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GIAC Information Security Fundamentals (GISF)

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Question 1 Fill in the blank

Fill in the blank with the appropriate value. SHA-1 produces a ______-bit message digest.

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Accepted answer: SHA-1 produces a160-bit message digest

Question 2 Fill in the blank

Fill in the blank with the appropriate layer name.
The Network layer of the OSI model corresponds to the______layer of the TCP/IP model.

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Accepted answer: INTER

Question 3 Multiple choice

Which of the following statements are true about Public-key cryptography? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.

  1. A

    Data encrypted with the secret key can only be decrypted by another secret key.

  2. B

    The secret key can encrypt a message, and anyone with the public key can decrypt it.

  3. C

    Data encrypted by the public key can only be decrypted by the secret key.

  4. D

    The distinguishing technique used in public key-private key cryptography is the use of symmetric key algorithms.

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Correct answers: B, C

Question 4 Single choice

Which of the following representatives of incident response team takes forensic backups of the systems that are the focus of the incident?

  1. A

    Technical representative

  2. B

    Legal representative

  3. C

    Lead investigator

  4. D

    Information security representative

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Correct answer: A

Question 5 Single choice

Which of the following protocols is used to prevent switching loops in networks with redundant switched paths?

  1. A

    Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

  2. B

    Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

  3. C

    File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

  4. D

    VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)

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Correct answer: B

Question 6 Single choice

Which of the following is used in asymmetric encryption?

  1. A

    Public key and user key

  2. B

    Public key and private key

  3. C

    SSL

  4. D

    NTFS

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Correct answer: B

Question 7 Single choice

You work as the Security Administrator for Prodotxiss Inc. You want to ensure the security of your Wi-Fi enterprise network against the wireless snooping attacks.

Which of the following measures will you take over the site network devices of the network?

  1. A

    Apply firewalls at appropriate spots.

  2. B

    Download and install new firmware patch for the router.

  3. C

    Disable the SSID broadcast feature of the router.

  4. D

    Apply a standard ACL on the router.

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Correct answer: C

Question 8 Multiple choice

Which of the following are the benefits of information classification for an organization?

  1. A

    It helps identify which information is the most sensitive or vital to an organization.

  2. B

    It ensures that modifications are not made to data by unauthorized personnel or processes

  3. C

    It helps identify which protections apply to which information.

  4. D

    It helps reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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Correct answers: A, C

Question 9 Single choice

You work as an Application Developer for uCertify Inc. The company uses Visual Studio .NET Framework 3.5 as its application development platform. You are working on a WCF service. You have decided to implement transport level security.

Which of the following security protocols will you use?

  1. A

    Kerberos

  2. B

    HTTPS

  3. C

    RSA

  4. D

    IPSEC

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Correct answer: B

Question 10 Single choice

You are the Network Administrator for a bank. You discover that someone has logged in with a user account access, but then used various techniques to obtain access to other user accounts.

What is this called?

  1. A

    Vertical Privilege Escalation

  2. B

    Session Hijacking

  3. C

    Account hijacking

  4. D

    Horizontal Privilege Escalation

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Correct answer: D