CompTIA CAS-004 Practice Exam Questions

CompTIA CAS-004 Sample Question Answers

Question # 1

Law enforcement officials informed an organization that an investigation has begun. Which of thefollowing is the FIRST step the organization should take?

A. Initiate a legal hold.
B. Refer to the retention policy
C. Perform e-discovery.
D. Review the subpoena

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Question # 2

A company with multiple locations has taken a cloud-only approach to its infrastructure The companydoes not have standard vendors or systems resulting in a mix of various solutions put in place by eachlocation The Chief Information Security Officer wants to ensure that the internal security team hasvisibility into all platforms Which of the following best meets this objective?

A. Security information and event management
B. Cloud security posture management
C. SNMFV2 monitoring and log aggregation
D. Managed detection and response services from a third party

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Question # 3

An loT device implements an encryption module built within its SoC where the asymmetric privatekey has been defined in a write-once read-many portion of the SoC hardware Which of the followingshould the loT manufacture do if the private key is compromised?

A. Use over-the-air updates to replace the private key
B. Manufacture a new loT device with a redesigned SoC
C. Replace the public portion of the loT key on its servers
D. Release a patch for the SoC software

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Question # 4

Company A is merging with Company B Company A is a small, local company Company B has a large,global presence The two companies have a lot of duplication in their IT systems processes, andprocedures On the new Chief Information Officer's (ClO's) first day a fire breaks out at Company B'smam data center Which of the following actions should the CIO take first?

A. Determine whether the incident response plan has been tested at both companies, and use it torespond
B. Review the incident response plans, and engage the disaster recovery plan while relying on the ITleaders from both companies.
C. Ensure hot. warm, and mobile disaster recovery sites are available, and give an update to thecompanies' leadership teams
D. Initiate Company A's IT systems processes and procedures, assess the damage, and perform a BIA

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Question # 5

A security administrator needs to recommend an encryption protocol after a legacy stream cipherwas deprecated when a security flaw was discovered. The legacy cipher excelled at maintainingstrong cryptographic security and provided great performance for a streaming video service. Whichof the following AES modes should the security administrator recommend given these requirements?

A. CTR
B. ECB
C. OF8
D. GCM

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Question # 6

A forensics investigator is analyzing an executable file extracted from storage media that wassubmitted (or evidence The investigator must use a tool that can identify whether the executable hasindicators, which may point to the creator of the file Which of the following should the investigatoruse while preserving evidence integrity?

A. idd
B. bcrypt
C. SHA-3
D. ssdeep
E. dcfldd

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Question # 7

A company with only U S -based customers wants to allow developers from another country to workon the company's website However, the company plans to block normal internet traffic from theother country Which of the following strategies should the company use to accomplish thisobjective? (Select two).

A. Block foreign IP addresses from accessing the website
B. Have the developers use the company's VPN
C. Implement a WAP for the website
D. Give the developers access to a jump box on the network
E. Employ a reverse proxy for the developers
F. Use NAT to enable access for the developers

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Question # 8

A security engineer is assessing the security controls of loT systems that are no longer supported forupdates and patching. Which of the following is the best mitigation for defending these loT systems?

A. Disable administrator accounts
B. Enable SELinux
C. Enforce network segmentation
D. Assign static IP addresses

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Question # 9

in a situation where the cost of anti-malware exceeds the potential loss from a malware threat,which of the following is the most cost-effective risk response?

A. Risk transfer
B. Risk mitigation
C. Risk acceptance
D. Risk avoidance

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Question # 10

A forensic investigator started the process of gathering evidence on a laptop in response to anincident The investigator took a snapshof of the hard drive, copied relevant log files and thenperformed a memory dump Which of the following steps in the process should have occurred first?

A. Preserve secure storage
B. Clone the disk.
C. Collect the most volatile data
D. Copy the relevant log files

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