CompTIA SY0-701 - CompTIA Security+ 2023 Exam

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Which of the following threat actors is the most likely to be hired by a foreign government to attack critical systems located in other countries?

  • A. Hacktivist
  • B. Whistleblower
  • C. Organized crime
  • D. Unskilled attacker


Answer : C

Which of the following is used to add extra complexity before using a one-way data transformation algorithm?

  • A. Key stretching
  • B. Data masking
  • C. Steganography
  • D. Salting


Answer : D

An employee clicked a link in an email from a payment website that asked the employee to update contact information. The employee entered the log-in information but received a “page not found” error message. Which of the following types of social engineering attacks occurred?

  • A. Brand impersonation
  • B. Pretexting
  • C. Typosquatting
  • D. Phishing


Answer : D

An enterprise is trying to limit outbound DNS traffic originating from its internal network. Outbound DNS requests will only be allowed from one device with the IP address 10.50.10.25. Which of the following firewall ACLs will accomplish this goal?

  • A. Access list outbound permit 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 port 53
    Access list outbound deny 10.50.10.25/32 0.0.0.0/0 port 53
  • B. Access list outbound permit 0.0.0.0/0 10.50.10.25/32 port 53
    Access list outbound deny 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 port 53
  • C. Access list outbound permit 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 port 53
    Access list outbound deny 0.0.0.0/0 10.50.10.25/32 port 53
  • D. Access list outbound permit 10.50.10.25/32 0.0.0.0/0 port 53
    Access list outbound deny 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 port 53


Answer : C

A data administrator is configuring authentication for a SaaS application and would like to reduce the number of credentials employees need to maintain. The company prefers to use domain credentials to access new SaaS applications. Which of the following methods would allow this functionality?

  • A. SSO
  • B. LEAP
  • C. MFA
  • D. PEAP


Answer : A

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