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220-1102 Security Flashcards

1
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What is a small room with a set of two doors, one to the outside, unsecured area and one to the inner, secure area. Also known as a mantrap.

A

Access Control Vestibule

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What are devices that store some unique information that a user carries on their person?

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Security tokens

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3
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Which device provides a one-time use code that is used to authenticate a user in addition to a username and password?

A

RSA Token

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4
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What is the most common RSA Token in hard token form?

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Key Fob

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What is a fancy term for a metal detector?

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Magnetometer

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What kinds of drives can support access control lists (ACLs)

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Drives with modern file systems such as NTFS, APFS, HFS+, and ext3/4

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7
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What is an example of a soft token?

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Authenticator application

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In a Windows domain, a computer running Windows Server is configured as a what?

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domain controller

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9
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What does a domain controller store?

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domain accounts

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10
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What can a login script do for a domain account?

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Map network drives, place an information box on the screen, run applications and more

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In active directory, what enables you to organize users and computers by function, location, permission and more?

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Organizational units (OUs)

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12
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What do roaming profiles in active directory provide the user?

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Each time the user logs into a new machine, their home folder data can move with them

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What is the difference between active directory groups, security groups, and user groups?

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Active directory groups and security groups are the same term. They are more powerful and more centrally managed than user groups.

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14
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What is an interlinked area of physical and logical security that includes: physical security, authentication, users, groups, and security policies?

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Access Control

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15
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What encryption standard does WPA2 use?

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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

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16
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Which wifi security addresses usability and security issues that affected its predecessor by including encryption to protect data of users on open (public) networks?

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WPA3

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17
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Which encryption method was introduced in WPA and is supported by WPA2, but lessens security?

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Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

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18
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Which authentication protocol enables a central authorization server to pass out keys that individual clients can present to access resources as needed?

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Kerberos

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19
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What is malware that replicates and activates by attaching to executable programs or the drives boot sector?

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Virus

20
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What kind of virus live inside the system’s boot partition and activate their malicious code before the security software can start?

A

Boot sector virus

21
Q

What is it called when a virus does something like corrupting data or stealing private information?

A

Activation

22
Q

What kind of malware does not need to attach itself to other programs to replicate?

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Worm

23
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What is a piece of malware that appears or pretends to do one thing while, at the same time, doing something evil?

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Trojan

24
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What malware logs the user’s keystrokes and makes that information available to the attacker?

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Keylogger

25
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Which malware takes advantage of very low-level operating system functions to hide itself?

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Rootkit

26
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What are the 7 steps for malware removal

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  1. Investigate and verify malware symptoms
  2. Quarantine infected systems
  3. Disable System Restore in Windows
  4. Remediate infected systems
    A. Update anti-malware software
    B. Scanning and removal techniques
  5. Schedule scans and run updates
  6. Enable System Restore and create a restore point in Windows
  7. Educate the end user
27
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When attempting to remediate an infected system, what do you do if you restore from a backup and the system is still infected?

A

Perform a clean install

28
Q

CompTIA considers removing a virus as part of what step?

A

Remediation

29
Q

What is a fake wireless access point configured to mimic the traits of a legitimate device and network?

A

Evil Twin

30
Q

What attack is when the attacker injects malicious code into the Web app in order to trick it into sending things it shouldn’t to other users of the Web site?

A

Cross-site scripting (XSS)

31
Q

Which Windows account has almost as much power as an Administrator?

A

Power User

32
Q

Which NTFS setting controls which NTFS permissions apply to newly created files or subfolders?

A

Inheritance

33
Q

Which variation of Bitlocker can encrypt removable drives?

A

Bitlocker to go

34
Q

Which Windows feature opens a dialogue box when removable media is inserted into the computer, providing options based on what Windows finds on the drive, including starting the autorun application.

A

AutoPlay

35
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Which Windows feature enables Windows to look for and read a file called autorun.inf immediately after a removable media device (optical disk or thumb drive) is inserted and automatically run whatever program that file lists?

A

Autorun

36
Q

How do third party drive disposal services guarantee they have destroyed drives?

A

By issuing a certificate of destruction/recycling

37
Q

What are phyiscal destruction techniques?

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drilling, shredding, degaussing and incineration.

38
Q

What security setting enables an administrator to set rules about whether packets should be sent or received based on the source or destination IP address?

A

IP filtering

39
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Which security setting enables you to open an incoming connection to one computer automatically based on a specific outgoing connection?

A

Port triggering

40
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Which security setting puts any system within the specified IP addresses outside the protection of the firewall, opening all ports and enabling all incoming traffic?

A

Screened subnet

41
Q

Why should you change the SSID of a WAP?

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The default SSID gives away important clues about the manufacturer and model of an access point

42
Q

which shutdown option has the system restart instead of shutting down?

A

/r

43
Q

In the command prompt, what does the F1 key do?

A

rebuilds the last command one letter at a time

44
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In the command prompt, what does the F3 do?

A

rebuilds the entire command at once

45
Q

How do you cycle through the history of your previous commands in command prompt?

A

Press the up arrow to see your previous commands. Press the right arrow to add the options

46
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What are signs and symptoms of a malware infection?

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  • slowdowns
  • random crashes
  • automated replies from unknown sent email
  • increase in desktop alerts
  • unwanted notifications within the OS
  • false alerts regarding your computer’s antivirus
  • OS update failures
  • unable to access the network
  • browser redirection
  • browser random/frequent pop-ups
47
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What are 12 risks, symptoms and clues of a malware infection specifically for mobile devices?

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  • Unexpected Resource Use
  • Sluggish Response Time
  • High Network Traffic
  • Data-Usage Limit Notification
  • Unexpected Behaviors
  • Unintended Connections
  • Connectivity Issues
  • Unauthorized Data Access
  • Unauthorized Account Access
  • Unauthorized Root Access, Developer Mode, and Sideloading
  • Unauthorized Location Tracking
  • Unauthorized Camera and Microphone Activation

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