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Test Questions Flashcards

1
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What is an attack surface?

A

A area that can be hacked on a network

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2
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A hacker that uses premade tools to conduct attacks is known as which type of hacker?

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Script kiddie

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3
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When you want to remain anonymous on the Internet, what manages the traffic flow?

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TOR browsers (or onion network)

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4
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A hacker motived by personal beliefs is practicing what type of hacking?

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Hacktivism

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5
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What is the team called that is hired or used to access the security of company?

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Red Team

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6
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What is the name of the software that controls the communication between the VM and the physical host?

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Hypervisor

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7
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A native or bare metal hypervisor does not communicate with which element(s) of the physical host?

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operating system

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8
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What is the name of Microsoft’s software implementation of a hypervisor?

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Hyper-V

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9
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Briefly describe VM sprawl.

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When a business create virtual machines and forgets or ignores them.

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10
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To create an image of a VM in its current state, what would you do?

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create a snapshot

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11
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skills that are necessary for communication are called ___.

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soft skills

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12
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Which organization provides certifications such as Security+ and CySA+?

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CompTIA

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13
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Microsoft offers MTA certification, which is an entry-level certification in a security fundamentals. What does MTA stand for?

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Microsoft Technology Associate

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14
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Which certification is used by penetration testers as evidence of their knowledge of preventative hacking?

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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

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15
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Which security principle relates to protecting data against unauthorized chanes?

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Integrity

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16
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What is the practice of having multiple layers of security to protect against intruders?

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Defense in Depth

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17
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Briefly describe frameworks

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Guidelines

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18
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Nontraditional computing devices with Internet access describes ___.

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Internet of things (LOT)

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19
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What is the weakest link in an an organization’s policy and plan?

A

Users

20
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What is a Trojan or Trojan horse?

A

Malware that hides inside a legitimate program.

21
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Software that is preinstalled or embedded in hardware is known as ___.

A

firmware

22
Q

Which type of cookie remains on the computer after the browser is closed until it reaches its expiration date?

A

persistent cookie

23
Q

What is the social engineering technique in which the hacker lies to get information?

A

pretexting

24
Q

If you are digging through a trash can for information, what is this hacking technique called?

A

dumpster diving

25
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What is meant by compliance?

A

Following rules and regulations by which an origination must abide

26
Q

Which law covers unauthorized access to computers?

A

Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA)

27
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What is the basic purpose of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)?

A

It ensures financial businesses, such as banks, protect personal data

28
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What governmental agency monitors issues related to the SOX rules?

A

Securities and exchange commission (SEC)

29
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What is the minimun number of credit card transactions for the PCI DSS regulations to apply?

A

no minimum, applies to all organizations

30
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what is the vulnerability that allows a person to see that a user is entering such as a password?

A

Shoulder surfing

31
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Directories should be based on which protocol to allow use with multiple systems?

A

Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)

32
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A security technique that requires that user not to be using the computer system is known as what strategy?

A

Mandatory vacation

33
Q

What allows you to log in one time and access multiple services without having to reenter credentials?

A

Single sign-on (SSO)

34
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What system configuration should you set to require administrative credentials for installing software?

A

User account control (UAC)

35
Q

What are the permission options for shared folders?

A

Read, Change, and full control

36
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Which NTFS permission allows the ability to rename a file?

A

Modify

37
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how can a shared folder be set to hidden?

A

put a ($) at the end of the share name

38
Q

Permissions received from a higher folder are called what type of permissions?

A

Inherited

39
Q

The net result of all permissions results in what a user can do. This is called what type of permission?

A

Effective

40
Q

Which command would you enter at the command prompt to stop a task running?

A

TASKKILL

41
Q

What is the command entry to show all batch files that start with the letter S?

A

dir S*.bat

42
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Which marker indicates the current directory?

A

Single period (.)

43
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Which command is placed in a batch file to display text on the screen?

A

ECHO

44
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what is the command entry to output the task list to a file called processes.txt?

A

tasklist

45
Q

how is the syntax of a PowerShell cmdlet constructed?

A

Verb-noun

46
Q

When a command line or Linux command is run in PowerShell, what type of command is it?

A

Alias

47
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How would you get additional help fir the get-process cmdlet?

A

Enter get-help get-process

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