IAS FINAL EXAM – Comprehensive 2023 Graded A

What measures the average amount of time between failures for a particular system? A. Uptime B. Recovery time objective (RTO) C. Mean time to failure (MTTF) D. Mean time to repair (MTTR) - C. Mean time to failure (MTTF) Remote access security controls help to ensure that the user connecting to an organization's network is who the user claims to be. A username is commonly used for _______, whereas a biometric scan could be used for _______. A. identification, authentication B. authorization, accountability C. identification, authorization D. authentication, authorization - A. identification, authentication A brute-force password attack and the theft of a mobile worker's laptop are risks most likely found in which domain of a typical IT infrastructure? A. Local Area Network (LAN) Domain B. Workstation Domain C. Remote Access Domain D. User Domain - C. Remote Access Domain In which domain of a typical IT infrastructure is the first layer of defense for a layered security strategy? A. Workstation Domain B. Local Area Network (LAN) Domain C. User Domain D. System/Application Domain - C. User Domain Rachel is investigating an information security incident that took place at the high school where she works. She suspects that students may have broken into the student records system and altered their grades. If that is correct, which one of the tenets of information security did this attack violate? A. Integrity B. Nonrepudiation C. Confidentiality D. Availability - A. Integrity