GIAC Information Security Fundamentals
Domain 2Objective 1
Foundations of Network Communication GISF Practice Questions (Page 1)
Part of the Network and Systems Security domain, which makes up ~28% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~14–22 in this domain), expect 5–7 from this objective — we provide 53 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 1–5
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Which network device operates at the physical layer and simply regenerates signals to all connected ports, without making any forwarding decisions?
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A host at 10.0.0.5 wants to send a packet to 10.0.0.20 on the same subnet. The ARP cache is empty. What is the first frame the host sends?
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Which network topology connects all devices to a single central cable, where a break in the cable can bring down the entire network?
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A network administrator is planning IPv6 deployment. They need to ensure that hosts can automatically obtain an IPv6 address without a DHCPv6 server. Which mechanism should they rely on?
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Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for establishing, managing, and terminating sessions between applications on different hosts?
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