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Free GIAC GISF Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 2

Questions 11

You are the Administrator for a corporate network. You are concerned about denial of service attacks. Which of the following measures would be most helpful in defending against a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack?

Options:
A.

Shorten the timeout for connection attempts.

B.

Place a honey pot in the DMZ.

C.

Implement a strong password policy.

D.

Implement network based antivirus.

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Questions 12

Which of the following is a correct sequence of different layers of Open System Interconnection (OSI) model?

Options:
A.

Physical layer, data link layer, network layer, transport layer, presentation layer, session layer, and application layer

B.

Physical layer, network layer, transport layer, data link layer, session layer, presentation layer, and application layer

C.

application layer, presentation layer, network layer, transport layer, session layer, data link layer, and physical layer

D.

Physical layer, data link layer, network layer, transport layer, session layer, presentation layer, and application layer

Questions 13

The TCP/IP protocol suite uses ____ to identify which service a certain packet is destined for.

Options:
A.

Subnet masks

B.

IP addresses

C.

MAC addresses

D.

Port numbers

Questions 14

You discover that someone has been logging onto your network after office hours. After investigating this you find the login belongs to someone who left the company 12 months ago. What would have been the best method to prevent this?

Options:
A.

A policy with time of day restrictions.

B.

An IDS system.

C.

A policy with account expiration.

D.

A DMZ firewall.

Questions 15

Which of the following types of cipher encrypts alphabetic text by using a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword?

Options:
A.

Block cipher

B.

Transposition cipher

C.

Vigen re cipher

D.

Stream cipher

Questions 16

Rick is the project manager of a construction project. He is in a process to procure some construction equipments. There are four vendors available for supplying the equipments. Rick does not want one of them to participate in the bidding as he has some personal grudges against the owner of the vendor. This is the violation of which of the following categories of the Project Management Institute Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct?

Options:
A.

Respect

B.

Honesty

C.

Responsibility

D.

Fairness

Questions 17

Which of the following statements about Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is true?

Options:
A.

It uses symmetric key pairs.

B.

It uses public key encryption.

C.

It is a digital representation of information that identifies users.

D.

It provides security using data encryption and digital signature.

Questions 18

You have been tasked with finding an encryption methodology for your company's network. The solution must use public key encryption which is keyed to the users email address. Which of the following should you select?

Options:
A.

AES

B.

3DES

C.

PGP

D.

Blowfish

Questions 19

Which of the following types of viruses can prevent itself from being detected by an antivirus application?

Options:
A.

File virus

B.

Boot sector virus

C.

Multipartite virus

D.

Stealth virus

Questions 20

You are the project manager of a new project to install new hardware for your organization's computer network. You have never worked with networking software or hardware before so you enroll in a class to learn more about the technology you'll be managing in your project. This is an example of which one of the following?

Options:
A.

Cost of nonconformance to quality

B.

Enhancing your personal professional competence

C.

Team development

D.

A waste for the project as the project manager does not need to know much about the project's application

Exam Code: GISF
Certification Provider: GIAC
Exam Name: GIAC Information Security Fundamentals
Last Update: Sep 12, 2025
Questions: 333

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