CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) – Quiz 1 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 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 C. RPO D. SDLC 2 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 2. 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 B. Passive C. Defensive D. Offensive 3 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 3. 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 4 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 4. 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 5 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 5. 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. 6 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 6. 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 7 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 7. 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 8 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 8. 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 9 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 9. 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 10 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 10. 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 11 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 11. 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. 12 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 12. 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 13 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 13. 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 14 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 14. 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 15 / 15 Category: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) 15. 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 Your score is 0% Restart quiz Send feedback