What is the purpose of disabling SSID broadcast on a wireless network?

To encrypt all wireless traffic

To make the network less visible to casual users

To increase the wireless signal range

To prevent all unauthorized access

Which three core principles are commonly used to describe the goals of network security?

Confidentiality, integrity, and availability

Prevention, detection, and response

Authentication, authorization, and accounting

Firewalls, encryption, and monitoring

What is the purpose of network monitoring?

To provide a backup of all network data

To replace the need for firewalls

To observe network traffic and identify anomalies in real time

A company's network administrator notices unusual outbound traffic from a workstation to a known malicious IP address. They want to automatically block the traffic and also alert the security team. Which solution should they implement?

An intrusion prevention system (IPS) placed inline on the network

A packet sniffer configured to log all traffic

An intrusion detection system (IDS) connected to a SPAN port

A network firewall with a default allow-all policy

LPI Security Essentials

Domain 4Objective 2

024.2 Network and Internet Security (weight: 3) SECURITY-ESSENTIALS Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the 024 Network and Service Security domain, which makes up ~19% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~5–8 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 38 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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What is the purpose of disabling SSID broadcast on a wireless network?
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22foundation · easy
Which protocol is the secure version of HTTP and is used to encrypt web traffic?
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Which three core principles are commonly used to describe the goals of network security?
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What is the purpose of network monitoring?
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25application · medium
A company's network administrator notices unusual outbound traffic from a workstation to a known malicious IP address. They want to automatically block the traffic and also alert the security team. Which solution should they implement?
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