Which of the following is described as an attack against an application using a malicious file?
A. Client side attack
B. Spam
C. Impersonation attack
D. Phishing attack
CompTIA exam questions
Which of the following is described as an attack against an application using a malicious file?
A. Client side attack
B. Spam
C. Impersonation attack
D. Phishing attack
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) receives a suspicious voice mail warning of credit card fraud. No one else received the voice mail. Which of the following BEST describes this attack?
A. Whaling
B. Vishing
C. Spear phishing
D. Impersonation
A database administrator receives a call on an outside telephone line from a person who states that they work for a well-known database vendor. The caller states there have been problems applying the newly released vulnerability patch for their database system, and asks what version is being used so that they can assist. Which of the following is the BEST action for the administrator to take?
A. Thank the caller, report the contact to the manager, and contact the vendor support line to verify any reported patch issues.
B. Obtain the vendor’s email and phone number and call them back after identifying the number of systems affected by the patch.
C. Give the caller the database version and patch level so that they can receive help applying the patch.
D. Call the police to report the contact about the database systems, and then check system logs for attack attempts.
Emily, an attacker, is recording a person typing in their ID number into a keypad to gain access to the building. Emily then calls the helpdesk and informs them that their PIN no longer works and would like to change it. Which of the following attacks occurred LAST?
A. Phishing
B. Shoulder surfing
C. Impersonation
D. Tailgating
Which of the following is characterized by an attacker attempting to map out an organization’s staff hierarchy in order to send targeted emails?
A. Whaling
B. Impersonation
C. Privilege escalation
D. Spear phishing
All executive officers have changed their monitor location so it cannot be easily viewed when passing by their offices. Which of the following attacks does this action remediate?
A. Dumpster Diving
B. Impersonation
C. Shoulder Surfing
D. Whaling
A network analyst received a number of reports that impersonation was taking place on the network. Session tokens were deployed to mitigate this issue and defend against which of the following attacks?
A. Replay
B. DDoS
C. Smurf
D. Ping of Death
Maintenance workers find an active network switch hidden above a dropped-ceiling tile in the CEO’s office with various connected cables from the office. Which of the following describes the type of attack that was occurring?
A. Spear phishing
B. Packet sniffing
C. Impersonation
D. MAC flooding
A network administrator identifies sensitive files being transferred from a workstation in the LAN to an unauthorized outside IP address in a foreign country. An investigation determines that the firewall has not been altered, and antivirus is up-to-date on the workstation. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the incident?
A. MAC Spoofing
B. Session Hijacking
C. Impersonation
D. Zero-day
Which of the following is the BEST example of social engineering?
A. Impersonation
B. Key logger
C. Virus
D. Malicious cookie