GSEC Practice Test

GSEC Practice Test practice questions, page 10 of 11, with answer review and explanations.

Question 46

Which of the following is an advantage of a Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) versus a Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)?

  1. Ability to detect malicious traffic after it has been decrypted by the host
  2. Ability to decrypt network traffic
  3. Ability to listen to network traffic at the perimeter
  4. Ability to detect malicious traffic before it has been decrypted

Question 47

Which of the following is more commonly used for establishing high-speed backbones that interconnect smaller networks and can carry signals over significant distances?

  1. Bluetooth
  2. Ethernet
  3. Token ring
  4. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Question 48

The Linux command to make the /etc/shadow file, already owned by root, readable only by root is which of the following?

  1. chmod 444/etc/shadow
  2. chown root: root/etc/shadow
  3. chmod 400/etc/shadow
  4. chown 400 /etc/shadow

Question 49

What is the main reason that DES is faster than RSA?

  1. DES is less secure.
  2. DES is implemented in hardware and RSA is implemented in software.
  3. Asymmetric cryptography is generally much faster than symmetric.
  4. Symmetric cryptography is generally much faster than asymmetric.

Question 50

Which of the following statements would be seen in a Disaster Recovery Plan?

  1. "Instructions for notification of the media can be found in Appendix A"
  2. "The Emergency Response Plan should be executed in the case of any physical disaster listed on page 3."
  3. "The target for restoration of business operations is 72 hours from the declaration of disaster."
  4. "After arriving at the alternate site, utilize the server build checklist to rebuild all servers on the server rebuild list."