Threats
Which type of security threat uses email that appears to be from a legitimate sender and asks the email recipient to visit a website to enter confidential information?
Which password is the strongest?
What is the most effective way of securing wireless traffic?
A manager approaches a PC repair person with the issue that users are coming in to the company in the middle of the night to play games on their computers. What might the PC repair person do to help in this situation?
A virus has infected several computers in a small office. It is determined that the virus was spread by a USB drive that was shared by users. What can be done to prevent this problem?
What is the primary goal of a DoS attack?
The XYZ company has decided to upgrade some of its older PCs. What precaution should the company take before the disposal of the remaining older computers?
Port triggering has been configured on a wireless router. Port 25 has been defined as the trigger port and port 113 as an open port. What effect does this have on network traffic?
Which question would be an example of an open-ended question that a technician might ask when troubleshooting a security issue?
A user is browsing the Internet when a rogue pop-up warning message appears indicating that malware has infected the machine. The warning message window is unfamiliar, and the user knows that the computer is already protected by antimalware software. What should the user do in this situation?
Which type of attack involves the misdirection of a user from a legitimate web site to a fake web site?
What is the name given to the programming-code patterns of viruses?
What is the minimum level of Windows security required to allow a local user to restore backed up files?
Which action would help a technician to determine if a denial of service attack is being caused by malware on a host?
In what situation will a file on a computer using Windows 8.1 keep its original access permissions?
Which two characteristics describe a worm? (Choose two.)
Which two file-level permissions allow a user to delete a file? (Choose two.)
What is the purpose of the user account idle timeout setting?
A technician is troubleshooting a computer security issue. The computer was compromised by an attacker as a result of the user having a weak password. Which action should the technician take as a preventive measure against this type of attack happening in the future?
What security measure can be used to encrypt the entire volume of a removable drive?
Which two security precautions will help protect a workplace against social engineering? (Choose two.)
Which three questions should be addressed by organizations developing a security policy? (Choose three.)
What are two physical security precautions that a business can take to protect its computers and systems? (Choose two.)
It has been noted that the computers of employees who use removable flash drives are being infected with viruses and other malware. Which two actions can help prevent this problem in the future? (Choose two.)
A user calls the help desk reporting that a laptop is not performing as expected. Upon checking the laptop, a technician notices that some system files have been renamed and file permissions have changed. What could cause these problems?