . SSDPSVR
Based on the above information, which of the following types of malware was installed on the user’s computer?
A. RAT
B. Keylogger
C. Spyware
D. Worm
E. Bot

Answer 33

Correct Answer: A

A. RAT

Question 34

QUESTION 34
Which of the following network vulnerability scan indicators BEST validates a successful, active scan?
A. The scan job is scheduled to run during off-peak hours.
B. The scan output lists SQL injection attack vectors.
C. The scan data identifies the use of privileged-user credentials.
D. The scan results identify the hostname and IP address.

Answer 34

Correct Answer: B

B. The scan output lists SQL injection attack vectors.

Question 35

QUESTION 35
An analyst wants to implement a more secure wireless authentication for office access points. Which of the following technologies allows for encrypted
authentication of wireless clients over TLS?
A. PEAP
B. EAP
C. WPA2
D. RADIUS

Answer 35

Correct Answer: A

A. PEAP

Question 36

QUESTION 36
A manager wants to distribute a report to several other managers within the company. Some of them reside in remote locations that are not connected to the
domain but have a local server. Because there is sensitive data within the report and the size of the report is beyond the limit of the email attachment size, emailing
the report is not an option. Which of the following protocols should be implemented to distribute the report securely? (Select three.)
A. S/MIME
B. SSH
C. SNMPv3
D. FTPS
E. SRTP
F. HTTPS
G. LDAPS

Answer 36

Correct Answer: BDF
B. SSH
D. FTPS
F. HTTPS

Question 37

An auditor is reviewing the following output from a password-cracking tool:

user1: Password1
user2: Recovery!
user3: Alsakan10
user4: 4Private
user5: PerForMance2

Which of the following methods did the auditor MOST likely use?
A. Hybrid
B. Dictionary
C. Brute force
D. Rainbow table

Answer 37

Correct Answer: A

A. Hybrid

Question 38

QUESTION 38
Which of the following must be intact for evidence to be admissible in court?
A. Chain of custody
B. Order of volatility
C. Legal hold
D. Preservation

Answer 38

Correct Answer: A

A. Chain of custody

Question 39

QUESTION 39
A vulnerability scanner that uses its running service’s access level to better assess vulnerabilities across multiple assets within an organization is performing a:
A. Credentialed scan.
B. Non-intrusive scan.
C. Privilege escalation test.
D. Passive scan.

Answer 39

Correct Answer: A

A. Credentialed scan

Question 40

QUESTION 40
Which of the following cryptography algorithms will produce a fixed-length, irreversible output?
A. AES
B. 3DES
C. RSA
D. MD5

Answer 40

Correct Answer: D

D. MD5

Question 41

QUESTION 41
A technician suspects that a system has been compromised. The technician reviews the following log entry:
WARNING- hash mismatch: C:\Window\SysWOW64\user32.dll
WARNING- hash mismatch: C:\Window\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll
Based solely on the above information, which of the following types of malware is MOST likely installed on the system?
A. Rootkit
B. Ransomware
C. Trojan
D. Backdoor

Answer 41

Correct Answer: A

A. Rootkit

Question 42

QUESTION 42
A new firewall has been places into service at an organization. However, a configuration has not been entered on the firewall. Employees on the network segment
covered by the new firewall report they are unable to access the network. Which of the following steps should be completed to BEST resolve the issue?
A. The firewall should be configured to prevent user traffic form matching the implicit deny rule.
B. The firewall should be configured with access lists to allow inbound and outbound traffic.
C. The firewall should be configured with port security to allow traffic.
D. The firewall should be configured to include an explicit deny rule.

Answer 42

Correct Answer: A

A. The firewall should be configured to prevent user traffic form matching the implicit deny rule.

Question 43

QUESTION 43
A security analyst is testing both Windows and Linux systems for unauthorized DNS zone transfers within a LAN on comptia.org from example.org. Which of the
following commands should the security analyst use? (Select two.)
A. nslookup
    comptia.org
    set type=MX
    ls-d example.org
B. nslookup
     comptia.org
     set type=MX
     example.org
C. dog -axfr comptia.org @example.org
D. ipconfig /flushDNS
E. ifconfig eth0 down
    ifconfig eth0 up
    dhclient renew
F. dig @example.org comptia.org

Answer 43

Correct Answer: AC
A. nslookup
    comptia.org
    set type=MX
    ls-d example.org
C. dog -axfr comptia.org @example.org

Question 44

QUESTION 44
Which of the following are the MAIN reasons why a systems administrator would install security patches in a staging environment before the patches are applied to
the production server? (Select two.)
A. To prevent server availability issues
B. To verify the appropriate patch is being installed
C. To generate a new baseline hash after patching
D. To allow users to test functionality
E. To ensure users are trained on new functionality

Answer 44

Correct Answer: AD
A. To prevent server availability issues
D. To allow users to test functionality

Question 45

QUESTION 45
A Chief Information Officer (CIO) drafts an agreement between the organization and its employees. The agreement outlines ramifications for releasing information
without consent and/or approvals. Which of the following BEST describes this type of agreement?
A. ISA
B. NDA
C. MOU
D. SLA

Answer 45

Correct Answer: B

B. NDA

Question 46

QUESTION 46
Which of the following would meet the requirements for multi-factor authentication?
A. Username, PIN, and employee ID number
B. Fingerprint and password
C. Smart card and hardware token
D. Voice recognition and retina scan

Answer 46

Correct Answer: B

B. Fingerprint and password

Question 47

QUESTION 47
A manager suspects that an IT employee with elevated database access may be knowingly modifying financial transactions for the benefit of a competitor. Which of
the following practices should the manager implement to validate the concern?
A. Separation of duties
B. Mandatory vacations
C. Background checks
D. Security awareness training

Answer 47

Correct Answer: A

A. Separation of duties

Question 48

QUESTION 48
A penetration tester finds that a company’s login credentials for the email client were being sent in clear text. Which of the following should be done to provide
encrypted logins to the email server?
A. Enable IPSec and configure SMTP.
B. Enable SSH and LDAP credentials.
C. Enable MIME services and POP3.
D. Enable an SSL certificate for IMAP services.

Answer 48

Correct Answer: D

D. Enable an SSL certificate for IMAP services

Question 49

QUESTION 49
Before an infection was detected, several of the infected devices attempted to access a URL that was similar to the company name but with two letters transposed.
Which of the following BEST describes the attack vector used to infect the devices?
A. Cross-site scripting
B. DNS poisoning
C. Typo squatting
D. URL hijacking

Answer 49

Correct Answer: C

C. Typo squatting

Question 50

QUESTION 50
A systems administrator is reviewing the following information from a compromised server:
Given the above information, which of the following processes was MOST likely exploited via a remote buffer overflow attack?
A. Apache
B. LSASS
C. MySQL
D. TFTP

Answer 50

Correct Answer: A

A. Apache

Question 51

QUESTION 51
Joe, a security administrator, needs to extend the organization’s remote access functionality to be used by staff while travelling. Joe needs to maintain separate
access control functionalities for internal, external, and VOIP services. Which of the following represents the BEST access technology for Joe to use?
A. RADIUS
B. TACACS+
C. Diameter
D. Kerberos

Answer 51

Correct Answer: B

B. TACACS+

Question 52

QUESTION 52
The availability of a system has been labeled as the highest priority. Which of the following should be focused on the MOST to ensure the objective?
A. Authentication
B. HVAC
C. Full-disk encryption
D. File integrity checking

Answer 52

Correct Answer: B

B. HVAC

Question 53

QUESTION 53
As part of the SDLC, a third party is hired to perform a penetration test. The third party will have access to the source code, integration tests, and network diagrams.
Which of the following BEST describes the assessment being performed?
A. Black box
B. Regression
C. White box
D. Fuzzing

Answer 53

Correct Answer: C

Question 54

QUESTION 54
A dumpster diver recovers several hard drives from a company and is able to obtain confidential data from one of the hard drives. The company then discovers its
information is posted online. Which of the following methods would have MOST likely prevented the data from being exposed?
A. Removing the hard drive from its enclosure
B. Using software to repeatedly rewrite over the disk space
C. Using Blowfish encryption on the hard drives
D. Using magnetic fields to erase the data

Answer 54

Correct Answer: D

D. Using magnetic fields to erase the data

Question 55

QUESTION 55
Which of the following are methods to implement HA in a web application server environment? (Select two.)
A. Load balancers
B. Application layer firewalls
C. Reverse proxies
D. VPN concentrators
E. Routers

Answer 55

Correct Answer: AB
A. Load balancers
B. Application layer firewalls

Question 56

QUESTION 56
An application developer is designing an application involving secure transports from one service to another that will pass over port 80 for a request.
Which of the following secure protocols is the developer MOST likely to use?
A. FTPS
B. SFTP
C. SSL
D. LDAPS
E. SSH

Answer 56

Correct Answer: C

C. SSL

Question 57

QUESTION 57
Which of the following precautions MINIMIZES the risk from network attacks directed at multifunction printers, as well as the impact on functionality at the same
time?
A. Isolating the systems using VLANs
B. Installing a software-based IPS on all devices
C. Enabling full disk encryption
D. Implementing a unique user PIN access functions

Answer 57

Correct Answer: A

A. Isolating the systems using VLANs

Question 58

QUESTION 58
After an identified security breach, an analyst is tasked to initiate the IR process. Which of the following is the NEXT step the analyst should take?
A. Recovery
B. Identification
C. Preparation
D. Documentation
E. Escalation

Answer 58

Correct Answer: B

B. Identification

Question 59

QUESTION 59
A company was recently audited by a third party. The audit revealed the company’s network devices were transferring files in the clear. Which of the following
protocols should the company use to transfer files?
A. HTTPS
B. LDAPS
C. SCP
D. SNMPv3

Answer 59

Correct Answer: C

C. SCP

Question 60

QUESTION 60
During a monthly vulnerability scan, a server was flagged for being vulnerable to an Apache Struts exploit. Upon further investigation, the developer responsible for
the server informs the security team that Apache Struts is not installed on the server. Which of the following BEST describes how the security team should reach to
this incident?
A. The finding is a false positive and can be disregarded
B. The Struts module needs to be hardened on the server
C. The Apache software on the server needs to be patched and updated
D. The server has been compromised by malware and needs to be quarantined.

Answer 60

Correct Answer: A

A. The finding is a false positive and can be disregarded

Question 61

QUESTION 61
A systems administrator wants to protect data stored on mobile devices that are used to scan and record assets in a warehouse. The control must automatically
destroy the secure container of mobile devices if they leave the warehouse. Which of the following should the administrator implement? (Select two.)
A. Geofencing
B. Remote wipe
C. Near-field communication
D. Push notification services
E. Containerization

Answer 61

Correct Answer: AE
A. Geofencing
E. Containerization

Question 62

QUESTION 62
A security analyst is performing a quantitative risk analysis. The risk analysis should show the potential monetary loss each time a threat or event occurs. Given this
requirement, which of the following concepts would assist the analyst in determining this value? (Select two.)
A. ALE
B. AV
C. ARO
D. EF
E. ROI

Answer 62

Correct Answer: AC
A. ALE
C. ARO

Question 63

QUESTION 63
Which of the following AES modes of operation provide authentication? (Select two.)
A. CCM
B. CBC
C. GCM
D. DSA
E. CFB

Answer 63

Correct Answer: AC
A. CCM
C. GCM

Question 64

QUESTION 64
An audit takes place after company-wide restricting, in which several employees changed roles. The following deficiencies are found during the audit regarding
access to confidential data:
Which of the following would be the BEST method to prevent similar audit findings in the future?
A. Implement separation of duties for the payroll department.
B. Implement a DLP solution on the payroll and human resources servers.
C. Implement rule-based access controls on the human resources server.
D. Implement regular permission auditing and reviews.

Answer 64

Correct Answer: D

D. Implement regular permission auditing and reviews.

Question 65

QUESTION 65
Audit logs from a small company’s vulnerability scanning software show the following findings:
Destinations scanned:
-Server001- Internal human resources payroll server
-Server101-Internet-facing web server
-Server201- SQL server for Server101
-Server301-Jumpbox used by systems administrators accessible from the internal network
Validated vulnerabilities found:
-Server001- Vulnerable to buffer overflow exploit that may allow attackers to install software
-Server101- Vulnerable to buffer overflow exploit that may allow attackers to install software
-Server201-OS updates not fully current
-Server301- Accessible from internal network without the use of jumpbox
-Server301-Vulnerable to highly publicized exploit that can elevate user privileges
Assuming external attackers who are gaining unauthorized information are of the highest concern, which of the following servers should be addressed FIRST?
A. Server001
B. Server101
C. Server201
D. Server301

Answer 65

Correct Answer: B

B. Server101

Question 66

QUESTION 66
A security analyst wants to harden the company’s VoIP PBX. The analyst is worried that credentials may be intercepted and compromised when IP phones
authenticate with the BPX. Which of the following would best prevent this from occurring?
A. Implement SRTP between the phones and the PBX.
B. Place the phones and PBX in their own VLAN.
C. Restrict the phone connections to the PBX.
D. Require SIPS on connections to the PBX.

Answer 66

Correct Answer: A

A. Implement SRTP between the phones and the PBX.

Question 67

QUESTION 67
An organization is comparing and contrasting migration from its standard desktop configuration to the newest version of the platform. Before this can happen, the
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) voices the need to evaluate the functionality of the newer desktop platform to ensure interoperability with existing software
in use by the organization. In which of the following principles of architecture and design is the CISO engaging?
A. Dynamic analysis
B. Change management
C. Baselining
D. Waterfalling

Answer 67

Correct Answer: B

B. Change management

Question 68

QUESTION 68
A security administrator suspects a MITM attack aimed at impersonating the default gateway is underway. Which of the following tools should the administrator use
to detect this attack? (Select two.)
A. Ping
B. Ipconfig
C. Tracert
D. Netstat
E. Dig
F. Nslookup

Answer 68

Correct Answer: BC
B. Ipconfig
C. Tracert

Question 69

QUESTION 69
A user is presented with the following items during the new-hire onboarding process:
-Laptop
-Secure USB drive
-Hardware OTP token
-External high-capacity HDD
-Password complexity policy
-Acceptable use policy
-HASP key
-Cable lock
Which of the following is one component of multifactor authentication?
A. Secure USB drive
B. Cable lock
C. Hardware OTP token
D. HASP key

Answer 69

Correct Answer: C

C. Hardware OTP token

Question 70

QUESTION 70
An organization requires users to provide their fingerprints to access an application. To improve security, the application developers intend to implement multifactor
authentication. Which of the following should be implemented?
A. Use a camera for facial recognition
B. Have users sign their name naturally
C. Require a palm geometry scan
D. Implement iris recognition

Answer 70

Correct Answer: B

B. Have users sign their name naturally

Question 71

QUESTION 71
A network technician is setting up a segmented network that will utilize a separate ISP to provide wireless access to the public area for a company. Which of the
following wireless security methods should the technician implement to provide basic accountability for access to the public network?
A. Pre-shared key
B. Enterprise
C. Wi-Fi Protected setup
D. Captive portal

Answer 71

Correct Answer: D

D. Captive portal

Question 72

QUESTION 72
After a routine audit, a company discovers that engineering documents have been leaving the network on a particular port. The company must allow outbound
traffic on this port, as it has a legitimate business use. Blocking the port would cause an outage. Which of the following technology controls should the company
implement?
A. NAC
B. Web proxy
C. DLP
D. ACL

Answer 72

Correct Answer: C

C. DLP

Question 73

QUESTION 73
A security analyst has received the following alert snippet from the HIDS appliance:
Given the above logs, which of the following is the cause of the attack?
A. The TCP ports on destination are all open
B. FIN, URG, and PSH flags are set in the packet header
C. TCP MSS is configured improperly
D. There is improper Layer 2 segmentation

Answer 73

Correct Answer: B

B. FIN, URG, and PSH flags are set in the packet header

Question 74

QUESTION 74
An administrator is configuring access to information located on a network file server named “Bowman”. The files are located in a folder named “BalkFiles”. The
files are only for use by the “Matthews” division and should be read-only. The security policy requires permissions for shares to be managed at the file system layer
and also requires those permissions to be set according to a least privilege model. Security policy for this data type also dictates that administrator-level accounts
on the system have full access to the files.
The administrator configures the file share according to the following table:

Which of the following rows has been misconfigured?
A. Row 1
B. Row 2
C. Row 3
D. Row 4
E. Row 5

Answer 74

Correct Answer: D

D. Row 4

Question 75

QUESTION 75
A copy of a highly confidential salary report was recently found on a printer in the IT department. The human resources department does not have this specific
printer mapped to its devices, and it is suspected that an employee in the IT department browsed to the share where the report was located and printed it without
authorization. Which of the following technical controls would be the BEST choice to immediately prevent this from happening again?
A. Implement a DLP solution and classify the report as confidential, restricting access only to human resources staff
B. Restrict access to the share where the report resides to only human resources employees and enable auditing
C. Have all members of the IT department review and sign the AUP and disciplinary policies
D. Place the human resources computers on a restricted VLAN and configure the ACL to prevent access from the IT department

Answer 75

Correct Answer: B

B. Restrict access to the share where the report resides to only human resources employees and enable auditing

Question 76

QUESTION 76
A company is developing a new system that will unlock a computer automatically when an authorized user sits in front of it, and then lock the computer when the
user leaves. The user does not have to perform any action for this process to occur. Which of the following technologies provides this capability?
A. Facial recognition
B. Fingerprint scanner
C. Motion detector
D. Smart cards

Answer 76

Correct Answer: A

A. Facial recognition

Question 77

QUESTION 77
A security analyst accesses corporate web pages and inputs random data in the forms. The response received includes the type of database used and SQL
commands that the database accepts. Which of the following should the security analyst use to prevent this vulnerability?
A. Application fuzzing
B. Error handling
C. Input validation
D. Pointer dereference

Answer 77

Correct Answer: C

C. Input validation

Question 78

QUESTION 78
Which of the following differentiates a collision attack from a rainbow table attack?
A. A rainbow table attack performs a hash lookup
B. A rainbow table attack uses the hash as a password
C. In a collision attack, the hash and the input data are equivalent
D. In a collision attack, the same input results in different hashes

Answer 78

Correct Answer: A

A. A rainbow table attack performs a hash lookup

Question 79

QUESTION 79
A help desk is troubleshooting user reports that the corporate website is presenting untrusted certificate errors to employees and customers when they visit the
website. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this error, provided the certificate has not expired?
A. The certificate was self signed, and the CA was not imported by employees or customers
B. The root CA has revoked the certificate of the intermediate CA
C. The valid period for the certificate has passed, and a new certificate has not been issued
D. The key escrow server has blocked the certificate from being validated

Answer 79

Correct Answer: B

B. The root CA has revoked the certificate of the intermediate CA

Question 80

QUESTION 80
A security analyst is investigating a suspected security breach and discovers the following in the logs of the potentially compromised server:

A. Implement password expirations
B. Implement restrictions on shared credentials
C. Implement account lockout settings
D. Implement time-of-day restrictions on this server

Answer 80

Correct Answer: C

C. Implement account lockout settings

Question 81

QUESTION 81
DRAG DROP
A security administrator is given the security and availability profiles for servers that are being deployed.
1. Match each RAID type with the correct configuration and MINIMUM number of drives.
2. Review the server profiles and match them with the appropriate RAID type based on integrity, availability, I/O, storage requirements. Instructions:
All drive definitions can be dragged as many times as necessary
Not all placeholders may be filled in the RAID configuration boxes
If parity is required, please select the appropriate number of parity checkboxes
Server profiles may be dragged only once
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please select the Reset button. When you have completed the simulation, please select
the Done button to submit. Once the simulation is submitted, please select the Next button to continue.

Answer 81

RAID 0
Disk 1 = Stripe Data
Disk 2 = Stripe Data

RAID 1
Disk 1 = Mirror Data
Disk 2 = Mirror Data

Raid 5
Disk 1 = Stripe Data
Disk 2 = Stripe Data
Disk 3 = Stripe Data
Parity Data

RAID 6 
Disk 1 = Stripe Data
Disk 2 = Stripe Data
Disk 3 = Stripe Data
Disk 4 = Stripe Data
Parity Data
Parity Data

Question 82

QUESTION 82
A portable data storage device has been determined to have malicious firmware.
Which of the following is the BEST course of action to ensure data confidentiality?
A. Format the device
B. Re-image the device
C. Perform virus scan in the device
D. Physically destroy the device

Answer 82

Correct Answer: C

C. Perform virus scan in the device

Question 83

QUESTION 83
A security administrator must implement a system to ensure that invalid certificates are not used by a custom developed application. The system must be able to
check the validity of certificates even when internet access is unavailable.
Which of the following MUST be implemented to support this requirement?
A. CSR
B. OCSP
C. CRL
D. SSH

Answer 83

Correct Answer: C

C. CRL

Question 84

QUESTION 84
A technician has installed new vulnerability scanner software on a server that is joined to the company domain. The vulnerability scanner is able to provide visibility
over the patch posture of all company's clients.
Which of the following is being used?
A. Gray box vulnerability testing
B. Passive scan
C. Credentialed scan
D. Bypassing security controls

Answer 84

Correct Answer: C

C. Credentialed scan

Question 85

QUESTION 85
The Chief Security Officer (CISO) at a multinational banking corporation is reviewing a plan to upgrade the entire corporate IT infrastructure. The architecture
consists of a centralized cloud environment hosting the majority of data, small server clusters at each corporate location to handle the majority of customer
transaction processing, ATMs, and a new mobile banking application accessible from smartphones, tablets, and the Internet via HTTP. The corporation does
business having varying data retention and privacy laws.
Which of the following technical modifications to the architecture and corresponding security controls should be implemented to provide the MOST complete
protection of data?
A. Revoke exiting root certificates, re-issue new customer certificates, and ensure all transactions are digitally signed to minimize fraud, implement encryption for
data in-transit between data centers
B. Ensure all data is encryption according to the most stringent regulatory guidance applicable, implement encryption for data in-transit between data centers,
increase data availability by replicating all data, transaction data, logs between each corporate location
C. Store customer data based on national borders, ensure end-to end encryption between ATMs, end users, and servers, test redundancy and COOP plans to
ensure data is not inadvertently shifted from one legal jurisdiction to another with more stringent regulations
D. Install redundant servers to handle corporate customer processing, encrypt all customer data to ease the transfer from one country to another, implement endto-
end encryption between mobile applications and the cloud.

Answer 85

Correct Answer: C
C. Store customer data based on national borders, ensure end-to end encryption between ATMs, end users, and servers, test redundancy and COOP plans to
ensure data is not inadvertently shifted from one legal jurisdiction to another with more stringent regulations

Question 86

QUESTION 86
While reviewing the monthly internet usage it is noted that there is a large spike in traffic classified as "unknown" and does not appear to be within the bounds of the
organizations Acceptable Use Policy.
Which of the following tool or technology would work BEST for obtaining more information on this traffic?
A. Firewall logs
B. IDS logs
C. Increased spam filtering
D. Protocol analyzer

Answer 86

Correct Answer: B

B. IDS logs

Question 87

QUESTION 87
A network administrator wants to ensure that users do not connect any unauthorized devices to the company network. Each desk needs to connect a VoIP phone
and computer.
Which of the following is the BEST way to accomplish this?
A. Enforce authentication for network devices
B. Configure the phones on one VLAN, and computers on another
C. Enable and configure port channels
D. Make users sign an Acceptable use Agreement

Answer 87

Correct Answer: A

A. Enforce authentication for network devices

Question 88

QUESTION 88
An administrator has concerns regarding the traveling sales team who works primarily from smart phones.
Given the sensitive nature of their work, which of the following would BEST prevent access to the data in case of loss or theft?
A. Enable screensaver locks when the phones are not in use to prevent unauthorized access
B. Configure the smart phones so that the stored data can be destroyed from a centralized location
C. Configure the smart phones so that all data is saved to removable media and kept separate from the device
D. Enable GPS tracking on all smart phones so that they can be quickly located and recovered

Answer 88

Correct Answer: B

B. Configure the smart phones so that the stored data can be destroyed from a centralized location

Question 89

QUESTION 89
A user of the wireless network is unable to gain access to the network. The symptoms are:
1.) Unable to connect to both internal and Internet resources
2.) The wireless icon shows connectivity but has no network access
The wireless network is WPA2 Enterprise and users must be a member of the wireless security group to authenticate.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the connectivity issues?
A. The wireless signal is not strong enough
B. A remote DDoS attack against the RADIUS server is taking place
C. The user’s laptop only supports WPA and WEP
D. The DHCP scope is full
E. The dynamic encryption key did not update while the user was offline

Answer 89

Correct Answer: C

C. The user’s laptop only supports Correct Answer: DFIWPA and WEP

Question 90

QUESTION 90
A chief Financial Officer (CFO) has asked the Chief Information Officer (CISO) to provide responses to a recent audit report detailing deficiencies in the
organization security controls. The CFO would like to know ways in which the organization can improve its authorization controls.

Given the request by the CFO, which of the following controls should the CISO focus on in the report? (Select Three)
A. Password complexity policies
B. Hardware tokens
C. Biometric systems
D. Role-based permissions
E. One time passwords
F. Separation of duties
G. Multifactor authentication
H. Single sign-on
I. Lease privilege

Answer 90

Correct Answer: DFI
D. Role-based permissions
F. Separation of duties
I. Lease privilege

Question 91

QUESTION 91
A mobile device user is concerned about geographic positioning information being included in messages sent between users on a popular social network platform.
The user turns off the functionality in the application, but wants to ensure the application cannot re-enable the setting without the knowledge of the user.
Which of the following mobile device capabilities should the user disable to achieve the stated goal?
A. Device access control
B. Location based services
C. Application control
D. GEO-Tagging

Answer 91

Correct Answer: D

D. GEO-Tagging

Question 92

QUESTION 92
A member of a digital forensics team, Joe arrives at a crime scene and is preparing to collect system data. Before powering the system off, Joe knows that he must
collect the most volatile date first.
Which of the following is the correct order in which Joe should collect the data?
A. CPU cache, paging/swap files, RAM, remote logging data
B. RAM, CPU cache. Remote logging data, paging/swap files
C. Paging/swap files, CPU cache, RAM, remote logging data
D. CPU cache, RAM, paging/swap files, remote logging data

Answer 92

Correct Answer: D

D. CPU cache, RAM, paging/swap files, remote logging data

Question 93

QUESTION 93
An organization has hired a penetration tester to test the security of its ten web servers. The penetration tester is able to gain root/administrative access in several
servers by exploiting vulnerabilities associated with the implementation of SMTP, POP, DNS, FTP, Telnet, and IMAP.
Which of the following recommendations should the penetration tester provide to the organization to better protect their web servers in the future?
A. Use a honeypot
B. Disable unnecessary services
C. Implement transport layer security
D. Increase application event logging

Answer 93

Correct Answer: B

B. Disable unnecessary services

Question 94

QUESTION 94
A security engineer is faced with competing requirements from the networking group and database administrators. The database administrators would like ten
application servers on the same subnet for ease of administration, whereas the networking group would like to segment all applications from one another.
Which of the following should the security administrator do to rectify this issue?
A. Recommend performing a security assessment on each application, and only segment the applications with the most vulnerability
B. Recommend classifying each application into like security groups and segmenting the groups from one another
C. Recommend segmenting each application, as it is the most secure approach
D. Recommend that only applications with minimal security features should be segmented to protect them

Answer 94

Correct Answer: B

B. Recommend classifying each application into like security groups and segmenting the groups from one another

Question 95

QUESTION 95
A security analyst has been asked to perform a review of an organization’s software development lifecycle. The analyst reports that the lifecycle does not contain a
phase in which team members evaluate and provide critical feedback of another developer’s code.
Which of the following assessment techniques is BEST described in the analyst’s report?
A. Architecture evaluation
B. Baseline reporting
C. Whitebox testing
D. Peer review

Answer 95

Correct Answer: D

D. Peer review

Question 96

QUESTION 96
An attacker wearing a building maintenance uniform approached a company’s receptionist asking for access to a secure area. The receptionist asks for
identification, a building access badge and checks the company’s list approved maintenance personnel prior to granting physical access to the secure are.
The controls used by the receptionist are in place to prevent which of the following types of attacks?
A. Tailgating
B. Shoulder surfing
C. Impersonation
D. Hoax

Answer 96

Correct Answer: C

C. Impersonation

Question 97

QUESTION 97
A security administrator is tasked with conducting an assessment made to establish the baseline security posture of the corporate IT infrastructure. The
assessment must report actual flaws and weaknesses in the infrastructure. Due to the expense of hiring outside consultants, the testing must be performed using
in-house or cheaply available resource. There cannot be a possibility of any requirement being damaged in the test.
Which of the following has the administrator been tasked to perform?
A. Risk transference
B. Penetration test
C. Threat assessment
D. Vulnerability assessment

Answer 97

Correct Answer: D

D. Vulnerability assessment

Question 98

QUESTION 98
A network administrator is attempting to troubleshoot an issue regarding certificates on a secure website. During the troubleshooting process, the network
administrator notices that the web gateway proxy on the local network has signed all of the certificates on the local machine.
Which of the following describes the type of attack the proxy has been legitimately programmed to perform?
A. Transitive access
B. Spoofing
C. Man-in-the-middle
D. Replay

Answer 98

Correct Answer: C

C. Man-in-the-middle

Question 99

QUESTION 99
Which of the following use the SSH protocol?
A. Stelnet
B. SCP
C. SNMP
D. FTPS
E. SSL
F. SFTP

Answer 99

Correct Answer: BF
B. SCP
F. SFTP

Question 100

QUESTION 100
A security technician would like to obscure sensitive data within a file so that it can be transferred without causing suspicion.
Which of the following technologies would BEST be suited to accomplish this?
A. Transport Encryption
B. Stream Encryption
C. Digital Signature
D. Steganography

Answer 100

Correct Answer: D

D. Steganography