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Single choice~60s
A denial-of-service attack makes a company's public website unreachable. Which element of the CIA triad is most directly impacted?
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10 questions in topicThe CIA triad, threats and vulnerabilities, access control, cryptography, and security ethics.
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Single choice~80s
Unpatched software with a publicly known flaw that an attacker could use is best described as a:
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Single choice~80s
Access is granted to resources based on a user's assigned job function, such as 'Security Analyst.' Which access control model is this?
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Single choice~80s
A technician verifies a downloaded file's integrity by comparing its computed digest to a published value. Which technique is being used?
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Single choice~85s
Which statement about symmetric versus asymmetric encryption is correct?
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Single choice~60s
A user is given only the permissions required to perform their tasks and nothing more. Which principle is applied?
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Single choice~80s
An attacker phones an employee, pretends to be from the help desk, and pressures them into revealing their password. Which attack category is this?
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Single choice~100s
Which cryptographic mechanism ensures that a signer cannot later deny having signed a document?
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Single choice~85s
A support technician can access sensitive files unrelated to their job. What is the ethical and correct action?
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Single choice~80s
An organization uses a firewall, network IPS, host antivirus, and data encryption together so that one control failing does not cause compromise. Which strategy is this?