FREE COBRA System Monitoring and Maintenance Questions and Answers

Question 1

Your organization’s security policy requires that PII data-in-transit must be encrypted. Which of the following protocols would BEST meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

SSH

Answer

FTP

Answer

SMTP

Answer

HTTP

Question 2

Marge needs to collect network device configuration information and network statistics from devices on the network. She wants to protect the confidentiality of credentials used to connect to these devices. Which of the following protocols would BEST meet this need?

Accepted Answer

SNMPv3

Answer

SSH

Answer

FTPS

Answer

TLS

Question 3

Lisa is enabling NTP on some servers within the DMZ. Which of the following use cases is she MOST likely supporting this action?

Accepted Answer

Provide time synchronization

Answer

Support voice and video transmissions

Answer

Enable email usage

Answer

Encrypt data-in-transit

Question 4

Your organization wants to increase security for VoIP and video teleconferencing applications used within the network. Which of the following protocols will BEST support this goal?

Accepted Answer

SRTP

Answer

SMTP

Answer

TLS

Answer

SFTP

Question 5

Management within your organization wants to ensure that switches are not susceptible to switching loop problems. Which of the following protocols is the BEST choice to meet this need?

Accepted Answer

RSTP

Answer

Flood guard

Answer

SNMPv3

Answer

SRTP

Question 6

A network technician incorrectly wired the switch connections in your organization’s network. It effectively disabled the switch as though it was a victim of a denial-of-service attack. Which of the following should be done to prevent this situation in the future?

Accepted Answer

Implement STP or RSTP.

Answer

Install an IDS.

Answer

Only use Layer 2 switches.

Answer

Install SNMPv3 on the switches.

Question 7

Developers recently configured a new service on ServerA. ServerA is in a DMZ and accessed by internal users and via the Internet. Network administrators modified firewall rules to access the service. Testing shows the service works when accessed from internal systems. However, it does not work when accessed from the Internet. Which of the following is MOST likely configured incorrectly?

Accepted Answer

An ACL

Answer

The new service

Answer

ServerA

Answer

The VLAN

Question 8

You manage a Linux computer used for security within your network. You plan to use it to inspect and handle network-based traffic using iptables. Which of the following network devices can this replace?

Accepted Answer

Firewall

Answer

Wireless access point

Answer

Layer 2 switch

Answer

Bridge

Question 9

You need to implement antispoofing on a border router. Which one of the following choices will BEST meet this goal?

Accepted Answer

Create rules to block all incoming traffic from a private IP address.

Answer

Create rules to block all outgoing traffic from a private IP address.

Answer

Implement a flood guard on switches.

Answer

Add a web application firewall.

Question 10

You need to implement antispoofing on a border router. Which one of the following choices will BEST meet this goal?

Accepted Answer

Create rules to block all incoming traffic from a private IP address.

Answer

Create rules to block all outgoing traffic from a private IP address.

Answer

Implement a flood guard on switches.

Answer

Add a web application firewall.

Your organization’s security policy requires that PII data-in-transit must be encrypted.Which of the following protocols would BEST meet this requirement?

Your organization’s security policy requires that PII data-in-transit must be encrypted.
Which of the following protocols would BEST meet this requirement?