CompTIA SY0-701 Security+ Exam Questions
1013 Questions & Answers
Continue with free SY0-701 CompTIA Security+ practice questions and answers. Review questions 16–20 and check your understanding. Select Reveal Solution after choosing your answer.
A company has redundant switches but can afford only one ISP connection. What risk does this create?
Reveal Solution
The single ISP connection remains a point whose failure can interrupt external connectivity.
A team isolates an end-of-life server on a restricted VLAN reachable only by approved devices. Which two control types describe this approach? (Choose two.)
Reveal Solution
Network segmentation is a technical control, and it compensates for the risk of continuing to operate an end-of-life server.
What is the term for risk that remains after security controls and mitigations have been applied?
Reveal Solution
Residual risk is the remaining risk after controls have reduced the original exposure.
Which option is an example of an MFA factor?
Reveal Solution
A possession factor is something the user has, such as a hardware token or registered device.
A password policy failed to prevent compromise from easy-to-guess passwords. Which two changes would best reduce the likelihood of recurrence? (Choose two.)
Reveal Solution
Longer passwords and a broader character set make guessing more difficult.
Get all 1013 questions and answers in the Premium PDF.