CompTIA SY0-301 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA SY0-301 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 111:

  Which of the following may significantly reduce data loss if multiple drives fail at the same time?

  A. Virtualization
  B. RAID
  C. Load balancing
  D. Server clustering
  B. RAID

• Question 112:

  Ann, a security technician, is reviewing the IDS log files. She notices a large number of alerts for multicast packets from the switches on the network. After investigation, she discovers that this is normal activity for her network. Which of the following BEST describes these results?

  A. True negatives
  B. True positives
  C. False positives
  D. False negatives
  C. False positives

• Question 113:

  Pete, the system administrator, has concerns regarding users losing their company provided smartphones. Pete's focus is on equipment recovery. Which of the following BEST addresses his concerns?

  A. Enforce device passwords.
  B. Use remote sanitation.
  C. Enable GPS tracking.
  D. Encrypt stored data.
  C. Enable GPS tracking.

• Question 114:

  Two members of the finance department have access to sensitive information. The company is concerned they may work together to steal information. Which of the following controls could be implemented to discover if they are working together?

  A. Least privilege access
  B. Separation of duties
  C. Mandatory access control
  D. Mandatory vacations
  D. Mandatory vacations

• Question 115:

  Several departments within a company have a business need to send high volumes of confidential information to customers via email. Which of the following is the BEST solution to mitigate unintentional exposure of confidential information?

  A. Employ encryption on all outbound emails containing confidential information.
  B. Employ exact data matching and prevent inbound emails with Data Loss Prevention.
  C. Employ hashing on all outbound emails containing confidential information.
  D. Employ exact data matching and encrypt inbound e-mails with Data Loss Prevention.
  A. Employ encryption on all outbound emails containing confidential information.

• Question 116:

  XYZ Corporation is about to purchase another company to expand its operations. The CEO is concerned about information leaking out, especially with the cleaning crew that comes in at night. The CEO would like to ensure no paper files are leaked. Which of the following is the BEST policy to implement?

  A. Social media policy
  B. Data retention policy
  C. CCTV policy
  D. Clean desk policy
  D. Clean desk policy

• Question 117:

  When integrating source material from an open source project into a highly secure environment, which of the following precautions should prevent hidden threats?

  A. Design review
  B. Code review
  C. Risk assessment
  D. Vulnerability scan
  B. Code review

• Question 118:

  Which of the following consists of peer assessments that help identify security threats and vulnerabilities?

  A. Risk assessment
  B. Code reviews
  C. Baseline reporting
  D. Alarms
  B. Code reviews

• Question 119:

  A human resources employee receives an email from a family member stating there is a new virus going around. In order to remove the virus, a user must delete the Boot.ini file from the system immediately. This is an example of which of the following?

  A. Hoax
  B. Spam
  C. Whaling
  D. Phishing
  A. Hoax

• Question 120:

  The server administrator has noted that most servers have a lot of free disk space and low memory utilization. Which of the following statements will be correct if the server administrator migrates to a virtual server environment?

  A. The administrator will need to deploy load balancing and clustering.
  B. The administrator may spend more on licensing but less on hardware and equipment.
  C. The administrator will not be able to add a test virtual environment in the data center.
  D. Servers will encounter latency and lowered throughput issues.
  B. The administrator may spend more on licensing but less on hardware and equipment.