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Q 1/20
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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?
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worm
stealth virus
phishing
adware
Q 2/20
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What is the primary goal of a DoS attack?
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to facilitate access to external networks
to obtain all addresses in the address book within the server
to scan the data on the target server
to prevent the target server from being able to handle additional requests
20 questions
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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?
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What is the primary goal of a DoS attack?
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Which type of attack involves the misdirection of a user from a legitimate web site to a fake web site?
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Which password is the strongest?
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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?
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What is the name given to the programming-code patterns of viruses?
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What is the most effective way of securing wireless traffic?
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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?
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What is the minimum level of Windows security required to allow a local user to restore backed up files?
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What is the purpose of the user account idle timeout setting?
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Which Windows Firewall option allows the user to manually allow access to the ports required for an application to be allowed to run?
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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?
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Which question would be an example of an open-ended question that a technician might ask when troubleshooting a security issue?
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Which action would help a technician to determine if a denial of service attack is being caused by malware on a host?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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In what situation will a file on a computer using Windows 8.1 keep its original access permissions?
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What security measure can be used to encrypt the entire volume of a removable drive?
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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?
