CMIT 320 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What connection type is very similar to bluetooth but used by more specialized devices,
such as sensors and fitness trackers - Answers - ANT (Adaptive Network Technology)
What would you recommend to a team member who is interested in additional sources
of information to assist with refining their own understanding of the current attack
surface of the organization? - Answers - Output from the latest configuration review,
vulnerability scanning, and penetration tests
A user complains that after entering a URL into a browser, what appeared to be the
correct page is displayed in the browser. However, after clicking a few links on the
page, it became obvious that the site the user arrived at was not the correct site, but
instead a malicious copy of the site the user intended to visit. Which of the following
attacks did the user most likely fall prey to? - Answers - typosquatting
An enterprise cloud administrator needs to create a trust boundary between two
compute instances in the same default security group and on the same ipv4 subnet
within an AWS virtual private cloud (VPC). What would be an effective solution to the
administrator's needs? - Answers - Place the instances in separate subnets and use a
network firewall between the subnets.
You've taken up a contract helping to upgrade the existing industrial control network for
an oil refinery. What network type should you expect to work with? - Answers - DCS
Which of the following is a risk to cloud services that is not a risk to on-premises
services? - Answers - Your data may be threatened by attacks launched on the data of
others.
Which of the following factors has no effect on chain of custody, with regard to digital
evidence that is presented to the court? - Answers - Documentation of the presiding
judge and opposing counsel
On a subnet with limited physical security, you're worried about ARP poisoning and
DHCP spoofing attacks. What switch feature could help prevent both? - Answers -
802.1AE/macsec
Your company is developing a custom web app for the sales team. It should be able to
access a list of Salesforce contacts, but for security reasons, the app shouldn't be able
to access the actual Salesforce account. What standard would allow this? - Answers -
oauth
,Uses an authenticator to block communications between unauthorized users or
workstations and the local network
Requires the use of EAP and an authentication server - Answers - 802.1X
Centrally secures access to server resources deployed within or across a non-secure
network - Answers - Kerberos
Restricts access to a LAN via a WAN link - Answers - Point to Point Protocol (PPP) with
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
A framework for enterprise risk management - Answers - 31000
Focuses on personal data and privacy - Answers - 27701
Defines the various security controls in greater detail - Answers - 27002
Details the steps to implement a compliant ISMS - Answers - 27001
What area of compliance requirements is part of all of the following regulations
HIPAA
PCI DSS
SOX
GLBA
FISMA - Answers - log retention
Describes attacks as the pivoting interactions among adversaries, victims, capabilities,
and infrastructure - Answers - The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis
A knowledge base of adversary techniques presented as a matrix for enterprise -
Answers - mitre att&ck
A linear seven step attack model that defenders use to interrupt the steps and stop the
attack - Answers - cyber kill chain
After a security incident, you rush to take a screenshot of a telltale running process
before you leisurely take a backup of suspicious files on the hard drive. What forensic
principle are you exercising? - Answers - Order of Volatility
Which of the following are forms of cybersecurity resilience that help to ensure fault
tolerance or recoverability of services in the case of an outage? - Answers - A diesel
generator
NIC teaming
Geographically dispersed data centers
Which organization offers freely accessible top-ten lists and cheat sheets in the field of
secure development of web applications? - Answers - OWASP
, What is the difference between a bluejacking and a bluesnarfing attack? - Answers -
Bluesnarfing involves data compromise.
In the area of threat hunting, what is meant by intelligence fusion? - Answers -
Gathering intelligence from multiple sources to feed advanced analytics
Upon browsing the website shop.javatucana.com, which your company uses regularly in
the normal course of business, you are greeted by a privacy error that states, "Your
connection is not private." After confirming that your own computer's date and time are
correct, you positively verify the following details:
The valid-date range of the web server's certificate is current.
The certificate's chain of trust is valid, which includes the fact that your computer trusts
the root CA's certificate
The certificate's Subject Alternative Name field contains javatucana.com.
You accurately entered shop.javatucana.com in the web browser.
Given your inability to explain the privacy error based on your investigation of these
factors, what could be the cause for the error? - Answers - The web server's certificate
is on the CRL.
There are no wildcards in the web server's certificate.
What technology uses the TPM to store hashes of signed boot files for comparison the
next time the system boots and for export in a quote for remote attestation? - Answers -
measured boot
After having trouble navigating to a webpage on the Internet, resulting in a privacy error,
you inspect the site's certificate and notice the chain of certificates contains three
nodes, one being the leaf certificate of the site you are attempting to reach. You inspect
the root certificate and find that your operating system stores an exact match for it
locally and, therefore, it and your browser trust it explicitly. Which of the following
actions might solve the problem you are facing? - Answers - install the certificate of the
intermediate CA
Which solution allows separation of resources down to the application level if
necessary? - Answers - containers
What's one of the best ways to reduce the threat associated with dead code? - Answers
- implementing version control
An attacker with a fraudulent certificate for your bank is planning to intercept your
transactions in an on-path (mitm) attack. The certificate hasn't been revoked yet, but
what technology could still let you know something is wrong? - Answers - key pinning
What kind of security training is most important for a company executive? - Answers -
Overall awareness of the organization's assets and threats to them
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What connection type is very similar to bluetooth but used by more specialized devices,
such as sensors and fitness trackers - Answers - ANT (Adaptive Network Technology)
What would you recommend to a team member who is interested in additional sources
of information to assist with refining their own understanding of the current attack
surface of the organization? - Answers - Output from the latest configuration review,
vulnerability scanning, and penetration tests
A user complains that after entering a URL into a browser, what appeared to be the
correct page is displayed in the browser. However, after clicking a few links on the
page, it became obvious that the site the user arrived at was not the correct site, but
instead a malicious copy of the site the user intended to visit. Which of the following
attacks did the user most likely fall prey to? - Answers - typosquatting
An enterprise cloud administrator needs to create a trust boundary between two
compute instances in the same default security group and on the same ipv4 subnet
within an AWS virtual private cloud (VPC). What would be an effective solution to the
administrator's needs? - Answers - Place the instances in separate subnets and use a
network firewall between the subnets.
You've taken up a contract helping to upgrade the existing industrial control network for
an oil refinery. What network type should you expect to work with? - Answers - DCS
Which of the following is a risk to cloud services that is not a risk to on-premises
services? - Answers - Your data may be threatened by attacks launched on the data of
others.
Which of the following factors has no effect on chain of custody, with regard to digital
evidence that is presented to the court? - Answers - Documentation of the presiding
judge and opposing counsel
On a subnet with limited physical security, you're worried about ARP poisoning and
DHCP spoofing attacks. What switch feature could help prevent both? - Answers -
802.1AE/macsec
Your company is developing a custom web app for the sales team. It should be able to
access a list of Salesforce contacts, but for security reasons, the app shouldn't be able
to access the actual Salesforce account. What standard would allow this? - Answers -
oauth
,Uses an authenticator to block communications between unauthorized users or
workstations and the local network
Requires the use of EAP and an authentication server - Answers - 802.1X
Centrally secures access to server resources deployed within or across a non-secure
network - Answers - Kerberos
Restricts access to a LAN via a WAN link - Answers - Point to Point Protocol (PPP) with
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
A framework for enterprise risk management - Answers - 31000
Focuses on personal data and privacy - Answers - 27701
Defines the various security controls in greater detail - Answers - 27002
Details the steps to implement a compliant ISMS - Answers - 27001
What area of compliance requirements is part of all of the following regulations
HIPAA
PCI DSS
SOX
GLBA
FISMA - Answers - log retention
Describes attacks as the pivoting interactions among adversaries, victims, capabilities,
and infrastructure - Answers - The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis
A knowledge base of adversary techniques presented as a matrix for enterprise -
Answers - mitre att&ck
A linear seven step attack model that defenders use to interrupt the steps and stop the
attack - Answers - cyber kill chain
After a security incident, you rush to take a screenshot of a telltale running process
before you leisurely take a backup of suspicious files on the hard drive. What forensic
principle are you exercising? - Answers - Order of Volatility
Which of the following are forms of cybersecurity resilience that help to ensure fault
tolerance or recoverability of services in the case of an outage? - Answers - A diesel
generator
NIC teaming
Geographically dispersed data centers
Which organization offers freely accessible top-ten lists and cheat sheets in the field of
secure development of web applications? - Answers - OWASP
, What is the difference between a bluejacking and a bluesnarfing attack? - Answers -
Bluesnarfing involves data compromise.
In the area of threat hunting, what is meant by intelligence fusion? - Answers -
Gathering intelligence from multiple sources to feed advanced analytics
Upon browsing the website shop.javatucana.com, which your company uses regularly in
the normal course of business, you are greeted by a privacy error that states, "Your
connection is not private." After confirming that your own computer's date and time are
correct, you positively verify the following details:
The valid-date range of the web server's certificate is current.
The certificate's chain of trust is valid, which includes the fact that your computer trusts
the root CA's certificate
The certificate's Subject Alternative Name field contains javatucana.com.
You accurately entered shop.javatucana.com in the web browser.
Given your inability to explain the privacy error based on your investigation of these
factors, what could be the cause for the error? - Answers - The web server's certificate
is on the CRL.
There are no wildcards in the web server's certificate.
What technology uses the TPM to store hashes of signed boot files for comparison the
next time the system boots and for export in a quote for remote attestation? - Answers -
measured boot
After having trouble navigating to a webpage on the Internet, resulting in a privacy error,
you inspect the site's certificate and notice the chain of certificates contains three
nodes, one being the leaf certificate of the site you are attempting to reach. You inspect
the root certificate and find that your operating system stores an exact match for it
locally and, therefore, it and your browser trust it explicitly. Which of the following
actions might solve the problem you are facing? - Answers - install the certificate of the
intermediate CA
Which solution allows separation of resources down to the application level if
necessary? - Answers - containers
What's one of the best ways to reduce the threat associated with dead code? - Answers
- implementing version control
An attacker with a fraudulent certificate for your bank is planning to intercept your
transactions in an on-path (mitm) attack. The certificate hasn't been revoked yet, but
what technology could still let you know something is wrong? - Answers - key pinning
What kind of security training is most important for a company executive? - Answers -
Overall awareness of the organization's assets and threats to them
