Exam Code: CAS-002 (Practice Exam Latest Test Questions VCE PDF)
Exam Name: CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)
Certification Provider: CompTIA
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Q16. - (Topic 2)
A vulnerability scanner report shows that a client-server host monitoring solution operating in the credit card corporate environment is managing SSL sessions with a weak algorithm which does not meet corporate policy. Which of the following are true statements? (Select TWO).
A. The X509 V3 certificate was issued by a non trusted public CA.
B. The client-server handshake could not negotiate strong ciphers.
C. The client-server handshake is configured with a wrong priority.
D. The client-server handshake is based on TLS authentication.
E. The X509 V3 certificate is expired.
F. The client-server implements client-server mutual authentication with different certificates.
Answer: B,C
Q17. - (Topic 5)
A company is in the process of outsourcing its customer relationship management system to a cloud provider. It will host the entire organization’s customer database. The database will be accessed by both the company’s users and its customers. The procurement department has asked what security activities must be performed for the deal to proceed. Which of the following are the MOST appropriate security activities to be performed as part of due diligence? (Select TWO).
A. Physical penetration test of the datacenter to ensure there are appropriate controls.
B. Penetration testing of the solution to ensure that the customer data is well protected.
C. Security clauses are implemented into the contract such as the right to audit.
D. Review of the organizations security policies, procedures and relevant hosting certifications.
E. Code review of the solution to ensure that there are no back doors located in the software.
Answer: C,D
Q18. - (Topic 2)
A risk manager has decided to use likelihood and consequence to determine the risk of an event occurring to a company asset. Which of the following is a limitation of this approach to risk management?
A. Subjective and based on an individual's experience.
B. Requires a high degree of upfront work to gather environment details.
C. Difficult to differentiate between high, medium, and low risks.
D. Allows for cost and benefit analysis.
E. Calculations can be extremely complex to manage.
Answer: A
Q19. - (Topic 1)
After being notified of an issue with the online shopping cart, where customers are able to arbitrarily change the price of listed items, a programmer analyzes the following piece of code used by a web based shopping cart.
SELECT ITEM FROM CART WHERE ITEM=ADDSLASHES($USERINPUT);
The programmer found that every time a user adds an item to the cart, a temporary file is created on the web server /tmp directory. The temporary file has a name which is generated by concatenating the content of the $USERINPUT variable and a timestamp in the form of MM-DD-YYYY, (e.g. smartphone-12-25-2013.tmp) containing the price of the item being purchased. Which of the following is MOST likely being exploited to manipulate the price of a shopping cart’s items?
A. Input validation
B. SQL injection
C. TOCTOU
D. Session hijacking
Answer: C
Q20. - (Topic 3)
If a technician must take an employee’s workstation into custody in response to an investigation, which of the following can BEST reduce the likelihood of related legal issues?
A. A formal letter from the company’s president approving the seizure of the workstation.
B. A formal training and awareness program on information security for all company managers.
C. A screen displayed at log in that informs users of the employer’s rights to seize, search, and monitor company devices.
D. A printout of an activity log, showing that the employee has been spending substantial time on non-work related websites.
Answer: C
Q21. - (Topic 2)
A user is suspected of engaging in potentially illegal activities. Law enforcement has requested that the user continue to operate on the network as normal. However, they would like to have a copy of any communications from the user involving certain key terms. Additionally, the law enforcement agency has requested that the user's ongoing communication be retained in the user's account for future investigations. Which of the following will BEST meet the goals of law enforcement?
A. Begin a chain-of-custody on for the user's communication. Next, place a legal hold on the user's email account.
B. Perform an e-discover using the applicable search terms. Next, back up the user's email for a future investigation.
C. Place a legal hold on the user's email account. Next, perform e-discovery searches to collect applicable emails.
D. Perform a back up of the user's email account. Next, export the applicable emails that match the search terms.
Answer: C
Q22. - (Topic 1)
An analyst connects to a company web conference hosted on www.webconference.com/meetingID#01234 and observes that numerous guests have been allowed to join, without providing identifying information. The topics covered during the web conference are considered proprietary to the company. Which of the following security concerns does the analyst present to management?
A. Guest users could present a risk to the integrity of the company’s information
B. Authenticated users could sponsor guest access that was previously approved by management
C. Unauthenticated users could present a risk to the confidentiality of the company’s information
D. Meeting owners could sponsor guest access if they have passed a background check
Answer: C
Q23. - (Topic 1)
A security officer is leading a lessons learned meeting. Which of the following should be components of that meeting? (Select TWO).
A. Demonstration of IPS system
B. Review vendor selection process
C. Calculate the ALE for the event
D. Discussion of event timeline
E. Assigning of follow up items
Answer: D,E
Q24. - (Topic 3)
A company receives an e-discovery request for the Chief Information Officer’s (CIO’s) email data. The storage administrator reports that the data retention policy relevant to their industry only requires one year of email data. However the storage administrator also reports that there are three years of email data on the server and five years of email data on backup tapes. How many years of data MUST the company legally provide?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5 Answer: D
Q25. - (Topic 2)
Joe is a security architect who is tasked with choosing a new NIPS platform that has the ability to perform SSL inspection, analyze up to 10Gbps of traffic, can be centrally managed and only reveals inspected application payload data to specified internal security employees. Which of the following steps should Joe take to reach the desired outcome?
A. Research new technology vendors to look for potential products. Contribute to an RFP and then evaluate RFP responses to ensure that the vendor product meets all mandatory requirements. Test the product and make a product recommendation.
B. Evaluate relevant RFC and ISO standards to choose an appropriate vendor product. Research industry surveys, interview existing customers of the product and then recommend that the product be purchased.
C. Consider outsourcing the product evaluation and ongoing management to an outsourced provider on the basis that each of the requirements are met and a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) is achieved.
D. Choose a popular NIPS product and then consider outsourcing the ongoing device management to a cloud provider. Give access to internal security employees so that they can inspect the application payload data.
E. Ensure that the NIPS platform can also deal with recent technological advancements, such as threats emerging from social media, BYOD and cloud storage prior to purchasing the product.
Answer: A
Q26. - (Topic 2)
Company policy requires that all unsupported operating systems be removed from the network. The security administrator is using a combination of network based tools to identify such systems for the purpose of disconnecting them from the network. Which of the following tools, or outputs from the tools in use, can be used to help the security administrator make an approximate determination of the operating system in use on the local company network? (Select THREE).
A. Passive banner grabbing
B. Password cracker
C.
http://www.company.org/documents_private/index.php?search=string#&topic=windows&tcp =packet%20capture&cookie=wokdjwalkjcnie61lkasdf2aliser4
D. 443/tcp open http
E. dig host.company.com
F. 09:18:16.262743 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 9870, offset 0, flags [none], proto TCP (6), length 40)192.168.1.3.1051 > 10.46.3.7.80: Flags [none], cksum 0x1800 (correct), win 512, length
G. Nmap
Answer: A,F,G
Q27. - (Topic 5)
A large organization that builds and configures every data center against distinct requirements loses efficiency, which results in slow response time to resolve issues. However, total uniformity presents other problems. Which of the following presents the GREATEST risk when consolidating to a single vendor or design solution?
A. Competitors gain an advantage by increasing their service offerings.
B. Vendor lock in may prevent negotiation of lower rates or prices.
C. Design constraints violate the principle of open design.
D. Lack of diversity increases the impact of specific events or attacks.
Answer: D
Q28. - (Topic 5)
An asset manager is struggling with the best way to reduce the time required to perform asset location activities in a large warehouse. A project manager indicated that RFID might be a valid solution if the asset manager’s requirements were supported by current RFID capabilities. Which of the following requirements would be MOST difficult for the asset manager to implement?
A. The ability to encrypt RFID data in transmission
B. The ability to integrate environmental sensors into the RFID tag
C. The ability to track assets in real time as they move throughout the facility
D. The ability to assign RFID tags a unique identifier
Answer: A
Q29. - (Topic 1)
The administrator is troubleshooting availability issues on an FCoE-based storage array that uses deduplication. The single controller in the storage array has failed, so the administrator wants to move the drives to a storage array from a different manufacturer in order to access the data. Which of the following issues may potentially occur?
A. The data may not be in a usable format.
B. The new storage array is not FCoE based.
C. The data may need a file system check.
D. The new storage array also only has a single controller.
Answer: A
Q30. - (Topic 4)
In developing a new computing lifecycle process for a large corporation, the security team is developing the process for decommissioning computing equipment. In order to reduce the potential for data leakage, which of the following should the team consider? (Select TWO).
A. Erase all files on drive
B. Install of standard image
C. Remove and hold all drives
D. Physical destruction
E. Drive wipe
Answer: D,E