200-201 Exam Questions
563 real 200-201 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 6 of 12.
- Question #254Network Intrusion Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. Which field contains DNS header information if the payload is a query or a response?
DNS protocolpacket analysisnetwork headers - Question #255Network Intrusion Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. What is occurring?
network attacksDNS tunnelingpacket analysis - Question #256Security Concepts
What is the difference between vulnerability and risk?
vulnerabilityrisksecurity concepts - Question #257Security Concepts
An engineer received a flood of phishing emails from HR with the source address HRjacobm@companycom. What is the threat actor in this scenario?
threat actorphishingemail security - Question #258Host-Based Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. A security analyst is investigating unusual activity from an unknown IP address Which type of evidence is this file1?
forensicsevidence typesincident investigation - Question #259CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) Domain 1: Security Operations - Understanding and categorizing data sources used in security monitoring and threat analysis, including log data, packet captures, flow data, and alert data.
Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the data source from the left onto the data type on the right. Answer:
Data SourcesNetwork Security MonitoringSecurity AnalyticsThreat Detection - Question #260Security Monitoring
A user received a targeted spear-phishing email and identified it as suspicious before opening the content. To which category of the Cyber Kill Chain model does to this type of eve...
cyber kill chainspear-phishingdelivery phase - Question #261Host-Based Analysis
According to the NIST SP 800-86, which two types of data are considered volatile? (Choose two.)
NISTvolatile dataforensicsmemory analysis - Question #262Host-Based Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is reviewing a Cuckoo report of a file. What must the engineer interpret from the report?
malware analysissandbox analysisCuckoo Sandboxevasion techniques - Question #263Security Monitoring
What is the difference between deep packet inspection and stateful inspection?
Deep Packet InspectionStateful FirewallNetwork SecurityOSI Model - Question #264Security Concepts
What should an engineer use to aid the trusted exchange of public keys between user tom0411976943 and dan1968754032?
Public Key InfrastructureCertificate AuthoritiesKey Exchange - Question #265Security Monitoring
Which tool gives the ability to see session data in real time?
Network Monitoring ToolsSession Datatrafshow - Question #266Security Concepts
What is a description of a social engineering attack?
Social EngineeringPhishingUser Awareness - Question #267Security Concepts
What describes a buffer overflow attack?
Buffer OverflowMemory ExploitationVulnerability - Question #268Security Concepts
Which are two denial-of-service attacks? (Choose two.)
Denial of ServicePing of DeathUDP Flood - Question #269Host-Based Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. Where is the executable file?
File analysisMIME typesExecutable files - Question #270Security Concepts
Why is HTTPS traffic difficult to screen?
HTTPSEncryptionTraffic analysisNetwork security - Question #271Host-Based Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. An employee received an email from an unknown sender with an attachment and reported it as a phishing attempt. An engineer uploaded the file to Cuckoo for fur...
Cuckoo SandboxMalware analysisPhishing analysisThreat interpretation - Question #272Security Policies and Procedures
Which two elements of the incident response process are stated in NIST SP 800-61 r2? (Choose two.)
NIST SP 800-61Incident response phasesDetectionPost-incident activity - Question #273Security Concepts
Which security model assumes an attacker within and outside of the network and enforces strict verification before connecting to any system or resource within the organization?
Zero TrustSecurity modelsNetwork security - Question #274Security Concepts
An employee received an email from a colleague's address asking for the password for the domain controller. The employee noticed a missing letter within the sender's address. What...
Insider threatSocial engineeringPhishing - Question #275Security Concepts
What is the difference between indicator of attack (loA) and indicators of compromise (loC)?
IoCIoAThreat detectionSecurity indicators - Question #276Network Intrusion Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. An attacker scanned the server using Nmap. What did the attacker obtain from this scan?
NmapNetwork scanningPort scanningReconnaissance - Question #277Security Concepts
What are the three critical security principles or goals of the CIA triad?
CIA triadConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability - Question #278Security Monitoring
What is the difference between SIEM and SOAR?
SIEMSOARSecurity operationsEvent management - Question #279Host-Based Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. A SOC engineer is analyzing the provided Cuckoo Sandbox report for a file that has been downloaded from an URL, received via email. What is the state of this...
Cuckoo SandboxMalware analysisYARA rulesThreat intelligence - Question #280Security Concepts
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer needs to identify certificate information on server1234567890. What does the exhibit indicate?
CryptographyCertificatesECCKey exchange - Question #281Host-Based Analysis
Which of these describes volatile evidence?
Digital forensicsVolatile dataMemory forensics - Question #282Host-Based Analysis
What are two differences between tampered disk images and untampered disk images? (Choose two.)
Digital forensicsDisk imagingHashingEvidence integrity - Question #283Network Intrusion Analysis
What is the functionality of an IDS?
IDSIntrusion detectionNetwork securitySecurity tools - Question #284Security Concepts
What is a description of "phishing" as a social engineering attack?
PhishingSocial engineeringEmail securityAttack types - Question #285Network Intrusion Analysis
Which technique describes altering the data content and avoiding identification?
ObfuscationTunnelingEvasion techniquesData security - Question #286Security Monitoring
Which CVSS metric group identifies other components that are affected by a successful security attack?
CVSSVulnerability assessmentScope metric - Question #287Security Policies and Procedures
Refer to the exhibit. A suspicious IP address is tagged by Threat Intelligence as a brute-force attempt source. After the attacker produces many of failed login entries it successf...
Incident response rolesDetection phaseSOCBrute-force - Question #288Security Policies and Procedures
An engineer is working on a ticket for an incident from the incident management team. A week ago, an external web application was targeted by a DDoS attack. Server resources were e...
NIST SP 800-61Incident responseContainmentRecovery - Question #289Security Concepts
What is the difference between attack surface and vulnerability?
attack surfacevulnerabilitysecurity definitions - Question #290Security Concepts
What is a scareware attack?
scarewaremalware typessocial engineering - Question #291Security Concepts
What is the communication channel established from a compromised machine back to the attacker?
command and controlC2malware communication - Question #292Host-Based Analysis
During which phase of the forensic process are tools and techniques used to extract information from the collected data?
forensic processexamination phasedata extraction - Question #293Network Intrusion Analysis
An information security analyst inspects the .pcap file and observes encrypted unusual SSH traffic flow over nonstandard ports Which technology makes this behavior feasible?+
network tunnelingencrypted SSHnon-standard portstraffic analysis - Question #294Network Intrusion Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. Which technology produced the log?
IDS/IPSSecurity LogsIntrusion Detection - Question #295Security Concepts
What is the role of NAT in data visibility?
NATIP AddressingNetwork VisibilityObfuscation - Question #296Security Concepts
What is the purpose of command and control for network-aware malware?
MalwareCommand and ControlBotnet - Question #297Security Policies and Procedures
Which element is included in an incident response plan as stated in NIST.SP800-617
Incident ResponseNIST SP 800-61Security Policies - Question #298Network Intrusion Analysis
Refer to exhibit. Which alert is identified from this packet?
SYN FloodDenial of ServicePacket AnalysisTCP Handshake - Question #299Security Policies and Procedures
Which statement describes patch management?
Patch ManagementVulnerability ManagementSoftware Updates - Question #300Security Concepts
A user received a malicious email attachment named "DS045-report1122345.exe" and executed it. In which step of the Cyber Kill Chain is this event?
Cyber Kill ChainMalware ExecutionInstallation - Question #301Security Monitoring
What is sliding window anomaly detection?
Anomaly DetectionBehavioral AnalysisThreat Detection - Question #302Network Intrusion Analysis
Refer to the exhibit. What should be interpreted from this packet capture?
Packet AnalysisTCP/IPNetwork ProtocolsWireshark - Question #303Security Concepts
Which type of attack is a blank email with the subject "price deduction" that contains a malicious attachment?
PhishingEmail SecurityMalicious Attachment