CompTIA SY0-301 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA SY0-301 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 651:

  A security analyst discovered data such as images and word documents hidden within different types of files. Which of the following cryptographic concepts describes what was discovered?

  A. Symmetric encryption
  B. Non-repudiation
  C. Steganography
  D. Hashing
  C. Steganography

• Question 652:

  A network administrator needs to provide daily network usage reports on all layer 3 devices without compromising any data while gathering the information. Which of the following would be configured to provide these reports?

  A. SNMP
  B. SNMPv3
  C. ICMP
  D. SSH
  B. SNMPv3

• Question 653:

  Which of the following is the MOST intrusive type of testing against a production system?

  A. White box testing
  B. War dialing
  C. Vulnerability testing
  D. Penetration testing
  D. Penetration testing

• Question 654:

  The security manager received a report that an employee was involved in illegal activity and has saved data to a workstation's hard drive. During the investigation, local law enforcement's criminal division confiscates the hard drive as evidence. Which of the following forensic procedures is involved?

  A. Chain of custody
  B. System image
  C. Take hashes
  D. Order of volatility
  A. Chain of custody

• Question 655:

  Jane, an IT administrator, is implementing security controls on a Microsoft Windows based kiosk used at a bank branch. This kiosk is used by the public for Internet banking. Which of the following controls will BEST protect the kiosk from general public users making system changes?

  A. Group policy implementation
  B. Warning banners
  C. Command shell restrictions
  D. Host based firewall
  A. Group policy implementation

• Question 656:

  A security administrator has just finished creating a hot site for the company. This implementation relates to which of the following concepts?

  A. Confidentiality
  B. Availability
  C. Succession planning
  D. Integrity
  B. Availability

• Question 657:

  Which of the following controls can be used to prevent the disclosure of sensitive information stored on a mobile device's removable media in the event that the device is lost or stolen?

  A. Hashing
  B. Screen locks
  C. Device password
  D. Encryption
  D. Encryption

• Question 658:

  Which of the following should be deployed to prevent the transmission of malicious traffic between virtual machines hosted on a singular physical device on a network?

  A. HIPS on each virtual machine
  B. NIPS on the network
  C. NIDS on the network
  D. HIDS on each virtual machine
  A. HIPS on each virtual machine

• Question 659:

  An administrator has successfully implemented SSL on srv4.comptia.com using wildcard certificate *.comptia.com, and now wishes to implement SSL on srv5.comptia.com. Which of the following files should be copied from srv4 to accomplish this?

  A. certificate, private key, and intermediate certificate chain
  B. certificate, intermediate certificate chain, and root certificate
  C. certificate, root certificate, and certificate signing request
  D. certificate, public key, and certificate signing request
  A. certificate, private key, and intermediate certificate chain

• Question 660:

  Which of the following allows a company to maintain access to encrypted resources when employee turnover is high?

  A. Recovery agent
  B. Certificate authority
  C. Trust model
  D. Key escrow
  A. Recovery agent