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ComptiA Security+ Certification Exam Questions and answer - Part 90

Mary Smith

Fri, 17 Apr 2026

ComptiA Security+ Certification Exam Questions and answer - Part 90

1. Which of the following describes the key difference between vishing and phishing attacks?

A) Vishing attacks are accomplished using telephony services.
B) Phishing is a category of social engineering attack.
C) Phishing is used by attackers to steal a person's identity.
D) Vishing attacks require some knowledge of the target of attack.



2. Which of the following can occur when a scanning tool cannot authenticate to a server and has to rely on limited information obtained from service banners?

A) Access violation
B) False positive
C) Passive reconnaissance
D) Privilege escalation



3. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a major defense contracting company a traveling overseas for a conference. The CEO will be taking a laptop. Which of the following should the security administrator implement to ensure confidentiality of the data if the laptop were to be stolen or lost during the trip?

A) BIOS password
B) Remote wipe
C) Full device encryption
D) GPS tracking



4. Which of the following cryptography algorithms will produce a fixed-length,irreversible output?

A) AES
B) RSA
C) MD5
D) 3DES



5. Which of the following are used to substantially increase the computation time required to crack a password? (Choose two.)(Select 2answers)

A) ECDHE
B) BCRYPT
C) Diffie-Hellman
D) Substitution cipher
E) PBKDF2


1. Right Answer: A
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2. Right Answer: B
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3. Right Answer: C
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4. Right Answer: C
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5. Right Answer: B,E
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