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Malicious Activity SY0-701 Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations domain, which accounts for 22% of the SY0-701 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~8–13 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 41 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
41questions here
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12concepts
22%of the exam
Questions 11–15
- 11
Which cryptographic best practice is most effective at protecting data at rest?
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A company wants to detect network attacks such as port scans and unusual traffic patterns in real time. Which control should be implemented?
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Which physical security control is most effective at preventing tailgating?
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A company's web application has a comment section that displays user input without any encoding. An attacker posts a comment containing `<script>alert('xss')</script>`, and when other users view the page, the script executes in their browsers. Which mitigation would be most effective to prevent this attack?
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Which physical security control is designed to prevent unauthorized vehicle access to a facility?
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