IT APPLITCATIONS 10: USING SUPPORT AND SCRIPTING TOOLS

Question 1

Creating full backups with lower data transfer requirements

Answer 1

Synthetic

Question 2

When the administrator installed software, they must accept what license?

Answer 2

EULA (End-user License Agreement)

Question 3

Larger organizations will provide a dedicated what as a single point of contact so that a security incident can be reported through the proper channels?

Answer 3

CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team)

Question 4

A security engineer wants to learn how to code in Python but is running a Windows box. Which of the following is the easiest interpreter to set up for Windows?

Answer 4

CPython

Question 5

A user experiences issues with their computer and has asked someone to remote desktop onto their computer to help resolve the issue. Unfortunately, the firewall only allows port 443 traffic. What should they use for assistance?

Answer 5

Quick Assist

Question 6

A Linux administrator is looking at the bash history and sees the command chmod u+x file.sh. What was trying to be done with this command?

Answer 6

Set Permissions

Question 7

What’s the 3-2-1 rule?

Answer 7

Three Copies, 2 Media Types, 1 off-side copy

Question 8

Security analyst working on a monitoring team wants to implement new monitoring mechanisms around Secure Shell (SSH) authentication, what do they focus on?

Answer 8

Monitor for compromised keys.

Question 9

What performs drive mapping in a Windows-only concept?

Answer 9

net use

Question 10

Allows devices to be remotely powered on over a network

Answer 10

WOL

Question 11

Principally designed for use by managed service providers?

Answer 11

RMM (Remote Monitoring and Management)

Question 12

A server administrator is setting up a backup program for the servers to ensure recovery. Which of the following are the two main principles of backing up?

Answer 12

Frequency & Retention

Question 13

A user is reviewing a script and comes across the code in one of the lines #until ping -c1 “$1” &>/dev/null. What is the line doing?

Answer 13

Nothing is executing.

Question 14

A soldier at a government facility accidentally typed up a report on the wrong system and needs to ensure that the file is not recoverable. What should be done?

Answer 14

Perform a secure erase

Question 15

A Windows administrator is combing through server logs and sees that a wscript.exe executed a script. What type of script is executed by default?

Answer 15

.VBS

Question 16

Threat actor’s techniques is to perform a denial of service against the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) functionality in servers. What can the company enable to help prevent this?

Answer 16

NLA (Network Level Authentication)

Question 17

A database administrator is scheduled for a meeting with the security team to discuss compliance with the PCI DSS standards. What type of information does it safeguard?

Answer 17

PINs

Question 18

A security architect sets up a policy for the secure destruction of optical media. Which of the following is NOT an effective method?

Answer 18

Degaussing

Question 19

A helpdesk operator normally works with Windows computers in the environment, but the company starts rolling out test Mac computers. The operator needs to connect to a user’s Mac. What tool would the operator likely use?

Answer 19

VNC (Virtual Network Computing)

Question 20

A user accidentally deleted the presentation they were working on for an important upcoming meeting. Where should the user go for help?

Answer 20

File History