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- Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Topic 1 - Exam A Question #1 Topic 1 Which of the following threat actors is the most likely to be hired by a foreign government to attack critical systems located in other countries? A. Hacktivist B. Whistleblower C. Organized crime Most Voted D. Unskilled attacker Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #2 Topic 1 Which of the following is used to add extra complexity before using a one-way data transformation algorithm? A. Key stretching B. Data masking C. Steganography D. Salting Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #3 Topic 1 An employee clicked a link in an email from a payment website that asked the employee to update contact information. The employee entered the log-in information but received a “page not found” error message. Which of the following types of social engineering attacks occurred? A. Brand impersonation B. Pretexting C. Typosquatting D. Phishing Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (92%) 8% Question #4 Topic 1 An enterprise is trying to limit outbound DNS traffic originating from its internal network. Outbound DNS requests will only be allowed from one device with the IP address 10.50.10.25. Which of the following firewall ACLs will accomplish this goal? A. Access list outbound permit 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 port 53 Access list outbound deny 10.50.10.25/32 0.0.0.0/0 port 53 B. Access list outbound permit 0.0.0.0/0 10.50.10.25/32 port 53 Access list outbound deny 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 port 53 C. Access list outbound permit 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 port 53 Access list outbound deny 0.0.0.0/0 10.50.10.25/32 port 53 D. Access list outbound permit 10.50.10.25/32 0.0.0.0/0 port 53 Access list outbound deny 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 port 53 Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (89%) 11% Question #5 Topic 1 A data administrator is configuring authentication for a SaaS application and would like to reduce the number of credentials employees need to maintain. The company prefers to use domain credentials to access new SaaS applications. Which of the following methods would allow this functionality? A. SSO Most Voted B. LEAP C. MFA D. PEAP Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #6 Topic 1 Which of the following scenarios describes a possible business email compromise attack? A. An employee receives a gift card request in an email that has an executive’s name in the display field of the email. B. Employees who open an email attachment receive messages demanding payment in order to access files. C. A service desk employee receives an email from the HR director asking for log-in credentials to a cloud administrator account. Most Voted D. An employee receives an email with a link to a phishing site that is designed to look like the company’s email portal. Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (62%) A (27%) 11% Question #7 Topic 1 A company prevented direct access from the database administrators’ workstations to the network segment that contains database servers. Which of the following should a database administrator use to access the database servers? A. Jump server Most Voted B. RADIUS C. HSM D. Load balancer Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #8 Topic 1 An organization’s internet-facing website was compromised when an attacker exploited a buffer overflow. Which of the following should the organization deploy to best protect against similar attacks in the future? A. NGFW B. WAF Most Voted C. TLS D. SD-WAN Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (71%) A (29%) Question #9 Topic 1 An administrator notices that several users are logging in from suspicious IP addresses. After speaking with the users, the administrator determines that the employees were not logging in from those IP addresses and resets the affected users’ passwords. Which of the following should the administrator implement to prevent this type of attack from succeeding in the future? A. Multifactor authentication Most Voted B. Permissions assignment C. Access management D. Password complexity Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #10 Topic 1 An employee receives a text message that appears to have been sent by the payroll department and is asking for credential verification. Which of the following social engineering techniques are being attempted? (Choose two.) A. Typosquatting B. Phishing C. Impersonation Most Voted D. Vishing E. Smishing Most Voted F. Misinformation Correct Answer: CE Community vote distribution CE (90%) 10% Question #11 Topic 1 Several employees received a fraudulent text message from someone claiming to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The message stated: “I’m in an airport right now with no access to email. I need you to buy gift cards for employee recognition awards. Please send the gift cards to following email address.” Which of the following are the best responses to this situation? (Choose two). A. Cancel current employee recognition gift cards. B. Add a smishing exercise to the annual company training. Most Voted C. Issue a general email warning to the company. Most Voted D. Have the CEO change phone numbers. E. Conduct a forensic investigation on the CEO’s phone. F. Implement mobile device management. Correct Answer: BC Community vote distribution BC (96%) 4% Question #12 Topic 1 A company is required to use certified hardware when building networks. Which of the following best addresses the risks associated with procuring counterfeit hardware? A. A thorough analysis of the supply chain Most Voted B. A legally enforceable corporate acquisition policy C. A right to audit clause in vendor contracts and SOWs D. An in-depth penetration test of all suppliers and vendors Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (71%) C (29%) Question #13 Topic 1 Which of the following provides the details about the terms of a test with a third-party penetration tester? A. Rules of engagement Most Voted B. Supply chain analysis C. Right to audit clause D. Due diligence Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (94%) 6%  Question #14 Topic 1 A penetration tester begins an engagement by performing port and service scans against the client environment according to the rules of engagement. Which of the following reconnaissance types is the tester performing? A. Active Most Voted B. Passive C. Defensive D. Offensive Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #15 Topic 1 Which of the following is required for an organization to properly manage its restore process in the event of system failure? A. IRP B. DRP Most Voted C. RPO D. SDLC Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #16 Topic 1 Which of the following vulnerabilities is associated with installing software outside of a manufacturer’s approved software repository? A. Jailbreaking B. Memory injection C. Resource reuse D. Side loading Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #17 Topic 1 A security analyst is reviewing the following logs: Which of the following attacks is most likely occurring? A. Password spraying Most Voted B. Account forgery C. Pass-the-hash D. Brute-force Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #18 Topic 1 An analyst is evaluating the implementation of Zero Trust principles within the data plane. Which of the following would be most relevant for the analyst to evaluate? A. Secured zones B. Subject role Most Voted C. Adaptive identity D. Threat scope reduction Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (43%) A (32%) D (18%) 7% Question #19 Topic 1 An engineer needs to find a solution that creates an added layer of security by preventing unauthorized access to internal company resources. Which of the following would be the best solution? A. RDP server B. Jump server Most Voted C. Proxy server D. Hypervisor Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (96%) 4% Question #20 Topic 1 A company’s web filter is configured to scan the URL for strings and deny access when matches are found. Which of the following search strings should an analyst employ to prohibit access to non-encrypted websites? A. encryption=off B. http:// Most Voted C. www.*.com D. :443 Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #21 Topic 1 During a security incident, the security operations team identified sustained network traffic from a malicious IP address: 10.1.4.9. A security analyst is creating an inbound firewall rule to block the IP address from accessing the organization’s network. Which of the following fulfills this request? A. access-list inbound deny ip source 0.0.0.0/0 destination 10.1.4.9/32 B. access-list inbound deny ip source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0 Most Voted C. access-list inbound permit ip source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0 D. access-list inbound permit ip source 0.0.0.0/0 destination 10.1.4.9/32 Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #22 Topic 1 A company needs to provide administrative access to internal resources while minimizing the traffic allowed through the security boundary. Which of the following methods is most secure? A. Implementing a bastion host Most Voted B. Deploying a perimeter network C. Installing a WAF D. Utilizing single sign-on Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (91%) 9% Question #23 Topic 1 A security analyst is reviewing alerts in the SIEM related to potential malicious network traffic coming from an employee’s corporate laptop. The security analyst has determined that additional data about the executable running on the machine is necessary to continue the investigation. Which of the following logs should the analyst use as a data source? A. Application B. IPS/IDS C. Network D. Endpoint Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (92%) 8% Question #24 Topic 1 A cyber operations team informs a security analyst about a new tactic malicious actors are using to compromise networks. SIEM alerts have not yet been configured. Which of the following best describes what the security analyst should do to identify this behavior? A. Digital forensics B. E-discovery C. Incident response D. Threat hunting Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #25 Topic 1 A company purchased cyber insurance to address items listed on the risk register. Which of the following strategies does this represent? A. Accept B. Transfer Most Voted C. Mitigate D. Avoid Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #26 Topic 1 A security administrator would like to protect data on employees’ laptops. Which of the following encryption techniques should the security administrator use? A. Partition B. Asymmetric C. Full disk Most Voted D. Database Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #27 Topic 1 Which of the following security control types does an acceptable use policy best represent? A. Detective B. Compensating C. Corrective D. Preventive Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (90%) 10% Question #28 Topic 1 An IT manager informs the entire help desk staff that only the IT manager and the help desk lead will have access to the administrator console of the help desk software. Which of the following security techniques is the IT manager setting up? A. Hardening B. Employee monitoring C. Configuration enforcement D. Least privilege Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #29 Topic 1 Which of the following is the most likely to be used to document risks, responsible parties, and thresholds? A. Risk tolerance B. Risk transfer C. Risk register Most Voted D. Risk analysis Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%)  Question #30 Topic 1 Which of the following should a security administrator adhere to when setting up a new set of firewall rules? A. Disaster recovery plan B. Incident response procedure C. Business continuity plan D. Change management procedure Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%)  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #31 Topic 1 A company is expanding its threat surface program and allowing individuals to security test the company’s internet-facing application. The company will compensate researchers based on the vulnerabilities discovered. Which of the following best describes the program the company is setting up? A. Open-source intelligence B. Bug bounty Most Voted C. Red team D. Penetration testing Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #32 Topic 1 Which of the following threat actors is the most likely to use large financial resources to attack critical systems located in other countries? A. Insider B. Unskilled attacker C. Nation-state Most Voted D. Hacktivist Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #33 Topic 1 Which of the following enables the use of an input field to run commands that can view or manipulate data? A. Cross-site scripting B. Side loading C. Buffer overflow D. SQL injection Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #34 Topic 1 Employees in the research and development business unit receive extensive training to ensure they understand how to best protect company data. Which of the following is the type of data these employees are most likely to use in day-to-day work activities? A. Encrypted B. Intellectual property Most Voted C. Critical D. Data in transit Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #35 Topic 1 A company has begun labeling all laptops with asset inventory stickers and associating them with employee IDs. Which of the following security benefits do these actions provide? (Choose two.) A. If a security incident occurs on the device, the correct employee can be notified. Most Voted B. The security team will be able to send user awareness training to the appropriate device. C. Users can be mapped to their devices when configuring software MFA tokens. D. User-based firewall policies can be correctly targeted to the appropriate laptops. E. When conducting penetration testing, the security team will be able to target the desired laptops. F. Company data can be accounted for when the employee leaves the organization. Most Voted Correct Answer: AF Community vote distribution AF (64%) AC (29%) 7% Question #36 Topic 1 A technician wants to improve the situational and environmental awareness of existing users as they transition from remote to in-office work. Which of the following is the best option? A. Send out periodic security reminders. B. Update the content of new hire documentation. C. Modify the content of recurring training. Most Voted D. Implement a phishing campaign. Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #37 Topic 1 A newly appointed board member with cybersecurity knowledge wants the board of directors to receive a quarterly report detailing the number of incidents that impacted the organization. The systems administrator is creating a way to present the data to the board of directors. Which of the following should the systems administrator use? A. Packet captures B. Vulnerability scans C. Metadata D. Dashboard Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #38 Topic 1 A systems administrator receives the following alert from a file integrity monitoring tool: The hash of the cmd.exe file has changed. The systems administrator checks the OS logs and notices that no patches were applied in the last two months. Which of the following most likely occurred? A. The end user changed the file permissions. B. A cryptographic collision was detected. C. A snapshot of the file system was taken. D. A rootkit was deployed. Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #39 Topic 1 Which of the following roles, according to the shared responsibility model, is responsible for securing the company’s database in an IaaS model for a cloud environment? A. Client Most Voted B. Third-party vendor C. Cloud provider D. DBA Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (93%) 7% Question #40 Topic 1 A client asked a security company to provide a document outlining the project, the cost, and the completion time frame. Which of the following documents should the company provide to the client? A. MSA B. SLA C. BPA D. SOW Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (94%) 6% Question #41 Topic 1 A security team is reviewing the findings in a report that was delivered after a third party performed a penetration test. One of the findings indicated that a web application form field is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Which of the following application security techniques should the security analyst recommend the developer implement to prevent this vulnerability? A. Secure cookies B. Version control C. Input validation Most Voted D. Code signing Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #42 Topic 1 Which of the following must be considered when designing a high-availability network? (Choose two). A. Ease of recovery Most Voted B. Ability to patch C. Physical isolation D. Responsiveness Most Voted E. Attack surface F. Extensible authentication Correct Answer: AD Community vote distribution AD (70%) AC (17%) 13% Question #43 Topic 1 A technician needs to apply a high-priority patch to a production system. Which of the following steps should be taken first? A. Air gap the system. B. Move the system to a different network segment. C. Create a change control request. Most Voted D. Apply the patch to the system. Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #44 Topic 1 Which of the following describes the reason root cause analysis should be conducted as part of incident response? A. To gather IoCs for the investigation B. To discover which systems have been affected C. To eradicate any trace of malware on the network D. To prevent future incidents of the same nature Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%)  Question #45 Topic 1 Which of the following is the most likely outcome if a large bank fails an internal PCI DSS compliance assessment? A. Fines B. Audit findings Most Voted C. Sanctions D. Reputation damage Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (81%) Other  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #46 Topic 1 A company is developing a business continuity strategy and needs to determine how many staff members would be required to sustain the business in the case of a disruption. Which of the following best describes this step? A. Capacity planning Most Voted B. Redundancy C. Geographic dispersion D. Tabletop exercise Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #47 Topic 1 A company’s legal department drafted sensitive documents in a SaaS application and wants to ensure the documents cannot be accessed by individuals in high-risk countries. Which of the following is the most effective way to limit this access? A. Data masking B. Encryption C. Geolocation policy Most Voted D. Data sovereignty regulation Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #48 Topic 1 Which of the following is a hardware-specific vulnerability? A. Firmware version Most Voted B. Buffer overflow C. SQL injection D. Cross-site scripting Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #49 Topic 1 While troubleshooting a firewall configuration, a technician determines that a “deny any” policy should be added to the bottom of the ACL. The technician updates the policy, but the new policy causes several company servers to become unreachable. Which of the following actions would prevent this issue? A. Documenting the new policy in a change request and submitting the request to change management B. Testing the policy in a non-production environment before enabling the policy in the production network Most Voted C. Disabling any intrusion prevention signatures on the “deny any” policy prior to enabling the new policy D. Including an “allow any” policy above the “deny any” policy Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (60%) A (40%) Question #50 Topic 1 An organization is building a new backup data center with cost-benefit as the primary requirement and RTO and RPO values around two days. Which of the following types of sites is the best for this scenario? A. Real-time recovery B. Hot C. Cold D. Warm Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (83%) C (17%) Question #51 Topic 1 A company requires hard drives to be securely wiped before sending decommissioned systems to recycling. Which of the following best describes this policy? A. Enumeration B. Sanitization Most Voted C. Destruction D. Inventory Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #52 Topic 1 A systems administrator works for a local hospital and needs to ensure patient data is protected and secure. Which of the following data classifications should be used to secure patient data? A. Private B. Critical C. Sensitive Most Voted D. Public Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #53 Topic 1 A U.S.-based cloud-hosting provider wants to expand its data centers to new international locations. Which of the following should the hosting provider consider first? A. Local data protection regulations Most Voted B. Risks from hackers residing in other countries C. Impacts to existing contractual obligations D. Time zone differences in log correlation Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (75%) C (25%) Question #54 Topic 1 Which of the following would be the best way to block unknown programs from executing? A. Access control list B. Application allow list Most Voted C. Host-based firewall D. DLP solution Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #55 Topic 1 A company hired a consultant to perform an offensive security assessment covering penetration testing and social engineering. Which of the following teams will conduct this assessment activity? A. White B. Purple C. Blue D. Red Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (85%) B (15%) Question #56 Topic 1 A software development manager wants to ensure the authenticity of the code created by the company. Which of the following options is the most appropriate? A. Testing input validation on the user input fields B. Performing code signing on company-developed software Most Voted C. Performing static code analysis on the software D. Ensuring secure cookies are use Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #57 Topic 1 Which of the following can be used to identify potential attacker activities without affecting production servers? A. Honeypot Most Voted B. Video surveillance C. Zero Trust D. Geofencing Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #58 Topic 1 During an investigation, an incident response team attempts to understand the source of an incident. Which of the following incident response activities describes this process? A. Analysis Most Voted B. Lessons learned C. Detection D. Containment Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (71%) B (29%) Question #59 Topic 1 A security practitioner completes a vulnerability assessment on a company’s network and finds several vulnerabilities, which the operations team remediates. Which of the following should be done next? A. Conduct an audit. B. Initiate a penetration test. C. Rescan the network. Most Voted D. Submit a report. Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%)  Question #60 Topic 1 An administrator was notified that a user logged in remotely after hours and copied large amounts of data to a personal device. Which of the following best describes the user’s activity? A. Penetration testing B. Phishing campaign C. External audit D. Insider threat Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%)  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #61 Topic 1 Which of the following allows for the attribution of messages to individuals? A. Adaptive identity B. Non-repudiation Most Voted C. Authentication D. Access logs Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #62 Topic 1 Which of the following is the best way to consistently determine on a daily basis whether security settings on servers have been modified? A. Automation Most Voted B. Compliance checklist C. Attestation D. Manual audit Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (93%) 7% Question #63 Topic 1 Which of the following tools can assist with detecting an employee who has accidentally emailed a file containing a customer’s PII? A. SCAP B. NetFlow C. Antivirus D. DLP Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #64 Topic 1 An organization recently updated its security policy to include the following statement: Regular expressions are included in source code to remove special characters such as $, |, ;. &, `, and ? from variables set by forms in a web application. Which of the following best explains the security technique the organization adopted by making this addition to the policy? A. Identify embedded keys B. Code debugging C. Input validation Most Voted D. Static code analysis Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #65 Topic 1 A security analyst and the management team are reviewing the organizational performance of a recent phishing campaign. The user click-through rate exceeded the acceptable risk threshold, and the management team wants to reduce the impact when a user clicks on a link in a phishing message. Which of the following should the analyst do? A. Place posters around the office to raise awareness of common phishing activities. B. Implement email security filters to prevent phishing emails from being delivered. C. Update the EDR policies to block automatic execution of downloaded programs. Most Voted D. Create additional training for users to recognize the signs of phishing attempts. Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (80%) 12% 8% Question #66 Topic 1 Which of the following has been implemented when a host-based firewall on a legacy Linux system allows connections from only specific internal IP addresses? A. Compensating control Most Voted B. Network segmentation C. Transfer of risk D. SNMP traps Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (91%) 9% Question #67 Topic 1 The management team notices that new accounts that are set up manually do not always have correct access or permissions. Which of the following automation techniques should a systems administrator use to streamline account creation? A. Guard rail script B. Ticketing workflow C. Escalation script D. User provisioning script Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #68 Topic 1 A company is planning to set up a SIEM system and assign an analyst to review the logs on a weekly basis. Which of the following types of controls is the company setting up? A. Corrective B. Preventive C. Detective Most Voted D. Deterrent Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #69 Topic 1 A systems administrator is looking for a low-cost application-hosting solution that is cloud-based. Which of the following meets these requirements? A. Serverless framework Most Voted B. Type 1 hypervisor C. SD-WAN D. SDN Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #70 Topic 1 A security operations center determines that the malicious activity detected on a server is normal. Which of the following activities describes the act of ignoring detected activity in the future? A. Tuning Most Voted B. Aggregating C. Quarantining D. Archiving Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #71 Topic 1 A security analyst reviews domain activity logs and notices the following: Which of the following is the best explanation for what the security analyst has discovered? A. The user jsmith’s account has been locked out. B. A keylogger is installed on jsmith’s workstation. C. An attacker is attempting to brute force jsmith’s account. Most Voted D. Ransomware has been deployed in the domain. Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (67%) B (33%) Question #72 Topic 1 A company is concerned about weather events causing damage to the server room and downtime. Which of the following should the company consider? A. Clustering servers B. Geographic dispersion Most Voted C. Load balancers D. Off-site backups Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #73 Topic 1 Which of the following is a primary security concern for a company setting up a BYOD program? A. End of life B. Buffer overflow C. VM escape D. Jailbreaking Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #74 Topic 1 A company decided to reduce the cost of its annual cyber insurance policy by removing the coverage for ransomware attacks. Which of the following analysis elements did the company most likely use in making this decision? A. MTTR B. RTO C. ARO Most Voted D. MTBF Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #75 Topic 1 Which of the following is the most likely to be included as an element of communication in a security awareness program? A. Reporting phishing attempts or other suspicious activities Most Voted B. Detecting insider threats using anomalous behavior recognition C. Verifying information when modifying wire transfer data D. Performing social engineering as part of third-party penetration testing Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%)  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #76 Topic 1 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. Correct Answer: Question #77 Topic 1 HOTSPOT - You are a security administrator investigating a potential infection on a network. INSTRUCTIONS - Click on each host and firewall. Review all logs to determine which host originated the infection and then identify if each remaining host is clean or infected. If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.  Correct Answer: Question #78 Topic 1 Which of the following is the phase in the incident response process when a security analyst reviews roles and responsibilities? A. Preparation Most Voted B. Recovery C. Lessons learned D. Analysis Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (77%) C (23%) Question #79 Topic 1 After a recent vulnerability scan, a security engineer needs to harden the routers within the corporate network. Which of the following is the most appropriate to disable? A. Console access B. Routing protocols C. VLANs D. Web-based administration Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #80 Topic 1 A security administrator needs a method to secure data in an environment that includes some form of checks so track any changes. Which of the following should the administrator set up to achieve this goal? A. SPF B. GPO C. NAC D. FIM Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #81 Topic 1 An administrator is reviewing a single server's security logs and discovers the following: Which of the following best describes the action captured in this log file? A. Brute-force attack Most Voted B. Privilege escalation C. Failed password audit D. Forgotten password by the user Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #82 Topic 1 A security engineer is implementing FDE for all laptops in an organization. Which of the following are the most important for the engineer to consider as part of the planning process? (Choose two.) A. Key escrow Most Voted B. TPM presence Most Voted C. Digital signatures D. Data tokenization E. Public key management F. Certificate authority linking Correct Answer: AB Community vote distribution AB (100%) Question #83 Topic 1 A security analyst scans a company's public network and discovers a host is running a remote desktop that can be used to access the production network. Which of the following changes should the security analyst recommend? A. Changing the remote desktop port to a non-standard number B. Setting up a VPN and placing the jump server inside the firewall Most Voted C. Using a proxy for web connections from the remote desktop server D. Connecting the remote server to the domain and increasing the password length Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #84 Topic 1 An enterprise has been experiencing attacks focused on exploiting vulnerabilities in older browser versions with well-known exploits. Which of the following security solutions should be configured to best provide the ability to monitor and block these known signature-based attacks? A. ACL B. DLP C. IDS D. IPS Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (96%) 4% Question #85 Topic 1 Security controls in a data center are being reviewed to ensure data is properly protected and that human life considerations are included. Which of the following best describes how the controls should be set up? A. Remote access points should fail closed. B. Logging controls should fail open. C. Safety controls should fail open. Most Voted D. Logical security controls should fail closed. Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #86 Topic 1 Which of the following would be best suited for constantly changing environments? A. RTOS B. Containers Most Voted C. Embedded systems D. SCADA Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #87 Topic 1 Which of the following incident response activities ensures evidence is properly handled? A. E-discovery B. Chain of custody Most Voted C. Legal hold D. Preservation Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #88 Topic 1 An accounting clerk sent money to an attacker's bank account after receiving fraudulent instructions to use a new account. Which of the following would most likely prevent this activity in the future? A. Standardizing security incident reporting B. Executing regular phishing campaigns C. Implementing insider threat detection measures D. Updating processes for sending wire transfers Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (91%) 9% Question #89 Topic 1 A systems administrator is creating a script that would save time and prevent human error when performing account creation for a large number of end users. Which of the following would be a good use case for this task? A. Off-the-shelf software B. Orchestration Most Voted C. Baseline D. Policy enforcement Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #90 Topic 1 A company's marketing department collects, modifies, and stores sensitive customer data. The infrastructure team is responsible for securing the data while in transit and at rest. Which of the following data roles describes the customer? A. Processor B. Custodian C. Subject Most Voted D. Owner Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (87%) 13%  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #91 Topic 1 Which of the following describes the maximum allowance of accepted risk? A. Risk indicator B. Risk level C. Risk score D. Risk threshold Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #92 Topic 1 A security analyst receives alerts about an internal system sending a large amount of unusual DNS queries to systems on the internet over short periods of time during non-business hours. Which of the following is most likely occurring? A. A worm is propagating across the network. B. Data is being exfiltrated. Most Voted C. A logic bomb is deleting data. D. Ransomware is encrypting files. Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #93 Topic 1 A technician is opening ports on a firewall for a new system being deployed and supported by a SaaS provider. Which of the following is a risk in the new system? A. Default credentials B. Non-segmented network C. Supply chain vendor D. Vulnerable software Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (40%) C (32%) B (28%) Question #94 Topic 1 A systems administrator is working on a solution with the following requirements: Provide a secure zone. Enforce a company-wide access control policy. Reduce the scope of threats. Which of the following is the systems administrator setting up? A. Zero Trust Most Voted B. AAA C. Non-repudiation D. CIA Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #95 Topic 1 Which of the following involves an attempt to take advantage of database misconfigurations? A. Buffer overflow B. SQL injection Most Voted C. VM escape D. Memory injection Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #96 Topic 1 Which of the following is used to validate a certificate when it is presented to a user? A. OCSP Most Voted B. CSR C. CA D. CRC Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (63%) C (37%) Question #97 Topic 1 One of a company's vendors sent an analyst a security bulletin that recommends a BIOS update. Which of the following vulnerability types is being addressed by the patch? A. Virtualization B. Firmware Most Voted C. Application D. Operating system Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #98 Topic 1 Which of the following is used to quantitatively measure the criticality of a vulnerability? A. CVE B. CVSS Most Voted C. CIA D. CERT Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #99 Topic 1 Which of the following actions could a security engineer take to ensure workstations and servers are properly monitored for unauthorized changes and software? A. Configure all systems to log scheduled tasks. B. Collect and monitor all traffic exiting the network. C. Block traffic based on known malicious signatures. D. Install endpoint management software on all systems Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #100 Topic 1 An organization is leveraging a VPN between its headquarters and a branch location. Which of the following is the VPN protecting? A. Data in use B. Data in transit Most Voted C. Geographic restrictions D. Data sovereignty Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #101 Topic 1 After reviewing the following vulnerability scanning report: A security analyst performs the following test: Which of the following would the security analyst conclude for this reported vulnerability? A. It is a false positive. Most Voted B. A rescan is required. C. It is considered noise. D. Compensating controls exist. Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (64%) D (33%) Question #102 Topic 1 An organization disabled unneeded services and placed a firewall in front of a business-critical legacy system. Which of the following best describes the actions taken by the organization? A. Exception B. Segmentation C. Risk transfer D. Compensating controls Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (95%) 5% Question #103 Topic 1 A security consultant needs secure, remote access to a client environment. Which of the following should the security consultant most likely use to gain access? A. EAP B. DHCP C. IPSec Most Voted D. NAT Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #104 Topic 1 Which of the following should a systems administrator use to ensure an easy deployment of resources within the cloud provider? A. Software as a service B. Infrastructure as code Most Voted C. Internet of Things D. Software-defined networking Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #105 Topic 1 After a security awareness training session, a user called the IT help desk and reported a suspicious call. The suspicious caller stated that the Chief Financial Officer wanted credit card information in order to close an invoice. Which of the following topics did the user recognize from the training? A. Insider threat B. Email phishing C. Social engineering Most Voted D. Executive whaling Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (82%) D (18%)  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #106 Topic 1 A security administrator is deploying a DLP solution to prevent the exfiltration of sensitive customer data. Which of the following should the administrator do first? A. Block access to cloud storage websites. B. Create a rule to block outgoing email attachments. C. Apply classifications to the data. Most Voted D. Remove all user permissions from shares on the file server. Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (79%) B (21%) Question #107 Topic 1 An administrator assists the legal and compliance team with ensuring information about customer transactions is archived for the proper time period. Which of the following data policies is the administrator carrying out? A. Compromise B. Retention Most Voted C. Analysis D. Transfer E. Inventory Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #108 Topic 1 A company is working with a vendor to perform a penetration test. Which of the following includes an estimate about the number of hours required to complete the engagement? A. SOW Most Voted B. BPA C. SLA D. NDA Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #109 Topic 1 A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) wants to explicitly raise awareness about the increase of ransomware-as-a-service in a report to the management team. Which of the following best describes the threat actor in the CISO’s report? A. Insider threat B. Hacktivist C. Nation-state D. Organized crime Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #110 Topic 1 Which of the following practices would be best to prevent an insider from introducing malicious code into a company's development process? A. Code scanning for vulnerabilities B. Open-source component usage C. Quality assurance testing D. Peer review and approval Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #111 Topic 1 Which of the following can best protect against an employee inadvertently installing malware on a company system? A. Host-based firewall B. System isolation C. Least privilege D. Application allow list Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #112 Topic 1 A company is adding a clause to its AUP that states employees are not allowed to modify the operating system on mobile devices. Which of the following vulnerabilities is the organization addressing? A. Cross-site scripting B. Buffer overflow C. Jailbreaking Most Voted D. Side loading Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #113 Topic 1 Which of the following would be the best ways to ensure only authorized personnel can access a secure facility? (Choose two.) A. Fencing B. Video surveillance C. Badge access Most Voted D. Access control vestibule Most Voted E. Sign-in sheet F. Sensor Correct Answer: CD Community vote distribution CD (67%) AC (33%) Question #114 Topic 1 An organization would like to store customer data on a separate part of the network that is not accessible to users on the main corporate network. Which of the following should the administrator use to accomplish this goal? A. Segmentation Most Voted B. Isolation C. Patching D. Encryption Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (89%) 11% Question #115 Topic 1 Which of the following is the most common data loss path for an air-gapped network? A. Bastion host B. Unsecured Bluetooth C. Unpatched OS D. Removable devices Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #116 Topic 1 Malware spread across a company's network after an employee visited a compromised industry blog. Which of the following best describes this type of attack? A. Impersonation B. Disinformation C. Watering-hole Most Voted D. Smishing Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #117 Topic 1 An organization is struggling with scaling issues on its VPN concentrator and internet circuit due to remote work. The organization is looking for a software solution that will allow it to reduce traffic on the VPN and internet circuit, while still providing encrypted tunnel access to the data center and monitoring of remote employee internet traffic. Which of the following will help achieve these objectives? A. Deploying a SASE solution to remote employees Most Voted B. Building a load-balanced VPN solution with redundant internet C. Purchasing a low-cost SD-WAN solution for VPN traffic D. Using a cloud provider to create additional VPN concentrators Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #118 Topic 1 Which of the following is the best reason to complete an audit in a banking environment? A. Regulatory requirement Most Voted B. Organizational change C. Self-assessment requirement D. Service-level requirement Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #119 Topic 1 Which of the following security concepts is the best reason for permissions on a human resources fileshare to follow the principle of least privilege? A. Integrity B. Availability C. Confidentiality Most Voted D. Non-repudiation Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%)  Question #120 Topic 1 Which of the following are cases in which an engineer should recommend the decommissioning of a network device? (Choose two.) A. The device has been moved from a production environment to a test environment. B. The device is configured to use cleartext passwords. C. The device is moved to an isolated segment on the enterprise network. D. The device is moved to a different location in the enterprise. E. The device's encryption level cannot meet organizational standards. Most Voted F. The device is unable to receive authorized updates. Most Voted Correct Answer: EF Community vote distribution EF (86%) 14%  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #121 Topic 1 A company is required to perform a risk assessment on an annual basis. Which of the following types of risk assessments does this requirement describe? A. Continuous B. Ad hoc C. Recurring Most Voted D. One time Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #122 Topic 1 After a recent ransomware attack on a company's system, an administrator reviewed the log files. Which of the following control types did the administrator use? A. Compensating B. Detective Most Voted C. Preventive D. Corrective Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #123 Topic 1 Which of the following exercises should an organization use to improve its incident response process? A. Tabletop Most Voted B. Replication C. Failover D. Recovery Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #124 Topic 1 Which of the following best ensures minimal downtime and data loss for organizations with critical computing equipment located in earthquake- prone areas? A. Generators and UPS B. Off-site replication Most Voted C. Redundant cold sites D. High availability networking Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #125 Topic 1 A newly identified network access vulnerability has been found in the OS of legacy IoT devices. Which of the following would best mitigate this vulnerability quickly? A. Insurance B. Patching C. Segmentation Most Voted D. Replacement Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (96%) 4% Question #126 Topic 1 After an audit, an administrator discovers all users have access to confidential data on a file server. Which of the following should the administrator use to restrict access to the data quickly? A. Group Policy B. Content filtering C. Data loss prevention D. Access control lists Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #127 Topic 1 A client demands at least 99.99% uptime from a service provider's hosted security services. Which of the following documents includes the information the service provider should return to the client? A. MOA B. SOW C. MOU D. SLA Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #128 Topic 1 A company is discarding a classified storage array and hires an outside vendor to complete the disposal. Which of the following should the company request from the vendor? A. Certification Most Voted B. Inventory list C. Classification D. Proof of ownership Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #129 Topic 1 A company is planning a disaster recovery site and needs to ensure that a single natural disaster would not result in the complete loss of regulated backup data. Which of the following should the company consider? A. Geographic dispersion B. Platform diversity C. Hot site D. Load balancing Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #130 Topic 1 A security analyst locates a potentially malicious video file on a server and needs to identify both the creation date and the file's creator. Which of the following actions would most likely give the security analyst the information required? A. Obtain the file's SHA-256 hash. B. Use hexdump on the file's contents. C. Check endpoint logs. D. Query the file's metadata. Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #131 Topic 1 Which of the following teams combines both offensive and defensive testing techniques to protect an organization's critical systems? A. Red B. Blue C. Purple Most Voted D. Yellow Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #132 Topic 1 A small business uses kiosks on the sales floor to display product information for customers. A security team discovers the kiosks use end-of-life operating systems. Which of the following is the security team most likely to document as a security implication of the current architecture? A. Patch availability Most Voted B. Product software compatibility C. Ease of recovery D. Cost of replacement Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #133 Topic 1 Which of the following would help ensure a security analyst is able to accurately measure the overall risk to an organization when a new vulnerability is disclosed? A. A full inventory of all hardware and software Most Voted B. Documentation of system classifications C. A list of system owners and their departments D. Third-party risk assessment documentation Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #134 Topic 1 Which of the following best practices gives administrators a set period to perform changes to an operational system to ensure availability and minimize business impacts? A. Impact analysis B. Scheduled downtime Most Voted C. Backout plan D. Change management boards Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%)  Question #135 Topic 1 A company must ensure sensitive data at rest is rendered unreadable. Which of the following will the company most likely use? A. Hashing B. Tokenization C. Encryption Most Voted D. Segmentation Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%)  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #136 Topic 1 A legacy device is being decommissioned and is no longer receiving updates or patches. Which of the following describes this scenario? A. End of business B. End of testing C. End of support Most Voted D. End of life Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (55%) D (45%) Question #137 Topic 1 A bank insists all of its vendors must prevent data loss on stolen laptops. Which of the following strategies is the bank requiring? A. Encryption at rest Most Voted B. Masking C. Data classification D. Permission restrictions Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #138 Topic 1 A company's end users are reporting that they are unable to reach external websites. After reviewing the performance data for the DNS severs, the analyst discovers that the CPU, disk, and memory usage are minimal, but the network interface is flooded with inbound traffic. Network logs show only a small number of DNS queries sent to this server. Which of the following best describes what the security analyst is seeing? A. Concurrent session usage B. Secure DNS cryptographic downgrade C. On-path resource consumption D. Reflected denial of service Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #139 Topic 1 A systems administrator wants to prevent users from being able to access data based on their responsibilities. The administrator also wants to apply the required access structure via a simplified format. Which of the following should the administrator apply to the site recovery resource group? A. RBAC Most Voted B. ACL C. SAML D. GPO Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #140 Topic 1 During the onboarding process, an employee needs to create a password for an intranet account. The password must include ten characters, numbers, and letters, and two special characters. Once the password is created, the company will grant the employee access to other company- owned websites based on the intranet profile. Which of the following access management concepts is the company most likely using to safeguard intranet accounts and grant access to multiple sites based on a user's intranet account? (Choose two.) A. Federation Most Voted B. Identity proofing C. Password complexity Most Voted D. Default password changes E. Password manager F. Open authentication Correct Answer: AC Community vote distribution AC (100%) Question #141 Topic 1 Which of the following describes a security alerting and monitoring tool that collects system, application, and network logs from multiple sources in a centralized system? A. SIEM Most Voted B. DLP C. IDS D. SNMP Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #142 Topic 1 A network manager wants to protect the company's VPN by implementing multifactor authentication that uses: Something you know - Something you have - Something you are - Which of the following would accomplish the manager's goal? A. Domain name, PKI, GeoIP lookup B. VPN IP address, company ID, facial structure C. Password, authentication token, thumbprint Most Voted D. Company URL, TLS certificate, home address Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #143 Topic 1 Which of the following would be the best way to handle a critical business application that is running on a legacy server? A. Segmentation Most Voted B. Isolation C. Hardening D. Decommissioning Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (46%) B (40%) 14% Question #144 Topic 1 Which of the following vulnerabilities is exploited when an attacker overwrites a register with a malicious address? A. VM escape B. SQL injection C. Buffer overflow Most Voted D. Race condition Correct Answer: C Community vote distribution C (100%) Question #145 Topic 1 After a company was compromised, customers initiated a lawsuit. The company's attorneys have requested that the security team initiate a legal hold in response to the lawsuit. Which of the following describes the action the security team will most likely be required to take? A. Retain the emails between the security team and affected customers for 30 days. B. Retain any communications related to the security breach until further notice. Most Voted C. Retain any communications between security members during the breach response. D. Retain all emails from the company to affected customers for an indefinite period of time. Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #146 Topic 1 Which of the following describes the process of concealing code or text inside a graphical image? A. Symmetric encryption B. Hashing C. Data masking D. Steganography Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #147 Topic 1 An employee receives a text message from an unknown number claiming to be the company’s Chief Executive Officer and asking the employee to purchase several gift cards. Which of the following types of attacks does this describe? A. Vishing B. Smishing Most Voted C. Pretexting D. Phishing Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #148 Topic 1 Which of the following risk management strategies should an enterprise adopt first if a legacy application is critical to business operations and there are preventative controls that are not yet implemented? A. Mitigate Most Voted B. Accept C. Transfer D. Avoid Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #149 Topic 1 Visitors to a secured facility are required to check in with a photo ID and enter the facility through an access control vestibule. Which of the following best describes this form of security control? A. Physical Most Voted B. Managerial C. Technical D. Operational Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%)  Question #150 Topic 1 The local administrator account for a company's VPN appliance was unexpectedly used to log in to the remote management interface. Which of the following would have most likely prevented this from happening? A. Using least privilege B. Changing the default password Most Voted C. Assigning individual user IDs D. Reviewing logs more frequently Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (50%) C (33%) A (17%)  Previous Questions Next Questions  Get IT Certification Unlock free, top-quality video courses on ExamTopics with a simple registration. Elevate your learning journey with our expertly curated content. Register now to access a diverse range of educational resources designed for your success. Start learning today with ExamTopics! Start Learning for free - Expert Verified, Online, Free.  Custom View Settings Question #151 Topic 1 Which of the following is the best way to secure an on-site data center against intrusion from an insider? A. Bollards B. Access badge Most Voted C. Motion sensor D. Video surveillance Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #152 Topic 1 An engineer moved to another team and is unable to access the new team's shared folders while still being able to access the shared folders from the former team. After opening a ticket, the engineer discovers that the account was never moved to the new group. Which of the following access controls is most likely causing the lack of access? A. Role-based Most Voted B. Discretionary C. Time of day D. Least privilege Correct Answer: A Community vote distribution A (100%) Question #153 Topic 1 Which of the following factors are the most important to address when formulating a training curriculum plan for a security awareness program? (Choose two.) A. Channels by which the organization communicates with customers B. The reporting mechanisms for ethics violations C. Threat vectors based on the industry in which the organization operates Most Voted D. Secure software development training for all personnel E. Cadence and duration of training events Most Voted F. Retraining requirements for individuals who fail phishing simulations Correct Answer: CE Community vote distribution CE (100%) Question #154 Topic 1 A network administrator is working on a project to deploy a load balancer in the company's cloud environment. Which of the following fundamental security requirements does this project fulfil? A. Privacy B. Integrity C. Confidentiality D. Availability Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #155 Topic 1 A systems administrator is changing the password policy within an enterprise environment and wants this update implemented on all systems as quickly as possible. Which of the following operating system security measures will the administrator most likely use? A. Deploying PowerShell scripts B. Pushing GPO update Most Voted C. Enabling PAP D. Updating EDR profiles Correct Answer: B Community vote distribution B (100%) Question #156 Topic 1 Which of the following would be most useful in determining whether the long-term cost to transfer a risk is less than the impact of the risk? A. ARO B. RTO C. RPO D. ALE Most Voted E. SLE Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (100%) Question #157 Topic 1 In order to strengthen a password and prevent a hacker from cracking it, a random string of 36 characters was added to the password. Which of the following best describes this technique? A. Key stretching B. Tokenization C. Data masking D. Salting Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (89%) 11% Question #158 Topic 1 A technician is deploying a new security camera. Which of the following should the technician do? A. Configure the correct VLAN. B. Perform a vulnerability scan. C. Disable unnecessary ports. D. Conduct a site survey. Most Voted Correct Answer: D Community vote distribution D (89%) 11% Question #159 Topic 1 A company is experiencing a web services outage on the public network. The services are up and available but inaccessible. The network logs show a sudden increase in network traffic that is causing the outage. Which of the following attacks is the organization experiencing? A. ARP poisoning B. Brute force C. Buffer overflow D. DDoS Most