CompTIA SY0-501 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA SY0-501 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 891:

  DRAG DROP

  A Security administrator wants to implement strong security on the company smart phones and terminal servers located in the data center. Drag and Drop the applicable controls to each asset type. Instructions: Controls can be used multiple times and not all placeholders needs to be filled. When you have completed the simulation, Please select Done to submit.

  Select and Place:

  

  

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  Cable locks are used as a hardware lock mechanism

• Question 892:

  A security analyst is reviewing the following output from an IPS:

  

  Given this output, which of the following can be concluded? (Select two.)

  A. The source IP of the attack is coming from 250.19.18.22.
  B. The source IP of the attack is coming from 250.19.18.71.
  C. The attacker sent a malformed IGAP packet, triggering the alert.
  D. The attacker sent a malformed TCP packet, triggering the alert.
  E. The TTL value is outside of the expected range, triggering the alert.
  B. The source IP of the attack is coming from 250.19.18.71.
  C. The attacker sent a malformed IGAP packet, triggering the alert.

• Question 893:

  A network technician discovered the usernames and passwords used for network device configuration have been compromised by a user with a packet sniffer. Which of the following would secure the credentials from sniffing?

  A. Implement complex passwords
  B. Use SSH for remote access
  C. Configure SNMPv2 for device management
  D. Use TFTP to copy device configuration
  B. Use SSH for remote access

• Question 894:

  Which of the following encryption algorithms is used primarily to secure data at rest?

  A. AES
  B. SSL
  C. TLS
  D. RSA
  A. AES

• Question 895:

  A law office has been leasing dark fiber from a local telecommunications company to connect a remote office to company headquarters. The telecommunications company has decided to discontinue its dark fiber product and is offering an MPLS connection, which the law office feels is too expensive. Which of the following is the BEST solution for the law office?

  A. Remote access VPN
  B. VLAN
  C. VPN concentrator
  D. Site-to-site VPN
  D. Site-to-site VPN

• Question 896:

  An organization's primary datacenter is experiencing a two-day outage due to an HVAC malfunction. The node located in the datacenter has lost power and is no longer operational, impacting the ability of all users to connect to the alternate datacenter. Which of the following BIA concepts BEST represents the risk described in this scenario?

  A. SPoF
  B. RTO
  C. MTBF
  D. MTTR
  A. SPoF

• Question 897:

  While reviewing the wireless router, the systems administrator of a small business determines someone is spoofing the MAC address of an authorized device. Given the table below:

  

  Which of the following should be the administrator's NEXT step to detect if there is a rogue system without impacting availability?

  A. Conduct a ping sweep.
  B. Physically check each system.
  C. Deny Internet access to the "UNKNOWN" hostname.
  D. Apply MAC filtering.
  A. Conduct a ping sweep.

• Question 898:

  A user is unable to obtain an IP address from the corporate DHCP server. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

  A. Default configuration
  B. Resource exhaustion
  C. Memory overflow
  D. Improper input handling
  B. Resource exhaustion

• Question 899:

  When systems, hardware, or software are not supported by the original vendor, it is a vulnerability known as:

  A. system sprawl
  B. end-of-life systems
  C. resource exhaustion
  D. a default configuration
  B. end-of-life systems

• Question 900:

  A forensics analyst is investigating a hard drive for evidence of suspected illegal activity. Which of the following should the analyst do FIRST?

  A. Create a hash of the hard drive.
  B. Export the Internet history.
  C. Save a copy of the case number and date as a text file in the root directory.
  D. Back up the pictures directory for further inspection.
  A. Create a hash of the hard drive.