Cloud Security MCQs (Chapterwise Multiple Choice Questions)

A cloud service provider administrator has discovered that someone is attempting to determine which servers and operating systems are running on a tenant's network by using network mapping. How is this risk categorized?

Legal

Technical

Non-cloud specific

Policy and organizational

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Technical

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What is the correct order used by Symantec Messaging Gateway for scanning email messages?

Message is scanned for viruses > message is scanned for spam > message attachments are scanned for policy violations

Message is scanned for viruses > message is scanned for content violations and data loss > message is scanned for spam

Message is scanned for viruses > message is scanned for spam > message is scanned for content violations and data loss

Message is scanned for spam > message is scanned for viruses > message is scanned for content violations and data loss

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Message is scanned for spam > message is scanned for viruses > message is scanned for content violations and data loss

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How does Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) maximize VM density and performance without impacting security?

SEP analyzes virtual system configurations to identify vulnerabilities.

SEP reduces the spread of malware by hardening VMware vCenter.

SEP checks that offline VMware machines are safe before bringing them online.

SEP identifies malicious attacks to ESX/ESXi hypervisors without using signatures.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: SEP reduces the spread of malware by hardening VMware vCenter.

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One downside to cloud storage is that ________ is needed to access your files.

Magnetic storage

Internet access

Statistical analysis of aircraft wing flutter

Optical processors

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Internet access

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A ________ is a cloud that is owned and operated by an organization for its own benefit.

Private cloud

Virtual private network

Wide area network

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Private cloud

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Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting ________.

Provides better visibility of security and disaster preparedness capabilities

Minimizes the risk of investing in technology that will soon become obsolete

Provides greater control over the location of data

Requires a significant amount of capital

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Minimizes the risk of investing in technology that will soon become obsolete

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Which scenario identifies assets eligible for PaaS cloud migration?

Proprietary beta release product application software and its supporting kernel-level programming code

The development team application servers that require constant physical configuration changes the development team? application servers that require constant physical configuration changes

Layer 3 switches that are being used to segregate the various business units and separate the production and testing environments

Database servers that are being used by the QA team to test load handling

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Database servers that are being used by the QA team to test load handling

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An individual has been able to obtain "Virtual Machine User" level access on a VMware host.Which possible issue could this cause?

Broken fault tolerance

Ineffective resource pooling

Virtual machines being shut down

Virtual machines removed from data store

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Virtual machines being shut down

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A CSO is concerned to learn that data is being intercepted while moving data between the cloud and corporate users. What should an IT professional do to mitigate this issue?

Implement data encryption

Implement firewall policies

Implement data loss prevention

Implement an automated patch management process

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Implement data encryption

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A company is hosting its email infrastructure in the cloud. The company is unable to enjoy the benefit of cloud deployment because its email servers process excessive spam emails. The company needs a solution that can block spam and malware contained in email messages before it reaches the email servers. Which solution resolves this issue?

Symantec Web Gateway

Symantec Messaging Gateway

Symantec Network Prevent for Email

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Symantec Messaging Gateway

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