CompTIA CySA+ Practice Test 5

CompTIA CySA+ Practice Test

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After a social engineering incident, you’re training staff. Which recommendation reduces future risk?

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A scan detects a server with an outdated kernel vulnerable to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-5678). What’s the priority?

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A web server logs show repeated POST requests with encoded payloads. Which tool decodes these for analysis?

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A crypto-miner is detected on a server. Which command identifies the miner’s network connections on Linux?

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A scan flags a server with an insecure SNMP community string ("public"). Which action resolves this?

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An alert indicates a host scanning internal IPs. Which command captures the scanning activity on a Linux system?

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A security audit requires a report on firewall effectiveness. Which metric best demonstrates this to auditors?

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A compromised server shows signs of lateral movement. Which command identifies active user sessions on Windows?

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A scan reveals a server with an exposed Redis instance lacking authentication. Which mitigation should you apply?

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A network sensor detects beaconing to a suspicious IP every 60 seconds. Which command tracks this behavior on a Linux host?

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