CompTIA Security+Exam (SY0-701) Free Questions - Part 5

Question No : 61) A company wants to deploy PKI on its Internet-facing website. The applications that are currently deployed are:

www.company.com (main website)

contactus.company.com (for locating a nearby location)

quotes.company.com (for requesting a price quote)

The company wants to purchase one SSL certificate that will work for all the existing applications and any future applications that follow the same naming conventions, such as store.company.com. Which of the following certificate types would BEST meet the requirements?

A. SAN

B. Wildcard

C. Extended validation

D. Self-signed

Question No : 62) A host was infected with malware. During the incident response, Joe, a user, reported that he did not receive any emails with links, but he had been browsing the Internet all day. Which of the following would MOST likely show where the malware originated?

A. The DNS logs

B. The web server logs

C. The SIP traffic logs

D. The SNMP logs

Question No : 63) A company has drafted an insider-threat policy that prohibits the use of external storage devices. Which of the following would BEST protect the company from data exfiltration via removable media?

A. Monitoring large data transfer transactions in the firewall logs

B. Developing mandatory training to educate employees about the removable media policy

C. Implementing a group policy to block user access to system files

D. Blocking removable-media devices and write capabilities using a host-based security tool

Question No : 64) A security analyst is using a recently released security advisory to review historical logs, looking for the specific activity that was outlined in the advisory. Which of the following is the analyst doing?

A. A packet capture

B. A user behavior analysis

C. Threat hunting

D. Credentialed vulnerability scanning

Question No : 65) Several employees return to work the day after attending an industry trade show. That same day, the security manager notices several malware alerts coming from each of the employee’s workstations. The security manager investigates but finds no signs of an attack on the perimeter firewall or the NIDS. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the malware alerts?

A. A worm that has propagated itself across the intranet, which was initiated by presentation media

B. A fileless virus that is contained on a vCard that is attempting to execute an attack

C. A Trojan that has passed through and executed malicious code on the hosts

D. A USB flash drive that is trying to run malicious code but is being blocked by the host firewall

Question No : 66) Joe, a user at a company, clicked an email link led to a website that infected his workstation. Joe, was connected to the network, and the virus spread to the network shares. The protective measures failed to stop this virus, and It has continues to evade detection. Which of the following should administrator implement to protect the environment from this malware?

A. Install a definition-based antivirus.

B. Implement an IDS/IPS

C. Implement a heuristic behavior-detection solution.

D. Implement CASB to protect the network shares.

Question No : 67) An organization’s help desk is flooded with phone calls from users stating they can no longer access certain websites. The help desk escalates the issue to the security team, as these websites were accessible the previous day. The security analysts run the following command: ipconfig /flushdns, but the issue persists. Finally, an analyst changes the DNS server for an impacted machine, and the issue goes away. Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred on the original DNS server?

A. DNS cache poisoning

B. Domain hijacking

C. Distributed denial-of-service

D. DNS tunneling

Question No : 68) The CSIRT is reviewing the lessons learned from a recent incident. A worm was able to spread unhindered throughout the network and infect a large number of computers and servers. Which of the following recommendations would be BEST to mitigate the impacts of a similar incident in the future?

A. Install a NIDS device at the boundary.

B. Segment the network with firewalls.

C. Update all antivirus signatures daily.

D. Implement application blacklisting.

Question No : 69) A retail executive recently accepted a job with a major competitor. The following week, a security analyst reviews the security logs and identifies successful logon attempts to access the departed executive's accounts. Which of the following security practices would have addressed the issue?

A. A non-disclosure agreement

B. Least privilege

C. An acceptable use policy

D. Ofboarding

Question No : 70) Users have been issued smart cards that provide physical access to a building. The cards also contain tokens that can be used to access information systems. Users can log m to any thin client located throughout the building and see the same desktop each time. Which of the following technologies are being utilized to provide these capabilities? (Select TWO)

A. COPE

B. VDI

C. GPS

D. TOTP

E. RFID

F. BYOD

Question No : 71) A company is adopting a BYOD policy and is looking for a comprehensive solution to protect company information on user devices. Which of the following solutions would BEST support the policy?

A. Mobile device management
B. Full-device encryption
C. Remote wipe
D. Biometrics

Question No : 72) A security analyst is reviewing a new website that will soon be made publicly available.

The analyst sees the following in the URL: http://dev-site.comptia.org/home/show.php?sessionID=77276554&loc=us

The analyst then sends an internal user a link to the new website for testing purposes, and when the user clicks the link, the analyst is able to browse the website with the following URL:

http://dev-site.comptia.org/home/show.php?sessionID=98988475&loc=us

Which of the following application attacks is being tested?

A. Pass-the-hash

B. Session replay

C. Object deference

D. Cross-site request forgery

Question No : 73) A user recently entered a username and password into a recruiting application website that had been forged to look like the legitimate site Upon investigation, a security analyst the identifies the following:

• The legitimate websites IP address is 10.1.1.20 and eRecruit local resolves to the IP

• The forged website's IP address appears to be 10.2.12.99. based on NetFtow records

• AH three at the organization's DNS servers show the website correctly resolves to the legitimate IP

• DNS query logs show one of the three DNS servers returned a result of 10.2.12.99 (cached) at the approximate time of the suspected compromise.

Which of the following MOST likely occurred?

A. A reverse proxy was used to redirect network traffic

B. An SSL strip MITM attack was performed

C. An attacker temporarily pawned a name server

D. An ARP poisoning attack was successfully executed

Question No : 74) A manufacturer creates designs for very high security products that are required to be protected and controlled by the government regulations. These designs are not accessible by corporate networks or the Internet. Which of the following is the BEST solution to protect these designs?

A. An air gap

B. A Faraday cage

C. A shielded cable

D. A demilitarized zone

Question No : 75) A security analyst has received an alert about being sent via email. The analyst’s Chief information Security Officer (CISO) has made it clear that PII must be handle with extreme care From which of the following did the alert MOST likely originate?

A. S/MIME

B. DLP

C. IMAP

D. HIDS