What is the primary function of an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)?

To monitor network traffic for suspicious activity and generate alerts

To filter content based on URL categories

To balance traffic across multiple servers

To actively block malicious traffic in real time

A company wants to block access to social media sites for all employees, but the marketing department needs access to social media for their work. The company also wants to log all web requests for compliance. Which solution should be implemented?

Deploy a content filter with user-based policies and logging enabled.

Deploy a firewall with a single rule to block social media for all users.

Use an IPS to block social media traffic.

Deploy a proxy server with no filtering but with logging.

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26foundation · easy
Which protocol is commonly used to access files on a NAS from Windows clients?
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27foundation · easy
What is the primary function of an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)?
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28expert · hard
A company wants to block access to social media sites for all employees, but the marketing department needs access to social media for their work. The company also wants to log all web requests for compliance. Which solution should be implemented?
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29application · medium
A design firm has 20 employees who need to share large video files. The firm wants a centralized storage solution that is accessible over the network and supports file sharing with access permissions. The solution should be easy to manage without requiring a dedicated server operating system. Which appliance should be deployed?
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30application · medium
A company wants to improve web browsing performance for employees by caching frequently accessed websites. Additionally, the company wants to hide the internal IP addresses of employee workstations from external websites. Which appliance should be deployed?
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Networking Appliances N10-009 Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

Which protocol is commonly used to access files on a NAS from Windows clients?

What is the primary function of an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)?

A company wants to block access to social media sites for all employees, but the marketing department needs access to social media for their work. The company also wants to log all web requests for compliance. Which solution should be implemented?

A company wants to improve web browsing performance for employees by caching frequently accessed websites. Additionally, the company wants to hide the internal IP addresses of employee workstations from external websites. Which appliance should be deployed?

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