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Objective 3.2 Incident Response Management

During host analysis, an analyst finds a tool attempting to extract password hashes and authentication material from memory. Which ATT&CK technique is most relevant?

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Source:MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Matrix

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Objective 2.11 Vulnerability Management

A security analyst is evaluating Advanced Vulnerability Management. Which option should be used?

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Objective 3.4 Incident Response Management

An organization is updating its incident handling program to address both security events and privacy-related incidents. Which program area is being addressed?

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Objective 4.5 Reporting and Communication

A security team is briefing management after an incident and needs to show how the response progressed and how future performance will be measured. What content should be included?

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Objective 1.11 Security Operations

A security analyst is parsing a large log file with Python and needs each regex match returned one at a time with match object details such as start and end positions. Which function should the analyst use?

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Objective 2.2 Vulnerability Management

An analyst is authorized to send probes to target hosts to identify reachable services and possible weaknesses during a technical security test. Which scanning approach is being used?

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Objective 3.9 Incident Response Management

A post-incident review reveals that the response team lacked defined roles, communication paths, and dedicated tooling during a major event. What organizational need does this assessment highlight?

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Objective 4.4 Reporting and Communication

A security manager wants a vulnerability management report that business owners can use to prioritize work and understand obstacles. What content should the analyst include?

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Objective 1.9 Security Operations

During security awareness training, an analyst explains why some attacks succeed without exploiting a software vulnerability. The attacker persuades a user to reveal sensitive information by creating trust, urgency, or fear. What attack method is being described?

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Objective 2.3 Vulnerability Management

During an Nmap scan, a host returns a port state of 'open'. What does this result primarily indicate?

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Question 1 During host analysis, an analyst finds a tool attempting to extract password hashes and authentication material from memory. Which ATT&CK technique is most relevant?

Answer choices

A. Credential Dumping
B. Lateral Movement
C. Phishing
D. Exploitation for Defense Evasion

Correct answer

Credential Dumping

Credential dumping involves obtaining credentials or credential material from a system, such as hashes or secrets in memory. The activity supports follow-on access and movement because stolen authentication material can be reused by the adversary.

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B. Lateral Movement: Lateral Movement describes moving between systems, which may happen after credentials are stolen but is not the extraction activity itself.
C. Phishing: Phishing is a social engineering delivery method rather than extracting credentials from system memory.
D. Exploitation for Defense Evasion: Exploitation for Defense Evasion focuses on bypassing defenses rather than collecting credential material.

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Credential dumping involves extracting password hashes from memory, and Lateral Movement often follows credential compromise. However, Lateral Movement describes the *action* of moving between systems, whereas credential dumping is the specific *technique* used to obtain the credentials that enable that movement. The MITRE ATT&CK framework categorizes techniques to describe adversary behaviors, and credential dumping is a distinct technique from lateral movement. Likely wrong answer: Lateral Movement Review focus: MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Matrix

Objective/domain: Incident Response Management

Source: MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Matrix

Question 2 A security analyst is evaluating Advanced Vulnerability Management. Which option should be used?

Answer choices

A. Disabling all user input fields in web forms
B. Implementing parameterized queries and prepared statements
C. Using stored procedures for all database interactions
D. Allowing only alphanumeric characters in user inputs

Correct answer

Implementing parameterized queries and prepared statements

Objective/domain: Vulnerability Management

Source: OWASP SQL Injection

Question 3 An organization is updating its incident handling program to address both security events and privacy-related incidents. Which program area is being addressed?

Answer choices

A. Product development lifecycle
B. Marketing strategies
C. Security and privacy incident response
D. Human resources management

Correct answer

Security and privacy incident response

Objective/domain: Incident Response Management

Source: NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2: Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

Question 4 A security team is briefing management after an incident and needs to show how the response progressed and how future performance will be measured. What content should be included?

Answer choices

A. A port-scan state table without response context
B. Incident declaration, escalation, reporting, communication, root cause analysis, lessons learned, and metrics
C. A list of unrelated DNS records
D. A tool feature list without incident details

Correct answer

Incident declaration, escalation, reporting, communication, root cause analysis, lessons learned, and metrics

Objective/domain: Reporting and Communication

Source: CompTIA CySA+ certification

Question 5 A security analyst is parsing a large log file with Python and needs each regex match returned one at a time with match object details such as start and end positions. Which function should the analyst use?

Answer choices

A. re.finditer()
B. re.findall()
C. re.match()
D. re.compile()

Correct answer

re.finditer()

Objective/domain: Security Operations

Source: Python regular expression operations

Question 6 An analyst is authorized to send probes to target hosts to identify reachable services and possible weaknesses during a technical security test. Which scanning approach is being used?

Answer choices

A. Passive scanning
B. Active scanning
C. Credentialed scanning
D. External assessment

Correct answer

Active scanning

Objective/domain: Vulnerability Management

Source: NIST SP 800-115 technical security testing

Question 7 A post-incident review reveals that the response team lacked defined roles, communication paths, and dedicated tooling during a major event. What organizational need does this assessment highlight?

Answer choices

A. Regular risk assessments
B. Substantial planning and resources
C. Continuous vulnerability management
D. Immediate ransomware recovery

Correct answer

Substantial planning and resources

Objective/domain: Incident Response Management

Source: NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2: Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

Question 8 A security manager wants a vulnerability management report that business owners can use to prioritize work and understand obstacles. What content should the analyst include?

Answer choices

A. Raw packet bytes with no owner or business context
B. A screenshot of a scanner color scale without findings
C. Unrelated exploit code snippets without affected assets
D. Action plans, remediation inhibitors, metrics, KPIs, and stakeholder communication

Correct answer

Action plans, remediation inhibitors, metrics, KPIs, and stakeholder communication

Objective/domain: Reporting and Communication

Source: CompTIA CySA+ certification

Question 9 During security awareness training, an analyst explains why some attacks succeed without exploiting a software vulnerability. The attacker persuades a user to reveal sensitive information by creating trust, urgency, or fear. What attack method is being described?

Answer choices

A. They rely on technical exploits to gain unauthorized access
B. They use psychological manipulation to trick individuals into divulging confidential information
C. They are always conducted over the phone by impersonating IT support staff
D. They involve sending large volumes of unsolicited emails hoping for a response

Correct answer

They use psychological manipulation to trick individuals into divulging confidential information

Objective/domain: Security Operations

Source: CISA: Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks

Question 10 During an Nmap scan, a host returns a port state of 'open'. What does this result primarily indicate?

Answer choices

A. The port proves a security vulnerability exists
B. The port indicates a service is available for use
C. The port is being used to block unauthorized access
D. The port represents a closed and unreachable service

Correct answer

The port indicates a service is available for use

Objective/domain: Vulnerability Management

Source: Nmap Reference Guide: Port Scanning Basics

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