Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) Cybersecurity v1.0

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A remote worker is visiting a branch office to attend face-to-face meetings. The worker tries to associate their company laptop with the branch wireless access point (WAP) but is unable to do so.

What is a possible cause?

  • A. The IP address of the laptop is not correct
  • B. The WAP is configured for MAC address filtering
  • C. The WAP is using open authentication
  • D. The SSID is not broadcasting


Answer : B

The company web server collects information through a form. The form is accessed by using port 80. The form content is transferred over TLS to an encrypted database for storage. You are investigating a complaint that the form content has been compromised.

What is the cause of the security breach?

  • A. The website was accessed using HTTP, which is an unencrypted protocol
  • B. The data was transferred to the database using a nonsecure protocol
  • C. The database was compromised
  • D. The web browser used to access the site was not updated to the latest version


Answer : A

You are planning to work from home. Your company requires that you connect to the company network through a VPN.

Which three critical functions do VPNs provide to remote workers? (Choose three.)

Note: You will receive partial credit for each correct selection.

  • A. WAN management
  • B. Password management
  • C. Authorization of users
  • D. Authentication of users
  • E. Integrity of data
  • F. Confidentiality of information


Answer : DEF

How does a honeypot enhance network security?

  • A. It detects and prevents identified threats through real-time packet inspection
  • B. It monitors network traffic and sends alerts when potential threats are detected
  • C. It acts as a decoy and diverts malicious traffic away from important systems
  • D. It isolates external-facing services from the Internet and protects them from attack


Answer : C

A hospital needs to implement a system to secure remote access for employees using VPNs. The solution must generate logs for accounting and provide centralized authentication using Active Directory.

Which solution will meet the requirements?

  • A. MFA
  • B. NAT
  • C. SSL VPN
  • D. RADIUS


Answer : D

A client cannot connect to the corporate web server. You discover a large number of half-open TCP connections to the server.

What should you do?

  • A. Take action to stop the TCP SYN flood attack
  • B. Flush the DNS cache information
  • C. Ignore the half-open connections because this is a normal part of the TCP three-way handshake
  • D. Change the connection protocol from HTTP to HTTPS


Answer : A

A threat actor sets up a rogue access point (AP) at a local café. The rogue AP captures traffic and then forwards the traffic to the café AP.

Which type of attack does this scenario describe?

  • A. Reconnaissance
  • B. DDoS
  • C. Ransomware
  • D. Man-in-the-middle


Answer : D

What should you create to prevent address spoofing of the internal network?

  • A. An ACL
  • B. A NAT rule
  • C. A DNS record
  • D. A record in the hosts file


Answer : A

What enables the network security team to keep track of the operating system versions, security updates, and patches on end users’ devices?

  • A. Asset management
  • B. Incident management
  • C. Security policies and procedures
  • D. Business continuity planning


Answer : A

You are a security technician. You just completed a full scan of a Windows 10 PC.
Where should you go to view the scan result?

  • A. Windows Task Manager
  • B. Windows Application Logs
  • C. Windows Security
  • D. Windows System Logs


Answer : C

A security analyst discovers that a hacker was able to gain root access to an enterprise Linux server. The hacker accessed the server as a guest, used a program to bypass the root password, and then killed essential server processes as the root user.
Which type of endpoint attack is this?

  • A. Privilege escalation
  • B. DDoS
  • C. Brute force
  • D. Buffer overflow


Answer : A

Which data type is protected through hard disk encryption?

  • A. Data in use
  • B. Data at rest
  • C. Data in transit
  • D. Data in process


Answer : B

What is the purpose of a hypersivor?

  • A. It creates and runs virtual machines
  • B. It monitors and logs network traffic for malicious packets
  • C. It provides and services a gateway between users and the Internet
  • D. It provides and monitors firewall services for cloud computing


Answer : A

A cybersecurity analyst is investigating an unknown executable file discovered on a Linux desktop computer. The analyst enters the following command in the terminal:
1s -l
What is the purpose of this command?

  • A. To open a text editor
  • B. To navigate to the folder that is passed as an argument to the command
  • C. To display the content of a text file
  • D. To display the file permissions and ownership of the executable file


Answer : D

After an administrator installs an operating system update on a laptop, the laptop user can no longer print to their wireless printer.
What should solve the issue?

  • A. Check for patches for wireless printers.
  • B. Update the firmware on the laptop.
  • C. Reinstall the same service pack.
  • D. Install a new device driver for the wireless printer.


Answer : D

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