PCCSA Online Practice Questions and Answers

DRAG DROP

Match the tool to its capability.

Select and Place:

DRAG DROP

Match each type of breach to its consequence.

Select and Place:

DRAG DROP

Match the OSI network model Layer 3 function to the correct description.

Select and Place:

Identify a weakness of a perimeter-based network security strategy to protect an organization's endpoint systems.

A. It cannot identify command-and-control traffic.

B. It cannot monitor all potential network ports.

C. It assumes that all internal devices are untrusted.

D. It assumes that every internal endpoint can be trusted.

Which mobile device management feature prevents jailbreaking or rooting?

A. software distribution

B. malware protection

C. policy enforcement

D. data loss prevention

Which type of malware is self-replicating but must first infect a host program and be executed by a user or process?

A. vulnerability

B. worm

C. exploit

D. virus

You discover malware has corrupted the BIOS on your laptop. Which type of malware is this?

A. bootkit

B. exploit

C. rootkit

D. vulnerability

Which two items operate at the network layer in the OSI network model? (Choose two.)

A. IP address

B. router

C. switch

D. MAC address

An attacker emails a malicious URL links to 50,000 email addresses. The email states that users can click the link to view the latest celebrity news, but the link also secretly infects the user's laptop. This scenario describes which type of attack?

A. whailing

B. phishing

C. drive-by download

D. pharming

What is an effective defense against a denial-of-service attack?

A. deploy a firewall to reject suspect network packets

B. flood the DoS source with ICMP echo requests to reduce attack output

C. contact the upstream ISP and disconnect affected network interfaces

D. configure additional network interfaces for legitimate network traffic