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COMPTIA SECURITY+ - CHAPTER 1 QUIZ -MASTERING SECURITY BASICS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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COMPTIA SECURITY+ STUDY GUIDEQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Assecuritysadministratorsissimplementingsassecuritysprogramsthatsaddressessconfidentialitys
andsavailability.sWhatselsesshouldsthesadministratorsinclude?s-sans--
Ensuressystemssaresnotssusceptiblestosunauthorizedschanges
YousneedstostransmitsPIIsviasemailsandsyouswantstosmaintainsitssconfidentiality.sWhatsissthes
BESTssolution?s-sans--Encryptsitsbeforessending
Lisasmanagessnetworksdevicessinsyoursorganizationsandsmaintainsscopiessofsthesconfigurat
ionsfiledsforsallsthesmanagedsrouterssandsswitches.sOnsasweeklysbasis,sshescreatesshashess
forsthesesfilessandscomparessthemswithshashessshescreatedsonsthessamesfilessthespreviouss
week.sWhichssecuritysgoalsissshespursuing?s-sans--Integrity
Ansorganizationswantsstosprovidesprotectionsagainstsmalwaresattacks.sAdministratorsshave
sinstalledsantivirus ssoftware sonsallscomputers.sAdditionally,stheysimplementedsasfirewallsan
dsansIDSsonsthesnetwork.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsBESTsidentifiessthissprincipal?s-sans--
Layeredssecurity
Homerscalledsintostheshelpsdesksandssaysshesforgotshisspassword.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsc
hoicessissthesBESTschoicesforswhatstheshelp-desksprofessionalsshouldsdo?s-sans--
Resetsthespasswordsandsconfiguresthespasswordstosexpiresaftersthesfirstsuse.
Whichstypesofsauthenticationsdoessashardwarestokensprovide?s-sans--One-timespassword
Whichstypesofsauthenticationsissasretinasscan?s-sans--Biometric
UserssaresrequiredstoslogsonstostheirscomputersswithsassmartscardsandsasPIN.sWhichsBESTs
describessthis?s-sans--Multifactorsauthentication
Yourscompanysrecentlysbegansallowingsworkersstostelecommutesfromshomesonesorsmoresd
ayssasweek.sHowever,syourscompanysdoesn'tscurrentlyshavesasremotesaccessssolution.sTh
eyswantstosimplementsansAAAssolutionsthatssupportssdifferentsvendors.sWhichsissthesBESTs
choice?s-sans--RADIUS
Yoursorganizationshassimplementedsassystemsthatsstoressuserscredentialssinsascentralsdata
base.sUsersslogsonsonceswithstheirscredentials.sTheyscansthensaccesssotherssystemssinsthes
organizationswithoutsloggingsonsagain.sWhatsdoessthissdescribe?s-sans--Singlessign-on
Yoursorganizationsissuessuserssasvarietysofsdifferentsmobilesdevices.sHowever,smanageme
ntswantstosreducespotentialsdataslossessifsthesdevicessareslostsorsstolen.sWhichsissthesBESTs
technicalscontrolstosachievesthissgoal?s-sans--Disksencryption
, - ans--Mantrap
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Ansoutsidessecuritysauditorsrecentlyscompletedsansin-
depthssecuritysauditsonsyoursnetwork.sOnesofsthesissuesshesreportedswassrelatedstospasswo
rds.sSpecifically,shesfoundsthesfollowingspasswordssusedsonsthesnetwork:sPa$$,s1@W2,san
dsG7bT3.sWhatsshouldsbeschangestosavoidsthesproblemsshownswithsthesespasswords?s-
sans--Password slength
Asrecentssecuritysauditsdiscoveredsseveralsapparentlysdormantsusersaccounts.sAlthoughsus
ersscouldslogsonstosthesaccounts,snosoneshadsloggedsonstosthemsforsmoresthans60sdays.sYou
slatersdiscoveredsthatsthesesaccountssaresforscontractorsswhosworksapproximatelysoneswee
kseverysquarter.sWhatsissthesBESTsresponsestosthisssituation?s-sans--Disablesthesaccounts
Yoursorganizationsroutinelyshiresscontractorsstosassistswithsdifferentsprojects.sAdministrator
ssaresrarelysnotifiedswhensasprojectsendssandscontractorssleave.sWhichsissthesBESTschoices
tosensuresthatscontractorsscannotslogsonswithstheirsaccountsafterstheysleave?s-sans--
Enablesaccountsexpiration
Developerssaresplanningstosdevelopsansapplicationsusingsrole-
basedsaccessscontrol.sWhichswouldstheysMOSTslikelysincludesinstheirsplanning?s-sans--
Asmatrixsofsfunctionssmatchedswithstheirsrequiredspriviliges
Ansorganizationshassimplementedsansaccessscontrolsmodelsthatsenforcesspermissionssbas
edsonsdataslabelssassignedsatsdifferentslevels.sWhatstypesofsmodelsissthis?s-sans--MAC
WhichsprotocolssusesTCPsports22sbysdefault?s-sans--SSH,sSCP,sSFTP
Bartswantsstosblocksaccessstosallsexternalswebssites.sWhichsportsshouldshesblocksatsthesfire
wall?s-sans--TCPs80
Yousneedstosmanagesasremotesserver.sWhichsportssshouldsyousopensonsthesfirewallsbetwee
nsyourssystemsandsthesremotesserver?s-sans--22sans3389
Whilesreviewingslogssonsasfirewall,syousseesseveralsrequestssforsthesAAAAsrecordsofsgcgapr
emium.com.sWhatsissthespurposesofsthissrequest?s-sans--
TosidentifysthesIPv6saddresssofsgcgapremium.com
Yoursorganizationshassseveralsswitchessusedswithinsthesnetwork.sYousneedstosimplementsa
ssecurityscontrolstossecuresthesswitchsfromsphysicalsaccess.sWhatsshouldsyou sdo?s-sans--
Disablesunusedsports
Yousaresconfiguringsasswitchsandsneedstosensuresthatsonlysauthorizedsdevicesscansconnect
stositsandsaccesssthesnetworksthroughsthissswitch.sWhichsissthesBESTschoicestosmeetsthissgo
al?s-sans--Implements802.1x
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