GIAC GSLC Exam Practice Questions (P. 2)

The promiscuous mode is a configuration of a network card that makes the card pass all traffic it receives to the central processing unit rather than just packets addressed to it. Which of the following tools works by placing the host system network card into the promiscuous mode?

Janet is the project manager of the NHQ Project for her company. Janet is nearly done leading the project and there have been no cost or schedule overruns in the development of the new software for her company. The project team has been completing their work on time and there is still $75,000 left in the project budget. Janet decides to have the project team implement some extra features to the project scope to use all of the $75,000 in the budget even though the customer didn't specifically ask for the added features. This scenario is an example of which one of the following?

You are responsible for security at a company that uses a lot of Web applications. You are most concerned about flaws in those applications allowing some attacker to get into your network. What method would be best for finding such flaws?

SIMULATION -
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
A_______ is a computer system on the Internet that is expressly set up to attract and trap people who attempt to penetrate other people's computer systems.

Which of the following protocols is used as a transport protocol for Internet dial-up connections?

You work as a Network Administrator for Tech Perfect Inc. The company has a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory-based single domain single forest network.
The functional level of the forest is Windows Server 2008. The company's headquarters is located at Los Angeles. A branch office of the company is located at
Denver. You are about to send a message to Rick who is a Network Administrator at Denver. You want to ensure that the message cannot be read by anyone but the recipient. Which of the following keys will you use to encrypt the message?

Which of the following programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habits, and Web sites that the user has visited?

Which of the following applications would be considered a data warehousing application?

Which of the following options is an approach to restricting system access to authorized users?

Mark works as a Network Administrator for Infonet Inc. The company has a Windows 2000 Active Directory domain-based network. The domain contains one hundred Windows XP Professional client computers. Mark is deploying an 802.11 wireless LAN on the network. The wireless LAN will use Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP) for all the connections. According to the company's security policy, the client computers must be able to automatically connect to the wireless LAN.
However, the unauthorized computers must not be allowed to connect to the wireless LAN and view the wireless network. Mark wants to configure all the wireless access points and client computers to act in accordance with the company's security policy. What will he do to accomplish this?
Each correct answer represents a part of the solution. Choose three.