Exam : CompTIA SY0-201
Title : CompTIA Security+
(2008 Edition) Exam


1. Which of the following algorithms have the smallest key space?
A. IDEA
B. SHA-1
C. AES
D. DES
Answer: D

2. Which of the following type of attacks requires an attacker to sniff the network?
A. Man-in-the-Middle
B. DDoS attack
C. MAC flooding
D. DNS poisoning
Answer: A

3. Which of the following should a technician recommend to prevent physical access to individual office areas? (Select TWO).
A. Video surveillance
B. Blockade
C. Key card readers
D. Mantrap
E. Perimeter fence
Answer: CD

4. Which of the following could BEST assist in the recovery of a crashed hard drive?
A. Forensics software
B. Drive optimization
C. Drive sanitization
D. Damage and loss control
Answer: A

5. An administrator in a small office environment has implemented an IDS on the network perimeter to detect malicious traffic patterns. The administrator still has a concern about traffic inside the network originating between client workstations. Which of the following could be implemented?
A. HIDS
B. A VLAN
C. A network router
D. An access list
Answer: A

6. A CEO is concerned about staff browsing inappropriate material on the Internet via HTTPS. It has been suggested that the company purchase a product which could decrypt the SSL session, scan the content and then repackage the SSL session without staff knowing. Which of the following type of attacks is similar to this product?
A. Replay
B. Spoofing
C. TCP/IP hijacking
D. Man-in-the-middle
Answer: D

7. A CRL contains a list of which of the following type of keys?
A. Both public and private keys
B. Steganographic keys
C. Private keys
D. Public keys
Answer: A

8. Which of the following BEST describes the form used while transferring evidence?
A. Booking slip
B. Affidavit
C. Chain of custody
D. Evidence log
Answer: C