Pearson Practice Test INF-102: Information Technology Specialist Network Security

The INF-102 Network Security practice test trains you in core security principles. This essential, high-quality preparation tool is engineered to sharpen your engineering mindset, enhance your understanding of defensive architectures, and test your practical threat mitigation skills. By working through these expertly structured practice questions, you will master vital defensive concepts, uncover personal knowledge gaps, maximize your technical competency, and build the definitive professional confidence needed to successfully pass your official certification exam on your very first attempt.

Note: This is merely a practice test to prepare for the professional certification exam, and no certificate is issued by the center for passing it.

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Why should I use the INF-102 Practice Test to prepare for the official exam?

The INF-102 Network Security certification presents you with the ideal opportunity to progress your career in the information technology sector. The INF-102 exam is designed to teach you core security principles, including operating system security, network and device security, and secure computing practices. Preparing for the INF-102 exam will provide you with the ideal grounding to become an in-demand IT security practitioner. The INF-102 practice test includes two different modes: certification and practice mode. Certification mode allows you to assess your knowledge and discover your weak areas, with practice mode allowing you to focus on the areas that need development.

The INF-102 practice test contains 105 questions and covers the following objectives:

Defense in Depth – 32 questions

Identify core security principles

• Confidentiality, integrity, availability, non-repudiation, threat, risk, vulnerability, principle of least privilege, attack surfaces including IoT

Define and enforce physical security

• Site security, computer security, removable devices and drives, mantraps

Identify security policy types

• Administrative controls, technical controls

Identify attack types

• Buffer overflow, viruses, polymorphic viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, ransomware, adware, rootkits, backdoors, zero day attacks/ vulnerabilities, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, common attack methods, types of vulnerability, cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, brute force attack, man-in-the-middle (MITM) and man-in-the-browser (MITB), social engineering, keyloggers (software and hardware), logic bombs

Identify backup and restore types

• Full, incremental, differential

Operating System Security – 25 questions

Identify client and server protection

• Separation of services, hardening, patch management, reducing the attack surface, group policy (gpupdate and gpresult), secure dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) updates, User Account Control (UAC), keeping client operating system and software updated, encrypting offline folders, software restriction policies

Configure user authentication

• Multifactor authentication, enforcing password policies, remote access, using secondary sign-on to perform administrative tasks (Run As, sudo), domain and local user and group creation, Kerberos

Manage permissions in Windows and Linux

• File and folder permissions, share permissions, inheritance, moving or copying files within the same disk or on another disk, multiple groups with different permissions, take ownership, delegation

Facilitate non-repudiation using audit policies and log files

• Types of auditing, what can be audited, enabling auditing, what to audit for specific purposes, where to save audit information, reviewing log files

Demonstrate knowledge of encryption

File and folder encryption, how encryption impacts moving/copying files and folders, drive encryption, TPM, secure communication processes (email, texting, chat, social media), virtual private network (VPN) encryption methods, public key/private key, certificate properties and services, Bitlocker

Network Device Security – 27 questions

Implement wireless security

• Wireless security types (strength of encryption), service set identifiers (SSIDs), MAC filtering, default configuration (OOBE)

Identify the role of network protection devices

• Purpose of firewalls, hardware vs. software firewalls, network vs. host firewalls, stateful vs. stateless firewall inspection, security baselines, intrusion detection system (IDS), intrusion prevention system (IPS), security information and event manager (SIEM), content filtering, blacklisting/ whitelisting

Identify network isolation methods

• Routing, honeynet, perimeter networks (DMZ), NAT/PAT, VPN, IPsec, air gap network, DirectAccess, virtual LAN (VLAN)

Identify protocol security concepts

• Tunneling, DNSSEC, network sniffing, well-known ports (FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, RDP, Telnet, SSH, LDAP, LDAPS, SNMP, SMTP, IMAP, SFTP)

Secure Computing – 11 questions

Implement email protection

• Antispam, spoofing, phishing, and pharming, client protection, user training

Manage browser security

• Browser settings, cache management, private browsing

Install and configure anti-malware and antivirus software

• Installing, uninstalling, reinstalling, and updating; remediation, scheduling scans, investigating alerts

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