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GSEC GIAC Security Essentials Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

Prepare effectively for your GIAC GSEC GIAC Security Essentials certification with our extensive collection of free, high-quality practice questions. Each question is designed to mirror the actual exam format and objectives, complete with comprehensive answers and detailed explanations. Our materials are regularly updated for 2025, ensuring you have the most current resources to build confidence and succeed on your first attempt.

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A sensor that uses a light beam and a detecting plate to alarm if the light beam is obstructed is most commonly used to identify which of the following threats?

A.

Power

B.

Smoke

C.

Natural Gas

D.

Water

E.

Toxins

Which of the following is a backup strategy?

A.

Differential

B.

Integrational

C.

Recursive

D.

Supplemental

Where are user accounts and passwords stored in a decentralized privilege management environment?

A.

On a central authentication server.

B.

On more than one server.

C.

On each server.

D.

On a server configured for decentralized privilege management.

Which of the following statements would be seen in a Disaster Recovery Plan?

A.

"Instructions for notification of the media can be found in Appendix A"

B.

"The Emergency Response Plan should be executed in the case of any physical disaster listed on page 3."

C.

"The target for restoration of business operations is 72 hours from the declaration of disaster."

D.

"After arriving at the alternate site, utilize the server build checklist to rebuild all servers on the server rebuild list."

Which common firewall feature can be utilized to generate a forensic trail of evidence and to identify attack trends against your network?

A.

NAT

B.

State Table

C.

Logging

D.

Content filtering

Which of the following Microsoft services integrates SSO into Microsoft 365 by syncing with on-premises servers?

A.

Intune

B.

Azure AD Connect

C.

Teams

D.

Azure Key Vault

Which of the following would be used to explicitly deny the traffic from a foreign IP address scanning the EC2 Instances in a VPC?

A.

Security Group

B.

B. VPC Endpoint

C.

C. Network ACL

D.

D. Internet Gateway

A company disables cd drives for users; what defense strategy is this a part of?

A.

Uniform Protection

B.

Information-Centric

C.

Protected Enclaves

D.

Vector-oriented

You work as a Network Administrator for World Perfect Inc. The company has a Linux-based network. You have configured a Linux Web server on the network. A user complains that the Web server is not responding to requests. The process list on the server shows multiple instances of the HTTPD process. You are required to stop the Web service. Which of the following commands will you use to resolve the issue?

A.

killall httpd

B.

endall httpd

C.

kill httpd

D.

end httpd

While building multiple virtual machines on a single host operating system, you have determined that each virtual machine needs to work on the network as a separate entity with its own unique IP address on the same logical subnet. You also need to limit each guest operating system to how much system resources it has access to. Which of the following correctly identifies steps that must be taken towards setting up these virtual environments?

A.

The virtual machine software must define a separate virtual network Interface to each virtual machine and then define which unique logical hard drive partition should be available to the guest operating system.

B.

The virtual machine software must define a separate virtual network interface since each system needs to have an IP address on the same logical subnet requiring they use the same physical interface on the host operating system.

C.

The virtual machine software must define a separate virtual network interface to each virtual machine as well as how much RAM should be available to each virtual machine.

D.

The virtual machine software establishes the existence of the guest operating systems and the physical system resources to be used by that system will be configured from within the guest operating system.

E.

The virtual machine software must define a separate physical network interface to each virtual machine so that the guest operating systems can have unique IP addresses and then define how much of the systems RAM is available to the guest operating system.

You are going to upgrade your hard disk's file system from FAT to NTFS. What are the major advantages of the NTFS file system over FAT16 and FAT32 file systems?

Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

A.

NTFS gives better file security than FAT16 and FAT32.

B.

Automatic backup.

C.

NTFS file system supports for larger hard disks.

D.

NTFS give improved disk compression than FAT16 and FAT32.

Why are false positives such a problem with IPS technology?

A.

File integrity is not guaranteed.

B.

Malicious code can get into the network.

C.

Legitimate services are not delivered.

D.

Rules are often misinterpreted.

Which of the following describes software technologies that improve portability, manageability, and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed?

A.

System registry

B.

Group Policy

C.

Application virtualization

D.

System control

Which of the following is an example of a BitLocker recovery password?

A.

01 E6 0J4CCEAF 79A481 08BAC59I 7I BE8B

B.

389627 801256690151785527 909978 568638 271012 905516

C.

6c0b48fafaecb0bf8c2610253ee717at

D.

42VgYAjYV+C7ff6MdeqBGx5Y7V2zFQA=

Which of the following statements about policy is FALSE?

A.

A well-written policy contains definitions relating to "what" to do.

B.

A well-written policy states the specifics of "how" to do something.

C.

Security policy establishes what must be done to protect information stored on computers.

D.

Policy protects people who are trying to do the right thing.

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