Comptia Security+ 701
A security analyst is reviewing alerts in the SIEM related to potential malicious network traffic coming
from an employee's corporate laptop. The security analyst has determined that additional data about
the executable running on the machine is necessary to continue the investigation.
Which of the following logs should the analyst use as a data source?
a. application
b. IPS/IDS
c. Network
d. Endpoint ANS: D - endpoint
A cyber operations team informs a security analyst about a new tactic malicious actors are using to
compromise networks.
SIEM alerts have not yet been configured. Which of the following best describes what the security
analyst should do to identify this behavior?
A. [Digital forensics
B. E-discovery
C. Incident response
D. Threat hunting ANS: D Threat Hunting
A company purchased cyber insurance to address items listed on the risk register. Which of the
following strategies does this represent?
A. Accept
B. Transfer
c. Mitigate
,D. Avoid ANS: B. Transfer
A security administrator would like to protect data on employees' laptops. Which of the following
encryption techniques should the security administrator use?
A. Partition
B. Asymmetric
C. Full disk
D. Database ANS: C - full disk
Which of the following security control types does an acceptable use policy best represent
A. Detective
B. Compensating
C. Corrective
D. Preventative ANS: D - preventive
An IT manager informs the entire help desk staff that only the IT manager and the help desk lead will
have access to the administrator console of the help desk software. Which of the following security
techniques is the IT manager setting up?
A. Hardening
B. Employee monitoring
C. Configuration enforcement
D. Least privelege ANS: D - least privilege
,Which of the following roles, according to the shared responsibility model, is responsible for securing
the company's database in an IaaS model for a cloud environment?
A. Client
B. Third party vendor
C. Cloud Provider
D. DBA ANS: A - client
A client asked a security company to provide a document outlining the project, the cost, and the
completion time frame. Which of the following should the company provide to the client
A. MSA
B. SLA
C. BPA
D. SOW ANS: D - SOW
(security operations work)
MSA - master service agreement
SLA - service level agreement
BPA - business partner agreement
A security team is reviewing the findings in a report that was delivered after a third party performed a
penetration test. One of the findings indicated that a web application form field is vulnerable to cross-
site scripting. Which of the following application security techniques should the security analyst
recommend the developer implement to prevent this vulnerability?
A. Secure cookies
, B. Version control
C. Input validation
D. Code signaling ANS: C - input validation
Which of the following must be considered when designing a high availability network? (choose two)
A. Ease of Recovery
B. Ability to patch
C. Physical isolation
D. Responsiveness
E. Attack Surface
F. Extensible authentication ANS: A & E
A technician needs to apply a high priority patch to a production system. Which of the following steps
should be taken first?
A. Air gap the system
B. Move the system to a different network segment
C. Create a change control request
D. Apply the patch to the system ANS: C - create the change control request
document describes the proposed changes to the system, the reason, and expected impact.
Which of the following describes the reason root cause analysis should be conducted as part of the
incident response
A security analyst is reviewing alerts in the SIEM related to potential malicious network traffic coming
from an employee's corporate laptop. The security analyst has determined that additional data about
the executable running on the machine is necessary to continue the investigation.
Which of the following logs should the analyst use as a data source?
a. application
b. IPS/IDS
c. Network
d. Endpoint ANS: D - endpoint
A cyber operations team informs a security analyst about a new tactic malicious actors are using to
compromise networks.
SIEM alerts have not yet been configured. Which of the following best describes what the security
analyst should do to identify this behavior?
A. [Digital forensics
B. E-discovery
C. Incident response
D. Threat hunting ANS: D Threat Hunting
A company purchased cyber insurance to address items listed on the risk register. Which of the
following strategies does this represent?
A. Accept
B. Transfer
c. Mitigate
,D. Avoid ANS: B. Transfer
A security administrator would like to protect data on employees' laptops. Which of the following
encryption techniques should the security administrator use?
A. Partition
B. Asymmetric
C. Full disk
D. Database ANS: C - full disk
Which of the following security control types does an acceptable use policy best represent
A. Detective
B. Compensating
C. Corrective
D. Preventative ANS: D - preventive
An IT manager informs the entire help desk staff that only the IT manager and the help desk lead will
have access to the administrator console of the help desk software. Which of the following security
techniques is the IT manager setting up?
A. Hardening
B. Employee monitoring
C. Configuration enforcement
D. Least privelege ANS: D - least privilege
,Which of the following roles, according to the shared responsibility model, is responsible for securing
the company's database in an IaaS model for a cloud environment?
A. Client
B. Third party vendor
C. Cloud Provider
D. DBA ANS: A - client
A client asked a security company to provide a document outlining the project, the cost, and the
completion time frame. Which of the following should the company provide to the client
A. MSA
B. SLA
C. BPA
D. SOW ANS: D - SOW
(security operations work)
MSA - master service agreement
SLA - service level agreement
BPA - business partner agreement
A security team is reviewing the findings in a report that was delivered after a third party performed a
penetration test. One of the findings indicated that a web application form field is vulnerable to cross-
site scripting. Which of the following application security techniques should the security analyst
recommend the developer implement to prevent this vulnerability?
A. Secure cookies
, B. Version control
C. Input validation
D. Code signaling ANS: C - input validation
Which of the following must be considered when designing a high availability network? (choose two)
A. Ease of Recovery
B. Ability to patch
C. Physical isolation
D. Responsiveness
E. Attack Surface
F. Extensible authentication ANS: A & E
A technician needs to apply a high priority patch to a production system. Which of the following steps
should be taken first?
A. Air gap the system
B. Move the system to a different network segment
C. Create a change control request
D. Apply the patch to the system ANS: C - create the change control request
document describes the proposed changes to the system, the reason, and expected impact.
Which of the following describes the reason root cause analysis should be conducted as part of the
incident response
