Test Questions

Question 1

What is an attack surface?

Answer 1

A area that can be hacked on a network

Question 2

A hacker that uses premade tools to conduct attacks is known as which type of hacker?

Answer 2

Script kiddie

Question 3

When you want to remain anonymous on the Internet, what manages the traffic flow?

Answer 3

TOR browsers (or onion network)

Question 4

A hacker motived by personal beliefs is practicing what type of hacking?

Answer 4

Hacktivism

Question 5

What is the team called that is hired or used to access the security of company?

Answer 5

Red Team

Question 6

What is the name of the software that controls the communication between the VM and the physical host?

Answer 6

Hypervisor

Question 7

A native or bare metal hypervisor does not communicate with which element(s) of the physical host?

Answer 7

operating system

Question 8

What is the name of Microsoft’s software implementation of a hypervisor?

Answer 8

Hyper-V

Question 9

Briefly describe VM sprawl.

Answer 9

When a business create virtual machines and forgets or ignores them.

Question 10

To create an image of a VM in its current state, what would you do?

Answer 10

create a snapshot

Question 11

skills that are necessary for communication are called ___.

Answer 11

soft skills

Question 12

Which organization provides certifications such as Security+ and CySA+?

Answer 12

CompTIA

Question 13

Microsoft offers MTA certification, which is an entry-level certification in a security fundamentals. What does MTA stand for?

Answer 13

Microsoft Technology Associate

Question 14

Which certification is used by penetration testers as evidence of their knowledge of preventative hacking?

Answer 14

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

Question 15

Which security principle relates to protecting data against unauthorized chanes?

Answer 15

Integrity

Question 16

What is the practice of having multiple layers of security to protect against intruders?

Answer 16

Defense in Depth

Question 17

Briefly describe frameworks

Answer 17

Guidelines

Question 18

Nontraditional computing devices with Internet access describes ___.

Answer 18

Internet of things (LOT)

Question 19

What is the weakest link in an an organization’s policy and plan?

Answer 19

Users

Question 20

What is a Trojan or Trojan horse?

Answer 20

Malware that hides inside a legitimate program.

Question 21

Software that is preinstalled or embedded in hardware is known as ___.

Answer 21

firmware

Question 22

Which type of cookie remains on the computer after the browser is closed until it reaches its expiration date?

Answer 22

persistent cookie

Question 23

What is the social engineering technique in which the hacker lies to get information?

Answer 23

pretexting

Question 24

If you are digging through a trash can for information, what is this hacking technique called?

Answer 24

dumpster diving

Question 25

What is meant by compliance?

Answer 25

Following rules and regulations by which an origination must abide

Question 26

Which law covers unauthorized access to computers?

Answer 26

Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA)

Question 27

What is the basic purpose of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)?

Answer 27

It ensures financial businesses, such as banks, protect personal data

Question 28

What governmental agency monitors issues related to the SOX rules?

Answer 28

Securities and exchange commission (SEC)

Question 29

What is the minimun number of credit card transactions for the PCI DSS regulations to apply?

Answer 29

no minimum, applies to all organizations

Question 30

what is the vulnerability that allows a person to see that a user is entering such as a password?

Answer 30

Shoulder surfing

Question 31

Directories should be based on which protocol to allow use with multiple systems?

Answer 31

Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)

Question 32

A security technique that requires that user not to be using the computer system is known as what strategy?

Answer 32

Mandatory vacation

Question 33

What allows you to log in one time and access multiple services without having to reenter credentials?

Answer 33

Single sign-on (SSO)

Question 34

What system configuration should you set to require administrative credentials for installing software?

Answer 34

User account control (UAC)

Question 35

What are the permission options for shared folders?

Answer 35

Read, Change, and full control

Question 36

Which NTFS permission allows the ability to rename a file?

Answer 36

Modify

Question 37

how can a shared folder be set to hidden?

Answer 37

put a ($) at the end of the share name

Question 38

Permissions received from a higher folder are called what type of permissions?

Answer 38

Inherited

Question 39

The net result of all permissions results in what a user can do. This is called what type of permission?

Answer 39

Effective

Question 40

Which command would you enter at the command prompt to stop a task running?

Answer 40

TASKKILL

Question 41

What is the command entry to show all batch files that start with the letter S?

Answer 41

dir S*.bat

Question 42

Which marker indicates the current directory?

Answer 42

Single period (.)

Question 43

Which command is placed in a batch file to display text on the screen?

Answer 43

ECHO

Question 44

what is the command entry to output the task list to a file called processes.txt?

Answer 44

tasklist

Question 45

how is the syntax of a PowerShell cmdlet constructed?

Answer 45

Verb-noun

Question 46

When a command line or Linux command is run in PowerShell, what type of command is it?

Answer 46

Alias

Question 47

How would you get additional help fir the get-process cmdlet?

Answer 47

Enter get-help get-process