PCCSA Knowledge
Questions with 100%
correct
answers(passed)
In which cloud computing service model does a provider's applications run
on a cloud infrastructure and the consumer does not manage or control
the underlying infrastructure? (Choose one.)
a) platform as a service (PaaS)
b) infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
c) software as a service (SaaS)
d) public cloud - answer [c] software as a service (SaaS)
True or False. Business intelligence (BI) software consists of tools and
techniques used to surface large amounts of raw unstructured data to
perform a variety of tasks including data mining, event processing, and
predictive analytics. - answer True
True or False. The process in which end users find personal technology and
apps that are more powerful or capable, more convenient, less expensive,
quicker to install, and easier to use than enterprise IT solutions is known
as consumerization. - answer True
True or False. An organization can be compliant with all applicable security
and privacy regulations for its industry, yet still not be secure. - answer
True
, Fill in the Blank. The U.S. law that establishes national standards to
protect individuals' medical records and other health information is known
as the
. - answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
True or False. Most cyberattacks today are perpetrated by internal threat
actors such as malicious employees engaging in corporate espionage. -
answer False
True or False. The Cyber-Attack Lifecycle is a five-step process that an
attacker goes through to attack a network. - answer False
Multiple Answer. List and describe the steps of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle.
- answer Reconnaissance, Weaponization, Delivery, Exploitation,
Installation, Command and Control, Actions on the Objective
True or False. An attacker needs to succeed in executing only one step of
the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle to infiltrate a network, whereas a defender
must "be right every time" and break every step of the chain to prevent an
attack. - answer False
Multiple Choice. Which technique is not used to break the command-and-
control (C&C) phase of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle? (Choose one.)
a) blocking outbound traffic to known malicious sites and IP addresses
b) DNS sinkholing and DNS poisoning
c) vulnerability and patch management
d) all of the above - answer [c] vulnerability and patch management
True or False. The key to breaking the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle during the
Installation phase is to implement network segmentation, a Zero Trust
model, and granular control of applications to limit or restrict an
attacker's lateral movement within the network. - answer True
True or False. Network firewalls cannot completely protect hosts from
zero- day exploits. - answer True
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