CompTIA SY0-701 PDF Exam Questions

CompTIA SY0-701 CompTIA Security+ Exam  SY0-701 QUESTION: 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. Organ...

CompTIA SY0-701 CompTIA Security+ Exam  SY0-701 QUESTION: 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 D. Unskilled attacker Answer(s): C QUESTION: 2 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 3 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 4 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 2  SY0-701 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 5 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 B. LEAP C. MFA D. PEAP Answer(s): A QUESTION: 6 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. D. An employee receives an email with a link to a phishing site that is designed to look like the company’s email portal. Answer(s): A QUESTION: 7 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 B. RADIUS C. HSM D. Load balancer 3  SY0-701 Answer(s): A QUESTION: 8 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 C. TLS D. SD-WAN Answer(s): B QUESTION: 9 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 B. Permissions assignment C. Access management D. Password complexity Answer(s): A QUESTION: 10 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 D. Vishing E. Smishing F. Misinformation Answer(s): C, E 4  SY0-701 QUESTION: 11 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. C. Issue a general email warning to the company. D. Have the CEO change phone numbers. E. Conduct a forensic investigation on the CEO’s phone. F. Implement mobile device management. Answer(s): B, C QUESTION: 12 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 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 Answer(s): A QUESTION: 13 Which of the following provides the details about the terms of a test with a third-party penetration tester? A. Rules of engagement B. Supply chain analysis C. Right to audit clause D. Due diligence Answer(s): A QUESTION: 14 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 5  SY0-701 B. Passive C. Defensive D. Offensive Answer(s): A QUESTION: 15 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 C. RPO D. SDLC Answer(s): B QUESTION: 16 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 17 A security analyst is reviewing the following logs: Which of the following attacks is most likely occurring? A. Password spraying B. Account forgery C. Pass-the-hash D. Brute-force 6  SY0-701 Answer(s): A QUESTION: 18 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 C. Adaptive identity D. Threat scope reduction Answer(s): A QUESTION: 19 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 C. Proxy server D. Hypervisor Answer(s): B QUESTION: 20 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:// C. www.*.com D. :443 Answer(s): B QUESTION: 21 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? 7  SY0-701 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 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 Answer(s): B QUESTION: 22 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 B. Deploying a perimeter network C. Installing a WAF D. Utilizing single sign-on Answer(s): A QUESTION: 23 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 24 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 8  SY0-701 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 25 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 C. Mitigate D. Avoid Answer(s): B QUESTION: 26 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 D. Database Answer(s): C QUESTION: 27 Which of the following security control types does an acceptable use policy best represent? A. Detective B. Compensating C. Corrective D. Preventive Answer(s): D QUESTION: 28 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 9  SY0-701 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 29 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 D. Risk analysis Answer(s): C QUESTION: 30 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 31 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 C. Red team D. Penetration testing Answer(s): B QUESTION: 32 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 10  SY0-701 C. Nation-state D. Hacktivist Answer(s): C QUESTION: 33 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 34 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 C. Critical D. Data in transit Answer(s): B QUESTION: 35 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. 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. Answer(s): A, F 11  SY0-701 QUESTION: 36 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. D. Implement a phishing campaign. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 37 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 38 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. Answer(s): D QUESTION: 39 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 12  SY0-701 B. Third-party vendor C. Cloud provider D. DBA Answer(s): A QUESTION: 40 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 41 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 D. Code signing Answer(s): C QUESTION: 42 Which of the following must be considered when designing a high-availability network? (Choose two). A. Ease of recovery B. Ability to patch C. Physical isolation D. Responsiveness E. Attack surface F. Extensible authentication Answer(s): A, D 13  SY0-701 QUESTION: 43 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. D. Apply the patch to the system. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 44 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 45 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 C. Sanctions D. Reputation damage Answer(s):B QUESTION: 46 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 B. Redundancy C. Geographic dispersion D. Tabletop exercise 14  SY0-701 Answer(s): A QUESTION: 47 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 D. Data sovereignty regulation Answer(s): C QUESTION: 48 Which of the following is a hardware-specific vulnerability? A. Firmware version B. Buffer overflow C. SQL injection D. Cross-site scripting Answer(s): A QUESTION: 49 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 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 Answer(s): B QUESTION: 50 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? 15  SY0-701 A. Real-time recovery B. Hot C. Cold D. Warm Answer(s):D QUESTION: 51 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 C. Destruction D. Inventory Answer(s): B QUESTION: 52 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 D. Public Answer(s): C QUESTION: 53 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 B. Risks from hackers residing in other countries C. Impacts to existing contractual obligations D. Time zone differences in log correlation Answer(s): A 16  SY0-701 QUESTION: 54 Which of the following would be the best way to block unknown programs from executing? A. Access control list B. Application allow list C. Host-based firewall D. DLP solution Answer(s): B QUESTION: 55 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 56 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 C. Performing static code analysis on the software D. Ensuring secure cookies are use Answer(s): B QUESTION: 57 Which of the following can be used to identify potential attacker activities without affecting production servers? A. Honeypot B. Video surveillance C. Zero Trust D. Geofencing Answer(s): A 17  SY0-701 QUESTION: 58 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 B. Lessons learned C. Detection D. Containment Answer(s): A QUESTION: 59 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. D. Submit a report. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 60 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 61 Which of the following allows for the attribution of messages to individuals? A. Adaptive identity B. Non-repudiation C. Authentication D. Access logs 18  SY0-701 Answer(s): B QUESTION: 62 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 B. Compliance checklist C. Attestation D. Manual audit Answer(s): A QUESTION: 63 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 64 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 D. Static code analysis Answer(s): C QUESTION: 65 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. 19  SY0-701 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. D. Create additional training for users to recognize the signs of phishing attempts. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 66 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 B. Network segmentation C. Transfer of risk D. SNMP traps Answer(s): A QUESTION: 67 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 68 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 D. Deterrent Answer(s): C 20  SY0-701 QUESTION: 69 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 B. Type 1 hypervisor C. SD-WAN D. SDN Answer(s): A QUESTION: 70 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 B. Aggregating C. Quarantining D. Archiving Answer(s): A QUESTION: 71 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. D. Ransomware has been deployed in the domain. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 72 21  SY0-701 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 C. Load balancers D. Off-site backups Answer(s): B QUESTION: 73 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 74 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 D. MTBF Answer(s): C QUESTION: 75 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 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 Answer(s): A 22  SY0-701 QUESTION: 76 HOTSPOT (Drag and Drop is not supported) 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. 23  SY0-701 A. See Explanation section for answer. 24  SY0-701 Answer(s): A Explanation: QUESTION: 77 HOTSPOT (Drag and Drop is not supported) 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. 25 SY0-701 26 SY0-701 27 SY0-701 28 SY0-701 29 SY0-701 30 SY0-701 31  SY0-701 A. See Explanation section for answer. Answer(s): A Explanation: 32  SY0-701 QUESTION: 78 Which of the following is the phase in the incident response process when a security analyst reviews roles and responsibilities? A. Preparation B. Recovery C. Lessons learned D. Analysis Answer(s): A QUESTION: 79 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 33  SY0-701 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 80 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 81 An administrator is reviewing a single server's security logs and discovers the following: 34  SY0-701 Which of the following best describes the action captured in this log file? A. Brute-force attack B. Privilege escalation C. Failed password audit D. Forgotten password by the user Answer(s): A QUESTION: 82 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 35  SY0-701 B. TPM presence C. Digital signatures D. Data tokenization E. Public key management F. Certificate authority linking Answer(s): A, B QUESTION: 83 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 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 Answer(s): B QUESTION: 84 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 Answer(s):D QUESTION: 85 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. D. Logical security controls should fail closed. Answer(s): C 36  SY0-701 QUESTION: 86 Which of the following would be best suited for constantly changing environments? A. RTOS B. Containers C. Embedded systems D. SCADA Answer(s): B QUESTION: 87 Which of the following incident response activities ensures evidence is properly handled? A. E-discovery B. Chain of custody C. Legal hold D. Preservation Answer(s):B QUESTION: 88 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 89 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 C. Baseline D. Policy enforcement Answer(s): B 37  SY0-701 QUESTION: 90 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 D. Owner Answer(s): C QUESTION: 91 Which of the following describes the maximum allowance of accepted risk? A. Risk indicator B. Risk level C. Risk score D. Risk threshold Answer(s): D QUESTION: 92 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. C. A logic bomb is deleting data. D. Ransomware is encrypting files. Answer(s): B QUESTION: 93 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 38  SY0-701 Answer(s): C QUESTION: 94 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 B. AAA C. Non-repudiation D. CIA Answer(s): A QUESTION: 95 Which of the following involves an attempt to take advantage of database misconfigurations? A. Buffer overflow B. SQL injection C. VM escape D. Memory injection Answer(s): B QUESTION: 96 Which of the following is used to validate a certificate when it is presented to a user? A. OCSP B. CSR C. CA D. CRC Answer(s):C QUESTION: 97 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 39  SY0-701 C. Application D. Operating system Answer(s): B QUESTION: 98 Which of the following is used to quantitatively measure the criticality of a vulnerability? A. CVE B. CVSS C. CIA D. CERT Answer(s): B QUESTION: 99 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 100 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 C. Geographic restrictions D. Data sovereignty Answer(s): B QUESTION: 101 After reviewing the following vulnerability scanning report: 40  SY0-701 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. B. A rescan is required. C. It is considered noise. D. Compensating controls exist. Answer(s):A QUESTION: 102 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 Answer(s):D QUESTION: 103 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 41  SY0-701 B. DHCP C. IPSec D. NAT Answer(s): C QUESTION: 104 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 C. Internet of Things D. Software-defined networking Answer(s): B QUESTION: 105 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 D. Executive whaling Answer(s): C QUESTION: 106 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. D. Remove all user permissions from shares on the file server. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 107 42  SY0-701 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 C. Analysis D. Transfer E. Inventory Answer(s): B QUESTION: 108 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 B. BPA C. SLA D. NDA Answer(s): A QUESTION: 109 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 110 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 43  SY0-701 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 111 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 112 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 D. Side loading Answer(s): C QUESTION: 113 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 D. Access control vestibule E. Sign-in sheet F. Sensor Answer(s): C, D QUESTION: 114 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? 44  SY0-701 A. Segmentation B. Isolation C. Patching D. Encryption Answer(s): A QUESTION: 115 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 116 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 D. Smishing Answer(s): C QUESTION: 117 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 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 Answer(s): A QUESTION: 118 45  SY0-701 Which of the following is the best reason to complete an audit in a banking environment? A. Regulatory requirement B. Organizational change C. Self-assessment requirement D. Service-level requirement Answer(s): A QUESTION: 119 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 D. Non-repudiation Answer(s): C QUESTION: 120 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. F. The device is unable to receive authorized updates. Answer(s): E, F QUESTION: 121 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 D. One time Answer(s): C 46  SY0-701 QUESTION: 122 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 C. Preventive D. Corrective Answer(s): B QUESTION: 123 Which of the following exercises should an organization use to improve its incident response process? A. Tabletop B. Replication C. Failover D. Recovery Answer(s): A QUESTION: 124 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 C. Redundant cold sites D. High availability networking Answer(s): B QUESTION: 125 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 D. Replacement Answer(s): C 47  SY0-701 QUESTION: 126 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 127 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 128 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 B. Inventory list C. Classification D. Proof of ownership Answer(s): A QUESTION: 129 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 48  SY0-701 C. Hot site D. Load balancing Answer(s): A QUESTION: 130 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. Answer(s): D QUESTION: 131 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 D. Yellow Answer(s): C QUESTION: 132 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 B. Product software compatibility C. Ease of recovery D. Cost of replacement Answer(s): A QUESTION: 133 49  SY0-701 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 B. Documentation of system classifications C. A list of system owners and their departments D. Third-party risk assessment documentation Answer(s): A QUESTION: 134 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 C. Backout plan D. Change management boards Answer(s): B QUESTION: 135 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 D. Segmentation Answer(s): C QUESTION: 136 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 D. End of life Answer(s): D QUESTION: 137 50  SY0-701 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 B. Masking C. Data classification D. Permission restrictions Answer(s): A QUESTION: 138 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 139 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 B. ACL C. SAML D. GPO Answer(s): A QUESTION: 140 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. 51  SY0-701 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 B. Identity proofing C. Password complexity D. Default password changes E. Password manager F. Open authentication Answer(s): A, C QUESTION: 141 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 B. DLP C. IDS D. SNMP Answer(s): A QUESTION: 142 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 D. Company URL, TLS certificate, home address Answer(s): C QUESTION: 143 Which of the following would be the best way to handle a critical business application that is running on a legacy server? 52  SY0-701 A. Segmentation B. Isolation C. Hardening D. Decommissioning Answer(s): B QUESTION: 144 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 D. Race condition Answer(s): C QUESTION: 145 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. 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. Answer(s): B QUESTION: 146 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 147 53  SY0-701 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 C. Pretexting D. Phishing Answer(s): B QUESTION: 148 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 B. Accept C. Transfer D. Avoid Answer(s): A QUESTION: 149 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 B. Managerial C. Technical D. Operational Answer(s): A QUESTION: 150 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 C. Assigning individual user IDs D. Reviewing logs more frequently 54  SY0-701 Answer(s): B QUESTION: 151 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 C. Motion sensor D. Video surveillance Answer(s): B QUESTION: 152 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 B. Discretionary C. Time of day D. Least privilege Answer(s): A QUESTION: 153 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 D. Secure software development training for all personnel E. Cadence and duration of training events F. Retraining requirements for individuals who fail phishing simulations Answer(s): C, E QUESTION: 154 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? 55  SY0-701 A. Privacy B. Integrity C. Confidentiality D. Availability Answer(s): D QUESTION: 155 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 C. Enabling PAP D. Updating EDR profiles Answer(s): B QUESTION: 156 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 E. SLE Answer(s): D QUESTION: 157 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 Answer(s): D 56  SY0-701 QUESTION: 158 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. Answer(s): D QUESTION: 159 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 Answer(s): D QUESTION: 160 Which of the following threat actors is the most likely to be motivated by profit? A. Hacktivist B. Insider threat C. Organized crime D. Shadow IT Answer(s): C QUESTION: 161 An organization experiences a cybersecurity incident involving a command-and-control server. Which of the following logs should be analyzed to identify the impacted host? (Choose two.) A. Application B. Authentication C. DHCP D. Network E. Firewall 57  SY0-701 F. Database Answer(s): D, E QUESTION: 162 During a penetration test, a vendor attempts to enter an unauthorized area using an access badge. Which of the following types of tests does this represent? A. Defensive B. Passive C. Offensive D. Physical Answer(s): D QUESTION: 163 A systems administrator uses a key to encrypt a message being sent to a peer in a different branch office. The peer then uses the same key to decrypt the message. Which of the following describes this example? A. Symmetric B. Asymmetric C. Hashing D. Salting Answer(s): A QUESTION: 164 A visitor plugs a laptop into a network jack in the lobby and is able to connect to the company's network. Which of the following should be configured on the existing network infrastructure to best prevent this activity? A. Port security B. Web application firewall C. Transport layer security D. Virtual private network Answer(s): A QUESTION: 165 A security administrator is reissuing a former employee's laptop. 58  SY0-701 Which of the following is the best combination of data handling activities for the administrator to perform? (Choose two.) A. Data retention B. Certification C. Destruction D. Classification E. Sanitization F. Enumeration Answer(s): C, E QUESTION: 166 A systems administrator would like to deploy a change to a production system. Which of the following must the administrator submit to demonstrate that the system can be restored to a working state in the event of a performance issue? A. Backout plan B. Impact analysis C. Test procedure D. Approval procedure Answer(s): A QUESTION: 167 A company is redesigning its infrastructure and wants to reduce the number of physical servers in use. Which of the following architectures is best suited for this goal? A. Serverless B. Segmentation C. Virtualization D. Microservices Answer(s): C QUESTION: 168 A bank set up a new server that contains customers' PII. Which of the following should the bank use to make sure the sensitive data is not modified? A. Full disk encryption B. Network access control C. File integrity monitoring D. User behavior analytics 59  SY0-701 Answer(s): C QUESTION: 169 Users at a company are reporting they are unable to access the URL for a new retail website because it is flagged as gambling and is being blocked. Which of the following changes would allow users to access the site? A. Creating a firewall rule to allow HTTPS traffic B. Configuring the IPS to allow shopping C. Tuning the DLP rule that detects credit card data D. Updating the categorization in the content filter Answer(s): D QUESTION: 170 Which of the following most impacts an administrator's ability to address CVEs discovered on a server? A. Rescanning requirements B. Patch availability C. Organizational impact D. Risk tolerance Answer(s): B QUESTION: 171 Which of the following describes effective change management procedures? A. Approving the change after a successful deployment B. Having a backout plan when a patch fails C. Using a spreadsheet for tracking changes D. Using an automatic change control bypass for security updates Answer(s): B QUESTION: 172 The CIRT is reviewing an incident that involved a human resources recruiter exfiltrating sensitive company data. The CIRT found that the recruiter was able to use HTTP over port 53 to upload documents to a web server. Which of the following security infrastructure devices could have identified and blocked this activity? A. WAF utilizing SSL decryption 60  SY0-701 B. NGFW utilizing application inspection C. UTM utilizing a threat feed D. SD-WAN utilizing IPSec Answer(s): B QUESTION: 173 An enterprise is working with a third party and needs to allow access between the internal networks of both parties for a secure file migration. The solution needs to ensure encryption is applied to all traffic that is traversing the networks. Which of the following solutions should most likely be implemented? A. EAP B. IPSec C. SD-WAN D. TLS Answer(s): B QUESTION: 174 An administrator has identified and fingerprinted specific files that will generate an alert if an attempt is made to email these files outside of the organization. Which of the following best describes the tool the administrator is using? A. DLP B. SNMP traps C. SCAP D. IPS Answer(s): A QUESTION: 175 A software developer released a new application and is distributing application files via the developer's website. Which of the following should the developer post on the website to allow users to verify the integrity of the downloaded files? A. Hashes B. Certificates C. Algorithms D. Salting Answer(s): A 61  SY0-701 QUESTION: 176 An organization wants to limit potential impact to its log-in database in the event of a breach. Which of the following options is the security team most likely to recommend? A. Tokenization B. Hashing C. Obfuscation D. Segmentation Answer(s): B QUESTION: 177 An administrator finds that all user workstations and servers are displaying a message that is associated with files containing an extension of.ryk. Which of the following types of infections is present on the systems? A. Virus B. Trojan C. Spyware D. Ransomware Answer(s): D QUESTION: 178 A systems administrator is advised that an external web server is not functioning property. The administrator reviews the following firewall logs containing traffic going to the web server: Which of the following attacks is likely occurring? A. DDoS B. Directory traversal C. Brute-force D. HTTPS downgrade Answer(s): A 62  SY0-701 QUESTION: 179 An organization would like to calculate the time needed to resolve a hardware issue with a server. Which of the following risk management processes describes this example? A. Recovery point objective B. Mean time between failures C. Recovery time objective D. Mean time to repair Answer(s): D QUESTION: 180 A security engineer is installing an IPS to block signature-based attacks in the environment. Which of the following modes will best accomplish this task? A. Monitor B. Sensor C. Audit D. Active Answer(s): D QUESTION: 181 An IT manager is increasing the security capabilities of an organization after a data classification initiative determined that sensitive data could be exfiltrated from the environment. Which of the following solutions would mitigate the risk? A. XDR B. SPF C. DLP D. DMARC Answer(s): D QUESTION: 182 Which of the following is used to protect a computer from viruses, malware, and Trojans being installed and moving laterally across the network? A. IDS B. ACL C. EDR D. NAC 63  SY0-701 Answer(s): C QUESTION: 183 Client files can only be accessed by employees who need to know the information and have specified roles in the company. Which of the following best describes this security concept? A. Availability B. Confidentiality C. Integrity D. Non-repudiation Answer(s): B QUESTION: 184 Which of the following describes the category of data that is most impacted when it is lost? A. Confidential B. Public C. Private D. Critical Answer(s): D QUESTION: 185 A new employee logs in to the email system for the first time and notices a message from human resources about onboarding. The employee hovers over a few of the links within the email and discovers that the links do not correspond to links associated with the company. Which of the following attack vectors is most likely being used? A. Business email Most Voted B. Social engineering C. Unsecured network D. Default credentials Answer(s): A QUESTION: 186 Which of the following describes the understanding between a company and a client about what will be provided and the accepted time needed to provide the company with the resources? A. SLA B. MOU 64  SY0-701 C. MOA D. BPA Answer(s): A QUESTION: 187 A company that is located in an area prone to hurricanes is developing a disaster recovery plan and looking at site considerations that allow the company to immediately continue operations. Which of the following is the best type of site for this company? A. Cold B. Tertiary C. Warm D. Hot Answer(s): D QUESTION: 188 Which of the following security controls is most likely being used when a critical legacy server is segmented into a private network? A. Deterrent B. Corrective C. Compensating D. Preventive Answer(s): C QUESTION: 189 Which of the following best describes the practice of researching laws and regulations related to information security operations within a specific industry? A. Compliance reporting B. GDPR C. Due diligence D. Attestation Answer(s): C QUESTION: 190 Which of the following considerations is the most important for an organization to evaluate as it establishes and maintains a data privacy program? 65  SY0-701 A. Reporting structure for the data privacy officer B. Request process for data subject access C. Role as controller or processor D. Physical location of the company Answer(s): C QUESTION: 191 A security analyst is investigating a workstation that is suspected of outbound communication to a command-and-control server. During the investigation, the analyst discovered that logs on the endpoint were deleted. Which of the following logs would the analyst most likely look at next? A. IPS B. Firewall C. AСL D. Windows security Answer(s): B QUESTION: 192 An IT manager is putting together a documented plan describing how the organization will keep operating in the event of a global incident. Which of the following plans is the IT manager creating? A. Business continuity B. Physical security C. Change management D. Disaster recovery Answer(s): A QUESTION: 193 A business needs a recovery site but does not require immediate failover. The business also wants to reduce the workload required to recover from an outage. Which of the following recovery sites is the best option? A. Hot B. Cold C. Warm D. Geographically dispersed Answer(s): C 66  SY0-701 QUESTION: 194 A security team is setting up a new environment for hosting the organization's on-premises software application as a cloud-based service. Which of the following should the team ensure is in place in order for the organization to follow security best practices? A. Virtualization and isolation of resources B. Network segmentation C. Data encryption D. Strong authentication policies Answer(s): A QUESTION: 195 A manager receives an email that contains a link to receive a refund. After hovering over the link, the manager notices that the domain's URL points to a suspicious link. Which of the following security practices helped the manager to identify the attack? A. End user training B. Policy review C. URL scanning D. Plain text email Answer(s): A QUESTION: 196 A company wants to verify that the software the company is deploying came from the vendor the company purchased the software from. Which of the following is the best way for the company to confirm this information? A. Validate the code signature. B. Execute the code in a sandbox. C. Search the executable for ASCII strings. D. Generate a hash of the files. Answer(s): A QUESTION: 197 A systems administrator notices that one of the systems critical for processing customer transactions is running an end-of-life operating system. Which of the following techniques would increase enterprise security? A. Installing HIDS on the system B. Placing the system in an isolated VLAN 67  SY0-701 C. Decommissioning the system D. Encrypting the system's hard drive Answer(s): B QUESTION: 198 The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at a large company would like to gain an understanding of how the company's security policies compare to the requirements imposed by external regulators. Which of the following should the CISO use? A. Penetration test B. Internal audit C. Attestation D. External examination Answer(s): B QUESTION: 199 A systems administrator notices that the research and development department is not using the company VPN when accessing various company-related services and systems. Which of the following scenarios describes this activity? A. Espionage B. Data exfiltration C. Nation-state attack D. Shadow IT Answer(s): D QUESTION: 200 The marketing department set up its own project management software without telling the appropriate departments. Which of the following describes this scenario? A. Shadow IT B. Insider threat C. Data exfiltration D. Service disruption Answer(s): A QUESTION: 201 68  SY0-701 Which of the following would best explain why a security analyst is running daily vulnerability scans on all corporate endpoints? A. To track the status of patching installations B. To find shadow IT cloud deployments C. To continuously the monitor hardware inventory D. To hunt for active attackers in the network Answer(s): A QUESTION: 202 Which of the following is classified as high availability in a cloud environment? A. Access broker B. Cloud HSM C. WAF D. Load balancer Answer(s): D QUESTION: 203 Which of the following security measures is required when using a cloud-based platform for IoT management? A. Encrypted connection B. Federated identity C. Firewall D. Single sign-on Answer(s): A QUESTION: 204 Which of the following threat vectors is most commonly utilized by insider threat actors attempting data exfiltration? A. Unidentified removable devices B. Default network device credentials C. Spear phishing emails D. Impersonation of business units through typosquatting Answer(s): A QUESTION: 205 69  SY0-701 Which of the following methods to secure credit card data is best to use when a requirement is to see only the last four numbers on a credit card? A. Encryption B. Hashing C. Masking D. Tokenization Answer(s): C QUESTION: 206 The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has determined the company is non-compliant with local data privacy regulations. The CISO needs to justify the budget request for more resources. Which of the following should the CISO present to the board as the direct consequence of non- compliance? A. Fines B. Reputational damage C. Sanctions D. Contractual implications Answer(s): A QUESTION: 207 Which of the following alert types is the most likely to be ignored over time? A. True positive B. True negative C. False positive D. False negative Answer(s): C QUESTION: 208 A security analyst is investigating an application server and discovers that software on the server is behaving abnormally. The software normally runs batch jobs locally and does not generate traffic, but the process is now generating outbound traffic over random high ports. Which of the following vulnerabilities has likely been exploited in this software? A. Memory injection B. Race condition C. Side loading D. SQL injection 70  SY0-701 Answer(s): A QUESTION: 209 An important patch for a critical application has just been released, and a systems administrator is identifying all of the systems requiring the patch. Which of the following must be maintained in order to ensure that all systems requiring the patch are updated? A. Asset inventory B. Network enumeration C. Data certification D. Procurement process Answer(s): A QUESTION: 210 Which of the following should a security operations center use to improve its incident response procedure? A. Playbooks B. Frameworks C. Baselines D. Benchmarks Answer(s): A QUESTION: 211 Which of the following describes an executive team that is meeting in a board room and testing the company's incident response plan? A. Continuity of operations B. Capacity planning C. Tabletop exercise D. Parallel processing Answer(s): C QUESTION: 212 A healthcare organization wants to provide a web application that allows individuals to digitally report health emergencies. Which of the following is the most important consideration during development? A. Scalability 71  SY0-701 B. Availability C. Cost D. Ease of deployment Answer(s): B QUESTION: 213 Which of the following agreement types defines the time frame in which a vendor needs to respond? A. SOW B. SLA C. MOA D. MOU Answer(s): B QUESTION: 214 Which of the following is a feature of a next-generation SIEM system? A. Virus signatures B. Automated response actions C. Security agent deployment D. Vulnerability scanning Answer(s): B QUESTION: 215 To improve the security at a data center, a security administrator implements a CCTV system and posts several signs about the possibility of being filmed. Which of the following best describe these types of controls? (Choose two.) A. Preventive B. Deterrent C. Corrective D. Directive E. Compensating F. Detective Answer(s): B, F QUESTION: 216 Which of the following examples would be best mitigated by input sanitization? 72  SY0-701 A. alert("Warning!"); B. nmap - 10.11.1.130 C. Email message: "Click this link to get your free gift card." D. Browser message: "Your connection is not private." Answer(s): A QUESTION: 217 An attacker posing as the Chief Executive Officer calls an employee and instructs the employee to buy gift cards. Which of the following techniques is the attacker using? A. Smishing B. Disinformation C. Impersonating D. Whaling Answer(s): C QUESTION: 218 After conducting a vulnerability scan, a systems administrator notices that one of the identified vulnerabilities is not present on the systems that were scanned. Which of the following describes this example? A. False positive B. False negative C. True positive D. True negative Answer(s): A QUESTION: 219 A recent penetration test identified that an attacker could flood the MAC address table of network switches. Which of the following would best mitigate this type of attack? A. Load balancer B. Port security C. IPS D. NGFW Answer(s): B QUESTION: 220 73  SY0-701 A user would like to install software and features that are not available with a smartphone's default software. Which of the following would allow the user to install unauthorized software and enable new features? A. SQLi B. Cross-site scripting C. Jailbreaking D. Side loading Answer(s): C QUESTION: 221 Which of the following phases of an incident response involves generating reports? A. Recovery B. Preparation C. Lessons learned D. Containment Answer(s): C QUESTION: 222 Which of the following methods would most likely be used to identify legacy systems? A. Bug bounty program B. Vulnerability scan C. Package monitoring D. Dynamic analysis Answer(s): B QUESTION: 223 Employees located off-site must have access to company resources in order to complete their assigned tasks. These employees utilize a solution that allows remote access without interception concerns. Which of the following best describes this solution? A. Proxy server B. NGFW C. VPN D. Security zone Answer(s): C 74  SY0-701 QUESTION: 224 A company allows customers to upload PDF documents to its public e-commerce website. Which of the following would a security analyst most likely recommend? A. Utilizing attack signatures in an IDS B. Enabling malware detection through a UTM C. Limiting the affected servers with a load balancer D. Blocking command injections via a WAF Answer(s): B QUESTION: 225 A security analyst developed a script to automate a trivial and repeatable task. Which of the following best describes the benefits of ensuring other team members understand how the script works? A. To reduce implementation cost B. To identify complexity C. To remediate technical debt D. To prevent a single point of failure Answer(s): D QUESTION: 226 A company is decommissioning its physical servers and replacing them with an architecture that will reduce the number of individual operating systems. Which of the following strategies should the company use to achieve this security requirement? A. Microservices B. Containerization C. Virtualization D. Infrastructure as code Answer(s): B QUESTION: 227 An administrator needs to perform server hardening before deployment. Which of the following steps should the administrator take? (Choose two.) A. Disable default accounts. B. Add the server to the asset inventory. C. Remove unnecessary services. D. Document default passwords. 75  SY0-701 E. Send server logs to the SIEM. F. Join the server to the corporate domain. Answer(s): A, C QUESTION: 228 A Chief Information Security Officer would like to conduct frequent, detailed reviews of systems and procedures to track compliance objectives. Which of the following will be the best method to achieve this objective? A. Third-party attestation B. Penetration testing C. Internal auditing D. Vulnerability scans Answer(s): C QUESTION: 229 Which of the following security concepts is accomplished with the installation of a RADIUS server? A. CIA B. AAA C. ACL D. PEM Answer(s): A QUESTION: 230 After creating a contract for IT contractors, the human resources department changed several clauses. The contract has gone through three revisions. Which of the following processes should the human resources department follow to track revisions? A. Version validation B. Version changes C. Version updates D. Version control Answer(s): D QUESTION: 231 76  SY0-701 The executive management team is mandating the company develop a disaster recovery plan. The cost must be kept to a minimum, and the money to fund additional internet connections is not available. Which of the following would be the best option? A. Hot site B. Cold site C. Failover site D. Warm site Answer(s): B QUESTION: 232 An administrator at a small business notices an increase in support calls from employees who receive a blocked page message after trying to navigate to a spoofed website. Which of the following should the administrator do? A. Deploy multifactor authentication. B. Decrease the level of the web filter settings. C. Implement security awareness training. D. Update the acceptable use policy. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 233 Which of the following teams is best suited to determine whether a company has systems that can be exploited by a potential, identified vulnerability? A. Purple team B. Blue team C. Red team D. White team Answer(s): C QUESTION: 234 A company is reviewing options to enforce user logins after several account takeovers. The following conditions must be met as part of the solution: Allow employees to work remotely or from assigned offices around the world. Provide a seamless login experience. Limit the amount of equipment required. Which of the following best meets these conditions? 77  SY0-701 A. Trusted devices B. Geotagging C. Smart cards D. Time-based logins Answer(s): A QUESTION: 235 Which of the following methods can be used to detect attackers who have successfully infiltrated a network? (Choose two.) A. Tokenization B. CI/CD C. Honeypots D. Threat modeling E. DNS sinkhole F. Data obfuscation Answer(s): C, E QUESTION: 236 A company wants to ensure that the software it develops will not be tampered with after the final version is completed. Which of the following should the company most likely use? A. Hashing B. Encryption C. Baselines D. Tokenization Answer(s): A QUESTION: 237 An organization completed a project to deploy SSO across all business applications last year. Recently, the finance department selected a new cloud-based accounting software vendor. Which of the following should most likely be configured during the new software deployment? A. RADIUS B. SAML C. EAP D. OpenID Answer(s): B 78  SY0-701 QUESTION: 238 A user, who is waiting for a flight at an airport, logs in to the airline website using the public Wi- Fi, ignores a security warning and purchases an upgraded seat. When the flight lands, the user finds unauthorized credit card charges. Which of the following attacks most likely occurred? A. Replay attack B. Memory leak C. Buffer overflow attack D. On-path attack Answer(s): D QUESTION: 239 A network engineer deployed a redundant switch stack to increase system availability. However, the budget can only cover the cost of one ISP connection. Which of the following best describes the potential risk factor? A. The equipment MTBF is unknown. B. The ISP has no SLA. C. An RPO has not been determined. D. There is a single point of failure. Answer(s): D QUESTION: 240 A network team segmented a critical, end-of-life server to a VLAN that can only be reached by specific devices but cannot be reached by the perimeter network. Which of the following best describe the controls the team implemented? (Choose two.) A. Managerial B. Physical C. Corrective D. Detective E. Compensating F. Technical G. Deterrent Answer(s): E, F QUESTION: 241 A threat actor was able to use a username and password to log in to a stolen company mobile device. 79  SY0-701 Which of the following provides the best solution to increase mobile data security on all employees' company mobile devices? A. Application management B. Full disk encryption C. Remote wipe D. Containerization Answer(s): C QUESTION: 242 Which of the following best describes the risk present after controls and mitigating factors have been applied? A. Residual B. Avoided C. Inherent D. Operational Answer(s): A QUESTION: 243 A software development team asked a security administrator to recommend techniques that should be used to reduce the chances of the software being reverse engineered. Which of the following should the security administrator recommend? A. Digitally signing the software B. Performing code obfuscation C. Limiting the use of third-party libraries D. Using compile flags Answer(s): B QUESTION: 244 Which of the following is a possible factor for MFA? A. Something you exhibit B. Something you have C. Somewhere you are D. Someone you know Answer(s): B QUESTION: 245 80  SY0-701 Easy-to-guess passwords led to an account compromise. The current password policy requires at least 12 alphanumeric characters, one uppercase character, one lowercase character, a password history of two passwords, a minimum password age of one day, and a maximum password age of 90 days. Which of the following would reduce the risk of this incident from happening again? (Choose two.) A. Increasing the minimum password length to 14 characters. B. Upgrading the password hashing algorithm from MD5 to SHA-512. C. Increasing the maximum password age to 120 days. D. Reducing the minimum password length to ten characters. E. Reducing the minimum password age to zero days. F. Including a requirement for at least one special character. Answer(s): A, F QUESTION: 246 A user downloaded software from an online forum. After the user installed the software, the security team observed external network traffic connecting to the user's computer on an uncommon port. Which of the following is the most likely explanation of this unauthorized connection? A. The software had a hidden keylogger. B. The software was ransomware. C. The user's computer had a fileless virus. D. The software contained a backdoor. Answer(s): D QUESTION: 247 A utility company is designing a new platform that will host all the virtual machines used by business applications. The requirements include: A starting baseline of 50% memory utilization Storage scalability Single circuit failure resilience Which of the following best meets all of these requirements? A. Connecting dual PDUs to redundant power supplies B. Transitioning the platform to an IaaS provider C. Configuring network load balancing for multiple paths D. Deploying multiple large NAS devices for each host 81  SY0-701 Answer(s): B QUESTION: 248 Which of the following best describes a use case for a DNS sinkhole? A. Attackers can see a DNS sinkhole as a highly valuable resource to identify a company's domain structure. B. A DNS sinkhole can be used to draw employees away from known-good websites to malicious ones owned by the attacker. C. A DNS sinkhole can be used to capture traffic to known-malicious domains used by attackers. D. A DNS sinkhole can be set up to attract potential attackers away from a company's network resources. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 249 An incident analyst finds several image files on a hard disk. The image files may contain geolocation coordinates. Which of the following best describes the type of information the analyst is trying to extract from the image files? A. Log data B. Metadata C. Encrypted data D. Sensitive data Answer(s): B QUESTION: 250 Which of the following most likely describes why a security engineer would configure all outbound emails to use S/MIME digital signatures? A. To meet compliance standards B. To increase delivery rates C. To block phishing attacks D. To ensure non-repudiation Answer(s): D QUESTION: 251 During a recent company safety stand-down, the cyber-awareness team gave a presentation on the importance of cyber hygiene. One topic the team covered was best practices for printing centers. 82  SY0-701 Which of the following describes an attack method that relates to printing centers? A. Whaling B. Credential harvesting C. Prepending D. Dumpster diving Answer(s): D QUESTION: 252 Which of the following considerations is the most important regarding cryptography used in an IoT device? A. Resource constraints B. Available bandwidth C. The use of block ciphers D. The compatibility of the TLS version Answer(s): A QUESTION: 253 A coffee shop owner wants to restrict internet access to only paying customers by prompting them for a receipt number. Which of the following is the best method to use given this requirement? A. WPA3 B. Captive portal C. PSK D. IEEE 802.1X Answer(s): B QUESTION: 254 While performing digital forensics, which of the following is considered the most volatile and should have the contents collected first? A. Hard drive B. RAM C. SSD D. Temporary files Answer(s): B QUESTION: 255 83  SY0-701 A hosting provider needs to prove that its security controls have been in place over the last six months and have sufficiently protected customer data. Which of the following would provide the best proof that the hosting provider has met the requirements? A. NIST CSF B. SOC 2 Type 2 report C. CIS Top 20 compliance reports D. Vulnerability report Answer(s): B QUESTION: 256 A city municipality lost its primary data center when a tornado hit the facility. Which of the following should the city staff use immediately after the disaster to handle essential public services? A. BCP B. Communication plan C. DRP D. IRP Answer(s): C QUESTION: 257 Which of the following is considered a preventive control? A. Configuration auditing B. Log correlation C. Incident alerts D. Segregation of duties Answer(s): D QUESTION: 258 A systems administrator notices that a testing system is down. While investigating, the systems administrator finds that the servers are online and accessible from any device on the server network. The administrator reviews the following information from the monitoring system: 84  SY0-701 Which of the following is the most likely cause of the outage? A. Denial of service B. ARP poisoning C. Jamming D. Kerberoasting Answer(s): A QUESTION: 259 A security team has been alerted to a flood of incoming emails that have various subject lines and are addressed to multiple email inboxes. Each email contains a URL shortener link that is redirecting to a dead domain. Which of the following is the best step for the security team to take? A. Create a blocklist for all subject lines. B. Send the dead domain to a DNS sinkhole. C. Quarantine all emails received and notify all employees. D. Block the URL shortener domain in the web proxy. Answer(s): D QUESTION: 260 A security administrator is working to secure company data on corporate laptops in case the laptops are stolen. Which of the following solutions should the administrator consider? A. Disk encryption B. Data loss prevention C. Operating system hardening D. Boot security 85  SY0-701 Answer(s): A QUESTION: 261 A company needs to keep the fewest records possible, meet compliance needs, and ensure destruction of records that are no longer needed. Which of the following best describes the policy that meets these requirements? A. Security policy B. Classification policy C. Retention policy D. Access control policy Answer(s): C QUESTION: 262 Which of the following is a common source of unintentional corporate credential leakage in cloud environments? A. Code repositories B. Dark web C. Threat feeds D. State actors E. Vulnerability databases Answer(s): A QUESTION: 263 Which of the following is the best reason an organization should enforce a data classification policy to help protect its most sensitive information? A. End users will be required to consider the classification of data that can be used in documents. B. The policy will result in the creation of access levels for each level of classification. C. The organization will have the ability to create security requirements based on classification levels. D. Security analysts will be able to see the classification of data within a document before opening it. Answer(s): C QUESTION: 264 An analyst is performing a vulnerability scan against the web servers exposed to the internet without a system account. 86  SY0-701 Which of the following is most likely being performed? A. Non-credentialed scan B. Packet capture C. Privilege escalation D. System enumeration E. Passive scan Answer(s): A QUESTION: 265 A security administrator is hardening corporate systems and applying appropriate mitigations by consulting a real-world knowledge base for adversary behavior. Which of the following would be best for the administrator to reference? A. MITRE ATT&CK B. CSIRT C. CVSS D. SOAR Answer(s): A QUESTION: 266 An architect has a request to increase the speed of data transfer using JSON requests externally. Currently, the organization uses SFTP to transfer data files. Which of the following will most likely meet the requirements? A. A website-hosted solution B. Cloud shared storage C. A secure email solution D. Microservices using API Answer(s): D QUESTION: 267 Which of the following addresses individual rights such as the right to be informed, the right of access, and the right to be forgotten? A. GDPR B. PCI DSS C. NIST D. ISO Answer(s): A 87  SY0-701 QUESTION: 268 An administrator is installing an LDAP browser tool in order to view objects in the corporate LDAP directory. Secure connections to the LDAP server are required. When the browser connects to the server, certificate errors are being displayed, and then the connection is terminated. Which of the following is the most likely solution? A. The administrator should allow SAN certificates in the browser configuration. B. The administrator needs to install the server certificate into the local truststore. C. The administrator should request that the secure LDAP port be opened to the server. D. The administrator needs to increase the TLS version on the organization's RA. Answer(s): B QUESTION: 269 Which of the following is the most important security concern when using legacy systems to provide production service? A. Instability B. Lack of vendor support C. Loss of availability D. Use of insecure protocols Answer(s): B QUESTION: 270 A security investigation revealed that malicious software was installed on a server using a server administrator's credentials. During the investigation, the server administrator explained that Telnet was regularly used to log in. Which of the following most likely occurred? A. A spraying attack was used to determine which credentials to use. B. A packet capture tool was used to steal the password. C. A remote-access Trojan was used to install the malware. D. A dictionary attack was used to log in as the server administrato