Score for this attempt: 100 out of 100
Submitted Mar 18 at 12:45pm
This attempt took 21 minutes.

Question 1
2 / 2 pts
Which type of cybercriminal is the most likely to create malware to compromise an organization by stealing credit card information?

script kiddies

Correct!

black hat hackers


white hat hackers


gray hat hackers

Refer to curriculum topic: 1.2.1
Malware is a tool used by certain types of hackers to steal information.


Question 2
2 / 2 pts
What is an example of early warning systems that can be used to thwart cybercriminals?

Infragard


ISO/IEC 27000 program

Correct!

Honeynet project


CVE database

Refer to curriculum topic: 1.2.2
Early warning systems help identify attacks and can be used by cybersecurity specialists to protect systems.


Question 3
2 / 2 pts
Technologies like GIS and IoE contribute to the growth of large data stores. What are two reasons that these technologies increase the need for cybersecurity specialists? (Choose two.)
Correct!

They contain personal information.


They require more equipment.


They require 24-hour monitoring.


They make systems more complicated.

Correct!

They collect sensitive information.


They increase processing requirements.

Refer to curriculum topic: 1.1.1
The types of information collected by these technologies have increased the need for data protection.


Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Which data state is maintained in NAS and SAN services?

data in-process

Correct!

stored data


encrypted data


data in-transit

Refer to curriculum topic: 2.3.1
A cybersecurity specialist must be familiar with the types of technologies used to store, transmit, and process data.


Question 5
2 / 2 pts
A cybersecurity specialist is working with the IT staff to establish an effective information security plan. Which combination of security principles forms the foundation of a security plan?

encryption, authentication, and identification

Correct!

confidentiality, integrity, and availability


secrecy, identify, and nonrepudiation


technologies, policies, and awareness

Refer to curriculum topic: 2.1.1
The CIA Triad is the foundation upon which all information management systems are developed.


Question 6
2 / 2 pts
Which technology can be used to ensure data confidentiality?

hashing


identity management


RAID

Correct!

encryption

Refer to curriculum topic: 2.2.1
A cybersecurity specialist must be aware of the technologies available which support the CIA triad.


Question 7
2 / 2 pts
Which framework should be recommended for establishing a comprehensive information security management system in an organization?
Correct!

ISO/IEC 27000


ISO OSI model


CIA Triad


NIST/NICE framework

Refer to curriculum topic: 2.5.1
A cybersecurity specialist needs to be familiar with the different frameworks and models for managing information security.


Question 8
2 / 2 pts
An organization allows employees to work from home two days a week. Which technology should be implemented to ensure data confidentiality as data is transmitted?
Correct!

VPN


RAID


VLANS


SHS

Refer to curriculum topic: 2.4.1
Protecting data confidentiality requires an understanding of the technologies used to protect data in all three data states.


Question 9
2 / 2 pts
Users report that the network access is slow. After questioning the employees, the network administrator learned that one employee downloaded a third-party scanning program for the printer. What type of malware might be introduced that causes slow performance of the network?
Correct!

worm


phishing


virus


spam

Refer to curriculum topic: 3.1.1
A cybersecurity specialist needs to be familiar with the characteristics of the different types of malware and attacks that threaten an organization.


Question 10
2 / 2 pts
What three best practices can help defend against social engineering attacks? (Choose three.)
Correct!

Resist the urge to click on enticing web links.


Add more security guards.


Enable a policy that states that the IT department should supply information over the phone only to managers.

Deploy well-designed firewall appliances.

Correct!

Do not provide password resets in a chat window.

Correct!

Educate employees regarding policies.

Refer to curriculum topic: 3.2.2
A cybersecurity specialist must be aware of the technologies and measures that are used as countermeasures to protect the organization from threats and vulnerabilities.


Question 11
2 / 2 pts
What is a nontechnical method that a cybercriminal would use to gather sensitive information from an organization?

ransomeware


man-in-the-middle


pharming

Correct!

social engineering

Refer to curriculum topic: 3.2.1
A cybersecurity specialist needs to be familiar with the characteristics of the different types of malware and attacks that threaten an organization.


Question 12
2 / 2 pts
An executive manager went to an important meeting. The secretary in the office receives a call from a person claiming that the executive manager is about to give an important presentation but the presentation files are corrupted. The caller sternly recommends that the secretary email the presentation right away to a personal email address. The caller also states that the executive is holding the secretary responsible for the success of this presentation. Which type of social engineering tactic would describe this scenario?

familiarity


urgency

Correct!

intimidation


trusted partners

Refer to curriculum topic: 3.2.1
Social engineering uses several different tactics to gain information from victims.


Question 13
2 / 2 pts
Users report that the database on the main server cannot be accessed. A database administrator verifies the issue and notices that the database file is now encrypted. The organization receives a threatening email demanding payment for the decryption of the database file. What type of attack has the organization experienced?

Trojan horse


man-in-the-middle attack


DoS attack

Correct!

ransomeware

Refer to curriculum topic: 3.1.1
A cybersecurity specialist needs to be familiar with the characteristics of the different types of malware and attacks that threaten an organization.


Question 14
2 / 2 pts
A cyber criminal sends a series of maliciously formatted packets to the database server. The server cannot parse the packets and the event causes the server crash. What is the type of attack the cyber criminal launches?

man-in-the-middle

Correct!

DoS


packet Injection


SQL injection

Refer to curriculum topic: 3.3.1
A cybersecurity specialist needs to be familiar with the characteristics of the different types of malware and attacks that threaten an organization.


Question 15
2 / 2 pts
What type of attack has an organization experienced when an employee installs an unauthorized device on the network to view network traffic?

spoofing


spamming


phishing

Correct!

sniffing

Refer to curriculum topic: 3.3.1
A cybersecurity specialist needs to be familiar with the characteristics of the different types of malware and attacks that threaten an organization.


Question 16
2 / 2 pts
A user has a large amount of data that needs to be kept confidential. Which algorithm would best meet this requirement?

ECC

Correct!

3DES


RSA


Diffie-Hellman

Refer to curriculum topic: 4.1.4
Encryption is an important technology used to protect confidentiality. It is important to understand the characteristics of the various encryption methodologies.


Question 17
2 / 2 pts
The IT department is tasked to implement a system that controls what a user can and cannot do on the corporate network. Which process should be implemented to meet the requirement?

user login auditing

Correct!

a set of attributes that describes user access rights


a biometric fingerprint reader


observations to be provided to all employees

Refer to curriculum topic: 4.2.5
Access control prevents unauthorized user from gaining access to sensitive data and networked systems. There are several technologies used to implement effective access control strategies.


Question 18
2 / 2 pts
What happens as the key length increases in an encryption application?

Keyspace increases proportionally.

Correct!

Keyspace increases exponentially.


Keyspace decreases proportionally.


Keyspace decreases exponentially.

Refer to curriculum topic: 4.1.4
Encryption is an important technology used to protect confidentiality. It is important to understand the characteristics of the various encryption methodologies.


Question 19
2 / 2 pts
Which access control should the IT department use to restore a system back to its normal state?

detective


preventive

Correct!

corrective


compensative

Refer to curriculum topic: 4.2.7
Access control prevents an unauthorized user from gaining access to sensitive data and networked systems. There are several technologies used to implement effective access control strategies.


Question 20
2 / 2 pts
Which method is used by steganography to hide text in an image file?

data masking


most significant bit


data obfuscation

Correct!

least significant bit

Refer to curriculum topic: 4.3.2
Encryption is an important technology used to protect confidentiality. It is important to understand the characteristics of the various encryption methodologies.


Question 21
2 / 2 pts
An organization plans to implement security training to educate employees about security policies. What type of access control is the organization trying to implement?

logical


technological

Correct!

administrative


physical

Refer to curriculum topic: 4.2.1
Access control prevents an unauthorized user from gaining access to sensitive data and networked systems. There are several technologies used to implement effective access control strategies.


Question 22
2 / 2 pts
What is the most difficult part of designing a cryptosystem?

encryption algorithm


key length


reverse engineering

Correct!

key management

Refer to curriculum topic: 4.1.1
Encryption is an important technology used to protect confidentiality. It is important to understand the characteristics of the various encryption methodologies.


Question 23
2 / 2 pts
An organization has implemented antivirus software. What type of security control did the company implement?

compensative control


deterrent control

Correct!

recovery control


detective control

Refer to curriculum topic: 4.2.7
A cybersecurity specialist must be aware of the technologies and measures that are used as countermeasures to protect the organization from threats and vulnerabilities.


Question 24
2 / 2 pts
A VPN will be used within the organization to give remote users secure access to the corporate network. What does IPsec use to authenticate the origin of every packet to provide data integrity checking?

password

Correct!

HMAC


CRC


salting

Refer to curriculum topic: 5.1.3
HMAC is an algorithm used to authenticate. The sender and receiver have a secret key that is used along with the data to ensure the message origin as well as the authenticity of the data.


Question 25
2 / 2 pts
What kind of integrity does a database have when all its rows have a unique identifier called a primary key?

user-defined integrity


domain integrity


referential integrity

Correct!

entity integrity

Refer to curriculum topic: 5.4.1
Data integrity is one of the three guiding security principles. A cybersecurity specialist should be familiar with the tools and technologies that are used to ensure data integrity.


Question 26
2 / 2 pts
You have been asked to work with the data collection and entry staff in your organization in order to improve data integrity during initial data entry and data modification operations. Several staff members ask you to explain why the new data entry screens limit the types and size of data able to be entered in specific fields. What is an example of a new data integrity control?
Correct!

a validation rule which has been implemented to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of data

data entry controls which only allow entry staff to view current data


a limitation rule which has been implemented to prevent unauthorized staff from entering sensitive data

data encryption operations that prevent any unauthorized users from accessing sensitive data
Refer to curriculum topic: 5.4.2
Data integrity deals with data validation.


Question 27
2 / 2 pts
Alice and Bob are using a digital signature to sign a document. What key should Alice use to sign the document so that Bob can make sure that the document came from Alice?

private key from Bob


username and password from Alice

Correct!

private key from Alice


public key from Bob

Refer to curriculum topic: 5.2.2
Alice and Bob are used to explain asymmetric cryptography used in digital signatures. Alice uses a private key to encrypt the message digest. The message, encrypted message digest, and the public key are used to create the signed document and prepare it for transmission.


Question 28
2 / 2 pts
The X.509 standards defines which security technology?

security tokens

Correct!

digital certificates


biometrics


strong passwords

Refer to curriculum topic: 5.3.2
Digital certificates protect the parties involved in a secure communication


Question 29
2 / 2 pts
Which hashing technology requires keys to be exchanged?

AES


salting


MD5

Correct!

HMAC

Refer to curriculum topic: 5.1.3
The difference between HMAC and hashing is the use of keys.


Question 30
2 / 2 pts
Which technology could be used to prevent a cracker from launching a dictionary or brute-force attack off a hash?

AES


rainbow tables


MD5

Correct!

HMAC

Refer to curriculum topic: 5.1.3
HMACs use an additional secret key as input to the hash function. This adds another layer of security to the hash in order to defeat man-in-the-middle attacks and provide authentication of the data source.


Question 31
2 / 2 pts
What technology should be implemented to verify the identity of an organization, to authenticate its website, and to provide an encrypted connection between a client and the website?
Correct!

digital certificate


salting


digital signature


asymmetric encryption

Refer to curriculum topic: 5.2.2
Encryption is an important technology used to protect confidentiality. It is important to understand the characteristics of the various encryption methodologies.


Question 32
2 / 2 pts
An organization wants to adopt a labeling system based on the value, sensitivity, and criticality of the information. What element of risk management is recommended?
Correct!

asset classification


asset standardization


asset availability


asset identification

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.2.1
One of the most important steps in risk management is asset classification.


Question 33
2 / 2 pts
What approach to availability involves using file permissions?
Correct!

limiting


simplicity


obscurity


layering

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.2.2
System and data availability is a critical responsibility of a cybersecurity specialist. It is important to understand the technologies, process, and controls used to protect provide high availability.


Question 34
2 / 2 pts
Being able to maintain availability during disruptive events describes which of the principles of high availability?

fault tolerance

Correct!

system resiliency


single point of failure


uninterruptible services

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.1.1
High availability can be achieved by eliminating or reducing single points of failure, by implementing system resiliency, and by designing for fault tolerance.


Question 35
2 / 2 pts
Which technology would you implement to provide high availability for data storage?

hot standby

Correct!

RAID


N+1


software updates

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.2.3
System and data availability is a critical responsibility of a cybersecurity specialist. It is important to understand the technologies, process, and controls used to provide redundancy.


Question 36
2 / 2 pts
Which two values are required to calculate annual loss expectancy? (Choose two.)

exposure factor

Correct!

annual rate of occurrence


quantitative loss value


frequency factor

Correct!

single loss expectancy


asset value

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.2.1
Single loss expectancy, annualized rate of occurrence, and annualized loss expectancy are used in a quantitative risk analysis


Question 37
2 / 2 pts
The team is in the process of performing a risk analysis on the database services. The information collected includes the initial value of these assets, the threats to the assets and the impact of the threats. What type of risk analysis is the team performing by calculating the annual loss expectancy?

qualitative analysis


protection analysis

Correct!

quantitative analysis


loss analysis

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.2.1
A qualitative or quantitative risk analysis is used to identify and prioritize threats to the organization.


Question 38
2 / 2 pts
What is it called when an organization only installs applications that meet its guidelines, and administrators increase security by eliminating all other applications?
Correct!

asset standardization


asset availability


asset classification


asset identification

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.2.1
An organization needs to know what hardware and software are present as a prerequisite to knowing what the configuration parameters need to be. Asset management includes a complete inventory of hardware and software. Asset standards identify specific hardware and software products that the organization uses and supports. When a failure occurs, prompt action helps to maintain both access and security.


Question 39
2 / 2 pts
Keeping data backups offsite is an example of which type of disaster recovery control?
Correct!

preventive


detective


corrective


management

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.4.1
A disaster recovery plan enables an organization to prepare for potential disasters and minimize the resulting downtime.


Question 40
2 / 2 pts
Which risk mitigation strategies include outsourcing services and purchasing insurance?
Correct!

transfer


avoidance


reduction


acceptance

Refer to curriculum topic: 6.2.1
Risk mitigation lessens the exposure of an organization to threats and vulnerabilities by transferring, accepting, avoiding, or taking an action to reduce risk.


Question 41
2 / 2 pts
Which three protocols can use Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)? (Choose three.)

TKIP

Correct!

WPA2


802.11q


WEP

Correct!

WPA

Correct!

802.11i

Refer to curriculum topic: 7.3.1
Various protocols can be used to provide secure communication systems. AES is the strongest encryption algorithm.


Question 42
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following products or technologies would you use to establish a baseline for an operating system?
Correct!

Microsoft Security Baseline Analyzer


SANS Baselining System (SBS)


MS Baseliner


CVE Baseline Analyzer

Refer to curriculum topic: 7.1.1
There are many tools that a cybersecurity specialist uses to evaluate  the potential vulnerabilities of an organization.


Question 43
2 / 2 pts
What describes the protection provided by a fence that is 1 meter in height?
Correct!

It deters casual trespassers only.


It prevents casual trespassers because of its height.


The fence deters determined intruders.


It offers limited delay to a determined intruder.

Refer to curriculum topic: 7.4.1
Security standards have been developed to assist organizations in implementing the proper controls to mitigate potential threats. The height of a fence determines the level of protection from intruders


Question 44
2 / 2 pts
What Windows utility should be used to configure password rules and account lockout policies on a system that is not part of a domain?

Event Viewer security log


Computer Management

Correct!

Local Security Policy tool


Active Directory Security tool

Refer to curriculum topic: 7.2.2
A cybersecurity specialist must be aware of the technologies and measures that are used as countermeasures to protect the organization from threats and vulnerabilities. Local Security Policy, Event Viewer, and Computer Management are Windows utilities that are all used in the security equation.


Question 45
2 / 2 pts
Which wireless standard made AES and CCM mandatory?

WPA


WEP

Correct!

WPA2


WEP2

Refer to curriculum topic: 7.1.2
Wireless security depends on several industry standards and has progressed from WEP to WPA and finally WPA2.


Question 46
2 / 2 pts
Which protocol would be used to provide security for employees that access systems remotely from home?

SCP


Telnet

Correct!

SSH


WPA

Refer to curriculum topic: 7.2.1
Various application layer protocols are used to for communications between systems. A secure protocol provides a secure channel over an unsecured network.


Question 47
2 / 2 pts
Which technology can be used to protect VoIP against eavesdropping?

ARP


strong authentication


SSH

Correct!

encrypted voice messages

Refer to curriculum topic: 7.3.2
Many advanced technologies such as VoIP, streaming video, and electronic conferencing require advanced countermeasures.


Question 48
2 / 2 pts
Which threat is mitigated through user awareness training and tying security awareness to performance reviews?

physical threats


cloud-related threats


device-related threats

Correct!

user-related threats

Refer to curriculum topic: 8.1.1
Cybersecurity domains provide a framework for evaluating and implementing controls to protect the assets of an organization. Each domain has various countermeasures available to manage threats.


Question 49
2 / 2 pts
Which law was enacted to prevent corporate accounting-related crimes?

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act


Import/Export Encryption Act


The Federal Information Security Management Act

Correct!

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Refer to curriculum topic: 8.2.2
New laws and regulations have come about to protect organizations, citizens, and nations from cybersecurity attacks.


Question 50
2 / 2 pts
HVAC, water system, and fire systems fall under which of the cybersecurity domains?

user


device


network

Correct!

physical facilities

Refer to curriculum topic: 8.1.6
Cybersecurity domains provide a framework for evaluating and implementing controls to protect the assets of an organization.

Quiz Score: 100 out of 100