FC0-U61 Practice Test 36 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Which security threat is indicated in the exhibit?

Accepted Answer

Brute force attack. The exhibit shows repeated failed login attempts from a single IP address, which is characteristic of a brute force attack. This attack systematically tries many username/password combinations to gain unauthorized access, often targeting services like SSH, RDP, or web login portals.

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DDoS

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Phishing

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Malware infection

Question 2

An employee receives an email from 'IT Support' asking for his password due to 'system maintenance'. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Phishing. Phishing is a social engineering attack where an attacker masquerades as a trusted entity (here, 'IT Support') to trick the victim into revealing sensitive information, such as a password. The email requesting credentials under the pretext of 'system maintenance' is a classic phishing technique, often executed via email (spear phishing if targeted). This directly matches the definition of phishing as an attempt to acquire sensitive data through deceptive electronic communication.

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Baiting

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Tailgating

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Pretexting

Question 3

Which security principle is being applied?

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Least privilege. The principle of least privilege ensures that users or systems are granted only the minimum permissions necessary to perform their tasks. In this scenario, applying least privilege would restrict access rights to only what is required, reducing the attack surface and limiting potential damage from compromised accounts or insider threats.

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Need to know

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Separation of duties

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Defense in depth

Question 4

A small real estate office with 12 employees has been using the same network setup for five years. Employees use both company-issued laptops and personal smartphones to access email and client listings. Last week, an employee clicked a link in a phishing email, which led to a ransomware infection on the company file server. The server was encrypted, and the attackers demanded a ransom. The office had no backups; all client data and contracts were lost. The office manager wants to prevent such incidents in the future. Which of the following should be the FIRST security measure implemented, considering the root cause of the breach?

Accepted Answer

Mandate security awareness training for all employees, focusing on phishing identification. The root cause was a phishing email that tricked an employee. While technical controls like antivirus (A), firewalls (C), and encryption (D) are valuable, they do not address the human factor. Security awareness training (B) educates users to recognize phishing attempts, reducing the likelihood of similar incidents. Without training, other controls can be bypassed. Option B is the most direct and effective first step.

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Install antivirus software on all company laptops and personal devices

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Deploy a next-generation firewall with intrusion prevention

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Enable full-disk encryption on all company laptops

Question 5

A network administrator is setting up a small office network for a new startup. The office has five computers, two printers, and one server. The administrator wants to ensure that all devices can communicate with each other and access the internet. The administrator has decided to use a switch and a router. Which of the following configurations is the MOST appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Connect all devices to the switch, then connect the switch to the router. A switch creates a local area network (LAN) by forwarding frames based on MAC addresses, allowing all five computers, two printers, and one server to communicate directly. The router provides network address translation (NAT) and a default gateway for internet access, so connecting the switch to the router enables all devices on the switch to reach the internet. This is the standard small office topology because the switch handles internal traffic efficiently at Layer 2, while the router handles Layer 3 routing and internet connectivity.

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Connect the server and printers to the switch, computers to the router

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Use a hub instead of a switch

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Connect all devices directly to the router

Question 6

A user is working on a presentation for a client meeting. The user has been using Microsoft PowerPoint and has completed the slides. The user now needs to create handouts for the audience so they can follow along. The handouts should show the slides with space for notes. Which of the following is the BEST way to create these handouts?

Accepted Answer

Use PowerPoint's handout feature to print slides with note lines.. PowerPoint's handout feature is specifically designed to create printed handouts that include slide thumbnails and adjacent note lines for audience notes. This built-in functionality (File > Print > Handouts) allows you to select the number of slides per page and automatically adds ruled lines for note-taking, making it the most efficient and correct method for this task.

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Print the presentation with full-page slides.

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Manually copy each slide into a word processing document.

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Take screenshots of each slide and arrange them in a document.

Question 7

An administrative assistant is using a spreadsheet application to create a budget report. The assistant needs to add a column that calculates the total of the previous three columns for each row. The assistant is not very experienced with formulas and is unsure how to proceed. The assistant wants to use a built-in function that will automatically sum the values. Which of the following should the assistant do to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Use the SUM function in a formula to add the three cells.. The SUM function is the correct built-in function in spreadsheet applications (like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets) to add a range of cells. By using a formula such as =SUM(A2:C2), the assistant can automatically calculate the total of the three columns for each row without manual errors. This directly meets the requirement to sum values efficiently.

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Manually type each cell reference separated by plus signs.

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Use the COUNT function to count the number of cells.

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Use the AVERAGE function to find the average of the values.

Question 8

A small independent bookstore has been operating for several years using a single Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to manage its inventory, sales, and customer data. The spreadsheet contains over 10,000 rows and is shared among five employees. Recently, employees have noticed recurring data quality issues: the same book appears multiple times in the inventory list with different prices, some sales records reference book titles that do not exist in the inventory, and customer contact information is duplicated across rows. Because there are no constraints, employees can enter any value into any cell. The owner wants to implement a more robust system to eliminate data redundancy and ensure data integrity. The bookstore has a budget for new software and some technical support. The owner is not very technical but is willing to hire a consultant. Which action should be taken to best address these problems?

Accepted Answer

Migrate to a relational database with normalized tables and foreign key constraints. Option C is correct because migrating to a relational database with normalized tables and foreign key constraints directly addresses the data redundancy and integrity issues. Normalization splits data into separate tables (e.g., Books, Sales, Customers) to eliminate duplicate entries, while foreign key constraints ensure that every sales record references a valid book and that customer data is stored once. This approach enforces referential integrity and prevents the anomalies seen in the flat spreadsheet.

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Use a single flat file for all data to simplify data entry

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Implement a NoSQL database for flexibility

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Continue using the spreadsheet but add data validation rules to restrict input

Question 9

A university database includes a table named 'Students' and a table named 'Enrollments'. The 'Enrollments' table has a foreign key column 'StudentID' that references the 'StudentID' primary key in the 'Students' table. The university policy requires that when a student withdraws (i.e., their record is deleted from the 'Students' table), all of their associated enrollment records must be automatically removed to maintain data consistency. The database administrator wants to enforce this rule at the database level. Which referential action should be applied when creating the foreign key constraint on the 'Enrollments' table?

Accepted Answer

ON DELETE CASCADE. Option A (ON DELETE CASCADE) is correct because it automatically deletes all child rows in the 'Enrollments' table when the corresponding parent row in the 'Students' table is deleted. This enforces the university policy of removing associated enrollment records upon student withdrawal, maintaining referential integrity at the database level without manual intervention.

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ON DELETE SET NULL

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ON DELETE NO ACTION

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ON DELETE RESTRICT

Question 10

An IT manager is evaluating a cloud storage service for backup of critical company data. The manager is concerned about data security and availability. The service offers encryption at rest and in transit, 99.9% uptime SLA, and geo-redundancy. However, the service uses multi-tenancy. Which of the following is a potential concern the manager should address?

Accepted Answer

The data might be accessible by other tenants. The primary concern with multi-tenancy in a cloud storage service is the risk of data isolation failure, where a vulnerability or misconfiguration could allow one tenant to access another tenant's data. Even with strong encryption at rest and in transit, the data must be decrypted for processing, and if the hypervisor or storage layer has a flaw, other tenants could potentially read the decrypted data. This is a well-known security risk in shared infrastructure models like IaaS and PaaS.

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The uptime SLA is not sufficient

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The encryption might slow down data transfers

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The geo-redundancy might cause latency

Question 11

A small business is experiencing intermittent network connectivity issues. Employees report that every few hours, the internet connection drops for about five minutes and then returns. The network uses a cable modem connected to a wireless router. The router logs show that the WAN interface renegotiates its connection around the same times. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The cable modem overheating. The router logs show the WAN interface renegotiating its connection, which indicates a physical or link-layer issue on the cable modem side. Overheating in the cable modem can cause intermittent resets or link drops, typically after hours of operation, matching the pattern of brief outages every few hours. This is a common hardware failure mode for cable modems, especially in poorly ventilated environments.

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The router's DHCP lease time is too short

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A computer on the network has a static IP address conflicting with the router

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The ISP is performing maintenance

Question 12

A user at a small design company calls the help desk because their computer is running very slowly when opening large image files. The computer has 8 GB of RAM, a 500 GB HDD, and an integrated graphics card. The technician suspects the slow performance is due to insufficient RAM. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?

Accepted Answer

Add more RAM. The computer has only 8 GB of RAM and an integrated graphics card, which shares system RAM for video memory. When opening large image files, the system runs out of physical RAM and must use the much slower page file on the HDD, causing severe slowdowns. Adding more RAM directly addresses the bottleneck by providing sufficient physical memory to hold the image data and reduce reliance on disk swapping.

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Increase the size of the page file

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Upgrade the HDD to an SSD

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Reduce the image resolution

Question 13

A database manager is designing a new table to store customer information for a retail company. The table needs to store a unique identifier for each customer, the customer's first and last name, email address, phone number, and date of birth. The manager also wants to ensure that the email address is always provided and that no two customers have the same email. Which of the following SQL constraints should be applied to the email column?

Accepted Answer

UNIQUE and NOT NULL. The email column must be both unique (to prevent duplicate email addresses) and NOT NULL (to ensure an email is always provided). The UNIQUE constraint enforces that no two rows have the same value, and NOT NULL guarantees that the column cannot be left empty. Together, they satisfy the requirement that every customer has a distinct, mandatory email address.

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INDEX

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FOREIGN KEY

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PRIMARY KEY

Question 14

A company is setting up a new branch office. The network administrator needs to connect 20 computers and 2 network printers to the local network. The branch also needs a connection to the internet via a cable modem. The administrator has a 24-port switch and a wireless router. The cable modem is already provided by the ISP. Which configuration should the administrator use?

Accepted Answer

Connect the cable modem to the wireless router's WAN port, then connect the switch to one of the router's LAN ports, and connect all devices to the switch. Option A is correct because the wireless router must be placed between the cable modem and the switch to perform Network Address Translation (NAT) and routing. The cable modem connects to the router's WAN port, which obtains a public IP from the ISP. The router then provides private IP addresses via DHCP to the switch and all connected devices, enabling internet access for the 20 computers and 2 printers through a single public IP.

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Connect the cable modem to the switch, and then connect the wireless router to the switch using its WAN port

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Connect the cable modem directly to the switch, then connect all devices to the switch

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Connect the cable modem to one computer, then bridge that computer's network connection to the switch

Question 15

An office has a single shared printer connected via USB to a Windows 10 desktop. Other users in the office need to print to this printer from their own computers, which are connected to the same local network. What is the simplest way to share the printer without additional hardware?

Accepted Answer

Enable printer sharing on the desktop and connect from other computers using the network path. Option B is correct because Windows 10 includes built-in printer sharing via the SMB protocol, which allows the printer connected via USB to be shared over the local network without any additional hardware. Enabling printer sharing on the desktop and connecting from other computers using the network path (e.g., \desktop-name\printer-name) is the simplest method that leverages existing network infrastructure.

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Set up a print server using a Raspberry Pi

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Install the printer on each computer by connecting it via USB when needed

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Connect the printer directly to the network switch using an Ethernet cable

FC0-U61 Practice Test 36 — 15 Questions

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FC0-U61 Practice Test 36 — 15 Questions

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