CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) Beta Exam (CA1-001) Free Practice Test

Question 1

Collaboration platform offers a set of software components and services that enable users to communicate, share information, and work together for achieving common business goals. What are the core elements of a collaboration platform?
Each correct answer represents a part of the solution. Choose three.

A. Change management

B. Real-time communication

C. Team collaboration

D. Product and service integration

E. Messaging

Correct Answer: B,C,E

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Question 2

Todd is a security administrator, who is responsible for responding to incidents. There has been a virus outbreak. Which of the following is the final step Todd should take?

A. Eradication

B. Containment

C. Recovery

D. AAR

Correct Answer: D

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Question 3

Risk analysis provides the higher management the details necessary to determine the risks that should be mitigated, transferred, and accepted. What are the various stages in the risk analysis process?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

A. Asset control

B. Inventory

C. Management

D. Threat assessment

E. Monitoring

F. Evaluation of control

Correct Answer: B,C,D,E,F

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Question 4

Information security continuous monitoring is defined as maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats to support organizational risk management decisions. What are the essential elements required for continuous monitoring?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

A. Ongoing assessment of system security controls

B. Security status monitoring and reporting

C. Security impact analyses

D. Security tools definition

E. Configuration management and change control

Correct Answer: A,B,C,E

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Question 5

In which of the following can a user access resources according to his role in the organization?

A. Role-based access control

B. Mandatory Access Control

C. Network-based access control

D. Discretionary access control

Correct Answer: A

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Question 6

Which of the following concepts are included in the security of a SAN? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

A. IDS implementation

B. Host adapter-based security

C. Storage-controller mapping

D. Switch zoning

Correct Answer: B,C,D

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Question 7

You work as a Desktop Support Technician for uCertify Inc. A user reports that the security log on his Windows 7 computer is full. After analyzing, you observe that the security log is full of logon events, access, and other security events. The user does not want these events to be stored in the security log, what should you do to resolve the issue?

A. Add the user to the Power Users group

B. Disable all auditing on the user's computer.

C. Clear the security log and assign some more space to it.

D. Upgrade the hard drive of the users computer.

Correct Answer: B

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Question 8

Darryl is an administrator for a visualization company. He is concerned about security vulnerabilities associated with visualization. Which of the following are the most significant issues?

A. Privilege escalation from one VM to another

B. The server drive crashing and bringing down all VMs

C. Viruses moving from one VM to another

D. Data from one VM being copied to another VM

Correct Answer: B

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Question 9

Mark works as a Network Security Administrator for uCertify Inc. Mark has been assigned to a task to test the network security of the company. He created a webpage to discuss the progress of the tests with employees who were interested in following the test. Visitors were allowed to click on a company's icon to mark the progress of the test. Mark successfully embeds a keylogger. He also added some statistics on the webpage. The firewall protects the network well and allows strict Internet access. How was security compromised and how did the firewall respond?

A. Security was compromised as keylogger is invisible for firewall.

B. The attack was social engineering and the firewall did not detect it.

C. The attack was Cross Site Scripting and the firewall blocked it.

D. Security was not compromised as the webpage was hosted internally.

Correct Answer: B

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Question 10

As a network administrator, if you are experiencing intermittent security issues what is the first thing you should do?

A. Try obvious fixes

B. Consider alternative solutions

C. Define a solution

D. Isolate the problem

Correct Answer: D

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Question 11

ESA stands for Enterprise Security Architecture. What is the purpose of ESA?

A. To apply financial security concepts to network security.

B. To provide a framework for evaluating vulnerabilities.

C. To apply network architecture paradigms to network security.

D. To provide a framework for securing web applications.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 12

Which of the following counters measures the rate at which the bytes are sent through or received by a network?

A. Network Interface: Bytes/sec

B. Network Interface: Bytes Sent/sec

C. Network Interface: Output Queue Length

D. Network Interface: Bytes Received/sec

Correct Answer: A

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