SY0-601

SY0-601 practice questions, page 21 of 35, with answer review and explanations.

Question 101

A DBA reports that several production server hard drives were wiped over the weekend. The DBA also reports that several Linux servers were unavailable due to system files being deleted unexpectedly. A security analyst verified that software was configured to delete data deliberately from those servers. No backdoors to any servers were found. Which of the following attacks was MOST likely used to cause the data loss?

  1. Logic bomb
  2. Ransomware
  3. Fileless virus
  4. Remote access Trojans
  5. Rootkit

Question 102

Digital signatures use asymmetric encryption. This means the message is encrypted with:

  1. the sender's private key and decrypted with the sender's public key.
  2. the sender's public key and decrypted with the sender's private key.
  3. the sender's private key and decrypted with the recipient's public key.
  4. the sender's public key and decrypted with the recipient's private key.

Question 103

A security engineer was assigned to implement a solution to prevent attackers from gaining access by pretending to be authorized users. Which of the following technologies meets the requirement?

  1. SSO
  2. IDS
  3. MFA
  4. TPM

Question 104

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has requested that a third-party vendor provide supporting documents that show proper controls are in place to protect customer data. Which of the following would be BEST for the third-party vendor to provide to the CISO?

  1. GDPR compliance attestation
  2. Cloud Security Alliance materials
  3. SOC 2 Type 2 report
  4. NIST RMF workbooks

Question 105

Which of the following is assured when a user signs an email using a private key?

  1. Non-repudiation
  2. Confidentiality
  3. Availability
  4. Authentication