EMT Practice Test

1. Question Content...

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Question1: A workstation puts out a network request to locate another system.
Joe, a hacker on the network, responds before the real system does,
and he tricks the workstation into communicating with him. Which of the following BEST describes what occurred?

Question2: A security analyst receives an alert from a WAF with the following payload:
var data= "<test test test>" ++ <../../../../../../etc/passwd>"
Which of the following types of attacks is this?

Question3: Which of the following types of attacks precedes the installation of a rootkit on a server?

Question4: A security analyst wants to harden the company's VoIP PBX. The
analyst is worried that credentials may be intercepted and
compromised when IP phones authenticate with the BPX. Which of the
following would best prevent this from occurring?

Question5: A development team has adopted a new approach to projects in
which feedback is iterative and multiple iterations of deployments
are provided within an application's full life cycle. Which of the
following software development methodologies is the development
team using?

Question6: A company hires a third-party firm to conduct an assessment of
vulnerabilities exposed to the Internet. The firm informs the
company that an exploit exists for an FTP server that had a version
installed from eight years ago. The company has decided to keep the
system online anyway, as no upgrade exists form the vendor. Which
of the following BEST describes the reason why the vulnerability
exists?

Question7: An organization uses SSO authentication for employee access to
network resources. When an employee resigns, as per the
organization's security policy, the employee's access to all network
resources is terminated immediately. Two weeks later, the former
employee sends an email to the help desk for a password reset to
access payroll information from the human resources server.
Which of the following represents the BEST course of action?

Approve the former employee's request, as a password reset would give the former employee access to only t human resources server.
Deny the former employee's request, since the password reset request came from an external email address.
Deny the former employee's request, as a password reset would give the employee access to all network resources.
Approve the former employee's request, as there would not be a security issue with the former employee gaini access to network.

Question8: A security administrator is configuring a new network segment,
which contains devices that will be accessed by external users, such
as web and FTP server. Which of the following represents the MOST
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traffic.
The segment should be placed in the existing internal VLAN to allow internal traffic only.
The segment should be placed on an intranet, and the firewall rules should be configured to allow external traff The segment should be placed on an extranet, and the firewall rules should be configured to allow both internal external traffic.

Question9: An organization is comparing and contrasting migration from its
standard desktop configuration to the newest version of the
platform. Before this can happen, the Chief Information Security
Officer (CISO) voices the need to evaluate the functionality of the
newer desktop platform to ensure interoperability with existing software in use by the organization. In which of the following principles of architecture and design is the CISO engaging?

Question10: A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) suspects someone in the lab
testing environment is stealing confidential information after working
hours when no one else is around. Which of the following actions can
help to prevent this specific threat?

Question11: Which of the following cryptographic algorithms is irreversible?

Question12: A director of IR is reviewing a report regarding several recent
breaches. The director compiles the following statistic's:
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Initial IR engagement time frame
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Length of time before an executive management notice went out
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Average IR phase completion
The director wants to use the data to shorten the response time.
Which of the following would accomplish this?

Question13: To reduce disk consumption, an organization's legal department
has recently approved a new policy setting the data retention
period for sent email at six months. Which of the following is the
BEST way to ensure this goal is met?

Question14: Joe, a user, wants to send Ann, another user, a confidential
document electronically. Which of the following should Joe do to
ensure the document is protected from eavesdropping?