Security+ Midterm and Final Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update
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Sean is an information security architect at a financial firm. As his first project,
he must design and build an efficient, sure-shot, yet cost-effective solution to
detect and prevent bank credit card fraud. How should Sean proceed?
Design a solution that keeps track of dates, times, locatio...
Security+ Midterm and Final Questions
and Correct Answers the Latest Update
Sean is an information security architect at a financial firm. As his first project,
he must design and build an efficient, sure-shot, yet cost-effective solution to
detect and prevent bank credit card fraud. How should Sean proceed?
✓ Design a solution that keeps track of dates, times, locations of transactions, and
geolocation of the authorized cell phone. When a user makes a purchase at a store,
the bank can immediately check that the cell phone and the bank card are in the
same place. If they are, the purchase is considered legitimate. But if they are not,
then the payment is rejected.
Kia recently noticed that when she browses her favorite online shopping site,
she is immediately redirected to a competitor's site. What is happening here,
and what is the best option for Kia to fix this situation?
✓ Kia must uninstall the toolbar software and the accompanying components she has
recent installed on her browser.
How can a configuration review reduce the impact of a vulnerability scan on the
network's overall performance?
✓ It ensures the scan is designed to meet its intended goals by defining scope and
sensitivity levels.
A company has approached you for their product testing, and you agree to do it.
First, you have to install the necessary plugins for the software through the
browser, install the software, and run the software again.
✓ Making sure that the OS's security options are deployed, run the
antivirus/antispyware on the files downloaded, run the software on HSTS/HTTPS
mode, and then send a secure cookie to the server.
Alpha Tech started a charitable competition in which every team is asked to
submit a proposal for a public health contract asking for a new viral
transmission mitigation app.
✓ Team B has selected BAN.
Which of the following uses hardware encryption technology to secure stored
data and ensures the inseparability of SEDs among vendors?
✓ Opal
Amaya is looking for a hardware chip or integrated circuit (IC) that can be
programmed by the user to carry out one or more logical operations, can be
reprogrammed when needed, and can be configured by either the user or
designer. Which option should Amaya select?
✓ Field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
Under which of the following modes does the ciphertext depend only on the
plaintext and the key, independent of the previous ciphertext blocks?
✓ ECB
Which penetration testing consultants are not given any knowledge of the
vulnerabilities in it. Which of the following actions can the attacker perform
after exploiting vulnerabilities in Kerberos?
✓ Use privilege escalation
Which of the following is considered an industry-specific cybersecurity
regulation?
✓ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Which of the following is defined as a structure for governing all the elements
involved in digital certificate management?
✓ PKI
Blockchain relies on which cryptographic algorithm to make it computationally
infeasible to try to replace a block or insert a new block of information without
the approval of all entities involved?
✓ Cryptographic hash algorithms
Samira is developing a virtual private chat application for ABC Consulting. The
following are requirements provided by the organization while making the
application:
✓ c. Tunnel mode
Which of the following is the earliest and most general cryptographic protocol?
✓ d. SSL
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