Up To The Immediate Present GIAC Security Essentials Certification GSEC Vce

NEW QUESTION 1
What database can provide contact information for Internet domains?

• A. dig
• B. who
• C. who is
• D. ns look up

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 2
Which of the following is a term that refers to unsolicited e-mails sent to a large number of e-mail users?

• A. Hotfix
• B. Spam
• C. Biometrics
• D. Buffer overflow

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 3
Which Defense-in-Depth principle starts with an awareness of the value of each section of information within an organization?

• A. Information centric defense
• B. Uniform information protection
• C. General information protection
• D. Perimeter layering

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 4
Which of the following TCP dump output lines indicates the first step in the TCP 3-way handshake?

• A. 07:09:43.368615 download.net 39904 > ftp.com.21: S 733381829:733381829(0) win 8760 <mss 1460> (DF)
• B. 07:09:43.370302 ftp.com.21 > download.net.39904: S 1192930639:1192930639(0} ack 733381830 win 1024 <mss 1460> (DF)
• C. 09:09:22.346383 ftp.com.21 > download.net.39904: , rst 1 win 2440(DF)
• D. 07:09:43.370355 download.net.39904 > ftp.com.21: , ack 1 win 8760 (DF)

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 5
Which of the following are the types of access controls?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.

• A. Physical
• B. Administrative
• C. Automatic
• D. Technical

Answer: ABD

NEW QUESTION 6
The TTL can be found in which protocol header?

• A. It is found in byte 8 of the ICMP heade
• B. It is found in byte 8 of the IP heade
• C. It is found in byte 8 of the TCP heade
• D. It is found in byte 8 of the DNS heade

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 7
Which of the following groups represents the most likely source of an asset loss through the inappropriate use of computers?

• A. Visitors
• B. Customers
• C. Employees
• D. Hackers

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 8
Which of the following is a Layer 3 device that will typically drop directed broadcast traffic?

• A. Hubs
• B. Bridges
• C. Routers
• D. Switches

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 9
A US case involving malicious code is brought to trial. An employee had opened a helpdesk ticket to report specific instances of strange behavior on her system. The IT helpdesk representative collected information by interviewing the user and escalated the ticket to the system administrators. As the user had regulated and sensitive data on her computer, the system administrators had the hard drive sent to the company's forensic consultant for analysis and configured a new hard drive for the user. Based on the recommendations from the forensic consultant and the company's legal department, the CEO decided to prosecute the author of the malicious code. During the court case, which of the following would be able to provide direct evidence?

• A. The IT helpdesk representative
• B. The company CEO
• C. The user of the infected system
• D. The system administrator who removed the hard drive

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 10
You have implemented a firewall on the company's network for blocking unauthorized network connections. Which of the following types of security control is implemented in this case?

• A. Detective
• B. Preventive
• C. Directive
• D. Corrective

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 11
When discussing access controls, which of the following terms describes the process of determining the activities or functions that an Individual is permitted to perform?

• A. Authentication
• B. Identification
• C. Authorization
• D. Validation

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 12
You work as a Network Administrator for Secure World Inc. The company has a Linux-based network. You want to run a command with the changed root directory. Which of the following commands will you use?

• A. ls <new root> <command>
• B. chroot <new root> <command>
• C. route <new root> <command>
• D. chdir <new root> <command>

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 13
Which of the following statements would describe the term "incident" when used in the branch of security known as Incident Handling?

• A. Any observable network event
• B. Harm to systems
• C. Significant threat of harm to systems
• D. A and C
• E. A, B, and C
• F. B and C
• G. A and B

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 14
Which of the following statements about the authentication concept of information security management is true?

• A. It ensures the reliable and timely access to resource
• B. It ensures that modifications are not made to data by unauthorized personnel or processe
• C. It determines the actions and behaviors of a single individual within a system, and identifies that particular individua
• D. It establishes the users' identity and ensures that the users are who they say they ar

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 15
You work as a Network Administrator for NetTech Inc. When you enter http://66.111.64.227 in the browser's address bar, you are able to access the site. But, you are unable to access the site when you enter http://www.uCertify.com. What is the most likely cause?

• A. DNS entry is not available for the host nam
• B. The site's Web server is offlin
• C. The site's Web server has heavy traffi
• D. WINS server has no NetBIOS name entry for the serve

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 16
Which aspect of UNIX systems was process accounting originally developed for?

• A. Data warehouse
• B. Time sharing
• C. Process tracking
• D. Real time

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 17
What protocol is a WAN technology?

• A. 802.11
• B. 802.3
• C. Ethernet
• D. Frame Relay

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 18
John works as a Network Administrator for Perfect Solutions Inc. The company has a Linux-based network. John is working as a root user on the Linux operating system. He is currently working on his C based new traceroute program. Since, many processes are running together on the system, he wants to give the highest priority to the cc command process so that he can test his program, remove bugs, and submit it to the office in time. Which of the following commands will John use to give the highest priority to the cc command process?

• A. nice -n 19 cc -c *.c &
• B. nice cc -c *.c &
• C. nice -n -20 cc -c *.c &
• D. nice cc -c *.c

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 19
What is the discipline of establishing a known baseline and managing that condition known as?

• A. Condition deployment
• B. Observation discipline
• C. Security establishment
• D. Configuration management

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 20
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