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CompTIA Security+ Exam 2024
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, Total Questions: 171
Latest Version: 8.1
Question: 1
A company’s legal department drafted sensitive documents in a SaaS application and wants to
ensure the documents cannot be accessed by individuals in high-risk countries. Which of the
following is the most effective way to limit this access?
A. Data masking
B. Encryption
C. Geolocation policy
D. Data sovereignty regulation
Question: 2
Which of the following is a hardware-specific vulnerability?
A. Firmware version
B. Buffer overflow
C. SQL injection
D. Cross-site scripting
Question: 3
While troubleshooting a firewall configuration, a technician determines that a “deny any” policy
should be added to the bottom of the ACL. The technician updates the policy, but the new policy
causes several company servers to become unreachable.
Which of the following actions would prevent this issue?
A. Documenting the new policy in a change request and submitting the request to change
management
B. Testing the policy in a non-production environment before enabling the policy in the
production network
C. Disabling any intrusion prevention signatures on the 'deny any* policy prior to enabling the
new policy
D. Including an 'allow any1 policy above the 'deny any* policy
, Question: 4
An organization is building a new backup data center with cost-benefit as the primary
requirement and RTO and RPO values around two days. Which of the following types of sites is
the best for this scenario?
A. Real time recovery
B. Hot
C. Cold
D. Warm
Question: 5
A company requires hard drives to be securely wiped before sending decommissioned systems
to recycling. Which of the following best describes this policy?
A. Enumeration
B. Sanitization
C. Destruction
D. Inventory
Question: 6
A systems administrator works for a local hospital and needs to ensure patient data is protected
and secure. Which of the following data classifications should be used to secure patient data?
A. Private
B. Critical
C. Sensitive
D. Public
Question: 7
A U.S.-based cloud-hosting provider wants to expand its data centers to new international
locations. Which of the following should the hosting provider consider first?
A. Local data protection regulations
B. Risks from hackers residing in other countries
C. Impacts to existing contractual obligations
D. Time zone differences in log correlation
, Question: 8
Which of the following would be the best way to block unknown programs from executing?
A. Access control list
B. Application allow list.
C. Host-based firewall
D. DLP solution
Question: 9
A company hired a consultant to perform an offensive security assessment covering penetration
testing and social engineering.
Which of the following teams will conduct this assessment activity?
A. White
B. Purple
C. Blue
D. Red
Question: 10
A software development manager wants to ensure the authenticity of the code created by the
company. Which of the following options is the most appropriate?
A. Testing input validation on the user input fields
B. Performing code signing on company-developed software
C. Performing static code analysis on the software
D. Ensuring secure cookies are use
Question: 11
Which of the following can be used to identify potential attacker activities without affecting
production servers?
A. Honey pot
B. Video surveillance
C. Zero Trust
D. Geofencing.