Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Free Security+ Practice Test Questions 3.2


If you're preparing for the Security+ SY0-301 exam, you might like to check your readiness with a few free practice test questions. This page includes three free practice test questions from the following objective in the SY0-301 exam.

Objective 3.2 Analyze and differentiate among types of attacks

  • Man-in-the-middle
  • DDoS
  • DoS
  • Replay
  • Smurf attack
  • Spoofing
  • Spam
  • Phishing
  • Spim
  • Vishing
  • Spear phishing
  • Xmas attack
  • Pharming
  • Privilege escalation
  • Malicious insider threat
  • DNS poisoning and ARP poisoning
  • Transitive access
  • Client-side attacks
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Practice Test Question 1

Q. Bob reported receiving a message from his bank prompting him to call back about a credit card. When he called back, an automated recording prompted him to provide personal information to verify his identity and then provide details about his bank and credit card accounts. What type of attack is this?
A. Phishing
B. Whaling
C. Vishing
D. VoIP

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Practice Test Question 2

Q.Attackers sent a targeted email attack to the President of a company. What best describes this attack?

A. Phishing
B. Spam
C. Whaling
D. Botnet

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Practice Test Question 3

Q.  What can mitigate ARP poisoning attacks in a network?

A.  Disable unused ports on a switch
B. Man-in-the-middle
C. DMZ
D. VLAN segregation

Answer at end of post.
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SY0-301: Exam Answer 1

Q. Bob reported receiving a message from his bank prompting him to call back about a credit card. When he called back, an automated recording prompted him to provide personal information to verify his identity and then provide details about his bank and credit card accounts. What type of attack is this?
A. Phishing
B. Whaling
C. Vishing
D. VoIP

Answer C is correct. Vishing is a form of phishing that uses recorded voice over the telephone.
A is incorrect. Phishing sends e-mail to users with the purpose of tricking them into revealing personal information (such as bank account information).
B is incorrect.  Whaling is a phishing attack that targets high-level executives.
D is incorrect. Voice over IP (VoIP) is a method used to send voice transmissions over a network. It is not an attack.
Objective: 3.2 Analyze and differentiate among types of attacks
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SY0-301 Exam: Answer 2

Q.Attackers sent a targeted email attack to the President of a company. What best describes this attack?

A. Phishing
B. Spam
C. Whaling
D. Botnet

Answer C is correct. Whaling is a phishing attack that targets high-level executives and phishing is an email attack.

A is incorrect. Whaling is a phishing attack that targets high-level executives.
B is incorrect. Spam is unsolicited email and phishing and whaling attacks are sent as spam, but spam itself isn’t a targeted attack.
D is incorrect. A botnet is a group of computers joined to a network and criminals control them with command and control servers.
Objective: 3.2 Analyze and differentiate among types of attacks

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SY0-301: Answer 3

Q.  What can mitigate ARP poisoning attacks in a network?

A.  Disable unused ports on a switch
B. Man-in-the-middle
C. DMZ
D. VLAN segregation

Answer D is correct. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) poisoning attacks modify the hardware addresses in ARP cache to redirect traffic, and virtual local area network (VLAN) segregation can limit the scope of these attacks.
A is incorrect. Disabling unused physical ports on a switch is a good security practice, but it doesn’t prevent ARP poisoning attacks.
B is incorrect. A man-in-the middle attack can interrupt traffic, insert malicious code, and ARP poisoning is one way to launch a man-in-the middle attack.
C is incorrect. A DMZ provides access to services from Internet clients, while segmenting access to an internal network.
Objective: 3.2 Analyze and differentiate among types of attacks
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