Which of the following is a common delivery method for a phishing attack?

Direct physical access to a server room

Email message containing a malicious link

Exploiting a software vulnerability in a web server

Inserting a rogue USB device into a public charging station

A company has an incident response plan for phishing. An employee reports a suspected phishing email. The security team investigates and confirms it is malicious. What should the security team do next?

Send a company-wide email warning about phishing in general

Delete the email from the employee's mailbox and move on

Block the sender, add the URL to the web filter blocklist, and notify all employees

Ignore the report because the employee did not click the link

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1.4 Describe the Controls Used to Protect Against Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks 350-701 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Security Concepts domain, which accounts for 20% of the 350-701 exam. Cisco does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~10–16 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 31 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 6–10

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A user receives a phone call to verify a login attempt that was made from a new device. Which control is being used?
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7foundation · easy
Which of the following is a common delivery method for a phishing attack?
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8foundation · easy
An attacker sends a fraudulent text message that appears to be from a bank, asking the recipient to click a link to verify their account. Which phishing delivery method is being used?
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A company has an incident response plan for phishing. An employee reports a suspected phishing email. The security team investigates and confirms it is malicious. What should the security team do next?
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10foundation · easy
An organization wants to prevent phishing emails from reaching users' inboxes. Which technical control is most directly responsible for this?
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1.4 Describe the Controls Used to Protect Against Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks 350-701 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

A user receives a phone call to verify a login attempt that was made from a new device. Which control is being used?

Which of the following is a common delivery method for a phishing attack?

An attacker sends a fraudulent text message that appears to be from a bank, asking the recipient to click a link to verify their account. Which phishing delivery method is being used?

A company has an incident response plan for phishing. An employee reports a suspected phishing email. The security team investigates and confirms it is malicious. What should the security team do next?

An organization wants to prevent phishing emails from reaching users' inboxes. Which technical control is most directly responsible for this?

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