GSEC Practice Test

GSEC Practice Test practice questions, page 2 of 11, with answer review and explanations.

Question 6

When using Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) to digitally sign a message, the signature is created in a two-step process. First, the message to be signed is submitted to PGP's cryptographic hash algorithm. What is one of the hash algorithms used by PGP for this process?

  1. Blowfish
  2. DES
  3. SHA-l
  4. Cast

Question 7

You are the security director for an off-shore banking site. From a business perspective, what is a major factor to consider before running your new vulnerability scanner against the company's business systems?

  1. It may harm otherwise healthy systems.
  2. It may produce false negative results.
  3. It may generate false positive results.
  4. It may not return enough benefit for the cost.

Question 8

Which of the following is a benefit to utilizing Cygwin for Windows?

  1. The ability to install a complete Red Hat operating system Install on Windows.
  2. The ability to bring much more powerful scripting capabilities to Windows.
  3. The ability to run a production Apache server.
  4. The ability to install a complete Ubuntu operating system install on Windows.

Question 9

What technical control provides the most critical layer of defense if an intruder is able to bypass all physical security controls and obtain tapes containing critical data?

  1. Camera Recordings
  2. Security guards
  3. Encryption
  4. Shredding
  5. Corrective Controls

Question 10

Two clients connecting from the same public IP address (for example - behind the same NAT firewall) can connect simultaneously to the same web server on the Internet, provided what condition is TRUE?

  1. The server is not using a well-known port.
  2. The server is on a different network.
  3. The client-side source ports are different.
  4. The clients are on different subnets.