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Question 1
Single choice

Which of the following would a security specialist be able to determine upon examination of a server's certificate?

A.

CA public key

B.

Server private key

C.

CSR

D.

OID

Question 2
Single choice

A security analyst is diagnosing an incident in which a system was compromised from an external IP address.
The socket identified on the firewall was traced to 207.46.130.0:6666.

Which of the following should the security analyst do to determine if the compromised system still has an active connection?

A.

tracert

B.

netstat

C.

ping

D.

nslookup

Question 3
Single choice

Multiple organizations operating in the same vertical want to provide seamless wireless access for their employees as they visit the other organizations.

Which of the following should be implemented if all the organizations use the native 802.1x client on their mobile devices?

A.

Shibboleth

B.

RADIUS federation

C.

SAML

D.

OAuth

E.

OpenID connect

Question 4
Single choice

Which of the following BEST describes an important security advantage yielded by implementing vendor diversity?

A.

Sustainability

B.

Homogeneity

C.

Resiliency

D.

Configurability

Question 5
Single choice

In a corporation where compute utilization spikes several times a year, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has requested a cost-effective architecture to handle the variable capacity demand.

Which of the following characteristics BEST describes what the CIO has requested?

A.

Elasticity

B.

Scalability

C.

High availability

D.

Redundancy

Question 6
Single choice

A security engineer is configuring a system that requires the X.509 certificate information to be pasted into a form field in Base64 encoded format to import it into the system.

Which of the following certificate formats should the engineer use to obtain the information in the required format?

A.

PFX

B.

PEM

C.

DER

D.

CER

Question 7
Single choice

Which of the following attacks specifically impact data availability?

A.

DDoS

B.

Trojan

C.

MITM

D.

Rootkit

Question 8
Multiple choice

A security analyst is hardening a server with the directory services role installed. The analyst must ensure LDAP traffic cannot be monitored or sniffed and maintains compatibility with LDAP clients.

Which of the following should the analyst implement to meet these requirements? (Select two.)

A.

Generate an X.509-compliant certificate that is signed by a trusted CA.

B.

Install and configure an SSH tunnel on the LDAP server.

C.

Ensure port 389 is open between the clients and the servers using the communication.

D.

Ensure port 636 is open between the clients and the servers using the communication.

E.

Remote the LDAP directory service role from the server.

Question 9
Single choice

Which of the following threat actors is MOST likely to steal a company's proprietary information to gain a market edge and reduce time to market?

A.

Competitor

B.

Hacktivist

C.

Insider

D.

Organized crime.

Question 10
Single choice

A penetration tester is crawling a target website that is available to the public.

Which of the following represents the actions the penetration tester is performing?

A.

URL hijacking

B.

Reconnaissance

C.

White box testing

D.

Escalation of privilege

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