CompTIA CA1-001 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA CA1-001 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 51:

  Allen is using a security feature that ensures that if hackers want to compromise a private key, they will only be able to access data in transit protected by that key and not any future data because future data will not be associated with that compromised key?

  Which security feature is he using?

  A. IPSec
  B. PGP
  C. SPKI
  D. PFS
  D. PFS

• Question 52:

  John is establishing CIA levels required for a high schools grade server. This server only has grades. It does not have student or faculty private information (such as social security number, address, phone number, etc.). Which of the following CIA levels will be used by John?

  A. Confidentiality = moderate, integrity = moderate. Availability = high
  B. Confidentiality = low, Integrity = moderate, Availability = low
  C. Confidentiality = high. Integrity = moderate, Availability = moderate
  D. Confidentiality = high. Integrity = high, Availability = high
  B. Confidentiality = low, Integrity = moderate, Availability = low

• Question 53:

  ___________is defined as maintaining ongoing awareness of information.

  A. Intrusion detection
  B. Vulnerability assessment
  C. Continuous Monitoring
  D. Security Awareness
  C. Continuous Monitoring

• Question 54:

  Which of the following refers to any system whereby things that are of value to an entity or group are monitored and maintained?

  A. Asset management
  B. Investment management
  C. Service management
  D. Product management
  A. Asset management

• Question 55:

  Which of the following types of scalability is for distributed systems to expand and contract its resource pool to hold heavier loads?

  A. Functional
  B. Load
  C. Administrative
  D. Geographic
  B. Load

• Question 56:

  Which of the following saves time and efforts of creating own programs and services by purchasing the products from a third-party vendor?

  A. Collaboration platform
  B. End-to-end solution
  C. Change Management
  D. COTS product
  D. COTS product

• Question 57:

  Juan is working as a Security Administrator for a credit card processing company. He is concerned about PCI compliance and so, he uses network segmentation. How does segmentation help Juan?

  A. Segmentation would help prevent viruses.
  B. Segmentation reduces the scope of machines that need to be PCI compliant.
  C. Segmentation is required by PCI regulations.
  D. Segmentation would have no effect.
  B. Segmentation reduces the scope of machines that need to be PCI compliant.

• Question 58:

  John is setting up a public web server. He has decided to place it in the DMZ. Which firewall should have the tightest restrictions?

  A. On the web server itself
  B. Inner end of the DMZ
  C. Outer end of the DMZ
  D. The restrictions should be consistent
  B. Inner end of the DMZ

• Question 59:

  You need to ensure that a session key derived from a set of long-term public and private keys will not be compromised if one of the private keys is compromised in the future?

  A. Perfect forward secrecy
  B. Secure socket layer
  C. Secure shell
  D. Security token
  A. Perfect forward secrecy

• Question 60:

  Resource exhaustion includes all of the following except_____

  A. Overflowing a buffer with too much data
  B. Allocating all system memory to a single application
  C. Opening too many connections
  D. Flooding a network with excessive packets
  A. Overflowing a buffer with too much data