Security+ (Sy0-401) Practice Test 2/12

Front 1

Which of the following policies applies to any requests that fall outside the criteria defined in an ACL?

Back 1

Implicit deny policy

Front 2

A lightly protected subnet placed on the outside of the company's firewall consisting of publicly available servers is known as:

Back 2

DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)

Front 3

Which part of the 192.168.1.5/24 address identifies its network ID?

Back 3

192.168.1

Front 4

Which of the following acronyms refers to a solution allowing companies to cut costs related to managing of internal calls?

Back 4

PBX (Private Branch Exchange)

Front 5

A solution that allows to make phone calls over a broadband Internet connection instead of typical analog telephone lines is known as:

Back 5

VoIP (Voice over IP)

Front 6

Which of the following answers lists a /27 subnet mask?

Back 6

255.255.255.224

Front 7

What type of system can be compromised through phreaking?

Back 7

PBX

(Private Branch Exchange

- a telephone system)

Front 8

Which of the following terms refers to a logical grouping of computers that allow computer hosts to act as if they were attached to the same broadcast domain, regardless of their physical location?

Back 8

VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)

Front 9

Which security measure is in place when a client is denied access to the network due to outdated antivirus software?

Back 9

NAC (Network Access Control)

Front 10

Which of the following terms refers to a technology that allows multiple operating systems to work simultaneously on the same hardware?

Back 10

Virtualization

Front 11

A security stance whereby a host is being granted / denied permissions based on its actions after it has been provided with the access to the network is known as:

Back 11

Post-admission NAC

(Network Access Control)

Front 12

Which of the following solutions is used to hide the internal IP addresses by modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device?

Back 12

NAT (Network Address Translation)

Front 13

VLAN membership can be set through:

Back 13

Trunk port / MAC address

Front 14

In which of the cloud computing infrastructure types clients, instead of buying all the hardware and software, purchase computing resources as an outsourced service from suppliers who own and maintain all the necessary equipment?

Back 14

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

Front 15

Which of the following cloud service types would provide the best solution for a web developer intending to create a web app?

Back 15

PaaS (Platform as a Service)

Front 16

A cloud computing infrastructure type where applications are hosted over a network (typically Internet) eliminating the need to install and run the software on the customer's own computers is called:

Back 16

Saas (Software as a Service)

Front 17

The biggest advantage of public cloud is that all services provided through this type of cloud computing service model are offered free of charge.

Back 17

False

Front 18

A concept of effective security posture employing multiple tools and different techniques to slow down an attacker is known as:(Select 2 answers)

Back 18

Layered security / Defense in depth

Front 19

Which of the IPsec modes provides entire packet encryption?

Back 19

Tunnel

Front 20

Which of the following protocols is used in network management systems for monitoring network-attached devices?

Back 20

SNMP

(Simple Network Management Protocol)

Front 21

Which of the following protocols transmit data in an unencrypted form? (Select three answers)

Back 21

FTP / Telnet / SNMPv1

Front 22

A group that consists of SNMP devices and one or more SNMP managers is known as:

Back 22

SNMP community

Front 23

Which of the following protocols was designed as a secure replacement for Telnet?

Back 23

SSH (Secure Shell)

Front 24

A system used to convert a computer's host name into an IP address on the Internet is known as:

Back 24

DNS (Domain Name System)

Front 25

DNS database AAAA record identifies:

Back 25

IPv6 address