CompTIA CompTIA Certifications CS0-002 Questions & Answers

• Question 551:

  A security analyst is reviewing IDS logs and notices the following entry:

  

  Which of the following attacks is occurring?

  A. Cross-site scripting

  B. Header manipulation

  C. SQL injection

  D. XML injection

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 552:

  A company that is hiring a penetration tester wants to exclude social engineering from the list of authorized activities. Which of the following documents should include these details?

  A. Acceptable use policy

  B. Service level agreement

  C. Rules of engagement

  D. Memorandum of understanding

  E. Master service agreement

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 553:

  A security audit revealed that port 389 has been used instead of 636 when connecting to LDAP for the authentication of users. The remediation recommended by the audit was to switch the port to 636 wherever technically possible. Which of the following is the BEST response?

  A. Correct the audit. This finding is a well-known false positive; the services that typically run on 389 and 636 are identical.

  B. Change all devices and servers that support it to 636, as encrypted services run by default on 636.

  C. Change all devices and servers that support it to 636, as 389 is a reserved port that requires root access and can expose the server to privilege escalation attacks.

  D. Correct the audit. This finding is accurate, but the correct remediation is to update encryption keys on each of the servers to match port 636.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 554:

  A cybersecurity analyst has received the laptop of a user who recently left the company. The analyst types `history' into the prompt, and sees this line of code in the latest bash history:

  

  This concerns the analyst because this subnet should not be known to users within the company. Which of the following describes what this code has done on the network?

  A. Performed a ping sweep of the Class C network.

  B. Performed a half open SYB scan on the network.

  C. Sent 255 ping packets to each host on the network.

  D. Sequentially sent an ICMP echo reply to the Class C network.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 555:

  A security analyst is adding input to the incident response communication plan. A company officer has suggested that if a data breach occurs, only affected parties should be notified to keep an incident from becoming a media headline. Which of the following should the analyst recommend to the company officer?

  A. The first responder should contact law enforcement upon confirmation of a security incident in order for a forensics team to preserve chain of custody.

  B. Guidance from laws and regulations should be considered when deciding who must be notified in order to avoid fines and judgements from non-compliance.

  C. An externally hosted website should be prepared in advance to ensure that when an incident occurs victims have timely access to notifications from a non-compromised recourse.

  D. The HR department should have information security personnel who are involved in the investigation of the incident sign non-disclosure agreements so the company cannot be held liable for customer data that might be viewed during an investigation.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 556:

  A company has recently launched a new billing invoice website for a few key vendors. The cybersecurity analyst is receiving calls that the website is performing slowly and the pages sometimes time out. The analyst notices the website is receiving millions of requests, causing the service to become unavailable. Which of the following can be implemented to maintain the availability of the website?

  A. VPN

  B. Honeypot

  C. Whitelisting

  D. DMZ

  E. MAC filtering

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 557:

  After completing a vulnerability scan, the following output was noted:

  

  Which of the following vulnerabilities has been identified?

  A. PKI transfer vulnerability.

  B. Active Directory encryption vulnerability.

  C. Web application cryptography vulnerability.

  D. VPN tunnel vulnerability.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 558:

  A company wants to update its acceptable use policy (AUP) to ensure it relates to the newly implemented password standard, which requires sponsored authentication of guest wireless devices. Which of the following is MOST likely to be incorporated in the AUP?

  A. Sponsored guest passwords must be at least ten characters in length and contain a symbol.

  B. The corporate network should have a wireless infrastructure that uses open authentication standards.

  C. Guests using the wireless network should provide valid identification when registering their wireless devices.

  D. The network should authenticate all guest users using 802.1x backed by a RADIUS or LDAP server.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 559:

  An analyst was tasked with providing recommendations of technologies that are PKI X.509 compliant for a variety of secure functions. Which of the following technologies meet the compatibility requirement? (Select three.)

  A. 3DES

  B. AES

  C. IDEA

  D. PKCS

  E. PGP

  F. SSL/TLS

  G. TEMPEST

  Correct Answer: BDF

• Question 560:

  An analyst has initiated an assessment of an organization's security posture. As a part of this review, the analyst would like to determine how much information about the organization is exposed externally. Which of the following techniques would BEST help the analyst accomplish this goal? (Select two.)

  A. Fingerprinting

  B. DNS query log reviews

  C. Banner grabbing

  D. Internet searches

  E. Intranet portal reviews

  F. Sourcing social network sites

  G. Technical control audits

  Correct Answer: DF