EC-CouncilCertified Encryption Specialist
Domain 4Objective 3
VPN Protocols (PPTP, L2TP, IPSec, SSL/TLS) and Disk Encryption ECES Practice Questions (Page 7)
Part of the Applications of Cryptography domain, which makes up ~25% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~13–20 in this domain), expect 3–5 from this objective — we provide 51 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 31–35
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Why is L2TP typically used in combination with IPsec rather than by itself?
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Which VPN protocol is generally considered the LEAST secure and should be avoided for transmitting sensitive data?
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A user has forgotten their BitLocker PIN and cannot unlock their Windows laptop. The drive is encrypted with BitLocker using TPM+PIN. The user has a recovery key stored in their Microsoft account. What should the user do to regain access to the system?
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Which type of encryption is typically used to protect a specific folder containing sensitive documents without encrypting the entire operating system?
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A company is deploying BitLocker on laptops with TPM 2.0. The security team wants to ensure that BitLocker recovery keys are escrowed and that the keys are protected from unauthorized access. Which combination of controls provides the strongest key management?
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