A financial auditor needs to prove that a specific employee submitted a funds transfer request and that the request was not modified afterward. Which mechanism provides the strongest evidence?

A screenshot of the submission screen

A digital signature created with the employee's private key

An email confirmation sent to the employee

A timestamped entry in the system's audit log

Which of the following best describes the three core goals of information security as defined by the CIA triad?

Confidentiality, integrity, and availability

Prevention, detection, and response

Authentication, authorization, and accountability

Identification, encryption, and non-repudiation

Which of the following is an example of an access control mechanism that supports confidentiality?

Role-based access control (RBAC)

Redundant arrays of independent disks (RAID)

What does the security goal of accountability primarily ensure?

That systems remain operational during failures

That data is accessible only to authorized users

That actions can be traced to a specific individual

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Elements of Information Security CEH Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Information Security and Ethical Hacking Overview domain, which makes up ~17% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~16–27 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 57 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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16application · medium
A financial auditor needs to prove that a specific employee submitted a funds transfer request and that the request was not modified afterward. Which mechanism provides the strongest evidence?
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17foundation · easy
Which of the following best describes the three core goals of information security as defined by the CIA triad?
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18foundation · easy
Which of the following is an example of an access control mechanism that supports confidentiality?
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19foundation · easy
Which security goal is primarily supported by logging and monitoring activities?
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20foundation · easy
What does the security goal of accountability primarily ensure?
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