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Security+® Practice Tests

By : Mike Chapple
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Security+® Practice Tests

By: Mike Chapple

Overview of this book

Security+ certification is the most popular entry-level certification for cybersecurity professionals. It has no work experience requirement, making it accessible to everyone willing to put in the time to prepare for the exam. Security+? Practice Tests are the perfect tools to prepare for the CompTIA Security+ exam. The first six chapters each cover one of the six Security+ domains. Each of those chapters contains around 100 practice test questions covering the material from that domain. The last two chapters each contain a full-length Security+ practice test that’s designed to assess your readiness to take the actual test. At the end of each chapter, you’ll find the answers to all of the questions along with detailed explanations to help reinforce your learning of the material. By the end of the book, you’ll have enough practice to easily ace the CompTIA Security+ exam.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Domain 3 Answers and Explanations

  1. B. Ralph should use encryption to protect the data and then store the encryption keys in a location other than the cloud service. With this control in place, a rogue employee of the cloud service may be able to access the organization's data, but will not be able to decrypt it. The other controls listed here are all good security practices, but an insider may be able to bypass them.
  2. A. In a type 1 hypervisor, the hypervisor runs directly on the system hardware, eliminating the need for an underlying operating system and reducing the environment's attack surface. Type 2 hypervisors require the use of a host operating system. Type 3 and 4 hypervisors do not exist.
  3. C. ASHRE recommends that data centers maintain temperatures within the range of 64.4 and 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit and keep relative humidity between 8% and 80%.
  4. C. RAID level 5 is also known as disk striping with parity. This approach requires a minimum of two disks for...