GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) Practice Test

Questions # 101:

You work as a Network Administrator for McNeil Inc. The company has a Linux-based network. David, a Sales Manager, wants to know the name of the shell that he is currently using. Which of the following commands will he use to accomplish the task?

Options:

mv $shell

echo $shell

rm $shell

ls $shell

Questions # 102:

An organization keeps its intellectual property in a database. Protection of the data is assigned to one system administrator who marks the data, and monitors for this intellectual property leaving the network. Which defense-In-depth principle does this describe?

Options:

Threat-Vector Analysis

Protected Enclave

Information Centric

Uniform Protection

Questions # 103:

You work as a Network Administrator for Net World Inc. The company has a Linux-based network. For testing purposes, you have configured a default IP-table with several filtering rules. You want to reconfigure the table. For this, you decide to remove the rules from all the chains in the table. Which of the following commands will you use?

Options:

IPTABLES -D

IPTABLES -A

IPTABLES -h

IPTABLES -F

Questions # 104:

When an IIS filename extension is mapped, what does this mean?

Options:

Files with the mapped extensions cannot be interpreted by the web server.

The file and all the data from the browser's request are handed off to the mapped interpreter.

The files with the mapped extensions are interpreted by CMD.EXE.

The files with the mapped extensions are interpreted by the web browser.

Questions # 105:

Which of the following access control principles helps prevent collusion and detect abuse of access?

Options:

Least privilege

Rotation of duties

Separation of duties

Need to know

Questions # 106:

Which of the following is used to allow or deny access to network resources?

Options:

Spoofing

ACL

System hardening

NFS

Questions # 107:

What must be added to VLANs to improve security?

Options:

Network hubs

Air gaps

Spanning tree interfaces

Access control lists

Questions # 108:

What is the term for the software that allows a single physical server to run multiple virtual servers?

Options:

Virtual machine

Hypervisor

Host

Guest

Questions # 109:

What does it mean if a protocol such as HTTP is stateless?

Options:

The client responds to server request and keeps track of the conversation.

If a stateless protocol is used it cannot be traced.

It means it is unreliable.

The server responds to a single request and then forgets about it.

Questions # 110:

There are three key factors in selecting a biometric mechanism. What are they?

Options:

Reliability, encryption strength, and cost

Encryption strength, authorization method, and cost

Reliability, user acceptance, and cost

User acceptance, encryption strength, and cost

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