GIAC Security Essentials
Domain 2Objective 3
Networking & Protocols GSEC Practice Questions (Page 10)
Part of the Network Security domain, which makes up ~17% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~16–27 in this domain), expect 4–7 from this objective — we provide 64 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 46–50
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A small office uses a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to employee laptops. The office has a single public IP from the ISP and uses NAT for internet access. Recently, some laptops fail to obtain an IP address when they connect to the office Wi-Fi. The DHCP server log shows the address pool is exhausted. Which action will most directly resolve the issue?
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Which protocol is used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address on a local network?
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A security analyst notices that internal users are being redirected to a malicious website when they type a legitimate domain name. The DNS server logs show that the responses are coming from an unexpected IP address. Which attack is most likely occurring?
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A user reports that they can access internal resources by IP address but cannot browse external websites by domain name. Other users on the same subnet have no issues. The workstation's IP configuration shows a valid IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Which troubleshooting step should the administrator take first?
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A network administrator is explaining to a junior technician how data travels from a web browser to a web server. The administrator wants to emphasize the process of adding headers as data moves down the protocol stack. Which term describes this process?
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